The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-19

BOTH SENATORS
MIXED IN FIGHT
Struggle on in Earnest Over
GOvernOrship.
EVERYBODY Is CONFIDENT
SMooT MEN SAY KEARNS HAS
TWO CANDIDATES.
EVERYBODY is CONFIDENT

Republican party of Utah during the
past few weeks believes Senator Smoot
IS the only senator who is taking an
active part in the fight for nominations
on the state ticket. If anyone has been
lying awake o nights worrying for
fear Senator Kearns has failed to mix
with his senatorial foe, that one may
sleep in peace from this time forth
Events of the past few days prove
this TO the satisfaction of ali who have
given the situation careful study. The
band OF the senior senator has been
dearly revealed through the activity OF
his known workers. Men whose move
unents are an infallible index of the
KeaTns attitude are doing active cam
paign work for Wells and Hammond.
These workers are men who move only
when the senior senator directs. When
he is holding off they are idle; when he
decides to take a hand they become
busy.
Both Senators Deny Activity
Of course. the senator has declared
through his usual channels that he is
taking no part in the state ticket night,
Senator SmOot has made similar dec
lar9t-Ons-
The active participation of both was
expected SmOOt has the double Tea
son Of being anxious TO control the
entire Republican party of the state,
and the desire to humiliate his enemy,
Wells KeaTns has the double reason
# being anxious TO get the whole party
machinery for his own political pur-
poses and to beat Shoots ticket for
personal satisfaction. Each is anxious
10 bring the others plans to nausht,
end it was d certainty that kearnS
would Jump in as soon as Shoots WorN
began to bear fruit
The issue was sharply presented TO
kearns by the opposition, say his
friends Had he desired to keep out
of the present fight he would have
been forced into il by the activity Of
SmOot in. behalf of his candidate.
Kearns must elect a legislature this
fan If he goes back to the senate. In
all the larger counties Of the state were
aspirants for places on the state ticket.
Some of these were kearns TneB- The :
were in a position to demand thar
kearns come to their support now 10
esist the onslaUghts of the SmO0C
forces. holding over him the threat Of
retaliation when the legislative tickets
are made. By his vigorous entry into
the state fight SmOOt threatened the
future senatorial career of KeaTns
who had no choice but to take up the
gage against his colleague
Hard Choice For Governor.
As between Wells and Hammond fo-
the nomination for governor it is be
iieved Kcarns has little choice Smoot
men say that while he rather faVOrs
Hammond personally he IS giving Wells
a shade the better Of his support just
al present under the belief that Wells
viii show UP stronger than Hammond
IN the convention. It Is anything TO
beat Cutler with the senior senator.
Whether Wells and Hammond solicit
ted the KeaTns support, has no bear
ing ON the fact that they have been
given it. The fact that Smoot had q
candidate against them was sufficient
10 insure support from Kearns. The
further charge that he Is dividing his
support between them proves, # true,
that he Is not especially concerned as
10 who wins provided Cutler loses
Aside from the activity of the Kearns
workers in salt Lake there is sufficient
evidence from elsewhere in the state
10 show that keaTus is taking a hand
Reports from the outside show that Ii
many. sections delegations instructed
for candidates known to be keaTns
men are claimed for Wells OF Ham
mond, but never for Cutler
Cutler Also Has Influences.
But Cutler has a few influences back
ator. a congressman. a state chairman.
national committeeman. Ions list
Of off1cehOlders and corporations worth
4 pretty penny. He is getting gratu-
itOus support from the many Repubi-
cans who do not Ike the methodist
the senior senator. He is in position
TO make a showing IN the convention.
There is no reason ID doubt that
''Kearns is playing the old system
still" according 10 one Of the SmOOt
leaders He is depending on Ham
mond TO keep votes from Cutler that
Wells could not hold He is working
as hard as he can. and is ready 10
step from under when his candidate
loses. = II viii be Just like the days fol
lowing the last city campaign II
Wells wins you VIII hear the kearnS
gang yelling. We've fixed SmoOt good
and plentyI' If Wells loses it viii
be Wells didn't show much strength.
did he? Wei, nobody can say we took
a hand in it,
But were going To nominate Cutler
Il not on the first ballot we shall do If
on the second unless something that is
not in sight now turns up later. IF st
should turn out that We can't nOml-
nate Cutler we VIII throw all the
strength we can 20 Hammond. We in
tend 10 beat Wells AT any cost We
are putting Hammond men on our
states now In districts where we can't
land Cutler men. We have had Ham
mond men promise to come TO Cutler K
they can't elect Hammond Wells has
already drawn all the Hammond
strength ne is going TO get
Wells and Hammond Together.
There is. however. reason to believe
this Smoot adherent takes too rosy @
view of Cutters chances when he fig
lIres on Hammond's strength going 10
Cutler It is given out straight that
Hammond and Wells are playing to-
gether against Cutler TO the extent thdt
either OF the two is prepared 10 throw
his vote to the other TO keep the mona
iuation away from Cutler. Il is Ger
tain that none OF the Kearns support
back Of Wells or Hammond viii go u
Cutler under any circumstance
Should the three candidates 90 INFO
the convention with anything ike a
close lineup all around the nomination.
OF Hammond is more than a PROBABLE
ity, since he is promised support from
both OF the others
Meanwhile the Wells men are daily
becoming more confident in their
claims. All is cheerful at the Wells
headquarters and the smile that won
come of greets the Wanderer from
sstar. Hammond is keeping quiet bul
The other candidates cOncede him con-
siderable strength in several quarters.
Cutler Claims 283 Delegates
The official forecaster OF tie Cutler
camp last night offered another OF his
productions, this time taking in almost
ali the counties and crFditing his can
uldate with total Of 2s2 which would