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Show LOCAL Democrats wore doing somo tall hustling yesterday to get out a respectable re-spectable representation for tho primaries. pri-maries. And aH a rulo they succeeded. succeed-ed. Ono thing that wua surprising wns tho llttlo Inloroit apparent ln (ho aclcc-tlon aclcc-tlon of dolegutea to the State convention. It was ouppoHcd a month ago that tho friends of tho rival candidates for President Presi-dent would S20 to It that tho delegates to tho State convention, to namo tho Na-vUonal Na-vUonal delegates, would havo all sorts of combinations and elates. So for as appears ap-pears on tho surface, tho matter Is permitted per-mitted to drift along without any effort to lino up tho frlneda o ono candldato or defeat tho friends of anothor. It Is agreed that Utah has llttlo lnfiu-enco lnfiu-enco in tho National convention, at best, and tho loaders soom to have tnken It by consent that tho delegates shall go to SL Louis unlnstructed. o There was l;Uk of uneasiness on Ihcpart of tho friends of Judgo Morso. yesterday, becauso of tho active work of sovcral of tho other Judgeship candidates. It la behoved be-hoved that four combinations have been attempted, which, If carried out. will 1 change tho situation completely. Thcro Is a story allont that tht-so four candidates havo been shown that if they can lnduco their friends to not only Btand with each of thorn, but bo willing to enter a combination com-bination with the friends of the others for mutual support, that success will result. Ono of the candidates. In particular, bus a dozen or moro delegate for him who aro very earnest about his nomination, but they havo refused, thus far, to be delivered deliv-ered to two of the other four combination candidates. The controversy on this point j permitted the plans of the slatc-makeni to bo mado public, nnd now somo feeling hns developed It was believed a few days ago that Judgo Morso and Judgo Lowla would bo nuro winner?. A good politician has now expressed doubts of this. Ho says that the plan of the four weaker candidates la likely to win unless somo very earnest work Is done right away for tho popular Judges. Another Republican leader said that the Convention promises some stunning surprises. sur-prises. V The best posted politicians ln the Third district aro still predicting thai Fred Loof-bourow Loof-bourow will be nominated for District Attorney. "Fred has always been a hard worker for Republican success," remarked one of these, "and ho has never lllckcred when a hard fight was on. He has never had a thing politically. Is fair minded and Is a flno lawyer. Tho party should not hesitate hes-itate about rewarding hln." T 4 Benncr X. Smith's friends, while not enthusiastic over his prospects, as Indicated Indi-cated by personnel of the district delegates, dele-gates, still feel that he will pull through. They mako no denial of tho error of Mr. Smith lost fall, ln supporting Mayor Morris, Mor-ris, but Bay that tho party needs him on tho ticket this year "becauso of his po-cullar po-cullar strength. Col. Kalghn and his friends, too, aro hopeful. The Colonel. It is conceded. Is ono of the best Republicans In tho District, Dis-trict, and If nominated ho will bo a good candidate. The Third District situation Is yot an uncertain one. The beat of politicians ngreo that no ono can figure on the result re-sult to a certainty. While at Chicago a few days ago Governor Gov-ernor Heber M. Wells was interviewed by tho Chicago Chronicle. Tho Interview Is especially Interesting locally, and as printed in the Chroniclo reads: "Polygamy is not only opposed by tho federal law and tho law of the State of Utah but it ia no longor a tonot of the Mormon church. "Polygamy." ho continued. "Is obsolete today, or getting' so as fnst as tho lapso of years will permit. Polygamy is no longer practiced by the younger genorn Hon of Mormons. Indeed. It Is no longor tolerated by them. "Young Mormons understand that civil- lzatlon Is opposed to polygamy and the peculiar pe-culiar InHtltiiUon cannot nourish ln tho twentieth century in America. "Particularly urc tho young Mormon women opposed to oolygamy. They will hn.vo nono of It. and what women will not tolerate In thcuc days haa no chanco of survival." A twlnklo appeared In tho Governor s eye. "I want to say," ho continued gravely. that oven tho Gentlle3 ln Utah recognlr.o that a man of the old dispensation who mado plural marriages is under moral obligation ob-ligation to provldo for his wives and to keep up tho separate establishments which plural marriage entails. "Tho obligation rests on such a man n,0.ulo,em,dlnto h,fl dulF t0 bin families. Bofi Mormon and Gentile communities In Utah recognize that fact and would con-Hidor con-Hidor a man who dufaultjd In Hhnt duty Ha recreant to his faith and his conscience. con-science. T.!"h: ,nly Polygamy that is nllvo In Ltnh today Is what remains from tho old dispensation. No new plural marriages arc being undertaken. There Is no chance ,,?,r rovlval of polygamy ln the future. Iho Mormon church Is dono with It." i After this emphatic comment upon the peculiar Institution Governor WoIIb passed I to a consideration cf the Smoot case'. I ,,'Mrr.- Smoot will ho allowed his ecat In tho Milted States Senate." ho said. "I myself signed hla commlslon as Senator from Utah. T know how ho was elected. He Is entitled to his seat by every logul hnd moral right. He Is not a polygamlst. ... C? taken no oath that Interferes with his duty or allegiance to the United States. Like any Christian man. ho undoubtedly un-doubtedly places his dulv to God beforo everything els, as I guess does even- man who Is religious But Mr. Smoot In under no obligation that Interferes with his duties du-ties as a Senator, no moro than any Protestant Pro-testant or Jew or Roman Catholic." Judge Cherry Is making an active canvass can-vass for one of the nominations for Third District Judgo on the Democratic ticket. Some of his party men sav the Judgtt lost his citizenship some time ago, when ho moved awav. and ihat he has not regained re-gained It sufficiently to receive a nomination. nomi-nation. , a This Interesting bit of local political Information In-formation comes from tho Indianapolis Star, recognized as a closo to Indian's Junior Senator, and written by Louis Ludlow, one of the clovercst of the army of Washington correspondents: "Senator Bevoridgo has declined to serve on the aub-commlttee of the Senate Committee Com-mittee on Privileges and Elections that Is to go to Salt Lako City to vtako evidence in tho Reed Smoot case. The reason he has given is that It is proposed that tho sub-mltteo sub-mltteo shall meet at a tlmo whon ho always al-ways takes his annual vacation. Senator Beverldgo has been petitioned by thousands thou-sands of Indiana women to use his infiu-ence infiu-ence to have Reed Smoot ousted from tho Senate, but Inasmuch as Smoot Is not a polygamlst. Mr. Beverldgo regards the question of law and fact as altogether in his favor, and he is not Inclined to act on sentiment. Thcro Is not a single Republican Re-publican member of tho Senate Committee Commit-tee on Privileges and Elections, except Chairman Burrows, who 13 willing to Korvo on the sub-committee. Most of them give as an excuse that Senator Dubois of Idaho is engineering the Smoot Investigation Investi-gation in order to get a rival removed from the Senate, nnd they say they are unwilling to play In with his political game. Under theso circumstances there Is not tho faintest prospect that Smoot will lose his scat." c Morris Sommer will be nominated by tho city Democrats for city Judge. Thiit Is taken as one of the political certainties certain-ties But it is almost certain, according to iho opinion of several of the "knowing ones," that he will got no farther. Ha Is a vcrv clever fellow, and has good friends throughout the city, but ho has to run the gauntlet of several influential Democratic enemies, and, considering the fact that he must havi all of his party votc3 to be elected, ho Is practically certain cer-tain of blllng tho dust. |
