The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
WILL HE APOLOGIZE.
Panic Stricken Republicans Are At
ter Coray Rough ShOd.

No sooner had it become apparent that
the Republican party had placed Itself
on record as endorsing one of the most
shameful things that could be done by the
convention, than the leaders and their
blind followers began to regret their
action. Ever since the convention
was called in session and the parties
lined up they have seen that the weight fTsd.
have few good fighters and OUTSIDE OF
Varian there are none VINO could nope 10
vanquish such able leaders as the Demo-
cratic side furnishes in profuslon. Far
liamentarianS among the Republicans are
almost as scarce as hens teeth; PIERCE,
Cannon and Eichnor being perhaps the
best equipped, outside OF Ndrlan. anu
they not SO strong either. On the Demo-
cratic side are Evans, Hart, thurman,
Richards, Ivens and Nebeker, each OF
whom has achieved special distlnctlon ri as
parIiamentarians in the legislature. The
list does not end there, however. Inc
Democratic side fairly bristles with able
men, at home on the rules and with good
sense to back them.
The Republicans from the first have felt
the weakness of President Smith. 1t is
now becoming well known that he seldom
makes a ruling of his own, but that most
IF his information comes from Stenog
rapher McGurrin, whom he conSultS very
freely. Half the time he makes rulings
after bending down and whispering 10
AicGurrin and if called upon to explain
WHY he did so. of course he cannot, FOR
the simple reason that McGurrin has time
only to give him the pointer without any
exclamation. With such drawback as
this it can readily be seen that the Re
publicans dread any occasion which snail
bring on short catchy light when they
will need a prompt, decisive man IN tne
chair They know if the Democrats ever
do begin in earnest they will make things
so interesting for the chair for a snort
period that he and they will be thorough
" Inundated. If he gets SO thoroughly
mixed on the simplest questions of par
Iiamentary law, they shudder to think
chat a spectacle he would cut when the
other side begin to give him a whirl
which would take matters into deep
water.
adjourned before the Republicans were
thronging about among the Democrats
endeavoring to explain themselves They
were thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
The idea that they had put themselves
into such a plight in order to shield a
man who had not the backbone to meet
the situation like a man. was indeed hu-
initiating The game was scarcely worth
the poWder The Democrats, of course.
the record was sufficient. That showed
q gross exhibition of partisanship and
until that record was effaced they could
have no respect for the men who had so
far forgotten all the principles oI per-
sonaI honor as to make 1t.
AS for Coray. he had one of the warm
est times he has ever had in his hte
The Republicans are so anxious to hold
ont the flag Of truce that tney were aLtst
With demand that he apologize and so
allow the party to crawl, more or less
gracefully out of the hole. 1t IS under
stood that today he VIII be forced 70 go
,bot which he was not brave enough TO
retract when he could have done so
gracefully.