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Show SPIRITED CONTEST 01 IN fiEPKfii GAMP Delegations Are m Great Demand by Candidates for Nominations SMOOT MEN ACTIVE They Want, Most of All, County Attorney and Long-term Long-term Commissioner Spirited contests for delegations to the Republican county convention wl I probably prob-ably be staged In almost every voting district In the city tomorrow nlfht The multiplicity of candidates for nominat ons to the various county offices lends more than usual Interest to the primaries It Is likely that in most of the districts there wi 1 be sharp fights for the delegations. Broadly speaking 11 wl 1 be the Smoot bosses against t e fled Ith the odds considerably In favor of the bosses The Smoot peop e are bend ng the r energies prlncfpa y to securing nominations for two offices long term county comm sslon. er and county attorney If they get these offices they wl 1 rest content even though they lose most of the other offices How eer If they w n fhese two places on the ticket they w 1 probab y have strength enough to name the ent re ticket After Commissionership t or long term commiss oner the Smoot men a e ns s Ing on the nom nat on of T A Ca ster brother of B H Ca is ter general manager of the Hera d Re pub can and for county attorney they want Char es M Morr s former y private pecretary to Senator Smoot, now attorney for the He aid Repub lean The Smoot bunch wou d also Ml e to name the cand date for sheriff but the members are w ng to trade this nom ina ion for the other two f they can be pec red in that manner Deputy Sheriff R L Eddington a relat ve of the Cal 1 sters is the Smoot choice for sher ff j but the bunch a so has a seoond and a j rd cho ce for sher ff and may be w ling j to concede a po nt or two ! For almost everv nominat on there will i pro ab y be In ereB ng contests at next F da s county convent on hut the flgh a , for sheriff commiss oners and attorney b d fa r to be the most exc t ng As a running mate for T A Cal ster for two vacancies on the board of county comm ss one s the Smoot men have se ec ed A- J Ho t of South Jordan The ho dover con m ssloner Is a Sa t Lake C j man and there is practical y a cer a nty that one man for commissioner f om the county outside of the c tj wl 1 bo c osen Oppos rig Cal Ister for the nominat on ire J Charon Thomas Hobday and W ard Snow Mr Charon was former y a rman of the Amer can party c ty com m tee He has a strong fol owing and fin active o gan zat on working In h s in erest Afr Hobday is a so a former Ame can party man He served in te tv counc and as super ntendent of the ater department W ard Snow is coun i tv road super sor Unti recently he , ved In the county outs de of the c ty 1 1 mits but a recent annexation brought i 1 m ns de of the c ty , John Dunn of M dva e and Jan es Ca oon of Murray are oppos ng the nomina t on of Ho t Mr Dunn is a member of t e Repub an county comm ttee and an nc e Repub lean worker He v 1 prob ab v have the sold support of the Md a e de egat on and In add tlon many oth er de egates n that section of the coun Air Cahoon is wide y known thro gh out the c ty and county and wi 1 doubtless be s rong n t e convent on Morns Against the Field For a torney It is Morr s aga nst the fed Un ess Mo ris ctn get a most as man votes on tl e f rst ba ot as a 1 of t e rest of the and dates comb ned he may ose the nom nation as there appears to be a dispos tlon on the part of the rest f the cand da es to drop out and throw their st engt to he highest one of Mor ns s opponents after tre first ba ot In 0 ded among thoe who are 1 sted as can dldates oppos ng Mr Morris for the nom innt on a e Jay H Stockman L E M ner "V G egory The ent ance of former Sher ff Joseph C Sharp into the contest for the nom na on fo co nt shpriff had been long 1 oked for h s f r ends The announce ment s sa d o a e been he d bac n o der that a d ama c ent ance nto the race n ht n ake h m the og ca dark hor e Hove e the effect Tas la gey J scountpd bv the fact that de p te Mr Sha p s repeated den a s that he would enter the contest the mp ess on was p e va ent hat he wou d be n the f ght befo e It was over Heretofo e e Smoot crowd has been with Sharp a d due to their infl ence he was twice nom nated and e ected sheriff Tl s jear however the po tea bosses a e said to be on y lukewarm toward fabarp However as et thej do no ap pear to ha e exerc ed a g eat ea of nfluence in se ect ng a cand da e fo she ff so that at present he ontest for the om na on appears to be a f ee for a f pht w th a chan e fo a nos any a, one of tr e various cand dates to w n Among thobe ether act e o re ept ve cand dates for the nom na on a e She ff nd e Sm th j Thea chwe zer of B ngham Deputy Sher ff R L Ddd ng ton A J Da Is Deout Sher ff Joseph E. B rbtdge former Ch ef of Po ce am ue M Bar ow Deput her ff Bert ger Irobation Off ce Cua de o B own Deputy Sher ff Re ey Beckstead P S Cond e and Deputy Sheriff Da d M Guest |