Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 2 | Judge Armstrong Will Stay in Race

JUDGE ARMSTR ARMSTONG NGI WILL ST A RACE I i Efforts to Sidetrack Candidate Candidate Candi Candi- date in Senatorial Campaign Campaign Cam eam- Prove F Futile tile Efforts on the part of ce certain tain Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans to Judge George G. G Armstrong as a candidate for the nomination for United States senator at the coming Republican convention and give him the nomination for the lower house of congress in the event that h he will throw his support to Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator George Sutherland will not bear the hoped for fruit according to Judge Armstrong f r I Persistent rumors have been in cIrculation circulation circulation cir cIr- cir cir- for several days that overture overtures overtures over over- tures ture had bad or would be made to J Judge dge I. I Armstrong for tor him to withdraw from the race for the nomination for tor senator senator senator sen sen- ator and throw his support to Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland Suther Suther Suther- I land with the understanding that in hi I return the Sutherland forces would 1 throw their support to Armstrong for forthe forthe forthe I the nomination for congressman from the Second district which comprises Salt Lake Utah Davis and Tooele I counties Judge Armstrong admitted to o THE I L l last st night th that tha t he had be been n apro h da n number of times Umes within the last few weeks by men who had urged surged d him to withdraw tr from nithe the therace therace race rac for the nomination for sen senator tor torand and give his support to Sutherland and that those who had made the suggestions had promised him that If he would do so they they- would assist hImin him himin himin in securing the nomination for fool con con- gressman I have told each and all of them that I had made my announcement announce announcement announcement announce announce- ment as a candidate for tor the nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion as United States senator and that I Intended to stand by the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment said Judge Armstrong Fri Friends of Judge Armstrong declared yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day and last night that he was fast tast growing in popular favor and that if he was not nominated for senator the theother theother theother other man or men would know that they had had a fight on their hands handa That a proposed deal is on between the Progressives of Salt Lake county and the Republicans of the county was declared by a state official yes yes- It was declared that the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed deal had progressed so far tar that at least one of the Progressive leaders had waited on Senator Sutherland and had promised the support of the Progressives Progressives Progressives Pro Pro- in Salt Lake county to Sutherland if he Sutherland would use his influence to have the Republicans Re Re- Republicans publicans support certain Progressives for county offices It is said that Re the I demand on the junior lunior luni senator f was WAR that I he would use his his influence ie t to h have the support of the for Mrs Lily C. C Wolstenholme a member of the tho house at the last session of the legislature for tor state senator Jesse Wheeler for for county commissioner Ray flay C. C Naylor for re- re nomination for county treasurer John S. S Corless for for sheriff It is understood that these are the only ones that are in on I the proposed deal