The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-24
Contention Is Over the Coal
Combine. Who Have Not Yet
Come Through.
BUNCH WOULD MAKE
GRAND STAND PLAY
Three Members, However, Spry,
Tingey and Barnes, Decline
to Stand Hitched.

There Is a merry war now on among
the members OF the federal bunch over
the coal situation. The hoWl raised by
the organ OF the bunch has caused an
internal war among the deIectable gang.
Governor Spry, Secretary OF state Tingey
and Attorney General Barnes decline TO
stand hitched The bunch wants these
officials to take up the matter of pro-
ceedinE against the coal combine. but
wants this done on the responsibility OF
the officials named. These gentlemen
decline to do this unless the bunch
stands sponsor for the matter and files
complaint against the combine,
Conference Is Held.
A conference was held in the gov
crnors s office on Saturday last. when
the bunch was present. 1t was pointed
out TO the governor. secretary OF state
and attorney general that the organ OF
the bunch was making a play against
the coal combine which year from now
would result in the combination coming
through with handsome contribution To
the church Republican party TO aid in
the city campaign; as, rather than have
the crlmson-headed box editorials con :
TIME. the combine would submit to be
blacimailcd and come through with
promises OF dough. likewise a big ad
vertiscment might also be secured for
two New Year editions OF papers.
IT was also pointed out TO the three Of
ficials named that were proceedings be-
show on the face that the church Re-
prIblicnns were making a fight which
would inurc 10 the benefit Of the party
in the next campaign. but that this ac-
tilaucd along for several months. and
tfren finally be nolied or dismissed owing
to- a lack of evidence. Meanwhile the
bunch would make political capital out
OF the matter
Refuse to Stand Hitched
But Spry, Tngey and Barnes. as said.
refused TO stand hitchcd. They declared,
80 The Tribune is informed. that they
Sould not be made catspaWS 10 pull
chcstnUtS from the fire. They also de-
clared that If prosecution vas begun
IL would be pushed TO the end. This,
however. is exactly what the bunch did
not want done. The result was that a
wordy war followed.
The attorney general, speaking for the
governor and secretary OF state, it is
said. was pronounced in his views upon
the matter and informed tho bunch that
neither the governor. secretary Of state
nor himself could begin an investigation
or institute proceedings unless COM
plaint was filed so that warrants could
Issue for the arrest OF members Of the
combine. There must be something
tangible he declared for the officers to
stand upon. He also declared that he
would not he u party TO anything that
pertaincd To Eranustand plaYs.
Tingey Threatened.
Secretary Tineey. who is being
groomed for the governorshp to succeed
Spry. was. SO The Tribune is informed.
threatened; that II Was said that in
nuenccS now al work In his behalf for
the gubcrnatorial nomination would he
Withdrawn. and that he would be relc-
gated. But the secretary was like the
attorney general, He stood pat. and told
the bunch TO go to-
The result has been that nothing has
been done: nothing will be done. The
bunch dare not do anything. They will
not file Il complaint against the coal
combine. They never intended to. The
only interest The federal bunch ever had
I'm the coal matter was as To the size
of the bundle that the combine would
throw into the next campaign. And the
war still continues