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Show I g)fc Choosing oj7 Delegates to the JVcrttonal ContJenfton. I Ogden "Busy llrea.dy. m January 15th, 1904. B This is the year when we are expected to make H such strenuous history that for flfty years the K pedagogues of the future will hark back to this B yoar of grace and tell the class what happened in B 1904. The epoch is already at our very doors. B rpjie National convention will be held in June. B That means the state convention for the selec- B tion of delegates will bo held in April probably B close to the first, or at least during conference B time. And that means the county conventions, B preceded by ward primaries, will be held In the B various counties and districts sqme time in March. B This is the middle of January. We have a little B time for machinations, coups, combinoions, and B revelations, before the "get busy" season is B upon us. B & & B These clays the question is asked of us Weber- B Ites: "Will your county be for Kearns if he is a B candidate for delegate to the national convention." B Why not? Mr. Kearns is a senator of the United B States. If at the time of his election the atmos- B phcre was full of tales of Col. Mazuma and the B mad stampede to execute the personal wish of B President Snow, the rule of politics is to let the Bj dead past bury its dead and keep the horizon H clear of establishments where the party linen is H laundered. As a county, Weber has no' fight H against Kearns. If his own county, Salt Lake, B does not want him, it is the business of Salt Lake K to dispose of him. Weber, and, no doubt, the rest H of the state, will say to Salt Lake: "If the Issue H is Mr. Kearns, it is up to you decide what you B want to do. We will take groat "pleasure in fql- H lowing your lead." B n w t3 H In view of the program, which, it is said, Sen- H ator Smoot liala declared to be ofllcial, to-wit: that Kearns shall be left at home, it is passing strange that the pro-Kearns people should be already in the field preparing for the fray while the antis are doing nothing. In the senior senator's behalf It is claimed that Brother Shurtliff has felt his way here and there and, encouraged by the welcome his forerunners have received, has decided to become be-come a candidate for delegate to the Chicago convention. con-vention. It is a.lso announced locally that Brother Shurtliff is a candidate for the legislature in behalf be-half of Kearns. It is now more than a year since Brother Shurtliff left the Democratic party at the invitation of the Democrats, and he has progressed prog-ressed so far into the good graces of Republicans, Republi-cans, in his own mind, that he is a candidate for two offices. That's going some. & & & As to Shurtliff's candidacy for delegate there is every reason to presume that he will, either voluntarily or otherwise, change his mind. It would bo something of a paradox, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the assertion that the Church is out of politics, poli-tics, to see any particular churchman of high degree de-gree on the side of Kearns. True, so long as the Silver King pays handsome dividends, the number of Kearns' followers, high and low, should not diminish. But If the mind-changing pressure does not come from Brigham street, there will probably prob-ably arise other candidates to whom the party is more devoted than it is to Shurtliff. Bill may want to .go. And Murphy. Hanson went to Philadelphia Phila-delphia four years ago. Chairman Agee may be a candidate. There is lots of timber left before we come to Shurtliff. Then think of the ecclesiastical riot which Shurtliff's pro-Kearns sentiments would cause. What would Brother Smoot says? tw fci fc The excitement here over the spring campaign should in no wise become intense, but even pur suing a normal course, the Inside plays are bound h H to be exceedingly interesting. The other candi- ' ,, flH dates for state offices will watch with eager eyes a H the development of the new alliance between Bill ' h and Hollingsworth. The cordiale entente between jj - flM the mayor and the clerk has been the chief point H of interest in local politics since Bill permitted I . H Charley to launch his Secretary of State boom at i (! H the inauguration. Regarding the outcome, public 1 f opinion Is divided. Some say Charley has prac- J H tically signified his intention to get along without j M the help of the anti-Bill crowd, and they propose H to let him try it. Others say Bill is playing horse H with Charley for the purpose of gathering strength ; ' M for a personal machine.. "Whatever the dope is, " M Charles has taken an overdose. p M |