The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-29
FARLEY P. MAY
MAKE TROUBLE
County Attorney Develops
More Strength Than Ma
chine Thought Possible.
HOWELL MEN FRIGHTENED
TALL CANDIDATE LIKELY TO
CAPTURE WEBER COUNTY.

republican politicians are beginning
to sit up and take notice of Farley P.
Christensen's campaign for congress. A
few weeks ago the aspirations of the
salt Lake county attorney were de-
rlded; now 1t is generally admitted that
he is developing unexpected strength,
and while few politicians go so far as
to predict that he will be nominated,
1t is acknowledged that he will make
things much more uncomfortable for
Congressman Joseph Howell than was
once thought possible.
Salt Lakes 40 delegates to the state
convention will be selected in prima-
ries. This means, of course, that the
Smoot machine will be unab BILE to deliver
solid delegation from this county to
Mr.. Howell, and that Farley P. will
have strong minority of the delega-
ton, at least. His friends confidently
assert that they will carry a majority
or the primaries, and that a majority
of the Salt Lake delegates will be for
Mr.. Christensen in the convention.
Likely 10 Have Weber.
There is a general disposition in Salt
Lake to concede Weber county TO Mr..
Christensen. Congressman Howell
made the unspeakable BIZ Glasmann
postmaster at Ogden because of the
ability Glasmann had shown in years
gone by to handle the Weber county
delegation in the state convention. Had
the congressman and his advisers
known the storm of protest which Glas-
mannS appointment would raise they
probably would have named another
man. 1t seems likely that the Glas-
mann appointment instead of insuring
Weber county to Mr.. Howell, will take
1t away from him. At least that is
the way local politicians figure. Ger
tain ii is that in his campaign Mr.
! Christensen is receiving great aid and
comfort from Weber county politicians
who do not drill under the Glasmann
| standard.
Mr.. Christensen hopes to divide
Cache county, where Mr.. Howell lives,
with the present congressman. Chris
Jensen was born and raised in Cache
county. Cache county delegates to the
state convention, it is said, will be Sc
lected in primaries. instead of being
named by the county convention, and
in such an event the Christensen men
claim they will grab off delegates in
those election districts where Mr.
Christensen is best acquainted. More
over, Mr.. Howell has not yet satisfied
many Cache county people that he is
loyal to the agricultural college, de-
spite his loud protestations. He is ac-
cused of talking one way at home and
another way in Salt Lake. where con-
solidation sentiment has its fountain
head.
Hope in Southern Utah.
Mr.. Christensen also claims a num-
Der of votes in other counties in north
ern Utah, based on his own acquaint-
ance and popularity as we'll as upon
latest hostility to Mr., Howell and the
machine; but the real element of dan
ger to Mr.. Howell is in southern Utah
a fact which the machine leaders know
very well, and which they are trying
to obviate.
Southern Utah-that portion of the
state south of Sanpete-has never taken
kindly TO the machine. 1t was against
Smoot and his crowd in the last state
convention. At heart the leading po-
liticians OF that section are now ap-
posed to Mr. Howell They have been
apathetic in opposing him, however, be-
cause Of the absence of a strong candi-
date against him. They have shared
the common impression that Mr.. Chris
Jensen could not possibly win. and no
other man has been in the race.
But should Mr.. Christensen develop
strength in the north. southern Utah
might rally to him to beat Smoot and
the machine, incidentally TO defeat Mr..
Howell for a third term. This is a con-
dition which the machine must reckon
with, and the machine leaders know 1t.
They fear that the counties which
voted for Heber NJ. Wells for governor
in the state convention two years ago
will. if there is a chance to defeat
Howell. go TO Mr.. Christensen and land
him
Even Sanpete county, 1t is said will
give Mr.. Christensen some votes in any
event. and since w. d. Livingston and
his friends broke away from the ma
pete is no longer to be depended upon
Livingston showed his hand at the
meeting of the state committee. and
he is power to be reckoned with at
home.
Machine Dictated TO Howell