The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-21
POLITICS IN SANPETE
Republicans Divided Into Two
Hostile Camps Over Judicial
District Nominations.

Mt. Pleasant March 2o.-There is any
amount of trouble brewing in the ranks
of the Republican party in this part OF
Ctah. and If things are not manipulated
by the master hand of an accomplished
politician from now until election day
there Will be some of the hardest bumped
office seekers down through here that
the county has ever seen.
The troubles Of the @. O. p will start
right away. in fact they have already be-
gun. According TO report there are two
combinations formed in TINS county 10
swing the pluEIs to be given out by the
Judicial convention to be held in this
city on April 9Th. into certain baskets.
One Is the present judge. Jacob johnson
of Spring city in company with the pres
ent district attorney. ". d. Livingston
of Manti. who. according to the generally
accepted rumor hereabOuts, are anxious
TO succeed themselves TO the two offices,
OF course there is no question Of John
SON aspirations in this line. He is out
flat for a denomination. Livingston so
TAR is-On the surface-after the same Of
flee the jUdgeship. but the knowing ones
say that his real desire is to succeed him.
self as district attorney and that the
candidacy which he Is making for the
judgeship nomination is only a blind.
Those two make the one combination.
Albert Christensen Of Mantl and William
n. Reid of the same town form the other.
Tho former is the present county at
tOrney, and is regarded by all Repubii-
cans in this part OF the county as being
altOgethe~ too young and inexperienced
ship AMI his II ming mate Reid has
Only recently come over from the Demo-
cratic party where for wears he was one
of his party's hardest workers. and
there Is a strong feeling that he had bet
ter train with his new associates a year
or two longer before he asks for any
thing SO juicy as the district attorney
ship. IL either of these combinations get
through the convention IL will embitter
the counties of the eastern part of the
district which arc this year demanding
artOrneTElIn 4
that side of the ridge. and cost many
votes for the party. Then neither COM
bination satisfies the people OF this cOun-
~. Johnson will be strong in this end
but will be fought bitterly in the south
While Livingston Will be lust the re-
verse. Christensen will be strong IN some
of the southern towns but Will not have
strength enough to carry him over the
opposition to be met in this part. As the
followers of the respective candidates
are in earnest in their support of their
particular man and are CARRYING their
light 10 the limits II can be seen that
there will be some sore heads after the
convention Is held because there can be
but one man nominated for each place.
In this city the old time Candland-
Jensen fight will almost certainly creep
into the campaign again and become an
clement which viii create all kinds of
discord. That means division here
which viii cost votes again on election
day. because IL II opens up again it will
be more bitter than ever before and
that is saying a great deal.
Another point which is causing trouble
for the leaders Is the fact that Judge
johnson is a candidate again and that his
son Morgan. now county treasurer. will
be in the race for a denomination also.
II this is the case il win bring about an
other fight. because IL Is said that two
members of the Johnson family at the
same time on the ticket are one too many.
II anything comes Of this opposition " is
likely that the son will be sacrificed. az
though he has made an admirable record
In the office. The father has the first