The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-17
STRONG MEN ARE
BEHIND WELLS
". S. Mccormick Is Supporter
OF the Governor.
E. Nj. ALLISON ALSO IN LINE
STRUGGLE FOR REPUBLICAN
JUDGEsHIP NOMINATION.

Failure to persuade smoet to endorse
Wells for denomination aas not led W.
s. Mccormick, J. D. Wood and F. ].
Hagenbarth, who were parties to the
famous conference with the junior SEN
ator, to abandon their advocacy Of the
governors candidacy, according to
statements made by several INSIDERS"
yesterday. The three men named are
still rated as ardent supporters of the
governor IN his campaign for renom-
inatioH.
At the time of the conference Calls
ter was still much to the fore and wss
regarded by many, including himself,
as the SmOot candidate, although lie
real SmOOt candidate, then and noW.
was Cutler. Callister was far from ac-
eeptable to a number of men prom
auent in the Republican party Of che
state While informally discussing the
matter one day. Messrs. McCornicS,
wood and Hagen barth and others
agreeing that Callister was not the
man, decided to send for Smoot. Their
Idea was TO get SmoOt to call Callister
on and take up the cause of Wells
Allison for Wells.
smoot was sent for and joined the
party The opinions OF the others were
laid before him and he was advised 10
call Callister of and declare for Wells.
smoot was willing 10 cali CalIister of.
ne had that Job 10 perform anyway.
shc welcomed any excuse. He delight
ed those present by consenting TO with
Draw Cailister, but his next move was
aiscouFaging. He announced that he
would put Cutler in the niche lately
occupied by Callister.
This was far from agreeable to the
others They had not heard OF Cutler
"a L. Il
cept the selected few who had been
quietly campaigning for Cutler since
early winter heard of Cutler as a can
o1date. The friends of Wells reasoned
and argued in vain. Smoot would have
cutler and nobody but Cutler. He
would listen TO no proposition that
contemplated the elimination of Cut
ler and the support Of Wells.
Smoot so far failed 10 convince the
meeting that Cutler was the right man
that the Wells forces are openly claim
Ing the hearty support Of Mccormick,
Wood and Hagenbsrth.
Substitution of Cutler.
The law firm Of Sutherland, Van Cott
4 Allison occupies a peculiar position
In the present Republican fight which
Is centering on the nomination for gov
ernOr. Mr.. Sutherland. Of course. is
with Smoot, and, perforce. for Cutler,
edlHO0E1 II Is nlnIeO ne would nave
named some one other than Cutler had
the choice been with him. Mr. Van
Colt Is q Democrat and not in the Re
publican fight. but the fact that he -
Shoots counsel before the senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections
serves to connect him with the junior
senator's affairs in a general way Mr..
Allison is no SmOot man He opposed
Smoot in the Republican caucus, al
though he submitted TO the viii Of the
majority and voted for the apostle in
the joint assembly. Allison nominated
sutherland, who was not then the con-
spieuous SmoOt man he now is. Mr. Al
nsOn's case is unique one, in that,
although he is a Republican and pres
ident OF the state senate. he Is neither
Kearns man nor a Smoot man. His
antagonism to Kearns is not less pro-
nounced than his opposition TO SmOot.
II Is an open secret that in the present
struggle he is in favor Of Wells He
was a caller at the Wells headquarters
yesterday, and while he has not openly
proclaimed himself as a Wells man,
il is known that his sympathies are
with the governor.