The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-08
HARMONY PLAN EVOLVED
BY LEADING REPUBLICANS
Scheme Involves Breaking Slate Prepared For the
Convention by Smoot Managers.
Red Hot Session Of armOnzers Held and Agreement Reached
to Support Kearns and SmOOt For Delegates
/, ILL GLAsMANN will be temp,

- ILL GLASMANN will be tempo
Is rary chairman of the Republican
convention today. but that is a
matter Of trih!ng Importance compared
with the harmony" meeting held in
the office Of Jesse NJ. Smith, 419 Des-
eret News Annex, last night. The
meeting was attended by twelve dis
tinguished Republicans who. with enc
exception, pledged their hands and
their hearts to work much this morn
ing in the effort to smash the national
convention slate. substituting in place
OF the slate candidates Senators Kearns
and SmOOt, Congressman Howell. for-
5ner Congressman Sutherland and two
others TO be selected by the conven-
zion.
The meeting also considered and
killed two other resolutions-one de-
nouncing Senator Kearns' newspaper
as party organ and one deprecating
the Smoot investigation and asking the
senate to keep Smoot on it's roll.
Uncle Jesse Smith himself was one
OF the principal figures of the meet
ing. He il was who issued the invi-
tations and presented all the res0lu-
tons. 1t is strongly suspected that
Governor Wells and Secretary of State
but this has not been conclusively
shown.
thermometers Number Twelve.
The invited guests numbered fifteen.
SO far as could be learned. but only
twelve participated I'm the meeting.
There were Jesse NJ. Smith, George
Sutherland, State StaLstician Charles
De Noisy. w. Fred Adams, Governor
Heber NJ. Wells, John c. Sharp. Secre-
rary of State James T. Hammond, Mo-
Toni Heiner. Joseph Lippman. George
a Smith. and two men who were not
known TO The Herald reporter, but
arc supposed to be delegates from the
outside. II is understood that Chair
man James II. Anderson, L. II. Cal
lister and +. J. kearnes Of Gunnison
were invited, but they failed TO at
tend.
Perhaps Uncle Jesse reasoned he was
the pilot to guide the distressed craft
of Utah RepuBlicanism into the port
OF harmony. This IS not known for
sure. What is known for sure is that
he gathered a combination liable to
explode at any moment. AS a mere
matter Of fact there were moments
during the meeting when physical en-
counters were regarded as imminent
and the game was fairly hot all the
time
Information that the meeting was
coming up leaked out early in the aft
ernoon. There appeared 10 be no par
ticular effort to smother IL. The Her
aid came into possession of the in
formation about $3.50 O'Clock. Messrs
Anderson, Sutherland and CalIister had
heard Of it before but protested to
know nothing OF the purpose of the
meeting.
Three Propositions Advanced.
At 8 o'clock the guests began to ar
rive. il was 1885 when they began TO
come out. Messrs- Sutherland and De
Noisy leading, followed by Governor
Wells and Secretary Hammond, the
others coming along in order.
Uncle Jesse's three resolutions were
these:
First-To read the Tribune out Of the
party.
second-To condemn the Smoot in
and TO ask for his retention
I'm the senate.
Third-To send Kearns. Smoot.
Howell. and probably Gov
crnor Wells and Jesse VI. Smith to
Chicago.
The three collectively constituted a
great bit of harmony" for Kearns, it
viii readily be seen. To comfort him
IT. was proposed TO read his newspaper
out of the party. vindicate his enemy,
Smoot. and give him a place with at
least three known opponents on the
Chicago delegation. As the thing
panned. however. it was not so bad
for Kearns. who may rake few chest
nuts from the fire yet after keeping out
OF the fray at the primaries.
Sutherland Alone Baked.
It is up 20 Sutherland. Eleven of
those at last nights meeting have
pledged themselves to bend every eff
fort toward the election Of the frs; four
mon named above. Sutherland did not
vote for this resolution and II he and
his friends are strong enough 10 upset
the scheme the slate prepared a few
DAYS ago may go through and the
Utah congressional delegation be left
at home
Uncle Jesse stated the purpose Of the
meeting after the twelve were snugly
be slowed IN HIS Office The resolutions
ON Smoot and the Tribune were offered
as suggestions for resolutions to go be /
fore the convention today. but both
wen killed by the meeting. the vote in |
each case being unanimous.
The Tribune resolution denounced
ire paper for its course on the Mormon !
quc stiOn. on its general policy regard |
ing party matters, and declared that Il /
did rot represent the party the effect |
or the resolution being a virtual re-
pudiation of the paper.
hot Talk About Newspaper.
sutherland and George A. smith inn
proved the occasion TO roast the Tri- /
hune. Both went as far as they could /
without passing the limits OF polite }
language. MOrOni Heiner, state food
inspector and a resident of Morgan 1
county, also felt to wallop the Kearns 4
organ time or two and several others 4
did likewise. Lippman, naturally. took /
mp the cudgel for the newspaper and /
tossed back a few choice bouquets.
After the confusion settled down a bit /
all hands agreed that disoWning the (
paper would not conduce TO ''har /
lnony' and the resolution was Killed.
The prO-SmOOt resolution was gen I
orally opposed from the start. Suther- /
land. Lippman and nthers spoke 1
against II. basing their objection on the /
belief that it would only cause a fuss /
and do no good. This was the general /
view and the resolution was killed.
Wordy War Over Delegation.
II took over an hour to settle the
fate Of the resolution TO work for the
ticket carrying the congressional dele
CATION Some pointed talk char
acterized the debate on the resolution
and old hates that had been gnawing
unseen for many months were dragged
forth. Governor Wells, who had been
keeping fairly silent during the evenL
Ing favored the plan. arguing that IL
would be q good plan 20 have strong