The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-17
REPUBLICANS IN
UTMOST HARMONY
Big Meeting of Workers In
dorSeS Administrations of
Party Chiefs.
NO NOTE OF RESURRECTION
WILL FOLLOW ELECTED PRESI-
DENT OF NEW ORGANIZATION.

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= REPUBLICANS ANSWER y
y CRITICS. 4
, The following resolution was =
= adopted at a mass meeting of ?
= Republicans last night: :
\ 'In answer to the clamor and :
\ unjustified criticism of the oppo- :
I sition journals and malcontents =
= against the Republican policies =
= and administration, we hereby =
\ announce our absolute confidence =
= in the Republican national, con- =
= gressional, state and county adj =
= ministratiOns."
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All indications Of party instruction
faded away and took the form Of a har-
Inonious and enthusiastic mass meeting
of Republican leaders and workers,
when more than $50 partisans met in
the court room Of Judge C. w. Morse at
the city and county building last night
and organized the Republican Workers
| Organization of Salt Lake county.
A set of articles for the organization,
| prepared by men interested in the
party, was adopted almost as presented,
and the following officers were elected:
President-Wil H. POLAND.
Vice president-Dr. F. z. Straup of
Bingham.
Secretary-W. Z. Vigus.
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Executive committee-First precinct,
Claude Y. Russell; second. William
Langent ucher; third. w. T. Edward;
fourth, John A. Edwards; fifth, Walter
]. Burton; county districts, r. B. Quay
Of Garfield, A. V. Anderson Of Bing-
ham, and w. w. Wilson of Sandy.
The organization started off with sig
natures of more than 90 Of those pres
ent indorsing the principles, and more
! signatures will come from now on. The
| purpose of the Republican Workers Or
ganization of Salt Lake county Is to
work with the county committee In the
( fall campaign this year. to bring har-
! mony IN the party and to work for its
I success at the polls this year.
Articles of Organization.
| The articles of the organization are
as follows:
Article l. This organization shall be
/ known and designated as the Republ-
can Workers Organization Of Salt Lake
county.
Article 2. The officers shall be chair
man, vice chairman, secretary and
treasurer, and an executive COMMITTEES
of twelve, of which the officers shall be
ex-officio members, five to be elected
one from each ward of the city, and
the other three from the county outside
of the city. Seven members Of the COM
mittee shall constitute a quorum. Of
ficers and members of the executive
committee shall conduct the business
of the organization and shall call meet
ings when In their Judgment it seems
proper.
Article 3. These officers shall be
elected by the qualified members OF
this association in the following man.
ner: Each precinct in the city to name
one man as a representative On the ex-
ecutive committee, and three members
of the executive committee to be named
from the county, officers Of this Organi-
cation to be named at large and by the
qualified members of the organization
all officers to serve for one year.
Article T. To be a qualified member
Of this association the person must bt
of good moral character, a voter, anc
shall have signed these articles, which
will be filed with the secretary AND
subject to inspection by any qualified
} member at any time.
Article 5. The aims and purposes oil
, this organization shall be: To restore
to the Republican roster all voter:
whose natural affiliations are with tbs
Republican party. And to that end we
adopt the following declarations:
! 1. "That every member of the party
! possessing proper qualifications shall
} be eligible for any office in the gift o.
the people.
2. "The active workers of the party
: shall not be ignored in the distribution
of party patronage.
3. "That party councils shall be pre-
eminent in the determination of the
: policies and principles OF the Republic
can party at inter-conventiOn periods
: "In view of the hope and belief tina
} such declarations as the above will b.
best consummated by the cooperation
/ of the undersigned, we pledge our earn
est efforts to the success Of the organi
: cation"
z Want Recognition.
The meeting started with an explana
ton by Harry Joseph of the purpose o
, the meeting. He declared it had beer
called for the purpose of getting NOR
recognition for party workers, and de
clared that In some of the county of
fees the party organization had beel
overlooked in the matter of patronag
!, and positions had been given to thos
who were not entitled to the work
? whereas party workers had not beef
considered. He declared this to be al
organization separate and apart from
the county organization, but for tn
purpose of working with the count.
committee for the success of the party