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Show Irtfli'J Ho May Consent to Enter the J ill Gubernatorial Race, but ll'iif .j Will Be Defeated. w ! CONVENTION WILL NEVER ' ' :fy NOMINATE PR0V0 MAN tZ0 t '"Man Who Sat at the Presi- I j! J ; dent's Left" WUIilead Next tt-" f. "That Apostle Sinoot is playing with I1 1 t, the man who has been hig friend for . Iln years in the matter of tho gubcrnato- i, L - Tial noniiuation is now the belief of j many Church Republicans," said the ' ll Prominent Politician to The Stroller on I 'J'liursday. "The statesman from Provo s 'Hi is apparently doing the coy act, inclined I V If to bo coquettish and is dilly dallying y P in regard lo the announcement of his j candidacy for governor. KI ' "The organ of tho apostolic senator ill in alluding io tho contest: for tho Church Republican nomination for governor HQ . said: 11 Tne paramount question within the ltc- VI V publican party Is to nominate tho strong- Lll I eat man In SalL Lake county not neces- II' sarlly a man whose residence Is In this 1 county, but one who will show the most r?, strength here. In the desire to nominate l6 t . a man who will carry the most weight It L in tills county, the Republicans of tho 1 1 ? nntire State arc In harmony, because tho r . election of the Salt Lake county loglsla- -'4 - ' tl'e ticket Is the most important pros- ft , pect of the coming campaign, so far as ''4 f , the Legislature Is concerned. It means I 4 , . thirteen votes, which is some. While p- i . there Is not now any official dnta to L j - - speak from. It Is generaly believed by I I , i Republicans In Salt Lake that an nn- r I ' j nounccment will bo forthcoming In a few , 6 ,1 davs and that Governor-Cutler will havo . fil ' , opposition in his race for renomlnatlon , i X? 1 and re-election. The only thing that jt? !J; J stands between that announcement anil ; ijA -the public, it seems. Is the agreement: st LjS of some prominent Republicans and tho ! J' f f j Salt Lake county organization upon a man t J ! who will be tho strongest In this county, f Should it be decided that Governor Cut- It- i ' ler Is stronger than any other Republican. LJi ! It is not probable that he will have oppo- "fc 1 i sltlon. flL X i ' Loose Just a Toy. Kjfh "This is in accord with what 1 havo jY J 1 told vou. and is conclusive evidenco I , " that Smoot is us;ng his friend as a toy I ' 3'n the contest. Four years ago Apostle $ 2 Snioot selected John C. Cutler as tho ,, l1 candidate for governor. He did this rP ' after a conference was held with the Rt ; remainder of the band of twenty-six HJb ' t and several .Tack-Mormons; Curly Cal- Hlff lister wanted the nomination. lie had fi it, so to speak, in his hand. But tho Jt P . Jack-Mormons, including a well-known J finaucicr of Zion, objected so strenu- HKi! n ' ouslv to Curly thnt Apostle Smoot was H&Lft ' delegated to select a man a business HTCf l, ' man for the place. Ho chose John C. toM ' Cutler. Curly Cnllistcr was turned K''ff .down. His picture was turned toward V.i f tho wall. T) "Now Curlv is again in the ring, lie H.L 1 has, so I am informed, declared him- BtfL ?clf to the federal bunch. The same Hjl'C ; conditions exist todaj- against his can- Btlf didacy as existed four years ago. lie BfJi will again bo turned down. His pic- Al ture will still hang with its face toward f W ! the wall, lio will not go to the post. I ft 1 Spry Out of Race. I il "United States Marshal Spry, whom fl H the federal bunch wanted to run. is not tjh i 'in the race. As I haVe said to you befit be-fit , fore, while tho bunch and Smoot would IT V. i ' v like to havo had him for a candidate, aW such candidacy would have caused a right over who should succeed him as 'Jm jnarsbal, one of tho things that Smoot v M t does not want this year. Spry has no r IB m desire to be in the also-ran class. E yu ' "Swen 0. Neilsen of Sanpete, who V i j is making a canvass of the State in kj i , behalf of his own candidacy for gov- f II crnor, believes ho is in the race, but ml j when the convention is held he will not w t even be among the also-rans. I'jJS ''The talk about Superintendent of I Public Instruction A. C. Nelson having "; ' entered the race is absurd. Ho is a I il member of tho present State adminis- 'M ' tratioti. The administration proposes l IWs ' to stand by its chief. Geograohically U 'Xt ' the administration covers the State in I'i f'L I so far as division of the offices is con- pif el 1 cerned, henco it, is not reasonable to vp f L , suppose that Nelson will give up a I) IF, I certainty for an uncertainty, lie will rffcj' ( not even go to tho post. h M l IiOoso Not the Moses, f H '"'Then you drop back to the states-" v man from Provo, Colonel C. E. Loose, fcj Smoot does not want him to run be- L.'7 cause that would havo a tendency to Jn A'i in.iuro him. The party does not want ijjftm the governor and senator to como from Ex? j Utah countj'. That county is under tho Epjf.j ' absolute control of the band of 2G. Jt J '.I' t has been known to givp a Democratic IftiBI ;I j " majority on the state ticket, and should ByBf W tho Church Democrats nominate W. M. U !S , Roylanco of Provo for governor, as now I'jfl seems likely, Utah county would most VK 2 likely be carried by the Democrats, es- J pecially when so good a churchman as papB i , Boylance headed the ticket, and thoro aVaL7 lift-': was a Jnck-Morman at tho head of the I I fc) Church Bepublican ticket. Smoot knows H'r t this, and ho knows that should Jtov- kf lance carry Utah county the tail would IftVaH. likely go with the hide, and this would V Iv'i mean the legislators from that county. aVaB ?:. With Salt Lake county already lost to VJ f him he does not propose to lake any V " j further chances. This is why Looao in IftVanft, dilly dallying. This is why he seems pBaBaJtA coy and shv and coquettish. He may H?f j announce his candidacy but when tho paVjv Ijl. ' convention is held Smoot and the band PbVB.M I ' of 26 will seo that he is not nominated. He is considered all right as the editor fl-? m of the pay roll of Smoot's morning or-gan, or-gan, but as to being governor well, he ftpAHH ' will be among the aleo rans. K ' Cutler Jg the Man. H,'f 'This brings the question of a can-didate can-didate down to one who is the present papftpjl'' executive; the man who 'sat at the Pres-Hi. Pres-Hi. , idenfc's left;' the pugilistic governor of SB " 'A Utah. He has announced his candidacy BBpM''t ' tQrouch the public press. Ho has noth- BBVBr -m !g to, conceal. He is out in tho o-en. BBVfl I He points to the record and upon that BBBBv I he stands. He knew what ho was do- BBBB' , . itig when he said ho would be a candi- ' !J' 5rate.- The ar.d of 26 likewise knew. BBBBfl V i 6 15 a S00fl churchman. He is higher BBBMf in.1the ecclesiastical roster than his prob- BBBB Br fiWo opponent from Provo, P.oylance. Ho j BBBB'KU knowB that when it comes to choosing ' Mi between two churchmen Utah countv H:'S ' v?,t,ers stand bv him; therefore ho BBBS. !: jyill pull the legislative ticket with him. BBBBft I'BJ 4 bmoot knows this. This is whv Smoot BBBH' H is for Cutler. Why ho is using his friend BVBbi.H Loose as a toy. V'l "Cutler's platform, which, by tho B&y&SB ; -"ay. will bo embodied in tho Sta.b BBBBff 'Hf BBBB& VI i bbbbk''11I BBBBBM . platform, contains eight planks. Ho favors a great university, a great school of mines; a great agricultural college; a better juvenile court Bys-fcrn; Bys-fcrn; a home for fceblo minded; a State capitol building; the construction of great reservoirs, to conserve the waters, b3 the State; favors dry-farming by tho development of wcIIb of -water for culinary culi-nary purposes. rThis platform catches tho entire State. To Salt Lakers it is a bait in the way of the university and a capitol building; to Summit and Juab and Beaver counties it is a bait to tho mining min-ing interest; to Cache countj' it means etanding by tho Agricultural college and the retention of good saints in control; con-trol; to tho farmer it strikes both wet and dry. It is ingeniously constructed, and like the nigger's coon trap, io Bet to 'ketch 'em a-goin' or comin'. ' Who Is Behind Outler. "But above all else, its publication says to the people of the State that Cutler has been set apart to make the race. Ed Loose, as I say, may announce his candidacy; but, you know, notice was served upon Smoot that Utah county coun-ty could not have both senatorship and governorship in the same party, and if Loose sa3's ho will accept the nomination, nomina-tion, he will be as the lamb led 4o slaughter. Mark it down, if the church Republicans carry tho Stato in November, No-vember, it will bo with John 0. 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