The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-27
DEMOCRATS MILL
NAME A TICKET
Enthusiasm Manifested at
Meeting of City and Coun-
ty Committee.
ALL FOR STRONG FIGHT
TALKS MADE BY PROMINENT
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY.

Between twenty-five and thirty men,
bers of the Democratic city and county
committee held an enthusiastic meeting
IN j. II. MOyle's office last evening and
made the preliminary arrangements for
the coming city campaign. Besides the
committee members a number of other
Democrats interested in the plan OF cam
paign were in the conference by invita-
ton
Among those present were Chairman NJ
+. Cunningham, John Dern, chairman Of
the executive committee; Judge w. II.
King, Ashby Snow, Richard p. Morris,
John S. CritchlOW, Thomas w Green J.
II. Haslam. ]. w. StringfeIlow, L. f. "
erson, w. w. Sloan, w. J. KOrth A NJ.
Rudolph, Perley A. Hill, II. T. Ball and
Ray VanCOtt
Chairman Cunningham called the meet
ing to order and announced that the first
business would be the consideration Of
the time and place for holding the city
convention. II took only a brief discus
sion TO show that most of those present
were in favor of holding an early con-
vention and making an aggressive cam
paign. On motion the date and place Of
the convention were referred to a COM
mittee of five, of which Mr.. Cunningham
is chairman, the committee to have power
to make arrangements for the primaries
and the convention.
Program for Campaign.
With this decided Chairman Cunning
ham called fO- expressions of opinion as
TO the program Of the campaign. Judge
King led off with d declaration in favor
of straight Democratic city ticket. Flu
sion with the republicans was out of the
question, and any union with the Amer
leans just as undesirable. While move
ment for an Independent business mems
ticket without any affiliatiOn with pClit
ical parties might be the best thing in city
affairs, it was clearly impossible here.
In Judge Kings opinion the nomination Of
a straight-out Democratic ticket. COM
posed Of representative men and standing
on the record of the Democratic party in
city affairs offered more than fighting
chance for success, and he was in favor
of getting into the field early and max
ing a hard fight for victory.
John Dern took, the same view of tbs
situation. He thought it would be un-
wise to take any other course. The Dem
ccrat1c party had record TO be proud
OF IN Its city administration aGd there
was no reason why a good ticket should
not be elected. Whether the party won
or not, it was sound policy to make the
light and Keep the party organization N
tact for future battles. Personally, Mr..
Dern said. he was strongly in favor Of 90
ing into the campaign to win ard in MS
Judgment it would be well to begin early.
All Were Agreed.
Practically everybody present took o.
casiOn to express the same opinion as To
the advisabiiity Of making the campaign
on straight party lines ana WGSiII an az
sressiye fight. There was no suggestion
of fusion except to deride the IDEA, nor
was there any discussion as to available
candidates II was agreed that the chair
man should call a conference Of the exc
Cutive committee of which Mr.. Dern is
chairman, and that tlTIs committee should
discuss in advance sdeh arrangements IS
may be necessary for the organization Of
the campaign before the convention. It
is quite possible the executive committee
will ask a number of party leaders 20
confer with it as to the men most desic-
able as candidates, without however, an
ticipating the action of the convention or
committing the conference to the sup
port of any in 1ividual candidate.
In all the discussion at last evening 8
meeting the members of the committee
and their invited guests were unanimous
in their views. and the final resolution,
adopted unanimously, directed the special
committee in charge to make arrange
ments for the primaries and convention
at the earliest practicable moment, with
a view to putting a straight Democratic
ticket in the field and preparing for a
hot campaign.