The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-15
SMOOT FORCES
ARE LICKED IN
OPENING ROUND
Insurgent Resolutions Are
Adopted at Meeting of Re-
publican Committee.
CONVENTION TO NAME
SENATORIAL CANDIDATE
INDEPENDENTS SERVE NOTICE
ON PARTY APOSTLE MUST RE-
TIRE FROM POLITICS.

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= That A subcommittee Of seven 4
= be selected by the chairman to y
= request the state Republican com =
4 mittee in issuing its can for a
Z convention to choose delegates to =
y the national Republican convention y
= to be held in Chicago to make its 2
= call broad enough TO permit OF the y
= consideration and discussion of =
y any question or issue which is now y
y confronting the Republican party
= of the state of Utah. and that the =
+ said subcommittee report back to y
= this committee within ten days y
y Resolution adopted by the insur- y
= gent Republicans.
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Four hours of the bitterest fighting
that ever took place in a committee
meeting marked the session at the VIII
son hotel yesterday afternoon and last
evening by John Q. Critchlow and his
selected band of insurgents of fifteen.
The net results of the meeting are:
An overwhelming reverse for the fed
eral bunch's supporters on the commit
tee.
The demand that candidate for senas
tor be named at the state convention.
national convention be selected from
the rank and. file Of the party, and not
necessarily including the representation.
individually or collectively, which Utah
has in congress at this time
A service of notice, in brief, that apOs-
ties must keep out of politics.
For a meeting that had been an
nounced merely for the purpose of ar
ranging details for mass convention
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conference time, the assemblage as
sumed proportions in a beiligerent way
that. by some at least, were entirely UNI
expected. In the first place, the meet
ing grew out of a meeting of a large
number of anti-SmoOt Republicans held
in the Wilson hotel some weeks ago.
At that time it was decided TO appoint
a committee of fifteen to arrange for q
mass meeting, and John Q. Critchlow
was selected as the man to make the
choice of names. Last Sunday Mr..
CritchIOw announced his warriors:
Alma Eldredge of Coalville, Jesse NJ.
Smith of Layton, Z. ". Robinson of
Logan, David MattsOn of Ogden, D. o.
RideOut of Draper, Willis Johnson of
Richfield BraXton Barnett of Nam
moth. Wesley K. Walton of Woodruff.
James Devine of Salt Lake, Charles F.
Westphal Of Pleasant Grove, Richard B.
Lyman of Salt Lake, Leroy Armstrong
of Salt Lake, A. B. Irvine of Salt Lake,
James Ingebretsen of Salt Lake, John
James of Salt Lake. with Dan Harring-
ton as secretary. The call Of the COM
mittee was for yesterday afternoon. and
the purpose the arrangement for the
mass meeting.
When 1t Is Different.
All of the committeeman were pres
ent except BraxtOn Barnett, whose place
was filled by S. H. Love; Charles F.
Westphal, whose substitute was George
n. Lawrence; Richard r. Lyman Of
Salt Lake and Mr. James, who was
compelled to be absent on account of
sickness in the family. Henry Adams OF
Nephi was also present.
Mr.. CTitchlow presided, and Mr. Har-
ringtOn did his duty a 5 secretary. The
SmOOt forces were led by Leroy Arm
strong. His chief supporter on the Vi
tai question a issue was Mayor Rob-
insOn of Logan. with Jesse Smith said
to have been on the fence. The dues-
ton was the nomination of senator in
convention. 1t was Mr.. Armstrong;
endeavor TO put over the questions
brought up, but al every turn, say those
who were present, the SmoOt represen-
tatives were turned down
Out With smoot.
The choosing of the national conven-
ton delegates from the rank and file
Of the party, instead of following the
usual custom of giving the three first
places to the two senators and the one
representative means, if the plan is
adopted by the state convention, the
elimination of SmOot as del
egate. One of the committeeman
said in regard to the matter:
I'VE thought it best to select the
delegates from the rank and file of the
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