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Show Solons Flock to Sutherland Side Believed He Will Have Votes to Spare Smoot Machine Works Smoothly. "Wo are confident that George Sutherland Suther-land will havo twenty votes moro than a majority on Joint ballot." said George Hanson, Mr. Sutherland's manager. In speaking of tho coming Senatorial contest con-test last evening. "No less than fifty members of tho Legislature havo been to headquarters today and assured us without with-out solicitation that they wero for Suth-SJ Suth-SJ land. ' Mr. Hanson's estimate may be optimistic, optimis-tic, but there is every Indication that Mr Sutherland will have, if not the twenty votes to pare, at least a substantial majority ma-jority In both houses. The Smoot machine ma-chine was never working moro smoothly and the possibility that It Will slip a cog Is exceedingly remote. Even the BartCh claimants admit that a landslide, an earthquake or some other providential Interference In-terference Is tho only thing that can save their candidate. One by ono tho Solons who refused to sign the call for a caucus Wednesday night have been coming into tho fold Cromar and Edward of Salt Lake furnished fur-nished tln lr autographs early yesterday morning Kuchler and Pancake of Og-den Og-den have, according to Manager Hanson, declared that they would enter tho caucus. cau-cus. Daly of Summit Is tho only Republican Repub-lican In tho Houso whoso Intentions are a matter of doubt. Every Republican Senator haa signed tho call for tho caucus. |