The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-08
PROTEST AGAINST
GOVERNOR GOOD|NC
Washington County Republicans
0utSpoken in Their
Opposition.
REASONS WHY HE SHOULD
NOT BE REN0MINATED
His Methods Condemned in ForCi,
bile Language Which Cannot
Be Misunderstood.
Special to The Tribune.

Special TO Inc 1rlOune.
WEISER. Ida. July The follow
ing statement has just been issued BY
a committee appointed by the anti
Gooding Republican club OF this city.
The committee was appointed abouL
two weeks since. and have just made
public the statement of their reasons
for objection to the denomination OF
Gov. Gooding.
Two Republican Clubs.
There are two Republican clubs In
this city, one In favor OF Gooding. the
other opposing. The signers of the
statement are leading Republicans and
of1ce-holders and ex-ofIice- e-holders Of
the county:
What Protest Says.
To the Republicans OF Washington
County;-Believing that the renomina-
ton OF Frank r. Gooding for Governor
of this State Will bring certain defeat
to the Republican party In the coming
gcther as Republicans for the purpose
OF defeating such renominat tion and ask
the active cooperation OF every Repub-
lican in this county. who has the sue
cess of the party In view. and who de-
sires to have a delegation sent from this
county TO the State convention free from
machine or other undue Influences, and
who Will act In the convention for the
best interests OF the party. irrespective
| of the claims Of individuals. We deem
our action should be set forth. and thcy
| are as follows.
l. We condemn the methods en-
| ployed to secure Frank r. Goodings
nomination at tho last convention. and
| believe that II was in violation of the
| wishes of a great majority OF the rank
| and file of our party and was brought
about by the use of reprehenslble ma
| chine methods, shameless open trafnck-
| ing with a candidate for the United
States Senatorship. and the dishonorable
| tactics emDlDNgQ
ling support of the Latah delegation.
AS to Public Lnnds.
2. We condemn his action as chair
| man of the State Land Board In allow
ing the valuable Carey act lands on the
fore the advertised opening day, by the
| Canyon Canal company. TO members of
the Governors official family.
| g. We condemn tho Governors In
| reference with the Legislature which
| began with the election of tho Speaker
| of the House and continued throughout
! the session Tho method used In con-
trolling the Legislature becomes plain
when IL is remembered that at Its ad-
| journment seven members were ap-
pointed to salaried positions by the
| Governor.
4. We condemn his opposition to the
| local option and Sunday closing laws
! before the Legislature and which
| secured their defeat and stamps him as
| an opponent of temperance and moral
| secret leasing of n vast tract of land In
| Fremont county for the benefit OF large
| sheep companies, and class such actloh
! as a bid for political support that Is a
disgrace to the State.
Extravaganza Condemned.
6. We condemn the extravagance of
| his administration whereby taxation has
| Increased SO tremendously that the limit
OF endurance has been reached for eX-
| ample the State taxes paid by wash
| ington county for the year 1sQ4 tunoer
| Morrison) was s14.+63; for the year
| 1906 (under Gooding), 52b.s34. an IN
| crease OF S11.4Sl. and this upon very
| s450.747 over the valuation of 1904. OF
| which Sl42Se1 was created by n raise
| made by tho State Board OF EQualiza-
| tion on the real estate Of the county.
| Goodlng his friends and press TO MAKE
a political Issue out of the prosecution
| OF those accused OF the foul murder OF
| one of the States foremost citlzens. ana
deem II a reflection upon the manhooa
| and citizenship OF the State to assert
| that II is necessary TO nominate any
| particular person by reason or such
| trials.
| but VIC deem the above, which cannot
| he sucoessfully rcfuted, amply euffcient
| TO Justify our action, 49, 49, s
Dated at Weiser. Ida-- this zsrd day
of Juno. 1906.
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