The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-10
Church Republicans Have De-
cided on This Figure for
Initiation.
FIGURE TEN FAV0RITE
ONE WITH HIERARCHY
Ten Means Tithe. So $40 Is
Tithe Paid to Get Name
on Ticket.

places on the ticket will be expected
to walk up to the treasurer Of the
committee and plank down $40. other
wise they win not be considered IN the
ring. The figure ten is a representa-
tive one Of the church Republicans as
it Is OF the band OF twenty-sir who
dominate politics in Utah Tithiug,
you know, is ten, one-tenth. When the
matter came up before the executive
board of the committee on Saturday 1t
was suggested by one that the figure
be made S15, but this was strenuously
objected to, for the reason, as one mem
Der said, that all candidates would
know what the figure ten meant, as the
church had used 1T for so many years
in levying tithes; so SO was fixed as
the price candidates must pay before
their names can 90 upon the commit
tee bulletin or before the convention.
Jody Eldredge, chairman of the
church Republican County committee,
leaves for the north today. His des-
tination was not made public, but his
friends let it be understood that he
was going to Idaho, This, however, Is
not true Mr.. Eldredge goes north as
the special envoy of Chairman Ham
committee to Box Elder county to see
what can be done toward getting Fish
burn to withdraw from the Congress
Nonal race. Fishburn g candidacy Is
cutting into Howell, and cutting III
deep, so much so that the representa-
tives OF the hierarchy fear they may
not be able TO hold the rank and file
for Howell in the convention and that
his nomination is in jeopardy, despite
"a ,ohk pG
number OF delegates from Weber
county, and the fact that he belongs to
the dominant church has alarmed the
leaders. To discipline him publicly in
the convention might ALLEVIATE many of
his friends, hence Jody Eldredge has
been sent to counsel with him.
And speaking of the Congressional
race, Farley p. Christensen will discov~
er very shortly. that he will be like
Fishburn-out of the contest. He real
" thinks he has a show for the nom
ination, but when the delegates arrive
in Zion the whisper will be passed and
Farley P. will be in the outclassed
class
The slate-smashers among the church
Republicans will hold another meeting
this week. They declare that the coli
laT WHICH olnooI says ChcS HuSI "edi,
or be read out of the party, will not be
welded on them. They resent the boss
ism Of the apostolic leader. They do
clare that the collar which he would
place about their necks would read to
the people, "My property-Reed
Smootb: hence the kick. These slate
smashers also declare that unless there
is resolution adopted by the State
convention declaring unalterable oppo-
sition TO union of church and State,
there Will be a bolt. The resolution
which Daniel Harrington will intro
duce in the convention meets their ap-
proval 1t follows:
The Republican party in State convention
assembled hereby declares and sfhrms that
II is unalterably opposed TO the union Of
church and state, and that it is also opposed
to any high ecclesiastic. of any denomination
whatsoever seeking and asking for political
preferment and the benefits of civil ONCE, or
in undu1y interfering with politics, while he
is holding said high ecclesiastical or church
position; and. for the future. and In order to
promote tranquility. perfect equality and the
best possible progress OF the State, the Re
publican party will use its best endeayors
to enforce and maintain this principle.
The Jack-Mormon Senator from
Utah is at present between the devil
and the deep sea. He does not know
which way to turn. Like all who at
temnt to serve two masters, he does not
know what to do. He owes his eleya-
tion to the Senate to the hierarch and
his band Of twenty-five others. He
cannot go back on them; hence his
trouble. He must bow to the will of
Smoot. He cannot do otherwise.
Smoot, Of course, is for Howell, for the
Cache county man stands for the hie-
rarchy, Howell has appointed as post
master at Ogden man. who is
obnoxious to 95 per cent Of the citi-
zens residing in the Junction City.
Glasmann is for the hierarchy. !smoot
is sure to vote for the confirmation of
Glasmann, because the hierarchy so de-
sires. Sutherland will have to do the
same thing or else break with the HE
rarchy. This he dare not do. Hence,
as said, he is between the devil and the
deep sea.
Sutherland, however, is working
new game; Afraid to come out in the
secretary, The latter, it is stated, will
oppose any high ecclesiast who may
come out as a candidate Tor. political
Office. OF course, the private secretary
cannot well do this and hold his Job
without the consent Of his employer, so
that the game of Sutherland s. easily
seen through the gauzy veil. Private
Secretary Hanson, speaking of the pro.
posed candidacy of President L. w.
Shurtliff of Weber stake for the State
Senate, is alleged to have said "that
Shurtliff. being president of the biggest
stake in Zion, is not fit selection for
high political position. T do not
think the stake president should be
candidate for a political office, and /
shall oppose him if he shall become a
candidate. ! am opposed to him on
this principle, and whether or not he is
a Smoot man, the difference is imma-
terial. He is an ecclesiast and has
no business in politics. Mr. Hanson,
it is also alleged. stated that he did
not believe that President Shurtliff
was a Smoot supporter, and related
that in n conference in Salt Lake of
the Republican leaders, of Utah in
1904, just after the Chicago convention,
Shurtliff and Smoot disagreed, The
cause of the disagreement Mr. Hanson,
it is said, stated was because Presi-
dent Shurtliff declared that he would