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Show What Political Leaders lave U Say, Shaping Up, According to Them, for Partisan May Be Four Complete Tickets Presented) Pre-sented) to the Voters of &alt Lake. I Municipal politics cnems to bo shaping -up for a straight partisan fight. Xo party official v;l slant1 for a statement In favor of a fusion ot.y combination. " It tho declarations made 'o Tlie Tribune Hl , are to be relied upon there will bo four L complete tickets before the .voters this HT fall, the conventions will bo liohl ' Scp- tcmber and October nnd the iVsucs will be tho question of municipal franchises, tho lato .administration and tho Remand for exact and impartial Justice to all classes of citizens. I Four Republican Aspirants. Four namcri arc mentioned as possible candidates for tho mayoralty on the Republicnn Re-publicnn ticket. They are Senator Geortjo N. Lawrence, George T. Odell. M-3L" M-3L" Walker and T. 11. Black. Councilman Black Is the onlv avowed aspirant for the position at this writing. Mr. Odell gained ninnv friends by his consistent nlthtudo during tho last municlpul cnmpiUgn, and Mr. "Walker la being urged to run by jnnnv business men. Thorn is very much do.ubt as to whether he would accept the nomination If tendered. Morris Leads Democrats. All Democrats concede that Mayor , Morris Is the logical Democratic candi date. Ills large vote two years ago gives him' the llrst call on the nomination. At the beginning of the year there was some talk among both Democrat and Republicans Repub-licans of a bl-imrtlsun ticket with Mayor I MoitIb at the head, to oppose the Amerl- I can partv. Such talk has ceased and no Republican or Democrat In a position of authority can bo found who will indorse i the Idea of a fusion. Expressions made to The Tribune by the executive officers of the several party organizations are unanimously In favor' of straight tickets l and a short campaign. I! Loofbourow's View. Chairman Fred C. I-oofbourow of the Republican city committee said: "I believe be-lieve there will be three ticke.ts In tho Held at tho city election. It Is still rather early to make predictions, but so far as tho Republicans are concerned sentiment seemB to be In favor of a straight ticket. For my part 1 am inalterably opposed to any combination. I will also favor a short campaign. One month. L believe. Is plenty. plen-ty. That would bring the convention somewhere between the 1st and 5th of October. The Issues? "Well, no ono can sav what the next few months may bring forth, but It looks as though the question ques-tion of granting franchises for public utilities would be well to the front." Chairman Eldredg-e's Opinion. Republican County Chairman J. U. 131d-rt?dge 131d-rt?dge Jr., was asked whether he favored a partisan cumpalgn. ' I do," he said. The Republicans can win hands down and would be foolish to enter into a fusion." fu-sion." "What. In your Judgment, will be. the Issues of the campaign?" "I don't car? to talk about that." "What would you suggest as tho most suitable dnto for the city convention?" "I think, a short campaign would be best. The middle of October ought to be early enough." , ' View of Chairman. Thomas. Mathonlhnh Thomas, chairman of the Democratic Joint city and county committee, commit-tee, expressed himself as follows: "In my Judgment there will be threo tickets in the Held this fall tho Democrats, and IRepubllcnns, and I suppose the Americana will muke an expiring effort. Among Iho Democrats tho feeling seems to be all in favor of Independent action. If -there has been any talk of fusion I have not heard of It. 1 thlnlc wo should put up a straight ticket. It-. would be premature to say what tho Issues will be four months hence. The Democrats have. I believe, good caust to stand on the record mado by Mayor Morris. Let us have a short campaign by all means, Time enough for the filing of nominations Is all that wo require. The business Interests demand that we. mako tho campaign as short as possible. The issues will be purely local 1 and there will bo no need for an extend ed campaign. Within the next two or three weeks the leaders of the party will be called together to discuss matters pertaining per-taining to the future welfare of the party ami lb present policy." Morris for Partisan Line-TJp. i Mayor Richard P. Morris had no hesita tion In announcing himself as in favor of a partisan line-up. "I would bo In favor of a straight Democratic ticket." he said. "As to the Issues I am unable to say much at this time. The campaign Ib a long way oft. 1 do favor public owner-1 owner-1 ship, but I have doubts as to whether It ' can be carried into effect here at this time. Tho city should own Ita lighting plant, but whether It nhould undertako commercial lighting Is questionable. At " any rate It should reserve Its rights to power and polos for that purpose. I think that a month boforo election would bo time enough to hold tho convention." American. Ticket Certain, State Chairman "Wlllard F. Snyder said In behalf of tho American party: "I don't know' what the other parties will.' do, but there will certainly bo a straight American party in tho field thl3 fall. Tho issue will be to elect men who will do ustlco to the entlro city, without fear or prejudice. I do not think we need havo a long campaign. Wc do not need a long , ono to win this fight. The convention, 1 , believe, should he held lato In Septcm- , ber." How the Socialists Talk. "Fpr tho llrst time," said C. L. Spiegel, State t secretary of tho Socialist party, "we really expect to elect some Council-men Council-men in Salt Lake City. Our campaign began after the election Inst fnll, al- 1 though we will not make nominations un- 1 til .July or August. There has been nn astonishing political awakening hero among tho wage-earners nnd, with four tickets In tho Held, we will havo a fight-lng fight-lng chanco In at1 least ono ward. The only thing that can injure us will bo for one of the other parlies to como out squarely for public ownership and this ' they nro all afraid to do. Certainly we will have a ticket in Salt Lake thlH fall and you may add that there will bo a Socialist ticket in every incorporated town in tho State " I |