The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-25
POLITICAL.

The Herald has had something to say
about political caucuses lately which
have been held in this city and both the
Tribune and Standard have pronounced
them a fake. the former because it was
not onto the fact and the latter because
it did not want to get the rank and
fle,' as it puts it, stirred up.
Now the fact of the matter is that
caucuses are being held almost every
night by the Republicans in this city, and
while only few are taken into the secret
it is beginning to leak out and there is a
great stir among the fellows who have
not been consulted. A certain prominent
gentleman was ruStling around only Two
or three days ago to md out about the
caucuses and, strange 10 say, every man
10 whom ne applied declared that II was
all fairy story gotten up by The Herald
to make trouble among Republicans, and
he was half inclined TO believe they were
telling him the truth, when the fact OF the
matter Is that several 10 whom he ap-
piled could have told him, had they cared
10 speak and speak truthtully. that there
was something in 1t and that IN a judicial
way his aspirations were doomed TO be
short lived, ana that he was not being
considered by the fellows who are talking
about judicial timber.
Speaking OF the Judgeships, and they are
mentioned because they tave been
considered more than any oIher Offices,
it is now practically settled that A. X.
Haywood is TO have the support of the
combine for supreme JudSeshlp. This
cause it was his intention to be district
judge until he saw the complexion of the
Second judicial district and then he sud-
denly changed his mind.
Judge Foreman has his eye on one OF
the supreme court benches but it is COLI
tidenttv asserted by scnIe of the knowing
ones that that is all he will ever be aUIe
TO get on the bench.
Now, this is hardly the thing, as the
judge has been earnest i'll his support OF
the party and has had several years eX-
narianca the bench bnf ha lacks
huence" with the combine and that set
ties it.
lieutenant governor, but that plum was
withered in the bud when Varian
knocked out the office in the constitution,
it is claimed, because he did not want
Breeder to have it. 1t will be remember
ed that the major was president OF the
last legislative council ana it was known
then that he was posing for the office of
lieutenant governor. Now Mir. Breeder
has made up his mind to be a sena tor
from Weber and become speaker of the
state senate, which will put him in line
of the majors friends are not averse 10
his being the candidate on the Republican
ticket for judge of the second district.
Streyell has been mentioned as a posi-
BILE candidate from Weber for secretary
of state and he is said to be perfectly
willing to be assigned TO that position on
the Republican state ticket He certainly
ran well last fall when he was elected
d delegate to the constitutional conven-
ton, but some Of his colleagues do not
like the way he coquetted with the Popu-
lists and labor element and. in fact. had
his name on the Populist ticket which ac-
counted for his big vote. Some of the
04der residents do not like to see Strevell
go to the front so fast, but they do not
seem to be able to head off his boom.
He is all right with the combine and can
count on the support of the Standard.
and if Crane can pull through, look out
for Strevell, he viii follow very close
after him. So will Haywood.
It may be put down that Weber county
will ask for TWO important places on the
Republican state ticket, and if the play
OF the outside counties against Salt Lake
proves to be a success, Weber will get
what she wants. All of these little mat
tiers have been talked over, yet, Of
course, there has been no caucus of Re-
pubiicans in this county. In q broad
sense that is true, yet the combine mem
Ders have had an understanding; they
are having them frequently.