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Show HE OUT TO ! BET NOMINATION State Auditor Announces He Will Seek Position of Utah Treasurer for Term Unable, under the state constitution, constitu-tion, to succeed themselves In their present office. State Auditor Joseph Rlrie and State Treasurer Daniel O. Larsen. have nnnounced their intention inten-tion of becoming candidates on the Democratic ticket and -switching' positions po-sitions With the nnnounceim-nt ot Mr. Rirle's candidacy, two Ogden men will be In the race for the slate treasurer's treas-urer's office, Mr Rlrie una Arthur K Karscm, present city auditor here. Mr. I arsun however. Is a candidate at. the Kpubllcan convention. In announcing his candidacy for I treasurer on the Democratic ticket. I Mr Rlrie asserted that he Is still a t Progressive While he was formerly I a f filiated with the Republican partv. ho believed that to Indorse the present pres-ent Republican national platform would be to go hack to conditions as I they existed before 1912 He had I studied lnth 'he Hepublican and the j Democratic platforms care full) he said, and had come to the conclusion conclu-sion that the Democratic platform ot-; ot-; fers the greatest good to the greatest number. "Since the state auditor,'" said Mr. ml K ( r-r-i C1..1 f T o ,.. desirous ot serving a term as treasurer treas-urer of the stati and In charge of the state funds As treasurer I should continue con-tinue to be e.-nfflclo member of tbe stale board of Insanity and therefore would hrne a part in the conduct ft the affairs of the state mental hospital. hos-pital. The present board has initiated initiat-ed n program of improvements at that Institution which cannot be completed this ear. If that prosram Is carried out it will take care of the feeble-nil feeble-nil ml' '1 and menially unfortunate of the state for many years to come. , D M I N I ST RATION' INDORSED. "As auditor, also, I have been a member of the state road commission. Should I recelvG the part nomination nomina-tion and be elected, the legislature, if It cared to, could easily chanpe tr,o law so as to continue me on the board "As Indicated. I prefer to stand on the Democratic platform i liana, U-so, U-so, on the record of the Wilson administration, ad-ministration, and of tho present state administration. "In the treasurer's office I would continue ns 1 have In the auditor's office, to aim to conduct Its affairs for the good of the people, of all the peo-pl, peo-pl, fairly :md independently. My slo-pan slo-pan would be there, as now. economy and efficiency In the conduct of the office " Mr Larson. In announcing his candidacy can-didacy for the office of state auditor, 1 1 s i ref.-rr.-il t" thr fact thafhe is deeply interested In the partially completed com-pleted program of the state board of Insanity. With regard to his affiliation affilia-tion with the Democratic party, he referred re-ferred to a close study he had made of the political situation. LITTLE HOPE FOR PROGRESSIVES. PROGRES-SIVES. "I still hold, he said, "to the principles prin-ciples and Ideals which were announced an-nounced by the Progressive party, and for this reason I cannot at the present pres-ent time ppp any hope or comfort for Progressives In the Republican party. Its declaration or Its candidate. "On the other hand. If there was reason and Justification for Progressive Progres-sive to co-operate with and support the Democratic party and ticket of 1916 and unquestionably there was I such reason and Justification arc Just) as strong at tho present time. Tho candidates Ol ths Iemocratlc party In tne comlnff campaign are eminently satisfactory to me, and, in my opinion, should bo bo to Progressives gc-ii ally." I |