The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-07

say, they desire reelection They are
in the hands of their friends right now
That court decision which ruled they
must replace the mileage The Herald
had SO much TO say about last summer.
must be made UP some way True,
Roberts might make it back at his no.
tel over in Bingham, Chris might sell
fruit trees and Geddes could draw div
idends from Barton & Co., but that isn't
the point. All that would come any
way. The coin must be obtained from
the people Now that the bonds have
been readvertised and there is a good
chance Of selling them, It would be I'M
fair to have some other men handle the
skads- That is the argument used. But
Roberts, Christopherson and Geddes
Will come no closer to being elected than
will Simon Boliver Buckner in presid-
ing over the next United States SEN
ate.
By the way. it is stated that our own
Uncle A. F. Doremus wants to fill
one of the places and is quietly groom
ing himself for the position now held
by the famous man from the Third.
Whittenore is in the field for re-
nomination, although he is saying but
little. He is going to run on his rec
ord. 1t is a brilliant one, as everyone
knows. Hasn't he brought back Hay
ken and tried him with the result that
the gay and festive furniture man is
now at liberty? Didn't he snatch
Bamberger and Morris into court and
compel them to prove to the satisfac-
ton of the court and jury that they
We're not guilty of boodling? Didn't he
get experts from Chicago here to al
firm that the old county court had paid
two prices for everything it bought?
Wasn't he the cause of their getting a
whole lot of the county's good money
and putting the same in circulation-in
Chicago? Didn't he go east and buy
an elevator? Was it not he who ar
ranged for the sale of bonds. all of
which would have been all right had
not the buyers fiunked? Cert Whit
temore is going to have some oppoSi-
ton in the person of George Nye, the
ilver-tongued orator of the last house.
who has been in his office for some
time, reSigning a short period ago be-
cause he did not want to stay there
and then go out and make the canvass,
an act which made Whit. especially
warm under the necktie. Nye has a
good showing for the nomination be-
cause he has the gang wild i'm and
ne will make the tall sycamore from
the First precinct hard to catch ere
the ides of November reach us.
Harry Joseph is saying nothing, but
saving wood. Up to this time people
have forgotten there was such am Of
flee as county engineer. This was
right in HarTy's hand. He did not
want them to remember anything IN
til after the time for thinking was
past. Then he would have slid in and
took the peaches without a struggle.
Harry doesn't like struggles, anyway.
They cost too much, and the enolu-
ments of the office are not so great as
to warrant a man spending a years
salary in getting elected. Up to date
Harry is the only man in the ranks Of
the G. o. P. who has signified an in
tentton of making a. fight for the
place, but there is plenty of time.
Mont" Fisher considers he is the
logical candidate for the office Of
county auditor. He was appointed by
Governor Wells to fill vacancy, and
now that he has got the books of the
county in good shape he is of the
opinion that a reelection is no more
than fair.
Up to date the feminine portion of
the party has received no consideration
at the hands of the party members.
They seem to have forgotten that wo-.
men have the right to vote and hold
Office as we'll as men. AS a result there
is liable to be trouble in the camp
when the convention meets. The lady
delegates may take matters in their
own hands, and by a combination with
several of the gentlemen, nominate a
woman or two, thus wreckiDg the
hopes of the aspiring candidates.
The Democracy has several candi-
dates as we'll as the Republicans. The
shrievalty is a plum which several
would like to pick. Hugh Watson of
the Sixth ward is working tooth and
nail among those who know him and
those who do not. for the nomination.
Ex-Sheriff Mcqueen is busy talking
with men who are his friends. and is
making good progress; ex-Sheriff Burt
is making a. canvass among the boys
for the place; T. P. Lewis, who ran
two years ago and was defeated. will
try again; Joe Raleigh is being
groomed for the place and there are
several dark horses in the stable All
mentioned are good men and the race
promises to be a close one all round.
George Stringfellow is a candidate
for county commissioner. He is de-
veloping considerable strength and
those who are active in his support
point to the fact that when he was a
member of the city council he was
very watchful of the money of the
city. They believe he will duplicate
this conduct as member of the county
board. DIR. Faust, the old war horse
of the ancient ''sagebrush" Democracy,
is in the field, too, and will make a
fight.
Andrew Brixen may make the race
n
may c. L. Hawley, who was the noru-
inee two years ago. The treasurership
is going to be a good thing hereafter
and there will be considerable strife as
concerns il.
But it is early yet.
The Australian ballot system is going
to be the ruination of the ward worker
this year. He can do nothing but
stand a hundred feet from the polls
and yawp. He will be able to collar the
intelligent voter and tell him how to
vote and that is all. The Intelligent
voter will go inside. where free from
Intrusion, he will fix his ballot 70 suit
himself. 1t is g. good thing that this
is so. Hitherto che ward worker has
been an Internal nuisance; bore, a
wart on the body polite. A man
couldn't go to the polls and get a. ticket
but whaG he wanted to see how it was
fixed, and when the voter had got
everything to his liking the ward
worker would look over his shoulder
and tell him to throw the ballot away
the intelligent voter was compelled to
say jam-or something which rhymes
with it. This year it will be different.