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Show M'KAY SLATED I FOR LEADERSHIP SAIl1 LAKE. Nor. 15 Speculations Specula-tions as to the officers and president of the fifteenth Utah leg-lsJflture waw the leading topic of conversation at tho stat capitol yctcrda with the appearance of Thomas K. McKay of HuntSTille. president of the last legislature. legis-lature. President McKay while at the capitol on business, was willing to admit that, so far as he is concerned. h- would appreciate the honor of jarain being chosen president of the senate. So far as learned a9 vet, no oppo-sitlOIl oppo-sitlOIl has shown to the re-election of ; President McKay. At the close of the last session of the legislature many expressions of esteem and regard for the presiding officer were heard. It lis the present thought that in all probability. prob-ability. President .McKay Will have the ; support of his r jght colleague! who !are holdover meinhers of that body J and it is easily within tho range of -probabilities that he will be chosen president unanimously. Oscar McConkie or San Juan county in the Twelfth senatorial dls-ti dls-ti ;i t. will be the only Democrat In the senate, and while he may nonii-n.it'- 1 v McConkie, for president as a matter of party pride it is hardly thoupnt he will De able to assemble enough votes to get the office. Among the Republicans, at tins distance from ' the convening of the fifteenth legis- lature, the strongest opposition to i President McKay should any develop. . would possibly come from W. I . Cand-lar.d Cand-lar.d nnl) elected from Sanpete county Mr. Candland has gr en his party long service. He has b-en mayor may-or of Mount Pleasant several timer: and was president of the- state board I of land commissioners at a time when tho -nioinmrms or that office were not sutrtciently large to make them highly a. tractive to a man of the cal-lore cal-lore tbc on ice required. Mr. i'and- in IP! 8, alcnotign the election was lost in tn. sweeping Democratic landslide of that year. In lie nous.- a rather different situation sit-uation prevails. Here, too. the presiding pre-siding officer of the COUrtBeAth legislature legis-lature is returning in tne person of K. Calllster Mr. (.'aillster. twu years ago riad opposition tor Hie honor hon-or of speaker in the veteran legislatbf from Kane county, W. W Seegmlllei. wlio :s again returning for the legislature legis-lature i ne house two years ago was entirely Republican, with the exception excep-tion or the mCtnher from Grand county. coun-ty. This year mere will b eleven Pcnior-rars in The house. This will leave 4-1 Jiepuuiicans. who will probably prob-ably nam' tneir candidate for speaK-er speaK-er in caucus ana then elect bim In open session. rtri |