The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
Young Mems Republican /.
Enters Protest Asai,,
Plans of COMMITTEES.
DECLARE ARRANGEMENT
UNFAIR TO THE pm,
Members of Organization
Sighted in Being Given,
Voice in Matter.

The Young Men S Republican
has protested against the charos .
cents to be made for admission (
Utah state fair grounds 10 hear !
dent Taft when he delivers his ~
on October ). Letters have been
ten by Fred W. Price, president h
Young Mems Republican club, IA
ernor William Spry and Senator
Smoot, suggesting that the aetiu
the general committee of tweptv
in selecting the fair grounds wht1
admission would be charged "a
for President Taft TO deliver a po'
address was Ill advised. ~
The letters point out that
scarcely ethical for the commit.
ask the president to make an ad
in place where an admis1a|
charged and something of an r
tion to expect the public TO 10
cents each TO hear the president
n political address.
Club Extended Invitation
Attention Of Senator Smoot (,
| rected TO the fact that the II
Men IS Republican club some weel
invited the president to be the eu>
the club for at least n portion Z
stay in Salt Lake, and that the
to the invitation was that "cspscl|
tention would be paid to the g
ton Of the Young Mems RepuN
club. Senator Smoot, it is q
promised that the Young Mems q
iican club should have tho preside.
at least an hour and a half on "
of his visit to Salt Lake.
When n number of prominsnf
Zens met at the Commercial club
days ago to arrange plans and a
committees for the presidents &
tainment Fred w. Price, presidS
the Young Men g Republican club
that his organization not only req|
but insisted that the presiden
turned over to the club for at LEAD
hours during his stay here. y
Fquest was referred 10 the general
mittee, which at that time had no<
appointed. When tho commiites
named no official representative
Young Men's Republican club VI
cluded in it's membership. The "a
tee included in its programme
By President Taft at the state
grounds under the auspices O
Young Men IS Republican club.
Club Asks Recognition.
| Members and officers Of the
Men g Republican club, or more
fcally, Fred w. Price and HAT
seph. president and vice presides
spectively, are making strenuo1
iections TO this plan OF procedure,
| believe they should have been 9?
ed before plans for their euterta1
of the president should have
completed. .,
They take tine position that Y
tertainment of President TAFT,
time when he is making F
speeches by either a non-partisa,
mittee or the non-partisan slae
association is somewhat Ineor9
They declare that the presidenl.
Utah to make n keynote ~
speech in connection with his ea
for denomination and that no
well make it except as the gues
political organization such
Young Men 8 Republican club, =
meeting distinct from the sfas
where an admission is charged w
who come TO hear the presidonL
A prominent Democrat last
made inquiry as 10 whether tae]
dent was coming TO Utah as ~
of the United States TO meet y
pie. or as n politician in the in'
OF his candidacy for renominsu9
re- election. He said that prse]
all of the Democrats and many
independent Depublicans were
this question. He said the PEG
the state other than the Teguis'
Republicans were seeking 70
Taft 8 mission to the state: fIv
Democratic point of Wow, no dej
the people would be more than 7
to welcome tho president as tes
executive of the nation but W.
loath 10 accord him that weievs1
he come to make a political aao'