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Show I !i POLITICAL GOSSIP IS I m Chairman Spry of the Republican ; j state committee, being now a federal t ( cfilceholder will decline to remain, at the head of the state committee and i his successor will soon have to bo chcsen. The names of several have ! boon mentioned to take tho place and 1 1 conduct tho noxt campaign tho most J prominent of whom Is James T. Ham- , mond, former secretary of stuto. It is I recognized that to Insuro success at J the polls tho Republicans must set- ! ' tlo tholr internal strifes and become , united. It is urged that Mr. Ham- ( mond Is tho man to accomplish that i feat. All factions have confidence in 1 1 him, it is urged, and believed 'that he I would give every man a square deal. I I Mr. Spry made a very able, hard work-P work-P ' lng and painstaking chairman. Under t- g'ent difficulties tho last state election was won'undor his guidance, which It a good testimonial for him; and some- , thing unusual In political fights, lit made many friends and very, very few enemies in that campaign. Frank B. McGurrin, the banker, has Incurred the displeasure of tho Tribune. Trib-une. Mr. McGurrin was in the east a little whilo ago and said to somo nowspaper man, who published It, that in Salt Lake, In tho ordlnaiy walks of business life, there was no visiblo distinction dis-tinction between Gentiles and Mor-A Mor-A i mons; that ho preferred making loans to Mormons' because his experienco was that ho was more suro of getting his money back from Mormons than j from Gentiles. Those statements made tho Tribune very angry. It showed Its wrath by calling Mr. McGurrin a "Jack 1 Mormon Imbecile." Whether the ap pellation of "Jack Mormon" is de- served or' not wo don't know, wo, how- over, rather think It is iiot, but wq do know and so doos- every businoss ' I man in Salt Lake that ho who deslg. I nates Banker McGurrin as an imbecile i, Is a fit subject for Bedlam oven If ho fy Is an apostate Mormon. j Tho Democrats seom set on Judgo . W. H. King for their candidate for tho supremo bench. When Mr. King was I' on the district bench ho made a most excellent record for Integrity anil abll-? Ity. Ho would be as good a vote gct-ler gct-ler as any man the party could name. Tho Trlbuno and Telegram having concluded that their "American" party has no chance of carrying tho noxt election, havo raised tho cry that tho hleraichf has decreed) that victory shall perch on the banner of tho Republicans. Re-publicans. 'The Republicans can win without "church influonco" and are not going to wasto any time bothering about it. This hiorarch cry is about worn out. It is said that President Joseph P. Smith has gone to Franco and won't return for many months, not until after tho election, and yet tho Trlbuno isn't satisfied. If Mr. Smith had not gono away tho Trlbuno 'would havo been equally displeased. Wonder what he could do to please tho Tribune, short of retiring from tho presidency In favor of Furious J. Cannon or making, mak-ing, if ho could, Tom Kearas and Furious Furi-ous J. senators from Utah. Tho city administration collected a great deal of money for the laying of sidewalks last April, collected It by pressuro under threat that If tho monoy wasn't paid interest would bo charged and also under tho promise that walks woujd bo laid immediately. Sinco then nearly four months havo rolled by and there isn't yet a sign of tho sidewalks for which tho porperty owners paid their money, because they wanted tho sidewalks and wanted to savo interest. Thoso .who paid say they have been buncoed and they aro angry. Contractor Moran refuses to turn over tho votes of his employes to tho "American" party. Mr. Moran realizes real-izes that but for tho 'aid of tho Democrats Demo-crats in tho council ho could not havo landed somo of tho big contracts awarded him. Ho will at least seo that tho Democrats get a fair show In tho election. That's . Tbubly tho reason 'tho Herald is roa ng Moran so much. Tho local Socialist party met in convention con-vention Kuesday and nominated a stato ticket with which to go before tho people noxt November. W. S. Dal-ton Dal-ton for judgo of tho stato supreme court and Homer P. Burt to represent tho stato In congress the convention thought would bo tho proper caper. James Bolltho, tho Sun ot Richfield lays, will probably bo a candTdatc" for tho state senate this autumn. Mr. Bolltho has had some experienco as a legislator having been a member of the first stato legislature In which he mado a good record. Tho Park City Record suggests that Fred Rasband and M. J. Dally bo sent back to the legislature from Summit the former to tho senate and tho latter lat-ter to tho house. Tho suggestion Is based on tho good work done by tho gentlemen at tho late session of tho legislature. |
