Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-11
JOYFUL GENTILES.
Mornnondorn Gets Bad Defeat
at Salt Lake.
LIBERALS PABT HE TOWN. BED.

not fi<ht nat VIII Have fnp0rtant
Reszits-yotiaE In the sIash-rharrss
Sf Frzas-Chie.go People sesd . Pro-
tss; - Bismarck " Ds-Ihe Lsttsry
Bill Gives . Death BIo~-Menfxz. Sen
ate HIna. Becker As.I,-
SAIr LAKE, CIT. Utah. Pa m-nb-
1z-5clpsI elsS,ioa Fseertzr pesssa q
zzSsziT- Ihs e5-y uzs cres-d ri,h sz4eizI
PoHes- detectives and dspary C.itzi Stats
rsarzh.A.- fo- ths pu-poss q yrsTsn.inz Hss-
gal TS-l1Z. WIKI sarh party ezziz.zi tia.
The otber ~oGA r-s5rt To II ~.s feared
hat a. stts-pt q chsIeags AID arrest o.
teas sHtt-iyztioa uzs n. r=sh.sd; and
t6o1sh the EIeitzz1sn- "a. 50 ic.e.-s that
e.f q thz b1.in=ss kosase- we're elos-t. CT
3=< pxsTEil=3 B.14- parAisi th= s-r7sts
sn4 The sbaE0ezkfssss were tzanssd with
srzi,si citiE=sls sbo reslis-1 tks. zpoa the
r==1lt q tbs hs-tIs dzpsc1sd .hs future q
the kOrE0u ehgFeh a. political 0rEzniEa-
9nir 81 arrests were raAts for Illegal T0.-
ioz. All t5=se were sc-o=p1risi by 10 d=-,s-
ons-rz ion tron stth=r sd
-4.LlEr1uG- cl t1c LleEtiuu
IT, o4c=-- voted for were . mayer, ~
coEtsF, TREASURER. sssessoT ami marshal
q SslI Lake CITY a. vel a.
thrs= cOg-cinza and one Justice q TIE
pees fog each q the ave precincts q tie
dry Tts os-srsibis iss1s vzs that Of pub
lic improvements There Is 10. . zoo. Of
paved s-r==. - sE1=-aik IN ths city except
Wat . the rzsuis q p-iFs,s snt-rpris=- Ths
GSutisss ID n0- ike this. TIE Ao-m0as al
Ags that tie rssult Of Gentil= supremacy
u city Affairs will b. k=ary
HIz eri deb- aci th- bod
err tkzt marks the sdrniris-rztson q New
York ard Chicago The question q po!yg-
any Uas not AZ issue, 80 ths Aorm1ns
eiainsi, a. 10 0ns bat Mcaozsmis.z could
vote. Th=-s were more important q14=
ttOas under tb0ss apparent, ho~svsr. II
Wzs a fzh. for and szafns, Normonism,
AMI struzzI7 for eoutrol not only IN the
city but IN tie territory. and ia ina1=noe
will b uomsato1s a. 20 the future Of Utah
The partizs % the contest went under the
mans o. Lib-rsl lGsntiless and Peoples
(NoEm0nss
Bad Weather for the Contest
Snow b@zsn falling sarly Yesterday morn
ing ami continued until noon, when the sun
came out, melting the snow and turning the
s-rsets into rivers Of snsn This did not
deter the voters, many Of whom vaded
through the mud % the polling places, while
hundreds Of carriages ran between the pre-
cine. headquarters ant every part Of the
city, conveying voters 20 and from the
polis By nom 500 votss had beeu cast,
which By the poll-books showed that about
. per cent Of the Peoples (Mormon'sl r-gis-
tered vote hal bssn cast, and about % per
cent q the Liberals (Gsntilesl Ar that
hour II was estimatsi that the returns At
the Gentiie= headquarters gave them q ma
toEity Of 3J7 votes, though up % II O'Clock
the AOFmOns had majority ranging from
6DO - 30
The Csntilss Win the Victory.
The polls CLOSED at p IN The Liberal
leaders p1stsd bulletin claiming 30 ma
t1rity The news spread rapidly, and the
Gentilss bscams Wild With 10y They lit
orally took Possession OF the city. the Nor
mons retiring TO their homes Flags were
run up in ali directions AMI lanterns and
fireworks illuminated the strests and build
lngs Cannons boomed, bonfires were lighted
az every corner, ana hundreds Of men IN line
paraded the streets with drums and torches,
yelling like mad No such scenes were ever
witnessed tefore in Utah. The Mormons
admit their defeat, but say that IL was
brought about by the most Rlaringly illegal
methods, and that the result will be reversed
by the courts They do not think the ma
tority shown by the returns will e1oeed 80
Kept II CD Until Morning.
At IL clock thu crowds on the streets bs-
came 20 great that the horse cars were com.
PEELED 70 stop running The excitement was
Increasing. and the celebration continued
until morning notwithstanding the great
excitement the spirit Of good nature pre-
vsiiei- and there was no disposition shown
70 quarrel or raise disturbances The ga
looms were all closed and not a single drunk
On man could BE- aeon