Show IX VERS ILLES Ogden the Political Headquarters of Utah Republicans Ogden is to Salt Lake what Versailles Versail-les is to Paris and the French nation When a political upheaval occurs in France all of the politicians and officials of-ficials rush away to Versailles to settle set-tle the matter Since the creation of the Crane TrumboGlasmann combine Ogden has been the trysting place of Republicans of all grades of politcal Influence in Utah Many factions have become a potent force in the political arena and have dwindled into insignificance herein here-in Ogden Schemes have undergone Incubation here that have blossomed out into magnificent proportions and finally entered into and become a part of the political history of the state because be-cause they have been carried through successfully In and around Ogden has been the storm centre of the Republican Re-publican senatorial contest from the time that the choice of senators for the state of Utah was first called to mind by the passage of the enabling actWithin Within the last two months more has been done here in Ogden to influence in-fluence the choice of United States senators from Utah than has been done in any other part of Utah if indeed in-deed the matter has not been absolutely abso-lutely settled The Herald has kept pace with the movements of the several factions has noted the comings and goings of candidates candi-dates and their representatives and watched the moves on the political checker board with considerable Interest Inter-est Several very shrewd Republican politicians reside In this city and they always have and always will take an active part In the politics of Utah Long ago they engineered the nomination nomi-nation of F J Cannon for delegate to Congness and later they paved the way as they think for his election to the United States Senate and not content with that they have undertaken I under-taken to secure the election of another an-other gentleman and they claim they will succeed How well the well laid plans of the manipulators will work will soon be put to the test and if they succeed in electing Messrs Cannon and Brown for they are the gentlemen who have been chosen then it must be admitted that as political wire pullers they are entitled to the first medal The fact that from all parts of Utah prominent Republicans come to Ogden to consult and that efforts are frequently fre-quently made to inaugurate plans that will counteract the efforts being made In the interest of some particular candidate can-didate proves the Importance of Og den as a political headquarters There Is not a candidate on the Republican side of the fence who has not sought to gain a few pointers here in Ogden and they have all recognized the fact that a great deal was being said and done here In Ogden that was of great Importance in the senatorial contest Out of all the confusion has come the well developed plan of campaign which has for Its ultimate object the election of F J Cannon and Arthur Brown to the Senate Other plans have been laid for the purpose of defeating this combination If It may be so termed Mr Brown is not fighting In the interest inter-est of Mr Cannon nor Is Mr Cannon Pghting In the Interest of Brown but in the dealing of the cards these two gentlemen seem to hold by far the best hands There 5s i always certain contingencies con-tingencies that may arise In any case that will change the result hut the friends of these gentlemen say they have provided for everything and that there will be no hitches One complication would be the appearance ap-pearance of tiTan G Q Cannon In the field as a candidate This the managers say will not occur and as has been before stated In The Herald they declare de-clare he will at the proper time absolutely abso-lutely refuse to allow his name to be used Only one phase of the senatorial muddle has been discussed In this connection con-nection and that Is the CannonBrown phase There Is of course another side to the question possibly two or three but so far as pledges 50 if they go at all the CannonBrown people have the best of the fight |