The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-11
rL1RTING WITH DIsAFFEoTIoN

| yesterday morning, the Federal huncl
offers to some supposedly disaffectcc
| Amcricaus, men who arc discoutcuted
with the action of the American city
: convention, sop for their votes fol
the Republican ticket
According TO this report, the Fedora
bunch sent overtures 10 meeting OF
some thirty Americans who were sup
posed to be nursing grievance, and
offered them two of the five com
missionerships of this city if they
would join with the Federal bunch at
the municipal election, In doing this
the Federal bunch cut loose entirely
from the business men S ticket from
every side movement that il had here.
tofore favored, and comes two-hfths
of the way on to American ground.
The Federal bunch wants nothing to do
with Democrats. wants nothing to do
with business men now, but is making
its deal exclusively with some Amcri.
cans who are alleged To he pouting be-
cause of the nominations made by the
American municipal convention. In
making this offer the Federal bunch is
guilty again of its same sort of low
down party tactics which have dis
! tinguishcd that bunch from the first of
! its assumption of authority in political
control of this State. Inscriptions,
reckless. and conscienceless, the Fed
eral bunch stands only for appetite,
trcachery. and graft,
! But what of those Americans in
case they should consent TO this
"deaI?" The most of them were dele
gates in the American city convention;
most Of them took part in that cou-
vention, and ratified the assurance
made on open challenge that they
would abide by the result, and ex.
pected "the other sideh TO do the
same. 1t is Il common enough position
in conventions where hot contests arc
had. The arbitrament of the conven-
tion is sought by the opposing wings
of the party; and on the decision of
The convention all parties to the arbi.
tramcnt accept the result if they are
game and honest men. Only so can
a party hold together. and only by do
ing this can party principles be main
tanned. This is especially true of the
American party. whose principles are
above all such personal ambitions, and
whose ideals are so lofty that mere
personal squabbic as 10 candidates is
out of all reason disproportionately
small TO the great issues involved. If
the opponents of Mayor Bransford had
won, they would have claimed the sup
port Of Mr. Bransford s friends; they
would have been entitled to it. That
support was Justly theirs, and WAS
just as. freely rendered in the con
vention as the opponents of Mayor
Rransford gave in advance their ad
hcrence to the result The challenge
and the response to the challenge were
on the open floor of the conventions;
and both challenge and response mere
~ affirmed the common party rule
that the majority must govern. We
hold that the defeated in this case are
Just As much bound by the. decision
of the convention as are the victors.
Both sides went III on even terms, sub
mitted.. their case, and the losers,
whichever side might be the losers,
knew from the first that one or the
other would prevail Either side going
in with a mental reservation that il
would not submit to the decision of
the convention went into that conveu.
tion dishonesty and without clean
hands. There is no question whatever
but that, according to established
party practice, according TO the only
practical way in which such affairs can
be managed, the defeated are in honor
bound to submit to the decision of the
convention
Besides, the mayoralty is not all, for
other nominations were made by the
American party convention. Some of
these at least were supported heartily
and in good faith by those who arc
now said TO he discouteuted with the
head of the ticket; indeed, their chief
all. is with the msyorslty nomination.
But. aside from the fact that party
honor requires them TO support the
whole ticket the good faith OF their
own acts in securing nominations for
their friends for commissioners binds
these alleged disaffccted- Americans to
tho ticket as whole. without regard
10 what they may think personally OF
the nomination for Mayor. 1t is the
ticket rs whole that must be con
sidered by those who may be dis
satisfied with part Of it: and so con
sidering and giving due weight 10
party obligation, 1t is impossible to
conceive Of any clear-minded, candid
American entering into any negotia-
tions that would betray the ticket, and
oppose the party nominations and the
party principles.
We think befter of thn American