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Show Republicans Will Face Contests for All State and National Political Offices . ; t t y , - . : ' : ..v::..4:fc;;-: s:!' : .5-: :., J . . nllfm'ltifrii . ... v .. v. - . i SENATOR WATKINS miwrirnfliyT-Tr-rnirr """"" ... . . , . . . ... , f , I ... , i :, I CONGRESSMAN GRANGES I Republicans of the State of 'Utah will have primary contests for every position on the state 1 and national level, it was revealed reveal-ed at the close of filing for the .various political offices, Saturday, Satur-day, July 12. The Democrats will have contests for all offices but two, State Attorney General and State Treasurer. 1 Arthur V. Watkins of Orem, Republican, member of the Unit- , ed States Senate who will seek re-election to that position, will be opposed by no less than three members of his party. One of them, Marriner S. Eccles of Og- den, is rather prominently known in national political circles. The other two candidates for the position po-sition are C. Cash Rampton, Salt Lake City, and Bill Baker, Orem. : Congressman Walter K. Granger Gran-ger of Cedar City will seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in an at-l at-l tempt to gain the seat in the Senate now held by Mr. Watkins. Mr. Granger will be opposed for the nomination by former Governor Gov-ernor Herbert B. Maw, who at the present time is practicing law in Salt Lake City. Congress-I Congress-I man Granger is favored to win the nomination over his opponent. oppon-ent. Three Democrats and two Republicans Re-publicans have entered the contest con-test for Congressman from the First Congressional district, seeking seek-ing the position to be vacated by Mr. Granger in his quest for the senate post. Three of the candidates candi-dates come from Ogden, George iT. Frost and Bartley L. Lower, Democrats, and Douglas R. Stringfellow, Republican. Ernest R. McKay of Huntsville will seek the Democratic nomination, and George W. Staples of Richfield, will oppose Mr. Stringfellow for the Republican nomination. I Governor J. Bracken Lee, Re-(Continued Re-(Continued on Page Three) Political Offices (Continued from Page One) publican, will seek re-election to that position, but he will have opposition, op-position, in the primary election from Alfred Cyril Callister, a Salt Lake City physician. Earl J. Glade, mayor of Salt Lake City, and Heber Bennlon, Jr., Secretary Sec-retary of State, will oppose each other for the nomination for governor gov-ernor on the Democratic ticket. Six men, three Republicans and three Democrats, will seek the n6mlnation for the position to be vacated by Secretary Bennlon. Seeking the Democratic nomination nomina-tion will be Milton B. Taylor, Salt Lake City; Ward C. Hoi-brook, Hoi-brook, Bountiful, and Edward J. McPolin, Park City. All three have been prominent in the Democratic party and state political poli-tical circles for many years. The three Republican candidates are Truman S. Curtis, Lamont F. Toronto and John Walker, all of Salt Lake City. Clinton D. Vernon, Democrat, will seek re-election to the position posi-tion of Attorney General, and will be unopposed for the party nomination. Three Republicans are seeking nomination as Mr. Vernon's opponent In the November Novem-ber election. The three candidates are Keith Browne, Loth a ire R. Rich and Llewellyn O. Thomas, all of Salt Lake City. Democratic candidates for nomination nom-ination as State Auditor are Fer-rell Fer-rell H. Adams, Salt Lake City, and Arias Belnap, Ogden. The two Republican candidates for the office are Sherman J. Preece and Paul P. Cropper, both of Salt Lake City. Reese M. Reese, of Salt Lake City, will be unopposed for the nomination of State Treasurer on the Democratic ticket. His opponent op-ponent will vbe one of three Republicans, Re-publicans, J. E. Jenkins, Park City; Sid Lambourne, Holladay, and Golden L. Allen, Centerville. |
