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Show I JUST POLITICS B State and National. H The much-heralded meeting of "insurgent" H ' republicans was held at Salt Lake city Satur- H' day. The meeting was called for the purpose H of discussing dispassionately "the good of the H' party" at least this was the reputed purpose. H They discussed all right, but not dlspasslou- H ' atul,und It Is extremely doubtful whether H1 "the good of the party" entered very far Into H" the deliberations. The result of the meeting H was the passage of the following resolution: H. That asub-commllteoof seven be selected , by the chairman tolrequest the state republican H committee In issuing Its call for a convention B to choose delegates to tho national republican B. convention to be held In.Chlcugo to make Its l call broad enough to permit of tho consldcra- , tlon and discussion of auv question or Issue m . which Is now confronting the republican party i i of tho state of Utah, and that tho said sub- i committee report back to thlscommltteo with- H In ten days. H" ! As to the real slgnlllcance of the meeting H thero is a dlllerence of opinion among tho Salt Lake papers, so wo present here curtailed re- V i views from each, as follows: M'( The Smoot Paper. 1 lnter-Mount.aln Republican: The Crltcli- B ' ov committee of fifteen met yesterday and en- M gaged a long and heated discussion of various m panaceas Intended to cure tho Ills, Imaginary B ' or otherwise, of the republican party. yt The elfcct was that there will be a free and K' open discussion, at the earliest republican con- B. i vention, of faction, of factional differences and BBa aL v'-y- by tho state committee, the movement against the congressional delegation representing Utah at the national republican convention at Chicago, Chi-cago, will crystallze. The call for the meeting yesterday broughttogether some of the roost active politicians from various parts of the state. E. W. Robinson represented Logan, David Mattson appeared on behalf ofOgden republicans, Alma Eldredge of Coalville was present, and Willis Johnson came up from the south. Other parts of the state were represented, repre-sented, cither in person or by proxy, and Salt Lake county had a full representation at the meeting. Tho discussion was general, and the demand that all factions bf the party have a volco in the discussion and proceedings of the delegate convention in April was practically unanimous. At tho closo of the meeting, Chairman Crltchlow announced a subcommittee, to act with himself in tho work of calling upon the state committee. This committee will report back to the committee of fifteen within ten days on tho result of Its negotiations with tho state committee. Chairman Crltchlow will announce an-nounce the dato of the next meeting of the committee of fifteen and It Is expected that within a few days a call will be sent out for a meeting of tho state committee. The Kearns Organ. Salt Lake Tribune: The above resolution is what was given to the press by tho committee commit-tee of fifteen who were chosen by the delegated authorities of the Insurgent rcpubllcansof Utah after a four hours' contest in the Wilson hotel Saturday afternoon. The resolution was said to have been adopted by a unanimous vote, but It Is known that there was a diversity of opinion opin-ion about the matter and that it went through by Just a baro majority, the Smoothes on the committee fighting to the end against Its adoption. adop-tion. The object of the meeting was to consider the question of relegating the congressional delegation from Utah and the federal bunch and keeping them off the delegation to the national republican convention, and also' the question of 'requesting Smoot to retire from the senatorial race. As soon as Chairman Crltchlow called the meeting to order and stated its object, the ball opened. A cut-and-drled resolution had been handed a member of the committee by one of the Insurgents In substance It was: ' Resolved, That a mass slate convention of republicans be called te meet In Salt Lake city during the weex of tho general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, In April, when the railroads make a low rate of fare, to consider: First The question of eliminating the Utah delegation in congress and federal office; holders In Utah as delegates to the republican national convention. Second That the republican state convention conven-tion to bo held at a later date be requested to allow the delegates to select a candidate for United Stales senator. Third That a propaganda be'sent from headquarters in Salt Lake to tho republican press of the stato advocating the questions named in the first and second paragraphs. Fourth That in the selection of delegates to the republican national convention that the republicans who now atllllate with the American Ameri-can party In local affairs be given representation representa-tion tho same as the regular republicans. Tho object of the 'resolution, of course, was to throw down the bars, and then the tussle began, and the fight continued for four hours. During tho discussion another resolution was ottered as a substitute for the second paragraph of the resolution under discussion. It was In substance as follows: Resolved, That the republican party of Utah will not permit ecclesiastical Interference In the affairs of state; that the republican party of Utah Is unalterably opposed to nny hleh churchman or apostle holding political oftlce. This resolution, as wero the others, were finally voted down, and In their stead the one which heads this story, and which was given to tho press as the otlldal utterance of the committee, adopted. It shows conclusively that tho federal bunch and the Smoolttcs captured the committee. The republican state central committee Is absolutely controlled by Smoot and the hierarchy; hier-archy; Wesley K. Walton Is Its chairman. He was also chosen a member of tho committee selected by the Insurgents, but, as stated above, was not present. There Is little likelihood likeli-hood that the state committee wilt issue a call as broad as the special committee's resolution requests. Democratic Organ. Salt Lake Herald: Four hours of the bitterest bit-terest lighting that ever took place In a committee com-mittee meeting marked the session at the Wilson Wil-son hotel yesterday afternoon and last evening by John Crltchlow and his selected band of insurgents in-surgents of fifteen.- Tho net results of tho meeting are: An overwhelming reverse for the federal bunches's supporters on the committee. Tho demand that candidate for senator bo named at the state convention. A demand that the delegates to the national nation-al convention be selected from the rank and II Ic of the parly, and not necessarily Including tho representation, Individually or collectively, which Utah has In congress at this time. A service of notice, In brief, that apostles must keep out of oolitic. Mr, Crltchlow presided, and Mr. Harrington Harring-ton did his duty us secretary. The Smoot forces were led by Lcrov Armstrong. His chief supporter on tho vital question at Issuo was Major Robinson of Logan, with Jesse Smith said to have been on tho fence. The question was the nomination of senator in convention. con-vention. It was Mr. Armstrong's endeavor to put over tho questions brought up,but at every turn, say thoso who wero present, the Smoot representatives were turned down. Tho choosing of tho national convention delegates from tho rank and illo of tho party, party policies. It Is expected that at the April convention, tho date of which will soon be set ::L ' J I Instead of following the usual custom of giving the three first places to the two senators and the one teprcsentatlvo means, If the plan is adopted by the stato convention, the elimination elimina-tion rof Smoot as a delo gate. One of the committeemen com-mitteemen said in regard to the matter: "We thought it best to select delegates from the rank and (He of the party if we choos3 to do so. It does not necessarily mean that all of the present representation In con gress will bo barred, but there are only six places and If the two senators and the representative represen-tative take three, why" and the committee left the rest for easy inference. The sense of the meeting forcibly expressed was that the candidate for senator should be named by the convention that is to meet next fall Instead of waiting for the legislature to meet and sec which way the wind blows most favorably. Bound by convention action, the legislature, In the event that it is republican, would be bound to stand by that nomination. Tho Insurgent republicans have more to crow about than their victory over the Smoot forces at the committee meeting at the Wilson Saturday. That evening the Young Men's Republican Re-publican club met in Judge Armstrong's court room. It is said by the insurgents that Jake Greenowald had been slated for president, but that they gained a complete victory In the selection se-lection of Calvin S. Buckwalter, a pronounced "independent." Salt Lake Herald. The dems of Cache are talking of Hon. Aqullla Ncbeker for governor, and there are not a few republicans in this neck of the woods who would like to vote for Qull. As one fellow, put It: "Qui! would "at least know a Cache man If he ever happened to get to the state capital." During the past year our friend Nebeker's chickens have been laying eggs with double yolks, his ewes have delivered him countless twlus, his oats yielded him eighty bushels to the acre, his pigs have delivered him litters of twelve, and a month ago the Rear Lako monster humped his back and shoved about twenty tons of superior Ice Into his ice house near the lake. Providence and all nature seem to be smiling on Qui! these days, and it mav be his time politically. Governor Gov-ernor Ncbeker runs trippingly off the tongue and would look well in print, too. Why may it not be so 4 R. W. Sloan, democrat, of Salt Lake, has been appointed a delegate to the national convention con-vention of the Independence party. From It's name we would Judge that party to be akin to the American party and to have sprung from the same source personal disappointment. Up to March i:i,one hundred and fifty-eight delegates had been elected to the Republican National convention, of which 12S are Instructed In-structed fof Taft, 20 for Fairbanks and four are uninstructed. According to estimates, Secretary Taft will get 410 delegates, exclusive of the Southern states, all of whom will send Taft delegations, although there will also doubtless be contesting antl-Taft delegations from many of them. J. U. Eldredge, Jr., has announced his candidacy for statu treasurer, which Is pretty nearly equivalent to announcing that ho will be the next state treasurer. There is no question ques-tion but that he will have opposition, for Mr. Christiansen, tho present Incumbent, would like to servo a second term and there are others whu would be glad to get a tlrst one, but Eldredge has a faculty of getting what he goes after, and it will be a singular thing If ho has much trouble In getting what ho wants from his party in this state, which owes him pretty K nearly anything he modestly requests. Goodwin's Good-win's Weekly. |