The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-02

were openly made an object Of traffic
and that votes were purchased IN other
ways. ANY such methods should Zee de-
bounced by all good citizens. and Repuh-
leans who care any ching for their party
should do what they can 10 prevent sucn
uleluoOS resulting IN permanent triumun
An attempt IS being MADE to force all
Republicans into line for the machine
ucket on the ground that the result this
ran VIII nave an effect on che national
clet tlon next year. This is false argu-
ment. III the people want 20 vote the Re-
publican ticket next year they viii vote
IT, no matter what they may DO this
year. The principal effect the election
this year viii have is that If success Il
the machine viii have an immense lever
age In the city patronage TO helm 81 con-
troll the primaries next year ana dictate
arrOg2ntIy the decision OF ali party QuCs-
tons.
The issue this fan is not between The
Republican and Democratic parties Tt IS
as 70 WheJher the city government is TO
be turned over in ITS entirety to Bruce
johnson and Tom Kearns.
". F. James, Former National Com
mitteeman.
7 am a Republican. and always have
ccen q Republican, and don't pro-
pose to De driven out of the party.
but 1 shall fight TO the bitter end any
such corrupt and vicious methods as
were brought into our recent primaries.
/ endorse every word Of what Mr.. Sails
bury said in his interview. When the
republican city convention adjourned, 1
fully determined to say nothing more on
the subject. but the attack on Mr.. Sails
bury was so vicious and uncalled for that
1 feel 1t my duty to condemn IL and 90
say that j feel as he does ] know of no
man who has done more to build uD the
Republican party in Utah than mir. Sails
bury Because he has the courage to
come out and denOunce the vicious praC-
tees that took place at the primaries is
no reason why he should be the victim of
an attack which Is both vicious and ride
For my part. nobody dare question my
Repubhcanism. I voted for Grant I'm 1858.
i have voted the Republican ticket at
every national election since and 1 eX-
pect TO vote IL at the next national cam
Patgn. l was one of the founders Of the
Republican party in Utah in 1871. After
the division on party lines, James Devine
was the first Salt Lake county Repubd-
can chairman. and I succeeded him. hold
ing the position from 1891 TO 1894. i was
a member Of the national committee four
years. In 1886 my wife and I walked
through two feet of snow TO cast our
votes for Mckinley. This WIS only q
short time after Tom Kearns, head of
the present machine and owner of the
Tribune, which is trying TO read Mr..
Salisbury out of the party bolted the Re
publican national convention-nOt be-
cause of any corruption, but because the
majority did not agree with him When
l was voting for a Republican for presi-
dent, he was voting for a Democrat
surely, be can't read me out Of the party
for eVpressing my views on corruption in
politics.
All curing my campaign for nomination
for mayor, we were met by threats that
If 1 were nominated an independent tick
ct would be put IN the field against me-
Certainly kearns and his papers are I'm
no position to attack as boilers men who
are opposed to ringsrule and corruption
I'm the Republican party.
l am a Republican and have always
been Republican. and 1 don't propose
20 be driven out OF the party, but I shall
fight 70 the bitter end any such corrupt
and vicious methods as were brought in
10 our recent primaries.
I believe all Republicans who wish to
preserve the high standard Of the party
should unite to purge il of any susDicion
OF corruption. ] want TO see dtscounten-
anced and prohibited such vicious meth
DDS as Plum alley ana Commercial street
nave introduced. Good citizens should