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Show STATE POLITICS. (According to tho State Journal and the Journal In this Instance Is about correct; that's why wo don't take tho trouble to re-wrlte this article and pass It off as orlgnal.) Desplto tho prevailing warm weather It appears that somo of tho politicians of Utah, more especially thoso who live In tho city to tho south, havo concluded It Is time to start something. Through tho thick humidity of summer time can hero and thero bo observed a head sticking up, its owner attracting attention atten-tion to nlmself by divers and sundry remarks anent his being in tho hands of his friends, or sentences of similar Import. As Is usual In all campaigns, and will no doubt as long as tho sun rolls from east to west, ZIon Is forging to the front with the largest mess of candidates. candid-ates. From what can be discerned by only a casual glance, she has a man for every place on fio stato ticket. For congress Parley P. Christensen Is looming loom-ing up on tho horizon liko a prize pumpkin at a country fair, and It Is asserted as-serted by his friends and adherents In tho bailiwick below that ho has made a largo gap In tho political fences of Howell, present Incumbent, who halls from Cache. This claim Is given a certain color by tho fact that Howell has been quite busy slnco his return from Washington, his business consisting of extending the glad hand to all his old-tlmo friends nnd supporters, sup-porters, which action preliminary ton campaign Is usally taken to mean that tho extender Is onco more soliciting heir support. Tho Christensen faction claim that Parley will make a largo holo In tljo Howell ranks this fall. Ho Is a native of Cacho hlnib ind calls that part of the state home. He has lived In Tooele, Too-ele, from whenco ho went to tho constitutional con-stitutional conventions as secretary. Ho resides In Salt Lako county and Is doubtless strong In many of Its dls trlcts. Ho has visited Utah county nnd knows many peoplo hero. Last, but by no means least, his namo Is Christensen, Chris-tensen, and there aro lots moro llko him In Sanpete, and ns Sanpcto goes, so goes tho balanco of tho smaller counties bolow It. As an offset to all this tho Howell people aro pointing with prldo to tho record their man has mado, to the fact that ho Is trong everywhere, and that It would bo a sort of sin to down tho congressman just as ho is beginning to becomo useful. The term of Justlco Bartch expires on December III and a now member of tho court will bo selected at tho coming com-ing contest In November. Salt Lako already has tho man "selected for tho place. Hon. C. W. Morse, ono of tho Judges of tho third judicial district, has been slated for tho place, and, according accord-ing to tho expressions of tho politicians poli-ticians down thero, Morso will bo nominated nom-inated light away quick. So that If Christensen wins and Morso wins, all tho rest of tho stato will have nothing to do but to go up to tho polls and voto 'o sustain tho choice of tho oxperts who resldo south of Davis and north of Utah counties. Really nnd honestly, it looks good, loesn't It? Perhaps Wober county may Set a look In later on, but right now 4 thero Is nothing doing. It may bo when tho first frost comes that tho effect ef-fect of tho cooling weather will bo beneficial to tho heated brains of tho hoys down there, and somo of thorn may bo induced to look at tho map and note there aro spots on it bcsldo that "mall, but Intensely Interesting portion por-tion which nbandoncd its Ropufcyfcan-Ism Ropufcyfcan-Ism last fall and wont over toWho 'American" paity. But tho candidates for tho' Ropub- . lean nominations aro not all that Salt Lako claims. Bless you, no. She has ill tho candidates for tho Democratic sldo of tho house. Hero is our old friend Orlando W. Powers, shrewd and ( istuto, who Isn't saying a ward, but i from tho best authority ho Is consider- ' ed as bnlng a very available candidate i lor congress In this off year. Then, too, there Is tho ever present and lr-reslstablo lr-reslstablo William II. King, who llko-wise llko-wise Is bolloved to bo a receptive can- ' dldato for tho same place. For tho su- J promo court Varlan and BpMin aro yet on earth, and thero you havo It. In tho face of all that Is coming up, It looks as if tho delegates from other portions of tho state might as well savo car faro and remain at homo and let Salt Lako county hold a llttlo stato r invention of Its own. It would bo icaper all around. ( ) |