Show CHRISTENSEN CH RI STENSEN LEADING RACE FOR GOVERNOR GOVERNOR S. S L. L Contractor Has Apparent Edge on G. G O. O P. P Rivals By JENNINGS PHILLIPS I D. D H. H Christensen Salt Lake City contractor Tuesday apparently ap ap- ap- ap had won von a near plurality vote and the favored position in the six-sided six pre pre- convention race race for the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican nomination tion for governor governor governor gov gov- as a record party primary primary primary mary vote rolled in from the states state's three most populous counties On the bas basis basl of claims from the Christensen camp camj modified somewhat by an unofficial check of pledged and uninstructed delegates delegates del del- del del- to favor or him Mr 1 ChrI Christensen te seemingly was f favored fa Ia- v red by a majority of th tho Salt SaltI I take Lake county Republicans ris a ane near r majority of Weber county party voters and substantial support Iro from Utah county Con Conceding the Salt Lake City contractor con con- tractor a lead in Salt Lake and Weber counties but disputing the I margin of his advantage the three ot other r. r candidates in Monday nights night's elections' elections countered cl claims ims of or Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- Chris I ChrisIte te en followers with conflicting es estimates estimates estimates es- es of their own strength and anda a prediction that the tho battle will not be won won outside counties counties counties counties' coun coun- ties ties' ballot banot at Saturdays Saturday's ys y's state nominating nominating nom nom- mating con convention en ion e Second CIl Choice ice Close Ray Hay E. E Dillman Roosevelt attorney attorney at at- tor torney ey and W. W W. W Seeg the party's 1932 were List t ot t Delegates on Page 12 placed in a neck and neck race for second position by the tho unoffiCial unofficial cial tabulation which credited the former with the advantage in Salt Lake City and the latter the edge edgein edgein in inthe the county precincts outside the city E. E W. W Kelly Salt Lake City merchant mer mer- chant Insisted his strength In Salt Lake City and county would be between between between be be- tween 1 12 and votes and that Utah county c would also give him additional support Each of the three leading contenders contenders contenders con con- tenders claimed advantage In Utah c county u tty whose delegates all aU were Uninstructed uninstructed un- un instructed instruct d in the gubernatorial race Delay in reporting tho the vote from the outside precincts In Salt Lake county prevented an accurate forecast forecast forecast fore fore- cast of of the relative strength of tho the candidates but indications were that this portion of the the county's votes would be split spilt between Dillman and Christensen Christen Christen- sen in that order F F. Henri Henriod Christensen campaign general crediting tho the support support support sup sup- port of young Republicans Republican for his candidates candidate strong showing claimed 50 00 to 60 ncr ner cent of the Snit Snit- nl T tr co county nty v vote te This w would uld g give Mr Christensen around votes Ho HG also claimed more more than 50 per cent of the Utah county delegates delegates dele dele- gates and nearly half of the tho Weber Weber Weber We We- ber Each county has 01 convention delegates Claims Clash On the other hand Malcolm Malcoln A. A Keyser campaign manager for tor Mr Dillman said indications were that his candidate would receive about third one-third of the Salt Lake county support with substantial backing also aIso from Utah and Weber coun coun- ties tics I The forces reporting through M X S. S Winder campaign manager predicted victory over the Dillman camp in all three counties and insisted their c candidate will be bea a 0 contender when balloting begins Saturday at McCulloughs McCullough's arena Lawrence Van Dyke secretary of the tho Weber county Republican com corn Continued on Page Two I Column Four Pour I CHRISTENSEN LEADING RACE RAGE Continued from Page Pago One sought a section cross-section of ho tho vote at a meeting of ot representatives representatives from the four camps camps' In Ogden Tuesday afternoon and reported re rc- ported the following tabulation as asa asa a fair estimate of their respective strength Christensen 40 30 25 Kelly and doubtful 6 With votes needed to swing ha the nomination the candidate who could carry a a. majority of the Salt Lake ake and Utah Ulah county dele dole into Saturdays Saturday's convention observers agreed would stand a good chance of winning on the first ballot allot Majorities in these counties coun- coun u ties ies s total Observers Cautious Some observers however clung to o the opinion that unless bandwagon bandwagon band- band wagon psychology seizes the thc convention convention con- con or weaker candidates form forma a coalition in favor of one of ot their number umber or a dark horse victory vic vie tory ory will wUl not come so easily The outside counties as they did didIn didin didn In n last Saturdays Saturday's Democratic convention con- con may control the nomination end and nd in that realization observers Were vero chary of making predictions that hat might be upset by switches in sentiment among delegates or other factors actors in the four days remaining remaining remain remain- ing ng before the party picks its state ticket Hope for Deadlock I Although six candidates are in the field eld for the gubernatorial nomination nomina- nomina tion on two two Frank Frank G G. Martines Marlines of Richfield and R. R E. E Miller of My Myton ton did did not receive instructed delegations Lions ons since they presented no prImary primary primary mary slates These candidates apparently arc counting upon a deadlock Saturday and nd their possible acceptance as compromise compromiso candidates A record vote was cast according to o Frank S. S Emery Republican county chairman who said th that t suspected sus- sus Democrats were challenged when they attempted to vote for the Republican delegates They were warned he said that ho tho voting of two party primaries Is 3 a misdemeanor and their names were recorded for Investigation This his activity apparently was more marked in the west side and county precincts although several east side prImary judges reported similar in- in Wins Vins Young G. G O. O P P. P Mr Christensen's strength reflected rc- rc support of a number of young Republicans in the three counties particularly in Weber and Salt Lake Young Republicans campaigning for tor or the Salt Lake City contractor in Weber county claimed 33 of the 76 delegates certified as elected to the county committee at noon giving Mr Dillman and Mr 15 each cach and Mr Kelly the remainder and Dillman supporters support support- ers conceded the Christensen strength but differed on estimates of their own support The ler er camp claimed 18 and Mr Dillman's supporters claimed 25 All ll of Utah county's delegates were vero uninstructed in the tonal orial race although state convention conven- conven tion lon delegates from Spanish Fork Pork were vere instructed to vote for tor Justice Elias Hansen of the state supreme court a candidate for tion ion Box Elder to Vote Box Elder county with a sizable delegation will wUl elect delegates at a county convention in Brigham City Tuesday night while Tooele delegates delegates dele dole gates will caucus in the Tooele city hall lall Wednesday night to select a al state committeeman and committeewoman committeewoman committee committee- woman from the group I Salt Lake county congressional delegates w were re instructed in several instances for Raymond R. R Brady Salt Lake City attorney and candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for tor the Second congressional district nomination E. E H. H Eardley another Salt Lake City candidate I also received a few instructed delegates dole dele dele I gates here Utah county gave its support where delegates were instructed to A. A V. V Watkins of Provo also a candidate candidate can can- didato for the congressional nom nom- nomInation nation from rom this district Dr Ezra C. C Rich of Ogden congressional candidate candidate can can- didato from the First district was likewise favored by Weber county Republicans |