Show L IL5 1 q e3 The whole Stole of Utah Is now Interested Interest-ed In the contest between James Odcll and ICnox for the Republican nomination for Mayor of Salt Lake City Not that flue State cares particularly who runs this municipality for the next two voara The provincial press iiHiially Knocks the Salt Lake administration anyway on general principles But there Is now every Indication Indi-cation that Mr Knox I has Ihe only Mayoralty Mayor-alty boom which Is not equipped with a gubernatorial attachment The nomination nomina-tion of Mr James or of Mr Odell will he the llrst step In determining the character of the State government for four years from January IOU S The key to the whole business Is the recent re-cent conference In Cache county at which Congressman llowells committed himself to K H Calllutcr for Governor of Utah This agreement following closely on the heels of Mr Canisters activity m tho James movement was significant to say the least Equally significant was tho fact that Cache county was chosen as the Meld of action Cache has been the homo of James T Hammond now Secretary of State and the most prominent aspirant for the office of Governor Mr Calllster adroitly tlgured that by enlisting the support sup-port of llowclls In Hammonds own county coun-ty and controlling Salt Lake through Mr James he would gain an excellent start In his political ascension Hut Calllster docs nut hunt alone Ills right and lefthand bowers had fo bo provided fOIo hu promised to got J IL Anderson the revenue reve-nue colloctorshlp through the Instrumentality I Instrumen-tality of Senator Smoot and boost his left hower A S Riser to the position of State Auditor To make room for Reiser C S Tlngey linn to be taken care of and Calllstur decided de-cided to make him Secretary of State In the place of Mr Hammond This arrangement ar-rangement proved highly satisfactory to Anderson and Reiser and accounts for their ardent support of Mr James Mr James denies that lie has pledged any appointments but he has never stated that he had no Governors revenue collectors col-lectors and State Auditors towing In his walce No one ever thought to ask him and It Is doubtful it Judge Wcuger would let him tell about < It if It woro true Cal llster Anderson and Reiser arc surely too cunning to build elaborate plans on anything any-thing less substantial than a definite understanding un-derstanding with Mr James f S S S The condition of affairs Is not conducive to harmony In the vicinity of the Eagle Gate The First Presidency must be torn by conflicting emotions with Apostle Smnol Apostle John Henry Smith Cal hater Anderson and Reiser Imploring assistance as-sistance for James and Got Walls Secretary Secre-tary Hammond and the Interest of the church In the telephone wagon and machine ma-chine electric light and power and street railway companies clamoring for Odell Confusion worse confounded seems to be the con tlon of the Coiincllnumic light In tho various wards at this writing Jf the wouldbe Councilmen have any vlcwH In regard to the Mayoralty they arc keeping their opinions to themselves and devoting their efforts entirely to rounding up voters vot-ers who will bo right on the Council proposition regardless of anything and everything else The Indications arc that the Republican City convention will be a badly mixed assemblage and that the light for Mayor will be any mans light up to the mon ent of taking the first ballot With some of the wards sending delegations delega-tions instructed to nominate certain Councllmen regardless of the I Mayor and other delegations bound to vote for a particular par-ticular man for Mayor without regard to Councilmen the chances for astonishing results seem unlimited to Tlio Republican City committee will meet in S oclock Tuesday evening at the Knulsford hotel to consider the work of tho primaries convention and organization organiza-tion generally S S It I Is sum hI that Arthur Pratt Is a James man It Is also said on equally good authority au-thority that he In sure to bo Chief of Po lien If Odoll Is circled Either Mr Pratt Is an accomplished diplomat or somebody Is mistaken S S S The ponltlon of Heber r Grant Is us problematical as that of Mr Pratt The returned apoailo nominally I a Democrat Demo-crat but The Pipe Man was assured yesterday yes-terday that he Is doing all he can to throw the Japanese vole to Odell |