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Show I CANDIDATES NAMED I FDR OFFICE OF I KRESS1I The Salt Like Tribune says: Republicans who attended the meeting of the state committoe yee-terday yee-terday were discussing a new crop of congressional candidates from the Hf Second district Included In this dls- Hl trict are the counties of Salt Lake, j Tooele, Davis and Utah. Those from HL the outside conceded that a candl- n"" date from Salt Lake would receive HR- - the nomination. The latest to be discussed in con-Hj con-Hj ' nectlon with the nomination are At- H . torney General A. Rt Barnes, Colonel H.: Lawrence Greene, Judge George G. Armstrong and Judge F. C. Loofbou-Hft: Loofbou-Hft: I row. For the past week or more there has been an effort on the part i of the supporters of the attorney gen- r eral to induce him to seek the con- H? ' gresslonal nomination. While the Hi: I attorney general has not declined to Hr K become a canddate he has not oin- N -oouraged hs admirers in their efforts Hfl to bring him out. Colonel Lawrence Greene is a well-known member or the governor's staff and one of the leading busi-ness busi-ness men of the city He is not a politician and has always declined to become a candidate for any po-lltical po-lltical office He has been frequently B mentioned a6 a possible mayoralty B candidate. Governor Spry is said to B favor either Attorney General Barnes or Colonel Greene for the congres- 1 slonal nomination. Judge Armstrong and Judge Loof-bourow Loof-bourow have given little considera-- considera-- tTon to the proposal that they become be-come candidates for congress. Nevertheless Never-theless their names are frequently mentoinod by local poltlcians in connection con-nection with the nomination. These 'candidates mentioned are all In addition to an earlier crop of can-, can-, dldatos who are still being consid ered in connection with the nomna-tion. nomna-tion. To date the only avowed can-h can-h didates are Harry S. Joseph and Dan- BU iel Harrington. However, there are B several others who are likely to be J in the field. District Attorney E. O. Lealherwood Is regarded as the per- B sonal choice of Senator Reed Smoot for the nomination. Benner X. Smith, , W. Mont Ferrv, C. E. Marks, Carl A. '. Badger, H E Booth and Parley P. f ; Jenson are all looked upon as pos- Hiflf sbc candidates from this district. HJ'T . Thus far there are no avowed Dem- H i ocratlc or Progressive candidates W from this district. Nephi L. Morris, B ' Fred A. Sweet and Stephen H. Love B are probably mentioned oftener than B any other Progressive as the possi- Bl ble nominees for congress in the fli Js event of a Democratic-Progressive WLFr combination. Frank S. Bransford Hf I are frequently mentioned as possible Democratic candidates from this dls- |
