The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-02
STOP THE ISLANDER.

Isn't it about time the Tuscarora bosses
and their organ quit repeating the false
hood that the subcommittee which heard
the Utah case was packed in the interest of
the regular delegations Ever since the
gathering of the Democratic hosts at Chi
cago dishonesty, bribery and unfairmness
have been charged against certain members
Of the convention who, had something TO do
with the Utah contest. The allegations
have been of character 20 suggest that
those who made them were not very good
Democrats TO say the least. OF course the
defeated gentlemen feel sore, and people felt
like overlooking some display of temper
occasioned by disappointment but the
time has come for calling a halt on the
downright SANDER, with which certain. of
the painted braves are trying 10 soothe
themselves.
The facts are simply these: A thorough
canvass of the immense delegation dis
covered only two men who were willing to
confess themselves as in favor of the Tus-
carora delegation. One of these had a
brother who Was a Tuscarora alternate
and the other was a Boston alderman
who recently visited this city,
where he was wined and dined by
Liberals and carefully herded from every
body who could enlighten him as to the
true situation. Even the Michigan delega-
ton, which the Tuscarora boss had led his
followers to believe would support him,
were against him to a man, and at the head
OF the delegation was ex-Postmaster- Gen
eral DICKINSON, who made it his
business to explain to certain Utah
gentlemen that ne would do nothing
for Mr.. Powers. 1t is arrant non
sense to talk about the packing OF
committees, about tricks and so on. The
entire convention of nearly a thousand
members, was just as much packed against
the Tuscaroras as was the subcommittee
Of the committee on credentials. The dele
gates all understood the case. 1t required
no packing, no trickery. They at once
saw that the Utah Democracy were regu-
lar IN their organization, that they had not
only the organization, but the voters.
and that it would not only be
gross wrong and an inexcusa-
BILE outrage, but mighty bad politics
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few score men who boosted that they did
not vote the Democratic ticket
As to the slauderons, yet ludicrous, as
sertion so glibly repeated that the sub
committee which heard the contest was
packed, we have this statement from Hon.
JOHN M. BURKE, of Idaho, member OF
the credentials committee:
Every member Of the credentials com
mittee had the Utah case presented to him
by both sides, the TuscRroras and the
regular delegates, and the minds Of that
committee were fully made up before the
Utah case was reached.
THE appointment Of the subcommittee
was made because the credentials commit
tee had fully decided in their own minds
and the decision of the subcommittee
would have been the same, whether COM
posed of the gentlemen who were on it OF
other members Of the credentials commit
tee.''
We believe that every other member Of
the committee on credentials. with one ex
ception, would verify this statement. No
body wants to deprive the Tuscaroras Of
any consolation they can find in this, the
time of their distress; but we suggest tha
they stop trying to obtain comfort by
slsnderlng others.