Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-04
Outlook for Effecting a combina-
ton 10 Gust the "Ameri-
cans" is Bright.
MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
Committees to Confer aud Arrive at an
Understanding on Ticket for
Forthcoming Election.

The outlook for cnccting a combna-
tlon of forces between the Republican
and Democratic parties ana citizens
independent movement on strong
ticket OF representative business men
for the coming municipal election is to-
day said TO be better than ever. Among
the leading members Of an parties the
sentiment seems To prevail that IA
union lies the only hope Of winning
the election on NOV. 2.
The conference OF the committees
named by the three parties caHed tor
Saturday afternoon at AZ Postofice
place was held resulting IN thorough
discussion Of an the conditions COM
fronting the people in the coming cam
palgn. The feeling was expressed by
the representatives Of all the parties
that the only thing to do was to gel
together on some amiCable basis which
would be satisfactory 20 an conceine1
and the conference adjourned until
Tuesday evening with this idea In view.
the committees meanwhile consulting
with their own parties as 90 the means
to the end.
This evening the Republican city
committee will hold a meeting 10 fur
Their discuss the question. and tho Dem
ocrats. u is understood have also set
an hour for discussing the same mat
ter. The combined committee will hold
another meeting tomorrow evening az
o'clock, when some definite proposition
for uniting forccH WILL II is thought.
be presented. and some action taken ina
this direction
Some sort OF "a stumbling block has
been encountered In the desire Of each
Of the parties TO retain in the move
ment the head OF the ticket, the Re-
publicans claiming that their candidate.
Mr. Murdoch should be retained as the
candidate Of the combined ticket. The
Democrats. il Is said. are just as In
sistent that their nominee. Mr.. Wal
lace. Is entitled 10 the place as he WAS
nominated FIRST together with the adj
ditional fact that he received the nom
lnation also az the hands of the Cltl-
zens' independent convention, II was
agreed upon that whichever party se-
cured the head OF the ticket, should
have one other candidate on the city
ticket the other party to have the
three remaining Offices. and each party
10 have one candidate FOR councilman
in each Of the FIVE wards the long and
short terms 10 be alternated between
the two.
JOHN DERN MENTIONED.
In the event Of the conference come
mittees being unables to agree upon
either of The Candidates now on the
head of the respective tickets, there
was some sentiment expressed on the
street today that a dark horse might
be introduced, TIE name of John Dcrn
being most frequently mentioned Ia
that connection, should this condition
develop. Mr.. bern, however, has re-
fused the nomination of two of the
parties already. While he may be set
against accepting the nomination from
any single party, some politicians think
that If the nomination should come TO
him in the shape OF a request from
the citizens united, he would be con-
strained TO accept for the sake of the
city and for clean government
COALITION Is THE MOVE.
Expressions as to the movement for
a union of forces were this morning
made By Matt H. Walker OF the Walk
err Bros. Banking company, and Chas.
=. Burton, of the state Bank of Utah.
These gentlemen gave brief express
sions on the question as follows:
NJ H. Walker-If the right kind OF
men can be named on the ticket there
Is no question but that il is a good
thing II AN depends on the men The
movement DIS a good one, which ! would
Ike TO see succeed with the right kind
of men on the ticket.
c. s. Burton-There can be no two
opinions as 10 the fact that TO unite is
the only hope of any Of the parties 20
win I have been absent from the city
and do not know just the situation, but
I think the only thing 90 do is % unite
with good men on the combined ticket