The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11

the new districts and to call another
meeting within the next two weeks for
the purpose OF electing the chairmen.
! Twenty new members were added to the
| thought that the membership OF the club
| would be more than doubled within a
| Few weeks. The next meeting Will be
| subject TO the call of the chair and the
date will be announced through the coll
! umns Of The Tribune
Apostle Read smoot has been In Brig
! ham City preaching politics and de-
| liyering senatorial sermons He Is great
| ly worried over the situation In Box
| Elder county Joseph Howell is very
| unpopular there, and the American senti-'
| ment is also very strong. Something
must be done to keep Republicans from
going TO the American party. and some
| thing must be done to keep the faith
full In line with the Smoot machine. The
| apostle has lent an attentive ear to the
| claims Of Frank l.. Fishburn for the
| Congressional nomination, Mr.. Fishburn
| was until recently a very Independent
Mormon-almost independent enough to
| be out of the church He used to say
things and be bitterly criticised by the
local ecclesiasIs for his lack OF reYer-
ence toward the high authorities OF
the church But recently Mr.. FIshburn
has been making friends with high and
low OF the church. He calls every
body brother, except those he calls
sister. He never neglects duty of the
church. however menlal. He Is as cunning
in his local politics as he Is forceful,
and therefore he has been able TO pre-
sent quite a case to the apostle. 1t looks
as if Smoot had been compelled to allow
Fishburn to appear as candidate, but
IL also looks as IL Fishburn has been
advised that he must be candidate for
ion
parent fight in the State convention. must
retire graciously In favor OF Howell
]. William Edmunds announces him
self as a candidate for Treasurer before
the American party convention. Mr..
Edmunds ls an expert accountant. and
prepared report for the Council on the
water and sewer bond issue and the dis
position of the funds.
Thomas Aston, who was Recorder for
Salt Lake county in 19012, will be
candidate before the church Democratic
convention for the position.
The Logan Journal slops over in this
manner.
The Tribune stops short at nothing in tho
way of misrcprcse sentntion In order TO roast
the church boost the American party, The
other day II claimed that in Cache county the
Democrats are discouraged, the feeling be-
ing prevalent that the State is slated to sup
port the machine headed by APOSTLE Smoot:
and also because Chairman Martincau is OBJ
jcctionablc 10 large section of the party
Tribune alleges not few OF the disgruntled
Democrats will vote the American party
ticket: BY inference it includes the Hons.
Joseph Monson, L. c. Thorcsen and Aaron
Farr. The Tribune will find that the Cache
county Democracy is not slated to support
the smoot machine that it will Loyalty uphold
Chairman Martincau; that it will give neither
aid nor comfort to tho American party, and
that Monson, Thoresen and Farr will be
found doing business at the same old stand,
But just the same the Cache county
Democracy Will support the Smoot ma
chine. What the hierarchy ordains in
Cache county the church Democrats al
ways carry out.
Says the Rich6eld Sun: Things are
not favorable for Congressman Howell
at present, and it Is extremely doubtful
If he receives a denomination at the COM
ing State convention. W. D, Livingston
Of Sanpete county Is said TO be In the
race for the nomination, and II is no
longer considered a joke that Farley P.
Christensen has put up a lightning rod,
Farley P. visited Richf1eld last Wednes-
day evening: and was not at all back
ward In declaring himself candidate for
Congress. He is a big, broad shouldered
giant. an anti-machine Republican. and
one OF those Hello. God bless you" kind
OF fellows who always attracts a large
following. Farley made big hit In
Richheld. and he Will have support from
Sewer county In the State convention"
Monday was the day set for opening
of the various headquarters for the cam
paign But one was opened, however
and in order, that was the American. In
the Cullen hotel. Chairman Darmer and
Secretary Armstrong and q corps of
clerks were on hand Former United
States Marshal Ben Haywood, now OF the
Cullen, had the rooms In readiness, and
from now until the end of the campaign
there Will be something doing around
these headquarters. A large sign will be
placed in position today.
The American party drum corps made
Its first appearance last night. 1t
marched to the home OF Mrs. Joseph
Cohen of the Womans American club
and gave her serenade,
The ten dollar levy on the church
Republican candidates, exclusive an
nouncement of which was made IN The
Tribune Monday, had a demoralizing eff
feet on the push, and the church
Republican headquarters were not opened
Monday, as was expected. Chairman
Eldredge was absent from the city on
his mission 10 Box Elder county, but
Chairman Cunningham OF the church
Democratic committee was In town, so
that a little matter like the absence OF
a chairman could cut little figure. Pos
sibly Secretary Smith will be on hand to-
day
The only evidence Of life about the
church Democratic headquarters Monday
was the sign on the door Of the rooms
In the Atlas block. There was no sign
of anything else. Smoot had not even
looked into the rooms to see whether or
no they suited
Like the church Democratic head
quarters, the headquarters OF the State
church Republican committee had moth
Ing but & sign. Chairman Hammond
could not be found but later it was
learned from him that the appointment
of secretary and executive committee
had not yet been decided upon. The an
nouncement may be made today.