The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-20
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" EEPaR TMENT
Ogden, Jan 20.
THE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR
SENATORS.
Ogden, Jan 20.

nees for United States senators from
Utah. They claim that they gave due
notice to the world of their intention
to secure the nomination of Messrs.
Cannon and Brown if such a thing was
possible and now that they have won
they consider it rank treason to even
suggest that any member of the caucus
break faith and bolt
1t has been a notorious fact that the
Republicans Of this county were TAX
ing more interest in the senatorial
election than the members of the party
in any other part of the state. They
have caucused and counseled together
for months and now that victory has
perched on their banner they do not
accept with good grace the charge
that the result OF the caucus was the
work of tricksters.
If such misfortune should overtake
the state next fall as the one which
resulted in the Republican victory of
1895, then another Republican senator
viii be chosen next winter, and
whether the short term should fall to
Mr.. Cannon or Mr.. Brown will cut no
figure so far as Weber county Re
publicans are concerned. They will have
a hand in the election of the senator
just the same, and judging from recent
events the candidate who enters the
contest minus the support Of the
Weber county contingent is certain of
defeat.
Weber county members Of the legis-
lature, so it is said, we're all pledged to
Mr. Brown before they were nominat-
ed, and while the pledge was not given
the same prominence as in the case of
Mr. Cannon, those who are familiar
with the secrets of the inner circle de-
clare that the pledge to Mr.. Brown
was just as binding as that made to
Cannon. The proposition to elect Mr..
Brown was by no means an after cleo
ton thought as many suppose. Of
course it was not heralded abroad be-
fore the election that Brown was the
choice OF the Weber county RepubIi-
cans, but it was known to many and it
is a fact worthy of note that some men
high in authority in the Republican
ranks who now profess to be surprised
at Mr.. Browns victory knew before the
election that he was the choice of the
Weber county delegation.
Men who know, say that it would
have been just as fatal to the candi-
dacy Of any legislative candidate from
! Weber to have refused to promise to
support Brown as it would have been
to decline to support MI. Cannon.
Whether Mr. Cannon was aware Of
the pledge to Brown on the part of
Weber county Republicans is not dis
cussed by the gentlemen who have
been familiar with the scheme from the
first. If, however, the PLEDGE was
given to Brown at the same time the
instructions were adopted by the nomf-
Mating convention r1edeing the candi-
dates for the legislature to vote for
Cannon in the event of their election,
it is hardly probable that Mr.. Cannon
did not have an inl1ling of it at least
The Brown managers do not denv
that the pledge of support for him was
in the nature of a secret agreement,
and they do not consider that there
was any thing underhauded about it,
! Secrecy was necessary in the interest
of Mr.. Brown ard not for the purnose
of deceiving anyone in q dishonest
manner. Secrecy was a part Of the
| plan of CAMPAIGN because had it heen
known that Brown had the spport of
the Weber county delegation the other
candidates would have concentrated
their forces against him and would
have paraded the fact of the sAcrAt
ante-election pledge as a reason why
he shor1d have been defeated.
| The Weber 2ourtv Republicans in
and ont of the legislature had more to
! do with keening Hon. George O. Can
non out of the race than is generally
! snpnosed. Thew were all hnnest1v IN
! favor of the election Of Hon. F. J.
| Cannon for senator and he was under
such obliga tions to his friends that
! even if his desire had been to stand
| out of the wav of his fa Their he could
not have done so without their con-
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have obtained under any circum-
stances. It is hinted that one or two
! Weber county Republicans were in
! position to insist uuon George Q. Can
non keeping ont Of the race. and it is
even limited that Up to o'clock in the
| afternoon of the dav the nominations
We're made it looked very much as
/ though they would have to resort to
! heroic measures to accomplish their
purpose.
The Herald has from time to time
given the public inside facts regarding
! the Republican senatorial contest as it
was being waged by the Weber coun-
! ty Republicans and some of the infor-
nation given out bv The Herald was a
| part of the campaign thunder used for
| the purpose of clearing the way for the
successful candidates, and while The
/ Herald was not a "particeps criminis"
! in the transaction it was well aware Of
| the object sought. The positive and
unqualified declarations made by some
! Of the members Of the Weber coun ty
| members of the legislature, while be-
! ing an exclusive item of news which
! The Herald was glad to publish, was
| at the same time a great boost for
! Brown and was made use Of by his
mana gers to strengthen his position
| It was a bold move on the part of
the Brown forces and there was moth
| ing urderhanded about it. and while it
would have been suicidal to have given
out that information earlier in the cam
0aign, at that time it was all right
and it won.
There were many little incidents con-
nected with this interesting contest
which would have made interesting
reading had The Herald been at lib
erty to publish them. They came to
the surface while other and more i'm
portant items were being unearthed,
and had to be regarded as confidential
in order to secure the more important
| matters.
Owing to the sudden termination of
the contest one little sensation known
to The Herald never got ripe. It would
have made very interesting reading
had ita>ver come to ;he surface
How it was that no more tn.ln .h:.ee
candidates were placed in nomination
before the Republican caucus will al
| ways be a mystery TO some people.
The Herald could only theorize in re-
| gard to it bee ause positive Information
is not available. That Mr.. Brown S
| friends were masters Of the situation
to the extent that they were able to
give him almost a clear field goes
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