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Show Three Cache Men Mentioned as Candidates for Political Posts Tribune Writer Analyzes on Current Local Trends Editor's Note: The following article was written by O. N. IHalmquist, political analyst of the Salt Lake Tribune, who is making a survey of current Utah political conditions. The material is based on a careful, but incomplete, sectional survey of the state: When Herbert B. Maw was elected governor in 1940, the county which displayed the greatest great-est hostility to h's candidacy was Cache. Democratic by a score of 7868 to 5184 on president and by even a larger margin on U. S. senator, that county rejected Governor Maw, 8184 to 5918. There were other counties in the state where the gorvernor's ratio of the total vote was less than it was in Cache. But these counties were Republican on other officers. Nowhere else was he "scratch" against him so heavy as in Cache. Much of the opposition to his candidacy reiflected in the returns from that county four years ago still is alive. But it is the opinion of both Democratic and Republican Republi-can observers that it is not so active and virulent now as it was in 1940. The anti-Maw Democrats Demo-crats still are there; many of them are as emphatically against him as they were on his first bid for the governorship. But the present attitude indicates they will not try so hard to get their friends and neighbors to "scratch" him as they did in 1904. In brief, the desire still is present, but the will has weakened. weak-ened. The attitude of anti-Maw Democrats Dem-ocrats in Cache toward entering an opposition candidate in the nominating primaries is similar to that found in other counties it would be a futile gesture. One Logan party member summed it (Continued on page Three) they have a good prospect to suggest for governor. He is William Wil-liam Pciterson, longtime director of the extension service of Utah State Agricultural college, who recently retired from that position. posi-tion. Mr. Peterson, Cache Republicans Republi-cans say, knows evetry nook and corner of the state: he is thoroughly thor-oughly familiar with the state's economic problems; he has spent many years studying the answers to those problems, and he personally person-ally is acquainted with many voters vot-ers in every county. They admit their enthusiasm for the idea is not shared by Mr. Petarson. but they are hopeful of changing that. ! There likewise is talk in the county of potential candidates on the Democratic side, Frederick P. Champ, banker and a prominent figure in civic affairs and the Hemocratic party for many years, is being suggested as a primary opponent of Senator Elbert D. Thomas. Sponsors of the idea want him to come out on a program pro-gram emphasizing problems of the state and wept, which they charge have received only secondary attention at-tention from the incumbent. Thus far, Mr. Champ's response to the suggestion has been to recite re-cite reasons why he shouldn't run, but he has oot definitely closed the door. Another possible Cache county candidate is A. W. Chambers, Smithfield, for the Democratic nomination for congress in the First district. There has been agitation for some time to bring out a northern man against Incumbent In-cumbent Walter K. Granger, and Mr. Chambers is one of the prospects. pros-pects. He is a former Cache county commissioner (three tqrms), Smithfield city councilman and holds numerous positions in agricultural agri-cultural organizations. At present, pres-ent, he is undecided whether to ! seek his nomination, run for county commission or stay out of politics and take care of his extensive agricultural interests. As to the prospective party division di-vision in Cache this fall, the Democratc and Republicans interviewed inter-viewed were not far apart in their opinions. Democrats, generally, inclined to view that their incumbents in-cumbents would be renominated and that they could carry the county in the final election. But they suspect that the Democratic-margin Democratic-margin will be reduced. Some of thdm classified the county as doubtful. And that was the prevailing pre-vailing Republican view. THREE CACHE MEN FOR POLITICAL POSTS j (Continued Irom page Onel up with the rhetorical question: "Who has the color and the push to defeat him?" While Democratic county organization or-ganization leaders are, seeking to salve the scabs of old sores and reconcile the dissatisfied elements from that county, the Republicans are mulling over their candidate material. And some of the key GOP members are convinced that |