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, Vol. f; No 5' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCT. 13 190t. Pkick 5 kst 5 THE RACE HAS BEGUN )Tho political parties, five of them, have nominated their candidates for the election on November C. There k are no more to come this time we be lieve. The signal has been given, the ' have started. Five are enough, re- ' publicans, democrats, "Americans," laborltes and socialists. The voters 1 have plenty to choose from. On Mon- 'j day the republicans held their Salt i, Lake county convention and made I nominations as follows: For State Senators Benner X. ;. Ernkh, Wlll.am N. "Williams. I ? For House of Representatives Har- ry J. Robinson, Bingham; Harry S. . Josephs, -Salt Lake; Briant S. Young, 1 Salt Lake; C. E. Marks, Mill Creek; J ' Preston D. Richards, Sugar; Brlgham Clegg, Salt Lake; Daniel M'Roa, Gran- j gcr; John M. Mills, Salt Lake; John 1 Q. Crltchlow, Salt Lake; NephI Jen sen, Forest Dale. For County Clerk Joseph U. Eld redge, Jr. For County Recorder Percy O. Per kins. For County Treasurer J. A. Grocs Leck, Jr. j For Sher.ff C. Frank Emery. t For County Attorney Wlllard Han- 1 son. i , ' For County Auditor Frank Hegin- b'otham. ' For Surveyor Joseph B. Swenson. For Assessor Campbell M. Brown. 1 For County Commission, (Four-year ' term) A. AV. Carlson; (Two-year ' term) J. B. Cosgrlff. , ' ' For Justice of the Peace George C. Buckle. For Constable W. R. Wright. Taking the personnel of this ticket and comparing It, man for man, with any other ticket ever nominated in Salt Lake county It does uot lose by . the comparison. i ' , i -i I Some republicans And fault. Any- '' I body can. do that. It's the easiest i I thing In the world to do. The mal- ! contents say It's a Smoot, Anderson, '& ', Spry, Calllstor, etc., ticket, and the I opposition have harped on that string, until It has becomo threadbare. We i thould like to seo some tangible proof oven some reasonable evidence that Smoot, Anderson, Calllstor & Co. took any part open or covert In tho nomi nation of either the county or the .state tickets. Everj thing leads to the belief that those gentlemen kept alool 3vcn more aloof than their rights as ordinary citizens demanded. This crj about tho Calllstor, Anderson crowd dictating has been overdone and a re action Is not only due but Is here. Give every man his duo and a fair field and no favors. The malcontents who are Influenced by tho Tribune's rav ings and malicious statements saj that It was known beforehand who would be nominated. Anybody with my foresight could guess with reas onable accuracy who tho nominees o. jny convention would be. In tho case of the republican county convention most of the candidates who were nom inated had been declared cand.datcs .cr a long time. They and their friends had been working diligently for nnny months. The pnzes they have cap aired, If in the long run lhe prove to ;.e prizts, havo came to them by their jii efforts, their own Incessant wcrt ni parseveranco and they, havo no LoJy to thank buL themselves. On tho other hand tho disgruntled ones d.d nothing but carp and find fault and prate about machines. Instead of go ing out and making an honest effort lor themselves they expected the con vention to hand them something on a silver platter and beg of them to ac cept to It. Another thing, a couplo of months ago when Republican pros pects wore not as bright as they aro now very few of the disappointed ones wanted to bo nominated. Their desire for nomination grow as ho outlook bacamo brighter. This talk about ring rule and church dictation has been overworked. Thero noyer were conventions anywhere in (ho .vorld more free from church inter ference than tho Democratic and Re publican conventions, county and state, of this campaign. This cap trap and church bogio man is workod out. I & Tho Democrats held their county convention on Wednesday and as (ho Herald expressed it, showed as much confidence and enthusiasm as If a nomination was equal to an election. They nominated a good ticket, somo of the candidates are strong and popular. Tho Democrats being tho "outs" their convention was compar atively free from factional lights. The ticket is as follows: For State Senators Philip S. May cock and S. W. Stewart. For Representatives C. P. Ovor feld, S. L. Richards, D. J. Williams, Samuel Russell, W. II. Bywator, W. W. Ray, A. E. Hyde, M. M. Spencer, A. L. Lovey, J. R. Allen. For County Commissioners Long term, John Clark; short term, Thomas H. Qulllan. For Sheriff John F. Howells. For Clerk Albert J. Searc. For Recorder Stephen L. Moylo. ' For Auditor Maxwell R. Brothers. For Treasurer Lawrence H. Young. For Attorney Ashby Snow. For Assessor James T. Lynch. . For Survoyor Gcorgo M. Bacon. The Republicans, Democrats and "Americans" arc before tho people asking for their suffrage. Ah among the three victory may come to any of .hem. The Labor ticket will poll a -onslderable, a very considerable 'ote, but It is not likely that party's candidates will bo elected. Tho So cialists will bo a bad fifth in tho race. The real contestants will be tho Re publicans, Democrats and "Ameri cans." The "Americans' hope to slido .nto office as they did last year be tween the other two parties. Tho "Americans" aro enemies to both, en amies lo the community, a mushroom party founded on revonso and sus tained by tho hope of graft. Those aro their principles, yet they aro very 'lablo to carry tho day. Thoy aro united; the opposition Is divided. jt J Tho "Americans" make their fight on the Mormons. They want to take away their religious and civil rights. Their press organs here and in Ida lio openly declare that no member of the Mormon church should bo allowed to exercise tho right of franchise. This contest to them strikes deeper than ordinary political questions. It affects their rights and their liberties as Individuals, as well as their honor, Intelligence and manhood. Tho "Am ericans" have forced tho fight upon thoni. Tho "Americans" havo marked tho lino of battle. Will tho Mormons accept tho conditions forcod upon them and meet tho avowed and de clared Issue squarely? Will thoy unite solidly on one or tho other of the two tickets to defeat their en emies or will they quarrel among themselves and allow their opponents to ovorcomo them because of lack of unity? If they do thoy nro very fool ish. The result will bo their defeat and humiliation. If they nccept those conditions thoy will have nono to blame but themselves for tho results. Tho situation Is clear, the lines mu well defined. If thoy fall to join Is sues they will desorvo no bettor fato than that which awaits them In case the "Americans" carry tho day. The Tribune nnd Herald havo In vented a story to tho effect that a compact has been entered Into be tweon O. J. Salisbury nnd Senator Smoot by which tho latter agrees to support tho former for U. S. senator two years, four years, ten years, or 100 years, henco. Tho story Is puro fiction, but It will do for tho dallies to ring tho charges on for a whllo. There Is no truth either In tho story that Senators Smoot and Sutherland havo quarreled and aro waiting for an opportunity to grab each other by tho throat. It's all rot. Mr. Dalton, Socialist, Socialist La w partylst, humanitarian, anarch'st, agitator for coin, and what not, has been acquired by tho "American" par y. Tiie acquisition, from ihe local Yankee Doodlo standpoint, may be a ;cod one, but wo doubt It. Dalton Is a man with a record Tho So lallsts of Washington stato had an xperlenco with him Jn the year of ur Lord 1900. Tho Dally People, a Vow York publication, knew him to ts cost. Tho Socialists of Chicago tod a costly acquaintance with him. The Chicago decent Socialists know lovcral things about him, and his pro lonslty to eat porterhouse steak when orao other fellow will pay for It. Tho Western Federation of Miners, in organization which seems to bo -nverned by murderers, thieves and -ut-throats, contributed very consider able sums of money to tho support (Continued on Pago It.) j GLOBE-WERNICKE BOOKCASES ""J" ! IB 60 W. Second South CARRIED IN ALL WOODS AND SIZES i-k. . i