The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-05
Isnecial Correspondence

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PROVO, Oct. !. 1S96.-Seventy-five
per cent of the voting population OF
Ctah county VIII endorse Bryan and
silver at the polls in November. The
county has population of 10000 and
OF that number it is estimated that
fully 10000 are entitled to vote. The
poll. however, will not, according to
careful estimates made, exceed $500.
The Bryan electors win receive at least
5000. The expected difference in the
vote and the number entitled to the
franchise will be due to imperfect reg
istration, and the lack of interest
shown by the women Not to exceed
20 per cent of the gentler sex have
Registered, and many who have, have
done so reluctantly. The registration
in Provo now indicates a voting
strength of 400. Lack Of interest in
the election is not confined to the wo-
men contingent. The men are in a
state OF political lethargy. Outside OF
Thlee political speech-making meet
ings-one by the Mckinley Repubii-
cans. at which Senator Brown, John
NJ Zane and A. L. Thomas spoke, one
at which Senator Cannon and c. S.
Earian were the stars, and one at
Springville, Il Bryan and Sewall club
and A. d. Cash Of this city We're the
orators, not gun has been fired by
either party.
DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT.
On the part Of the Democrats the
apathy shown is due to the conviction
that they have the fight won all along
the line. 4 detection exists in the
Democratic alignment in the south end
OF the county, centering at Santa
quin, and led by Otto Malniberg. Mr..
Nalmberg is an Influential son of Scan
dia At the county convention his
claims for official preferment were ig-
rored and the nomination for county
treasurer, which he sought, was given
to Mrs. Ellen Jakenan. With two pos
sible exceptions the ticket Is considered
as good rs elected.
MALMBERG AND HIS KNIFE.
The cause for this is the unanimity
that exists in the party. Malmberg,
so far as is known, is the only mem
Der of it that is carrying d knife, but
whatever damage he may do will be
offset by the hundreds of voters the
ticket will receive from men who have
heretofore been Republicans, but who
are now outspoken champions Of Bry
an and the new Democracy. The Pop
ulists have a voting strength Of about
zoo. Il will be divided between the
Republican and Democratic tickets.
Had the last named party not ignored
Cts advocates in making up the county
and legislative tickets the Democratic
majority would be larger than is now
anticipated.
MKINLEIITES IN CONTROL. |
Conditions are different in the Re-
publican ranks. The party machinery |
is controlled by McKinleyites. John |
c. Graham is their leader. and his !
cabinet consists OF John f. Booth, |
John Coltrin, a. Saxey and James |
Glove. The claim is made that nine /
teen twentieths of the county commit |
tee membership is for Mckinley. The |
claim is further made that the acts ,
Of these men in dominating and DIG |
fating the policy OF the party is con-
trary to the desire of majority OF the |
party. They are denounced by Re |
publicans as bullcozers, strategists and /
schemers. On every hand they are
alluded to in terms the reverse of COM !
plimentary. Although have been una
bis to hear one fact that would lead to |
the placing of the brand of truth on |
the many assertions made, the impress |
zion hereabouts is that the Mckinley |
faction is working secretly in the inter |
ests of Arthur Brown. John c. Ora
nam. JONI T.. bOOJi1 ana James Glove /
declare that the senatorial subject has |
not yet been discussed; that at the re- |
cent convention the question was not |
mentioned, and that so far as they |
know not one Republican nominee for |
the legislature has expressed SEN
atoTial preference.
|. The appointment of Professor Brirn- |
hall TO success Ed Loose as a SEN |
atorial nominee is cited as an evidence
OF their utter lack of interest in the |
fight. Their critics insist I
THAI tiais performance was in keeping /!
with the plans of the scheme.
SENSIBLE ED LOOSE.
c. Z. Loose is a mining man of for
tune. Hc was one If the original own
ars OF the Sioux mine in Tintic. He IS
also heavily interested in the Grand
Central, Swansea and the South Swan
sea. mines in the same district. He is
an aggressive silver man ana a strong
partisan. He is of a fighting nature.
liberal to fault in a campaign and
political hustler of great energy. With
3ut his knowledge he was nominated
'cT state senator. The factions critics
aver that he was nominated in order
10 shelve him. In other words. that he
vas too dangerous a man to be at
arge. He was likely to start an indie
pendent movement and thus defeat the