The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
BORAH PLEADS
FOR REPUBLICANS
Idaho Senator Makes Address
at City Headquarters to
Chance Audience.
SUTHERLAND FOR FUSION
GIVES CLEAR OUTLINE OF HIS
POSITION.
SUTHERLAND FOR FUSION

There was near crowd at Republican
headquarters last night. The occasion
was an approximate speech by Senator
Borah of Idaho. backed up by Senator
Sutherland of Utah. The moment Secre-
tary Farley P. Jensen of the Republican
city committee heard that Senator Borah
was in town he began advertising speech
by the gentleman from Idaho. This with
out the advice or consent of anybody else
on earth, including Senator Borah.
But Senator Borah is always ready to
talk on any old subject at any old time.
When he was dragged into Republican
headquarters last night he was laboring
under the impression that he was only 10
attend a reception. He was undecelVed
when Fireman Devine announced to Pete
johnson and others then and there as
sembled. that the gathering would now
hear some remarks from Senator Borah-
The senator promptly got into the game.
He was glad to meet the people of Titan
and was glad to concede that they are
as good as the people of Idaho. Indeed,
the senator had found good people every
where in his travels. 1t had been agreed
he declared that hire was not to make a
speech and he intended to keep his part
of the agreement. He could not, however.
resist the temptation to say a few kind
words for John K. Hardy, one of the can
didates on the Republican city ticket:
Mr.. Hardy lived for a time in Idaho
and was secretary to Governor John T..
Morrison of that state. Senator Borah
neglected to mention the fact that he
switched from Morrison to GOoding three
wears ago and succeeded In nominating
Gooding. thus throwing both Morrison and
Hardy out of political employment He
told one or two of his clever stories and
closed with a hurrah talk in favor OF the
Republican party.
n fort 20 to 4haf
the Republican nominee for mayor, ar
rived too late to hear Senator Borah. So.
too, did Justice Straup of the supreme
court and most of the other prominent
Republicans. Senator Sutherland follow
ed his Idaho colleague After a few pre-
liminary remarks Senator Sutherland
touched the question of fusia- and made
his position clear when he said:
"Our American friends and some Demo
cratic friends are finding fault with the
proposed fusion that the Republican party
is effecting in the various precincts. The
American party is composed of Republic
ans Democrats Socialists and | believe.
few Prohibitionsts. From their point
of view it is right and proper for all
these discordant elements to fuse in their
party, but from their point of view. 1t is
wrong for the two great national parties
to unite to beat them. Now. ! don't think
so. l think that the American party is
the common enemy of the people of this
city. 1t is the duty of the citizens of this
city to beat that party. and then we can
get back to old party lines.
Just so long as there is an American
party. just so long there cannot be, in the
full sense of the term. any national poll
tics in this city. I think that it is better
for city and state to have national poll
tics making our fight along Republican
and Democratic lines ratheE than RELIGIOUS
lines
1T has always seemed to me that if I
We're a Mormon Il use plain terms), If
were a Mormon in Salt Lake City and
somebody were going to pick up a stone
to throw at me, think that if ! had any
courage, ! would pick up d brick and
hand it back, and | think that is what
we should do in this campaign"
At the conclusion of Senator Suther-
lands remarks the meeting broke up, with
more or less harmony prevailing.