| Show Political Week End n Slates of candidates for this falls fall's elections elections elec elec- will be chosen at Republican and Democratic conventions this week end Republicans meet both Friday and Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day while the Democrats plan to complete complete com come their work in one day Saturday The Republicans may well need the extra time for they have five major contests contests contests con con- tests to decide in contrast to the Democrats Democrats' Democrats Democrats' Democrats Democrats' Demo Demo- two Perhaps most interesting is the battle for two places on the primary ballot to decide the Republican party's nominee for United States senator Incumbent Arthur V. V Watkins has three opponents Marriner S S. S Eccles C. C Cash Rampton and Bill Baker Another wide-open wide contest is for the nomination for Congress Second District where six hopefuls hopefuls' seek There arc are other battles for secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of state attorney general and state treasurer On the other hand the Democrats have only two contests for major offices one one for Congress First District and andone andone andone one for secretary of state In both of these cases a Democratic incumbent is leaving the office Walter Valter Granger abandoning his congressional seat and Heber Bennion abandoning his secretary of state office to seek seck in the first case nomination and election to the United States Senate and in the second case nomination and election as governor I It would be dangerous to draw any 1 conclusions from the fact of oC the greater competition for key offices on the Republican side It might be Republican lican Hcan confidence as to the outcome of oC the election or it might be simply greater division and conflict in the Republican party Anyway it docs does look as if our convention con con- primary Primary system system in Utah is working well to attract good candidates and offers ample opportunity for competition competition com come petition whenever anyone is interested in making a real fight in the conventions for a place on the primary ballot We Ve welcome the Republican and Democratic delegates to the conventions May they operate so as to provide good lists of candidates and to promote party harmony |
