The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-26

7 ORMER Chief Justice Charles S.
Zane. personal friend of Lincoln.
who has voted for every Repub-
lcan nominee for president since the
organization of the party. and who was
q Wing before that, yesterday Joined
the ranks OF prominent Republicans
who publicly cau ON an good citizens
10 prevent party and city being ruled
by corruptionists.
Here is the list up to date OF leading
Republicans who have thus expressed
themselves i'm interviews:
Orange J. Salisbury, national COM
mitteeman FOR Utah.
Dean j. b. Eddie of St. Marks ca
thedral.
William r. James. one of the found
crs of the Republican party i'm Utah.
j.. ". Allison, jr., president of the
state senate
Benner y. Smith. former member of
the Legislature. member of Governor
Wells staff. and judge advocate gem
ETal OF the National Guard of Utah.
Judge Charles s. Zane.
Congressman George sutherland
declines to talk FOR publication, but his
position on the subject is well under
stood by his friends.
judge zane cast his first vote for the
Wing ticket headed by Winfield Scott
Tor president. He lived at Springfield.
Ills. where ne knew Abraham Lincoln
Intimately, and when the Republican
party was organized ne voted for John
c. Fremont. Naturally. he voted for
his friend, Lincoln. and ever since then
he has voted for the Republican presi-
Dental nominees. He came to Utah in
1884 as a territorial judge and was
elected to the supreme bench immedl-
atelv AFTER statehood.
The judge was asked yesterday his
opinions on the present political situa-
tion. and ne wrote out the following
reply:
Judge Zane's Statement.
You have asked for my views touching
The coming election 7 was not delegate
20 the last Republican convention. nor
did I attend it's sessions. My Information
as 20 the methoos &nd means uSto con
slsts OF hearsay From that ] am con-
WINGED that money was used 70 secure
proxies I'm some instances and direct
votes i'm others Candidates and voters
have right to- assume that nominations
viii be made by an honest expression of
majority of the delegates And If they
are secured by the use of money or other
improper influences, the voter Is not
bound 90 vote for the candidates so NOM
mated. II two or more individuals sub
init matter of difference 20 arbitrators
and one side afterwards learns that the
other side secured the award by bribing
or fraud. ne has the right and 1T would
be his duty TO disregard the decision and
have IT. set aside. So If nominations are
secured by the purchase of proxies or
delegates. nobody Is under the slightest
obligation To vote for such candidates.
The rcUUtat iOus Of men who use such
means should be branded with disgrace
dishouor and ihfamy and be abhorred by
all men. They poison the foundation OF
~ Felf-government by COrupting the motives
Of the voters by their unpatriouc anc
corrupt means.
Since the late civil war in the sixties
81 has been my habit at municipal OF
other local elections. when I found tn,
name or "a candidate on my ticket who
was satisfied was unfit for the office
and candidate on the other ticket who
T believed. was better suited for the Of
flee. TO vote fer the latter, and I expect
60 follow that habit as long as I shall
continue to vote. T do not think there is
enough Independent voting.
The revolt of so many Republicans
Of standing against the machine anc
its methods has filled the white slaves
with alarm. More money is TO b.
poured into the campaign, and an at
tempt made to overcome the wide
spread sentiment against the machine
10y the free use of cash.