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Show I GOVERNOR SPRY AND NEPHl L. MORRIS. I Though Governor Wm. Spry is de- ifeated for renoraination, that gentlel man has the consoling .thought that 'he has a great personal following. No man in the political history of Utah I tfias made more steadfast friends than ! Governor Spry. Had he never made j 'the mistake of promising the last I legislature to return the prohibition measure which was In his keeping and failing to keep his word, he might Ji have been nominated yesterday, so 1 1 strong Is his hold on the 'big men of j .his party, ft The Democrats were hoping Spry f would be renamed, as the governor's ( , weakness on the prohibition question f would have made the liquor Issue -para- mount with the head of the Republican most vulnerable to attack. 1 During the convention yesterday, nominating speeches were made which fl were a direct challenge to Nephl L. Morris right to appear before a regu-f regu-f lar Republican convention, seeking , I support. One or two speakers went so ' far as to declare any man who had ' not been faithful to the party was un-1 un-1 worthy of support. With Mr. Morris , I nominated, those stalwarts must re-! re-! tract what they have said, or they will become the irregulars. The Standard is of the opinion that I Nephl L. Morris is a very strong can- U ' didate. He is sufficiently independent in action to give promise of being a fearless governor. His record is a ! clean one and no one questions his I ability. As to how he will compare i with the man to be named "by the I I Democrats is yet to be disclosed. |