The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01
AND SOLDIERS, NIONUMENT.

he come back he will be able to take
up the reins with as much certainty
as though he had been on the ground
all the time. There is a horde of small
and large politicians who are anxious
to see him and one who is on the in
side says there is no doubt that he will
have some important additions to his
strength before he has been in town
above twenty-four hours.
That Deal With Leonard.
By the way, that proposed deal be-
tween the colonel and Fred Leonard,
whereby Leonard was to take charge
of the machines campaign in this
county and hand over at the end OF
the canvass Is members Of the legisla-
ture to "the liberator," shows signs
of being off. The colonePS supporters
deny the story that Leonard was ap-
preached. They say the colonel recog-
nized that Leonard had lost most of
his old time prestige and did not care
to take up with such a man; besides
which he recognized that Leonard was
in with the Tribune crowd for more
reasons than one, and that it would
have been unwise to trust him with
too many inside facts, for fear that he
would betray them to the enemy.
They do not believe their astute lead
er could be guilty Of such an act CT
folly as to get man who would not fill
the bill, when there are several others
who can manipulate the county with as
much success as the doughty Leonard.
How it started.
The story in the first place came
from Leonard, or at least from his
friends. There are as many as three
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them himself he had been approached
and told he would be paid if his SER
vices did not come too high. If the
deal falls through it will either be be-
cause the story had no foundation ex-
cept in the desire of the Tribune crowd
to spread abroad rumors that Trumbo
was trying to buy the senatorship out
and out, or because Leonard placed his
services at too high a figure and the
colonel believed he could have the
work done by others just as we'll and
for a lower price. Leonard goes out of
office today. The colonel returns on
Monday. Developments are awaited
with interest.
More Judicial Candidates.
And still judicial candidates continue
to make their appearance upon the |
troubled scene of action. A person |
he meets with some new man who is
spoken of or has announced himself |
as a candidate. Perhaps the most |
juvenile of all those who have been |
brought to the front by the prospect |
of this being safe Democratic
county is Benner Y. Smith, the rising |
young man. However, his candidacy |
wholly depends on the decision as to
whether women can vote this fall for
state officers. In a peculiar moment of
abstraction he became one of the ten
young men of this city who formed
the Tontine Matrimonial Benefit asso-
citation. which as a. discourag cement of
matrimony has few equals. Assaults
have continually been made on this
solid phalanX of eligibility, but the
young ladies have so far met with no
success, and as the months go by the
members are becoming hardened and
less likely to be brought into the
straight and narrow path which leads
to the altar. AS a last resort it has
been determined that no member of
the association shall be the recipient
of political honors until he breaks
away. If the women vote at the next
election Mr.. Smith wouldn't be in it.
Therefore he is not yet even in the
hands of his friends.
The New Corners in 1t.
There is new element entering into
the judicial race. That is found in the
recent emigrants to Utah. The low
salary offered the judges makes it
necessary for a long established lawyer
of strong ability to sacrifice himself
in order to take a judicial position
Very few of the old leading members
Of the bar have thus far. shown a will
lingness to immediate themselves for
the good of the district and there is
fear that the low salaries
may work injury to the bench by
some poor material to be put
upon it.
But among the newcomers in the
of from four to six
years residence-there are a number
IF Bright and able lawyers. whose
oracfice thus far has not given them
;ucll@a coign of vantage as to enable
hem to put aside a judicial position
f it were offered them; and now sew
,ral of these are being mentioned as
possibilities of the best kind. Many
absolutely refuse to be spoken about.
1ut others are coquetting with the
suggestion in such a way that it is
dollars to doughnuts that they would
lot refuse the nomination and would
wen do little to help it along.
Did Not Hide His Light.
men is S. NJ. Mcdowell, called
Judge already, and solicitous
# securing an unquestionable
light to the honorable title.
When, as in this western coun-
ry a man defeated for justice of the
)eace is likely to- be called Judge"
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