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Show v;v;; Y:V: Y'V?Y-.' :(Y'V :': Y; politics .warming" up :;V-,;; ' , 'Y:'";:, ' ' According 'to The Salt Lake Tribune the attempt of party Y '. leaders to agiee oh a fusion ticket for the Supreme court candi--;Y.',';' Y: ...'-dateu- has proven abortive as' ..neither side was willing for the Y - ?' ether to hWe a' majority on the bench. It is also noticed that ' ' Y -"both sides has an a!ur,eance of timber from which to selw.t standard bearers.' The recent' movement for a fusion ticket was brought About by, those who 'thought it would be txpedient to kt-ep'the judiciary' cut of politics as far as possible. The Kepub- . Y ' lican convention of the ' Third j udicial district last Friday nominated nomi-nated William II: Folland for judge, and let it be known that an - endorsement of the opposition party would be gratefully accept-1 od. A number of delegates opposed this as they said that thej Democrats would then want to have the Supreme court to them- : selves " i ' ' , But by far the most, interesting portion of politics to the people of ihis community is that, of the county, and both sides . . are preparing for a hard fight. Quite a -number, of Democrats ' " 1 ave announced their candidacy and are now working among the ' people of the county for support. The Tribune mentions the fol-, fol-, lowing who have already announced themselves and are now in the field: ' Y0 , County Commissioners C. F. Stillman and Josepn S. Lindsay Tiave both announced their candidacy for.-re-election. . t . ' It. E. L. Collier, present 'county surveyor, it is said, aspires to succeed one of the commissioners. M. C. Iverson, county auditor, is a candidate for another; term. A. H, Parsons is willing to accept nomination for re-eiec- An4,. .(.I'Mow Toivitw V. T.vnr-h rhief dnutv in the county auditor's office, will contest-for the nomination as Democratic Dem-ocratic candidate for the assessorship. His cards are out and v - his hat in the r in g.Y ' . : : Announcement of his candidacy for nomination as Demo cratic candidate for county recorder was made some time since , by Berkley-OI.on. ' W. W. Barton, recently appointed to the un- - expired term of Raymond C. Naylor as county treasurer" when 1 , Mr. Naylor accepted a captain's position in the army, is a candi- date for election to the position No contestant has appeared as, yet to dispute with Auditor. Iverson the nomination to the audi- torship. County Clerk-Theirs s Homer has not announced himself a candidate and can scarcely i be coaxed into an expression of . "Barkis-like" indimu to -u1 County 'Attorney - Richard Hartley - is - admittedly in the race for nomination to come before the voters ' for a second term, - But there are others who will fly their hats into the ring before the contests close. It will be incomplete unless Bingham has a candidate. ' ' - The candidates from the Lake have been visiting Bingham very generously of I d'e and are willing to make most any kind of promises to" get the votes. ' Bingham pays the bulk of the county. taxes ouiY u of Salt Lake City, but the money thus paid has been used to improve other sections of the county. And now the people of this community are desirous of obtaining more than mere empty promises. . |