The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-14
Chance to Win.

Chance to Win.
1t would be sad commentary on
/ the Intelligence of the people of this
district if the Republican judicial
ticket should win in spite of the con-
demnation that has been passed upon
II py the republicans in this city Such
oeplorable consumma ton would fur
nlsn justification for the boast of the
Republicans that with their majority
in this district they could elect a veil
low dog TO be Judge. Every lawyer
VINO must go before the court with his
pieadlnG, every litigant who has some
thlng at stake in some suit that must
be tried before the three district
Judges, will do a great deal of think
ing on this matter and will walk up to
the polls on the day of election and
disregard politics in voting for the
best man. There are a great many lit
lgants in this district. There are
thousands of dollars at stake. Every
litigant knows that unless a compe-
tent judge decides on his case there
is likely TO be delay and confusion that
viii cost him a great deal of money
before he is rid of a case. He does not
care to have errors and exceptions
that will carry cases to the supreme
court and to new. trials. Such are
bound to follow in the cases of the
IlepuDllcdn nominees.
Democratic Possibilities.
A good list of candidates. from which
a good ticket will be picked, will be
presented to the convention today. Two
new candidates entered the field yes
terday They were A B. Sawyer and
Eugene Lewis, both competent men
of good judicial material. Ogden Hiles,
who has virtually consented to run,
fIod . oh Int
Walter Murphy, Judge NcNally, j. H.
Hurd, Judge Hoge, Judge Cherry,
Henry Shields and C. Ira Krebs are
among the other possibilities. 1t Is
not believed, however, that the Sum-
nit county delegation will insist on
the nomination of Mr.. Shields. They
will give him a complimentary ballot
and it is believed they will then turn
to the other candidates. They may,
however, stay by him and fight for
his candidacy to the end. Out of the
list presented it is certainly possible to
find a much superior ticket to that
presented by the Republicans. Judge
Howat or w. c. Hall would probably
have been nominated if they had con-
scented to accept but neither could af-
ford to leave his practice and do so.
Democratic Headquarters.
Today the cheerful sound of the busy
hammer and saw will be heard in the
south end of the Continental market
and for a few days carpenters and cleo
tricians will have supreme control. By
the middle of the next week the south
wing of the market will have been
transferred into commodious head
quarters for the Democratic county
and state committees.
The idea is very good one. There are
two things that make such headquar-'
tiers ideal They are ready accessibility
and commodiousness. Both Of these
are possessed by the hall just secured.
1t is not necessary to climb a fight Of
stairs and there is plenty of room for
meeting places, rooms for the commit
tees, chairmen. stenographers and
clerks. as we'll as a large rotunda for
a gathering place and extra rooms for
reading and meeting purposes.
The hall has been rented for bicycle
riding school and sales place all sum-
mer. but as it is growing rather late
for bicycling and as Heber NJ. Wells
has put his seal Of disapproval on the
exercise during the daytime, that bust
ness has closed and the committee i'm
mediately took possession. Judge
Powers and Chairman Dunbar, Of the
county committee are looking after the
fitting up of the hall
Very Much Afraid.
The action Of the Republican COM
mittee in making an itinerary for AL
len and Wells right up to election day
has been productive of much harm to
both candidates. Since the Republi-
cans have been claiming that their
ticket is so much stronger than the
Democratic ticket it was thought that
the campaign managers would welcome
a joint discussion. However their
brave words were used merely for the
purpose of CLOSING over their fear and
they seized the first opportunity of get
ing their candidates out of the way of
any possible comparison with the
Democrats. Nevertheless their plan
will not succeed. It was thought that
Allen would have courage enough to
at least make an attempt to stand up
before Roberts, even though he must
have gone into the discussion with a
knowledge that he was about to be
whipped to fiddle strings. Now he has
shown the white feather his former adj
herents are shaking their heads du-
biously. 1t looks as though the Repub- |
licans are not so certain of victory as !
they were just one short month ago.
At last the mist is dropping from be- !
fore their eyes and they are beginning |
TO see the handwriting on the wall.
Republican Harmony.
If war does not soon break out be-
tween, the Tribune and the OoIIirrh |