Show DEMOCRATS URGE vr v in w MOOrS DEFEAT Strong Effort Is Being Made to Control the Next State Legislature NEED MEED VOTES SOLID OLID REPUBLICAN SENATE WILL BE BROKEN The personnel of at the next legislature Ul h Is I f already causing much comment be because because because cause of at the fact that it will elect a United States senator e Senator Reed Smoots term expires March 4 1909 and either he will be returned to the senate or a Democrat will wm succeed him While the senator has not officially announced his candidacy for tor reelection there Is practically no doubt but that ho he will be bein beIn bein in the race The Joint session ot of the next legisla legislature legislature legislature ture will consist ot of mem members members bers and to elect a senator will re require require quire votes At present all an anat of at the eighteen senators are Republicans cans and all an but eight of ot the representatives are Republicans Eight of ot the tho Republican senators are hold holdovers holdovers holdOvers overs and the places of at the other ten will m be filled this fall tall Of Ot the ten sen senators senators senators the Democrats are already laying claim to six three from Salt Lake county and three from tram other senatorial districts throughout the tho state The Democrats too are counting on thirty of at the representatives in to 0 be bo elected this fall faU which would give them a safe sate majority In the legislature Several counties which were carried by fr heavy majority two years ago will Alye Ie Bryan a big vote this year and andl mu l probably be carried by b the entire Democratic ticket With Ith Bryan at the head h ad of ot the Democratic ticket in the state tate the party leaders are confident that a majority of the counties of ot the state tate especially the t e larger counties will iiI go 10 Democratic In Salt Lake county where the Re Republicans Republicans Republicans publicans have practically given ghen up the fight for tor the county count ticket the fight will be between the Democrats and the Americans A large Jarge number of ot Re Republicans Republicans Republicans publicans will undoubtedly vote the Democratic ticket to prevent an American victory The fight tight will vIll be ben bea n a close lIo e one but the tact fact that Bryan who vho has always been popular with Salt Lake people and never neer more so than now no will head the Democratic ticket Conventions of ot senatorial districts in nil all parts parth of ot the th states are scheduled to occur soon and the tIe nominations pf pt the candidate who arc ar to support or to oppose Smoot are watched with Inter Interest Interest interest est The state senate at present con consists ot of First district Box Elder and Tooele counties Peter Clegg Second district Cache county count Her Herschel Herschel schel Bullen Jr holdover Third district Rich Morgan and Da Davis DaIs DaVI vis VI Is counties Wesley Wesle K JC Walton Fourth district Weber county Hu laniski C R Fifth district Summit ummI and Wasatch counties Fred Sixth district Salt Lake county count Benner Renner X Smith and W N Williams holdovers Stephen H Love Sam C Park and George N Lawrence Seventh district Utah county count John JohnY Y Smith holdover Henry Gardner Eighth district dl Juab and Millard counties Thomas Callister Ninth district Sanpete county John Seely holdover Tenth district Sevier Wayne ra ne Plute Pluto and Garfield counties Willis Johnson Eleventh district Beaver Iron Washington and Kane Kano counties R D DMiller DMiller Miller holdover Twelfth district Emery Eme Carbon Uin t I Grand and San an Juan Iuan J an counties co U onzo holdover In ln some districts the present Republicans Republicans Beans are seeking while In other districts are new now senatorial aspirants each of ot whom Is being tested by the Smoot machine before the nom flora nominating mating conventions convention In Salt Lake the terms of at Senators Love Park and Law Lawrence Lawrence rence renco expire None of ot the three has announce him himself self as a n candidate for but hut several have appeared willing to take their places Among them are ar Harry Haro S Joseph speaker of ot the last house S J 1 C E S Marks and I H C Iverson |