The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27

The outlook so far is that Charles
Crane will be nominated by the Re
publicans on the first ballot.
The delegates are already coming in
from the country and are preparing
FOR the convention tomorrow.
AS fast as they arrive they are taken
in hand by one or the other faction
and dressed into line for their candi-
dates. BY far the great majority of
those whose ideas are fixed will stand
by Crane to the bitter end. Thomas
will have but few delegates, and a
perhaps only enough to defeat
q nomination on the first ballot-will be
scattered among various local favor
ites. The Crane forces, however, will
be held well in hand and every possible
preparation made to meet the assaults
of the enemy.
The Tribune campaign is generally
directed against the delegates from
Salt Lake and Utah counties. The
most desperate measures are being
adopted to shake the Oquirrh club
delegates. Tribune strikers are out all
over the city bringing every possible
influence to bear to secure either the
vote or proxy of the recalcitrants. The
old Tribune lash is being brought into
play. Obdurate men have been threat
ened n case they refuse to accede to
its demands. These threats have not
been made openly, but hints whose
meaning could not be nisinterpreted
have been thrown out.
The Tribune lash used to he a po-
tent thing in Utah politics. Men of
certain parties and classes used to
cringe when it was mentioned. Many
q man who has done nothing worse
than to Gisobey the demands of the
political car at its head, have been as
sailed in a most virulent manner Its
hatreds have been carried into it's news
columns until il has been impossible
for one of its opposers to obtain any
thing in the nature of justice. That
sting, however. has now worn off Too
much evidence has piled up against the
paper. When wronSfully used such
lash loses its potency, and people who
are subjected to it have sympathy
rather than condemnation.
1t remains to be seen what effect the
tribune campaign will have on the
delegates from Salt Lake county. 1t
is from this locality that Crane will
draw a great part of his strength. If
he can add 100 votes from Salt Lake
TO his solid fifty from Weber, IL from
Davis, y from Willard, 3 from Rich, 5
from Washington, Is from Tooele and
safe from Utah, it is reasonable to
believe that the other IS necessary for
nomination can be secured from the
large unpledged vote that is coming in.
He viii still have left to draw on the
delegations from Cache, Box Elder,
supposed to be favorable to him; Utah,
Summit, Wasatch, Morgan, Uintah,
Grand, Sanpete, Sewer, Beaver, En-
cry, Juab and the other small coun-
ties scarcely one of which will neglect
TO give him some support.
Even if he should only reach within
nifty votes of the number necessary for
a choice twill be difficult to beat him.
The oppodtion will be so divided among
the other possibilities that they will
make very poor showing.
The oquirrhs.
The members of the oquirrh club are
feeling very much displeased with the
Tribune because of its unfair treat
ment Of the parade on Saturday even
ing. They claim that the paper will
now beltttle the club and endeayor by
misrepresentation to break down its
influence. The parade in reality was a
creditable affair, fully 500 members of
the club being in line. The marching
club is good.