The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-25
PARTY LEADERS
HAVE TROUBLES
Faction of the Republican 0rganiza-
ton Badly Split.
THOMPS0N'S STRONG PULL
LAST ARGUMENT RlODLED BY
FIGURES OF OTHER YEARS.
TH0MPS0N'S STRONG PULL

Managers of the Republican campaign
are attempting the feat these days of
riding at the same time two horses going
in opposite directions. one wing Of the
badly ratified organization is pulling des-
perateIy in the direction of the Amer
leans" The other wing is pulling in
the direction of Richard P. Morris. The
two antagonistic factions are held to-
gether temporarily by liberal applica-
ton of dough" at the point where the
strain is greatest.
Those who are threatening day after
day that they will 60 in a body to the
American" camp claim that they have
$500 votes. They have not one-seventh Of
that number but they are good buffers
and make up in vociferous claims what
they lack in numbers. Many of these are
ostensibly in the Republican ranks while
working hard. but secretly, Tor the sue
cess of the american ticket In whole
or in part. Every move made by the
Republicans outside of a small cOterie Is
quarters with all the necessary diagrams
and specifications Members OF the city
committee and district chairmen are IN
secret sympathy with the Americans
and are doing all in their power TO fur
Their that cause without running the risk
OF exposure and expulsion from the or
EeL1tlLdllOi. LltA ItdilLC Lildl NAiCN Gan
do more for the crusaders by working un-
der cover than they could If they were
forced out into the open.
Pull Together for the Council.
Republicans and Americans" are
working together in a number of in
stances especially on cOuncilmanic can
didateS. The plan is 10 elect Americans
ana Republicans enough 70 control the
council 1t ell hazards and then te get
together and form a fusion after the cleo
ton and declare war on the Democrats
a. j. Davis and Thomas Holiday are said
to be prime movers in this scheme. Hob
day Is making an exception of Hewlett
in the First.
The other wing of the Republican or
Sanization that is giving trouble 10 the
party managers is made up in large part
of men who are determined to vote for
Richard +. Morris and help him carry
through the water plans he has now so
Wei under way. Many OF these men
voted for him two years ago and have
never had cause TO regret their vote. I'm
der normal conditions they would sink
or swim with their party. They bOlted
the .NedTnS ticket Two years ago led by
such men as o. J. Salisbury, Judge C.S.
zane Benner y. Smith, N. II. Walker
and w. 4. James because the keaFnS
ticket was rammed down their threats.
Republican spellbinders are making just
one argument in this campaign. They
do not make this openly, but they pull
the victim up some dark alley and pour
the tale into his car. This is that TheO-
dore Roosevelt carried Salt Lake City by
a good majority last fall, and as a conse-
quence the city must 80 Republican this
fall. They don't point out that il is a
far cry from Theodore Roosevelt TO Chief
OF Police Billy Lynch, and that no ma
tional issue is involved in any way in
this campaign.
Some Figures of the Past.
Neither do these whispering statesmen
explain that few cities in America have a
1nflauEnHRnT
with Salt Lake City. In 1895, when HebeT
M. Wells was first elected governor of
Utah. james Gleudinning q Republican
was elected mayor of Salt Lake City by
majority o. 75.
Il would seem that that election estab-
lshed the fact that Salt Lake City was
short year afterward William J. Bryan
carried the city by a majority that has
never been equaled since or before. True
conditions were abnormal. So they were
last fall when Theodore swept the ma
ton from ocean TO ocean.
The year following the Bryan landslide,
". n. Ddle. the regular Democratic r. nom
NEE for mayor. was defeated The Bryan
majority was wiped out. There were
three tickets in the field il is true but
there are three tickets in the field to-
day. The election turned upon local is
sues wholly. If the Bryan landslide of
1895 failed to influence the election for
mayor IN 1897, what reason is there to
suppose that the Roosevelt landslide of
1904 should affect the election for mayor
in 1905? None but local issues are in
vowed IN the present campaign.
How the Pendulum Swings.
Republicans who rely wholly on this ar
gument OF the figures of last fan to boil
ster their cause should dive q little deeper
into local politics and learn that voters
here have d habit of independent voting
Here are some figures:
In 1875. the year following the defeat
OF ". H. Dale for mayor, b.. II. Roberts
carried the city by 1,631 i'm his race for
congress against Alma Edredge The fol-
lowing year 1893, Arthur r. Barnes was
defeated for mayor BY Ezra Thomson
by plurality of 429 This did not settle
the politics Of the city, because William
j. Bryan, running for president in 1900
carried the city by ll9 plurality The pen
dulum swung the other way the following
year when Ezra Thompson was reelected
mayor over james c. Leary by q plu-
rality of 1240. Again the pendulum swung
the following year, when William H.
King carried the city over Joseph Howell
In the race for congress.
Then came the landslide to Richard T.
Morris II 1898 and the Democratic reverse
IN 1904. when Salt Lake City lined up
with the balance of the nation. IL the
record of the past ten years proves any
Thing at all il proves that national cleo
tons have little or no influence over the
citizens Of Salt Lake City when they are
called upon 10 pass judgment on local
questions pure and simple. They prove
thdI the Republicans who are still work
ing Tor chef of Police Lynch are leaning
on broken crutch; that the voters this
year Will eliminate national ISSUES and
vote TO endorse the record of Richard p
Morris, the man they elected mayor two
Years ago. or they viii vote 10 condemn
that record by the election OF Ezra
Thompson on The American" ticket.
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