The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-20
REPUBLICANS
BADLY MIXED
Primary Results Leave POIiti-
clans in the Air.
SROOT A LIKELY VICTOR
SITUATION GENERALLY SIZED
UP THAT WAY.

,tEN who have followed salt Lake
nj county politics for years said
~ yesterday that they never be-
arf saw such a mixed up and mud
f-f condition Of affairs as exists tn the
paauuugan party relative 20 the coun-
~ convention and the dght being
,T4H. fo secure nomination on the leg
i-ar..- ticket. A number OF the can
fd8as said they were more or less
sts.t. and dad not know Just exactly
where anybody else WAS at"
T.. air was full OF rUmors and deals
and combines yesterday. none OF which
could ba traced 20 an authoritative
salrrr. some were that Smoot and
EauHs were working IN perfecS har-
rarr Another was that the apostle
V4. working with the senator just so
long AS the latter could be- OF any use
% H,m. and that after that point Was
reached. the mining man was left by
tba sburrhman 10 paddle his own canoe
a. best ne could.
one Republican W2r horse. when
asked what HE opinlar was concern
He rhs county convention and who
would control h. said
r'.I''.N 'H IiNtA JUS NAtf Jus tANhAfN
Eslrus is PLAYING the second a little
ogr of tune once IN "a while. and suIh-
eflud is the remainder OF the or
tHestra.'
To the rank and ME that tells the
story better than a long explanation
can. II is thought that smoot viii
control the convention on Monday and
Tuesday as far as the legislative tick
20 Is concerned The only Interest he
uu take in the county ONCE part OF
tas proceedings is 10 secure the nomi-
nation of friends OF his. or other men
with whom he might have made deal
ur entered into a combination az re-
CARDS the legislature. kearns Is striV-
l1s bv influence affiuence and eio-
ouence. either personally or second
hludediy administered. 10 accomplish
The same end, but Is meeting with
varied success. He wants the two state
senators 20 be- men who win vote for
hm two years hence. That is agree
able Co Smo0t, so IL Is said, provided,
OF course. the men selected VIII vote
frr him this winter. But he does not
propose 90 iet KearHs' name men I'M
Jess he knows they viii be In line
when the legislature meets.
10 IS conceded that the two-day con-
yeatloR win be the most stormy one
in the history OF the party: that IL
VIII De a case Of scrap from beginning
90 end.
The horde Of candidates for nominal
ton was busy yesterday r ing up
The different delegations selected al the
primaries the night before. and lining
up their forces. Interest was Increased
in the night by the fact that SO many
OF The delegates will so 10 the con-
vention unpledged. That condition Is
responsible for the stories OF deals and
combinations which we're floating
around yesterday
one OF them was that the Kearns
men were trying to so shape matters
that Jake Moutz and J. p. CahoOn
would be nominated. But that combi-
nation. q Is said Is not altogether
agreeable TO the smoot faction as they
claim that MoritZ Is the weakest man
after a senatorial position because he
viii be scratched by many or account
of his saloon connections
The Sutherland men are striving 10
make deals and secure individual votes
20 nominate f. b. Critchlow and Ben
y. smith,