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Show I Politics and Politicians H BY A. GHIEL. H Outside of tlio roputod sale or tlio Tolo- H groin to David Mnttson, with tlio signiri- B canoe tlieroto attaching, as wo lawyers H soy, tlio clilor sensation resulted rrom M the announcement that Hober M. Wells M would 1)0 n candidate for city comtnls- H or nil tlio men montlonod, Mr. Wells H probably Is the best equipped for tlio H place. Tor nine years ho wns Governor H or Utah, and it Is the conconsus or curront H opinion" that he did n good Job or govcrn- H Ing. lie has been "footloose," as tho H Ilooslers say, Tor some months, his brlor H appearance as a star In "I'udd'n Head H Wilson" being regarded more as a rrollc H than an occupation. It Is Known that ho BH has declined a number or good proposl- Rfl tlons, and has been Just secretive enough Ifl in assigning reasons to lay ground for H belter that he is considerably more than a H lereptivc candidate. B H Just what particular lineup may bo H roroshadowed by Governor Woll's condl- H dacy is not Just clear rrom this distance H It is matter or public comment that Mr. H Mattson, now secretary or stato, late H treasurer or slate. Is lovolltug o(T tho track H witli the purpose or making the raco for Hj governor or state to tho end that ho may H make the record or filling cvory omce H which can mako hlrn mombor or tho board H or examiners. H David Is a polished political product H Horn tho great stato or Wobor, and can H sco farther Into a grindstone than any H . othor man now at largo. Ho Is alleged to H havo so shaped tho preparatory course as K to secure an olTonslvo and doronslvo al- H llanco which lncludos a possible United H States scnatorshlp. ll Hl My othor old rrlond Hiram E. Booth Is H' more than montioncd as a candidate ror H congress at the next election; and thore H' do be poople who lecture that the present H and long past United States district at- H torney purposes, arter having located (11- H. rections in Washington, to become a United H Stains senator. H And this isn't tlio possible scnatorshlp B contemplated in the Davo Mattson plans fl and specifications, elthor. H Hjj His excellency i:. I. Willy, district at- M' torney, is alleged to have been In Washlng- H ton rccontly with tho sn and express H purpose or getting pornilsslon to bo n H candidate ror congress. Though why a HI man should go cloar thoro wlion Harry H i Josepli can mako tho raco without tho aid B or consent or any ono, is past all finding H ' HB H There Is, at the samo time, an undoubted M sentiment in favor or Henry Gardner Tor H govornor, with Denner X. Smith as Ro- R publican candidate ror congress. This on H the assumption that Governor Spry will H not bo a candidate ror a third term. H Mr. Gardner has been senator, president H ' or tho senate, and state chairman, and in j J these trying places has made ulmscir pretty H I well acquainted and thoroughly approved H nil over Utah. He Is a very strong chnr- H actor, type or the solMruide Utah man, and H representative or the best in American H citizenship. H But tlio governor campaign Is a Iqng H way oir, and he Isn't troubling about U H ant? will not so long as the Spanish lork H ! brand or weather continues pleasant. ,, Which isn't saying that Denner X. Smith ' will not be a candidate next summer. j . . j Mr. John i Works, United. States J senator from California, must belong In . the category or accidents. He has had I "leave j print" an argument ana some y tables In support or his proposed constitutional consti-tutional amendment prohibiting the "sale, manuracturo and importation or distilled liquors containing alcohol oxcopt ror mo--chanlcnl, mcdlolnal and scientific purposes" throughout tho United States. John comos rrom a wlno stato, and knows that his neighbors raiso barley. Whorororo, ho oxcopts boors and wlnos rrom tho oporatlo.ii or Ids proposed amendment. amend-ment. Hero Is tho proamblo to his alleged umondmont: "Whereas the consumption or strong alcoholic liquor is increasing at an alarming rate, thoroby undermining tho public morals, Indicting disoaso and untimely death upon many or our citizens, and blighting with dogonor-acy dogonor-acy their posterity, thus threatening the integrity and liro or tlio Nation: Thorcroro bo it" and so Torth. I will say Tor John that tho wlno or his great, golden and glorious stato may oscapo indictment under tho abovo charge; but Its clTcct on tho human stomach will never bo repaired. A nor bis first ten sontoncos, and the usual "loavo to print," John movod that tho resolution be rororrod to tho Commit Com-mit too on Judiciary," which was agreed to. And thoro tho works or Works will rest untroubled. Any senator rrom a wino-and boar stato is saro in attacking whiskey. Tills sale or the Telegram really Is tho biggest thing that has disturbed Salt Lake nowspapors Tor many a year. In tho first place, tho paper Is uncommonly good property. prop-erty. It hasn't had a chauco on oarth slnco Kolioy loft It, soven or olgbt years ago, but it has all tho conditions or success suc-cess both In itsoir and in tho local situation. situa-tion. Mr. Halo, who hereby blossoms out in tlio bocoming garb or a roal publisher, is oxporloncod In a very instructive school, ano has a right to expect succoss bo-cuuse bo-cuuse ho has mado n dividend oarnor or the Herald-nopubllcan. His backers aro believed to bo Mr. Harry Clark or tho Merchants Bank, a roputod aspirant Tor George Sutherland's scat In the united States senate; Mr. David Mattson, Matt-son, reputed aspirant ror tho governorship of Utah, and Mr. Solon Splro, mining magnate, and very docoratlvo looker-on in tho Vonico or affairs. Mr. Splro's political po-litical interest may not bo very active In tho matter, bocmiso ho is essentially a buslnoss man. nut tho runny dotall in tho caso Is the ract that ho can cnslly buy Mr. Koarns's nrtornoon newspaper with tho money Just recovered in a lawsuit ogalnst Mr. Koarns. Anil that romlnds mo or tho pootical plcturo or tho eagle, Totally wounaou with a dart guldod rrom tho bow with a roathor which roll rrom that samo ooglo's wing. Or wns It rrom tho oaglo's tail? But tho dirreronco is that tho Tribuno Is not going to be killed by tho Tologrnm, hpwovor succossrul tho latter Journal may become. Tho thing presents some now and Interesting In-teresting angles. or course tho now pupcr, with Mr. Mattson so near tho fountain foun-tain heads or its power, will bo hostllo to Governor Spry and to his rrlonds. So is tho HornUl-nopubllcnn. And or courso, If Mr. Harry Clark bo a candldato ror tho United Stntos scnatorshlp, tho Telegram will be Tar rrom rrlondly with Goorgo Sutherland. And It Isn't likely tho Horald-nepublican Horald-nepublican will be any stronger ror the Junior senator than It has been In tho past. The new papor and Us makers may provo rriendly to Senator Smoot In tho campaign Tor the election or a legislature to choose the senator's successor, and it may not. It is certain the Tribuno will lend no help to the return or senator Smoot Tor another term, and that tho Horald-Republican will be Tor him. In the change Colonel Callister is gon-t orally stated as gonoral manager Tor tho Horald-Bopubllcan; but bollovo mo ho won't be any moro gonoral manager than ho has been. Ho may no owner any time ho wants to, but ho has managed generally general-ly and particularly up to tho present, and is likely to continue. Taken altogether, It Is a vory Interesting Interest-ing Incident In tlio day's procedure. Tho Tologram has a working agreement which pormlts It to use tho Tribune's office and press room Tor a year But long bcroro that time It is sure to have prossos and a houso or its own. I Just can't imagine Solon Splro's monoy making a papor In Tom Koarns's bascmont ror a whole yoar. |