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Show I . AT PRICE TODAY J At Price, this afternoon, the Republicans of Utah, in state conven-( conven-( Xion will name four delegates and four alternates tq the Chicago con-yention. con-yention. S As in all the other state contests, except where there arc favorite favor-ite son.?, "Wood and Johnson arc the leading candidates, with Hoover Jmerulinod as a possibility. H This rivalry between the general and the senator has gone on 5m til there is intense feeling. As a result both candidates may m iiset aside when the Chicago convention gets down to business. i 5 Johnson has been accusing Wood of resorting to corrupt methods, 3nd Johnson is so uncompromising that, were he to be defeated by his antagonist, he might carry his bitterness into the general election, as Sic did in 1916 when he was highly instrumental in defeating Hughes. E There is a great opportunity for a dark horse. That being true, $vhy not begin the grooming of a western man. Utah's delegation should lead off in selecting the leader. There was a time when New York state was pivotal and had to be consulted in naming the candidate. Today the west holds the jbalancc of power and should make the. most of that condition in purging recognition. |