The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-04
UTAH REPUBLICANS.
Communicated.


The same men, making the sam
speeches, adopting the same platform (only
more unwieldy in its endless proportion),
cheering the same sentiments and each
other, defied the dogGsy temperature and
a stuffy room for the ostensible purpose of
forming a territorial organization of Re
publicans. There is no general election in
immediate view that required this unrea-
sonable action and if anything, the tur-
MOL of the past election demanded that
politics should be held in allegiance for a
while. until the people had recovered from
the excitement through which they have
just passed.
But speculation on the real object of the
Republican convention is unnecessary in
view of the fiat avowal of it by Mr.. AR
THUR BROWN, one OF the leaders and chief
spokesman of the meeting.
! In his opening address this willy poll =
ticiap took palms TO explain:
| And for this, to rebulSe those Office hunters,
are we here We have a territorial committee
| to begin with-we have committee in name
but not in reality, and it is essential that we Sc
cure one that is in sympathy with the party in
this magnificent territory. We must have a
territorial committee OF our own. The old one
is in our way; it is against us. The national or
ganization will not ignore US, it will take care
of its own wherever it may appear. So let u;
take care of Republicanism first, and the other
is,ns after. We have in Washington Repub-
| lican administration and it has but to be con
WINGED that you represent Republicanismi in Utal
| and you will be recognized.
1t was in the Republican national con
vention of 1884 that FLANAGAN, of Texas
asked: "What in h are we here forn
And ARTHUR BROWN voices the same senti-
ment of mis- party in Utah, only in more
elegant and less forcible language. Or
ganize? Certainly; but for what! Simply
for the spells OF Office. Over six thousan
Republicans in this territory voted tina
ticket at the legislative election last month
but for those 900 the Republicans do no
care except to emphasize by then
their superior strength over their Lib
eral brethren and thus give weigh
to their demand for recognition in Washing
ton. And lest there be some misunderstood
ing on this question; lest there be SOM
hesitancy about the matter, it was
Resolved, That it is the sense of this CONVEX
should be selected from the Republicans
Utah who are loyal and true to the party an
i who vote it's ticket and the Republican admin
: istraton is requested to select appointees fro
u Republicans only and remove all others.
!. In vain did faction in the meeting try
i weaken the force Of that resolution by NOV
ing that
lit is the sense of this convention that as
. organized party of this territory we are entitle
q to the recognition of the national admin1str
: ton in future appointments by the administri
. ton for this territory under the incumbency
the Republican party.
The majority would not have it otherwis
than that the offices shall be given to tt
straight Republicans and given to the
l. without delay. "And for this" sa
: ARTHUR BROWN, fare we here"
y The Utah convention of Republicans w
: go into history as a POLITICAL curiosit
: Perhaps no party has ever called state
6 territorial meeting for the sole purpose
; demanding Office, however much that mig
}. have been the underlying motive of
e proceedings. The Utah Republicans
: serve premium at the next pumpk
l. show.
D. And yet we are glad they have met al
opened war upon their Liberal half bret
rem in the most vulnerable spot, that
II their offices. AS between a Republic,
~ who is straight and Republican who Cal
is himself Liberal our sympahties are wi
y the straight 365 days in the year.