The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-09
REPUBLICANS
.SPURN FUSION
City Committee Votes to Go Alone in
Coming Campaign.
REISER- EAROLEY WRANGLE
FIX TIME AND PLACE OF CON.
VENTioN NEXT MONDAY.

| There will be 10 fusion in the coming
| city campaign if the Republican COM
| mittee can have its way about it. Al
a meeting Of a fraction OF the commit
tee yesterday afternoon a resolution was
unanimously adopted TO this effect. II
was presented by A. B. Irvine of the
Fourth ward. He said that statements
! had been made in the press and that
rumors had been circulated on the streets
, TO the effect that there was 20 be some
sort Of fusion. To settle the question ne
presented the following:
Resolved, That il is the sense Of the
Republican city committee that the Re
publican party nominate a straight party
ticket for the city election, and that there
be no fusion with any other party what
ever
The motion to adopt the resolution was
seconded by Harry S. ANDERSON and was
adopted without a dissenting vote. This
action taken In connection with the re-
cent action OF the Democrats would seem
10 settle this feature OF the campaign.
Made Up of offlee-HoIders.
The ingredients of the meeting at which
the above action was taken were three
spector. one part sewer inspector, one
part city council, one part deputy clerk.
one part district attorney, one part land
board clerk one part governors staff
0uulI man u r. LUOIDOurON pEBAlucQ anu
]. Farley White was secretary. Calvin
,. BuckWalter represented the First
ward; j. j. Meyers. as proxy for Earl
Ripley, represented the Second; Harry
5. Anderson and 7. L. Irvine represented
the Third; A. 3. Irvine and A. a. But
Ter, the last named as proxy for Ralph
Guthrie, represented the Fourth and T.
X Black as proxy for Q. :. Wing and
W. j. Meaker. represented the Fifth.
The meeting was held in the Young
Mems Republican club rooms in the At
las block. The gathering was not large,
but II was large enough to get into a
deadlock in less than fifteen minutes,
deadlock that was not broken when
adjournment was taken.
1t was proposed by I. L. Irvine to pro-
coed 10 the election Of a member OF
the committee for the Second 10 sue
coed Henry F. Heath, who was charged
with desertiOn TO the American camp.
Black insisted that the committeeman
should be chosen by the organization
at this. He said the organization in the
Second was shot to pieces and that if
the matter was left 20 the ward nothing
would be done until election day. He
cited the firing of George Sheets in the
Fifth and the election OF W. ]. Meaker
as his successor as a precedent and urged
immediate action.
Eardley VS.. Reiser.
Anderson placed E. J. Eardley in NOM
the fact that he had been a member OF
the city council which brought a snort
from Black. Black thought IL an eX-
council member was to be chosen the
committee might Just as wei take
Charles Cottrell. He nominated Cottrell
but later withdrew his name after ]. J.
Meyers had nominated Albert S. Reiser.
Anderson, T. L. Irvine, Buckwalter and
Butler voted for Eardley; A. b. Irvine,
Meaker. Black and Meyer voted for
Reiser, making a tie vote.
Chairman Loofbourow announced that
there was no election and after this A.
b. Irvine tried to change his vote. This
gave rise TO a wrangle which wound up
with the decision to make the filling OF
this vacancy the first order OF business
at an adjourned meeting.
It was announced that the Grand the
atre could be secured for the city con-
yention any afternoon except Saturday
Sunday or Wednesday. IL was decided
10 leave the fixing OF the time and place
OF the convention and the apportionmsnt
or delegates TO the next meeting which
VIII be held IN the same place at b
o clock Monday afternoon.