The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
FUSION NOW SAID
TO Be DEAD ISSUE
Apostle Senator Sm09t and
Harry Joseph Are Turned
Down Cold.
WANTED j. McCIIRYSTAL
ON HYPHENATED TICKET
Failure TO tiet Fusion i'm Several
Wards on C0uncilmanIc
Tickets.

Apostle Senator Smoot and his side
partner Marry Joseph. have again been
iGnomIniously turned down. This
means that fusion. except III some of
the wards, on the counoilmanic ticket,
has not and will non be effected,
II has only beer few days since
Smoot was constructivcly kicked out
Of church Republican headquarters in
this city and told to 20 back to Provo
and stay there. but he bobbed up So.
rcnely next day and has since irled
again to effect fusion upon the head
of the church tickets.
The final effort was made TUESDAY,
Smoot being represented by Larry
Joseph and F'ussy Jimmie Anderson.
One Of ihc schemes Of the apostle was
to displacc Murdoch and Wallace and
substitute Jack McCrystal. who, by the
way, is a brothcr-in-l law Of w, r. Wal
lace, the Citizens Democratic candi-
date for mayor. The Republicans also
wanted TO substitute James lngebrct-
sen for George y. Lawrence, As city
attorney, on the hvphenated ticket, and
], 4. Edwards. Republican candidate
for auditor, for W, II. Lovcsy, the
hyphenatcd candidate.
Propositions Turned Down.
The propositions were turned down
cmphatcallv by the Democrats, who de-
clared that they had more fusion than
they wanted, anyway.
Snoot and Joseph played strong
card when they attempted To substi-
tutc McCrystal for Wallace, as Mr..
McCryStal is a brothcr-iu-law Of Mr..
Wallace Wallace. however. stood pat
and announced that under no cIrcum-
stances would ho withdraw from tho
ticket unless the city committee re-
Qucstcd him to. The city committee,
however. was unaltcrably opposed to tho
scheme and the Smoot. .Joseph job fell
through.
This all means, of course, that Smoot
has been utterly discrcdited and repndl-
atcd in his efforts 90 dictate 10 the
church Republican and hyphcnated par
tics in Salt Lake and credit is due to
tho insurgents in the Republican city
committee for thwarting his nefarlous
scheme.
4 further attempt was made during
the day 10 get together on the coun'
cilmanic tickets. but there is virtually
no change in the situation. The fun
NEST miH,np took place IN the FIRST
ward meeting, where L. j. Hewlett ls
the hvphenated and Republican candI-
date. and j. G.. McAllister is the Re
publican candidate. IL was desired 70
taNe Hewlett off the ticket and substi-
tule Joseph HYDE, who also is n hyph-
cnatcd candidate. hut. after Hewlett
learned that his resi- gnation was likely
10 be called for. he quickly disappeared
from the committee room and had not
been located At an early hour this morn
ing As 70 whether anything viii be
accomplished along this same line to-
day, remains 10 be seen.
No CHANCE in Second
There is still no change in the Second
ward. The attempt 10 throw Nigus.
Gentle. off the ticket and substitute
Burbidoc. Mormon. was frustrated Mon
day night and no further effort was
made to push the scheme through Tues
day.
Neither is there any fusion between
the hyphenatcd and church Republican
parties in the Third ward. An attempt
was made by the hyphenated hartv to
get the Republicans TO substitute John
Holley for either c. NJ. Lees, or w. j,
Yard. and then put Gus Backman IN
place Of the remaining Republican can
didate, but the Republicans said nay,
In the Fourth and Fifth wards, as
heretofore stated there is fusion be-
tween the church parties and council
manic candidates. In the Fourth, Kim
ball and Atkins are the candidates.
while the victims in the Fifth are
Knight and Pfoutz.
Colonel Ed. Loose. who was in the
city Tuesday. absolutely refused. il is
said, 10 mix up in the Salt Lake fight,
taking the ground that the Salt bakers
were abundantly able to conduct their
own campaign,