Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-09 | Page 7 | Sixth District Attorney-Ship Hotly Contested

SIXTH DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP ATTORNEY-SHIP HOTLY CONTESTED Special to The Tribune. RICHFIELD, Mdy S. Thc strugglo among tho thrco aspirants for tho Republican Repub-lican nomination for Attorney of the Sixth Judicial district is growing sharper. Those hi the raco arc George T. Bean and Joseph Lrickson of Richfield and Gilbert R. Beebo of Junction, Tho live counties concerned aro Sovier. Wayne, Piute, Garfield and Kane. Of these Sevier has practically half the votes. Thc convention to dccldo the contest will bo held at Marvavalo on Muy 1C. Judge John F. Chldestcr will bo noirunatcu by acclamation to succeed himself him-self on the bonch. Attorneys Bean and Becbc aro waging an open and vigorous contest for thc plnce. Erlckson, since ho renounced all claim to the Judgeship nomination, has not publicly pub-licly announced himself for the Attorneyship, Attorney-ship, but his backers are working hard all over the district According to thc claims mado by tho thrco candidates, each has a sure thing on the nomination. Erlckson declares he has eighteen of Sevier's twentv-threo delegates, dele-gates, and scattering support from Wayne, Kano and even Garfield county, Jucbre Chl-dester's Chl-dester's home. Then he expects Becbe's following from Piute ln case Becbo falls to land early ln thc game. Since but twenty-five are sufficient to nominate, this would glvo Erickson tho nomination. Bcebe csntends that ho has Garfield, Piute, Wayne and Kano counties, and some little allegiance in Sevier, several more than enough to aiako him safe. Bean's champions assert that their favorite fa-vorite will carry about half tho Sovier delegation, havo roason to expect Wnjno undivided for him and enough more ln Garfield and Kano to allay any uneasiness ln their camp. Very few of tho delegates have as yet been oleoted. Two of Sovier county's precincts havo elected delegates to the Judicial convention. conven-tion. They aro P. C. Scorup. J. W. Phillips Phil-lips and J. M. Coombs. Alternates aro Allen Forshee, J D. Pace and John Barnard. Bar-nard. All from Sallna. Thomas Gledhlll was chosen delegate by Vermillion precinct.