The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-01

with the labor vote. He has cham
pioned all the labor legislation pro,
posed In Congress and has not onendeu
the labor leaders here.
The State Of Missouri has SIX Demo
cratic Representatives and nne Re-
pubhcaps. At the Congressional con-
claim they will regain eight Of the dis:
cricts. It would not be surprising II
they did gain a small number. The
Republicans, however, are giving spec
ia1 attention TO the State of Missouri
In Iowa the Democrats formerly had
ono district, the second, but at the
last election Senator Allison private
secretary, Albert 7. Dawson, was elec'
ted by q plurality Of ls6 votes. 1t is
admitted that he has hard fight for
reelection and will probably be de-
tcated, The only other district in lows
in which there is fight is the sixth
district, represented by Mr. Lacey, who
was elected in 1904 by nearly ten thous-
and plurality. The Democrats made n
nomination OF labor candidate and
was nominated so that the ticht is
three cornered ore. The Democrats will
cndeavor to fuse ON General Weaver,
but even with that advantage he could
not hope TO win,
in Nebraska The Democrats hope TO
gain the Omaha district, which they
lost at the last election when Gilbert
VI. Hitchcock, editor Of the Omaha
World Herald, was defeated by John
substantial claims the Democrats make
in Nebraska, They will Try TO carry
Campbell's district in Kansas and de.
clare they Will elect 2 Democrat again
in Nevada and gain a district in Mon
tana. They hope for only one, dis
tTict in California the second and ex-
press the belief that in Colorado ex-
lar enough 10 pull through the candl-
date for congressman at large.
Expect Gains in the South.
The Democrats claim they will gain
three Republicans districts in the South.
Two Of these dictricts are admittedly
doubtful. Representative Spencer
Blackburn in the Eighth North Caro-
Lima dictrict, the only Republican from
that state, had only two hundred and
forty-6ve plurality TWO years ago. Since
that time he has been having all sorts
OF faction troubles and he has q hard
fight ahead. Virginia has ore Republi
car Congressman, Col, Campbell Slemp
of Big Stone Gap. Fie had nearly four
thousand plurality at the last election.
The Democrats say they will defeat him
LuIS year. Inc lNSpuOllCdub W wv WI
cede the district as doubtful. The
First district Of Tennessee, one Of the
TWO Republican districts OF ths state,
furnishes lots Of Republican embarrass
ment. At the last election Representa-
tive Brownlow received 1867 votes TO
1919 for his Democratic opponent, but
this year the fight broke out in the
Republican ranks and Alf Taylor, g
brother Of Senator Bob Taylor is run
ming as an independent Republican can
didate against Brownlow. Alf Taylor, |
who is q Republican, was the nominee
Of his party for governor against his !
brother Bob Taylor some years age, !
when the latter was elected, The ia.
Cher OF the Taylor brothers was nomin-
ated the same year for governor on the
Prohibition ticket. Later Bob Taylor
and his brother Alf went about the
country giving entertainments together.
representative Brownlow s troubles
grew out of his long-standing feud i
With the II. Clay Evans faction. Re-
publican leaders here say that Brown
ow has the situation we'll in hand and
hat notwithstanding Alf Taylor's per
'onal popularity Brownlow Will win be-
cause of the overwhelming majority |
n his favor.