The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07

THE Ksarns-smoot combination de-
feated the Sutherland Howell
forces hands down in the caucus
40 Yesterday afternoon in the old city
,,r by the Republican delegates from
an Lake county 20 the state conven-
"a. 10 be held in ogden on Thurs
Day.
II was a signal victory for the SEN
.o- and the apostle, and a complete
ant for the congressman. IL was the
81 time during the campaign that
n. two factions had come face TO face
Il an open political battle and had
Inca their forces up one against the
cfber The Sutherland men fought long
Ina hard cOntesting every inch OF the
"a but they were Onnumbered and
hopelessly whipped.
me caucus not only demonstrated
that Kearus and SmOOt are still mas
,srs OF the situations. hut that they
have given their support TO Chief De
vine In his fight for the congressional
r6ninatlon That is "A handicap which
he enemies OF the Wellsville man
claim that he cannot overcome with
IN The next few days. and they assert
thai his defeat in ogden is now an al
most assured fact.
Scrap From the Start.
Peace and harmony were unknown
qualities during the progress of the
caucus At no stage OF the proceed
ings. from the time County Chairman
D C.. Eichnor called the meeting TO
order. until the last bit Of business was
transacted while half the delegates
we're crovding their way out Of the
door az though the building were on
fire and they were In danger OF being
eremated. we're the Sutherland Howell
forces in h.. They did a lot OF talking
and making Of motions. and created an
awful Dot Of fuss and bother. but they
we're voted down with beautiful regu-
hriiy by the Kearns- Smoot crowd.
The senatOrial-apOstOliC machine was
well oiled. And every time the Suth-
tfland- Howell forces got their fingers
i1 the smoothly moving cog wheels
they lost a couple Of joints. The oiling
TOOK place az a secret caucus OF a Sc
lsct few, which was held during the
morning. The Sutherland Howell
forces evidently had not gotten onto
that fact for they went into the after
noon caucus with an idea that by
8lsiug trouble they might stampede
the opposition and win. The only
thing they gained was 20 prolong the
agony Of defeat an hour longer than
q would have lasted had they submit
I'D al the beginning. But they were
there 20 light, and they scrapped like
good fellows. IL was not until the last
man had been selected TO represent
salt Lake county on the various COM
mltiees AZ ogden that they lay down
Ana even then they talked of taking
The matter up again at Ogden. Just
how they are going to do il they did
not say. bu, protests were filed with
a regularity as though they were shot
out Of a GattlIng gun manned by a
Wel-drilled gunsman.
Attendance Not Large.
40 no time during the progress oi
the caucus was il possible to determine
just how many delegates were pres
ent When the roll was called about
200 men responded. When il came q
voting each count of either the indi-
viduals or ballots showed a far less
number The ballot taken showed
tishiy-sevcn Republicans present. Only
seventy noses could be counted on one
ballot by Secretary Eldredge, jr.. and
fcyrnty-nine on another.
10 was the very small attendance
which started the ball TO rolling. II
cd not take the Sutherland Howell
leaders George NJ. Cannon. former
Senator Brown, r. y. Critchlow. G. r
Allen and others-very long 10 scar
t1r crowd and read the handwriting on
me wall They soon came 70 the con-
t.lSon that their only salvation 10 do
much for their Wellsville friend was
To postpone matters until the delegates
kot 70 Ogden. And they did try 10 put
on the selection OF committeeman and
Officers unil then. but did not succeed
lhry tried 10 slip 5. II. Love in as the
SAT- Lake county member OF the state
central committee. But the machine
FORCES we're not 10 be caught unawares
Arrp Their heads, and above the storm
raised hy the opposition. although oh.
Asea 10 elect a. Fred Wey three times
20 make 10 stick, finally landed hin
nigh and dry
amer Deyine was present ant
Watched the battle royal from IN,
NORWAY leading into Judge Diehli
private office. Congressman Suther
''Nd was there. too. He sat on +;