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Show ! CANDIDATES ' . !' . IN THE HELD: Those Who Are Aspiring- to Serve the People in Public Office Are Many Democrats Are Slow in Announcing Themselves Them-selves for Sacrifice to the Cause. .- I i I I , The approach of the Republican j primaries and convention for Weber I county Is causing the regulation hand ! shake to be much in evidence and I those who are aspiring to political preferment are exercising their best efforts to '"flinch, the nomination." Aj a matter of fact about all the i political activity exhibited at this time ia manltested on the part of Re- j publicans. They seem to feel that there Is not much question but what the Domination In the Republican con-! vent Ion means election. The Democrats of Weber county are wrapped In lethargy and but little life Is shown. A number of Democrats Demo-crats have said that they are not quite .certain, but that tho best way to enforce Democratic ideas would be to Joiu the Republican Insurgents and send some one to the legislature who would see to It that George Sutherland Suther-land be not returned to the United States senate. No candidates have announced themselves in the Democratic ranks and it is thought that when the convention con-vention io called It v. Ill be a matter of "office- Becking the man " Chairman Chair-man Johnson has not yet decided upon the time for the holding of the primaries, pri-maries, but he stated this morning that it is qult certain that the prl marle8 will be called for some day during Fair week and that the Democratic Dem-ocratic county convention will be held in the early pari of October, I likely In the first week. j The Republican primaries through-' out the county will be hell Saturday Satur-day September 24 and the convention I will be held in Ogden Thursday Sep-, tetnbtr 2'J. The convention promises to be a lively one, there now being evidences of Fpirited contests for nominations to the various county offices. of-fices. It is stated that the contests will be irlenJly and will be fought out In fairness on the floors of the convention. Those in the field for nominations at the present time are; Oscar Madaon for the two-year term commissioner; J. T. By bee and M. Skeen for the four-year term commissioner. com-missioner. Mr. Madson and Mr. By-bee By-bee are both Incumiients. Samuel Eiye, incumbent, for county clerk. John Huichens. deputy sheriff, and Ed. Harris for sheriff. J. B. Wallace, incumbent, and Mrs. E. E. We6t for recorder. Alma Chambers, incumbent, for treasurer. David Jensen, incumbent, J C. Davis Dav-is and J. B. McCracken for attorney. Edwin Dix, incumbent, Thomas E. Matthews, or assessor G?orgc J. Kelly, Ogden, George A. Fuller, Eden, for the state senate. H. J. Craven, Incumbent, for sur ej or. Thomas England of Plain City. William Wil-liam Craig of Ogden. William Muntei of West Weber. Mark Chllds of Hooper Hoop-er and A. R. Hey wood of Ogden for the lower house of the state legislature. legisla-ture. There are four representatives to lie elected. Weber county is entitled to two senators sen-ators In th? state legislature, hut there Is only one to elect this fall, due to the fact that Senator Ru Jolph Kuchler is a holdover. |