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Show Loofa Life Victory for t&elU. His domination for Governor Seems Assured. 'Decline in Cutler Strength, Smoot Interference Resented. HohuelVs 'Predicament. 5he Situation in General. The representatives of the Republicans of the State will next Thursday decide whether or not they wish Reed Smooth for their political Czar. That is what the nomination of Mr. J. C. Cutler would mean. But if the present outlook is not very much misread, and no extraneous influences are directly brought to bear from East Brigham street, it appears more than probable that Governor Gover-nor Heber M. Wells will bo renominated and Mr. Smoot's ambition to control the state machine ma-chine will be beflttingly sepulchered. As the situation appears now, Mr. Hammond's strength will never reach serious proportions, and Mr. Cutler will be the only dangerous contendor with the present executive. This of course will depend on whether the Cutler strength will be presented to Hammond in case the nomination of Governor Wells appears to be assured. If such a maneuver is consummated, however, it will not be through any alliance between Cutler and Hammond," Ham-mond," as the secretary and his friends consider that the contest Will be purely a clash between the Cutler and anti-Cutler forces, and are disposed to make no terms with Mr. Smoot's pergonal candidate. can-didate. In any other state, the possibility of the nomination nomi-nation of a man like Cutler over his strong opponents op-ponents would nevr be seriously considered. Mr. Cutler is an exotic political flower which bloomed in a single night in the garden nurtured by Senator Sen-ator Smoot, and his candidacy without tha able fostering of the apostle would be considered as verging closely upon the preposterous. He is practically unknown in the outer counties of the State, has never been conspicuous In public life, even locally, and his paucity of popularity was shown successively in his defeat for the City Council Coun-cil and the Board of Education. If the selection of a Republican nominee for the governorship were left to the people, there can be little question that Governor Wells would be their choice. This is due to the personal magnetism mag-netism of the dignified son of Utah and his tactful and sagacious administration of afllairs, both in times of peace and when important crises were impending. By Mormons and GentLes alike he is looked upon as having the essential and ideal attributes at-tributes for Governor of Utah, where he has masterfully mas-terfully met the conditions of our peculiar social idiosyncracrles and after eight years of administration adminis-tration of the highest executive office of the State HMEJl9mR(. .jyaaBMP-MSHHR' m!b3?I IW ffi j'ws? vfrVyi 7wi9B& inv Rtk jfM I t Jb& 3gHBgMB JHHHbjmhhh 'iwbBI HP"E -ij3t KHKT 3JH & a -- I HHHbiffl jfc t 3 H - . sH JflWPT0HiH SuveX K&iflr IMSffWWBtiM1 J Hill s3HBko; MbHP ' mIBh5kI ffijfr" " 1BHh lljil-l HBt .4X '2bHwI " N-9o!9 3rS5S!Hi ii-t- jOKnp V -- ,1Mill5 F M vMMMMMmmmSBp 'vhfH Hi'''t mmLMMMMV IBk " &jfllH HHPV' ti r flL1 ShUH -KShBS&'IP''' .MMMWMMMKHBmmMMMMMMMimmSSKlBiamMMMMBMMMMMWmlMMMl S&i,MMMMManKBSBMMlMWIBR'MmBSSBKalDMMMMMMMW2SMMm WaMMlaMMMMMMMMMxBmWBBBPBE& VT& WllEH- !2 RRRfffiitrMEv ftgr ui VvfyKHMMMmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMA IMMMMMWmMMMMmMMMWmSiSKBSSKilr HiM V MMMMMmMMMMMMMMMMMMMmMMMMMMMMMMMMWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM fjKMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMKmMMMMM GOV. HEBER M. WELL8, CANDIDATE FOR RE-NOM I NATION is still admired as a gifted leader by all classes. Governor Wells has never been a politician in the modern sense of the term. Unlike Senator Kearns and Senator Smoot, he has never made an effort to buiid up a personal machine or to assume as-sume the prerogatives of a political ruler. His appointments ap-pointments havebeen made with a view solely to the fitness of the oppointee and not because of geographical or purely political qualifications. Had he done so, his popularity would not have been so great, that there would now be no question of his renomination. In the factional warfare which has disturbed the state organization, he has never affiliated with either of the warring wings. That is why he has many ardent supporters among the friends, both of the senior and the junior Senator. Sena-tor. This recalls the fact that of late the satellites of Senator Smoot who are working for the North Main street tailor have covertly accused the Governor Gov-ernor of having formed an alliance with Senator i i i 1' Kearns. The statement is erroneous and unjusti- iyi flable. Mr. Smoot through bringing forth a per- t BH sonal, antl-Kearns candidate for the governorship (ll j, H has forced the senior senator into the camp of sBH the opposition, although neither Wells' nor Ham- jj, jH mond Is the choice of Senator Kearns for the gcv- f i 91 ernorship. The accusation is merely another evi- ', ,t jH dence of the treacherous methods to which the lfl Cutler following is resorting in the conduct of his ' fl remarkably original campaign. Such Inuendoes in I i 9H almost every Instance are directly traceable to the " l H internal revenue office of Twin Calllster and i j H State Chairman Anderson, who aspire to elect the j 1 H nondescript Cutler in order to install themselves ) I H as the real executives of the state. The represen- i j H tations they are guilty of are quite befitting the ! 9 petty propagators of the fictions. j H Governor Wells should be nominated. And, as . stated before, he wlil be nominated unless the ' Hj shrill executive whisper begins buzzing authorita- f H tively from East Brigham street. H A large number of the counties are sending ; t, H delegates direct to the State convention from the ( ' H primaries, without the county convention Inter- ' I H vetting. This has made it practically impossible k j ijM to tie up a delegation on any particular candidate, ; ' ' jH as in the case of Weber, where Moyes is solidly j H supported for the treasureship, but cannot trade H the delegation for any other gubernatorial candi- H date than Governor Wells.. A like condition pre- , M vails in Utah county, where the northern districts ' H will be controlled for Dixon for Secretary of State, M while Glazier will be in the saddle in the southern j 1 end. This system of selecting candidates has been , ,f i 'j a political life saver to some of the candidates, le i j! but has visibly crippled others, who could prob- ' ! j ably win easily Avith a tradeable delegation. ' , 'S ! i |
