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Show Political The selection of Ben L. Rich as chairman of the Republican county committee waB a ten-strike. ten-strike. He is able, he is clean and he brings new blood into the organization. Moreover, Ben Rich is a fighter of some size and the campaign cam-paign he directs is bound to be aggressive and to the point. He believes that he will win, and so do we. Of course, the winning of the campaign will not be a mere formality. The Republican chairman chair-man and his associates will have plenty to do between now and election day. There is a tremendous tre-mendous organization of one hundred and some odd units to be mobilized, put in the field, and sustained until the people go to the polls. This in itself is no small man's task. Then there are factions to unite, and old sores to heal, and grudges to smooth away, all of which will require re-quire the patience of Job. Hence, your county chairman must of necessity perform in the dual role of a fighter and a peacemaker. Chairman Rich will make no mistake if he appoints ap-points George Wilson to the secretaryship. Mr. Wilson is undoubtedly the best political organizer in the county; is a veteran in the service of his party, and has a personal hold on the workers which is remarkable. Besides, his appointment will do much to reconcile a certain element in the party which has little or no representation on the ticket. Judging by the overtures being made to some of the Republican workers, our progressive friends appear to be encountering all sorts of trouble in forming their organization. Also, they have evidently learned by this time that the Republicans who were approached were not for sale. The Republican party owes it to the people and to itself to name a high-class legislative ticket tick-et next Tuesday. The very best men should be nominated, and when we say men, we don't mean women. The campaign of the Demc-Progressives is said to be in full blast. Maybe so, but we note little signs of it as yet. We suspect that the leaders are going at M blast at present trying try-ing to blow up a litt. nthusiasm among them- B. selvcTs. After a while perhaps, they will he able H' to muster up BUfflclerit spirit to fake a cam- B paign. Mj .H So Harry Joseph Is suing John Walsh for iHf libel and damages. We don't know much about H the merits of tho case, but it is high time that iHl an example was mado of character assassins who H seek their prey in political fields. There is no iH question in our mind but that Mr. Joseph and H others have suffered from just such sources. ifl H The Republican race for legislative honors is iH now well under way. J. C. Lynch can have one H of the nominations for tho senate without askinr iH Clarence Bamberger, Karl Hardy, Carl (Badger H and Al Hamlin wHl have to fight it out for tho iflH other senatorial nomination. iHi The process of elimination has been at work iH' among tho numerous candidates for the lower iHj house, and many have already fallen by the iHf wayside. Dave Cook looks like tho nominee iB from Bingham, Daniel McCrea from Granger, iH! and Fred Smith from Riverton. John Dunn of iflR Midvalo is also a likely candidate. The choice from the county will In all probability be made from the four men mentioned. In tho city the choicq Is still a matter of speculation. George Wasson, Parley Jenson, Henry 'Rawllngs, H. A. L. Culmer, Jr., and Dr. Frank J. Alexander are favorably mentioned for the lower house. Mrs. Margaret Zane Witcher Cherdron and Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon are favorites fa-vorites in the event that the convention is disposed dis-posed to again place women on tho legislative ticket. |