Evening star., 1922-10-15
c. 0. P, MAJORITY
IN UTAH FORESEEN
Bamberger for Senator in
Place of King, Is the Pres
ent Outlook.
TREND CT MORMON VOTE
Church Averse to Having Two
Representatives of Same Faith
in the Senate.
TREND CT MORMON VOTE
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. October IA.
-Ctah's trend at the moment IS to"aro
the election of Ernest Bamberger' re-
nlblicap. to succeed Senator w III hlns,
democrat who six years ago defeated
,:aorea Sutherland, now associate JUS
tice of the supreme Court OF the Chlteu
Senator King won by $4,000 majority
in 1915 and is still quite popular IN the
state but a peculiar combination OF CIR
cnmstanceS may turn the tables on MN
1bis aut,luu. For one thing the Nor
mons have made up their minds that
II is not a good thing for Utah to be
represented in the United States SEN
ate by two Mormons. Both Senators
King and SmoOt are members Oh Tile
Mormon Church.
Even before the primaries and con-
vention which gave Ernest Bamberger
the republican nomination. a well de-
fined movement developed among the
Mormons that it would be good ldea
TO divide the senatorial representation
very much as has been the case for
wears with the governorShip ana the
nlayoraltv With few exceptions, the
nayor of Sale Lake City has been a
Mormon and the governor has been
a Mormon. Recently Simon Bamberger'
a democrat and an uncle of the repub-
ECan nominee for the United States
Senate. served a term as governor but
il was his immense popularity whlch
broke the rule of electing Mormons to
that office.
Member of Jewish Family.
Ernest Bamberger is a member of
a Jewish family of distinction which
has had a great deal TO do with the
uphuiIding of Utah. If elected to the
Senate he will be the first Jew to
sit in the Senate since the death of
Isador Rayner. senator from Mary
land
To the extent that Ernest Bam-
berger was a Mormon his quail
fications for the republican nominal
zion were not disputed, but it is L
fact that his selection caused a rue
tion in the republican party. Others
sought the nomination who We're
thought more deserving from party
viewpoint Mr.. Bamberger, as repub-
lican county committeeman, had the
opportunity to build up a good or
sanization- 1t wasn't SO much any
objection to Bamberger as to the
group of republicans who steam
rolled the convention and caused ILL
feeling. Fortunately for the repub-
lican outlook. the other faction of
the party which didn't believe in
machine politics had the chance in
the primaries for legislative ticket
to administer a good drubbing to the
other wing, and there is a more mar
monious feeling now than sixty days
ago when republicans We're openly
saying they would vote the demo-
cratic ticket.
Democrats DisgruntIed.
But if friction developed in the
selection of a republican nonlinea, it
was no less pronounced in the case
of the democratic party. Before SEN
ator King got back from WASHINGTON
there was all sorts of talk of select
Ing somebody else, but when the
senator with his powers of oratory
and persuasion got on the job, he
just stampeded the convention
Senator Smoot, republican. is big
factor in the campaign. From his
activity one would think he is run
ming. too. He is more popular today
than he ever has been since he went
t. tN" S"nate manv wears ago. For
one thing, as a member Of the all
rOwcrIuI Senate finance committee
he saw that Utah's interests in the
FOrdney-AlcCumber tariff law were
we'll protected. He has thx confidence
spect of the entire Mormon popula-
ton He is known in Utah as a hard
worker and as one who rare V fails to
answer at once the letters of his con-
stituentS
Mr. Smoot is aware of his strength
and is capitalizing it to the advantage
of Ernest Bamberger. He is saying,
for instance. If you approve of what
l have done in the Senate give me a
vote Of confidence by sending to the
Senate man to vote, as do, for the
best interests of Utah" etc, etc This
plea will have considerable effect.
Mr.. SmoOt is promising to use his
big influence with the republican
leadership to get Mr.. Bamberger a.
place on an important committee. All
TINS counts in state like Utah.
Basically. however, critical conditions
here are very much the same as in
other western states. Business is
better than it was and the Harding
administration has not done anything
decisive to make it popular or un-
popular. Mr.. Harding's veto of the
bonus won him many friends in Salt
Lake city. the dominant business CEN
ter of the state. 1t is looked upon
here as the best act of his admins
tration.
King a Good Cnmpaigner.
Senator King is a remarkably good
campaigner and will mnaage to en-
phasize republican sins of omission
and commission. He hasn't the benefit
Of the wave of wisconsin which in
1916 helped the senatorial candidates
all along the line. The democratic
state ticket this yaer isn't a particu-
larly strong one. If Mr.. King wins
1t will be due solely to his own ef-
forts. for he has behind him little or
no momentum of party-nothing but
a sizab'e personal following As the
situation looks today his opponent is
gaining steadily. and the democrats
may lose a seat in the Senate
copyright. 1927