Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14

WILL NOT LEAVE THE TICKET
"Amcrlcan" Gubcrnatorinl Nominee
Says He Will stick-statement
or Democratic Chairman.

For the last day or two rtmors have
EeAn spreading thick and fast to the
effect that the Democrats and '.Ameri-
cans OF this city had entered into a
combination, by which Judge John A.
Street. candidate on the american"
ticket for governor, was to withdraw
from the contestln favor Of Jesse Viii
3 liam Knight, Democratic candidate for
governor. and that tho ''Amerlcans''
lad entered into Il league to assist
The Democrats to carry the state at
the coming election.
The story has been circulated that S.
y a. King, chairman of the Democratic
state committee, had contaminated
deals to practically the above effect
vith&A. j. Weber foT&the "Americans"
and that the arrangement had been
endorsed by Joe Lippman. head of the
Keurna inner circle ring.
For the purpose OF ascertaining the
truth Or falsity of the rumor Il repre-
sentative of the News called on
Judge Street and asked IL he intended
TO re-, resign from the American" party
ticket
Judge Street said: No. | do not in
tend to resign from the ticket. To my
d linoWledg there is no movement on
foot stt make any sort of a trade with
I the Democratic party. Such thing Is
ridiculous. II would never be n party to
any such scheme, and | am sure the
& party would not be. realize that
the nomination extended to me by .tha
ssltilleIscan' party is purely compliment
airy, ss far as this year Is concerned:
we 90 not expect to elect our state
candiGate; but L accepted the nonlina-
ton IN good faith and do not propose to
a take my name from the ticket
CHAIRMAN KINGS STATEMENT.
The attentionSof Chairman Samuel A..
( ISirlg was called to the articles in
the Inter Mountain Republican OF Oct.
X IS aud IA In relation to the Democrats
entering into a deal with the "Amerl-
cans. Mr.. King emphatically denied
any such an arrangement and said:
S My attention has been called to these
articles and I have this to say in reply:
That have consunmated no deals
with the Americans; l have never been
approached by a solitary American ups
on any deal of any kind or character
and have never discussed such propo-
sition with any Individual nor has
b any individual attempted to discuss
II it with me or with any other member
Y of the Democratic committee. The
y statement tina t.s" Kearns bought out
the Democratic bosses" and that I
made the deal is a wilful, malicious and
deliberate falsehood and the party
writing the article and the paper pub
fishing 1t well knew when the article
was written and published, that the
same was absolutely untrue and that II
was done with the deliberate inten-
5tion of misrepresenting the Democratic
s party and its leaders, and for the pur-
pose OF creating prejudice and in fa-5
n vor of the Republican party. It is a
deliberate attempt to- bolster UP the
failing cause of the Republicans Of
Utah. AS far as the statement made.
lin this mornings paper is concerned, its
falsitysis more palpable than the state
ment contained In the paper of the
18th. j I purports to state that the deal
has been finished by which the Ameri-
4 cans are to endorse Jesse w. Knight
for governor and that this conbina-
ton has been effected by Mr.. Sefrit,
+ Mr. Weber, Mr.. Lippnlan and myself.
+ do not know Mr.. Sefiit; have never
seen him or spoken to him in my life
and the question has never been in the
( slightest degree intimated to me by Mr..
Weber or Mr.. Lippman. The Demo-
Gratis are waging an independent and
winning fight and 1t Is this fact that is
driving the Inter Mountain Repuhli-
can to such dire straits. It's develop
3 ing into an organ Of Wilful misrepre-
sentation. 1t we'll knows that 1t Is
fighting a lost cause and for that raa-
son it Is attempting to Inject into this
campaign q spark of religious prejudice
in the hope that 1t will develop into a
consuming flame before the campaign
ends. The good people of Utah ought
not to be nisled by the glaring head
lines and the wilful, deliberate lies
constantly published by this degen-
X crate newspaper organization. As far
as myself and my associates are con-
cerned, we are cndeavoring to conduct
an honorable, straightforward, up
right campaign IN the interest of the
Democratic principles and the candi-
dates Of the Democratic party. The
(, only time that a question of combina-
ton has ever been intimated to me
has come from Republican candidates
sa in Salt Lake county, who, knowing de-
feat stares them in the face, have ap-
1 pealed to me to combine with them for
the purpose of defeating the tAmeri-
can ticket TO these people | have
uniformly said that the Democrats
were waginS n straight fight on party
lines and for party principles and
we do not propose to be dragged into
\ the turnoils. st,ifes and contentious
brought about by the Republican par
ty.
I'm conclusion | only have this to
say to the Democrats and to the pen-
pie of Utah, irrespective Of their poll
tics; that we stand for our principles
and our party nominees. We are out
q to elect them and VIC propose that ii
the Intelligence of the people can be
aroused to the true situation prevailing
in the State OF Utah. the Democratic
party viii triumph in this election.