The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-17
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ing. presumably, the Democrat. Harry
had it all figured out that II the He-
publicans only would get tosetner IpFTe
sumably on a nonoffice- holding plank ana iog OF
those in office. and an office -noldlhs
plank for those not In oftice) inc goose
would honk higher than the late lamented
! Mr.. Gjlroy's kite.
than a polished plate glass MI. Joseph
went back to the ancient history perioo;
lie told about the first meetings tnat had
been held. In the beginning, sald Nj.
Joscph there were three Republicans TO
whom the revelation had come that some
| thing must be done TO redeem the couh-
who were those three?"
| 81 am not afraid 10 tell YOU. said Mr:
Joseph. "They were Mr.. Stanford and
Mr.. Wilson and myself
at the meeting a week ago. The list was
evidently satisfactory, Then Mr.. Joseph
| said that. In order to put everybody VINO
wasn't afraid of his shadow on record. ne
| would read declaration OF principles
which every one who wasn't AFRAID as
aforesaid had to sign or fail OUTSIDE 'le
| bTcastworkS.
Eldredge Inquisitive.
| ''Was' this set OF articles prepared By
committee appointed at the last meet
| ing2" asked Jody Eldredge.
mo, it was prepared by the movers
Of this movement" said Mr.; Joseph
| And right then and there Harry Jo-
seph felt like the captain as he staggered
down the stairs,
Harry Joseph looked about him. On
| every side he saw federal officials, fed~
eral officials. county officials. coun.
" deputies, their children and their
children's children-not literally but ng
uratvely. In front Of the strenuous
Harry stretched a sea OF faces that might
appropriately be termed the Oiilce- Hold'
ing ocean He saw Colonel NJ. Nj. kalghn'
| zf . 4. low off q =.
Eldredge, Jr., assayer In charge. and Jack
May. deputy assayer. and lot OF othel
assayers, whose number was limited only
by the number Of jobs In the assay otIioe !;
he saw e. D. r. Thompson, register OF
the land office. with goodly represen-
tation of his office force; he saw the
represented by w. NJ. McCrea; he saw
| Lucian Smyth chief deputy United States
marshal; he saw Julian Riley, deputy
United States marshal; he saw Aubrey
from the postofficc: ne saw County Re-
corder jacques. he saw county employees
so numerous that they swan before his
eyes, And relatives-oh, so many that
poor Harrys eyes ached.
II is conservatively estimated that there
were five present who might be called
''aymeu."
sert limits the peculiar kind OF nerve
Joseph has He read his articles oi
faith and his creed. The hrst readins
was not interrupted Then there was a
motion that the thing be read seriatim
and that a vote be taken on each sec
ton, The motion prevailed. and w ~
Vigus, who was the secretary, read the
first paragraph. That provided thai
the organization be known as the Re
publican Workers association OF Salt
Lake county, That was accepted IN
every Republican was not worker, that
some were left who We're just voters
even though doubt might be cast on this
assertion.
Pertinent Questions.
The second and third articles provided
, that the officers should be a chairman
vice chairman, a secretary, treasurer
and an executive committee, TO be com
posed OF the four officers as members eX-
offlcio and one member from each cit,
ward and three from the county It took
, a long time to settle how the Officers
should be selected, but the articles were
: finally put into satisfactory form and
they were declared carried.
The fourth article said that Ito be
qualified member OF this association th,
person must be OF good moral character
, voter; and should have signed these
who's going to be the judge of the
moral qualifications of MEMBER wa:
asked.
a deep silence reigned but this silence
was finally broken by a man who had re
ceived happy inspiration;
Every Republican Is moral person,
The fifth article was read. but 1t didn
pass in that form. Here is the original
The aims and purposes of this organ
izatton shall be: The elimination OF thC
evils which have brought about tn,
anomalous and demorallzlng condition!
that leopardize party success and propa
gate schisms within the pSrty ranks, anS
the voters whose natural affiliations ar,
; with the Republican party, and 10 tina
end we adopt the following declarations
THAT every member OF the party pos
sessing the proper qualifications shall bC
eligible for any Office in the gift OF The
people.
not be ignored in the distribution OF party
patronage.
That party councils shall be e-emi
nent In the determination of the poIfcie.
and principles OF the Republican party a.
interconvention periods"
Then the Joy began.
G. 5, McAllister thought the reference
ought TO be omitted about the evils IL
Leroy Armstrong thought so. too. t"
40 rot S think II would be wise TO leave
equivalent TO a confession. or even
boast"
Somebody else said that he didn't SCI
any evil in the party that needed fixing
: and FOR that reason he was opposed 4
paradinS this 'hideous monster"
i, Evil Is Eliminated.
After awhile an amendment prevailed
that the accusing finger should be Gu
on; that the evil. II any there be. shoulc
be legislatcd out by subimely ignoripe
H. The rest was allowed to stand witi
The addition OF some words 10 tho effec
s that the purpose OF the organization /,
! to encourage harmony oppose discort
within the ranks. both locally and ma,
tionally."
Having gotten that out of their sys.
I tenn. Mr.. McCrea asked II more resoIu,
r t'ons were IN order. Joseph could scarce
" DO otherwise. being chairman. so hC
, said "Yes."
McCrea then sprung this:
IN answer to the clamor and the un.
Justitied criticism OF the opposition jour
. hals and malcontents against the Repub-