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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-08-31 | Page 9 | Political Leaders Begin Laying Plans for Fall Campaign

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Date 1933-08-31
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Political Leaders Begin Laying Plans for Fall Campaign
Type article
Date 1933-08-31
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 9
OCR Text Political Leaders Begin Laying Plans For Fall Campaign Electorate to Pick Three City Officials Vote on on Power Issue Utah Utah- S U. U S. S Amendments With the suffering g citizenry still convalescing from the hectic campaign of last fall tall symptoms of another epidemic of at speechmaking backslapping and other political activity made their appearance in Salt Lake Lak Thursday y Orators were conning the Gettys Getts Gettysburg Gettysburg burg address and other sure fire sources for tor vote getting speeches hammers rang with the mending of oJ political fences dealers everywhere reported a office land business in 5 cent cigars cigars- The st stage is s 5 being s set t and the bal bal- has begun for Salt Lakes Lake's big political show of 1933 The coming election next November Novem Novem- ber 7 will be unique and from reveral several rev sev eral standpoints one of the most important to the state as a whole since Utah's admission to the Union political observers agree An amendment to the federal constitution constitution con con- con con- two amendments to the state constitution and possibly a at t third rd state tate issue will ill be placed before the electorate bf of the state as a l whole In Salt Lake the voters oters will ballot for nt- nt two city commissioners a city auditor auditor au au- au and on the proposed construction construe construe- tion and operation of an municipal power plant HARD liARD FIGHT AHEAD toms Tom have already begun to boom in the political camps of numerous nu nu- nu aspirants for public office in Salt Lake and indications are that the November election will wUl be fought as hard if not harder than the thc 1932 campaign Commissioners Harry L L. L Finch and Harold B. B Lee wh whose e terms expire this year ear have not formally an an- their candidacy but are certain cere Lain bin to be in th the field to succeed themselves them them- selves City Auditor Samuel F. F Nicholls whose term also expires this year is expected to announce his candidacy for another year four term in a few afew weeks Pinning their political hopes on th the municipal power power projects project's fate R. R H. H DocIle Doelle and A. A C. C Todd backed by the committee sponsoring the thc power plant move have announced their candidacy candidacy candi candi- dacy for the vacancies on the city commission P. P H. H Goggin former state stale representative representative ve and Representative ent tive Chris Gr Greenhagen have been widely mentioned mentioned men men- as possible candidates to oppose oppose op op- op pose the incumbent city commissioners commission commIssion- ers as hits has Deputy Sheriff Kershaw N. N White J J. J Fields Greenwood former for mer mar supervisor of streets under Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Lee and other ther lesser known aspirants NONE FILED YET YETTo YETTo YETTo To date no one has filed as M a candidate can canS for city auditor although Mr Nicholls expressed the belief Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day that the next few weeks would bring to the front not nota a few hopefuls with their eyes on his office The power issue will brin bring about for Cor or the first time In Salt Lakes Lake's h history his his- s. s tor tory the invoking of or the Initiative and referendum The city commission commission commission commis commis- sion Thursday rejected a proposed ordinance to place the city in the Continued on Pave Pane Fifteen LEADERS PLAN FALL All F CAMP CAMPAIGN AIGN Continued From Pass Pace Pal Nine power ower business and since the required re reo re- re number of of ot signatures signature have been een affixed to the necessary petition pt peti- peti tion ton on the te proposition will wi automatically ly y go before the te voters in jn Novem Novem- ber er What probably will wl command more attention than any other proposition on n the ballot balot however will wi be the te amendment to the state constitution repealing the bone dry clause cau of that hat document document The constitution now limits the alcoholic al coholic content of permitted beverage beverages bever- bever ages age to one half of 1 per pr cent and an n affirmative vote on n the proposed amendment would expunge this thi lm urn urn- tation Such a vote would allow the legal lega sale ale of 32 beer but of beer only on January 1 I 1934 WILL VILL ELECT 21 Twenty one delegates delegate will wi be elected elect elect- elect ed d to t a constitutional convention to toast cast ast cat Utah's vote on the amendment to o the federal constitution repealing the he eighteenth amendment amendment Each Ech nominee will appear on the ballot balot as favoring repeal of oC the eighteenth amendment or against its it repeal repeal Ballots Bal Bal- lots lot will wi be of ot a different color to Insure insure inure in in- sure ure a fair impartial expression o of public sentiment on the te controversIal issue The following machinery machner has hs been set et up for a vote on the federal amendment Delegates shall hal be nominated from the he state at large by petition petton signed by jy not less than registered voters A single petition petton may nominate any number of candidates not to t excecil exceed ex ex- ex- ex cecil ced 21 Nominations must mut be without party pary par par- ty y designation but the petitions mus must mut contain a signed signe written statement from each nominee nomine that tt he will wi vote vot either for or against the federal te amendment amendment The Te two forty two nominees nominee whose petitions contain the largest larges larget number of signatures signature shall sha be b the candidates candidate of the wet anc and dry groups group by the of state All AU nominating petitions petton must b be beed filed ed with wit the secretary of state ste no noless not less le than thaI 40 days before the coming election electon The candidates receiving the te highest high high- est et number of votes at the te election eleton shall be the delegates to the convention conven convent Ion tion ton an and 28 days after the election they will wi meet at the te capitol to ratify or reject the federal amendment which means mean the death of ot national prohibition Voters also alo will wi pass pa upon the state slat constitutional amendment amendment- passed by bythe bythe the last lat legislature in regular session providing for a minimum wage fo for women and minors employed in Utah Uth The attorney general has ha ruled that tha tat the electorate must choose a state stat treasurer to succeed Charles Charle A A. Stain Stin who was wa elected to that tt office ofie lasall last las fall all fal but since sice has h been unable to obtain ob ob- ob tain a bond and qualify Whether this thi matter mater will wl be placed place before beCore the voters in November waa was wa wasa a question awaiting an answer anwer from Governor Henry H. H Blood who un un- u- u attorney generals general's ruling must proclaim a vacancy in the o office of of- fice of state stat treasurer and appoint a successor to serve until a treasurer treasure is elected at the te next general el elec tion ton
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