The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-01
Chairman of the Republican
Committee Does It.
A BANKER FOR MAYOR.
WOULD LIKE HIM NOMINATED
ON ANY OLD TICKET.
But Mr.. Dooly's Wants Are hot
Known-Parsons Has a Clever
Scheme, But It May Not Work
Assessing the waterworks' Boys
For Campaign Purposes


ton TO the fact that your uncle John z.
Dooly might be a candidate for mayor
AT the date of the announcement 1t was
stated he would probably run on a nom
partisan ticket. if there was one ia the
field. or would so after the regular nonli-
nation ON the Republican ticket, provided
the Hon-partlsans did not shy their cas-
tors IN the arena and attempt to Walk
away with the peFsimmonS
Well, a deep laid scheme has been
brought to light. Everybody knows Ar
thur Parsons, chairman of the Republican
city copmiuuee, always 10 be found
around headquarters OF the party; always
in tine convention with duh axe on
which he wishes an edge; mostly every
time a candidate for something; ever
reads for a whack at tine public crib.
1t seems that Arthur is one of the prime
movers in the campaign for Mr.. Dooly.
He has discovered that the interests of
the city demand that a man Of Mr.
Dooly's build, MT Dooly's temperament
and Mr.. Dooly's ability is needed to save
this. city from the financial ruin which
oanfronts =, it, and who, among ALL is
SO dr. Dooly is the man, no matter
what Mr.. Dooly himself may think of 1t.
incidentally Arthur will be a candidate
tepests and the Parsons interests can
combine and sweep over TIVE cfty,&like a
Kansas cyclone over Held of oats,
twisting everything out of shape in its
track
1t does not make any difference to Or
thur whether the ticket is Republican or
not. either. In fact, he leans toward the
non-partisan end of the stick So cold
has he become since the Dooly boom was
launched that he does moi speak With
that fervor which has characterized his
former statements of the beautiful prin-
eIples of the grand old Republican party.
He came near losing his head as chair
man on that account, too, if EreTnber5 of
the committee are to be believed One
of them said yesterday he did not ina
CINE for a minute but what Arthur would
lose his official head if he persisted in
flirting with the non-partiSan people.
That he would 60 under the political
would reach bottom land if pc persisted in
his course.
With Arthur for auditor and Mr.. Dolly
for mayor, it is believed the non-partisan
ticket would be safe, OF course, it would
interfere with the present arrangements,
for with Mr.. Dooly in the field, Robert
son and Duke would have TO take the
strength which exists in the x.pck be-
tween Main and State and First and Sec
ond South from 0orey Evans and give it
70 Mr.. Dolly, That would antagonize
Evans and his friends. Then, too. Ken
Won would be compelled TO take a back
seat and he and his friends you'd be an
tagonistic But think of the gain! 1t
There is the Tribune OF which Mr.. Dooly
is an earnest supporter, and who has the
friendship of the paper. That would
mean that Pratt and Devtne would fall
in. There would be a trade OF Duke,
Robertson. the Tribune, Pratt and De-
vine for Kenyon and Evans, It would be
a one-sided bargain. with the odds in ia
yor of Mr. Dooly, of course.
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But there is trouble in the future. If
Parsons gets too gay with his little
scheme the committee Will saw his head
off and the days Of his usefulness will be
All do
be TO work for Mr.. DoolY, with no hope
OF reward for he would never get the
nomination for auditor after an occur
renee of that kind, non-partiSan or other
wise. SO Arthur viii play smooth. AT
the next meeting of the committee he
viii permit the other non-partisans to do
the work. BY the time every one has
spoken he viii have gathered good idea
OF the way matters stand and then he car
vote with the strong side, II the nom
partisans win Dooly and Parsons will be
his candidates for mayor and auditor on
the non-partisan ticket. If the straight
outs carry the day Dooly and Parsons
VIII be the logical candidates on the
straight ticket, and there is Arthur's
scheme.
For time theirs; have been ugly
department 1t mas been boldly stated
that the men wording in the department
have been most numerically ASSESSED"
| for campaign purposes; that they have
the Republican finances which had to be
met, and that they must pay 1t. The
contributions which have been levied have
been so frequent as TO absolutely distress
some of the laborers. but they have borne
all With q patience worthy Of a better
cause, until recently. When there have
been protests. Some one took the
trouble to investigate and found the COM
n1ittee did not owe any large sums and
that the assessments were not by any
means needed.
So recently the men held a meeting and
decided that 1t would be a good plan
to lay the matter before Councilman Dale,
who, as a Democrat. would be sure to
investigate There are several Democrats
employed on the department and they
object to paying assessments and will ask
him to take the matter in hand and ask
( for an investigation by the council They
can see no reason why they should De
compelled to make payments for the pur-
pose. OF paying off old and imaginary Re-
publican debts. The Republicans joined
with them and declared they, too, were
heartsick at the results Of this perpetual
! levy.
It is expected that this committee will
call upon the councilman today and make
its protest against this eXtoruon- They
will aHege that they do not believe the
money has been used for the purposes it
was alleged to be needed. but that it has
been stacked up for campaign purposes
this fail, in the interests of several can
didateS who are seeking reelection, and
that they do not want to submit to the
leg pulling any longer, if there is any
chance to avoid it.
The colored men Will hold meeting to-
morrow evening to consider political mat
ters.
The Populsts are not enamored of the
proposed non-partisan movement, and a.
their gathering last night they decided
that they would hold a city convention
of their own. The action encountered
some little opposition, chiefly from II.
[
Han. but their voices were drowned in
the general cry for a straight, mtddie-o1-
the-road Populist ticket.
The meeting was held in legislator
I Thompson's office, and S. II. Smith occu-
pied the chair with dignity, while August
Stein was filing the role Of secretary.
The first blast that awakened the body
into a sense of the fact that ii was there
for a nor time. came from Commission
er Han This was followed by the COM
missioner being sat down upon in a cruel,
harsh way. He was nominated as com
mittee1nan from the Fourth precinct, and
seeing that if he committed 10 local Pop
ulism his dreams OF occupying Iir Glen
dinnings chair would fade away like q
mirage, he promptly raised his voice 10
explain that he was an independent man,
devoted ro the cause of municipal liberty
and the anihilation of corruption. He fur
taer averred that he did aol think PoDu-
list principles should enter into city poll
ties While he was INDUCING in this Pc
ton Th0mpson's chair rattled
against the floor audibly, and the
rose to state that ne did not approve of
Mr.. Halls words and would k.hadraw his
second TO Hairs nominal ton as commit
teeman from the Fourth The man who
nominated Hall then made a hank move
menl and withdrew the nomination.
Having raspsd the commissioner
nerves TO their hearts content, the Popu-
Fists turned their attention to the real
object OF the meeting. which was 10 de-
eide whether or not the Popuh5ta, were
to nut a ticket in the field. Wild and
rzbid discussion ensued. Harbour did not
know whether he wanted straight Pop
,llic. tinlcet- or nj hilt rahner 1hnil crht