Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-11-06

IL. Nye, VINO desired TO be RepuDllcan
State Senator; Charles ID. Rooklidge,
who aspired to the county, treasurer
ship nomination; Angus Mcclellan,
whose predictions were for the coun-
ty recordership, and f. H. Clark, to
whom the office of city justice looked
alluring in the Republican convention.
Although with the exception of Mr..
Mcclellan, the names of the quartette
were not presented to the convention,
all few weeks ago were avowed as
pirants for the exact positions, for
which they were selected yesterday by
the Revenge Society The nominations
were considered peculiarly appropri-
ate, since the whole movement orig
mated in spite and baffled ambitions.
THE crowd which attended the cere-
mony was listless and apathetic, even
when the nominations were being an
nounced, and only came out of the
lethargy while Senator Cannon was
dramatically delivering his philippics.
Mr.. Cannon charged the church with
political misdemeanors with which the
average citizen is familiar, always
emitting any reference to church influ-
ence in the old days when he was the
beneficiary.
The real feature of Mr.. Cannon's
address was an ornamental and glow
| ing eulogy of Senator Kearns, a spec
ialty at which the ex-senator has
practiced so long that it begins now
to sound perfectly natural.
His reference to Senator Kearns'
| intellectual superiority over Senator
Smoot and the magnanimity and lofty
unselfishness of Kearns. in throwing
away all hope of going back to the
United States Senate for the sake of :,
winning Utah back to her own free
dom was warmly applauded. 1t was
distinctly a Kearns gathering. or
course, Mr.. Cannon did not see fit to
lexpatiate on the fact that Kearns was
beaten before he withdrew, and that
the withdrawal was only announced
after persistent but futile efforts to OBJ
|, tain the church influence which his
, boiling organ now audaciously criti-
, cises.
"Mr. Cannon's explanation of his de-
|sertion of the local Democrats after
advising them to get together and
stay together" was about the lamest
lavowal he ever made from public ros-
trum. To cover up the real fact that
his desertion was at the behest of the
political syndicate, of which Senator
Senator announced, without even smil-
ing, that the reason he left the Democ-
racy was that he greatly feared that
Chairman Spry would make good on
his alleged threat to secure the votes
of two Mormon Democrats for every
Republican Gentle who joined the
boiling movement. Even those in the
audience who haven't much faith in
Mr.. Cannons political stability expect
led something a little more material ana
plausible than that, and the announce
ment failed to win any applause from
those who came to cheer.
"Mr Cannon's speech was preceded
by laborious effort by George l.. Nye
and another scintillating Grafton by
Up. j. DAILY, who manipulated the gavel
in the role of permanent chairman.
'Mr. Nye found the keynote of his
little contribution when he announced
that we have still fresh in mind the
city election of last year. referring, of
course, to the fact that Statesman
George was defeated, because the pop
ulace refused to ratify intact ticket
nominated and dictated by Senator
Kearns. This showed the hand of Mr..
, Nye, indicating that he was merely in
| the American party to gain revenge for
last year-precisely the same motive