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Show I PLITieftL gssipT" MEMBERS of the City Council of Salt Lake will visit the World's Fair during the Democratic National Na-tional convention. It Is said the members had the trip planned for that week, feeling that the fair might not be strenuous enough for them and desiring de-siring to see something real game before be-fore returning to their arduous duties afl the administrative forces of Ihc city aovernmcnt. Indications arethat they, will be fuly gratified. . . T ;' . . Secretary of " State Hammond hiked out of town Saturday to;get away froin the political swirl long enough to think about the Gubernatorial q'uestlon nlfby himself. He took his 'fishing rod,, and a can of worms with him and hopes to return with an inspiration. If fish could tnlk, some of the local anglers might have to revise their yarns. .And, by the way. have you heard how many trout Deputy Marshal Smyth took from a stream In the Uintah Indian reservation during his recent vacation? K Alfred Luther, former member of tho Utah Legislature from the Twenty-third Legislative district, is a candldato for re-election. Mr. Luther is from Esca-lante Esca-lante and Is one of Garfield county's best known and most popular Republicans. Repub-licans. , Attorney W. A. Lee of this city, formerly for-merly Assistant Attorney-General, may become a candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney-General. Friends are urging him to make the race, but he has not authorized an announcement. an-nouncement. A close friend declared on Saturday that Mr. Lee would soon enter the contest, however. Former Representative George Sutherland Suth-erland is In Washington, and the dispatches dis-patches say he has called on the President Pres-ident and the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General. c C. A. Glazier of Provo wjll not be a candidate for State Auditor, but for State Treasurer. His name has been considered for both of these places, but It Is now given out that If he concludes to continue In the race for a State nomination nom-ination that It will be with the intention inten-tion of landing tho nomination for Treasurer. There are two candidates for a State nomination from Utah county, Mr. Glazier Gla-zier and State Treasurer Dixon. Mr. Dixon wants to suoceed Secretary of State Hammond. He is said tq have a strong following, but his friends say his candidacy Is hampeqed by that of Mr. Glazier. An effort Is being made to Induce Glazier Gla-zier to withdraw and permit Utah county coun-ty Republicans to center on Dixon. It Is urged that as Mr. Glazier Is a brother-in-law to Senator Reed Smoot, and that as the county has one of the Sen-atorshlps, Sen-atorshlps, It is Impossible td secure two State nominations. It Is not known whether or not Mr. Glazier will get out of Mr. Dixon's way, but some prominent Utah county Republicans Re-publicans believe he will In the Interest of harmony. Utah county wants one of the three leading State officers in order to care for the interests of Provo in regard to the State Asylum for Insane, located there. Either the nomination for Auditor Audi-tor or Treasurer would be satisfactory. It Is said, and now the politicians of the county are attempting to shape matters so as to secure one of these nominations. j Among the Republican candidates for the Legislature from Sanpete county are William Metcalf and Henry Kcarns of Gunnison; F. C. Jensen, Abraham Johnson and C. W. Sorensen of Mount Pleasant. Peter Deerlng of Mnnti and Parley Chrlstensen of Mayfleld. Mr Metcalf was a member of the last Legislature. a w Those urging Sam Newhouse to accept ac-cept the presidency of the Young Men's Democratic club will probably be disappointed dis-appointed Mr. Newhouse is believed to be looking look-ing for no such empty honors. R. L. Anderson, chairman of the Republican Re-publican county committee of Sanpete county and Mayor of MantI, Is in the city on business. Mayor Anderson says tho Republican National ticket will receive an unprecedented unprece-dented majority In Sanpete county next November, i , 4 Swen O. Nielsen of Fairfield. Sanpete county, a member of the State Board of Equalization, Is In the city, accompanied accom-panied by his wife and their son. Mr. Nielsen says the Republicans of Sanncte county will roll up a handsome majority next fall ; that the nomination of Roosevelt and Fairbanks promises to give the party a great lead over other campaigns. "Sanpete county was never more prosperous than It Is at this tlmo," said Mr.' Nielsen. "The sheep Industry, which leads all others, has taken great prominence, and the farmers are being be-ing spurred on by their prosperity to make the next year's business even greater than was this. "Sheep fared, unusually well last winter. The wool .crop was fine and prices were good. And the lambing was heavy." Mr. Nielsen is one bf Sanpete's prominent prom-inent stockmen. He Is an onthuBlastic Republican and lias often been mentioned men-tioned as a fitting candidate for several sev-eral of the best State offices. But he has expressed no willingness to leave his pastures for politics, save to employ em-ploy politics as a pastime. |