The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-24
BAN IS PLACED ON
REAL REPUBLICANS
Republican National Committee
Does Not Care for Taft
Votes in Utah.
SM00T AND SM0OTISM
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Must Cast Ballot for the Apos-
Ties Ticket OF Not Vote
for Taft.


On Tuesday evening, September /,
in the court room of Judge Ritchic in
the City and County building, meet
ing of Republicans OF Salt Lake City
was called for the purpose of organizing
4 Taft club. The meeting was called in
compliance with calls signed by prorni
nent Republicans of the city. The meet
ing was controlled by the federal bunch.
! A representative Of the Republican ma
tional committee, A. Z. Statter, was
present This preamble was read:
That the organization hereby present
shall be known ss The Taft Republican
a president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer. all of whom shall constitute
! an executive committee for the manage
ment OF the affairs OF the club. That
all citizens OF the state Of Utah who
believe in the principles enunciated In
, the national platform, adopted at CHI
for the election OF William H. Taft for
president and James S Sherman for vice
! president are hereby Invited TO ally then'-
selves with this organization and become
members OF this club on the payment
/, of q membership fee OF 81, the same to
be used for expenses
Lippman Offers Amendment.
Pending its adoption an amendment
was offered by Joseph Lippman, as fol-
lows:
Provided. that we, the proposed mem
bers OF this club, hereby promise and
agree TO and with each other; that II
any political party In Utah desires to In
! dorse and place at the head Of their ticket
the Taft electors who will be chosen by
the Republican state convention, we VIII
is1flN
ence TO prevent these electors from re-
signing from the ticket other than the
Republican ticket, on which said electors
may he placed.
| And ii is expressly understood and
agreed that in case said Republican
electors should resign from the head OF
any ticket on which their names may be
placed by endorsement or ratification, that
then. and in that event any member OF
this. club who signs. this club roll shall
draw from this club and revoke his
| allegiance thereto.
The object and purpose OF this clause
rs TO peryplt the TAFT electors wno i,r are
| lican ticket in this state 10 be placed at
| the head of the Taft American party
! ticket In Utah.
This amendment was ruled out OF or
der. The original preamble was adopted
after Mr.. Lippman and about half those
who attended the meeting withdrew
! The next morning, in n conference with
| the repre- sentative of the Republican ra-
| tional committee, Mr.. Statter. he nd
! vised Mr.. Lippman TO write the Republl-
/ can national committee Meanwhile on
! August 30 the following letter was sent
! by the chairman of the American party
! to the Republican national committees:
Letter from American Party.
Mr.. Frank Il. Hitchcock, Chairman
National Republican Committee. Cni-
Dear sir:-Here IN Utah there is an
anomalous political situation, with which
you may or may net be acquainted. ana
as chairman Of the American party, |
herewith take The liberty OF writing TO
About four years ago there was estab-
| llshed in this state what was known as
posed OF Republicans Democrats; Social
lists, etc The party was established as
! a protest against the domination OF the
leaders of the Mormon church in the po-
ltical affairs of tie state. IN tne tour
years 1t has grown TO eonsiderabie pro
poGt9ns s especially is sat aaes y e9%hs today
has a city council and a full set OF city
officials elected last November by tho
&meriGae 5ooS votes pATty poied + zoo Votes. While
the Republicans polled about 6l00 votes
and the Democrats about $500 votes.
cast In this city last November are Re-
publcans, and the balance Democrats ana
Socialists, The Republicans In the Amer
y
vote for the TAFT electors In November
but in order to do so we must nave inc
three Taft electors placed at the head OK
the American party slate ana county
tickets. We vote in this county by ma
chine, and 1t Is absolutely necessary that
vote for Taft and the American party
state and county tickets. he enabled py
one turn of the lever 10 vote what InighL
be called a Repu blican-American ticket
fact, threats have been made, that Z the
indorse the three TAFT electors and place
their names at the head of our Eepubh-
can-American ticket, that these tnpe9
electors will resign Just prior to tine laSt
day when the ballot Is made up on the
machine. This would leave the American
party voters. who would desire ,,S 90 ns Notv ,o
pull down all the little pointers on we
entire American ticket, and the three
der to vote for the, TAFT electors sn and md a
straight American ticket You can reae
fly see that no voter would so go. 90 ~ ' tbS
ticket straight without any electors. or
and vote for the Bryan National ticket,
which viii undoubtedly be placed IN 'oo
''G1I The Democrats Will see to 1t that the
three electors on the Bryan -Amerlcan
ticket will not resign, and the feeling IN g,ia On
the part r. so 9f sTons ioeay ha very eny
PepublIcSn- .ss American voters. II they found
that the Republican electors Wouiu re-
sign from the Ike Repu0dicphI,m psnd nInIa m''IrtEI wons
'.nta Iba J3ryan- National ticket.
am wrling you thus ,be 59ly oca IN s5ss Grdsr
sitss' tinr ,,rd because the RepUbu can-Ameri-
cans cans are desirous of casllng their vote tol
Mr. Taft and Tor the American party III
Whether this threat on the part OF the
state Republicans in this state. 70 have
the three electors resign at the. op-
poytnpe moment. is in earnest or not, ne
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