Show MCTJNB WILI W This Is the Decision of a Leading State Paper Ephraim Enterprise As the time approaches when the legislature will elect a United States senator it becomes more evident that Mr McCune will be the choice of that body Aside from his great personal popularity the campaign conducted by Mr McCune has been so clean so free from abuse of other candidates that many who were prejudiced against him because he is rich and because of the charges circulated by his enemies that he was endeavoring to buy his way into the senate are now among his most staunch supporters Every effort of his opponents to i undermine his popularity has served to increase the number of his friends The people of the state know that he is as well or better acquainted with the needs of the state in the matter of leg islation than any other man in the state The Salt Lake Tribune has now entered en-tered the lists against McCune The talk about buying a seat In the senate having failed to check the growing sentiment in his favor the Tribune is now depended upon to stir up a fuss by claiming he is a church candidate In support of this claim it publishes a couple of private letters written by He ber J Grant to friends asking them to support Mr McCune The Tribune did not think Eldredge was a church candidate didate when John Henry Smith was stumping the state for him I is simply sim-ply in the push to help beat McCune and is ready to stoop to anything in order to accomplish its purpose The acquisition of the Tribune to the ranks of the opposition will cause Mr McCune and his friends no uneasiness They recognize that the Tribunes opposition op-position will be a source of strength to them The Tribune is a sort of political politi-cal barometer Every proposition it opposes is sure to be a meritorious one every time it opposes a Democrat the Democratic party will do right in supporting sup-porting that Democrat I will oppose that which it believes will be for the best interests of the Democratic party and will support any scheme that it party thinks H injure the Democratic Cause of a Senators Gaiety Special Correspondence Richfield Jan 14If Senator Wright seems a little gayer than usual it ca be accounted for by the fact that his wife presented him with a son yesterday yester-day morning Notes George E Blair received a telegram yesterday from C C Richards which stated that Mr Richards health was much improved Judge Powers camp was minus its chief for some hours last evening The judge was in attendance at the Mur rayMarix wedding |