The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-05
SMOOT|TES HAVE
SECURED QUARTERS
Will Open on the Second
Floor of D. F. Walker
Building.
THEIR COUNTY COMMITTEE
MEETS THIS AFTERNOON
Selection of Chairman Will
Show Howell and Chris
tensen Strength.

The Church Republicans have selected
their headquarters, and on Monday will
open up. Chairman Hammond on Tues
day decided to take rooms in the D. f.
Walker building, The entrance will be
room 2O7 on the second floor, and a
suite of several rooms has been secured,
in addition. Chairman Hammond has
nounced the executive committee. This
he will do within day or two, Mean
while the Federal building will continue
to be the rendezvous of the Smootites
who drift in from out of town.
And speaking of outof- town politi
clans, prominent one, who is also
prominent member of the dominant
church, said to The Tribune on Tues.
day; About the scurvlest lot of
would-be politicians that can be found
anywhere are the so-called ones who
are now holding down jobs in the Fed
eral building. Outside of United States
Marshal Spry the others dom know
the primer of politics. Spry is smooth.
He is a mixer. He has brushed up
against the people and has had the
rough edges taken off, He is good
listener, and this is what causes his
callers to say that he is an astute poll
tician. He looks wise, but says little.
But the balance of the bunch. Look at
Fussy Jimmy and Curley Callister and
Artie Thomas and Hy Booth, all servile
tools OF Smoot. Little wonder is it
that the grand old party does not
figure
"Do your know, continued this poll
tician, "that there is a revolt against
Smoot and Smootism among his own
people. They are growing very tired
of his dictatorial ways of his lashing
of those who do not agree with his way
of doing things, [ tell you that Smoot 8
elevation to the Senatorship was the
beginning of the end of the church The
revolt is spreading. Take my own case.
You have known me for years. You
know I am a Mormon. But I cannot
stand the reign of Smoot You know
also that l am a Republican from
principle, but / am not Smoot Repub
lican. No ecclesiast, that is no man
holding the position in the church that
Reed Smoot does, should be in politics.
sent his usurpation of the title of a
political boss at the polls in Novem-
ber. -
The Smootite Republican committee
will meet this afternoon. The resigna-
ton Of Jody Eldredge as chairman will
be acted upon 1t is quietly whispered
dUOuG lHdI JOuy ulU uOJ desire 10 re-
tire from the head of the committee,
but was anxious to manage the cam
paign. Aspirants for place on the
ticket did not relish this, Jody expects
TO be renominated for clerk and the
other candidate feared that he would
manipulate the committee too much in
his own interest, hence the hint was
given that he should resign, This he
has done and the resignation will be
Who will succeed Eldredge9 That
question is worrying the committeeman.
There are several who want the place
Cal Buckwalter had a cinch apparently
for the position, but a new candidate
appeared Monday in the person of W.
J, Lynch, present head Of the State
committee wants Lynch. The Christen-
sen crowd wants Buckwalter, AS
Christensen has out of the II mem
bers there is little doubt but that Buck
walter will win out,
The Democratic city and county COM
mittee has not yet decided upon s.
place. for headquarters, They have sew
eral in view. State Chairman Martin
eau and Secretary Cunningham have
spent several days in an effort to To-
cate, but up to last night nothing had
been determined. They will 90 over
the ground again today.
The American party drum and fife
corps held big meeting on the fourth
floor of the Commercial block last even
ing and completed organization for the
coming campaign. The meeting was
most successful one, both in point of at
tendance and enthusiasm. Some twenty
OF the members were present, and iudg-
ing from the spirit which was shown in
the matters discussed at the meeting
the corps will be even more lively than
last year. The question which was
most discussed at the meeting last even.
ing was that Of the uniforms which the
corps will wear this year. The STYLE
decided upon was the regular army Off
GERS khaki uniform There viii be
thirty members in the organization this
year. The officers are the same as last
year, with the exception of fife ser
geant, which position will this year be
filed by James Austin The other Off
GERS are S, n. Randolph, leader; J. ".
Clovis, quartermaster; L. J. Tauffer,
drum sergeant and treasurer; J. T.
Quinn, secretary; W. A. Clovis, color
sergeant. The corps will be out ready
for work by the last of the coming
week