Show BV BY- BY POLITICS AND THINGS BURL ARMSTRONG T Th The ending si 1 of a contesting delegation dele gation n to Chicago o has Iw on bt-on n stricken cn from the program of or American party part l political procedure It has been de decided decided de- de e- e cl e by the inner circle that to try to unseat the Republican an delc delegation from Crom Utah will bo be far am ai too expensive an and will involve ol too loo many precarious precarious' chances that may not be bc worth tak tak- ing At a t recent meeting of or the thc Inner circie it was decided that all of or the money available for political purposes should hould bo ho turned Into the local campaign campaign campaign cam cam- thIs tills fall an and that no time should be bo lost b by making a a. stab slab at something which is a a. forlorn hope at It the most The outer counties ar are discussing Ing county politics earlier than Salt Lake Like For Instance Carbon count county Republicans say a that Jones of or Castie Castle Cas- Cas tlc tie Gate will make a good county clerk and recorder while II A Pin Pin- nogar flegar an and Miss Jo arc also spoken en of Professor Profess C C. H. H Marcusen MarcusSen Marcus Marcus- Sen en doesn't seem to have haye much opposition opposition in Isis Ills desire to become count county superintendent of schools There will oe lie no rio further ne need for forD D D. 0 O. Hideout RIdeout to card carel tho the papers I What hat hat he sal said at a meeting o of tho the Young YounS' Mens Men's Republican club an and later attempted to repeat at tho state stale convention con he has finally broken Into print with He has only ono one thing to tosa sa say and anti he lie has stacked up that thal pile of rocks all over Salt Lake county The Time Vernal Express sa says 8 A number of or tho the Uintah Republican friends of or Joseph of or Salt Lake are mo boosting him for oi the tho nomination nomi nomi- nation for tor state treasurer He Is time the county clerk of Salt Lake Lako county an anis and andis is also chairman of tho the county count Republican Republican Re Re- publican committee Tho The present ent state treasurer Mr lr cannot cannot cannot can can- not again be candidate as the thc law of oC Utah provides for one term only for fOl that office The statement that Ed Loose is not nota a candidate to succeed himself as national national na na- na- na tonal committeeman from Utah is erroneous with a n capital E. E lie II is S If jf this wasn't a clean honest hone L campaIgn campaign campaign cam cam- said A A. C. C Nelson el on state su superintendent su- su u- u of public instruction there never was one lie Ho was referring to the book bool campaign campaign campaign cam cam- that closed close with th the text book convention an and he added that any anyone anyone anyone one who wanted wante to take Issue with him could coull find a light tIght without much trouble It Is quite likely that the thc state superintendent su- su knows Imo what ho he J Is talkIng talkIng talk- talk Ing ng about an and It Is Js also likely that If it ho tho campaign n was clean and honest It t was sas not the fault of some or ot the book ook agents as who were trying to place their books Now that It is all over o It wont won't hurt to tell a story that went the rounds lounds while all the county e educators were here A Montana man who ha had been through two or ot three book campaigns and who knew tho the ropes and all the tho knots and strands thereof was at the Wilson hotel one night an and he met mel p nt tah IQ O I ll ut- ut that the Montana man pose as asa a n. county superintendent ent and string the he book agents It Is to bo be pr presumed that no one possesses quite al as much knowledge as a n. book bool agent unless It might be a perfume drummer The prominent Utah educator introduced uce th the tho Moo Moo- I n- n Blank tana maP man as Superintendent ent from froni one of the thc southern counties and the wa way the thc representatives of various book concerns f fell to It was wasa a crime The Montana man oman was wined anI and hUed dined an and fete feted to the vast dell delight ht of or those who were in iii on the game One after another the thc book agents took tool him to their rooms to display samples anI and other things s. s mostly gab Well Vell eU that's all right about your our from Montana Montana Mon Ion boo books Its said the wise gu guy tana but what is there in n it for me mo Well Nell what do Io you ou want ant 7 I r r need two hun hundred dollars Oh that's too much said the agent abent I coul couldn't nt do that Well Veil ell that's what it will tal take to get get- inc me But I thought this was a i dead square campaign said tho the book bool man maim Square h h l 1 said the man from Montana I 1 want what's coming to me mc What hat tb do I care caro about your our books The They all look 1001 alike to me The story goes on to 10 tell ten how the Montana man posing as one of at the members of the text book convention got what he asked for Cor and how he worked a a. dozen ozen book agents before they fell tell to his game ame S S S O Ogden den Hiles hues John A A. Street anI and George GeorgeL M. M Sullivan an are likely to b be stung with district Judgeship nominations nominations nomina nomina- by the time Kearns party S S S Tho The secret of the tho Logan Journals Journal's editorial activity is shown b by the advice advice advice ad ad- vice to Smoots anti in tho the can to vote the Democratic tick tick- ct this fall Ju Judge ge King and antI State MartineaU are arc having a dickens ens of or a alime alime lime time convincing the Democrats that tha they are arc the lea leaders leader er of or their theil party part and the time shapers of the party's course They are aro trying to lead the tIme Democrats Democrat Into In indorsing Johnson for President at tho the next state convention con In June and tho the th they encounter certainly a adds ls to the gaiety of nations insofar as politics It Is concerned Bill King is directly accused by th the rank and tile me of oC worshiping overtime at the shrine of or false GO gods s. s It will b be remembered that he was an nn ardent arden admirer of oC Mr Ir Bailey Balle of Texas th the brilliant gentleman whose wires werE crossed crossel with tho the tension high-tension affairs strung by the Standard Oil all Judge Judg King King- believed In Bailey Balle until It waS wa decided el almost unanimously from on one cu end of oC the country countI to the other Including In In- eluding Texas that Bailey had lost los caste an and was no longer entitled t to the frenzied praise and loving atlon of or the nation nallon How do th the good ool Democrats Kno know Mr 11 King Isn't following another false fals prophet in time the shape shapo of the gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man from front Minnesota His jud judgment ment was certainly bad on this fellow Bailey Bai Bat ley icy an and 1 if It Isn't any better o on Johnson he lie Is going to lead tho tIme par par- a a. pretty mess I If sal said party wl will allow Itself to be led S 0 S S t The I Idaho aho Statesman a at Boise settles set set- ties the tho matters In dispute In Idaho Idah with the thc following No better botter proof of at tho the rock ribbed strength th of or the organization of the RePublican Republican Re Re- publican party in Idaho this year ear ca cabe can be pointed to than titan tho the work of or th the state convention on Tuesday ay in iii Wal- Wal lace The convention was wis marked as on one of oC time the l ino-l t enthusiastic lic pait pany Conventions Con con- Over ever held In the state It was as short shon and decisive It was unanimous unan unan- in all its Us actions There Thelo Theloa v was a a no lack luck of harmony Ever Every delegate to the convention was tas there for a purpose He lie know what it was There were werl no divisions of oC opinions All were for 01 Taft ant and ana the business of the convention con was more In tIme tho nature of or a ratification of ot Tafts Taft's candidacy can can- than to declare the tho support of or Idaho for fOI him Idaho's support of or raft Taft was wal assure assured long before the convention convention con eon anI and the delegates chosen at nt Wallace who are to go 10 to the national convention con instructed to use all aJl honorable honorable honorable honor honor- able means to secure the nomination of the popular secretary to head hea the thc national notional Republican ticket regard tho the mission as a most pleasant one ono The They arc are Taft Toft men omen at heart S S The New York Tribune sums twins up the te political situation on ott onIa May Ia 10 as follows follows fol tot lows One hundred anti and four delegates to the Republican national convention to tobe tobe tobe be held In Chicago June IG 16 have havo been chosen s since Ince the Tribunes Tribune's last Jast summary summary sum sum- mary was published May Ia 3 3 Eight hundred an and amid thirty delegates have haye now been chosen something over four fOUl of oC the tho membership of or time the convention which was fixed In the tho Republican national committees committee's call at 80 Of Ot time the 10 I 1 delegates ates chosen choson during during- the week 04 I were eIe instructed di directly di- di l- l or em In Indirectly for Taft raft and two avowed Taft men Governor Gover Gover- nor not Fort and amid State Senator E E. R. R Ack- Ack erman were tero elected in Ne v Xe Jersey Thirty Thirty-t tic seven delegates en not Instructed In this classification tion Lion are arc included two New lew Jersey Terse delegates delegates del del- from from the tIme Sixth district district etl cd to vote for President Roosevelt One avowed Hughes Hug man Senator ex-Senator Edgar T. T Brackett uninstructed was elected in New York The Arkansas state slate convention con having recognized the tIme delegates in the Fifth congressional district who on April 27 7 elected W. W V. V B. B Shipper and Scipio Jones as delegates instructed for Taft Tat The Tho presumption as to reg reg- seems to 10 bo be in their favor anti and the they are accordingly Iy entered In the above list The Tho state committee In III Kentucky having decided b by a vote yole of or 7 to 1 that the bo body in tho the First district dis ilis- which elected Taft raft delegates Us regular their title Is also accepted as prima facie fade Of at the tho delegates so far named are either elthel instructed for Taft raft committed to his support b by resolutions ions of Indorsement or preference or have ha publicly announce announced in connection with their election their thelt intention to vote for tor him him at Chicago Sixty eight men are for Knox 50 59 9 for Hughes hes 46 for Cannon 32 tom for Fairbanks 25 for La Follette two for tor Foraker and arc uncommitted Contests In which Presidential al preferences preferences prefer prefer- are involved are being ma made e for 72 of or the scats seats Secretary Taft has the support of or per cr cent of or ortho the tho delegates so 50 far elected S S SAn 0 An Omaha dispatch says that Ruth Bryan Bran Leavitt a daughter of William Jennings Bryan w will 11 stu stump the West West- q n th the in Lor 1 PI 3 n 1 1 stage she sho would better stick around to Nebraska during the cam cam- I |