Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 24 | Burbidge to Enter Race for Sheriff

BUiK TO ENTER 1 RACE FOE SHERIFF: Announces . His Candidacy1 for Nomination on the Democratic Ticket. j John B. Burbidge is a candidate for th; Ien:ocratie nomination for sheriff, j Ho announced himself yesterday. ! For a -(u:irter of a century Mr. Bur- ! i.aif,"e has brcn a ie;u-- officer of Salt lie, his "cr.vn home town." For four- : r.-t-n c-ars he was a captain of police. ; iMiriner the past four years he has been chiff leputv to Sheriff John S. Corless. ! Many t ri-nris of Mr. K .Thidge have he.-' n insistent that he berorne a randi- j d:ite, now that the chance of election is rftrarded a rosy. Twice in time past j li-- permitted his name to he put on the ticket when there was little possibility . ul democratic victory. I Rccoriiziii;,' that party loyalty actuated I him lo ac'cpi the nomination on both j 'n-evious occasions, on the argument of the leaders that his; name would strengthen strength-en the ticket, his friends now say that In- is due to come into just recognition. When last a candidate, Mr. Burbidge ran si-veral hundred votes ahead of his ticket. for this reason, it is arpued by his supporters, sup-porters, if he - was strong when the i etnoerats were weak ho should a doubly stroncf r-amiidate now. 1 lyrum S. tvmofield, former deputy In :he office of the county recorder, is out r the Democratic nomination for election elec-tion as recorder, according to his own announcement yesterday. Since lie resigned from I hp. recorder's ' office November 1, 1!I6, Mr. Schofield hns ber-n employed in the city treasurer's office in connection wi tli necessary ab-1 ab-1 straet work. Kxccpt for a short period during which he lived In California he. lias been a resident of Salt Lake since : i2.