The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-12

turning down of the Democracy is probably
better known to Charles Crane of Utah,
now in this City, than any other man in
the politics of that STATE.
Mr.. Crane is, however. more interested
in woolgrowing than anything else aside
from the general prosperity of Utah, but
at the last State campaign he was urged to
enter the fight for Governor. He had the
delegates at his back up to within forty
eight hours before the convention, but as
he took no personal interest in the fight
the opposition pooled a com bination and
he was defeated. He takes it good ma
turedly and has nothing but kind words
for his opponent.
lican party and the newly nominated
ticket generally, Mr.. Crane says:
Previous to 1892 politics in the State OF
Utah were chaotic, but in 1891 the Republl
can party organized and a two weeks cam
paign was made without any material re-
suit. In 1892 our efforts were beginning to
tell, however, and out of the 444 delegates
from the twenty-six counties we succeeded
in nominating, after a two days political
battle, son of Apostle George Q. Cannon.
This was followed by six weeks cam
paign fought out on bitterly contested
lines for the purpose Of organization, and
we succeeded in reducing Democratic
majority of over 10000 to 2S06, notwith-
standing that the Democrats were
well organized in all of the 800 precincts
and an able press behind them, claiming
that the old Peoples party were all Demo-
Gratis and that the party was the rightful
heir to the power and influence of the re-
Gently disbanded Peoples party.
1.-THE Democracy, with an ample purse
and a hundred speakers, found that its
majority had been reduced by the Repub-
licans, who ardently believed that their
cause was just.
I'm 1893 the legislative ticket had Re-
publican majority in both branches, and
in 1894, with almost the same platform
and the same two contestants, Joseph l..
Rawlins, Democratic, and Frank j. Can
non, publican candidate for Congress,
we succeeded in carrying twenty out of
twenty-seyen counties for the Republican
party and elected Mr.. Cannon by 1900 ma
jority.
"Also in 1894, the enabling act having
passed, an election for delegates to the
Constitutional Convention was called and
the Republican party was again triumph
ant, having a majority of sixteen. After
over two months :of careful and honest
work constitution was framed which we
believe is the best of any State in the
Union and of which the Republican party
is justly proud.
out on the same lines adopted in 1892 "a,
and although the Republican and Demo
cratic parties both favor the remonetiza-
ton Of silver at ratio of 16 to /, the
record of the Democratic party has been
such that with the exception OF Federal
office-holders it is repudiated by the rank
and file of the incoming State.
$50 far as the recently nominated State
ticket is concerned, l believe it to be
good one. The head of the ticket, 81. M.
Wells, is young man and a son of one of
the prominent Mormons. He is clerk in
a bank there and will make good Gov
ernor. The nominee for Secretary of State,
James T. Hammond, is Mormon. The
Auditor, Morgan Richards, is also Nor
mon. The Treasurer, James Chapman, is
a Mormon. Superintendent of Public In
struction j. R. Park is Mormon. The
Attorney General, A. G. Bishop, is Gen.
tile, and the nominee for Congress, Clar-
ence +. Allen, is also a Gentle. The
three Supreme Judges, Charles S. Zane,
Bartch and ]. A. Miner, are all Gentiles..
ssThe ticket will be elected without
doubt, as the people of Utah are. natural
Republicans and all their interests are
The lead and wool interests employ more
men than all the other interests together.
''Since the advent to power of the Ma
tional Democratic party hundreds of wool
growers have been ruined, hundreds of
mines have been closed and thousands of
men have been thrown out of employment
and general air of stagnation pervades
all her industries. The property of the
State has decreased in value at least so per
cent"
When asked regarding the Senatorial
fight soon to come off in Utah Mr.. Crane
had the following to say:
1.-THE Senatorial fight will be hard one,
as there are a number of candidates in the
field. Among the most prominent spoken
of to-day is George Q. Cannon, for many