The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-02
SOME SORENESS
OVER THE RESULT
Went Against a Sure THING.
Continued from page 1.
sion that the machine would win in all
other respects.


other respects.
Went Against Sure Thing.
AS has been said, protests were made
against this domination, and some Of
them were quite noisy, but the men
who made them knew they were fig
uratively butting their heads against
stone wall. They also had no chance
whatever TO accomplish real victory
The state convention adjourned to-
night, and it cannot be said that har-
mony prevailed. There is a good deal
of talk of boiling. One OF the unsuc-
eessful candidates said to me tonight
that within few weeks the party
managers would be after him to get
out on the stump for the ticket. 4
won't say right now that / won't go
out for them. but neither will | say
that / will CO." he added. There is a
time when a man cannot advocate the
election of his party's ticket without
the loss of his own respect"
Judge Smith Is Angry.
Another indication of soreness is
found in the attitude of Judge Frank
Smith. who will preside over the trials
of Meyer, Haywood and PettibOne, al
legged dyna miters Judge Smith was a
candidate for the nomination to sue
ceed himself-he is Gooding APP
pointee-but this morning he aston
ished his supporters by the declaration
that he would not accept the unani-
nous nomination of his district con-
Yention.
l asked Judge Smith to explain his
attitude, and he did so very frankly.
by declining the nomination at the
hands of the district convention" said
ha 90 ST in Sf
machine methods and machine rule.
The delegates to the judicial conven-
ton are the same as the delegates to
the state convention, that is. as far as
the counties in my judicial district are
concerned. These delegates were will
ing to submit to machine methods, and
| cannot accept a nomination at their
hands.
An independent Candidate.
However l am not going to shirk
the responsibility. 1t is my present in
tention to become an independent can
didate for the district judgeship. If
the people wish to endorse me / will De
| much pleased. If they do not 1 Will
very cheerfully return to my law prac-
tice. l am not afraid of the outcome.
Mr.. Gooding and Mr.. Borah were sure
of everything they wanted or needed
to further their own political ambi-
tons and they should not have en-
tered into a combination to ram a slate
of their own selection for other Of
ficers down the tLroats of the conven-
ton"
Last night Judge Smith reconsidered,
and announced that he would accept
the machine nomination.
1t was reported on the streets and in
the convention today that the nomina-
ton of Bell was a crack in the machine
slate, that Gooding had decided TO turn
Bell down because Bell had refused TO
work for the governor. The vote of the
Ada county delegation for Mcpherson
gave foundation to this report, but its
accuracy is doubtful. If 1t was decid-
ed TO turn Bell down and the governor s
own county voted with Ada against
him the decision was reached too late
to notify the machine delegates. Good
ing certainly made the announcement
last night that Bell had been put on
his slate though his Boise organ had
r. w. Mcbride, man who was not
even placed before the convention
for the office of mihe inspector or any
other, on its list for that place