Show Alonzo Hopkin Joins Race for Governor State Senator Alonzo F F. F Hopkin Hopkin Hopkin Hop- Hop kin 59 rancher and veteran state legislator who has served 26 consecutive years in th the e Senate and House has announced announced announced ced his candidacy for the Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- nomination for governor Senator Hopkin twice has been elected president of the Senate has las served two terms as ns chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the State Legislative Council and as majority and minority leader in the Senate During my long tenure as a state senator he lie said in his formal ormal announcement I ha have learned earned first hand the fundamentals fundamentals funda funda- menta Is of state government Has tas Witnessed the Record Through actual experience with every state administration since ince the time of the late Gov GO Henry H. H Blood it has been my d f t a t f 4 goo or une 10 a this his vantage point the record as asit asit ast it t was being made by each governor governor gov gov- gov- gov in his turn I During the years of this rare experience I naturally have formed ormed some strong convictions of my own as to the kind of state late government and the amount amount amount a- a mount of state government the people of Utah want Stay Out Of Debt For one thing I am convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that we should stay out of f debt resorting neither to bonding nor using our state re- re serves erves Certainly we have reached the he point where the current enormous normous state income should be sufficient to do justice to every very necessary state obligation Sees Great Days Ahead There are great days ahead of f Utah and her p people ople and we will vill more fully realize these great potentials by moving care- care fully ully It is vital to catch the vision that the future holds but in n my opinion it is unwise to tory try ry to move toward it faster than han we can afford I am anxious to make very plain my position on all issues that hat confront us and will try to tod todo todo do d so as the pro pro- Lost to Bennett for Senate Sen Hopkin was the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic nominee for the U. U S. S Senate four years ago He lie was defeated in that contest but lost ost by a margin of only about votes while the Republican can presidential candidate carried carried car car- ried pied the state by more than tha n Author of Important Bills He has played a prominent t role in iii the State Legislature e and is author of numerous important important im im- bills hills that are now ii in inthe inthe i the state statutes He guided guide d the state b building u i l I d din i n g program L 1 through the last two session sessions s and was a strong advocate of a you pay-as-you-go policy of state stat e financing Is Rancher and Church Man ManA A cattle rancher Sen Hopkin n 1 raises registered and commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial Herefords Isis His home rand ranch i is in Rich County and summer r range in Summit County He is a past president of the e Utah Cattlemen's having havin served two terms and for eight t years has been president o ol of f Woodruff Stake Church of Je Jesus Jesus Je- Je sus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints Saint s lIe He long has been active in lo to local local lo- lo cal area and state civic affairs affair s Sen en Hopkin is married to th the o C l Mor 1 Morgan former Vera Taggart of gan gari and they have one son Sp y z Alonzo F. F Hopkin Utah's Senior State Senator makes bid for Governorship |