The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-29
Republicans of Cache,
[snecial to The Herald.l

Especial to Ine HeralQ.l
| LOGAN, Sept 2S.-In the Republican
convention held at Logan today, W.
| W. Vaughan WAS nominated for Judge
| of the First judicial district. After the
/ adjournment Of the district convention
the Cache county convention met and
nominated Isaac Smith of Logan for
state senator, Lorenzo Hanson of
/ Wellsville, w w Lewis of Lewiston
! and Samuel Holt of Millville for repre-
| sentatives, and Thomas H. Merrill Of
! Richmond for superintendent Of
schools
Argus Foresees Republican Defeat,
This is a Democratic year,
Day after day circumstances arise
| which point to but one conclusion-a
! Democratic victory on November g.
/ The Herald has been pointing for d
| long time to THE very good feeling
among the Democrats and the very
bad feeling among the Republicans.
/ These statements have met with. half
I hearted denials from the Republican
/ press, 10th to admit that its party was
not in a. winning spirit. Yesterdays
Argus, however, finally brought out the
exact condition, and upheld what The
/ Herald has been saying The following
extracts are quoted, because they have
! the air of authority, coming as they
DO from one man. who, above all
others, enjoys the absolute confidence
/ OF the city, county and Oquir1th CHM
managers, and giving, as they do. the
true Republican spirit of depression
and alarm:
/ chairman Powers of the Democratic
! ic
men IN Utah who lis in the prbi:r ave y
/ 51ls magnetism, aggressiveness and won
otlIul command of resources are known
/ ana appreciated everywhere and none an
preciate them more than the RaDuhlicans
I N exciting the masses to enthusia SIN
! FoWeIS mas no superior anywhere: his or
( - h i1eh already is most complete and
I a. MS command he has accomplished
sluinpers and eloquent orators With the
!mpetuoSlty that is natural to the man
! and which is so admired by those who
understand his methods "a has rushed
!hio the campaign and already his voice
/ N the weu-knewn dulcet tones is pre-
3-ct:hS victory; IN well-worded addresses
ne IS calling upon the people to ESndle
/ me flres OF patriotism on the affairs of
democracy and unknowingly is posing as
! the political Moses whose destiny it IS to
/ tedQ the people OF Utah out of the wilder
I ness OF DOUBT they are now IN into the
! corral of the Democratic party on cleo
! tlon day and there brand them as the
property OF the goldbug president.
republican Apathy.
Notwithstanding the energetic cam
! palgn that Powers is wag:ng, the Repub-
lean forces throughout the territory are
/ strangely inalert. There seems to be
! something wrong with the machinery
/ D-ssension exists in several of the more
/ important counties and here in Salt Lake
where harmony. despite the daily asser-
! tons of The Herald. is the watchword
/ the committees are hampered for the
want of funds. There is, bes:d es a lack
{ funds absence n i0i1
! Is unaccountable. With the exception of
! the county committee. everybody seems
/ TO nave adopted go-aS-you-please gait.
In this city where there should be a score
or more clubs. there are not to exceed
a half dozen worthy the name. Practical
politicians as Powers has and IS proving
himself to be are sadly needed by the Re-
publican party. The Argus means no dis
| paragement to the ability of the gentle
men now in charge IN thus stating the
/ situation plainly. They are doubtless do
at their command and with the expert
! ence they have had. But the Argus calls
/ for campaign committee 1t is needed.
! There is a great deal of meaning in
! the last two sentences. 1t has long
/ been the pet idea of Harry McCallum
10 have the Republican campaign
plAced in his hands. He did not care
to take the craftsmanship of the state
committee, but he has been laying
/ his wires TO have a campaign commit
tee formed and have himself put at the
! head of it. In demanding campaign
committee the Argus is merely voicing
! the desires of Harry McCallum, upon
whose hands the Oquirrh club is lying,
/ like an unweildy baby elephant The
! idea of the campaign committee Of
fers the last desperate chance for Nc
Callum to get up in politics. He hoped
to ride into power on the Oquirrh club
but that has gone 10 pieces. Now he
wants to see his way clear on sta 10
lines. His claim is being pressed by
all the factions opposed to the Tribune
But the factions may continue their
demands. The Tribune is in the saddle
and will not be cozoned out of its adj
vantage.
Gloomy ForebOdinGs.
But the Argus continued with it's
decidedly gloomy forebodings in the
following notice of the Democratic
housewarming last Wednesday:
"On Wednesday evening the Demo-
Gratis had a house-warming in their
headquarters in the Continental build
ing. 1t presented "a brilliant scene.
the decorations were beautiful and
the attendance of sight-seers large.
Bevies of pretty young ladies, hecom-
ingly costumed, acted as a reception
committee and showed by their abili-
~ to Wheedle the men visitors out of
their shekels via the postoffice and
badge routes, that they had training
in church fairs. Chairman Powers
was, of course. in his element. His
brass band played popular airs, he
talked in his usual convincing manner
and his lieutenants made it their bust
ness to make it pleasant for everybody
Everything about the place was in
dicative of energy. Everything showed
that grand and brilliant fight is
to be made in the interest of Dem
ocracy and that it Is to be war to the
knife. The many Republicans pres
ent could not help but compare the
energy shown with the lethargy that
exists in their own party and express
the hope that the leaders would wake
up TO the conditions that confront the
party. The Republican majority of
1894 was a small one. A change of
but three votes in each of the three
hundred and odd precincts in the ter
ritory wiz wipe IL out The question
is. will Powers be permitted to wage
his campaign on the lines he has
adopted without any serious effort
being made to counteract it?"