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Show ROOSEVELT MEN IN. UTAH Tho Salt Lake Tribune says: Just about the busiest placo In Salt Lake City at this writing is the headquarters head-quarters of the Roosovolt club of Utah, which occupies a eulte of four rooms on the fourth floor of tho Bovd Park bnildlng. Up to this time tho soft pedal and the muffler have been used, to tho entire exclusion of brass-band brass-band tactics, but tho high officials of the club Insist that they have no cauBe for complaint and say that their campaign cam-paign for the selection of Roosevelt Republicans to the national conven tlon at Chicago Is progressing In a satisfactory manner. Walton Is Chairman. Wesley K. Walton, ono-time chairman chair-man of tho Republican state committee commit-tee of Utah, and all the time an en-thusiastec en-thusiastec Republican, I3 at tho head of the club. Assisting Mr. Walton, In this city, are W D Llvingbton, vice chairman, and Everard Bierec, Jr., secretary In addition to these officers, offi-cers, upon whom the bulk of the work falls, there is a state committee, consisting con-sisting of one man from each of the twenty-seven countlos. The Roosevelt club was organized about a month ago and has been exceedingly ex-ceedingly active since that time. The club Is In constant telegraphic touch with Senator J. M. Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt organization throughout through-out the country, and is sendiug out tons of campaign matter, comprising speeches of Colonel Roosovelt and other matter that is considered of value to the colonel's campaign. Fourteen Four-teen heavily-laden sacks of campaign matter. It is understood, wore sent out from this city yesterday. Everard Blorer, Jr., secretary of the club, said yesterday to the Tribune; "We are doing what we can to further fur-ther the interests of Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt in this state. Wo relaize that the press of the city Is unanimously against us, but we are moving along as best we can and proceeding in a clean and straightforward manner to put tho claims of our candidate properly prop-erly before the people of this state. Our work Is succeeding more satisfactorily satis-factorily than we had expected, and we are congratulating ourselves upon the apparent success that has so far attended our efforts. "We are in constant touch with the headquarters of the Roosevelt campaign cam-paign committee and are sending out a large amount of letters, pamphlets and bulletins, an order that the friends of Colonel Roosevelt in this state may be kept advised of the exact status of affairs. As we view it It this time, based upon inside Information, In-formation, wc cannot see anything but Roosevelt ou the first ballot "We desiro to express our appreciation apprecia-tion to the Tribuno for the manner in which it has handled the campaign thus far. We arc enabled to find In the Tribune Just what is happening throughout the country, and this is more than we can say for some of the other papers One paper In particular particu-lar In this city, which professes to be Republican, is constantly suppress. Ing news that Is favorable to Colonel Roosevelt." Wesley K. Walton, chairman of the club, discussing the situation In Utah, 'I sincerolv hope that the administration adminis-tration Republicans In this stato will not attempt any 'steam-roller' methods at the convention, at which tho delegates to the national convention conven-tion will be elected. We aro Republicans Repub-licans and we want to be able to support the nominee, whoever he maj be; but we want a 'square deal.' We are making a fair, square fight for the man that we believe Is best fitted to be at the head of tho nation, na-tion, and wc believe wo have tho right to make that fight. We are not making any threats, of course, but wo do say that we fear trouble for the party In this state If an attempt Is made to uso 'steam-roller tactics tac-tics at the state convention." |