The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26
SERIOUS SPLIT NOW
MENACES G. 0. P. IN UTAH
Continued From Page I.

! incurred. ike
to see it in the paper"
! Those of you who take the paper
and read it have seen it there" was the
reply, and Mr. Critchlow asked no fur
/ Their questions. Mr.. Armstrong, con-
| tinuing, said that political conditions
| here did not differ from political con-
/ ditionS in other states. The only trOu-
bic was that everybody believed con-
/ ditions to be different here. This
brought George Wilson to his feet.
Why is it, them" he asked, that a
prominent Gentle viii not come out
for an office when that Office is sought
| by an apostIe?"
| Mr.. Armstrong; reply was that he
presumed the Gentle, suppOsing Mr..
/ Wilson'S proposition to be true. did not
care to run against the apostle. After
| James Devine and others had spoken
IN favor of the address, Chairman
RideOut wound up the debate. He was
very glad the discussion had been so
moderate, which provoked a smile. The
question with him was not as to
whether or not the insurgents could
win, but whether their cause was Just
or not. He was not there to make a
fight especially against Senator Smoot.
although he believed it would be very
unwise for Smoot to go into the fight
again this year
The SmOOt organization had con-
trolled the politics of the state for sew
eral years. The result was a tremen-
dous split in the party. The fight of
the insurgents was for peace, and they
were making it within the party. With
out mentioning his name. Mr.. Rideout
described Harry Joseph and denounced
MS pernlclous, meddling arrogance. 81
stand for the statement" he concluded.
every
had it made stronger if 1 could"
When the vote on the proclamation
was taken there was just one voice, the
voice of Mr. Armstrong, against il. The
address follows:
Text of the Address.
To the Republican voters of the State
of Utah:
The earnest efforts of the friends
| or the Republican party of Utah
should be used 10 eliminate the ele-
ments of discOrd and discomfort
| which now divide the party and thew
should seek to bring about the old
spirit of enthusiasm and harmony. To
TINS end about sixty Republicans met
at the Wilson hotel on the 10Th day of
February last. Said meeting resulted
IN the appointment of a committee of
htteen- Said committee was charged
to devise some way, if possible, to har-
monIze and establish a normal condi-
ton in the Republican party of Utah.
AT a meeting of the committee of fif-
teen held later a subcommittee of
seven was appointed to wait upon the
state committee at its meeting held in
Salt Lake City the 9th day of April.
1908. The committee of seven request
ed the state committee to make the
call for the coming state convention
broad enough to permit of a discussion
of the causes which have divided the
Republican party of this state, with
the result that the state committee in
cluded within its call provision for
the free discussion of any question
that might be considered of import
ance to the success or welfare of the
Republican cause in Utah. In passing
we call attention to the fact, that the
Salt Lake county Republican commit
tee at its meeting held in this city
week or so ago passed a resolution
condemning the action of the commit
tee of fifteen because ii (the county
committee) had been ignored and the
appeal had been made direct to the
state committee. The committee of
fifteen consists of Republicans from
various counties of the state, and the
questions which it desired to have
discussed before the state convention
concerns every voter in the state of
Utah, hence it is not a county affair,
and it would appear almost unneces-
sary for us to say that the county Re
publican committee exceeded its Ju-
risdiction and made itself ridiculous
in the eyes of intelligent people when
it took cognizance of the question.
Vote in Recent Elections.
Al.