The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-17
LEGISLATIVE FIGHT
SURE TO Be WARM
Nine or Ten Senators and
Forty-five Representatives
to Be Chosen This Fall.
ASPlRANTS ARE MANY
Democrats Have Strong Hopes
of Strengthening Their
Hold in Utah.
ASPlRANTS ARE MANY

Utah this year will elect either nine
or ten senators and forty-five members
Of the house Of representatives. The
number of senators to be elected de-
pends On whethor or not Benner x.
Smith. hold-over senator from Salt
Lake county, is nominated as candi-
date for congress, In case Senator
Smith is nominated for congress he will
resign from the legislature and Salt
Lake county will elect four instead Of
three senator's, one for term of two
years and the other three for four.
AS there is no United States senator
to be chosen at the coming session OF
the legislature the election of a leGis-
lature is not considered of as much i'm
portance as in other. years. However,,
nine senators are to be elected for terms
Of four years and their election will
have y bearing on the political COM
plexion Of tho legislature two years
from now. All parties, too, will make
an effort to get as large q representa-
tion as possible in the lower house, both
to enable them to put through party
measures and for the effect on the cleo
tion two years hence when the legisla'
ture that is to select the United States
senator to succeed Reed Smoot is TO be
chosen
Opportunity for Change.
The present legislature is composed
Of fftysix Republicans and seven
ators seven are Republicans and two
Democrats. Five members of the pres.
ent lower house are Democrats and
forty are Republicans. In many Of the
smaller counties Of the state the ma
iority by which the representatives in
the state legislature were chosen was
small and in these counties the estab-
lishment of a third party may 80 change
the result Of the election that the new
representatives will be Democrats. The
Democrats are hopeful Of many gains
in the state legislature and some are
sanguine enough to hope that they may
control the legislature.
The nine hold-over senators are Ben
ner K. Smith and W, N. Williams, Of
Salt Lake county; President Henry
Gardner and a: L. Booth, Of Utah
Henry W. Lunt. Of Iron county; A.
Iverson, Of Carbon county; J.. N. Olson,
of Sanpete county, and j. W. Funk. of
Cache county. Olson and Funk are
Democrats and the other seven Repuh-
licans.
Tooele Asks Recognition.
OF the senators who retire William
c. Horsley, of Box Elder county will
probably not be candidate for re-
election. Tooele county is also in this
senatorial district and it is likely that
the Republican nomination for this dis
trict will go to that county. Milton Fl.
yelling, of Box Elder county, a Demo.
cratic member of the present house, will
likely receive the Democratic nomina
tion for senator in this district.
Senator Christopher Burton, Jr., who
represents Rich, Morgan and Davis
counties, in the state senate, is said to
be candidate for denomination on the
Republican ticket. Former Representa-
tive Joseph Hodges of Rich county, Is
also prominently mentioned for this
place on the Republican ticket. Former
Senator John r, Barnes, Of Davis
county, may be the Democratic candi-
date for this place.
Kuchler a Favorite.
In Weber county many friends of
Senator Rudolph Kuchler are urging
him to be q candidate for denomination
on the Republican ticket. In case he is
candidate there will probably be lit
tie opposition to his denomination. In
case Senator Kuchler decides not to run
Angus T. Wright will probably be
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion. City Commissioner T. S. Brown
ing. of Ogden, who almost defeated
Senator Kelly at the last election is
talked of as the Democratic candidate.
The senatorship in the district com
posed of Summit and Wasatch counties
usually alternates between these two
counties. but this year it is understood
that Senator James B. Wilson, OF Wa
satch, is to be renominated by the Re
publicans. The reason for this is found
in the fact that Summit county has 8
candidate for state auditor in g. r.
Jones, Of Coalville, minute clerk Of the
senate. Representative Rock M. Pope,
also of Wasatch county, is said to have
an eye on the Republican senatorial
nomination from this district. while
Representative Seth G. Jones, Of Sum
nit is snid to seek the Democratic
! nomination,
Bingham Wants Senator.
In Salt Lake county the terms of Carl
A. Badger, S. ]. Stookey and G.. Il.
Marks as members Of the senate expire.
Senator Marks is "a candidate for the
congressional nomination but NJ case