The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-30
Hard Fight in the South.


Conceding though that Cooling has the
worst of it in the north, he is by no
means defeated, and that he viii give
his enemies a desperate fight in most
of the counties of the south is admitted.
Ada county, where the capital is has
hitherto been political preserve of Mr..
The SIX Mormon counties are naturally
for GOOding and Will go with him un-
less it is seen in advance that he is a los
ing proposition
Gooding has the state administration
and its patronage. Through French he
has most Of the pOstmasters and other
he has the backing of the state organi-
cation. These things viii count for more
north, and there will be a pitched bat
tie in practically every county of the
south.
Labor Against cooding.
Many conservative Republicans who are
little identified with either side fear to
renOminate Gooding because of the atti-
tude of organized labor toward him. 1t
is conceded that his attitude in the cases
of the men accused of the Steunenberg
murder will cost him practically every
union vote in the state, and this vote
other sources of opposition of Gooding in
to consideration. labor is likely to hold
Iicans out of the statehouse elect a
Democratic legislature and return Fred
T. Dubois to the United States senate
Mr.. Borah is himself associated as a
lawyer in the Steunenberg prosecution
He and his associate counsel have con
demned severely Governor CIoOdjue's dis
position to give out interviews nantes
toes and prOclamatiOns in the case on the
slightest provocation. Governor Gooding
is q hot-headed. impulsive man. and he
has not been able to sit silent under the
slightest criticism of his course in the
endless flow Of speech from the COVER
nor's office. His course, the prosecution
fears. has hurt it's case, while Gooding's
friends fear that he has injured his own
0Olitipal DTOSDpcIS
Democrats Are Quiet.
The Democrats are remaining quiet.
Their state committee will meet May o.
and will call a state convention to be
held after the Republican state cOnven-
ton. The convention is likely to be held
at Occur d. Alene city. and its delibera-
lions will probably be as placid as the
waters of the beautiful lake upon whose
and his friends will be in control nobody
doubts. Dubois viii be nominated as the
party candldate Tor senator. and the fight
against the Mormon church will be re-
newed with VigOT
The convention. in all probability. win
make no pronunciamento AGAINST Good
fng's conduct in the Steunenberg case It
won't have to, If GoOding is the Repub-
Hcan nominee. because the union men
will vote the Democratic ticket anyway
and wise Democratic leaders see no rea-
son why. the. party should unnecessarily
charge Of sympathizing with alleged as
sassins and dynamiters.
Two men are mentioned for governor.
They are Chief Justice StOCkslaEer of the
state supreme. court. whose term is about
to expire. and who probably will not be
nominated for governor, and ex-TTnited
States Senator Henry Heitfeid of Lewis
tom who probably will be Senator Heit-
field was the nominee two years go and
although GOodinP beat him. he ran thou
sands of votes ahead of his ticket Sen
timent for Heitfeld is pretty general
among the rank and file Of the party. and
he is satisfactory to tie labor unions.
Anything May Happen.
Idaho is an uncertain quantity in poll
tics, and this year anything may happen.
Conditions which have prevailed the coun-
try over for several years have thrown it
for the time into the Republican party:
but the pendulum in Idaho is swinging
as it is in other states, and stranger things
have happened than sweeping Demo
cratic victory all along the line would be
Ask the Grocery Man today for his
best brand of pickles. and see him give
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