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Show Political Upheaval Gives Utah Her First Democratic Governor Drastic Prohibition Bill and Public Utility Commission Com-mission Assured. REPUBLICAN stocks, -which had displayed decidedly "bullish" tendencies in Utah for upward of twenty years, took a sudden tluinp on the seventh of last November and struck the bottom with a crash. Simultaneous with the decline of He-publican He-publican activities came the ascendency of Democratic and Progressive values a combination of the two being responsible respon-sible for the overthrow of the mutual rival. For the first time since Utah voted for free silver in lsiiO the state gave its vote in the electoral collego to a Democratic presidential nominee; tor the first time since admitted to statehood state-hood Utah elevated to the governor s chair a Democrat and a man who was I iot a member of the dominant church ' t Simon Bamberger, the second Hebrew ' governor of a state in the Union. But Utah did not stop there. It not only elected a Democrat to the United States senate Judge William H. King, the second Democrat sent to the upper liouso of congress since Utah became a statebut sent to the lower houso of concress Milton H. Welling, a Democrat, Hu,f returned James II. Mavs, a Progressive, Pro-gressive, and elected a Democratic state ticket and a Democratic legislative legis-lative ticket from too to bottom. Political Somersault. From a conservative Republican stuto l't:ih somersaulted into the Democratic Demo-cratic column with agility and dispatch. A normal Hepublican plurality ot troni Iil.OUO to 'Jii.tjOlt was deftly converted into a Democratic-Progressive plurality varvinc from 1S.0HJ to ;'.ti,00n. President Presi-dent 'ilson led the ticket with a plurality plu-rality of nearlv 3U.000 and the various state officers were given pluralities ranging down to a little more than 1S,-iiiiii. 1S,-iiiiii. Moreover, the vote cast was by far the heaviest in the history of the state and indicated an unusual interest in political activities. The total vote was a little more than 143.000, as against H,0OQ four years ago. . Everv conutv in the state cave President Presi-dent Vilsoii a plurality and all but two or three pave pluralities to Pomo-eratic-Progrcssive candidates on the state ticket. Kvcrv county elected Democratic-Procrcss'.ve members to the lower house of the legislature and every senatorial and indicia! district, where candidates of theso two departments were u)) for election was carried by the Democratic-Progressive nominees. As a t result the next legislature will carry a decidedly fusion atmosphere mostly Democrat:. Fusionists Win. Fusion of the Democrats and Progressives Pro-gressives was accomplished in so far as the state ticket was concerned and ia many of the counties, especially in Salt Lake county. In Salt Lake county every candidate on the fusion county, legislative and precinct tickets was elected with the exception of one constable con-stable and one justice of the peace. In most all of the counties the majority of the Democratic candidates were elected, although a fw Kepublicans and , one or two Socialists slipped through the ' net. The action in Utah was typical of the west as a whole. However, it has been intimated that "Utah must take the blame because "she started it." Reasons many and varied have been assigmed for the Republican defeat and the Democratic landslide. From Hie beginning be-ginning of the campaign the Republican national headquarters claimed I'tah, bag and baggage, and the claim was never ; seriously disputed by the Democrats at , national headquarters. Both slate organ-, tuitions expressed the utmost confidence throughout the campaign, each claiming the state by a plurality of about 10,000. : Even to the most sanguine Democrat, , the bis plurality piled up was a surprise. But '.he reasons well, let the politicians decide. Worked Overtime. j Both state conventions worked over- j time nailing down progressive planks in their platforms. The agitation for prohibl- j tion had become so strong that the leaders lead-ers of both parties realized that it would be the paramount issue of the campaign. , The Republicans promised a law that would become effective six months from the date of passage and the Democrats went one better by specifying August 1 as the date fur the liquor dealers to retire re-tire within the boundaries of the state. tXich party promised a public utilities commission, a reduction of taxes on small homes and small farms, good roads and practically everything else contained in the progressive category. And as a result re-sult of tiie promises of the leaders of all parties the fusionists believe firmly that the people of l he state want just such measures and are preparing to put them through at the coming session of the legislature. leg-islature. The Democrats and Progressives held a bitr pow-wow in Salt Lake early in December De-cember and outlined Die policies of the administration. To see that things were carried, out as outlined a .steering committee com-mittee of thirteen was appointed to crack the parly whip. The steering committee commit-tee was divided into various sub-committees whose duties it is to draft bills to carry out the pledges contained in the platform upon which the new administration administra-tion was elected. The most interesting of the proposed measures, of course, a re those pertaining to prohibition and to a public utilities commission. Detailed reports as to what is planned have not been made by the various committees, com-mittees, but it is understood from reliable sources that the prohibition bill will be the most drastic ever put into effect in any state in the Union. The fusionists Next Senate Will Have but Three Republican Members. plan to go the state of Idaho one better in several instances and not only prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within the state, but to specify that any fluid containing con-taining more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol shall be placed in the intoxicant cIk ss. The public utilities bill, it is understood, will not be materially different from -the one introduced at the last session of the legislature and which suffered a conversational conver-sational death. The fusionists also plan to jut a stop to the circulation of large funds in connection con-nection with political campaigns by the passage of a corrupt practices act. They also have a memoranda of the initiative and referendum promises and are talking talk-ing seriously of tacking on a recall provision. pro-vision. The good roads and the reduction in taxes to the small home owner and the small farmer arc taken as a matter of course, but the defeat of the proposed constitutional amendment, which provided for an increase in taxation on mines, was of a disconcerting nature. U is to be remedied, the fusionist leaders assert, even at the cost of the repeal of the law passed by the last legislature affecting taxation. Sutherland to Quit. Senator George Sutherland will band over his toga on March 4 to itenator-e!cct William H. King, and at the same time Congressman Joseph Howell will vacate his seat in the lower house in favor of Milton H. Welling. Congressman .lames H. Mays will go bark and begin where he left off, or, rather, work straight through. The state officers-elect will begin activities ac-tivities a liitle earlier, that is. the elective officers. They ill take the oath of of-lice of-lice and assume ilicir respective duties on January 1. 1!17. After many years of faith ful service Chief Justice D. X. Straup of the supreme su-preme court of the stale will retire tomorrow to-morrow in favor of M K. Corf man of Provo, supreme court justice-elect. At the same time Governor William Spry, one of the most capable and loyal executives execu-tives the stale has ever had, will step aside for Simon Bamberger, gocernor-elct. gocernor-elct. The other stale officers-elect who will assume their duties January 1 ai e: Harden Reunion, secretary of state, succeeding suc-ceeding David Malison; Pan B. Shields, i attorney general. succeeding a. H. Barnes; -Joseph Illrie. state .auditor, succeeding suc-ceeding Lincoln G. Kelly: IX O. Larson, state treasurer, succeeding Jesse D. Jewkes; F. G. Cowans, state superintendent superin-tendent of public Instruction, re-elected as non - part iaa n candidate on a il t hree tickets. When the state legislature opens on January S the three Republican sta te senators will experience a foepng of lone-soiiiciit-ss for vvhi'-b the me in hers of the tl. u. I. hae received very poor training train-ing in t he past, twenty years in t'tah. Of the eighteen members of the upper (Continued on Following Page.) Upheave! in Politics Gave Utah Her First Democratic Governor Next State Senate Will Have but Three Republi- A can Members; Drastic Prohibition Bill and Utilities Commission Assured. (Continued From Preceding Pago.) house, all but three are listed as either Democrats or Progressives, the three Republican Re-publican members being holdovers. In , the lower house, which consists of forty-six forty-six members, tiiere won t be anyone who looks like a Republican if lie values his life. The lower house is solidly Democratic-Progressive, principally 1 'emo-cratic, 'emo-cratic, although one Socialist slipped under the wire on a combination Peinoeratie-i Peinoeratie-i Progressive-Socialist ticket. He is from Tooele county, and his name is .I; Alex Hevan. He was in the lower house as a Socialist two years ago. The roster of the legislature and political politi-cal afiiliations of each member will be as follows: Senate: First district Archibald Bevan. Tooele. Democrat. Second district. James W. Funk, Richmond Rich-mond (holdover). Democrat. Third district Richard Stringham, Bountiful, Democrat, j Fourth district Joseph Chez. Ogden I (holdover). Democrat; V. J. Parker, Ogden. Og-den. Democrat. i Fifth district James YV. Clyde, Heber, Democrat. Sixth district George 11. Dem. Salt Uake (holdover). Democrat: Frank Evans, Salt Lake (holdover)), Democrat-Progressive; Culbert Ij.. Olson. Salt Lake, Democrat; Demo-crat; W. W. Armstrong, b-alt Lake, Democrat; Dem-ocrat; Wesley K. Walton, Murray, Democrat-Progressive. Seventh district H. T. Reynolds. Springville (holdover), Democrat; J. H-Wool H-Wool ton. American Fork (holdover). Republican. Re-publican. Eighth district Daniel Stevens, Fillmore, Fill-more, Democrat. Ninth district Orlando Bradley, Moroni Mo-roni (holdover), Democrat. Tenth district Quince Kimball. Pan- guitch. Democrat. Eleventh district William Seegmiller, Kanab (holdover). Republican. Twelfth district Don B. Colton, Vernal (holdover). Republican. House of representatives: Beaver John I Toiton. Beaver, Democrat. Dem-ocrat. Roxelder Wynn L. Eddy, Brigham City, Democrat. Cache Joseph E. Cardon, Logan, Democrat: Dem-ocrat: Ceorge Y. Smith. Smithtield, Democrat; Dem-ocrat; Walter W. Jones, Wellsville, Democrat. Car lion Frank T. Bennett, Storrs, Democra t. Davis F. H. Na!der, Syracuse, Democrat. Demo-crat. Duchesne G. Victor Billings, Duchesne, Democrat. Emery Nephl L Williams, Castle Dale, Democrat. C-Hi;ield John King, Escalante. Democrat. Demo-crat. Grand F. B. Hammond, Sr., Moab, Democrat. Iron George W. Decker, Parowan, Democrat. Juai Orson Caz'.er. Nephl. Democrat. Kane David D. Rust, Kanab, Democrat. Demo-crat. Millard Willjain F. Pratt. Hinckley, Democra t. Morgan James S. Hopkins, Croyden, Democrat. Piute Ruben DeWitt, Marysvale, Democrat. Dem-ocrat. Uleh Arch McKinnon, Randolph, Democrat. Dem-ocrat. Salt Lake Joseph G. Bywater, Salt Lake. Democrat: R. W. Young, Jr., Salt Lake, Democrat; .1. W. McKinney. Salt Luke, Democrat: Robert E. Currie, Salt Lake, Democrat; Charles M. Hecker, Salt Lake, Democrat ; Elizabeth ,). Hay ward, Salt Lake, Democrat; Daisy C. Allen, Garfield, Democrat; J. T. Raleigh, Salt Lake. Progressive; Grace Stratton-Alrev, Sii It 1 n L-ti Pm"VftSek-o Thntno q T tQ a a Riverton. Progressive. San Juan George A. Adams, Montlcel-!o, Montlcel-!o, Democrat. Sanpete H. R. Thomas. Wales. Democrat; Demo-crat; J. H. -.Mace, Gunnison. Democrat. Sevier J. E. Heppler, Richfield, Democrat. Demo-crat. Summit J. L. Boyden, Coalville, Democrat. Demo-crat. Tooele J. Alex Bevan, Tooele, Socialist. So-cialist. Uinta Lewis W. Currv, Vernal, Democrat. Demo-crat. Utah O. H. Beisj. Provo. Democrat; Edward Southwick, Lehi, Democrat; Alma Greenwood, American Fork, Democrat; Demo-crat; Lorenzo Aigyle, Lake Shore, Democrat. Demo-crat. Wayne Sylvester Williams, Tlnjrber, Democrat. Wasatch George A. Fisher, Heber, Democrat. Washington Arthur Paxman, St. George, Democrat. Weber D. L. Boyle, Ogden, Democrat; J. S.-Campbell, Ogden, Democrat; D. D. McKay, Huntsville, Democrat; James G. Wkldison. Jr.. Hooper. Democrat. At a senatorial caucus held in Salt Taka early in December, Senator James W. Funk of Cache county was the unanimous unani-mous choice for president of the upper house. While the organization will not be perfected for several days yet, it is believed that Senator Funk will meet with no opposition tor the presidency of the senate. The speakership of the lower house, however, has not yet been decided. A caucus has been called to be held at Salt Lake on January ti. when a choice will be. expressed. John F. Toiton fs an active ac-tive candidate for the position ajid it is believed that he will meet with little. If an', opposition. Both Senator Funk and Representative Toiton have had considerable experience in tlie branches of the legislature they probably will be chosen to hea,d. Senator Funk was the oldest senator in point of service at the last legislature, but because be-cause that body was of a decidedly Republican Re-publican complexion he served as floor leader for his party. Mr. Toiton has seen prior service in the lower bouse, although he was not a member at the last session. In Salt Lake county, in so far as the county administration le concerned, there will be no changes in the elective officers offi-cers except in the commlsslonerships and county attorney. Lafayette Hanchett of Salt Lake will succeed A. TI. Crabbe as four-year term commissioner, and Joseph S. Lindsay of Taylorsville will succeed Jesse H. Wheeler as two-year term commissioner. com-missioner. H. L. Mulliner. Democratic Incumbent, In-cumbent, was not a candidate for re-election and will be succeeded bv Richard Hartley. Democrat. C. F. Stillman, Democrat, Dem-ocrat, Is holdover commissioner. All other county officers were re-elected, which is to say that the incoming county administration Is of a decidedly Democratic-Progressive flavor. The five Republican judges of the Third district and the Republican district attorney at-torney will retire January 1 in favor of the Democrat 1c-Progressive officers-elect. Tlie iudges-eleet are Harold M. Stephens, P. C. Evans. W. F. Bramel, George F. Goodwin and J. Louis Brown. Wilson McCarthy will succeed E. O. Leatherwood us district attorney. Likewise two Republican city judges will give wav tomorrow to two Democrats. Demo-crats. John F. Tobin and W. H. Wflklns. The two Democratic-Progressive justices of rhe peace in Palt Lake were not candidates can-didates for re-election and will give way to two Other Democratic-Progressive nominees Hugo B. Anderson and Frank B. Scott. The new constables will be Thomas Fowler and A. J. Cope, also Democratic-Progressives. Outside of the legislative programme of the Incoming administration, the question ques-tion now attracting most attention Is the distribution of the spoils. So far Governor-elect Simon Bamberger has made but one appointment, that of a private secretary. For this position he chose F. V. Fltz Gerald, a Salt Lake newspaper man. In view of Mr. Fitz Gerald's experience ex-perience as a political reporter in other parts of the country he was especially fitted for the position, and the selection met with hearty approval by all members mem-bers of the party. I Governor Bamberger has announced that he expects to make no changes in the appointive offices unless there is something to be gained In the way of efficiency, effi-ciency, but at the same time intimated that he believed there was Just as good material in the Democratic party as in the Republican ranks. His main job since the election has been to search out the most promising as well as faithful members mem-bers of the party. What he has found or decided upon he has kept strictly to himself, him-self, although he has said that he expected expect-ed to be able to announce some appointments appoint-ments about the first of the year. It has been unofficially announced that Attorney General Dan B. Shields has selected se-lected James H. Wolfe as his first assistant. assist-ant. Jerrold R. Letcher, it has been announced an-nounced from authoritative sources, is to become chief deputy to Secretary of State Harden Bennion. Comparatively few changes are contemplated con-templated In the appointive positions in the countv administration. In the Third judicial district. District Attorney Wilson McCarthy has chosen as his assistant Isaac Blair 10 vans. The four assistants to the county attorney also have been designated. Mr, Hartley has recommended recommend-ed the appointment as his assistants of S. D. Thurman. Henry D. Moyle. Frank S. Richards and N. A. Robertson. Everything considered, the political complexion of Utah for the next four years will be decidedly Democra tic-Pro-crossfve. chiefly Democratic, and the administration ad-ministration of Salt Lake county, for at least two years. |