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Show Sen. Alonzo F. Hoplcin Seeks Demo Governor Nomination I In i , i r ir i -fin in 1111"'" ni ii mi i rrfMrtl i' nwr fifii n h i it was being made by each governor gov-ernor in his turn. "During the years of this rare experience, I naturally have formed some strong convictions of my own as to the kind of state government and the amount of state government the people of Utah want. "For one thing, I am convinced that we should stay out of debt, resorting neither to bonding nor using out state reserves. "Certainly we have reached the point where the current enormous state income should be sufficient to do justice to every necessary state obligtaion. "These are great days ahead for Utah and her people, and we will more fully realize the great potentials by moving carefully. It is vital to catch the vision that SEN .ALONZO F. 1IOPKIN Veteran state senator Alonzo F. Hopkin this week announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor. i The Rich county legislator, who has served 26 consecutive years in the House and Senate, twice has been elected president of the Senate and served two terms as chairman of the State Legislative Legisla-tive Council and as majority and minority leader in the Senate. In his statement, Sen. Hopkin said: "During my long tenure as a state senator I have learned first hand the fundamentals of state government. "Through actual experience with every state administration since the time of the late Gov. Henry H. Blood it has been my good fortune to witness from this vantage Doint the record as the future holds but, in my opinion, it is unwise to try to move toward it faster than we can afford. "I am anxious to make very plain my position on all issues that confront us and will try to do so as the campaign progresses. Sen. Hopkin was Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate in 1956. He lost by a margin of about 26,000 votes while the Republican presidential candidate candi-date was carrying the state by 96,000 votes. A cattle rancher, Sen. Hopkin raises registered and commercial Herefords on his ranch in Rich county. He is a past president of the Utah Cattlemen's Association Associa-tion and for eight years has been president of the Woodruff Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is married to the former Vera Taggart of Morgan and they have a son. |