The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-22
DEMOCRATS URGE
SM0OT'S DEFEAT
Strong Effort Is Being Made to
Control the Next State
Legislature.
NEED THlRTY-TWO VOTES
SOLID REPUBLICAN SENATE
y WILL BE BROKEN.

The personnel of the next legislature
: is already causing much comment. be-
cause of the fact that it will elect a
United States senator. Senator Reed
Shoots term expires March 4. 1909. and
either he will be returned to the senate
or Democrat will succeed him. While
the senator has not officially announced
his candidacy for reelection, there is
practically no doubt but that he will be
III the race.
The joint session of the next legisla-
ture will consist OF sixty-three MEM
bers, and TO elect senator will re-
Quirs thirty-two votes. At present all
of the eighteen senators are Republi
cans. and all but eight of the forty-five
representatives are Republicans. Eight
of the Republican senators are hold
overs. and the places of the other ten
will be filled this fall. OF the ten sem
ators the Democrats are already laying
claim TO six. three from Salt Lake
county and three from other senatorial
districts throughout the state.
The Democrats, too, are counting on
thirty of the forty-five representatives
10 be elected this fall. which would give
them safe majority in the Legislature.
Several counties which were carried by
& heavy majority two years ago Will
Aye Bryan a big vote this year. and
k/nl probably be carried by the entire
Democratic ticket. With Bryan at the
head of the Democratic ticket in the
state. the party leaders are confident
that majority of the counties of the
state. especially the larger counties,
will go Democratic.
In Salt Lake county, where the Re
publicans have practically given up the
fight for the county ticket. the fight
will be between the Democrats and the
Americans" A large number of Re
publicans will undoubtedly vote the
Democratic ticket to prevent an
american" victory The fight will be
n close one. but the fact that Bryan.
who has always been popular with
Salt Lake people. and never more so
than now, will head the Democratic
ticket.
Conventions of senatorial districts in
all parts of the states are scheduled to
occur soon and the nominations of the
candidates who are to support or to
oppose Smoot are watched with inter-
est. The state senate at present con-
sists of:
First district, Box Elder and Tooele
counties-Peter Clegg.
Second district, Cache county-Her-
schel Bullen, jr., (holdover).
Third district. Rich. Morgan and Da-
Wis counties-Wesley X. Walton.
Fourth district. Weber county-Hu-
1aniski .(holdover). c. r. Hollingsworth.
Fifth district. Summit and Wasatch
counties-Fred Rasband.
Sixth district. Salt Lake county
Benner X. Smith and w. n. Williams
(holdovers). Stephen H. Love. Sam c.
Park and George n. Lawrence.
Seventh district. Utah county-John
Y. Smith (holdover). Henry Gardner.
Eighth district, Juab and Willard
counties-Thomas Callister.
Ninth district, Sanpete county-John
Seely (holdover).
Tenth district. Sewer, Wayne. Piute
and Garfield counties-Wilis Johnson.
Eleventh district. Beaver, Iron,
Washington and Kane counties-R. d.
Miller (hoidover).
Twelfth district. Emery. Carbon. Uin-
tab. Grand and San Juan counties
9onzo BrinkerhOff (holdover)
fF~ln some districts the present Repub-
licans are seeking denomination, while
in other districts are new senatorial
aspirants, each of whom is being tested
by the Smoot machine before the nom
mating conventions. In Salt Lake the
terms of Senators Love. Park and Law
renee expire.
None of the three has announced him
self as a candidate for denomination,
but several have appeared willing to
take their places. Among them are
Harry S. Joseph. speaker OF the last
house; S. ]. Stookey, c. e. Marks and
II. c. Iverson.