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Show Vol 2, No. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DECEMBER 14. In the Political Arena. for United States It Is generally Smoot will be ballot He will or possibly more. The other gentlemen who have been considered candidates for the exalted position have practically given up hope and it is very improbable that ary 20, the balloting senator will begin. conceded that Reed elected on the first have about 38 votes, anybody will open hadquarters. There will be no luxuriously furnished apartments engaged cr fitted up and the law makers will have to go without the lavish entertainments which have characterized several previous contests. Mr. Smoot feels so sure of his ground that on his part it would be unnecessary, while for the others it would be useless. While abandoning the contest now there are a number of gentlemen figuring on ways and means to make themselves solid when Senator Kearns term expires two years hence. One of the most advisable things to do in order to be in the front row next time, the aspirants seem to think, is to get into the good graces of Mr. Smoot and his friends and there seems a disposition among all of them but Senator Kearns to follow that course. Kearns has openly antagonized Smoot and the breach between the former political partners is so wide that there does not appear to be any likelihood of it being bridged. Kearns is generally considered to have made many bad blunders by unnecessarily and wantonly antagonizing such men as Congressman Sutherland and others who might have been useful to him, and now his break with Smoot and his friends is considered to have driven the last nail in the coffin which conIt tains his hopes of seems conceded that Smoot being a Mormon, the next time the election of a senator occurs it will go to a Gentile. Those who are thought not to be averse to receiving the toga in 1905 besides Senator Kearns are Congressman Sutherland, W. S. McComick, Hoyt Sherman, C. E. Allen and David Keith. The latter, it is said, believes he could hold down the job, as well and with as much grace as his partner ner in the Silver King is doing. sena-atori- Jt jt It is evident that the address al of the Ministerial association has had no effect whatever in this state, so far as placing any obstacle in the way of Mr. Smoot. In fact, it has only strengthened his supporters in their The determination to elect him. statement made by President Smith t not entirely unfavorable to Smoot in the western portion of the country to say the least. Senator Kearns evening organ. The Telegram, still keeps on printing extracts from eastern newspapers, supplied by a press clipping bureau m Chicago, but even, those pungent paragraphs have no effect. While the tenor of the utterances alluded to is principally still they have no effect upon the members of the legislature in Utah. The opposition to Smoot among s the members elect and the in the state senate is not sufficient to down him, for he will carry the caucus hands down. So certain are those who oppose him of this condition of affairs that rumors of a refusal on the part of certain members to enter a caucus are already flying around. No one of the gentlemen alluded to, however, seems to want to father the assertion made, and they express an extreme reluctance to talk when approached upon the matter. anti-Smoo- t, hold-over- Jt Jt If Smoot is elected, however, the ministers will make an effort to have him unseated. In this they will have the assistance of the League of Social Service, a very strong organization in New York City, headed by the Rev. Josiah Strong. Helen Gould is one of the directorate. The matter has already been discussed and referred to a sub committee of the society headed by a woman whose name is a household word in America. She has written to parties in Utah to the effect that after all that can be done in Utah has been done to prevent his election, then she and her compatriots will take the matter up and will see to it that monster petitions from all over the country are signed and forwarded to the senate. ' The campaign will be conducted on much the same lines as was that against Roberts, with this important exception, the charge of being ? polygamist will not be made. Whether or not these efforts will be successful is a matter for Ihe future. Jt Price 5 Cents seat him, because, the judge avers, he rett of Beaver, Thomas Hull of Salt belongs to a theocracy which owes no Lake, Dr. Condon of x Ogden, A. allegiance to this government. If it of Grand county and T. II. Merlistens to the ministers, it will reject him because his associates are poly- rill of Cache, are all in the running. gamists and he does not kick about If the presidency of the senate, howit. It is fair to presume, however, that the senate will want something ever, goes to either of the three more tangible than the ipse dixit of named above, it will put Salt Lake members out of the race for the one man or a set of men. Moly-neu- church to the The second Monday In January, the of the Mormon 12th of the month, the state legislature Associated Press, created a sentiment will convene, and .on Tuesday, Janu, 13, 1902. Jit In this country of ours so many strange things happen that no one can predict what Is going to take place with any degree of certainty. There is really no legal reason, at this time, why Smoot should not be seated. But, perhaps, when thousands of names protesting against his taking his chair are presented; perhaps when reasons which have not yet been mentioned are offered, the staid and grave senate may turn him down. Or it may not. If it listens to the voice of Judge Goodwin it will un Jit Jt There are many stories going the rounds concerning the position of Senator Kearns in this matter. Some declare that despite the utterances of the senator, made since he has arrived in Washington, to the effect that he has no Interest in the fight, he has an interest and is doing all he can to prevent the election of Smoot. That it was by his direction the Telegram began its latest news feature; the publishing of all the unfavorable comment it could get hold of concerning Smoots candidacy. It is true the Telegram prints an occasional favorable mention of Smoot, but the News finds three to ics one and does not patronize a press clipping bureau either. The story of Kearns opposition to Smoot comes from Smoot men themselves. They are openly charging him with disloyalty and are threatening to get even when the time comes, two years hence. Jt j)t Truth has it that when the legislature meets, the supporters of George found' not will be Sutherland opposing Smoot very strenuously. That may be the reason so many of them are unwilling to discuss the matter right now. That Smoot and Sutherland have formed a coalition by which Smoot is to go in this time with little or no opposition, and then two years bence, when Senator Kearns comes up for reelection, he will be most everlastingly and emphatically sat down upon and extinguished. That Gils rumor has some force is evidenced by a fear manifested in certain official quarters. Some of the boys who owe their present positions in society to the efforts of Kearns 8 re wondering if, when their terms expire, the old man will be in a position to assist them. Because he will be a dead if he isnt does not cut duck. An much ice with an administration, when he has been succeeded by another man. JIt Jt The organization of the coming legislature is causing some interest. For president of the senate Sherman of Salt Lake, Allison of Ogden and Love of Salt Lake are prominently mentioned. Allison, it is said by some, however, is too useful a member to be taken from the floor and shelved by being placed in the chair. For the speakership of the house, W. H. Bar d, ex-senat- or speakership of the house, Allison being considered as much a Salt Laker as a man. It probably rests between Barrett and Merrill with the chances In favor of Merrill, who is said to be well qualified for the position. Dr. Condon, the Ogden It is thought, does not stand muchman, show because of the fact that two years ago Ogden was honored by the selection of its only Pill Glasmann as presiding officer of the lower house. Andrew Sproul of St. George will probably be '.hosen n say prayers for thy senate, and D. Hess of Farmington will likely perform that very necessary office for the members of the house. As a rewind to Emery county for going Repub i!can, R. A. Harmon may be selected as messenger for the house. Stephen Shinglcton wants to be messenger to the governor. Mrs. Estella Smith is being considered for a position as (c.rinittee clerk and, of course, the claims of Lou Johnson, who has had such a position with the legislatures from a time to which the memory of man runneth not to the contrary cannot be overlooked now. Jt jt Chairman Anderson of the Board of County Commissioners will probably be chosen as chairman of the new board, which will be organized after Dec. 31. Mr. Anderson, however, is not seeking the chairmanship, and doesnt really want it. It is possible it may go to W. W. Wilson. II. M. Standish, the county member, will be chairman of the committee on roads and bridges. Bill-tow- n -- J jt The total expense of the Republican state committee in the last election was slightly under $6,000, about one-four- th of the bill in tho previous election, which speaks well for the economical management of State Chairman Anderson. Of course, the previous cajnpaign was a presidential one and a good deal longer than the last one, which is responsible for at least a portion of the greater cost Jit jt L. C. Camp is a candidate for a position as messenger in the next house of representatives. That is to say the Utah house. Camp deserves something. He has been a hewer of wood and a drawer oi water for the party here for a long lime and everything he has received at its hands has been of a nature calculated to make him work for nothing and board himself. Jit Jt Judge Jamison Eyrick is being boomed for secretary of the state sen- - |