Show CONTEST FOR SENATORSHIP II I I Sentiment of Party is in Favor of a I Caucus I 1 For two months to come the contest for the United States Senatorshlp will he dally fought and won In the mlndw of politicians The public generally will listen with more or less credulity to tho predictions of various prognosticates and there Is a likelihood of at least a half dozen men being elected to the high office long before a joint session of the Legislature Is held The Leg islature however will choose only one who may or may not be of the num her now prominently mentioned as can didates 1 The Legislature Is expected to do Its A duty ivith dispatch A plank in the Re I publican State platform declared that a Senator should be elected quickly and honestly The stump speakers tho late campaign promised the people that It the Republicans controlled the next Legislature there would be no repetition I repeti-tion of the disgraceful scenes of two years ago nor of the prolonged contest of four years ago The programme is being commended on the streets and the generally expressed Idea seems to be in favor of a caucus If a caucus Is held It will not have an easy time There promises to be a plentltude of candidates and the rivalry will be keen The friends of several of them arc hard at work and a few enthusiasts arc already al-ready laying wagers on the result So I far as known no one of tho candidates can at this time lay claim to sufficient pledged support to control the caucus let alone win out on a joint ballot Among those who are mentioned most in the street dIEcuA lon are Arthur L Thomas Tom Fitch O J Salisbury W S McCornlck Tom Kearns George M Cannon Arthur Brown Reed Smoot of Provo and E M Allison of Ogden A member of the Legislature said yesterday yes-terday that Allison would come down with the Weber delegation back of him r If all of these candidates and a few more who may enter the lists later I should make active campaigns and i open headquarters for the comfort and entertainment of the legislators the lives of the rural members would resolve I re-solve Into a dizzy whirl Tho Victory in Rich I Wesley K Walton one of the Mc Klnley Electors was in the city from Rich county yesterday and was In excellent ex-cellent spirits over the Republican sue jccss there Wo elected everything from Constable to McKinley In Rich said Mr Walton and ay the county lias always been Democratic we feel I pretty good over It We knew we had I to carry the county because we did not know how close the State might be and thought perhaps Rich might be I the deciding factor The Republican majorities there will range from 100 to IDS Not Ono of tho Few Judge iTcCarty returned yesterday from Ogden where the case he was to try had gone over because of lack of material witnesses He smiled at the reference in the Herald to him as one of the few Democrats who had man agedto pull through and had to stand considerable goodnatured joshing during the day on this account Judge McUurty says that the people In his section of the country are overjoyed at the outcome of the election ClerkElect James Congratulated i John James tho successful candidate candI-date for County Clerk has been receiving re-ceiving many congratulations both oral and written since time election A I letter he received yesterday from a wellknown Democrat of the city proved especially pleasing The writer congratulated Mr James on his success suc-cess and also for the honorable manner man-ner In which you conducted your campaign cam-paign Spanish Fork Banquet i Spanish Fork Nov 12The Republicans Republi-cans of Spanish Fork will give a grand banquet at Dahles hall and dance at Tuttlos new hall tomorrow evening to which the candidateselect of Utah I county Chairman Do Molsv I Elector Loose and all Republicans of Spanish I Fork Lake Shore and Leland are invited In-vited A jubilant time it will be without with-out doubt Celebration at Logan The Republicans of Logan met In the Palace hall last night to celebrate the victory achieved on November Cth There was a banquet and ball and addresses II ad-dresses delivered by several speakers |