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Show THE NEW CHAIRMAN. At tho recent meeting of the State committee, O. .1. Salisbury was selected select-ed to succeed Hon. James 1, Hammond, Ham-mond, who resigned on account of hfs unfortunate physical condition. The following from tho Inlcrmountaln Republican In referenco to Mr. Salisbury Salis-bury should be interesting reading to -republicans at least. The SAIt Lake papcrsays: 'While every one must regret that Mr. James II. Hammond's health will not warrant his continuance at the head of tho stato committee, every republican re-publican "In tho state will be glad to know that ho is succeeded by O. J. Salisbury In, tho actual conduct of tho campaign. When lb was known that Mr. Hammond would have to resign, there was no doubt about finding a man competent to take up the work and carry It successfully forward; but there was a practical unanimity of sentiment that Mr. Salisbury was the man to select for tho place. "Surely no better man could have been named. lie stands especially high in this community, and it is very doubtful If there Is a man In the state with a wider acquaintance among the leading men of tho nation. Possessed of ample fortune which ho has achieved achiev-ed by honesty and good business ability abil-ity through a long series of years, he is peculiarly tho representative of the typo which has made most of tho advantagesthe ad-vantagesthe very splendid advantageswhich advan-tageswhich Utah offers. ' "lie has been a republican fiom the beginning. With a longer residence in Utali than most men can boast, he has been In sympathy with tho Republican Repub-lican party even before tho stato was admitted to tho Union. And In U)0o he acted most capably as the Utah member of the Republican National committee. It was while In that capacity ca-pacity that ho strengthened his acquaintance ac-quaintance among tho men who direct the destinies of tho party, and whose works speak In tho splendid history of tho country. It will be remembered that In 18IKI this state went for By ran to tho tuna of more than tlfty-three thousand. So completely were the people peo-ple convinced, under the capable m an-agement an-agement of Mr. Salisbury as a national committeeman, that tho verdict was reversed In 1000, and the stato went to MclCluiey by more than two thousand majority. Not In all tho Union has so strrtMnga work of education been accomplished. ac-complished. It will be good news to tho foremost men of the party through tho nation that Mr. Salisbury has consented con-sented at this time to accept the guidance uf tho Republican organization organiza-tion through tho present campaign "There is another reason for congratulation. con-gratulation. With an unusual business busi-ness success to his credit, Mr. Salisbury Salis-bury has won and worn the priceless reputation of high character. Ills word Is absolutely unquestioned on any subject. His judgment is sound. Ills self control Is well known. He guides by reason not his own airalrs alone, but thoso of the persons whom he Is associated with. And when he achieves a result, It Is permanently achieved. 1 1 docs not have to bo done over again. Ho builds solidly. He cjiooses wisely. And he will conduct this campaign's lb should be conducted, conduct-ed, to a successful Issue at the polls. And Utah will speak again Its endorsement endorse-ment of President Roosevelt, Its renewed re-newed faith In tho Republican policy and principles, and its stern but dig-ullled dig-ullled condemnation of the campaign of slander which Is the stock in trade of the party's chief opponent this j ear. |