The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-19

your bill, you must pay for it, I
can't afford TO come down here at S.
a day"
Some of the other members of the
/ committee Joined in with Mr.. Piotke
and declared that they were not work
ing for their health. They said it was
customary when a corporation wanted
any legislation to put up the dough"
This is a sample of what it is al
legged has been going on in Illinois
and in other parts of the Union where
members of the g. o. p. of high moral
ideas have been elected to make laws
for the government of the people
Not only are there numerous charges
Of 'boodling'' against them, but a gen.
eral accusation of incompetency and "a
higher regard for party exigencies
than for the public welfare. We know
what the latter means in this terrific
ry. While there are no charges that
we are aware of of corruption against
our Republican lawmakers, their fail
ure in the business Of legislation is
subject of common conversation.
There is another kind of scandal
over Republican doings in THE state
Of Ohio. There are two factions of the
g. o. p. in that state as there are in
Utah. Here it is the '9Trumbo-C Crane
wing against the Tribune-Cannon
wing of the distracted body In Ohio
it is the Cox-Foraker faction against
the McKinleyites. The feeling engen-
dered between them is of the ugliest
kind. Charges and counter charges
are flying about and the party there
is rent with dissension. One of the
charges, coming from sources which
are believed to be thoroughly relia-
Bile, is that the sum of $4,000 was made
up by the friends of Mckinley to con-
troll the convention which was held
there; in fact to buy up delegates.
The particulars are thus given in the
Cleveland Plaindealer:
Judge Nash had the backing of some
very wealthy men, who were willing
to do almost anything within reason
to bring about his nomina ton. These
men were the friends of Gov McKin-
ley and the opponents of eX-Gov. For
aker and his owner, George Cox, and
they were especially anxious that the
latter pair should not be permitted to
scattered throughout the state, some
of them living in Cleveland, others in
Columbus and still others in Cincin-
natl. They could put UP d few thous-
and piece and not feel the loss as
much as an ordinary man would the
price of a nights outing. These men
were ready to come to the front. They
were called upon for heavy contri-
button, and the agent aforesaid in
H.
tlemen would send SD, coo to GAINESVILLE
to bring about Ju 1ge Nash's nomina-
ton. The money was 10 be there
Wednesday NOR hing aud i was to be
used to buy enough woes TO overba'-
arce the big lead THAI Cox, Bushnell
and Foraker had in the field of senti-
ment
The Mckinley men declare that the
person who furnished the informa-
ton about this matter is ga traitor
That, however, does not answer the
charge that is now openly made. But
in retaliation the McKinleyites de-
clare that General Bushnell, the
Foraker candidate, bought two dele
cations outright, a story which they
persist in, though laughed almost out
of sight by the successful politicians
of that convention.
We mention these matters to show
that the ranks of the g. o. p. are as
much divided in some other places as
they are at this time in the territory
of Utah. We knew when the attempt
was made to make the public believe
that there was lack Of harmony in
1,a
was done ITO divert attention from the |
terrible dissensions of the &. O. p.
And now while all is peace, and |
unity, and hope and determination |
the Democrats here, dismay, |
hatred and CONSERVATION
disturb the conflicting factions of the
Republicans.