The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-04

strong for them, and in this belief
will see that a contest is instituted
/ against every delegation that goes
! against them. and with the aid of the
rural assistance on which they count,
seat the Mckinley delegation. Some
! days ago they conceded three counties
! to the silver men, but have now come
down to two, and only concede one
Of them as solid. They figure that
out of the probable $50 delegates Of the
4 apportionment is the same as hereto
/ f0Te) they will have at least half the
number. Summit county they concede
solid to the silver men, and divide
the remaining counties of the state,
/ claiming from each a safe majority.
This is the way they expect to control
the convention according to one CT
their number), but there are few PEG
pie outside of their own ranks who
VIII agree with their way OF figuring.
Should they have a, correct idea. how
ever, and succeed in carrying out their
plan, the result would be the same as
though the qualification scheme was
worked
In either event the silver men figure
that 1t is the intention of the com
mittee to give them the worst of it and
they are preparing to fight. A large
number OF them We're seen yesterday
on the situation they are facing and all
agreed that the silver element Of the
Republican party had little to expect
from the committee. All likewise
agreed that the silver. men would not
sit idly by and allow the Mckinley
men to carry things with a high hand
An organized effort to override the
dictates of the Mckinley committee
will be one of the announcements in
the near future
The fact that there was much talk
last week about organizing Mckinley
club and that although it was given
out that meeting would be held dur
ing the week for that purpose, no meet
ing was held, is creating a suspicion
among the silver men that the club
rolls, or rolls which were ostensio1y
such, which have been circulated for
many days for signatures, are not
what they seem. In fact are not in
tended to be used as membership rolls
for the organization of any club but
instead are to be used by the McKin-
ley men to determine who are eligible
to vote at the Republican primaries
provided it is decided to enforce the
Mckinley qualification.
Congressman Allen sent to the Tri-
bune yesterday letter in answer to ex-
Governor Thomas, who took occasion
to deny in the morning issue of that
paper the statement made by Mr. AL
len in his interview which was publish
ed Sunday, to the effect that the ex-
governor wrote the financial plank in
the Republican platform adopted at
Provo last year. Metaphorically, Mr..
Allen pins Governor Thomas pretty
w t0 Ie 10 sa-tc nd
says he can prove it, that Mr.. Thorn-
as, while on the train going to Provo,
circulated among the delegates a finan-
cial plank which he proposed to try
and get inserted in the platform, and
asked the delegates to agree to sup
port it. He fErther states the belief
that the identical plank circulated by
Mr.. Thomas was the one ADOPTED and
says he has verified it by certain gen
tlenen who were delegates to the con-
ven6ion.
George Whitmore. the Nephi banker,
who is in the city for few days. said
yesterday while in conversation on
the subject of politics, that there is no
possible doubt that Juab county viii
roll up a good round majority for
Bryan and SewalI. There are few
Mckinley men there, he said, but that
there were more Republicans who viii
vote for silver than there are who
will vote against it. He does not be-
lieve the delegation to the Republi-
can state convention will be for Nc
Kinley.
Sheriff J. NJ Mcclellan, of TooeIe
county, elected on the Republican tick
ct, is out for Bryan and SewaH. Mr..
Mcclellan was in the city yesterday and
was seen by a Herald reporter. He
said that Tooele had q good many
Mckinley Republicans but that they
We're very much in the minority as
compared with the silver men in the
party. He said that the delegation
TO the Republican state convention viii
be at least a majority if not solid fer
silver and that the county will go
heavily for Bryan.