The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-06
WHY A LEADER
WAS NOT CHOSEN
Republican State Committee
Feared Senatorial Factions.
CONVENTION OGDEN, AUG. "a
COLLECTOR CALLIsTER'S EFFU-
SIVE RESIGNATION.

THROUGH fear Of committing a
blunder, the Republican state COM
mittee yesterday concluded TO pass
up the selection of a chairman for the
new committee to be chosen at the state
convention, which viii be held in Ogden
on Thursday, Aug. H. Until the COM
mittee assembled il was believed that
Chairman Calister's successor would be
selected, but through some freak per-
Torrance, the members agreed that It
would be unwise to embarrass the new
committee or give any one OF the pros
pective senatorial candidates a possible
advantage by having his favorite toS
chairman.
only fifteen Of the twenty-seven coun.
ties were represented at the meeting, as
Elder, b. H. Jones, Cache, Joseph A.
Smith; Carbon, J. Tom Fitch; Davis
Jesse NJ. Smith, BY Chris. Burton, IT,
proxy; Willard. Orville I. Thomson :
Rich Wesley X Walton; Salt Lake, d.
III. Wenger; Sanpete, w. d. Livingston
ToOele William Spry; Utah, Charles De
MOisey: Wasatch, A. G. Hatch; Washing
ton, Samuel Judd, by Tom ID. Pitt, proxy;
Weber, ". r. Adams.
After calling the meeting TO order yes
terday afternoon in his office, Chairman
Callister invited the members Of the com
mittee 10 adjourn down the hau 10 ting
session room of the county commission
/ ers, where there was more room available.
A. c. Hatch was chosen chairman of the
meeting and Miss Lola Madison acted as
/ secretary in place of Mrs. Annie Madison
Bradley.
Why Callister Quit.
{ Chairman CEIlister then presented his
| resignation, which was clothed in the
/ following language:
/ II hereby respectfully tender my reSlg-
/ +al~ .ffa ~f Fhfe a chair
man of the Republican state central com
mittee. Ny reason for this action Is that
under the rules and regulations govern
/ ing my position as internal revenue cot
/ the duties of state chairman. II there
/ fore becomes necessary that retire al
| once from the place TO which you elected
/ me in 1900.
! Il thank you most cordially for the
/ honor then conferred, and for the efn-
/ cient and unanimous support your com
/ mittee has given me. In retiring deslr'
! to express my sincere wish Tor the con
! tinued success Of the party organization
/ and for your own welfare IN connection
\ with the Republican policy.
! AT this time of Severing our offlcla
! relations as party workers, L desire L'
! congrat ulate the committee on the over
| throw of the Democratic party, dnC
/ placing our state not only in line WIZ
national administration. but also VIII
! that party whose policy has been sl
fruitful OF honor and prosperity TO oul
country.
| Il am pleased to be able to say TO yoJ
/ that the financial affairs of your com
mittee are most satisfactory, there Delne
nc outstanding Indebtedness; balanc'
/ remains in the treasury j am lhOTOuSnly
/ i'm accord with YOU in the keen sense OF
! qualification we all feel in the record o.
| our party organization, which holds Sc
/ cure the confidence Of the people. IN Doll
national and state affairs. with IL
characteristic fidelity the honor, patriot
/ ism. liberty and happiness of the people
: and the energy and determined integrity
/ and courage with which it meets and dis
| charges every responsibility resting upoi
/ it. the triumph Of the Republican party
in the coming campaign In this state i
/ assured
Evading the Issue
| After the acceptance of Chairman Cal
! listers resignation. the matter Of choos
/ ing his successor was preached. but the
/ consensus Of opinion was that the bette
| way would be TO leave the office untitled
! until the new committee organizes ate
/ the next state convention. No names o
| suitable men from which to select TIT
new chairman were discussed Had theI'
been any discussion on this point II i
| probable that something of public inter
I est would have developed concerning tn
/ factiOnal differences IN the party lhNolF
! ing the candidacy of Apostle Reed Snoot
] Governor Wells, W. s. Mccormick Arthu
| Brown and George NJ. Cannon for sen
1 atOrial hOnOrs.
/ Not the least important business befor
| the meeting was the matter OF fixing tn
| time and place for holding the stat
1 convention for adopting the party plat
I form TO be used in the fall campaign
the nominating of a candidate for repre-
/ sentative in congress and a candidate 10
supreme justice ad for the selection of
new state committee. IL was decide
that Ogden would be the convention cit
and that Thursday, Aug. Il, would be tn
date.
Call For Convention.
To Farley p. Christensen, the first vic
chairman. was delegated the duty O
formulating the call for the cOnventiO
and advising the various county chair
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