The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-07-25
PROVO CITY.
BTTTERNESS IN THE G. O.P.

The Standard evidently regards the
position assumed by the Tribune upon
this Crane-Trumbo matter as grave
mistake. lie it because il is not good
politics to tell the truth? Or does
Bill Glasmann really regard these two
patriots as the creme de la creme of
the republican force in Utah, and
really desire to see them both tri-
umph in the convention? 1t is just
posslble, however, that the Standard
hates the Tribune so cordially that it
would see these two patriots 60 to the
front simply that its great rival in the
republican party may be brought to
grief. There is, no absolute rule by
which political reasons may be gauged.
but it does seem very certain that to
down Crane and Trumbo the Tribune
would put to hazard the party result
this fall, and to see the Tribune humi-
lated the Standard would put up the
same stake. This is called republican
harmony in Utah, but to the great out
side world it doesn't resemble that, one
bit. The great beauty of it in our eyes
is that it is irreconcileable now or here
after. The thing has gone too far,
the throat cutting has been truly real
istic and severed juglar is hard
thing to mend. Added to all this
there is great ability on both sides of
the break. Crane is no nincompoop
and Col. Trumbo would not be where
he is now unless he had bushel of
brains. Bill Glasmann, scoff as the
Tribune may, is nobody's fool. He
has come about as near making his
points as any one of the patriots SO
far. We all know the Tribune is able,
albeit much cannot be said of its un-
selfish devotion to republican or any
other variety of principle, political We
mean. Now there is big money on
both sides Of the controversy and it
has all the seeming Of big fight with
stay in it.
We can but admire the Tribune
in making the grave charges which
it does against both Crane and Trumbo,
nor can we fail to be impressed by the
gallant defense of these worthless
made by the Standard, If the charges
against Crane and Trumbo are false,
the Tribune is abnormally bold in pro-
jecting them, II they are true the
Standards gallantry is truly phenome-
nal. Money can raise all sorts Of
merry hades in politics and in any
given amount required. 1t might
nerve Bill Glasmann to still higher
flights and it may set Mr.. Charles
Crane of Kanosh to digging for votes
in every township in all broad Utah.
All this seems melancholy in view OF
the nearly absolute certainty of entire
and satisfactory republican defeat
which now exists.
This defeat will be hastened and
assured by the deep disgust which has
taken hold of all the decent elements
in the republican party. These dare
not cast in their fortunes with the
Tribune because they never know
when it will turn upon and rend its
best friends, and they cannot now,
or at any date in the future. stomach
the Standard or Crane. If these de-
ductions are only halfway correct the
situation is very grave from any re-
publican standpoint of observation
and assures bitter factlonal fight un-
til the end OF the campaign. Here we
have democratic opportunity in un-
limited supply. Have we the wisdom
to profit by it? If yea, victory. If
nav, ignominious defeat with superb
chance in our favor