The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-03
REPUBLICANS PLAY
A WAITING GAME
Once More Postpone Sched-
. llled Meeting Until Way Is
Made Clear.
UP TO NON-PARTISANS
If Citizens Will Accept
Leatl1erwood, They Will
Give Up the Rest,
UP TO NON-PARTISANS

The Republican city committee. TO-
eether wi;h the Republican ward chair
men the Republican district chairmcn and
about scventy-five other Republicans.
will meet Wednesday night in Judge
Lewis's court room to take action with
reference To the Republican municipal
campa en. Tho meeting for this pur-
pose was to have hccn held last even
ing. but was postponed III order thnt tho
Republican leaders might know what ac-
tion the non partisan committee might
take al the meeting OF that committee
tonight
All through the campaign the Repub-
licans have deferred action In order That
they might know what action other
parties would take. They decided a week
ago not 10 put up II ticket until they
learned who would be the candidates of
were TO have met last night In come TO
some conclusion. However a meeting
of the business mems committee had been
called to meet tonight and the Repub-
1cans decided to postpone their meeting
until tomorrow night, They are now wait
ing 10 see what the business men do.
Course Is Uncertain.
The Republicans arc particularly
anxious to elect Republican mayor but
MANY of the party leaders believe they
Will have a better chance to do II a
Republican heads The so-callcd non
partisan ticket. Realizing. however. that
toned for mayor on the non partisan
ticket would be in reality non partisan the
Republican leaders arc anxious that not
only Republican head the nom -par,i-
san ticket but that the Republican so
honorcd will be one acceptable 10 those
who control Republican politics in Utah.
p. o. Leatherwood AT present district
publican leaders as the man whom they
will Try 10 force the mon -partisans" "a
name. Mr.. Leatherwood is an avowed
Nj IL n fnr and ,t-
presented yesterday to the snhcomn,it
tee of five appointed 10 receive names OF
candidates eligible for CITY office. Thus
far the active conduct of Mr., Leather
|, wood $ campaign for mayor has been ron-
fined 10 his own addresses 10 club women
OF the city urging their cooperation In
an attempt to eradicate vice Attempts
ar" being made by l.eatherv>ood sup
porIers to make campaign material out
of the fact that Mr.. Leathcrwood was the
prosecuting attorney in the recent case
against Mrs. Dora Topham in which a
conviction was secured
May Be Compromise,
In case Lcatherwood is indorsed for
mayor by the non-partisans the Repub-
hcans nave agreed TO indorse the nom
partisan movement and not 10 put any
tisans name anyone else for mayor the
probabilities are that the Republicans
will name ticket which Will be headed
by Mr. Leatherwood
deliver the Republican party organlza
tion to the non partisan movement arc
having their difficulties. The district
chairmen OF the First municipal ward
under the leadership OF a. L. Hamlin,
ward chairman. in rebellion. At the
meeting OF the Republicans week ago
Mr. Hamiin attacked the partisan
movement declaring that II was inaugu-
rated by business men who had never
done ANYTHING for the Republican party
The workers who attended the primaries
sat In convention and worked at the
polls. he said. were the only. ones en-
titled to say whether or not the Repub-
licans should put ticket in the field
lie preferred defeat with honor with
straight Republican ticket he said. than
a compromise victory with Il fusion
ticket
Mr.. iIamlin called a meeting OF the
First ward Republicans and after dis
cussion II was decided that the Repub-
lcans Of this ward favored a straight
Republican ticket. Mr.. Hamip and other
First ward Republicans will Try To get
The city committee and its guests TO
agree 10 put ticket in Tie field.
If A Republican city ticket is decided
lpnn convention Of some sort will be
called tn nominate a ticket II will
probably DC a mass convention. at which
an organization slate headed by Beath-
erwood Will he put through.