The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-16
DELEGATES MEET
TO NAME JUDGES
Conventions OF Two Parties
Scheduled For Today.
FORECAST OF THE RESULT
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF AGREE
MENT on TICKET.
FORECAST OF THE RESULT

Candidates for the bench and the
district att0Faeyship OF the Third dis
tricC are to be named by conventions
today Both conventions win CON
Teue AT 10 o'clock. the Democrats liz
Judge Hairs courtroom and the Re
publiCaus in Judge Stewards court
room al the city and county building.
Each convention viii nominate four
candidates for the bench and one for
the district attorneyship.
The Democrats win likely favor
proposition to renomiuate the present.
iLcumbents, two Democrats and two
Republicans, if the Republicans show
disposition to meet the Democrats half
way. The matter is likely 20 be sub
mitJed to both conventions either in
formally OF in the form of a petition
signed by many prominent attorneys
of both parties. Several delegates to
the Republican convention are author
ity for The statement that the Repub-
hcan convention viii turn the PROPOSE
LiOp down.
Favor Bipartisan Ticket,
Many Democrats favor the PROPOSE
tiOn for the reason that the present
judges have abundantly demonstrated
their fitness. They are evenly di-
Vided, two Republicans, two Demo
Gratis. two MOrmous, two GentiIes
That the Democrats who favor this
are sincere i'm their statement of
reasons is evidenced by the fact that
every judge but one elected i'm the dis
ITiCt since statehood has been a Demo-
cUaL. The Democrats have always
been fortunate i'm nominating able
men for the bench, men who have
drawn heavily from both parties
Democratic lawyers have SO far re-
Trained from making an active canvass
Tor the judicial nominations. should
the proposition of endorsing the pres
emit incumbents Tail ia the convention
there VIII be little difficulty in select
ing strong candidates from the many
able attorneys in the party in this
district.
Ten Want Nomination.
There is no lack of candidates on the
Republican side. Ten men are out for
the four nominations, Judges Morse
and Lewis Clesson s. Kinney, George
-. Armstrong. O.. r. Goodwin. D. II.
Wenger II. l. Ritchie, Dan Harriug-
ton, 4. $. Patterson and III. $. Tanner.
Judge Morse is practically assured of
denomination. There viii probably be
a fight on Judge Lewis. Tt is expected
that but one Mormon candidate viii be
nominated, which means Lewis. HaT-
TimguOu or Tanner is doomed TO defeat.
The Tanner people expect TO land their
man at the expense of Lewis. One
slate talked Of last night carried the
names Of Tanner, Armstrong, Wenger
and Patterson. This would leave
Judge Morse out. but it is almost Ger
tain no slate not carrying his name
would so through.
For the district attorneyship d B.
Hampstead and Ray NanCott, both
strong young Democratic attorneys, are
prominently mentioned and it is be-
lieVed one Of them viii be nominated.
Warm Republican Fight.
Republicans out for the district att
toTueyship nomination include Benuer
~. smith. the present district attorney.
II. C.. LOofbourOw, NJ. II. kaighn of
salt Lake, and L. I. Baker of Tooele,
L.oofbourow is on the Tanner slate.
lie is the Kearns candidate and il is
figured that by putting him i'm the
beat with Tanner the latter will draw
strength. 1t would probably draw
strength to LOOfbOUTOW from the
kearns camp, but 1T is hard TO imagine
The senior senator sending his cohorts
out TO do battle for Tanner. However.
this slate was suu in existence last
might. Baker viii draw some outside
strength, which Kaighn claims viii
come Lb nun AMER lue lllsL DalDL-
Smith has not been especially active
iu the ante-convenuon campaign, but
stands well I'm the party and among
the attorneys of the district and viii
CIr some figure today
The Democratic convention viii con-
Eist of 16l votes. OF these 1873 come
from salt Lake. seventeen from Sum
nit and eleven from T0oele. The RE
publican convention viii have l55 votes.
115 from salt Lake, nineteen from
summit and eleven from TOoele. This
makes eignty-one necessary 20 "a
choice I'm the Democratic convention
and seventy eight in the Republican.
The salt Lake county delegations, of
course. viii control both conventions
Immediately after the adjournment
of the Democratic judicial district con
veutiou the salt Lake city delegates
viii proceed to convene a city judicial
convention for the purpose of nominal
ing two candidates for city judges