The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
Republicans Tired of Carrying the
St0rm-Starter.
ITS POLICY OBJECTED TO
COOL" LANNAN PLAYS ENDS
AGAINST MIDDLE.
Hopes to Carry the City With a
Straight Gentle Republican Tick
ct, and Doesn't Care About the
State as Long as He Can Control
Federal Patronage.

The Republican party in Utah, ac-
cording to some of the members high
up in the councils of the organization.
has a bigger load to carry than en-
balmed beef and Algerism. 1t is a
heavier burden than the sugar trust,
the Standard Oil Trust, the Coffin trust,
the Wire Nail trust, the Whisky and
Tobacco trusts and all the other ag-
gregations of capital made possible by
Republican methods and policies
Tribune a Heavy Load.
The local load, which is becoming so
calling to the men who are carrying IL,
is Editor Lannan and his paper. The
committee that is trying with much
sweat and nerve, to reorganiZe the de-
funct league of Republican clubs, has
no fault to find with the Tribune's re-
cent flop TO McKinleyism and the gold
standard. What it does object to,
though, is the effort being made by
the Tribune's widely known editor 3"
Mr. Lannan, to make the Republican
party straight Gentle organization.
A prominent league member VINO mas
been on a tour through the state is
quoted as saying he found scores of
Republicans who declared that if Col ="
Lannan persisted in his policy they
would leave the party and vote with
the Democrats.
I'VE can have no hope of carrying the
state so long as we have to carry the
Tribune on ist shoulders" a league
committeeman is quoted as saying.
"Mr. Lannan seems to be playing
both ends against the middle. He IS
trying to work the Republicans in the
city into forming a straight Gentle
party, for his hatred of Mormons seems
TO have grown with advancing years,
until ba doesn't oven want a Mormon
to vote the way he does. He thinks
he can carry the city with a Gentle
ticket. For the state he doesn't care a
rap.
Wants City Patronage.
HE knows that his switch to the ad-
ministration will make him solid so far
as federal patronage is concerned and
If he can swing the city also that's all
he wants. The real fact of the business
is that Mr.. Lannan seems willing to
throw his own party into the air in or
der to vent his spleen on the domi-
nant church.
I'VE are going to have a hard enough
time without this Tribune handicap. I
don't think the Republicans can pos
sibly win in the city if they put none
bur Gentiles on the ticket and if the
same plan is pursued next year We'll
lose the state by a majority of many
thousands"
Work of the Committee.
In spite of their troubles the commit
tee is trying hard to build up a ma
chine. The course followed at present
by the committee is the appointment
of one man in each voting precinct to
act as president and organize a Repub-
lican club there. This man becomes
the head of that club and as he is
owned by the committee that made
him, it viii be seen that if things work
to the satisfaction of those in charge
a real natty machine will be built up
to control the Republican nominations.
Politicians are saying it is no Won
der Col" Lannan is kicking because
the committee is friendly to his dear
est enemy, Senator Brown. 1t is in
order to offset this possible advantage
to Brown that he is whooping it up
for a Gentle Republican party. With
Brown in the saddle there isn't a
Lannan man who could come within
twelve-inch shell range of a nominal
ton.
Arthur Thomas is quite agitated over
the matter. In fact Arthur is perspir-
ing very freely and not altogether be-
cause the weather is warm. He doesn't
want to throw his friend the colonel
but he does love pie. Therefore Ar
thur will probably wait yet a little
while before taking a pronounced
stand.