The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-12
AIM THEIR GUNS
THE WRONG WAY
Republican Workers in Fifth Ward
Help the Americans.
TREACHERY- IN THE RANKS
PARTY ORGANIZATION DEMoR-
ALLIED IN sTRoNGHoLps.

: Right on the threshold of the campaign
+ the Republican leaders have bumped into
the fact thar they must reorganize
I through a great part of the Fifth ward
/ if they expect to secure many votes. Sew
eral of the district committeeman in the
/ ward. 10 Is asserted, are at work for all
OF part Of the American" ticket. Some
of these district committeeman have been
outspoken in their advocacy of the cleo
tiOn of one or more of the crusaders.
They are retaining their positions in the
Republican ranks in order that they may
, do more effective work for the ticket OF
their first choice. They argue to their
confidential friends that they can 90
more effective work under cover than
! they could do were they TO come out lhto
the open.
This state of affairs is having a de
pressing effect around Republican head
quarters. Some of the more radical lead
crs are in favor of branding what they
style the traitors and throwing them
I out of the organization altogether. others
counsel a more conservative course. IheN
argue .1<t TO throw these men out or the
organization means TO lose them alto
Sether, and that 1t would be better TO
secure their support for part Of he
Republican ticket rather than TO. drive
them lEtO open. revolt IL IS also pointed
out that if these men are driven into the
ranks of the patriots they will take
with them friends and others over whom
they have influence and in this way de
Stroy the Republican organization IN That
section of the city.
ne chances are that there viii be no
Open rupture. The sentiment seems TO
prevail that il viii be better to leave
these men in their positions and carry on
the campaign In spite of their treachery.
The leaders openly boast that they have
every man Of this character branded and
that they will discount every move they
make.
Tnis condition is by no means confined
TO the Fifth ward. SeditiOn iu the ranks
is spreading rapidly 10 the First and Ser
ond wards The First, Second and Fourth
wards are badly diSOrganiZeG i'm spots.
Inc Americans are making big Claims
in all Of these wards. Their workers -are
IN the field making "A canvass of the VUt-
ers and missionaries are going from
house To house in search of converts,
The worst feature of this disntcgratiou
of the ReDuhiicen party I'm its former
suCughOlds iu the CITY is the suspicion
that has been aroused among those who
arc trying 10 be loyal 10 their ticket
Each man views his ueighboT with suS-
piciOu. Men who fought for years Shout
der TO shoulder have lost all confidence
i'm each other. All talk is stopped when
they approach, there is a drawing away.
there IS a sidelOng glance that means 50
much. and then someone remarks casual
~ Yes. the weather is fine now. but II
is getting a little cool.
Finances Is also bOthering the Z. o. p.
| leaders. The men who have contributed
most literally i'm past campaigns nave
either been worked out, or they have gone
over TO the Americans. Some of them are
keeping quiet, bat they are not putting
their names down Tor large subscriptions.
And on the heels of all this there is "a
/ persistent demand that thaE little / - /
I for 81 200 handed down frDm the Knox
campaign be taken care g at once.