The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
Political + +
happenings.

AN INTERESTING fight Is in prog
u ress among the colored Republi-
cans of the city. The colored
voters have gotten themselves all tam
gled up with the leaders of the two
main factions of the party. and have
divided themselves into three distinct
factions One is headed by H. II. Voss.
the second by Bruce Johnson and the
third by W. W. Brown. Each wants
to be leader. while the rank and file
complain because the bosses of the
main party have not made good. in
times past, promises of political pat
ronage.
In hopes of pacifying the factions. a
weekly paper, known as the Tri-City
Oracle, will make it's appearance with
in few days. and try to bring the fac
tions together. The editors will be
Mr.. Cellars and Rev ]. W. Washing
ton. The periodical will be devoted to
the interests of the coiored people
in Salt Lake, Murray and Ogden
A third faction which has made its
! appearance in the Republican party
at large is made up of those who in
sist that they simply desire harmony
in the ranks and al the Ogden conven-
ton. They profess not to be taking
sides with either the senator or the
| congressman, and they demand that
these two men be utterly ignored fn~the
general interests of the party.
1t is limited that the solicitude of the
, would-be pacifiers is not so much in
the interest of the general welfare of
the party as it regards their own
personal welfare. They appreciate that
with the senator and the congressman
at loggerheads their chances of getting
positions for themselves or friends are
not as great as though the lion and
the lamb were sleeping peacefully side
by side.
With the fight still on against John
D. Murphy of Ogden as temporary
! chairman of the state Republican
committee and the matter no nearer
I a settlement today than it was when
the news first gained circulation that
! the state committee had selected him
for that most important position. the
| politicians are casting around for a
permanent chairman The personal
friends of Mr.. Murphy, as might be
imagined, are hoping that he will give
his consent TO accept that position, il
it is offered to him. should he last that
| long. Those who are opposed to him
are fighting that effort with the same
vigor that they are opposing his pre-
siding at all. And they propose the
name of George NJ. Cannon as a suit
able person to act as permanent chair
man. They make the claim that he
would be acceptable TO all warning fac
tons, and would preside with a fair
ness that would be a surprise to the
rank and file.
The fight for the nomination of
jGdgeship on the Republican ticket
seems to have simmered down to a
test of strength between District Judge
Mccarthy and District Judge Johnson.
/ While it is true others have been men
toned in connection with the place,
they are seemingly losing ground in
/ the face of the efforts of those two
worthless to win in the, convention.
/ Should either one of them capture the
/ convention, it will be the first time in
( the history of Salt Lake that that
nomination has ever gone south of the
! city on that ticket. The record may
/ not be broken this fall, as ii is long
road to the convention city, beset with
many obstacles which neither Of them
! may be able to surmount.
There is a hope expressed in Demo
-
| Thomas Marshall and Andrew Howat
may be able TO induce them to run
/ for the legislative nomination before
J the county convention. They appre-
ciate the sterling worth of those two
well known lawyers, and the strength
and dignity they would add to the
ticket.
| Elias Jensen, the Republican county
chairman from Box Elder. wandered
/ into the &. o. p. headquarters yester-
/ day to get instructions He was ae-
companied by Committeeman B. II
/ Jones They brought the information
! that their county convention will be
! held at Brigham City, Sept. 10, the day
! preceding the state convention at Og-
] den.
B. H Jones, besides enjoying the
| distinction of being central commit
/ teeman in Box Elder county. is can
/ didate for nomination for the legisla-
/ ture on the Republican ticket With
him are J. P Holmgren and
| Willard Hansen
| County Commissioner John W Ryar
! of Beaver county. stalwart Demo
crat. is In the city. He did not hes.
! itate to make the prediction that hi:
| NOutQ 20 OSulOCAdltC lAAS ldl
by a nice majority
State Senator j. VI. g. Barnes o.
Davis county. visited Democratic
/ headquarters yesterday. He said tina
I everything was looking Democratic il
his section Of the state. and added tina
the general outlook for Democratic
( victory this fall is excellent.
Postmaster James Glove of Prove
shut UP shop yesterday and came Z
| town to explain to his friends her
| that he is not in politics this year. Mr.
/ Cloves friends were delighted to oh
] serve that the arduous duties of tn
postmastership and the installation o
/ rural routes have not checked his for
mer tendency to embonpoint.
Not a Candidate.
To The Salt Lake Herald:
The Herald this morning. greatly q
my surprise. announces me as a can
didate for the Office of county attor