The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-19
HAMMOND OUT
TO BE GOVERNOR
Secretary of State Makes Pub
Tic Announcement.
BELONGS TO NO FACTION"
POSITION OF GOVERNOR WELLS
STILL IN DOUBT.

A CCORDING 10 expectation, Score
n tary James T. Hammond made q
formal announcement or his candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination
for governor yesterday. The an
nOuncement was made in the following
words
My name having been used by the
people and in the press as a prob, bic
candidate for governor. / feel that ,hc
time has arrived when / should make
an announcement. I have concluded
to declare myself candidate before
the Republican convention for uomina-
tion for governor.
In making this announcement I sp-
peal to the rank and file Of the party
for support If elected I shall not con
slider myself the representative of any
special interest of the state or faction
Of the party but VIII impartially rep
resent all OF the varied interests Of the
state"
Two Candidates in Field.
This settles all doubt as to Mr. Ham
mond's position and places two avowed
candidates in the feld-Nr- Hammond
and J. G. Cutler
Mr. HammOnd's admission that fac
tiOns exist in his party. while by no
means a startling revelation. is of in
terest because Of its source. and viii
likely require explanation later How
ever. Mr.. Hammond cannot be viewed
in any light other than that Of a piO-
HeeT in publicly recognizing the fact
that the party in Utah is rent asunde~
by discOrdant elements The breach IS
already so wide that the active fac
uOnists are expected to soon abandon
further attempts to ignore it. The
activity OF SmOot in choosing his adj
herenIs for nomination to state Of
fees. it is thought. viii provoke couu-
ter activity from Kearns. and the Re
publican war will be in full swing once
more.
There is hope for Hammond. or some
other man not tied I'D with SmOCt
should Kearns take a hand. He viii
not. unless conditions change greatly.
come out for Shoots choice. That
would prove beyond a doubt that the
senior senator was merely playing poll
tics and would fool nobody. Further
more. it is stated by men close to both
senators that the conflict between them
is iTreCOnCila bic. 1T is said to have
changed from a political antipathy to
as personal hatred without a hope OF
peaceful adjustment
Wells Position in Doubt.
Hammond. while not known as
factionist. is certainly not one Of
stance may win him the support OF
kearns. The entry Of Governor Wells.
which is still regarded as possible by
many and probable by some. may be
disturbing factor in the maHeuerz
of the Hammond forces. Should
Kearns be driven 30 a choice between
Wells and Hammond because OF
Shoots activity, there is hard sled
ding ahead for Wells or Hammond
Both may count on the active OppOsi-
ton Of SmOOt, who has his candidate
in the person Of Cutler. This is some
thing Of a handicap 10 start with, and
If KeaTns picks up one of the non
SmOOtites, the third man might as we'll
quit right there except in one unlikely
contingency That contingency is that
the convention may decide TO cut loose
from both senator's and choose a man
not prominently identified with either.
But. as stated. the contingency is IN
likely, because SnOot is busy organiz-
ing for the state convention right now.
Unless kearns steps in il viii be all
SmoOt; if Kearns steps in it viii be
either SmOOt or KeaTns. so that the
outlook for the odd man is gloomy