The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-12
RESULTS WERE VERY SMALL
CoMaITTEE APPOINTED To CON
FER WITH THE ArKINLEYITEs.
Samuel j. Kenyon Says the Repub-
Leans Are in "a Desperate Position
and the Democrats, the Friends of
Silver, VIII Sweep the State Ma
tionaIIy and Locally.


the purpose of devising ways and
means to prevent split in the party
and to harmonic the differences be-
tween the Mckinley and the Bryan
Republicans. The task of mixing fire
and water, Sc to speak, proved a, stu
pendous undertaking, and at the close
of a discussion of over two hours it
may be said that the desired object
was no nearer Of attainment than at
the start. This may be partly ac-
counted for by the fact that only one
side of the dispute was present, the
entire audience, with the exception of
one man-and he did not attempt to
make himself heard-being silver Re
publicans and supporters of Bryan.
When the evening was pretty well
gone it seemed to dawn on those pres
emit that two parties to an agreement
were necessary, and on the motion of
| George l.. Nye, Chairman Cannon ap-
pointed a committee, composed Of
Messrs- George L. Nye, F. G.. Waite,
a. S. Geddes, A. H. Parsons and J. T..
Buckle, to wait on the state central
committee and the committee of the
Independent Republican party, and
invite those gentlemen to join them
in g. conference with a view of estab-
fishing unanimity of action on the
state ticket, including nominations for
the legislature and congressman.
The committee was instructed to
get a quick move on itself and to re-
port the result of their efforts towards
peace at a meeting to be held at the
Knutsford on Monday evening.
MR.. VARIAN SUGGESTS.
When the meeting was called to or
der last evening Mr.. Varian suggested
that if the state central committee
could be prevailed upon to withdraw
it's call for the ogden convention for
September 26 and leave the nominal
lions with the Independent convention,
some degree of harmony might be OBJ
tanned between the Mount Pleasant
convention and the Independent con-
vention.
F. G. Waite presented a, set Of resolu-
lions as a text on which the meeting
might base it's discussion and in pre-
senting the resolutions Mr.. Waite made
quite d heated and lengthy address in
their support. In substance the reso-
lutions were as follows:
RESOLUTIONS OFFERED.
Resolved, first, That delegates to the
mass convention be instructed that no
be made at said convention.
Second-That the counties be asked
to send full delegations of unqualified
silver Republicans to attend the Re
publican congressional convention
called for September 26 at Ogden and
that the Ogden convention nominate
a staunch silver man for congress.
Third-That the Republicans in the
several counties be urged to hold
nj ~
spective of their views as to the cleo
toral head of the ticket, and there NOM
mate candidates for county offices.
F'ourth-That an executive committee
Of five be appointed to carry out as
far as practicable these resolutions.
DEMOCRATS WILL SWEEP THE
STATE.
Samuel J. Kenyon said he carried his
ballot under his hat and could not be
bound by the resolutions offered by
Waite. His understanding of the pres
ent meeting was that it was q confer
ence Of Republicans but the preamble
to the resolutions offered said it was a
meeting of silver Republicans. The
Utah Mckinley men, the speaker I'M
| derstood, called themselves silver Re
publicans, but they did not believe that
silver was the paramount issue. The
other silver Republicans believed that
silver was the paramount issue, and
above every other consideration. 81
am" said Mr. Kenyon, going to vote
for electors who, without a shadow of
a. doubt, will support Bryan"
The central committee has ostracised
the genuine silver men and don't want
them in their convention. ct is folly, -
continued the speaker, t'to go before an
intelligent people and ask them to vote
for a silver head and a gold tail. am
a Republican and there is nothing but
Republican blood in my veins, but I
will see the Republican party in Tophet
before I vote for Mckinley"
MI Moyer-Are you a national Re
publican?
Mr.. Kenyon am just a Republican
without any qualifying word or phrase.
Mr.. Kenyon, continuing-"ThiS con-
ference is in the nature of a star cham
Der proceeding. We don't represent the
Republican party of Utah. What was
the object OF calling this meeting?
Was it really to promote harmony or
for some other hidden purpose? It
might be well to appoint a. committee
to confer with the central committee
and try to show them they had made a
mistake and that they ought to re-
scind, but I tell you it matters not who
the Republicans nominate, the Demo-
Gratis will sweep the state; they will
carry every office. The men who have
been talking silver for years are go
ing to vote for the party who will do
something for silver. We Republicans
are in desperate position, and we
might as well acknowledge it and face
it, though it be with sorrow. The Re
publican national committee does not
want harmony among the Utah Re
publicans and, mark my words, they
will send money here to keep up the
discussions"
OTHER SPEAKERS.
George W. Meyer didn't believe the
national committee would do anything
of the kind. It was conceded the Nc
Kinleyites had a right to nominate
electors; then the next thing to do was
to try to harmonic on the balance of
the ticket If that was done the Re
publicans, Mr. Meyer thought, would
win locally. The Mount Pleasant con-
vention should be allowed to nominate
the Mckinley electors and silver Re
publicans the balance of the ticket.
Secretary of State Hammond spoke