The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-14
Republican Aftermath.

Returns from the various precincts in
S5ahpese county show that the delegates
elected TO attend the county Republican
convention. to be held in EDhraiu1 next
MONDAY. are largely fsvora bic to George
sutherland for the next U>ited States
senator from Utah, and II is almost q
fCregone conciuSion that two Of the rep
reSentatives who 90 from this county TO
the state legislature next year will be
strong part1sans OF his The third. Sena-
tor Larsen of Manu. hOidover. is known
as being IN line for Kearns. But one pre-
clnct in the county IS out flat for Kearns.
that being Gunnison. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that part. n not all Of the Spring
Citv delegates win be favorable to the
senior senator also. but they &C unin-
Structed. Aanti and EohTsim also may
nave one or two men with kearnS incli-
nations. but there Is no certainty of that
80 the kearns men will be in a hopeless
r7in"ritN IN the convention Gunuison VIII
cCme TO the convention with a candidate
tor the state legislature In the person OF
II A kearns. an out and out kearns
man. and VII fight until the last ditch
Is crossed to put him through but there
81 little prospect of his retiring the nom
nation Notwithstanding that town has
haen generally acknowledged to have the
right to name the legislator from the
southern END of the county this year j ne
convention. being under control of the
Sutherland delegates, will see to IL that
a man who sees the senatorial position IN
the same light that it does is sent in from
that as well as this end OF the county.
The other legislator will be A. Johnson
Of this city. who defeated F. G Jensen.
the Kearns candidate, in the local pre-
einct convention, and who is Known as a
strong admiTer of Mr. Sutherland.
Close Shave Fer Smoot.
AT inspection of the vote Of several OF
the larger precincts shows that it was by
a very narrow majority that the Suther-
land forces obtained control Of the county
Gunnison starts with ten Spring city
has eight. Eight kearns votes would
have given him Mt. Peasants sixteen.
turned the ten from that town. giving TO
Kearns foTty-fOur delegates in the con-
venti0n that were certain. Eight more
could be found in the different-precincts
of the county il IS quite certain. so that
the sixteen votes in this city and Fairview
would have turned the scale from Suth-
er,and to Kearns as fifty-tWo votes in
the convention viii be q ma iorIty-
Mt Pleasant viii ask for the nominal
ton of A. Johnson as representa- tive. John
Knudsen as sheriff and lanes Monsen as
county commissioner at the hands of the
county convention. Spring City VIII ask
for the nomination Of J. Morgan for
treasurer. Fairview viii ask for the cons
missiOnership for Sidney SsndeTson. Mo-
Fonf viii want the cferkshiD for +. d.
Anderson, the present Incumbent. +. W.
Ellasou having been defeated there
Fountain Green came out strongly at the
primary for II. r. Smith for assessor ana
will get his nomination II possible. Ches-
ter and Wales have formed a combina ton
by which they hope to land Fl. D Rees
Of the latter town as commissioner ms
slate will 60 through without friction ex-
cent in the case of the county commission
ership which is wanted by this city ana
Fatrview In all probability Fairview
will carry off that nomination.