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Show - : PERIODICAL DIVISION S I L, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY B UNIVESITY OF UTAH ' v en C CITY 12 AC r- - rn ,n ca , 0 V1 . - " SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1958 MOSS WINS DEMO SENATE VOTE; PRIMARY SHOWS GOP DECLINE IUII !'MII E OMM U IIIIMI MMffOTW , i- - ft f& f r ; 4 4 J ! t M. Blaine Peterson in the First I I Congressional District Demo-cratic contest and a number of county office candidates. Mr. Moss defeated Brigham E. Roberts by some 36,488 to 24,. 888. Mr. Peterson, an Ogden at-torney and former Weber Coun-ty Democratic chairman, defeat-ed David Welling 16,916 to 9,-64- 8. Sen. Watkins won over Carvel Mattsson by 39,390 to 18,423. The total vote was considered good for an off-ye- ar Primary. Especially encouraging to Utah Democrats was the upsurge of Democratic strength evidenced in the vote. Democrats who polled only about 40 per cent of the primary vote two years ago, racked up 51 per cent Tuesday. The Demo-cratic gain was more pronounced in the First Congressional Dis-trict, where the party increased its vote from 41 to 51 per cent of Uhe total. In the Second district the increase was from 39 per i ! cent to 52 per cent. M. BLAINE PETERSON Incumbent Republican Arthur V. Watkins to compete for the U, S. Senate in November. Other primary winners were FRANK E. MOSS In a primary election which reflected growing Democratic strength Utah votres this week named Democrat Frank E. Moss, Salt Lake County Attorney, and i i 4 t ' 44, - i y A "ft' 'J '? S '& 4 A ' ' 'X ' S : W. G. LARSON WAYNE L. CARLSON iiiiimnji 'I iimhihiiwi imiiwiii iinnii Ml "ill mirrii iiiniiiirimnii iiiimii ir ii imw v 13 4 , , i If 4H M 3 ; I " " . "I jy j "'i '4 v ; j J 4 V k, 4 Vv , 1 ; i -- ; - - . k'. - f I DAVID P. JONES Salt Lake County Democrats, like those in most other parts of the state, rolled up impressive totals in this week's primary election, which brought about these results: Wayne LeRoy Carlson won the Democratic nomination for two- - GROVER GILES ination. Vernon B. Romney defeated Lyle M. Ward for the county at-torney nomination by a vote of 13,012 to 7,399 and Ken B. Price unseated incumbent Glen James for the county auditor nomina-tion by a vote of 10,838 to 9,020. year county commissioner over Mar Guss by 14,752 to 7,069. W. G. (Bill) Larson defeated Ray Leavitt for the four-yea- r term by 14,066 to 7,955. Grover A. Giles defeated Wm. T. Thurman for the Salt Lake County Attorney nomination by a vote of 12,845 to 9,238 and David P. Jones defeated Sven O. Nilsson for the Democratic nomination for Salt Lake coun-ty auditor by a vote of 15,748 to 5,757. On the Republican side incum-bent Abram Barker defeated George W. Cassity 13,956 to 5,-9- 79 for the four-ye- ar commission post. Lamont B. Gunderson was unopposed for the two-ye- ar nom- - TODAY'S i EDITORIAL Lucille Rainey Ends Conference Report Lucille Rainey this week con-cludes her extensive report on National Democratic Women's Campaign conference in Wash-ington, D.C. Mrs. Rainey has recreated, in a series of articles, the adven-tures of a group of Utah Demo-- 1 cratic Women who attended the conference. The Utahns, traveling by char-tered bus, visited a number of points of interest along the way. They met important people and did important things. All these and more were care-fully reported by Mrs. Rainey in her colorful report. T What the Primary Means Utah Democrats this week demonstrated strength and just as important they demonstrated that the strength will be preserved through November. No party splitting incidents arose during the recent primary contest. ; All Democrtaic candidates conducted their campaigns on a high plane. Losers are now in a position to turn their support to the victors to assure a Democratic victory in November. While Democratic vote totals topped those of the Republi-cans this must not be taken as a sign of sure victory two months from now. It confirms a trend that has long been evident but it does not mean that party workers and candidates can sit back and let the "trend" carry them into office. To rack up impressive victory in November Democrats must redouble their efforts. They must let no issue go unanswered. They must do everything to win. Pari-Mutu- el Betting Goes on Nov. Ballot Attorney General E. R. Cal-list- er Jr. this week ruled that a proposition to legalize pari-mu-tu- el betting on horse racing will be placed before the electorate. The ruling climaxed an uphill battle for the Utah Racing Asso-ciation and other proponents of the initiative petition. Democrats Show Strength in Balloting For State Senate In contests for Utah Senate nominations Democrats named a strong slate of candidates to com-pete against the GOP in Novem-ber's general elections. Nominated on the Democratic ticket were: Second District: Frank Brown-ing defeated Edward C. Larsen by a vote of 3,185 to 2,456. Third District: F. Briton Mc-Conk- ie defeated P. S. Marthakis by a vote of 1,365 to 1,151. Fourth District: Clyde Miller defeated M. Phyl Poulson 2,108 to 1,715. Seventh District: Harvard R. Hinton defeated George C. Scott by 1,758 to 1.617. A long time Republican sena-tor Merrill K. Davis was defeat-ed in the primary by Marvin J. Ashton by a vote of 3,170 to 2,126 and uranium millionaire Charles A. Steen apparently won nomi-nation in Twelfth District over George Hurst by a vote of 1,473 to 1,415. As Maine Goes . . . We Hope There long has been a saying in American politics to the effect that as Maine goes so goes the nation. Democrats this week are hoping the old saying holds up this year although it has been wrong many times before. Maine voters this week gave Democrats their first elected U. S. Senator from the Pine Tree State, put another Democrat in the governor's mansion and elected two Democratic Congress-men to one Republican. For Maine this is an almost unheard of thing. Republicans have carried the state through many dark days. (Continued on Page Four) |