The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28
PARTISAN LINES
TIGHTLY DRAWN
Followers of kearns and SmOOt
Far Apart.
SILENCE, OF PARTY'S ORGAN
MUCH SPECULATION as TO
TRIBUNE's ATTITUDE

REPUBLICAN leaders Of Utah find
II themselves confronted by a
crisis. the gravity Of which none
of them denies. The most. conserva-
tive admit that the situa ton is so del
ieate that an ilI-advised move by
either side means the disruption Of
the party in the state.
Strong efforts to close the breach
are being made by friends OF the can
didates, but the opposing factions. led
by the two senators, may truthtuliy
be said TO be farther apart today tnah
at any time since hostilities began
The late convention served TO IN
crease the bitterness. The ticket,
known to be composed chiefly of men
ON the Sn.oot slate. has not been we'll
received by the kearns faction. Inc
Kearns newspaper, which heretofore
has been regarded as the party organ
is silent editoTiahy as 10 the ticket
MANY predict that when the paper
does speak il will be for the purpose
of repudisting the ticket Others
claim the senior senator IS holding
back for the purpose Of forcing the
other side to cease its fight upon hinl-
StiH others profess TO believe Senator
kearus is waiting until the county
convention in Salt Lake county IS
held Then. they say. if he realizes
he rs hOpelessiy beaten in his fight for
reelection, he win repudiate the state
and county tickets and direct MS
forces with the sole aim Of securing
revenge on SmoOt-
Sileree is ominous.
The silence OF the paper IS regarded
as o1ninOus by those interested IN the
welfare of the ticket II Senator
Kearns has decided to withdraw from
the fight, in the belief that he has
been beaten. what wiz be his next
move2 they are asking
Something must be done" they
cry. But what2" they ask in the
next breath. Efforts to ascertain the
state Of mind Of the senior senator
have been found unavailiug- That he
is carefully considering the situation,
aided by the best judgment OF his
iieutenants. "a the. common belief. And
until ne speaks. through his paper, the
other side viii be uneasy.
IF Senator Kearns is using the JFih-
uue as a club 10 force SmOOt 10 yield,
the senior senator is wasting his time,
according TO many who are supposed
to be high in the councils OF SmOOJ
SmOOt, they say, viii never comprO-
mise. With him iI is fight TO the
finish
The silence Of the Tribune has given
liCan paper 80 be started Immediately
should the Tribune bolt the ticket. The
idea meets with much favor among
the Smoot men. some Of whom adVC-
cate d new paper whether the Tribune
bolts or not.
Mr.. Sutherland Talks.
Former Congressman George Suth-
erIand is one of those who are talk
ing Of the new paper in case the Tri-
bune fails 10 come to the support OF
the ticket 1t would be the proper
thing TO do under the circumstances. 7
think" he said yesterday We could
get the money by popular subscrip-
ton among Republicans OF the state.
even IL we did not have money already
in sight. But we would have no trou-
bic in getting il started. I believe We
could get COO Republicans IN Utah
to contribute TO the support Of the
paDer. The feeling all over the state
would be sufficient to guarantee the
success Of the paper
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