| Show CANNON A FAVORITE I Candidacy Being Favorably I Commented Upon tHIS tI t I HIS BOOM IS EXPANDING II I l I Tho ExSenator Has a Strong Pol l lowing in the State and There Vlere Many Democrats Who Favored His Candidacy During the Former Contest Con-test Will Leave McCune at tho Post Thoreson is Up Against it Naming Judicial Ticket Politics and Heligion Political Notes I I The announcement of the candidacy of exSenator Cannon Is being very I favorably commented upon by the rank and t file of the Democracy In this 1 I State Cannon has a strong personal r following In Weber Morgan and Box Elder counties He Is also strong In the south and now that he Is reckoned reck-oned a Democrat he will have no moan I following among the Democrats In Salt I Lake Summit and Tooele counties I Two years ago a large number of I prominent Democrats openly declared that If tho exSenalor would announce himself as a Democrat they would havo no objections to him as a Senatorial candidate and several of them said they would support him STILL LOOKS GOOD These same men ore still considered good Democrats of the conservative order or-der and they have no reason to object ob-ject to him now hat he has compiled with their wishes It Is no secret that Cannon was perfectly I per-fectly willing to announce hlmpclf as a Democrat In 1S98 but was advised by I men of national l lUte In Democratic I I councils not to do so If King keeps out of the race for the Senate which he can do with good grace If he Is I so minded having as he has a sure thing on a renomination I for the House then the contest will as things now appear narrow down to I JMcCunc and Cannon as the Democratic candidates I HERE MCUNE GETS OFF As between Cannon and McCune It is not necebsuiy to read the stars in order to determine where McCune will get off Cannon It I is claimed will leave him at the post Nothing which has occurred lately has given McCune such a turn of the political Jimjams as It Is said the announcement of Cannons Can-nons candidacy has Ileber J Grant Is reported as feeling quite IS bud as McCune HIM memory runs back Ip the time Cannon hired his theater and said things Grant realizes that in the course of events the campaign will open and the Democrats will reI this theater for political meetings In his minds eye he can see posted on the bulletin boards In front of the theater large posters announcing a grand Democratic Dem-ocratic rally and among the principal speakers of the evening will appear the name of cxSenalor Frank J Cannon Can-non In largo black letters so large that he who runs may Voad HOW GRANT WILL APPLAUD Grant and MoCunc i being Democrats will have to attend the meeting It would not look well for them to stay iway and when Cannon llres a par u tlculaily hot shot into the Lamp of his former Republicmi1 associates and all the Democrats present get upon their foot and howl with Joy Grunt and Mc Cune will have to Join in If they do not they will attract at Ion Ion lo themselves them-selves which will be more embarrassing embarrass-ing even than to shout with the crowd This story of what Is going lo happen to Giant and MeCunc Is not prophecy It Is simply a selfevident proposition and will come to pass In the natural course of events |
