The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-14
THE POLITICAL ARENA.

part OF the hepuDucdH camp IOliOWeIS.
The meetings for the election of dele
gates have been very SHINY attended.
In fact, when the delegates were
chosen, very few were left at the meet
ings and some delegates were chosen
who were not present to protest
against such honor being thrust upon
them.
Then the league gets but small favor
from the regular machine. 1t has been
the ambition of Charlie Crane and
those lieutenants of his who are con-
trolling the machine at present to run
everything to suit their own sweet
will. They do not want a rival organ
ization upholding its claims at the
hands of the Republicans in Utah. The
league represents that sentiment so
often found in conventions where ora
tors speak in glowing terms of the
claims of the young men of the party.
These claims are sometimes very en-
barrassing TO the older heads, who
are running things pretty much to suit
themselves, and as a, consequence they
are prompt in suppressing any eff
fervescent spirit that shows dispo-
sition to intrude upon their medita-
lions.
The league is taken very little into
consideration in the organization of
the party. Such a thing is very useful
when times are flush and the treasury
of the party is oVerfiowing with avail
able cash. But just at the present mo-
ment, when all the candidates for all
the public offices are spending all their
spare cash to aid in getting nomin-
atoms for themselves, the financial
men are inclined to look upon the
league with a great deal of disgust,
thinking of it as a providing for an
other means whereby money may be
expended without any particular bene-
fits.
1t will be interesting, however.
to watch the antics of the
league. 1t must be remembered that
this is the first official public meeting
of a body of Republicans since the con-
Stitutional convention has had the
boards as the chief attraction in the
political world. AS such it should have
a great deal to say about that Re-
publican majority in the body. 1t
should make some official declaration
as TO whether or not it supports the
actions of that majority in all things,
or not in some Of the minor details.
1t will be particularly interesting to
note whether some flambuoyant orator,
crammed full of Republicanism, will
understake to delight his hearers with
bounty system. Will the mournful
hearers weep over the corpse of their
dead issue or will they let its whitening
flesh be buried without even one tear
to make the ground moist above it?
There is the rub. 1t is hardly possible
that they could part without some
sign OF grief from a thing which has
been their mainstay ever since the
birth of their party.
But there is one thing very certain
No matter if the regular machine of
the party does turn a cold shoulder on
the league the lieutenants of Colonel
Isaac Trumbo. ''the liberator," will be
on hand bright and early and will see
that the delegates are properly treated
and kept in good humor. The grand
manipulation, the great mogul, is losing
no time, nowadays, and there is no
political morseI so nice and Juicy as
such convention.
By the way, 1.-The Hberator" is on the
alert. Word has been received in the
city, that having had his fill of the
good company of his senatorial col
leagues and, having gathered in the
requisite amount Of sunshine, he is
about to return home and make the
politicians happy by greasing the bung
OF ms barI and quieting their hopes
and fears by giving them dead GER
taIhty. He has watched late happen
dngs from a distance and has received
news that makes his return opportune.
Especially in view of the woman's
convention in this city, the talk still
runs on the visit of Mrs. Clara FoNz.
the California lawyer. Her stay here
was marked with many unusual de-
monstrations. The constitutional
convention committed another of those
breaches of dignity, which broke so
refreShingly into its sessions, in order
to do her honor and listen to her
speech. She was paid court by many
Of the suffragistS and best of all poll
ticians in general, as regards the Re
publican side Of the house, and Char
lie Crane in particular, were more
than anxious that she should come
back in the fall and stump the terri
tory in the interest of the Republican
party. 1t is intimated that she has
decided to do this and will devote her
attention particularly to the women.
This merely illustrates the turns
that will occasionally be made in poll
teal life. During the last campaign,
there was proposition to bring one
of the Republican woman stumpers
over from Colorado to do work in this
territory. Several of the leaders of
the party said that would be a good
thing. 1t had been tried with espec-
ial success by the Democratic party
in the campaign of 1892, and it was
thought the party could not do better.
AS a consequence an invitation was
sent and accepted and the lady pre-
pared to come, bag and baggage, and
to wake the men up with her silvery
voice.
But the scheme fell through. It was
not the fault of the chivalrous Char
ley Crane. He cannot be accused of
any such ungallant. conduct as that.
But it was the fault of the county
committee of this county They de-
clared most solemnly that TO bring a
woman was an outrage, that she
would disgrace the party, and that no
hen should crow on any Republican
stump in this county with their per-
mission, or words to that effect. These
were harsh words and they consider
ably dampened the ardor of those who
wanted to have the lady orator come
here. But they effected the desired pur-
pose. The invitation which had been
extended was withdrawn with as po-
lite an excuse as could be framed I'M
der the circumstances, and the orator
had to pocket her indignation and dis
appointment.
This story has an especial bearing
on the proposed trip of the distin-
guished Californian. It has been sup
posed that when the labors of the
county committee ended last year they
would not be called into service again
until there should be another election
for county officers and that the city
and state committees would take care