The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-03
Gentle Delegates Indignant.

Gentle Delegates Indignant.
Nearly one hundred Gentle delegates TO
the convention met at noon Sunday and
discussed the Mormon dominance of the
convention TO be held here. They were
highly indignant at the prospect OF the
MormonS endeavuring 10 fill all OF the
county offices with members Of their
church. and they intcrposcd strenuous OBJ
jcctions TO young Mormons being given
nominations as Gentlcs.
1t Is understood that Oscar w. Carl
son, candidate ;or county commissioner;
Moses G. Davis and 7. l.. Wiley, candi-
dates for attorney; Amos Gabbott, candi-
date for assessor; Jack Grocsbeck, can
didate for treasurer, aud several Of the
candidates for the Legislature are seeking
nominations as Gcntilcs. although il is
common knowledge that they arc all Nor
mons, most of them with experience in
the mission fields and temple work 10
recommend them 10 the Mormon voters.
TO such procedure the Gentle Eepubli
cans are rightcously obicctinG.
Efforts were made Sunday noon 10 ar
range a Gentle slate to Offset the Nor
mon slate which has already been an
nounccd. The Gentle Republicans want
ed either Russell c., SclIuldcr or CIcs-
son S. Kinney TO run for attorney. and
Henry Cohn To run for the Legislature.
Mr.. Cohn, however. refused TO allow his
name 10 be presented and il Ia believed
that neither of the other two will permit
his name 10 be used as a candidate Tor
office.
Some of the Gcntilcs q the meeting
were In favor of voting for the straight
Mormon slate i'll order that the disas-
trous effects of the fall election TO the
Republican party in Salt Lake county
and In the state would come home 10 tho
church which Is primarily the cause ri
the detection from the Republican ranks.
They were about ready TO agree with tlIe
Mormon Churchman who recently an
nounced publicly that the coming election
WAS not "A contest between political par
ties but a fight between Mormons and
Gcntilcs.
one OF the strongest indications OF Nor
mou dominance in the Church Republic
can party this faIl is the Mormon mcm-
bership i'll the county committee. OF Gf-
teen members of the committee twelve
arc MormonS.
Bosses Have Conference.
The bosses of the church Republican
crowd. including Smoot. Sutherland, Cur
ley Calllster. Jodv EIdrcdsc, Fussy
Jimmy Anderson, Fred Loofburow and
Jack Groesbeck. held "A conference in
room s.O at the Cullen hotel Sunday
evening They arranged the state which
is TO be forced through the convention
today, and also pruncd and trimmed the
speech which Fred Joofbourow is TO de-
liver when he is introduced as temporary
chairman Of the convention. This speech
was submitted To the bunch at the meet
Ing and was edited by Fussy Jimmy so
as to iii the views OF the Federal bunch.
Word was conveyed TO this conference
lativc ticket must not be made up OF
school boys. nor must il be exclusively
Mormon, otherwise there will be a bolt.
Read Out Of Party.
The Gentle or insurScnt element In
the party calls attention To the fact that
when the county committee at its meet
Ing held week ago Saturday read Judge
Bowman out of the party because he
had refused TO pay the $500 assessment
levied upon him last year. that Frank
1leBinbotham was also read out of the
party because lie had not antied $50 due
upon his assessment in the last cam
paign, hence they declare that JGegn
botham is no longer member of the
party and therefore cannot be Il can
didate before the convention.
This insurgent element will also de-
mand an accounting OF the funds levied
the past year. They declare that the
for funds like the thithing fund will not
down that while they are not from Mis-
souri, they will have to be shown. IT
may be that a resolution with this end
in view will be introduced in the convcn-
tion today.
Why Swenson Smiles.
County Surveyor Swenson. who now
seeks the nomination for county commits
sioner, has had cards printed with pic
lures showing mans face, finely
wreathed in broad smile. These cards
are TO he thrown about the convention
hall today. An insurgent who has seen
one Of these cards concluded thai the
reason for the smile was that Candidate
SwenSon was laughing in his sleeve over
The way he fooled the county committee
in not paying the assessment levied upon
him during the last campaign.
II is said that Gardner, who Is q can
didaic for surveyor. who made the coun
~ delegates believe that he was n resi- !
dent of the county. living outside the
city and there secured their Endorsement
for the job, is a resident OF the city. (
and that tho county delegates having ,
learned OF this. viii go back upon him !
and thus resent the misstatements made |
lO them