Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-13
Special Car for Republican Rep
resentatives Is Attached to
Los Angeles Limited.
COL. LOOSE REMAINS HOME,
He Has Decided to Allow An Alternate
To DO His Voting For Taft
And Hammond.

Utah's delegation 10 the national Re.
publican convention, which convenes al
Chicago, June l6. to nominate Will
liam II. Taft for the presidency, is now
on it's way TO the seat of activity.
At 1926 O'Clock today. Senators Smoot
and Sutherland at the head OF the
delegation, met the Oregon Short Line
delegation, met Mt the Oregon Short
Line depot, and checked up their COM
panion delegates, to find all pt;Nent but
Col. Ed Loose OF Provo, who has be-
so Interested in his mining prop
crty that he has decided to let an al
tomato represent him at Chicago.
special car was attached to the
Los Angeles limited train, east hound.
IN which the delegation was assigned
berths, and all viii travel together UNI
III the convention town is reached.
owing TO the route chosen, Denver,
the rival convention city. will not even
be looked al in passing.
To Senator sutherland will fall a
duty at Chicago outside OF the routine
task of voting for Taft and working
Tor John Hays Hammond for second
pest man. 1t Will be to work through
Tue committee on platform resolution
iaVoring the mining industry 1t IS
senator Sutherland's hope to get this
i'9o'uIpn incorporated in the platform
ana u VIII call for the appointment OF
a cabinet member. to become secretary
OF the department of mines and min
lng rms department IL is hoped the
Shica2o convention will pledge itself
20 creating, and to that end Senator
sutherland viii organize the western
deIesations. The booming of John
HAYS Hammond for the position of vice
president VIII be part of the movement.
10 .l
IN the mining states. Nevada PAPERS
are so eulogistic in their praise of
Hammond that they practically pledgn
the entire mining interests TO the Re
publican ticket IL only they can get
Hammond.
Harry $. Joseph. who has long been
active IN behalf OF promoting the min
ing industry said this afternoon.
am confident Senator Sutherland
VIII meet with success. Mining Is the
most neglected industry in America
so far as federal interest in ii Is con-.
eerned. The western metal mines wanr
the department, but the eastern .coal
mines are afraid of II for fear il viii
result in enforcing rules for the safety
of miners that will prove expensive.
The west. however, should prevail
N their desire, and / think they WILL
we nave worked for such q depart
ment for long time. The agricul-
tural interests demanded n department.
OF agriculture and they got It, So II
has been with the commercial interests
who have their department. If a
mining department could take an in
terest in new sections where mineral
is discovered, preserve the wood sup
ply develop the water supply. and see
that the section is made accessa BILE 1t
could easily raise the value OF the pub
lie lands In the vicinity n great deal
Just Is II raises the value OF agricul-
tural lands in similar way.
Senator Sutherland has made a spe-
cial study of this matter In the short
time he has been here since leaving
Washington, and he has prepared a
resolution for the platform which will
fully cover the situation"
Representative Howell, who with
Senator's Smoot and Sutherland makes
up tho congressional delegation, is al
ready in Chicago. and will meet the
rest of the Chicago delegates upon
their arrival. The California delega-
tion passed through ogden yesterday
on its way east, and Will no doubt
form an alliance with Utah to favor
Hammond.