The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-29

in the early hours of the morning the
strikers for Thomas and Wells were
again in the field An attack was made
wherever it seemed possible to combine
against the man from Willard. The
Crane men in Summit were swallowed
up in the candidacy of George A. Lowe.
The Utah county waverers were assail-
ed on every side. The lash Of John G.
| Graham and his Enquirer was held over
them. The, Beaver county delegates
who would have been for Crane were
whipped into line with the lash of
Farnsworth held over them. The Cache
delegation went after those from Rich
and Box Elder, while the Farnsworth
people attacked him in the south. An
army Of strikers were after the San
pete and Sewer delegations.
Held over all the delegates from the
country was the threat of the Tribune
lash. All over the streets was quoted
a remark said to have been made au-
thoritatively by the Tribune that it
would not support Crane under any
conditions. The country members, cur
| iously enough, believed that the Trib-
une bluff would not be called and they
were swayed by this.
Another potent element was the in
! fuence of G. Z. Allen. His friends
realized that he could not be nomin-
/ ated for Congress if a non-Mormon
were nominated for governor. They
were out fighting for Wells as the most
available candidate. Arrayed with
! them were the. friends of Colonel
/ Squires. Of Bingham. These two ele-
ments succeeded in breaking down
carrying to Wells at least 80 votes that
would otherwise have gone to him.
Taken altogether the elements against
/ Crane were so strong that his strength
was gradually broken down.
The defeat was brought about dur
I ing the last two days. Everything that
could be brought to bear was drilled at
/ the delegates. Crane, himself, half lost
/ his head during the last hours of the
/ canvass and did some things which
alienated a number of his supporters
! Taking everything into consideration,
! Crane showed a surprising strength on
/ the first ballot. The Herald's predic-
lions of his ultimate victory were thor
oughly justified by the result Without
( the use of the clean campaign" meth
DDS of the Tribune and tricks that
should shame those who used them in
the name of good politics he would
have been nominated.
1t is interesting in view of the devel-
opments TO see what Crane expected
to get On the first ballot, in compari-
son with what he really did get Fol-
lowing is q statement furnished to a
Herald reporter on Tuesday evening,
showing the strength he expected from
each county:
Beaver, 6; Box Elder, 70; Cache. 25:
Carbon, 4; Davis, 10; Emery, Z; Car
field, Z; Grand. 8; Iron, Z; Juab. u:
Kane. 4; Morgan. ): Piute. 4; Rich, 3;
San Juan, i; Sanpete, 90; Sewer, u;
Summit, Il; Tooele, y; Uintah, A; Utah,
20; Wasatch. 4: Washington, 5: Wayne,
3; Weber, 20; Salt Lake, so: making a
total Of S24 From this it viii be seen
where Crane was struck hardest.
Cache, in which the Tribune did the
most work. Sanpete and Sewer, which
it particularly attacked, and the south
ern counties, where Farnsworth drew
votes away. were affected
a Foregone Conclusion.
After the nomination of Wells The
nomination of Allen for Congressman
was foregone conclusion. Had a non
Mormon been nominated for governor
John i. Booth. of Provo, would have
been the logical man and the Demo
Gratis would have had a very easy tick
ct to beat. They would have won the
fight without trouble. Aliens work in
LIZ AeoDANAioiS 1Oiiliiilllrt was 10 Sel
platform on which he could stand
He succeeded admirably.
a heavy campaign was made for
Breeder. of Ogden, but the combination
between Zane. Miner and Bartcf
proved too strong to be broken. Dur
ing the day some one brought out a
contemplate anonymous circular, evil
IDENTIFY directed against Judge Zane
though his name was not mentioned
The attack was very bitter, raking UT
the past and going into his private
life. However it was not given atten.
ton anywhere its tone and anteced-
ents being such as to make it lacking
/, in any potency whatever.
The other nominations were more the
result of accidents than anything else
They were made on the impulse of the
moment. Nine-tenths of the delegate.
did not know the antecedents, services
or real merit of the candidates pro
posed, but were compelled TO take fol
! their guidance a digest of the fulsomt
| panegyric of the nominating speeches
Throughout the whole session there
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