The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-14

Il he most lOfulAaDie oDSletCle 10 et--
progress OF the Cutler Elimination
syndicate appears to be Governor
Heber II. Wells. Callister and Ham
mond look very much ike men who
had taken the count and the field Is
clear except for Wells. who. although
he has been raped vigorously, is still
on his feet and full Of fight
The announcement Of the candidacy
of Cutler. though simple thing on IT'S
face. is the result of a deal that con-
templated the elimination OF an ether
candidates from the jump. II worked
until it came in contact with Wells.
who refused 10 be eliminated by rough
house methods although he mas not
formally announced his candidacy as
yet and may not do 50.
But he has been a prominent factor
in the guberuatorial situation all the
time and is at present the only factor,
actual or potential. except Cutler.
Source of Cutters Strength.
Cutters strength rests chiefly on two
bases. both closely allied. He is
SmOOt man and is interested in busl-
ness with Smoot-. He is the choice of
large financial and corporate interests
inside the state and out. SmoOt is IN
terested in several corporations, also.
Callister is a SmOot man. but Calls
ter. unlike Cutler. cannot number
among his friends the corporate inter
ests. As a matter Of fact, the corporate
interests DO not approve of Cailister.
because. as they point out. he is a man
Of the people CaIiister they cite as a
member of the city council some years
ago, was largely instrumental in fore
ing the light corporation to furnish
light to the city at a reasonable rate
and as part of the enforcement helped
10 throw the city in darkness until the
light corporation came to terms Cal
lister has proved himself more friendly
to the common people than to the cor
poratiOns. Ergo, said the bankers and
corporations, Callister wouldn't do
Four Names Proposed.
There was one man. reasoned the
corporations. who could pull Callister
off the stage without wrecking the
place. That man was SmcoC SmOOt
who is rather extensively tangled up
in corporations himself, and Who might
therefore. be inclined to hearEen To
the voices Of his brethren In the cor
{ porati ions, was chosen TO Gear the at-
mOsphere by removing the Caliister
menace.
The corporation and banking repre-
seutatives, according to excellent au-
thority. prepared a list of four men,
any one of whom would be a candidate
acceptable" to them The list bore
the names Of John g. Cutler, T. r. Cut
Ter, H. NJ. Wells and James T. Ham
mond
Smoot would rather have the govern
or's chair vacant than Occupi - by
/ Wells. Strange IS 1t appears. SmOot
believed Wells was an active candidate
I against him in the senatorial cam
paisu. and he has never got over the
notion Hammond is a close friend Of
Wells and. therefore. out of the Ques-
ton T r. Cutler, it was stated. did
not want the nomination. That left one
man for SmOOt tn choose. j. O.. Cutler.
his friend and business associate. and
the friend of his other business asso-
i Ciates.
Soothing Callistsr
/ The next step was 10 fix Cauister 50
+ he wouldn't start trouble IT was
+ pointed out to him that q continuation
+ of his candidacy. receptive though it
was would pave the way 10 q splendid
riot when the party in convention as
+ sembled.
He was asked TO Withdraw I'm the In
terest of party harmony. and was given
the assurance that his foe. Governor
Wells. would BE taken care Of and that
I Bis revenue job was good Indefinitely.
Il CaliiSter has never announced his
candidacy Friends have urged him
20 make the race against Wells. and he
has shown no uUWfilingneSs To- take q
chance at it, But the fact that he was
, net an avoEed candidate made is easy
for him to set CEt Of the way. 4 Bit
ter personal campaign was not especi-
ally to his liking. anyway. so when he
+ became convinced that the combination
( was against Wells IL was not hard go
get him 10 call eff his friends. The
( revenue cOiectOrship pays more than
4 the governors job. and Callister has
+ been promised a reapD0intment. IN ad-
+ dition 10 this. he practically had the
/ naming of Cutler. So he came out Of It
+ in pretty good shape.
I Thus did the Elimination Syndicate
( eliminate Callister.
Wells Inclined to Fight.
Hammond has all along been rec0g-
nized as an optional" candidate. Jhat
{ IS. ne was to step forward to assume
the Wells strength if wells should
/ withdraw at the last moment.
With HammOnd's candidacy con-
| tingent on that OF Wells the remaining
I obstacle was Wells.
/ 1t was presumed he would quietly
I submit. All day yesterday the friends
/ of the Syndicate. freely predicted the
pOminati0u Of Cutler by reclamation
nut AllE liAtlluc q " els DIRE ulL uD-
ing any predicting. They are living
I low and waiting developments. They
{ have bunch they can skin SmoOt on
{ a showdown, but they know tEey can
not skin SmOO1 and kearns. Accord
ingly they are endeavering to discover
( the attitude OF Kearns toward Guitar
If Kearns declares for him tne Wells
/ crowd VIII throw up their hands, but
they are hoping Eearns viii do moth
ing Of the kind, going on the theory
/ that What looks good 10 SmOot gives
/ keaTnS great pain.
The Wells people realize fuu wei
they have been handed a bundle by the
Syndicate but they are still game
The governor IS happily situated in
that he has not announced his candi-
dacy. He is thus enabled To withdraw
in good order # kesrns goes over TO
the Smoot candidate. but if kearus
looks mean when Cutters name IS men
toned the Wells forces viii get hussr
at once and the mill viii be on
The Wells people dislike the idea If
having the names of Wells and Ham
mond mentioned as corporation candi-
dates, because the two men are rot
identified with corporate concerns as
Cutler and Snioot are They can get
some consolation along this line By
referring to what the corporations and
Smoot did 10 item
Resent smoot-s Interference.
| The SITUATION IS not pleasing to al