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Show I NEWBERRYISM I PRACTISED IN I UTAH IS CHARGE Former District Judge Declares De-clares Bamberger Is Not People's Choice I J Declaring that the nomination oi "Ernest Bamberger was brought about by methods -which savored of New-bcrryism, New-bcrryism, and that tho primaries held in Salt Lako county were Influence 1 bv the expenditure of money, which1 was followed by a packed convention ivhoso action laid the groundwork for the success of Mr Bamberger at the Republican frtato convention. Judge 3 Louis Brown of Salt Lnkn, formerly of the district bench in that city, delivered deliv-ered an address at the Seventh ward amusement hall last evening under the auspices of the local Democratic county committee. "Who Is Bamberger"" asked the speaker. "If a group of honest conscientious con-scientious Republicans were called I together to select a man to represent this state, and their party In the t nlted Stales senate. I venture to say that they would find a thousand m "n In their party who in achlcement would win the right to consideration before the present nomine "What does ho stand for? Who knows? I ' Hns he told US? He has nc-1 . I "Will he tell us? I venture to that he cannot be driven during this campaign to announce his position on anv vital issue." ALLUDES TO NEW BERRY. Prefacing his attack on the methods meth-ods which he declared were responsible responsi-ble for the selection of Mr. Bamberger, Bamber-ger, Judge Brown referred to the election of Senator Newberry In Michigan, Mich-igan, in which campaign he said. H was admitted that over $?3n,noo had been spent to secure the nomination of that person as the Republican candidate. can-didate. He defined "Newberrylsm" as 1 a state of affairs where the use f money to secure a nomination had become so general that only wealtnv men could obtain office, and all Oth- j ers were shut out a condition where the use of money had resulted in In- j fluencing the vote, and preventing the selection of a candidate who w.is and would be the preference of the untrammeled members of his party COMES DOWN HOME. "But why revert to these matters so far away?" he proceeded "A situation sit-uation in Utah equal In Interest his arisen. The term of I'tali's junior senator had neared an end Man, plred to succeed him. One of your fellow citizens, an Ogden man. W H Wattls. a man of high character. ;inl B big, broad ganged citizen was one j we had several In Salt Lake who do-i sired the toga. Then a secret, oath-) oath-) ound political group who knew whit pjjjjjj they wanted in Salt Lake, began to manipulate things so that they might control the primaries. I know of on Irish-Democrat who was approach 1 and asked to attend a Republican primary pri-mary 'What would I be dolm; there?' I he asked 'I'm a Democrat, and have ro business there ' "'You're out of work, aren't you'" lie was aslted. "'Yes. but what' thai to do with It?' said the Irish -Democrat. " "Well, there's two days' pav In it If you attend. I guess that's got something to do with it.' lie was told, and was told that If he would attend rthe primary in a certain precinct th-1 two days' nav would be forthcoming " PACKED CONTENTION. The speaker declared that he had no question that this was but one instance in-stance In many. At the primary, he fald, more delegates were selected than the number allotted to Salt Lake j county at the state convention, so thai If, by any chance, a man opposed to Bamberger was selected at the primary", pri-mary", be could be eliminated at the convention. He described the man.-vr In which he said the Salt Lake county delegates to the state convention were selected in a packed county convention conven-tion how the chairman. Charles M. Morris, the United States district attorney, at-torney, and also the county chairman in that county recognized first of all a man who moved that a committee select the delegates to tho stofp con-entlon. con-entlon. and how later the power to east thrs unanimous vote of the entire rounty'.M dHr;aMon was f-ntrustd to the same man Charles If, Morns "The Republican convention was a fine spectacle for us fellows on the other side." he continued It was sad spectacle from the standpoint of clean politics, but Interesting. The fHlows who tried to buck the Bamberger Bam-berger machine ran their heads against a stone wall. "These Dion, who manipulated that convention, struck against the voters of I tah 1 have too much regard for the Republican voters of this stato to think they will stand for what wan done. The attempt to camouflage the Issuo, the street corner talkers who attempt to make Senator Smoot and his record tin- center of campaign talk, will not succeed SMOOT NOT ISSUE. "Senator Smoot is not tho lssu-. The senator himself hasn't openly, to my knowledge. at least, said that Ernest Bamberger was proper ma-terlal ma-terlal for tho senatorshlp. The moat the senator has said Is that. If Mr Harberger Is sent back to the senate In six years they ought to be able to find out if he had material for a senator sen-ator In him. There Is no nee.l to guen.s as to the quality of material In his opponent. That has been demonstrated demon-strated " The earlier part of the address as given to a discussion of the tariff, which was declared to have boon drawn on the plan, not of giving what protection was needed to an industry, but giving what was asked for, on condition that similar support be given giv-en other industries from states represented rep-resented by other senators. He particularly par-ticularly attacked the dvestuffs schedule, sched-ule, which, he dt-elared. favored Ho Dupont Interests, while tho potash Industry, In-dustry, producing material used as raw material by the Duponts, ws I cut off with a crumh, Stuart P. Dobbs. the county chairman chair-man of the Democratic party, actd as chairman of the meeting No oth r addresses were given. Tonight J.ur, ta H Moylo win speak In the Fifth ward amusement hall and tomorrow night Senator King will mako an a i 1 - at the Ogden tabernacle, while other speakers will appear at Parr West and Liberty. |