Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-31 | Page 5 | Unopposed to be Few at Conventions Colton Solton Sole Candidate for Congress

S Unopposed to Be Few w at t Conventions S I 2 Judges Judg s Enter Court Race 4 o. Colton S Sole le Candidate for Congress Dy By ORVN ORVIN MALMQUIST M If for nominations is an r j barometer er of POlitical Interest th tho state campaigns of the two major produce parties this year should something comparable to the gOod old da days before football baseball kind and political campaigning as the national na- na Lional sport I The present outlook is that none of at the seekers of major enter either the Republican or Democratic Dem- Dem cratic conventions unoPPosed posed and most of them are facIng determined and md aggressive tights This is especially os- os true in the Republican part Pary par par- t y which now boasts seven eon con for governor three for sentor sen- sen ator tor two for the supreme court and three fOr congressman in the Sec Sec- Second ond nd district The latest G. G O. O P. P candidates to Inter the lists are JUdge L Lee o II D. I WIght and Judge William VIllian M. M Mcrea Mc- Mc Crt rea a of the Third Judicial district tor or the Supreme court nomination On n the Democratic side Chief Justice Jus- Jus ice tice Samuel S. R. R Thurman has no announced an- an opposition as yet but two Or r three men are bein being groomed as potentia candidates while an e even ven half alf dozen have been mentioned as additions to the Republican R list 1st of en entries tries CONGRESS ASPIRANTS The past week also injected some interest into the heretofore lagging congressional race by bringing forth two o opponents for Congressman H. H O. O Leatherwood tn la the Second congressional con con- gressional district The two candidate candi- candi date are Mayor John ohn E. E Booth of Spanish Fork an and 1 Matthew Cowley Cowle deputy county attorney of Salt Lake count In the First district CongreSS Con Con- greSS nan Don D. D Colt Colton m Is still holding the enviable solo position but ut Republican party leaders predict pre pre- dict he will ha hare hae e opposition before the he sta state te co convenes enes Meanwhile 1 the seven Republicans seeking th the nomination for governor and the three senatorial candidates are conducting campaigns throughout the state while various arty te ders look on and discuss the 1 Possibility of a last minute upset by the entrance of dark horses The most niost freely predl predicted ted In this connection is In the gubernatorial tonal race I Early ary rumors that Carl R. R of Price chairman of the state committee Ls In a mood to make tIme the race for governor If the opportunity presents itself are being revived re- re and some of his friends are already doing a little pioneering re-I re work to line up support for him In Incase case none of the present candidates can can muster enough votes to get over first ballot It Is Im probable however that Chairman will enter the p If the Weber Ve county Republicans can get together on a single candidate lefore the convention cOn GUBERNATORIAL RACE In the race for top positions on the ticket there is competition com com- petition but it Is by so bot ot as asin in the Republican Re fold Willard or of Ogden who entered the fled field against Governor Geor IT H. Dern Dermi last week Indicated in his that he has Ims no intention tio tion pf If makin making an aggressive campaign cam cam- but Is merely making himself available in case his party part wants or needs a new candIdate Much the same course is being followed ved by William R R. Wallace Vallace Senator V WIlliam II Kings King's opponent rr Ir wallace Vallace has let his friends know that while he has bared his head for the lightning to strike he will make no gestures to attract it at the risk of damaging discord discord dis- dis cord within the tho party ranks But while the two candidates themselves them them- selves are pursuing a Ore ri more or 01 less pas passive lve course their friends are not I lIkely to sit idly by and see their candidates defeated without putting forth effort It Is on this assumption assumption as- as that observers are pre pre- dieting an interestIng fight all the way around I