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

On the eve Of the Republican city
convention the situation is greatly
mixed.
Whereas on Monday night and Tues
d day it looked as though the Tribune
was on top and would nominate either
Mason or Glendinning. it now looks
as though the Tribune would be COM
pletely overwhelmed. Yesterday the
Oquirrh club made the fight of its
life Harry McCallum and his aids
knew that the defeat Of N. r. Evans
would prove the death blow to the
club. as they have staked everything
on his nomination, and .ney worked
from the rising OF the sun until mid
nights solemn hour.
Their work was effective. 100. They
drew again the picture OF the party
as 4 would be when under Tribune
dictation and brought home tie Trlp-
Une candidacy to Mason and GienGin-
ming. The old feeling against the
Tribune ring was again awakened and
Evans gained steadily in strength In
~ at the end last night he iGOmed up
as the best candidate in the field. His
friends claimed for him shat ny the
have a majority of the delegates and
would go in either on the first or sec
Ond ballot
Log-rolHng was INDUCED n all day
yesterday. Half dozen different
states aud combinations We're made.
Every precinct had its candidates and
was out for the SDOilS and mas ready
10 make any combination that would
give promise of bringing it the desired
Office. Combinations are still being
made and of course the DEVELOPMENTS
o. today viii largely determine the
outcome.
Evans has working for him some Of
the smoothest Republican politicians in
this city. IT is the same crowd that
had made the fight for Harry Duke
and had fixed the slate all up so
that the nomination Of Duke was al
most as certain as taxes under a Re
publican administration. They all
switched 10 Evans as soon as Duke
withdrew from the race. and they
displayed remarkable generalship yes
terday in making their uphill fight.
stiu Everybody's Fight.
Still. with six candidates in the
f'- o'-9~7-'ro7T-'~ fight. Il is
extremely Improbable that nomina-
ton viii be made on the first ballot
# deadlock comes there is no tell
ing what viii happen. A man before
a convention viii often show remark
able strength on the first ballot but
be unable to hold bis strength to-
gether and go to pieces in the sue
ceeding ballots. Conventions are pc
culiar bodies They can often be
Stampeded by the most trivial and IL
logical things.
Judge Colborn is looming up as a
very strong man in case there is a
deadlock. Colborn has not made a
fight FOR the nomination. He he's been
almost passive. so far though his
friends have been pushing him. In
fact. he has been almost in the posi-
ton Of . dark horse. A number of
men already pledged TO Mason. Glen
dining and Doremus are known to
favor him as second choice and it
would not be at all surprising to see
a long fight end in his nomination
The friends Of Spencer ClawsOn
last night announced that they would
present his name to the convention
and make a hard fight for him They
expected an easy victory. believing
that Ciawson Is 2 strong man. They
are probably doomed to disappoint-
,nent. as the class OF men to be found
in this Republican city convention
will hardly be able to endorse the
policy pursued by Clawson since he
has been in the city council. How
ever, he will get good vote from
his own ward and from the lower
precincts.
The friends Of A. f. Doremus made
2 hard fight for him yesterday. Early
in the day a story was started against
their man. however. and he was hurt
very much by il. Various opposition
workers made the charge that Dore-
mus would gather his strength and
so into the convention to make a
{, mbination with some Of the other
candidates, whereby Doremus was to
get a complimentary vote on the first
ballot and thereafter throw his
strength to the man who would ap-
point him city engineer after election
Mr. Doremus however emphatically
denies the report. He declares that
he is out for the nomination Of mayor
and for nothing else.
Tribune men redoubled their energy
in fighting for Mason and Glendin-
ming. either of whom would be entire.
. ~ acceptable to the ring. Having
gained control of the governorship the
state Craftsmanship and various other
things. the ring desired 10 gain con-
troll of the city and thus make its hold
entirely secure. However, it has lost
ground.