Show 1 The Last of f tIe the tI e Mohicans A Political Tale By M B T front By M B D T slate blate Echoes from the recent Republican committee meeting held at the Utah immediately prior to the convening con cuing ot of the legislature Indicated that th It t was n a tt very cry interesting ui im affair a not halt half t ot which has haq er ever been told reported While the meeting was nas as first report report- ed td as a party l- l love lovo 10 0 feast It now do- do de develops that thero thoro hero ero some verbal erbal telegrams Pyrotechnics Congratulatory tole- tole tele grams Senator were wele read from the Senior Sen- Sen Sen ator from and 1 oth congress congress- congressmen s men governor go made a stirring Speech in similar vein and others prominent felicitations felicitations In party affairs offered fe- fe fe- fe fe Ernest Damberger tile the lone lono lame duck duell from front tha tho Republican n flock on the thc ticket at the st I election was nt in the capacity ot of committeeman but it Is not notre re i that he Ie made n II speech or commended the ma masterful manner In the l recent campaign was S con con- con ducted conducted SOX RI RE SON IOl run FOR r TELEGRAMS I To wiseacres who Were ero viero present I the purpose of ot the congratulatory tone ot of the tel telegrams grams and addresses was nas soon apparent Someone called clUed to the at- at attention at attention t on of or the committee that Ralph Guthrie who ho recently passed 1110 cill service test had hal been I recommended mended thel postmaster mended for tor appointment as ter of Salt Lake City by Congressman Leather Nephi r L L Morris vice vice- vice chairman Ice Ice- chairman of ot the committee stated I that he had heard that Mr Guthrie had not been loyal to all ot of otI the candidates on tho the Republican I ticket in the tho recent election and call call- called called call iod ed attention to the fact tact that Mr Leather carried Salt Lake county by a comfortable majority whole Bamberger lost by seventeen se hundred votes totes otes and so Insinuated that this dis- dis disparity dis disparity parity was due duo to Mr Ir Guthrie cam cam- campaign campaign manager for tOI Representative Leather Friends of ot Mr III Leather Leather- Leatherwood wood Leather wood on the committee who ho were cre not part of ot the Bamberger machine Went to Mr Guthries Guthrie's defense and pointed out that he ho pfd had been a n an ot of prominence for tor man many yeats had been in the ne service and had managed e I ILeather Leather candidacy during t toj oj campaigns and one committeeman was as unkind enough to suggest that II It I came with poor grace from flom Mr 11 Mor bor- Morris 1 ris to question the loyalty ot of Mr r Gu- Gu thile Gu-thile In view of ot the fact that not so 0 s o very ery long ago aco aio L L had stumped the state from end to end against the they I Republican pili patty ty and nd its 11 nomine esl nominees and had boastfully illy preached the fun tun-I oral tun-oral oral eral sermon of ot t the e G 0 P and scat scat- scattered scat ashes aslies over the parts partis grave raye I At this point some one moved mo that the whole hole matter be bo laid upon the ta- ta table table ta table ble which was promptly done THEN CAUCUS C I IS Thereupon colored gentle gentle- gentleman gentleman gentleman man was revealed In the woodpile A party caucus tor for the house of ot representatives was nas suggested and speeches were made pointing out that it would ibe be a real political sen sod service Ice to the part party to have a II CAUCUS c called by the state committee for the purpose of or uniting upon a speaker of ot the thc house of ot I representatives es and pre president of or the senate The motion for tor such suc such a n caucus earned with enthusiasm and plans were ere out out-I out out- outlined out lined lined whereby each Republican mem- mem member member mem ber ot of the legislature should be vv n arced upon and converted that it was sacred duty to attend the caucus and unite under the organization banner I iThen THen tho the Salt Lake gang got busy Two candidates tor for the were to be put in the race from coin Salt Lake county so as to impress the cow cow cow-county's county's representatives es with the tho Idea II that the tho Salt Lake members were now non I divided and that each fac faction lion tion was nas so bitter against the other that they could not be united upon faC 1 either candidate CROWn CROWD Caucuses were 1011 convened ened with Ith the state chairman himself lr pre presiding over oer the one composed of ot the senators and the secretary of ot the committee holding ay aft ay over the members of or the tile lower lowerhouse lowerhouse house To the astonishment I of ot the Salt ako Lake crowd cro d only 25 members of ot the house of ot I CI attended the caucus and there were 19 Republican an representatives who wIlo staled ed away av ay Some Somo of ot the wise wlee ones became uneasy use because of the absentees and urged delay y but the majority m mindful ot of the power wielded cd by the unit rule rule gearod geared machine In n the Republican tato convention on last JuI July were Insist insist- insistent Insistent ent upon going through with the cut cut- cut and and program McKell McNeil who had I been touted as a candidate of the Hamberger Bamberger gang was W withdrawn coin the race raco and Mr Canister the former speaker and ond Ilaw a I law pa partner of ot Charles CharlesM M Morris former county chairman and recognized head of ot the tho Bamber ger Bamber-ger machine received the tho 25 23 votes otell Iger present The part of tho th anco was nos that they the did not wake uke up until Monday morning when the thc lance were nere ere rudely shocked on finding that JIll Mr the v ceran from Kane count county had corralled II a majority or of orI I the holse hoise and was as elected speaker on the Is Issue ue that ho was not In slot or orI of caucus pals But that Is history I Moral The defeat of Mr ter is the tho passing ot of Tho The Last ot of the I Mohicans |