Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-13 | Page 12 | Child Candidate for State School Head

GEORGE N, CHILD, grammar gram-mar grade supervisor, who . will probably be fusion candidate candi-date for state school superin-tendency. CHILD CANDIDATE FOR STATE fflDL HEAD Movement Started to Fuse Democrats and Progressives on Superintendency. George N. Child, supervisor of the grammar grades of the Salt Lake- City schools, will, in all probability, be the ' Democratic nominee for the position or state superintendent of public instruction. Mr. Child is not a candidate for the place, but many Democrats regard him as their most available man for the place and will probably Insist that ho accept the nomination. nom-ination. Overtures luivc already been made to the leaders of tho Progressive party suggesting sug-gesting that tho Progressives indorse tho nomination of Mr. Child In the event that ho Is placed on the Democratic ticket. The Progressives, it appears, liave no particular par-ticular candidate In inlnd aud may decide to agree to such an arrangement. Mr. Child Is a Democrat, and at tho time of his appointment to tiic Salt Iake schools was superintendent of the schools of Utah comity, a position to which he had been elected by a largo majority. The Indorsement of Mr: Child's candi-dacv candi-dacv by the Progressives would be In line with a deal that Is now being much discussed dis-cussed by the leaders of tho Democratic and Progressive parties, whereby the Domocrats and Progressives would divide the nominations on the state ticket. According- to this fusion arrangement tho Democrats would be given the nominees for United Stales senator, superintendent of pullllc Instruction, and congressman from the First district, known as tho outside out-side district, while the Progressives would he given the nominees for Justice of tho supreme court and congressman from district dis-trict No. 2, the Salt I.ake district. Thero is some talk of carrying the fusion idea down through the county ticket, though thin plan Is meeting with opposition. The candidate of the Republicans for btate superintendent of public instruction will probably be A, C. Matheson, the present pres-ent superintendent, who has been filling the place under appointment of Governor William Spry slnco the death of A. C. Nelson. At the time Matheson was named, it was suggested that Mr. Child be named for the place. However, It was thought best to appoint Matheson, who was then tho assistant superintendent. Mr. Child and Mr. Matheson ar clone friends, and both aro widely known throughout the state. A contest between the two would doubtless prove interesting.