The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-07-31
CRANE DOWNEDs


ecutive committee Monday in Salt
Lake was dramatically interesting II
not spectscularly startling. Mr..
Charles Crane, the successful chair
man of the committee, was dragooned
finally into rendering his resignation
which. with the usual and customary
polite regrets, was thankfully and
tearfully accepted. This is a distinct
and clearly defined, sharp cut victory
for the Tribune. 1t is real funny to
note the illy-concealed qualification of
the paper, and its early and awkward
effort to pick up the tangled notes OF
disCord and to weave them into a bit
of harmony which may, under Mr..
Cannon's care, be made available to
force decent semblance of harmony
and living chance for the G. o. p. dur
ing the campaign. The Tribune would
like to speak of him now as the noble
Crane, the self-sacrifcing Crane, and
90 farther, even, than that; but the
thing is yet too raw even for that pa
per. 1t will take three or four weeks
for it to gather the nerve sufficient to
enable it to do this, if it ever does.
Without this the schism goes on, and
inh8rmony will rule.
The Tribune evidently regards the
shelfng of Crane ss the squelchlng oi
Trumbo, Or, indeed, as the cleansing OF
that matter so that he may yet win d
decent place in the estimation OF the
republican people of Utah. Now the
Tribune evidently understands the
difference between the two men. Crane
compared with Trumbo is poor man
and Crane has no sugar trust nor even
a Southern Pacific railroad behind
him. But the glittering Trumbo has
both and after it gets through with
him the Tribune will have better
idea of the worth of money in politics
than ever before. Because Crane il
out of the way it by no means follows
that Col. Isaac is on his way to TIT
political grave yard, nor, indeed, is
altogether clear that the Tribune care
to see him buried at once, if ever. Al
together it is queer kettle of fish any
way. But one thing is made YER
clear and that is that the power of thr
Tribune is as great as ever it was, AM
also that it is not exactly safe t.
fool with It's fangs inside of the repub
lican party. 1t has never been dea'
enough for that vet and it may be
long time until that day dawns.
1t now remains to be seen wha
success George M. Cannon will bav
in gathering up the rsveled threads il
the skein and in weaving it into
woot of harmony. Here both old an
young Utonians may pause TO refec
upon the power Of the Tribune and th
fact that it and one of the name G
Cannon have locked shields in bat
tie such as must be waged to beat th
old-time democratic force of the ne
state. Is it possible? Has it come t
pass that the Tribune has forced itsel
into the confidence AMI esteem Of th
Cannons as it has forced the obnoz
ious Crane from the Craftsmanship {
the republican party? If it now sue
ceeds in bending Cannon to its wi
and purposes it will have wrought sue
a miracle as prophets and apostle
have meyer yet succeeded in launching
Verify are these the days of SUI
prises, People will be on the watch t
see if the Tribune will now be salts
fed and come under the rule of th
Cannons, or if the Cannons will call il
body at the Tribune Office and sur
render with becoming docility. So ia
as we are concerned we will be SUI
prised at nothing, save only at IT
publican victory this fall under a.
these circumstances.