The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-22
MANY FIGHTS
IN CONVENTION
psoubIicsns Will Begin to Name
Ticket Today.
MACHINE is IN CONTROL
srRUGGLE WILL COMMENCE IN
COMMITTEES.

TITO o'clock this morning j. U. Ell
j dredse. Jr.. secretary OF the county
II committee. viii call the Repub-
r.sr county convention TO order. Den
ii. E..anor. the chairman Of the COM
,.rr-a who should preside until the
,.mr1rary organization is perfected.
..,por be- present. He viii be in the
fsrri-t court in attendance upon the
EslEnn murder trial. Therefore the
s,fy fails upon the shoulders Of the
voltal1l secretar|.
Thu convention will meet in the salt
80 theatre. Its deliberations VIII
Lsf ry1 DAYS. today and tomorrow It's
1rf.-s villa be- 90 place in nomination
,r, stale senator's. ten representatives
ssB rna regular county officers. Be
s.fas mat there wiz bee the customary
,,ufIHr work attendant upon a con-
,a0tI0n of that kind, including the
sBogtIou OF a platform and the selection
ala county committee.
Tr. election Of the senators VIII be
tba most important work OF the dele
e8r-s They viii be hold-overs, serV-
M boo This and the legislature two years
hence. During each Of the sessions OF
the lawmakers a United states sena-
t5r viii be elected 90 represent Utah IN
washington for the succeeding six
wears from their election.
There are five state senatorial can
df4frs. Two SmO0t-kearns men, two
sutherland followers and Orson a.
Hewlett. who says he Is an independent.
and Is thought % be anti-Sutherland-
The Sm0Ot- kearns men are JACOB
Moritz and ". n. Williams. Those IA
vor8blr 10 the congressman are F. b.
CftchIoW and Benner y. Smith.
The election of either OF the two sets
Of candidates viii determine the
strength of the two factions which they
represent IL win be the hottest night
ever seen IN any convention in salt
Lake county. The general feeling is
that the Smoot-Kearns combination
will run the convention, although the
Sutherland men are very boastful.
Morning Session Tame.
The morning session Of the conven-
ton will be- a very tame AFFAIR. There
viii be- nOthin' doin," for the reason
that il viii be- devoted 10 routine busl-
ness. in which neither side viii take
any interest. During the noon recess
there will be the struggles for suprem-
acy in the three committees. They are
controlled By the SmoOt men. but the
Sutherland forces viii fight just the
same, and will carry the contests TO
the floor ~ the convention.
Ia the committee on credentials the
c0l0red voters viii demo- recognition.
They want 20 send W. w. Taylor to the
house. They viii probably be told 10
go away back and be good boys" In
the committee on resolutions the sugar
question may come up and cause some
Oratory That is a little doubtful, how
ever. Unless either side knows posi-
lively that Ii has absolute control OF
the convention. and there is little
chance of defeat by a stampede or
tr.ckery. they viii not try TO force in
dltidual plasflks into the platform.
which. in the main, VIII endorse that
adopted at Ogden. In the committee
on permanent organization and order
OF business there viii be something
doln' every minute"
First win come the selection Of per-
manent chairman. Wow! but how they
viii fight over that And when the re-
port Is submitted 20 the convention
there viii be more vows.
world whether Smo0t or a Sutherland
man presides over the deliberations of
the convention. II is there that one OF
the most bitter fights of the convention
will take place. Councilman Daveler is
spoken Of as the Smoot man. The
Sutherland faction has kept its ~~.-'s
date So well in the dark that his per-
sonnel has not leaked ont. &. b. Critch-
low would make an ideal man. from a
Sutherland point Of view, for the po-
siJlon.
Fight For Organization.
And after the permanent officers
have been decided upon by the commit
Tee. 10 viii take up the order OF busi-
ness. And another fight will occur. The
Smoot-kearus men want the legisla-
tiy" ticket disposed or FIRST Sutherland
says 20 does not make any difference 10
him whether the county officers are
chosen first or on the second day. But
Well yarsed politicians do not place
much crrdenrr I'm that statement. The
general idea is that the legislative
ticket viii come first. though candi-
dates for county office object. as there
s. much danger I'm this event Of their
being traded off,
N'' CHOW" win De- another lineup Of
forces when TO comes 10 the selection
~. the representative ip enc legislature
There are ten % be elected. with about
lh.rty 90 select from. The number Of
ballots necessary for choice will de-
lfnI upon personal strength and the
power of Sm0ot and Sutherland.
When 30 comes 20 the selection OF the
county officers the hottest contest will
II''doIy Do" over the county attorney
f''n DO lies between County Attorney
christensen and George Westervelt.
h'ih claim the nomina ton by a fair
majority with the general sentiment
i.f' 'hr latter has little the better
or Tho situation. James smith has a
fmdu following I'm ease Of a dead
JOCK. A- may he able TO throw his sup
l'rl which. Zoo that instance. would
mean election, by securing an appoint-
MrAi trom The successful nominee in
',rr ut election u the fall
lHe county officers slate. as pub
.Fh'd ln The Herald Saturday MORN
l.- N.I probably go through. with pos
S.'F one exception. that OF James An
u''s'n Tor county commissioner. There
7 such "a feeling against him that he
may boz defeated.
UTAH COUNTY SOCIALISTS.