Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-08
POLITICAL MENTION.
Who Will Be- Salt Lake Siiy's Next
Mayor?
A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.
Mayor Basklu sim Clings TcnaciousiJ
TO the Claim Tia, rhero VIII be
No Vac incy 10 Fill.

The question rs to who win be Salt
Lake Ciiy's next mayor 10 ono that ia
proving fruitful thems for politicil
discussion and every day aud night
now the headquarters Of the respective
parties are places where debate wake.
warm iu relation thereto.
In tho Republican camp the names
OF 81. Il. Evans, James Glcndlnning
and C.P. Mason are most promi neatly
mentioned tor that high ofIlce, and to-
day friends Of each were claiming a
msJ lrlty OF the delegates chosen at yos.
lerday'a primaries. Then there was
another elemOnt--one Of no incon.
siderable following-who shy that q
"dark horse" surprise is ono OF tho
strong probabilities.
In the Continental market building,
where the local Democracy holds
sway, tho question OF nominating q
candidate Tor mayor and OF nomioat-
Ing citizens for oouncllmen aud other
municipal honore, IL looked upon some
what differently than In the councils
Of the opposition. II 10 thought by iH
legal advisers that there may b. no
city tiilelal vacancies 10 Gil, and tue
call Issued by iia municipal campaigu
committee contains this significant
claute;
All nominations Of candidates for
municipal Offices will be made subjec! to
any contingency which may arise in con-
nectl0n with tho right OF present city
officials TO hold over under tho constilu.
ton or statutory provisions.
Mayor Baskin still oilngs tenaciously
TO his claim Of months HgO shat under
tho Constitution there win DO no va.
canoios to al, which II declared cor
rect by the courts In the event OF u
contest, Will perpetuato himself and all
present municipal officers Ia office I'M
III provisions sfe made by the Legis-
,ature for the election OF their success
sors.. Altogether It 10 a perplexing
problem snd learned lawyers are TAX
ing opposite Views on II.
At present II locks very much ne
though thc Republican councilmanio
nominees In the First precinct viii be
from among George Buckle, }. l..
Lawson, Il. J. Hewlett, 5tswsrt Ste.
yonson aud J. IL. wiscomb. In the
Second Il. IA. Cailisler, Nj. J. Ches,-
man, James Langton, Il. NJ. L-Prohon
and John link are nil spoken OF as
strongly today rs ever. In the Tnird
Mosee Taylor 10 looked upon as having
the INSIDE" track. Up In tho Fourth
X. \. Watson looks like n certain win-
almost sure TO be- Cou feline o Cohn and
O'Mesfa aud Chris Diebl.
The precinct convention will DO held
Wednesday night.
ROBERTS AT THE LYcKuM.
Hon. b. IL. Roberts will address tho
wOrkingmon NJ the Lyceum thea,er
this evening. The meeting mas been
largely advertised and It IL anticipated
that there will DO large attendance.
fhe Democratic glee club will DO pres
ent 10 sing campaign tongs. This
building, now known a. the Lyceum,
bat formerly as tho Wonderland, has
been Teltted anu will make u oomfor.
table place In which to meet
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
The result Of the Republican
primaries, 90 TAR as election OF dele.
gates IL concerned, was made known
ut u late hour last night. when the lists
OF successful ones was complied into
one. In some Of this wards, particu.
larly the Eighth, Sixteenth aud
Twenty. iirsi, iaolional conlsntlon ran
very high. In tho first VI thete three
was q Grcenwald and an anti-Green.
wald organization; IN the second field
OF disturbance the Geddes aud anti.
Geddes men had q stirring contest
with victory 10 the former, ana In
the third instance II wa n constant
clash between the LipI man crew ami
the iacstiouply dubbed l.liy Whites,
under tho leadership Of Captain Hot
man. The full lisI Of delegates 10 A.
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