The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-21
GOES DOWN IN
JOINT DEBATE
Republican Arguments Riddled by
Democratic City Chairman.
J. H. ANDERSON ON THE RUN
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOCAL
AND NATIONAL ELECTION.

James II. Anderson, former chairman
of the Republican state committee
caught a Tartar in a joint debate with
L. r. Martineau on Main street yes
terday morning The gentlemen met
in the presence of another, and Ander-
son was invited in jocular way to get
over Oh the right side and make the
vote for Mayor Morris practically
unanimous. Mr.. Anderson responded
with broadside Of figures to show
that Theodore Roosevelt carried Salt
Lake City last fall. These figures have
been widely distributed IN a campaign
dodger used by the Republican commit
tee in the absence OF a Republican
newspaper in the city
Anderson had these figures on the
tip of his tongue. He ratified them off
as he and those i'm his clique have been
rafting them off since the campaign
began. Then he said in a tone of tri-
umph:
You have not the ghost of a show
to elect Morris. The only way to beat
Ezra Thompson and the Americans is
for all hands TO join in the support Of
Lynch, You can't get around the fig
ures."
Then it was MaFtiHeau's turn.
Your figures are pretty, Mr. Ander-
SON." he said. but they don't mean
anything. Richard p. Morris carried
Salt Lake City two years ago by 1870
plurality, and you must. to be fair,
compare city election with city cleo
ton, and national election with ma
tional election"
When Republican Party Was Split
Yes, but we. were split two years
ago" interjected Anderson.
That's true" retorted Martineau;
''apd you are split worse now than you
We're two years ago, Now you have
two factions of the party in the field,
and each faction with a complete tick
ct. One faction is represented by the
machine; the other by the knockers.
You point to the figures of last fall, 4"
Martineau continued. you know
they do not represent normal condi-
tions. You know that they represent
the Roosevelt tidal wave that swept
the country from ocean TO ocean. You
know that every local Democratic can
didate in the field last year was not
running against his opponent on the
Republican ticket, but that he found
himself runnlngs against Theodore
Roosevelt. You know, too, that hun
dreds and thousands of Democrats in
Salt Lake voted the Republican ticket
last fall to help Reed Smoot in his
fight at Washington. You know, too,
that more than half the voters who
gave you your majority last fall are
now in the American party"
Hold on. You talk too fast for me- 3"
Anderson gasped.
L take that as a high compliment. I
did not think the man lived in Utah
who could talk too fast for you, was
Martineaus rejoinder.
You remind me of the little girl
who said her father worked his mouth
SO fast that he never gave his ears a
chance" retOrted Anderson.
Why don't you go back a little fur
Their for your figures?'' demanded Mar
tlneau. IN 1886 William J. Bryan ear
ried Utah by $1,000 majority. He car
ried Salt Lake City by d majority So
large that the official count is not COM
pleted yet. And still, inspite Of this
landslide, w. H. Dale, the Democratic
candidate for mayor, was defeated tY.Al
years later. You know that there has
not been a normal election in Utah
since statehood. In 1886 il was the
Bryan landslide; in 1890 it was the
landslide for Mckinley because of the
war with Spain, and no adminisira-
been turned out in the middle of a war
or at the conclusion of a successful
war la 1904 it was the Roosevelt land
slide, and you want to take one Of
these landslides as the basis for your
calculations in this municipal fight
Lynch Stands for Nothing.
THE trouble with your candidate is
that he stands for nothing National
issues are not involved in this cam
paign in any degree whatever Thomp-
son stands for something. He stands
for an anti-MOrmon Administrations he
stands for a division OF the people on
religious lines. Norris stands for some
thing He stands for the completion OF
the city water scheme He stands for
public improvements peace and
progress all along the line. Lynch
stands for nothing, He kR9ws nothing
about the water plans he stands for
the machine"
We'll, Lynch viii he the next mayor,
just the same nat i'm Anderson.
Bigger and better Republicans than
you are, retorted Martineau, "havc
told me otherwise. They arc bigger
and better than you are because they
are willing To Silk party for the good
of the community. They are bigger
and better than you are because they
Know that they can settle fhfs foc.e I