The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-06
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AMERICAN PARTY CONVENTION,

convention has been made. This con
vention is TO be held on Saturday. Sep
tembcr Both. at 10 clock in the morn
ing, TO suggest party candidates for
American support at the primaries to
be held October 24th.
The convention will name for the
support of the American party voters
at these primaries, a candidate Tor
Mayor, four candidates for Commission
ers. and candidate for Auditor.
Caucuses of the American party
voters will be held in the various rot-
ing districts Of the city on Wednes'
day. the eth of September. at 5 o clock
in the evening: places for these eau
cuses TO be named hereafter
This convention is made necessary
by reason of the approaching municipal
election. Under the new commission
plan OF government primaries are to be
held on the date stated, and al these
primaries there will be named by the
voters of the city two candidates for
each office TO be filed That Is. two
candidates for Mayor, two sets Of four
Com missoners each and two candl-
dates for Auditor. No names can 90
on the official ballot except these TWO
sets of candidates. 1t is manifest,
therefore. that. in order TO arrive at
any conference in voting, and 10 obtain
any position on the ticket, il is ncccs-
sary, not only for the American party,
but for any other party. TO obtain a
ccutral basis upon which its vote can
be cast at the primaries. If there were
mo suggest ions by way of guidance
as 10 candidates. the voters would prob
ably so scatter that any majority Sc
lection by primary vote Of any candl-
date would likely bc impossible.
Of course, the Federal bunch crowd
would have its candidates all selected
without any open convention. 1t al
ways has its ticket selected, whether
there is 4 convention or not, and III
case Of convention all the convention
has TO do is 10 ratify. A few meet IN
some concaVe, make up the ticket. and
propose it 10 the delegates in conven-
tion as heretofore. or to the people at
The primaries as would be at the cnsu'
ing election All would understand by
tho 'carmsrks' that the Federal
bunch ticket was the official y ticket,
Just as was explained on the floor of
the House last winter BY a candid Rep.
rcsentative. The liquor bill was TO be
ing the Federal bunch; it WAS TO he
sent TO the legislature for endorse.
ment, and when it appeared 1T would
be known. And that plan was faith
fully followed II would be the same
precisely in the matter OF the coming
election, The Federal bunch support
ers would know, without any conven-
ton at all. the will of the bosses as
to candidates, and those supporters
would rally TO the nomination of tho
ticket proposed by those bosses,
But, the free and Independent cleo
tors of the city. who are for the most
part contained in the American party
ranks, would not be able to combine
unless by previous consultation. This
consultation Of the party is to be by
the party itself, through regularly
chosen delegates. That is all that the
coming primary convention is expected
TO be; simply an advisory body to the
party Mt large as the candidates to con
centrste on and TO support at the prl-
maries. in order that the American vote
may not be scattered and lost, and
that Americans shall he assured of a
place on the ticket; otherwise they
would be ruled off altogether.
II is all very well to talk about n
non partisan city election; there is no
such thing rs that possible in Salt
Lake at the present time. The issue
will he sharply defined between the
Federal bunch allied with the church
politicians, these opposed TO the free
American electorate, This latter is
what the American party represents,
and, in order TO give freedom its voice
the American party asks the advice of
the party al large through its delegates
of the various election districts as to
the nominees that ought to be sup,
ported at the primaries. That is what
the American convention amounts to
and that is all that il does amount TO
The American party is the party of the
people, il takes the people into its con
fidencc. and no other party in Utah
docs this or dares 20 do it; for tho
people would overthrow the bosses at Z
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