The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11

carry the war into Africa and issued
an address to the Republican county
committees throughout the state, ask
ing them to take action in the matter
vention on the oath of this month, which
convention will be held in the theater in
this city
The address is couched in plain, IN
vanished language and is a document
which will have an effect, taken in con-
sideration with the address issued on
Tuesday.
There will be no retrograde steps
taken by the Independent Republicans
of this state and the call which appears
below will be responded to with alac-
rity. not only by silver Republicans IN
this city and county, but from all over
the STATE. The time for compromise is
past, SO far as the Independents are
concerned, and unless the state commit
tee Of the gold men recall the Mt. Pleas
ant convention, which they will not do,
in all human probability, for the reasons
stated in this paper yesterday, there
Will be a split in the ranks.
1t viii be the means of giving the
state to the Democrats, but the indie
pendentS do not care for this. They
claim the party organization, by reason
of vast superiority of numbers, and
assert that they viii stand by the prin-
ciples they have advocated, even if the
Democracy captures every plum in the
commonwealth.
The gold men are shaky over this
matter They fear the result, for, after
all. suppose Bryan should be elected?
Then they would be in a position not
to be envied. Having gone back on the
doctrines they have been shouting for
all the years which have elapsed before
the st. Louis platform was adopted
they can not face their former friends
with request for recognition. Result
they will be political outcasts. 1t is
true that if the gold ticket is elected
they will have a chance at the Offices,
but the prospect now is very remote.
There are several shaky ones among the
boys and it would not be surprising if
some OF them did not do the flop" act
ere the conventions assemble. The adj
dress which was issued yesterday is as
follows:
The several Republican county COM
mittees Of the state of Utah have been
selected by the whole party to repre-
sent its power and authority, and by
virtue of such selection now represent
organized authority within their re-
spectiVe territorial districts. A great
question, as to which differences Of
opinion exist, has divided the party
Utah. One element of the party con-
trolling the state organization has
been enabled to emphasize its convic-
ton with potency and force by direct
ing two state conventions to be con-
vened, and calling upon the several
county organizations to provide for
the selection of delegates thereto. The
two state conventions are called in the
interest and support of the platform
nf "a oil Il
clared at St. Louis, and the presiden-
tial candidates accepting the same. A
very great number of Republicans in
Utah. believed to be a large majority
of the whole, decline to accept such a
platform or the candidates, and intend
to insist upon their rights to express
their views and vote their principles
at the coming election in an organized
way. For these purposes, therefore,
provisional committee has been ap-
pointed and a mass convention called
to meet in Salt Lake City, on the oath
day of September, 1885, The Repuibli-
cans in the several counties have
been requested to meet in convention
on or before the 21st day of Septem-
Der, 1895, to select and accredit to the
state convention their delegates, in ac-
cordance with the apportionment made
in the call by tbs provisional commit
tee. 1t is but fair that the organiza-
tons heretofore chosen and invested
with authority, by the entire Republi-
can party acting in concert in the sew
eral counties in the state should lend
their official aid and power to enable
all Of the Republican voters within
their respective districts to express
their views through representation in
the several conventions called. The
provisional committee, acting for the
Independent Republicans, therefore,
earnestly calls upon the several Re-
publican county committees TO appoint
a time and place within their respec-
tive counties, and in accordance with
the call made by the provisional COM
mittee, for the selection of delegates
to the mass convention to be held at
the Salt Lake theatre, in the city Of
Der, 1896. In the event of such action
not being taken in any county by the
organized Republican committee there
of, it is recommended that such mem
bers of a committee or committees so
refusing or neglecting to act, and who
shall be in sympathy with the prin-
ciples and purposes Of the Independent
Republicans of the state, who are de-
termined that the pledges of the party
upon the reconciliation of silver and
its restoration to the use of the country
as a money of final redemption, do,
with such additional membership as
they may deem necessary to provide,
constitute themselves a provisional
committee or committees for the pur-
poses hereinbefore announced; and in
the event Of the neglect or failure of
any member Of the official committee
or committees in any county of the
state TO take action as herein advised,
it is further recommended that the
silver Republicans in such county or
counties see to it that a provisional
committee be constituted and an OPP
portunity thereby afforded for repre-
sentation at the great convention which
is to affirm answering adherence TO
the old-fashioned principle of observ-
ing plighted faith-of keeping solemn
pledges. c. S. VARIAN,
Chairman Provisional Committee IN
dependent Republicans.
W. E Hubbard returned from a
trip to the east yesterday and says in
relation to the political outlook that
Bryan is making a great fight, and thus
far single-handed and alone, although
he is going TO have able assistance
right away. Mr.. Hubbard says that
Mr.. Bryan is making votes by the
thousands for silver and reform where
ever he speaks. The dishonest state
ments by a dishonest opposition TO the
contrary are made with a view of ere
ating a false impression among the
people.
Mr.. Hubbard says: while away L
had the pleasure of listening to Mr..
Bryan's speech at Sharpshooters' park,
at Chicago, on Labor day. 1t was
very able address by an honest adj
vocate of the rights of the laboring-
men and of the masses OF course if