The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-15
BAD FAITH
IS CHARGED
BY MATTSON
Much Bitterness Shown by Re-
publican Candidates on Eve
of State Convention.
CHRISTENSEN HOPES
HE MAY DEFEAT HOWELL
ORDER OF NOMINATIONS MAY
DETERMINE THE
RESULT.

Hes a fine man" st despise him"
This was the tenor of the remarks cir
culated last night around the headquar-
tiers of the Republican candidates who
will have their names presented to the
Republican convention today. The fight
will be a most bitter one and the result.
at least for the nomination for congress-
man. will depend largely on the order of
business decided upon by the committee
this morning.
Howell depends largely on carrying the
convention with him the first ballot
and with this object in view desires that
the order OF business place the naming
of electors first. with the congressional
nomination second and the gubernatoriaI
nomination third. followed by the re-
mainder OF the state offices.
The Christensen forces, feeling that
Howell has made pledges which he Will
be unable to fulfill. TO the other candi-
dates for state offices. demand that the
nomination for congressman be placed
last on the order of business in order
that the delegates who have received
promises of support from the Howell fac
ton may have chance TO see whether
the Howell forces mean TO fulfill thei-
pledges or not.
Weber Wants Mattson.
The real balance of power lies with the
Weber county delegation. This delega-
ton, comprising fifty-seven votes, has
come down TO the convention with the
sole purpose of securing, the nomination
of state treasurer for David Mattson.
They neither know nor care whether
| Howell or Christensen be nominated X
they can secure the nomination for treas
urership for Weber county. II has been
| the hope of the machine faction that they
would be able TO put the Weber county
| delegation off with the attorney general
| ship but this hope has been absolutely
destroyed by the statement from Judge
John ID. Murphy that he is for Mattsoa
| first. last and all the time and that he
will absolutely not accept the nomination
for attorney general J. E Bagley has
also declared himself as being more than
! willing TO withdraw If the nomination Tor
| attorney general he handed cut as stop
gap to satisfy the demands OF Weber
| county for the treasurership- This leaves
| but candidate for attorney general
from Weber county. Halvorsen. who can
not control his own delegation and who
may safely be neglected as possibility.
| Mattson SAYS he received the assurance
that he would be supported by the ma
! chine and this was the program laid out
! until Monday afternoon. Al that time
pressure was brought to bear on the How
| ell crowd and Mattson was uncondltion-
| aliv turned down by the machine IN FAVOR
| of J. Farley White. The impetus behind
| this movement was not hard 10 mo W.
| s Mccormick. whose bank has had the
custody of the state funds since the pres
ent incumbent has been state treasurer.
| showed a decided Discrimination 10 seeing
the very profitable state FUNDS trans,
ferred toNan Ogden bank, and at1enoe1
the informal caucus held IN the wilson
hotel lobby I'm person Although ne ue-
| voted most of his conversation 10 9 y
Tingey. the machine candidate for secre-
tarv of state, there was no doubt as 10
the candidate in whose interests ne was
present White is supported by a ma
| joritv of the Salt Lake county Delegation
because OF the fact that Mattson might
transfer the state funds TO ogden
Says He Was Betrayed.
Mattson was loath TO believe that he
had been betrayed by the machine man
ayers, but the talk of the support given
White was so public that he was unable
TO overlook it, After conference with
Mr. Howell late last night MT Mattson
announced that he did not trust the as
surances of the machine and that they
would be forced TO deliver the goods TO
him before he would turn over the We
Der county delegation TO Howell Sew
eral proposed trades. Including proposed
consolidation between Christensen and
Nattson, were discussed last night, but
no definite coalition was formed, both
parties waiting for the announcement OF
. the order OF business
| The Weber county delegation state that
they will not be put off with the at
torney generalship. and that IL must be
the nomination for treasurer or nothing
with them. Chairman kuchler and Dele
gate Henderson, both state that they ara
against the machine They say that they
have used every effort TO forestall the
! encrOachmentS OF the American party
In Weber county, and that in return they
have seen the church candidates take
: twenty-eight cut of thirtythree elective
; and appointive offices in Weber county.
l Christensen Has Small Chance.
: close canvass of the Christensen
! forces last night showed that he needs
but fifty-two votes 10 secure the nomi-
nation. Should an alliance be formed be-
tween Christensen and Mattson, II will I'M
2 doubtedly give Christensen the nominal
r ton for congress.
: With Murphy and Bagley out of the
a race. and with Halvorsen overlooked the
race for attorney general lies between
: Barnes and Robinson, both of Salt Lake.
Senator Sutherland has laid special stress
: upon the necessity of carrying Bingham
I in the coming election and II is possible
e that Robinson's strength in the mining
T town may give him the nomination.
: The nomination for state auditor was
traded about by the machine several
times during the day. Ajax. who has
n been slated for the nomination. was
I turned down for Calderwood. who had Il
Y larger delegation. but. late in the even
n ing whispering Bill Spry demanded
; that Ajax be again given the support OF
o the machine. alleging that. as he came
|. from Tooele county. he must receive
: his (Spry's) SUPPORT. and, in addition. II
II was advisable to have at least one Gen
s tile on the ticket.
d Little doubt is entertained as to the
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