The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-17
NAMED MOONS ECLIPSE
FOR ABSENCE OF CROWD
V.bsr Campaigns Opening Was Decidedly InauS.
Oicious For Republican Machine Operators.
,.,o gsss and State Senator Allison Both Absent Though
Both Were Expscted-The Reason Why

n TATE Senator z. NJ. Allison, jr..
did not appear as billed at the
Republican rally at ogden last
night. Neither did Senator Thomas
Kearns. And thereby is suspended a
tale. KearHs was pulled of by the
state committee and the various ad-
visers Of the machine in the hope that
Allison would be induced to speak. 1t
was known that Allison would not APP
pear If Kearns was there. Then. after
Kearns had reluctantly promised not
10 recite any of the productions Of the
Thomas Kearns literary and oratorical
bureau. Allison up and said he wouldn't
go, anyhow. He could not be assured
that Kearns would not be present. and
ne did not propose to do anything
which might appear that he gave sup
I port 10 the Kearns-SmOot machine.
Senator Allison last evening declined
10 say anything for publication. but a
close friend. who is familiar with the
situation, made the following state
ment.
while Senator Allison is as good a
Republican as any man in the state,
he does not believe that the legislative
tickets known as Republican this fall
represent the Republican party. He
regards them as the product of a ma
/ chine controlled by a man who Sc
{ cured the United States senatOrship
| through the influence of money alone.
He believes that the success Of this
combine in electing a majority Of the
/ legislature TINS fall would mean the
/ fastening Of bossism upon the Repub-
I lican party in Utah. At the same
time, he is anxious for the success Of
| Judge McCarty, Mr. Howell and the
men on the county tickets.
He is placed in an embarrassing
| position. He does not wish to appear
/ as a 'sorehead' or as a man who would
desert his party, and yet he does not
wish to see the machine triumphant.
Fear Machine Control
There are hundreds of men, espec-
/ Tally In Salt Lake and Weber counties.
/ who also feel that the success of the
/ kearns-SmOot legislative tickets at the
| polls would be a serious blow 10 real
/ Republicanism. and who believe it is
/ time for a housecleaning. but each man
/ believes the rest viii know how to vote
/ without any public airing of views and
/ without laying themselves open to the
| charge OF deserving their party.
/ The kearns-SmOot crowd brought
the present situation about themselves.
They are trying to force every Repub-
| ican who is opposed 10 the combine TO
appear publicly and act as If he liked
1t. Congressman Sutherland. for ex-
ample, II he refused to speak for the
/ Republican ticket as a whole. would be
declared a sore head and a renegade
because he made a fight in the conven-
tions and was defeated The same is
true OF others who have appeared or
will appear on the platform simply TO
preserve their party standing.
Allison Won't Wear Collar.
Senator Allison, however. is not a
defeated candidate. He was successful
when he ran for the senate. and ne
stands as a representative Republican
"a man whose Republicanism cannot
be questioned. no matter what his
stand regarding the machine An at
tempt was made, however, 10 force him
10 be exhibited with the collar on, and
the attempt failed. 1t was planned 20
have him preside at the kearns-C Clark
meeting. introduce the speakers, and
make a few remarks himself. The nat
ural inference would be that Mr.. Ali
son endorsed the machine. He had the
| independence TO decline to do anything
of the kind. AS il turned out, Kearns
also stayed away. but he was an
nOunced 10 be there as Senator Clark
OF Wyoming is supposed TO be making
the tour In his interests. If il had not
been for the probable presence of
kearns and the inference that an en-
dOrsement OF the machine was intend
ed. / think Senator Allison would have
taken part in the meeting out of re-
spect to mccarthy, Howell and the
! county ticket. but he is not the man ID
. submit tamely TO anything which
savOrs of coercion
The first announcement concerning
the meeting last night was that Sen.
atOr &. ID. Clark of Wyoming and Sem
ator Thomas Kearns will speak at q
grand rally in Ogden" Then there wa.
such opposition 10 having Senator
{ kearns Tecite a piece in ogden, where
p IL was thought the people were ION.
! and also because of the desire 70 force
Senator Allison into hole, that tn,
kearns number was declared of
/ Wednesday, however. Chairman ]. II
I Anderson Of the state committee sait
he was not sure whether Kearns would
speak or not. Ii Is announced positive
I ~, however, that his voice viii be hearC
at Logan tonight and at Brigham Cit.
tomorrow night, Senator Clark speak
ing also at both these places.