The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-05
SHOOTS EFFORT
TO MAKE SHOWING
Wishes TO Be Absolute Master
OF Party in State.
BELIEVES SUCCESS VITAL
CONTEST IN UNITED STATES
SENATE INVOLVED.

A belief that he must prepare nom
mate and elect a complete slate or
stand 'discreditedr before his party in
the nation is the reason assigned by
friends OF Senator SmoOt for his pro-
nounced activity in state politics dur
ing the past six er eight months. He
feels they say, that he must name the
state ticket from top TO bottom as well
as the legislative ticket, in order to be
. recognized as a power in his party. he
hopes 10 achieve this political recOgni-
ton for the bearing il may have on his
own case before the United States sem
ate While he persistenty asserts that
his case may be considered already
settled in his favor. those who know
The senator best do not insult his intel
hgence by presuming he has the case
settled beyond a reasonable doubt in
his own mind. On the contrary. he is
overlooking nothing likely to strength
en- him and his hope is that by prov
ing an absolute control Of the Repub
lican party in his state he viii achieve
a political prestige that viii work TO
his advantage in the adjudication of his
case before the United States senate.
Purpose Of the Senator.
This explanation of the senator's ef-
fort 10 corral everything for his own
men, while il tends to relegate other
theories. IS advanced by some of the
, better informed politicians of the state,
as wei as by some of the senator's
closest political friends. While it is
conceivable that SmOOt, whose love of
power is certainly not less than aver
age, is seeking the control Of his party
in Utah for the sake of the control. it
is easy to believe ne has other ends in
view, one Of them the strengthening
of his claim to his seat in the senate.
Indeed his friends do not hesitate to
quote him directly as saying he believes
he must dictate Republican politics in
| Utah to maintain his standing with the
Republican senator's at Washington.
SmOOt began his work early. Cutler
was picked out by Smoot for governor
months before public announcement OF
his candidacy was made This state
ment is based on assertions MADE by
Republicans whose support was sought
and secured for Cutler early last win
ter SmOOt wanted Cutler then as he
wants him now CalliSter. another
SmOot man. entered the field and began
his campaign for the nomination. SmOot
( learning that CalliSteT could not depend
upon the support of certain interests
that would rally around Cutler. deter
mined to get Callister out of II at any
cost rather than suffer a chance for
the nomination of an anti-SmOOt man.
The manner in which CalliSter was
pulled off is well known, and Cutler
will go before the state convention,
backed BY SmoOt. not in response to
/ general demand of his party but as
part of the plan Of Senator SmoOt to
! strengthen his own case at Washing
ton and to become the acknowledged
master Of the Republican party in
/ Utah.
Things Worked Well.
Smoot took a trick at the convention
held to elect delegates TO the Chicago
convention He ran his slate through
without trouble and secured the selec
ton of his man Loose for national
committeeman His man Anderson is
chairman of the state committee. held
there by SmoOt against a determined
effort made at the last meeting to re-
move him. At the time Of that meet
ing SmOOt took various members of
the state committee, one at a time.
from the county commissioners rooms,
where they met, into Callister's Office.
adjoining. and when he had finished
working upon them Anderson was safe.
His next fight will be in the state
convention He is going after it hard.
His Iieutenants, Callister, DeMoisy, An
derson. EIdredge, Judge Tanner, and
many others are busily organizing in
every part of the state TO fill the con-
ventiOn with men who viii Go Shoots
bidding without question The state
ticket named. he VIII give his attention
TO the county conventions for the pur-
pose of beating KeaTns. a purpose
which. If cOnsuWmated. would give
SmOot much personal satisfaction aside
from other benefits he might derive
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