The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-17
FEDERAL BUNCHERS
R0UT INSURGENTS
Office Holders and Their Fami-
lies Control Republican Meet
ing. Hide and Hair.
FOLLOWERS OF JOSEPH
SEIZED WITH QUALMS
Not Nearly SO Brave When Face
TO Face With Political
Princes as Before.

The federal bunch and their retainers.
office holders and their deputies, rela
tivcs-kinsfollc Of various degrees Of re
moval-plenty Of them-of the federal
bunch and the office holders-these held
n meeting in the city and county building
Wednesday night.
The meeting was alleged TO be Re-
publican meeting. Maybe IL was. Quien
sabeI 1t looked more Ike the forcgath-
ering OF large and happy family. each
member OF the family jealousy intent
upon protecting his integral part in the
family and The family as whole.
The whisper had been that the meet
ing WAS to he n gathering OF Republican,
who proposed TO organize for the good OF
the whole party. Some said il was 10 h7
an insurgent meeting. Perhaps il started
out TO be an insurgcnt meeting. but when
il came TO looking the powers that be
straight in the face. the pseudo-insur-
gents didn't "lnsurge'' worth II cent
When they looked upon the array or the
men behind the jobs the make-beievs
sand they had stored in their baclibonss
ooZed out like quicksilver through the
fingers.
There were only five who "insurged."
These were Harry Joseph and four other
fellows. The rest Of them fell under the
hypnotic influence of the princes OF the
federal bunch and the earls and dukes
who run things In the county offices.
They cringed when they met the glance
OF the eye of the domineering band tia
rules with a high hand here. and the"
fnwned and licked the hand against
whose iron they had come TO make pro
test.
one OF the reasons why the yellow
streak i'm the spine or the near braves
developed so fast and look on so bril-
liant shade was the absence or n secrel
ballot. Perhaps had there been A means
OF expressing their sentiments In secret.
more oil them would have stood by their
guns. But. inasmuch as there was n"
covert way OF making themselves fnlt
they knucSled under the thumb that ha-
had them under for so long, VIII have
them under so much longer. Their pro-
test was the protest Of a base In arms.
Scheme Falls Flat.
| The meeting accomplished what il had
! been called for not 10 accomplish. II
! did that which was not 10 he done at al
and IL did ii with a seeming vim. The
! force that was 10 overwhclm tho federal
! bunch and which was 10 show the county
! olficeholdcrs where TO head in al. was
| loud"st in acclaiminG the virtues OF those
| whom II came 10 condemn-for The eye
was upon them.
4 grand scheme had been planned. n
! was TO organize a Republican workers.
| association. Everybody was To join it,
| The association WAS 10 get ali Of the
Republicans who arc i'm the American
party back into the fold, Everything vu=
! TO he harmouizcd. There wer" 10 he no
| more Schisms and 10 more erouches. The
| picture was as beautiful ms rarc dav
I In June and n little bit rarcr. The theory
was esthetically fine. glorious. enhancing.
| Everybody was TO get n square deal and
an office particularly the office. The fcl-
| lows who have the offices now were 10
| give way To now blood: the active work
| crs in the party" were TO be no longer
| ignored: they were TO be recognized with
| u big T..
The declarations Of principles. or what
| ever they arc, says these things snail he
so so who's got any kick coming?
But the declaration of principles also
\ saws that the present office holders and
! their methods are the real Peruvian
doughnuts In all riGhtncss so what Is th@
use Of making a change?
! Moves to Courtroom,
| The meeting was TO have been held in
| The sherins office but the sheriff 5 Office
! was too small to accommodate more than
J lfalf the principal oftice holders aud Their
! multitude OF relatives and attaches. 20
| a move was made 10 the court room
where Judge Morse usually prcsidcs. Cta
| congrcgated henchmcn even oNcriioNeo
this room and streamcd out into tn"
| hal,
Harry Joseph presided. He made =
| speech. a beautiful speech, iovelN
speech. lie was for harmony and nccor!
! I'm colossal gobs, and the WAY to get II
| waS TO unite for action against that OLD
/ lnhabltant, "our hereditary foe. mean
Continued on Page Two.