The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-23
STATE NEWS
FACTIONS ARE FIGHTING
DissensiOn Among Republicans
in Every Part OF San
pete County.

at Pleasant May 22-DiscoId. clsscn-
sion. dissatisfaction strife factionai diI-
fcrcnccs and absolute fnharm0ny are the
words which most Gtungly describe the
Republican party in sanDctc county at
the present time. Never before I'm its
history i'm spite of assertions and state
meHts 5y its leading spirits 10 the con-
tvary. mas tho party been SO completely
disrupted by internal troubles as If IS
today. And instead of the troubles being
lessened and the wounds and sores being
healed by time. as has been fondly hoped
am along would be the case, they grow
deeper ana become more serious WIN
. che passing ST each day
A sh0Et review OF conditions preVallipG
shows bow true this statement rs. TAKE
tic entire judicial district TO begin with.
d. is badly worked up from enc end TO
tine other over the fight made and the
two factions created by the judicial cam
paieu of Tire early spring Judge john
son WAS turned down in the convention
following that campaign, ana his friends
claim that the means adopted 10 bring
about tnat result were questionable, 90
strongest factions-the Johnson and the
Livingston. 10 was thought that soon art
er the convention there would be cool
ing ON each side ana by the time the
general campaign opens that the Two
factions would be found working together
Tor the good of the party. The little epl-
SGde I'm court ar Manti last week dis
closes whether OF not the breach IS being
healed. and even If 10 had been entirely
SO. that little affair would nave torn 10
open atTesh And all over the district,
both before and since the tilt In court,
are heard NUT terings of dissatisfaction
with the judicial ticket as 1t stands ana
threats are heard without number Of how
# wiz be slaughtered in the fail.
Then IN nearly every town OF any con-
sequence i'm the county there Is a local
{ factoual tight Of more or less lmpor-
I lance and consequence. In this city the
7 CauIlaud-J Jensen fight is sui an lnflucn-
onCd Win in every deal tnat Is under
taken or move that is made. Il does not
appear very much ON the surface at the
present time. but number or small hap
pcuingS OF The recent past show that IL
Is aiI-imUOrtaUt still IN TairVieW SVEN
o. Nelson and his followers have strong
opposition. The two factions are well
DEFINED and lU fighting HumOT AT ECuu-
tain Green It is the Jackson people
against the Robinson gang. At Mauti
there are dissenSiOus OF all kinds. with
Livingston. Christensen. Johnson and
others I'M the lead of different factions,
and the Messenger. the party organ. do
ing more against harmony than ali the
others together GunuisOn has fight
OF the same kind as has MOrOui, leaving
Ephraim the only place IN the entire
county where the party has not local
IdcUQual quarrel to contend with, Ina ad-
di-I0u TO the Observation-Disclosures affair.
which covers them all If anybody thinks
there is chance for harmony in the
face of that showing, it shows they are
not wei acquainted with the men who
are mixed no ln these various factions,
nor with the temper of the people who are
following these men rs their leaders
The Democratic county committee has
held meeting and apportioned the dele
/ gates Tor the state convention ifl June
among the various precincts DIS follows
MaNlielu. I- GuunisOu. .. Fayette. ],
Sterling D. Nauu B. EphTsim. 5. Spring
p . r7..ra -rr.- o..
burn. - Iu1iauolar d Al0roul- g; Freedom,
J. Euuutai Green l. Wales. /, Chester. j.
The Democratic judicial convention viii
uc held in Salt Lake City the evening be-
fore the state convention. If desired. one
I set of delegates can attend both cOuVen-
ti0uS.