The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-23

the evening session by a bull terrier
that undertook to dust the entire
building with small cur that had
wandered in.
IL was at the back end that the
SmOOt men worked. During part of
tie time several members Of the Amer
lean party. among them Joseph Lipp
man and State Committee Secretary p
j. DAILY. were present. The SmoOt men
limited of dark deeds being done by the
Americans, bat the effects of their la
bors, if any were not easily discern
ible
Efforts to stir up enthusiasm were
only partially successful Judge Prick
made a valiant attempt to persuade
himself and the rest of the convention
that il was becoming too tumultuous,
but nobody was fooled. Only the eX
pected happened. As general rule
the men not on the slate realized be-
fore the voting began that they were
done for and only let their names 20
in as matter of form. Some of the
names did not even go before the con-
Vention. In most cases this was be-
cause the candidates had been given
to understand ii was no use. in the
case of Messrs. Buckle and Naylor,
candidates for the nomination for sher-
ih, 1T was because the men who were
TO present their names did not. sOr
some reasonA present them, and Emery,
the slate nah, was railrOaded through
IN manner so rough that il moved
disinterested spectators TO laughter.
MI. Bitner Withdrew.
In the case of b. 3. Bitner, candidate
for the nomination for assessor,
unique reason for withdrawal is as
signed. Mr.. Bitner is from Big Cotton-
wood. AT the caucus Of the county dis
tricts at Murray en- Wednesday after
noon, Brown. the slate man, was agreed
upon. Mr.. Bitner displayed a mu-
tinOus spirit. He openly asserted that
he would make a hght in the conven-
ton, anyway. This was far from
agreeable to the SmOOt managers. They
deprecate noise and decided TO politely,
YET firmly, request MI. Bitner to get
IN harmony at once by Withdrawing.
Mr.. Bitner demurred. But he did not
know what sort Of ammunition the
SmOot men had in reserve. 1t is told
on the best kind of authority that Mr..
Bitner was notified TO withdraw from
the race forthwith under penalty of
being arrested for unlawful cohaDita
ton. II is asserted that this tip came
10 Mr. Bitner direct from the former
state chairman, Mr.. Anderson.
MIR. Bitner withdrew
Trouble is expected today as a result
Of the ambition of d. O. Ride at jr, of
Draper to secure a nomination for state
senator. Mr.. Rideout is not living in
polygamy now, according to his friends.
As one of them explained it last night,
Mr.. RideCut married his second wife
before he went TO Ann Arbor TO attend
4 n ut he cit
the anti polygamy manifesto was is
sued and. according TO this friend, Mr.
RdeOut has never lived with his sec
ond wife since the manifesto The
same friend is authority for the state
ment that the second wife has obtained
Il church divorce and is now married
TO another man.
Rideout Won't Withdraw.
Mr.. Rideout was unanimously en-
dOrsed at the Murray caucus and. il is
said, believes he can explain his posi-
ton so that his candidacy will not be
affected. But the party leaders are
fearful and are making every effort
to persuade him TO withdraw. At
late hour last night il was said they
had been unable TO convince him he
should drop out of the race. It is be
lieved he can hold the county districts
together i'm support OF his candidacy
and i'm that event every effort will be
made 20 defeat him by votes from the
city. The crusade against him was
under way before the convention ad-
Journed last night
Today The SmOot legislative ticket
Will be nominated Assertions that
there exists no legislative slate are
probably true in measure. but there
is slate to the extent that none but
Smoot men need figure on a nominal
ton There is possibly one exception
in the ease of Senator George y. Law !
renee. 1t is believed by many that the 4
Smoot crowd viii scarcely dare TO turn
down a man Of his popularity and party !
standing for no reason except that he |
refuses TO crook the pregnant hinges |
Of the knee that thrift may follow I
fawning." But If Lawrence gets on the 4
ticket he viii in all probability be the |
only man not committed to Sutherland. |
That there may be other candidates In |
the field against Sutherland. should the /
legislature be Republican, has appar- |
emily received no thought. II is moth /
ing but Sutherland. and a man has to \
pass the Sutherland test or bid fare |
well to all his prospective greatness