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Show NOMINATION OF WM. H. WATTIS PREDICTED Campaign Committee Lists Strength of Ogden Candidate Candi-date for Senator The prediction that William H. Wattls of Ogden would be nomlnsted for the position of t'nited States senator sena-tor at the Utah Republican state convention con-vention in Salt lakc next Friday was made hire Saturday hy the W.ittia campaign management Despite the solid support of Salt IAkc county with Its 206 votes, the 11 votes pledged him In Summit county and his other scattering votes, Ernest Bamberger lacks enough otes to win the nomination, the committee further declared. To back up the prediction that Wat-tis Wat-tis would be the successful applicant for the nomination, the-YVattis backers back-ers declared that Box Elder, Utah, ('ache, Davis and Weber are virtually I solid for Wattla with a few scattering ! votes for Bamberger and 1 K' uhen Clark. MAJORITY FOR WATT is Counties in which W attls has a big majority of tho delegates were listed as Duchesne, Emery Garfield. Iron, j Kich. Sevier. Llnta, Wayne and San l'ete. Seven counties were listed as divided with WattLs holding a clear advantage. These counties are Carbon. Grand. Juab. Millard. Piute. Washington and Wasatoh. Tooele county probably will give J Reuben Clark a complimentary vote in view of Tooele being the home of this candidate for the nomination The WattlS management said thai Bamberger's strength lies in four counties. Salt Lake, Summit, Carbon, and Juab wdth only scattering support1 outside of those counties. There will be 594 delegates at th" convention. The successful candidate j must win 29S votes or better to be nominated. WATTIS AND BAMBERGER All political observers agree that the I race is between Wattis and Bamberger 'with a scattering vote for J. Reuben Clark. It is reported that former Governor ! William Spr, w ho Is coming from Washington to attend the convention lis a dark horse candidate for the nomination nom-ination for senator, but Mr Spry has made no announcement I K. K Stephenson rxnd Frank EvanB lalao have been mentioned a-s Rspuoll-;enns Rspuoll-;enns whose names may be put before the convention. j A candidate for the office of state superintendent of public Instruction land for justi. e of the supreme court Will b? named by the convention. The nomination of Don Colton of I Vernal for congress In the first district dis-trict and E. O. Ieatherwood In the second district without opposition Is predicted. Wattis headquarters will bo established estab-lished tomorrow in the Cullen hotel In Ball Lake. |