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Show P0LITI6HL GOSSIP. ATTORNEY-GENERAL BREEDEN Is probably tho moat .sanguine Republican Re-publican In Utah. He thinks Roosevelt Roose-velt and Falrbanka will carry the State by moro than 25,000 majority. It may bo -10.CO0, General Brceden says. Republicans, Re-publicans, generally, are confident of success", but thcro is no one of prominence promi-nence who placos the figures so high as docs the Attorney General. a One Salt Lake Republican who will, In all probability, go on the ticket this year. In commenting on tho national ticket suggests that "if Teddy Is to drive it Is well to have Fairbanks at tho brakes." The two mako a great combination. combi-nation. i C. Burton, Jr., treasurer of Davij? county, coun-ty, is new Republican candldato for Slate Auditor. A friend to Burton speaking speak-ing of his candidacy Hald "lie has been the bead and front of the party In Davis county for years. When the party could not muster a corporal's guard there Burton and a handful of his friends continued con-tinued to battle, and now tho county Is debatable ground." M, D. Candland of Sanpeto county has entered tho llnta for the Republican nomination nomi-nation for Auditor of State. His candidacy candi-dacy is taken by some to moan opposition opposi-tion to Sfato Superintendent A. V Nelson since Superintendent Nelson la from the same county. Jt Is also said that Mr. Candland!s friends will attempt to, bring, out a' candldato from Salt., Lake 'county ignlnnt Superintendent Nelson, but thfs report la not confirmed, p CoL Georc B, Bquirea of the Atn&tr I of Stato a offlco was at Park City Tues- day and made an address to his comrades of th? G. A. R The roporter sent In his namo as Richard Squires of Provo. The Colonel would not object to bo changed to Provo. notwithstanding tho location lo-cation of 3 well-advertised State institution insti-tution at that place, but to call him Richard Is moro than he is willing to stand for. "Call mo anything but 'Tom, Dick or Harry and I'll never kick," declared tho Colonel, "but I must balk at Richard, Indeed In-deed I must." Former City Auditor Albert S. Reiser's friends are oolng some tall hustling for him for Stato Auditor. It now appearu that there will bo a greater contest for this nomination than for cither of tha other Stato offices on tho Republican ticket. Most of the politician? who are spell binders, have been Invited to mako Fourth of July speeches. Judge Botkln has recently slsned for Gold Mountain, Piute county, and tho natives are counting count-ing on an unusual tioat when the Judg-o uncorks his patriotic fervor. . Utah Republican politicians now count on a three-cornered fight for the nomination nomina-tion for Governor. The candidates will bo "Wells. Hammond and Calllster, un-leis un-leis a change from present indications develops. X'tah Democrats are disgusted at tho tamenoss of the Republican national convention, con-vention, and some of tho more deeply disgusted ones will take a train for St. Louis next week and see If they cannot helpstlr up a little oxoltmont In which i to drown .their-foollng-v i |