Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-10
KEARNS PLANS
SENATE RETURN
Working All Sorts Of Tricks to
Succeed Senator Smoot Two
Years Hence.
WANTS ABBOTT FOR CONGRESS-
Is Also Trying 20 Induce John Howell
Democrat, "a Run for sheriff on
American Ticket

The center Of political activity in salt
lake shifted today from the private Of
fees of party leaders 10 party head
quarters The Republicans opened
theirs IN the Atlas block with secy.
Horace H.smlth IN charge. while Coun-
ty Chairman NJ. f. Cunningham took
possession Of the Democratic headQuar-
ters aided and abettel by Secy. Rollin
W. Dole II Is possible that the state
Democratic headquarters win not be
down IN the Atlas block with the coun-
~ Offices Chairman Cunningham has
az his disposal rooms l02, 1903, l0i and
l05, but Sun he doubted n there was
room there for Martineau and his state
committee.
Chairman Martineau is said 10 be ne.
urlag on headquarters IN the Herald
building. where his own Office Is located,
and may locate there. The state Re-
publican committee win probably go
10 the Atlas block along with the couu-
IS headquarters.
Who the executive and finance COM
mlitees OF the Republican party win be
Is stu undecided. Chairman Hammond
had set this morning as the date foi
the assembling OF his committees and
the naming Of secretary. but when
asked az noon for the result Of the
meeting, Mr. Hammond declared that
there weren't any results because he
was stu waiting 10 hear from some
out OF town members and would not
sure they would accept His secretary.
TOO Dc has not yet decided upon, in
tending to submit the names Of the can
didaNs 10 the executive committee
when 1t is chosen.
KEARNs WANTS TO GO BACK.
In the American party the center OF
activity Is not az party headquarters
this week, but at the East South Tenn.
PIE street mansion where Silver King
collars have been transformed into
marble glory and scenic splendOr for
the comfort OF the American party COM
mandcr ThOs. kearns takes himself
seriously this year, aud is into the cam
paign IN quiet wa, nth lustiul eve
FOR the United States senatorship,
which drew from out his reach two
years ago. when Senator Sutherland
captured the plum. Witness the Amer.
lean party list OF candidates for the
Legislature. Those from Salt Lake. 80
far as announced. are men who would
vote for Kearns with their eyes shut.
and kearns Is seeing 10 IL that such
candidates are put IN the field
AMERIcANIsM IN OGDEN.
In Ogden It Is practically certain that
kearns Is willing TO organize the
American party on the drop % the
hat" as one well Informed man put Il
today. The ogden state-Journal a
Kearns newspaper, edited BY G. NJ.
Jackson. who went over TO the Amer
lean party after the Democrats were
defeated In the last city election. IA
entrusted with the work OF organizing
In ogden. An American party victory
In Salt Lake county this November
means the nucleus OF a vote for Kearns
for the senate two years from now. II
the nucleus ls formed. an organization
Will be born IN Weber county AZ the
first chance. and the hope OF Koarns
Il TO come into the legislature two years
from now with enough votes 10 form a
deadlock. and then possibly the hope
Is stu ahead Of buying his way over
the difficulties.
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