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Show LOOSE IT Be Will Not Ask for Presidency. Probable That Wesley K. Walton of Rich Will Preside Pre-side Over Senate. Many Already Seeking- Places During Dur-ing Session of Utah General Assembly As-sembly Legislative Notes. Already there Is considerable Jntorout in tho probable presiding officers of the Utah Ilouso and Senate. A week ago tho apostolic organ predicted that Thomas would bo the next Speaker of the House, and that Senator C. IS. Loose would to the President of tho Senate. It Is a good guess, now, that tho npost-tollc npost-tollc wires wore crossed In at lonst half of this cuess. Senator Loose will not bo a candidate for President of tho Senate. He will content Talk About Pre- himself with a seat sidinc Officors 0,1 ,lle nor , rninb wmcois Two reasons aro of Legislature, giVOn for this. First. it Is uaid 'hat Representative Rep-resentative George Austin of Lehl, si cry close friend to Senator Loose, desires to distinguish himself as Speaker of the House, and It is admitted that his chances would bo interfered with very much If Senator Loose wore to be elected to (ho Presidency ot the Senate. That Loose can have anything he dc sires Is conceded on all side;, and If ho Is really behind the candidacy of Austin, Austin will bo tho next Speakr. Otherwise, Other-wise, the chances aro that Thomas UU, the man who was discovered a few years -ngo by Fred Prlco, and who was tho Speaker of the last House, may succeed himself. Frank Flshburn of Box Kldcr Is also spokon of as a probable candidate, but he Is not regarded In such favor by tho .Smoot-Sutherland combine as lo have yny show for tho nlace. There are three active and receptive candidates for President ot the Senate. These aro Stephen M. Love of Salt Lake, Bishop Thomas C. Callistor of Millard and Wesley K. Walton of Rich. The latter lat-ter Is tho vice-chairman of the Republican Republi-can State committee and has a very strong backing. Senator Love would do lbtless land tho place, but he was opposed to tho election elec-tion of Apostle Reed Smoot two years ago, and it Is said ho Is too Independent Independ-ent to be trusted in the chair by the Smoot-Sutherland organization. He was not on the Legislative elate when tho iv-cent iv-cent county convention was held, but some ot his friends made such a row about it that Senntor Love's name waft substituted, for Mr. Ridcout's, which was on tho original slate. A Mormon will be the Speaker of the House, and as Walton Is the only Gentile Gen-tile asking for the Presidency of the Senate, Sen-ate, It Is now believed he will win. o o The probability is that there will bo an interesting contest for the organization organiza-tion of both houses, for tho reason that tho winners will distribute the patronage. patron-age. If there Is one thing that Is more Interesting In-teresting to the average Utahn these days than tho salvation of his soul. It Is a place at the public ple-countor. It Is ouch a lino thing to recelvo State or county warrants and huve a little brief authority Fully ono hundred of the faithful are now looking forward to tho time when they may como to Many Want Leg- -Ion and remain at 'tRlirivft tno oxpenae of the -siaiive peneral public for Appointments, sixty days. But all of the aspirants, as-pirants, for tho Legislative appointments aro not from the cow counties, Suit Lako countyltes are equally as hungry. They did as much "to save tho country" us did their country cousins, and will havo this advantage they are on the ground and can nail the members as they come lb town. One of tho members-elect said vestcr-dav vestcr-dav that it Is a caution how many men aro wanting a clerkship or an appointment appoint-ment as doorkeeper. If the old rule Is pursued there will be about eighteen places to fill at $1 a day tor sixty days. There will be a chief clerk of tho Houso and assistant secretary of the Senato; also minute, engrossing p.nd docket clerks of both houses. In addition addi-tion to these, several of tho Important committees will havo clorks and there will bo a sergcant-at-arms of tho Senato and the House, thrco or four doorkeepers and two chaplains. It Is moro than likely that many moro applicants will present thomselves than can bo served. This will be one of tho first troubles of the Smootlcr organization. organiza-tion. It will be Impossible to servo all, and this will help tho Democrats, with tho aid of the Lord, to reorganize their shattered ranks for the next gcnoral campaign. cam-paign. One of Utah's best Informed legislators says he expects a successor to Senator Thomas Kcarns will be elected as early as January 18. The Legislature will organize or-ganize January 9. According to law, tho election of a Senator May cannot be had bo- Elcct Senator . tno second tri. luesday aftor or- Early. , .ganlzatlon. If for !any reason the Legislature Leg-islature should not organize on the 9th, then no election could be held before the 21th. The probability Is there will bo a caucus cau-cus of tho Republican members of tho Houso and Senate separately beforo the 17th. Then, on the ISth, a Joint cauous of both houses will. In all probability, be held. If either of tho applicants receives a majority of tho votes the formal election elec-tion will speedily follow It will require 29 votes to carry tha joint caucus. According to tho latest reports re-ports of tho complexion of tho Legislature, Legisla-ture, there will bo fifty-seven Republicans Republi-cans In tho Senate and tho Houso and but six Democrats. Thirty-two votes, all told will elect a United Stales Senator. One of Georgo Sutherland's frlonds says the election of Mr. Sutherland to tho United States Senato will bo a mere formalitythat for-malitythat Senator Smoot promised tho placo to Mr. Sutherland on tho strength of the fight against Promised Suther- 'Senator Kcarns. and land Before Candi-1 Mr Sutherland dates Were Namedoiccted'Vfor'o haU I .the candidates -for the Leglalaturc were nominated. Confirmation of this makes a vory stunning stun-ning case against Senator Smoot's power as an apostlo. A man who can barter a United States Senatorshlp beforo ho knows" who will cast the votes that will mako tho barter good, is a rare specimen in American politics. There arc many big political Iwhsos, but Matt Quay or Tom Piatt In their might could not mako a deal so far In advance And Senator Smoot as a citizen could never do It in Utah. It Is reported that at least four well-known well-known Utahns havo letters from tho members-elect of tho coming General Assembly, As-sembly, requesting them to nnnounco as candidates. Theso aro Judgo George W Eartch, Gov. Hobor M. Wells, former Gov" A. L, Thomas and W. S. McCornlck. Gov. Wells cays ho is In no sense a candidate. |