| Show I KNEW EM MAKE READY I FOR FRAY i I B Busy sy Bees Begin Buzzing 1 in Bonnets of Sidewalk I Politicians I MAN MANY TO TOBE BE m ELECTED ELECTED A All l Is Not Peace and Harmony Har mony Battle Promises to Outdo Verdun Event By T. T DeWITT FOSTER I INow Now that the winter vinter has safely passed and it b begins gi s to feel spring like on the sunny side of the str street et and that lazy tired feeling has ha again come upon the people at large things hav have started buzzing The well known crowds of i 1 knew him have gathered in the warm wann spots to fix things forthe for forthe forthe the city county state and nation Their pocket knives have been whetted to razor like sharpness whittling material has been found in plenty and loaded with a a goodly supply of smokeless to tobacco tobaccO to- to bacco these pf of f the fall to-I to of i the big wind and Harrisons Harrison's first campaign campaign cam cam- I have hive made their appearance with the robins I s The overture has nas be been ri played and the dear have taken their seats for the big show now about to begin And there is s no doubt about it there I is in it f fact ct going to be a big show this year with plenty of action and many surprises The ever faithful f and reliable re reliable re- re I liable G. 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P steam roller has been oiled and t tested sted to the limit and found I to be In perfect running order Its tooting tooti g capacity has be been n somewhat re reduced reduced re- re reduced I so as not to anger nger the populace I too t o much and the work ot of harvesting the crop of picked hand delegates is about to st start rt Iri lii earnest Ready for the Starter The prize bull moose moose is fat and sleek from a winter of excellent care and is just rearing to go the Democratic Democrat Democrat- ic ie donkey with hoofs nicely polished his tail taU shaved and clean with three years' years record of Victories to go on is at the tho post ready for the start in the great presidential handicap The Soc Socialist So So- c aUst contingent also will have an entry in the race and give promise of making a better run this fall faIl than any starter from this string But the real run for lor te folks at ai home and the events over over which more morewood morewood morewood wood will be whittled tobacco co spat will be the the boundaries Of the commonwealth and andin andin andin in the plain ordinary persons person's talk there sure is going to be something doing here Things are looking kind of shaky for the men how now holding the throttle of the local st steam am roller and the battle to combat and fight off the opposition n even within the ranks of their own party is sure going to be productive of some some ome hot stuff The battle bat bat- tle the of ot Verdun will be a a second rater and hardly worthy of mention to the fray now being cooked up and ami which will have its its' initial gun fired during the p period of ot delegate The principal fighting will be between the thes s several veral factions in the Republican party par ty there being to da date e Just three and each out after the scalp of the other two And the leaders of each and every faction crowd gang and bunch will be satisfied d with nothing less than the entire collection of scalps of all who oppose them Its It's open season for taking political scalps and from the length of the ticket to be voted this fall faIl there Is going to be a whole lot of bald h headed haded politicians when the smoke of battle has cleared away and the victors victors victors vic vic- tors have emerged from out the din Maybe No Wedding Bells It has been the rule in elections of times p past st to limit the time of each person fn In n the voting booth to toone one minute minute min mm- ute during which time he must select the people to be voted for and vote Now one minute is plenty of time if and takes it one is a strict partisan but If one desires a little mixture mixture- some from this and a little from that time than It it is going to take more one minute to go over the ballot unless p nn takes on a long period of training I I I b beforehand The ballots this year which will be given out to the people of Salt Lake after they have been duly inspected and passed by the board of censorship which always is found hanging around i the polls will carry approximately two hundred hundred hundred hun hun- fifty starters on each ticket dred in all with the four tickets If there be four tickets There is no doubt to this as the G. 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P elephant is as conducting a pretty strong flirtation and with the Progressive bull moose the time wedding ere be there may a for printing the ballots so there may comes be only three You never can tell what will happen in a leap year though and maybe the wedding wont rate each of the tickets But Dut at any race field in the great In the to will to be carry put a full quota of starters about in all aU fifty be the will l A top of the ballot names of the men who could not beI be anywhere else or who perhaps I placed were crowded out of the nomination wanted and these will be v voted ted on they electors There will willbe willI willbe presidential pres be for tor three on each ticket it being found that many to make makeup makeup makeup I to have ne necessary essary the full delegation in the electoral up college a school where they only ring But Dut the bell beIl once every four years anyhow it takes three men or women or or even a mixed delegation but anyhow anyhow anyhow any any- how three Individuals to carry a piece of paper to Washington to show the head of the electoral college how the people of Utah voted for president and I Ivice vice president If they would only I I put one more elector on the ticket I vote all their then each could have a a. own to carry as Uta Utah only has four I I electoral votes Taft TaCt knows possibly better than anyone artone else how many the Beehive sta state c has for the bunch from this state was just half of what he re received re- re In 1912 and anyone remember re- re remember I member the number eight for tor a long Continued d on page age 12 I KNEW EM I I Continued from page 1 time without even trying hard Maybe Maybe May May- be so though he has tried to forget It Sutherland to Run Then after we have passed down from the presidential college colleg candidates there will be found a space on which to vote for a United States senator George Sutherland will have hav to make th the therace race 1 Ce again this year and will have considerable opposition although maybe maybe may may- be not so much as he would have had had md he be e pleaded ded to be excused from vot vat ing mg the e other day In the senate when the president wanted to know where this august body was standing on the matt matter r of steamships carrying guns Still StUl there will be opposition Salt Bait Lakers too will have the op opportunity opportunity op- op of voting on a representative tive to congress fr from m the Second congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional district and the people of the tho First congressional district will also have an opportunity of voting for fora a congressman The election this fall fan also will be to name an entire new set of state officers if It the other party wins or keep the present set setting if it they be victors at the polls Spry Knows the Course The state ticket will be headed with witha a i candidate for tor governor William Spry already has run the race twice and seeIng seeing see- see Ing InS as how he knows know the track pretty well opines that he should be allowed to make a a. third attempt There are some same members of of his party however comma who opine just exactly opposite opposite site Ite and are putting in considerable of evenings at the grindstone sharpening the ax for the chief of the capitol clan Harry S. S Joseph who was wa Jarred out of the congressional nomination by a hunch bunch of handpicked and specially selected selected se- se delegates at the congressional convention two years ago has some ruffled feathers still and aims to keep from in front of the steam roller this year rear He lie will not be however Just an innocent bystander but will use plenty of precaution and intends to make a I whole lot of noise about the workings workings workings' of the machine He lie recently told of his Ms opinion in regards to this machine i ind declares most emphatically that he for Cor one Is going to throw a spike into I Ithe the nicely oiled cogs of the roller lie He He objects especially to the perpetuation i n office of ot any man or set of men and I Ia's ays as a's that there is nothing in the Republican Republican Re Re- Re-I Re publican bible which makes It mandatory mandatory manda manda- tory on the people of the party to see I he the same name on their election ballots for for the or-the the remain remainder er of ot their lives Maybe iO 10 he might break the cogs They Like Their Jobs And And then on down the line Une comes come the andi candidates tes for tor secretary of state at attorney attorney at- at torney general the present one wants to o be a congressman by the way auditor audi audI- tor tor the present one wants to be secretary secretary secre secre- tary of ot state treasurer the present one wants to be secretary of state superintendent super super- of public instruction the present one wants to be re elected One Justice justic of the supreme court also finIshes fin fin- his term of office this year and wants another six ix years So you rou can see that there is a pretty close coror cor- cor or at the statehouse and It Is not he purpose of those on the Inside to et anyone else wear any of the plush of tops ops off brt the new furniture There also is to be elected In the rh Third j Judicial district which embodies Salt a alt Lake e. e five fhe district judges and andone one district attorney and so far no o one e has heard ot of any one of the he s 's six nien men whose terms expire offering to set aside and letting anyone any one erse else in In i ion on l the plum tree b e. e Tb They y too desire to start In the race race and just to show h how w really r L and unselfish they are each and every on one has has consented to permit their names to be used be before before before be- be fore the-state the convention when It comes time time- timeto to select t the themen men to fill these offices That another party might be the victor has not entered their minds I After the district Judicial ticket comes the legislative ticket thirteen members to be elected locally or within within within with with- in the senatorial district Of this number three will be state senators and ten will be representatives to the lower house I Next on the bill will be the list of candidates for the several county officers of of One commissioner for tor four lour years and one for tor two years will be beup beup beup I up for election The people also will |
