| Show TROUBLE IN THE AIR The Big Ifieht in the Camj of the Liberals ERASE K KBlBiLLS STRENGTH The Fight For Rcconlcr < arrowd Down to Kimball Jinti Ia c Unless McCallnm DcnuiiOs His Rlshts I The season of boiling and scSO bolng sizzling poli tics of tnancouvers and unrucrs counter manrcuv era of secret meetings of wire pulling ana of tricks ajrft witho trcks stratagems without num her is asain it hand and the camp of the Liberals presents a bristling scene of ac tivity and preparation for battle even more pronounced than before the February ejection Over tho tentsof tho Peoples hosts darkness i dark-ness nod Mlcnto still reign supremo either I the soldiers have not yet walced for tho f ray or theyare noiselessly l at work burnishing bur-nishing up their armor within the recesses oi their sleeping places Who can tell Fit the gathering place of the Liberals come 1umblings and mutterings that tel all is > r a unity and brotherly love in their racks The scowl of suspicion is seen on irorc brows than one and many is the Lib oral chieftain who keeps his hand on his sword and takes wood care his back is not exposed as ho responds t the greeting of I some passing brother in arms I Tnt FIGHT wi he aId hot one among the Libs all long the line but When the knights who enter tho lists for tho rccordership are i called forth by common consent tho con estantsvverywhcre else will rest on their I spears and leave thcarena free to those 1h have entered for tho banner prize of the light GeorgeM 1 Cannons shoes The knights areto name them in tho order of their chances Frank Kimball I CoL Page H S McCallum General Connor I Con-nor and FrankVan Home George Rod ford is said to be a candidate but Judge Powers while conceding his claims on tho party assured him that his chances arc remote and ho will probably not forge Vera far to the front The big Jicht will be between Kimball and Page No one seriously thinks of any one else though P Edward may get a few scattering votes by way of compliment and McCallums pull on the party for no touous services rendered may develop him some strength He knows a good many Party secrets including it is said tho history his-tory of the famous Rio Grando registration registra-tion train and his claims are not to be scoffed at But up and down Main street in the anis the mercantile houses the larger real estate houses the mining men tho best lawyprs and the solid men of the Liberals Lib-erals generally it is a settled fact that Frank Kimball is tho man In tho federal officialTribune commission commis-sion gubernatorialregistration ring that seeks t have all power radiate from a common com-mon center and that center is Thomas and Lannan and their organ the Tribune Col Page is being pulled for with might and mainBftckof him is the heavy federal official influence the political wire pulling convention con-vention macagmg element the tremendous tremend-ous power of the Worlds Fair commission and the general political knowledge and trickery that may offset all Kimballs Main street strength which is straight and le stripht gitimatc but unused to tho dark ways of the professional politicians Frank Kimball is one of Young Utah and has long been with the house of Mc Cornick the banker he ran on the Liberal Lib-eral ticket two years ago and went well ahead of the rest of the nominees He is a clean man and is deservedly popular with many Peoples party men who know him Colonel Page is the gentleman who has the patent on marshal of the day on all July 4ths a life lease on the position of city registrar at election times the particular pet of tho governor and the commission a G A R stalwart in short the ring candi date pure and simple Among the other candidates mentioned are A Hanauer jr for treasurer C E Allen for county clerk Harry Haynes for selectman Hank Barnes for sheri C P Brooks a county surveyor and Joseph Silver Esq otherwise known as Dog Peter Joe for coroner The theatre has been engaged for a week from tomorrow the 21st and the 322 dele pates who will make up the ticket will hold their convention at that time tme And over and above all dark mysterious myster-ious and threatening looms the labor party cloud which is considerably larger than a mans hand and which may burst and scatter confusion in tho Liberal ranks a dt the time it is least looked for Kimball is said to be about the only main n ma-in the wholelist of Liberal candidates with whom the laborers have any sympathy |
