Show SIDETRACK POWERS L McCune Starts VicePresi 1 dential Boom for Him i I NEBEKER STILL IN THE WAY 5 I Having Shelved King Effectually Senatorial Aspirant McCune Attempted It 1 tempted to Bemovo Judge Powers from His Pathway by Promising j Him a Biff Complimentary Vote for I the VicePresidency Nebeker Hast Has-t Not Yet Been Disposed OfJudge Tripps Candidacy Political Notes I W MCUNE is l said to have recently effected ef-fected another political po-litical deal which lit polht of adroitness X I adroit-ness surpasses i I even the brilliancy 1 tj < of the movement t k wziiciieiraziu I J augurated to secure se-cure the withdrawal j withdraw-al of Congressman L King frdm the lst 0 ZJ of Senatorial aspirants I I ftJ as-pirants There is 1 f fyild to be no doubt 0 V that McCuno hns ktvtJ p wised up considerably Cb 1I consider-ably since the Senatorial o4y > CJ o t atorial contest of E 1 G ro < I 1891 and those whom I j arc Inclined to m I i t doubt this statement Ii state-ment are Invited to U watch his smoke for a short time M Cune it will be I remembered went L into the Senatorial 1 contest of 1S99 with A1r the mistaken Idea that a bias stir nnd a few plunks would nulckly dispel 11 opposition Just how far he missed his guess is now a part of the States political history FIGURKD A LITTLE So it was that when the Senatorial bee ugain began to buzz In MeCmies headgear he sat Himself down and tollloquizud upon the vanity of attempting at-tempting to bluff on a small pair after af-ter the other fellows fel-lows had seen his hand At the same time he mapped out a new policy McCuncs support I of King both prior and subsequent to the Congressmans I renomlnation surprised sur-prised many people peo-ple until they began be-gan to realize that In supporting King McCune was doing all In hit poer to sidetrack King asa as-a Senatorial possibility possi-bility Then they wondered why they hadnt seen It before be-fore CJ foreBut But even with King out of the way the coaat was not clear for there arc other SenatorIal Senator-Ial possibilities as f well as probabill IEHE1UiI ties Judge O W Powers Is one and so far as the adornment of this tale ifl concerned he is the only one to be considered Just now POWERS DIDNT LOOK GOOD Judge Powers as a probable Senator Sal aspirant did not look good to Mc Cune Arid right here Is Where deal No 2 Is fluid to have been effected Knowing that Judge Powers sighed for fame rather than anything else and that he didnt care much about the Scnatorshlp anyway Lt any-way McCune so cj Ir the story goes J < t dropped over to see t 5 j Powers and asked c1 d I him If I he would CA consent lo have his name placed before c the Democratic national na-tional convention j I ns a candidate for I the VicePresiden i tial nomination Sure the I Jr Judge replied tlebcfle Then its a go McCune declared I lct 1 and say well give em u run for t their money too In addition to pledging Utah to Judge Powers Mc rune Is also said to have assured him that Idaho Wyoming and Montana Mould cast their full vnt for him WILL BE A GREAT EFFORT W F Knox of IJiuvLT has been selected se-lected as the Utah delegate who will place the name of Judge Powers before be-fore the convention With the assistance assis-tance of Fisher S Harris Mr Knox Is said to have already prepared hla speech and Is now engaged In rehears IJ ing It Mr Knox Is 1 confident that ho will muko the hit nf his life although he Is a little fearful that the delegates nth l hearing him may Insist that he accept the nomination himself lie will positively decline to displace Judge I Powers however Of course after McCune does all this for Judge Powers It would be real unkind un-kind of the Judge to Inject himself I into the Senatorial fight and oppose his benefactor I would also be ungrateful ungrate-ful and Judge Powers will not do anything any-thing that savors of Ingratitude I McCune could only hit upon someplace i some-place now by which QuIP Ncbeker could b brought into camp his happiness hap-piness would be still nearer complete |