The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-19
UTAH COUNTY MEN
WHO WANT OFFICE
Candidates Are Many in Both
Parties.
LIST is EVER EXPANDING
SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE
ASPIRING.

Provo. Aug. 1S.-The list of candidates
for the different offices in Utah county
Is constantly growing. For .he leg
lsiature there is no end Of avail
able candidates Among those who
NAV be given legislative honors are II. A
Baruey Of Provo. HyTum Lehman Of
Passon. J. II. Clark Of American Fork.
SS I Jonn Evans Of Lehl, George n.
Snoot OF VINEYARD. H. T Reynolds 4pd
Mrs. Lucia Raymond of Springvilie. IN
I drew Morgan OF Spanish FORK Judge j.
X. Miner and Judge N NJ. kellogg Of
For county commissioners there are
William ID. Roberts. HyTum Jensen and
= y Haws of Provo: H l. Reynolds of
SpE11SViile, Abel J. Evans Of LChi John
IoUes and James L. Haies of Spanish
Fork George NJ Smoot of Vineyard.
For county attorney there are \. 3.
Morgan. Grant c. Bagley. Z. +. Corfman-
\ strong effort viii be made to get
George a StoTrs to consent to run FOR
sheriff. Mr. StOrrs always runs ahead
Of his ticket. If this CANNOT be dCre there
are Myron G Newell ana City Marshal
( Henry Of Provo and J. J. Mercer OF
American Fork. who always poll d big
/ vote in their OVID towns. James T. Hall
| OF Springville and Louis Rooinscn Of
! D. H. Robinson of Pleasant Grove is
/ favorably considered for county clerk as
is Frank A. McGraw of Provo
For treasurer Mrs. Luelia Raymond.
i Miss Nellie SUmsion OF SpringVille. Miss
/ Pauline E Brown of Pleasant Grove and
| A. J. SOuthwick and David ODenShaW or
/ Provo are favorable candidates.
For recorder Hyrum F. Thomas and
/ Mrs. Wilmirth White or Provo would
make strong candidates.
Louis P. Lund and Mark Bczzant Of
/ Pleasant Grove are considered desirable
| candidates for assessor.
The above are not ali that are consid-
cred for nomination 10 the various offices.
/ out some of the probabilities
Republican Candidates.
Utah county will go to the Republican
cutler for governor, although Governor
! v els viii get some support. unless the
| strings can be drawn tighter IN the cleo
/ ton Of delegates than at present seem
I possible His support would Be greater
/ II he were Senator Shoots candidate than
/ y viii be with this advantage in favor OF
Mr. Cutler. The county VIII also support
| AIR Glazier for state treasurer on the
principle Of county loyalty. No stock is
taken here in the story that he IS 10 be
pulled off in exchange for Cutler support,
although this could be done i 1t were
considered necessary.
Herbert S. Pyne. the present county
recorder. made a swift little squirt for the
nomination Of state treasurer early in
! the game. and came in for considerable
I acrimonious criticism from Mr. Glaciers
supporters. because IL WIS charged he
E1ven by the starters; because he was an
office seeker something "a politician
abhOFs in hisr OppOnenJ-and on oJhe
equally good and sufficient grounds.
Herb was pretty angry ABOUT IL for
a while and so were his friends and in
dicatiOns were good fOr a beautiful little
! SCRAP Gradually 1t became known that
Mr.. Pyne was not a candidate any longer
He had nothing to say about It himself,
! but intimated that he had something up
his sleeve The Democrats said he had
! been Induced to withdraw from the state
treaSurerShlp candidacy and promised the
support Cf the push for another term
as county recorder. Whether this is true
or not cannot be ascertsined- but it
made F J. Jones, the present deputy re-
corder. who is a candidate for the office
of recorder. feel nervous. and his friends
are getting ready to stand Dy him. push
or noe push. They claim that two years
ago MIR. Pyne promised ais support TO
Jones for this election. and Pyne does not
deny that Jones comes from Spanish
Fork where the Jones family are numer-
Gus. and ne has also many friends through
the county. Now Pyne HIS spoiled an
other row by announcing that he is not
out for anything. Mr.. Jones supporters
are not sleeping they Go not propose
10 be caught mapping, ana nave PyHe
friends force the nomination upon him
at the convention
Renominating Commissioners.
County Commissioners Dunn and Webb
will receive q denomination as they have
only served one term eaCn- Mr.. Dunn
will probably get the four-year term
There is interest in the contest between
County Clerk Bachman and Deputy
County Clerk Elias A Gee for the nOml-
nation for county clerk. 11r. Gee states
that before he became an active candidate
he asked Mr.. Bachman whether he would
be a candidate. in which event Mr.. Gee
would not enter the race. Mr.. Bachman
said he would not be a candidate. and
then Mr.. Gee began to approach MS
friends for their support and i1fluence.
All went merry as d marriage nell TIL
about three weeks ago when Mr. Bach-
man decided to get the nomination MN
self. be SAYS that when Mr. Gee asked
him about being candidate N" was not
preuared to announce his caGdidacy Each
will have strong support. but y - SOTefl-
sen thinks he sees a tine opening l0f Nun
to make a shrewd move, wnlie ne bach-
man and Gee supporters are tightlilS over
their respective candidates. and, ey rush
ing in between the coutencing Fachman
and Gee factions secure the clefkShip
himself. The idea Is a good one II ne mas
any following after Mr.. Bachma1 and Mr.
Gee have divided MP he SAYS ne VIII
have plenty Of il. II so, ne VIII WIN out-
Sheriff Harmon VIII have no Opposition
for the nomina ton for sheriff, as he has
only served one term
Deputy Treasurer Nelson IS candidate
for treasurer He will have no oglioSl 1.,.'
IN Provo. Springvile viii .procably pre-
sent the name of Mont Johnson Tor tue
Outside Towns Wiser
Tho outside towns are getting wise
Thcv do not show their hands n tInlC TO
give Provo the advantage of knowing
lust what they hold. They viii be heard
from i'm the convention With candidates
for probably ali the Offices. and they VIII
slset some of them.
For assessor ! II Cuff. Frank Beers
and Logan HoItiawaN have sigIifici tnelr
Willingness 10 ne considered.
Roaert Anderson. Judge SaNey- Harvey
CIuf and D. II. Thomas are IN the fleid
for the nomination for county attorney,
V-itl, Anderson in the lead. Thomas John
mas also been mentioned TOr the position
bv lis friends
There arc four representative To the
legislature to he elected. I. II Dlbrook OF
Provo. {. r Westphal Pheasant Grove:
n C. Christensen. John 9 Storrs 81
Salem. George Austin and Mosiah ttNtins
of Jhei: s L. Chapman Of American
Fork. George \ Horne of Benjanlin J.
( Page jr.. Of PaysCn. Don g Johnson
Of Spripcville have been nicn1oned-
In the judicial invention Juase SOON
viii have no opposition Tor reorganization.
There is q close contest for the district
afforuevship between ID. ID. Hcaiz ana
Jacob Evans. Both are Thoroughly COM
netcrf. and both arc popular. IL - hard
10 tell which viii win Houtz Tithus
claim he has a cinCh- but Evans IS d
very shrewd politician. someihllg sOilig