Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-14
PREPARING FOR
BIG Conventions
Republican County Committee
Speaks Its Mind On
Party Affairs.
RESOLUTION OF CENsuRE.
II Is Passed as a Comment on Matters
Now Being Investigated by
State Committee.

The Republican county committee
met last night, and Mr.. Harry Joseph
declared that Senators Love, Lawrence,
Park ana Benner X, Smith We're enc
mics of the Republican party. He cited
bills which went to their death in the
senate as proof that these senators
We're not Republicans.
resolution was passed to cover the
feelings expressed by Mr.. Joseph 1t
was introduced by a. H. Nash of the
Fifth precinct, who declared that corr
slant wrangling would hurt the party,
and that these men were responsible
for the wrangling he said was going
on at the present time. j j. Greene
wald spoke against making enemies
and stirring up bitterness, declaring
mat he was against the resolution on
the ground that good feeling should be
extended to all, and that bad feeling
should not be stirred up at this time
when there was plenty of it in exist
ance anyhow.
THE RESOLUTION.
The resolution was finally voted for
by all present except Mr.. Greene valid.
1t follows
Whereas, certain parties in Salt
Lake county, claiming to be RepublI-
cans, ana asserting that they had
grievances which should receive re-
dress. created an organization sepa-
rate and apart from the regular party
organization in this county and ig-
nored the regular county organization
and made complaint to the state COM
mittee regarding party matters within
this county; therefore be it
Resolved, by the Republican CEN
trail committee of Salt Lake county,
that we disapprove of and condemn
all such factional organizations and
such ignoring of the county commit
tee of the regular party organization,
as being opposed TO the welfare of
the Republican party, and as being
unnecessary and uncalled for this
committee always having been ready
to hear and Investigate any grievances
or complaints in regard to party mat
ters within Salt Lake county, over
which we have jurisdiction
The matter which the county COM
mettee feels should have been handled
by it, was a complaint from four state
senators, filed with State Chairman o.
j. Salisbury, Immediately after the adj
journment of the last Legislature, and
referred again later to State Chairman
Wesley X. Walton, who brought it up
before the session held here on April
6. At the time the fire and police bill
was under consideration in the senate,
1t was forcibly attacked as unconstitu-
tional by Benner Y. Smith, and Geo.
took their view of it, turning in a ma
jority vote against 1t. The party or
gan took four senators severely to task
for their attitude, designating them
Quad and challenging their party
loyalty. For this the senators petit
toned that the words "ofiicial organ"
be stricken from the paper, or that 1t
retract, they holding that they were
fulfilling their duty to the people in
speaking their minds freely on legisla-
ton coming before them as elected rep
resentatives of the people, and that
to let the party organ lash them edl-
torially for doing this duty would be
to serve notice that legislators were
not expected TO act with freedom in
their public capacity.
The charges are now before sub
committee of the state committee
which will report to the committee one
day before the delegates convention,
called for May Z.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The district judicial convention will
be held May 9, two days after the
state delegates convention. Apportion-
Inent win be one delegate for each 30
votes for Joseph Howell in 1905, which
viii give u delegates to the First pre-
clnct 20 to the Second II 10 the Third;
10 to the Fourth: to the Fifth. out
side of the city there will be As dele
gates, making Il total of 125 for the
county.
The First precinct Republicans VIII
meet Thursday evening at ''SO III
Judge Armstrong; court room TO de-
eide matters of apportionment ana
general campaign organization.
Johr. O. Critchlow has called meet
ing of the committee Of 10 for Saturday
afternoon at the Wilson MOTEL Inc
matter OF forming state club, 10 be
known as the Roosevelt-Lincoln club,
win be considered.
Joseph Howell in response to q mes
sage asking IL he would allow hlmseil
TO be candidate for United states
senator has replied in the negative, ae-
cIarine that he is firmly settled in his
conviction that Senator Smoot shouia