The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-10

Convention TOday-Cannon's Brit
tie Promises.
D. C Dunbar, who led a winning
fight in the last municipal campaign,
will have charge of the Democratic
campaign in this county this fall.
g,syilliam C. Jennings is secretary Of
eEhe committee and Angus M. Cannon,
Is, assistant secretary. All three are
cEg1ry good men, aggressive and hust-
ling, and they will make such an or
ganization in this county as was not
possible last fall. It is probable that
no executive committee win be APP
pointed. as the committee itself has
only eight members and they practi-
cally form an executive committee.
They are good men who can be brought
together at almost any time.
The new county committee met and
organized yesterday. 1t was insisted
that MIR Dunbar take the chairman
ship. A number Of matters connected
with the campaign were discussed and
the following members of the state
committee were appointed:
o. W. Powers, Nat NJ. Brigham,
James H. Moyle, W. H. Dale and
TReber Bennion.
A meeting of the newly elected state
committee will be held this evening and
the candidates on the state ticket will
take part 1t is possible that o. w.
Powers will bv prevailed upon to take
he o1,o
publicans how campaign should be
conducted.
Quotation of Lannan.
Frank Y Taylor desires that cor
rection ne made in regard to the state
ment that he had heard Mr.. Lannan
say Roberts would win. 1t appears
that Mr.. Taylor only said he had
heard that statement repeated He
says, however, that he heard from a
dozen different sources the day after
the convention that Mr.. Lannan had
made substantially the statement ac-
credited to him. The remark made by
AIft Taylor was traced back yesterday
and 1T was found to have come from
a group of gentlemen who came from
, Ogden on the train with MIR. Lannan.
tln the party were p. L. Williams,
t5 ohm . Cannon. James H Movie and
1orlty for the Democratic ticket and
Mr. Lannan was endeavoring to de-
fvnd the Republicans. When brought
to the subject of Roberts. he con-
1essed that the Democratic candidate
EEas very strong man and would
bake a strong run for the office and
otherwise led gentlemen in the party
10 a conclusion that he had admitted
that Roberts would win This is only
knows the reason for the denial. AL
lens friends have been on the war
path and it became an absolute ne
cessity.
Harry Duke Withdrayyx
The most important development in
the municipal 6ght is the withdrawal
of Harry Duke from the race for the
mayorship and the entrance into the
arena Of NJ. R. Evans. Both an
nouncerlents were made Yesterday af-
4rnoon and caused much surprise in
political circles. Several times Duke
has given it ont that he would not be
in the race, but all announcements
heretofore have been merely in the ma
ture of a bluff. This time. however.
he has made final announcement that
will stick
There are a variety of reasons for
politics with him have been 2. very
expensive game. During the two terms
he has held office as treasurer Of the
city he has made IL a point to keen in
with the boys and has kept an army
of ward politicians always around him
This. Of course, required the use of
considerable money and he gave If
out with too much lavishness to be
exactly in proportion to the size of his
bank account.
Cannot Afford II.
Within the last two weeks he has
been figuring on the sum it will take
ITO make him mayor of the CITY and
the further sums he will have to spend
s.tSo he can retain his position He has
$'come to the conclusion that he cannon
afford to take the place and there
fore he must give up his ambitions
There is another reason, however
for his withdrawal. This one is given
out by those friends who have been
pushing him for the office during the
last year. IT is said by them that
when Duke first entered into the race
for the treasurership he rendered his
resignation to Wells, Fargo & Co. AT
that time he was assistant cashier
holding the position next to Mr. Dooly.
The resignation was not acted upon.
the understanding being that It would
siol De disturbed Tor two years, and
that at the end of his term Duke could
return to his position in the bank
When the nomination was again given
him 1t was understood that the resie-
nation was 10 be withheld for two
years longer and that then Harry
should retire from politics and there
after attend strictly to the business of
the bank. His friends claim thar Mr.
Dooly now insists that he shall live
up to his agreement and that. as an
honorable man, there IS no course omen
to him except to do so.
DoOIy Wants More Time.
Taken all in all it was a very de-
sirable thing for Duke to retire from
the race just when he did. He is much
better off in the bank than he would
have been in the mayors office. There
Is good reason, too, why Mr. Doolv
should insist upon Harry's return to
tfQ bank or relinquish all claims to
consideration in the future Dooly is
laying his wires to get into politics
He is now member of the state ex-
ecutive committee and is looking for
the senatorship as the Tribune candi-
date. He wants plenty of leeway, and
therefore must have a man in the
bank whom he can trust to take care
of the business.
The entrance of M. r. Evans into