The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-09
WYOMING POLITICS.
The Pot is Simmering and Soon Will
Boil.


EVANSTON, May S.-The political
pct is beginning to bubble here very
lively. Last night the Republican city
delegates got together and nominated a
remarkably strong ticket
Harry Watts, one of the Oldest and
most popular engineers on the Union
Pacific was nominated for mayor and
John NJ Sights, another old time and
equally popular locomotive engineer,
p. j. German, manager of the Evan
ston Implement company, were nomi-
mated for the council No stronger Re
publican ticket could have been named.
and if successful il is an open secret
that Tom Painter next Republican
candidate for sheriff, will be city mar
shall, and George n. Pepper, ex-sheriff
of Uinta county, will be city clerk.
THE DEMOCRATS
will nominate their ticket tonight and
it is well understood that DR.. Harrison,
the present mayor will be renominated
to succeed himself. David Hamilton, a
very popular locomotive engineer of the
Union Pacific, will be one of the nomi-
nees for council.
On the restoration of the free coinage
of silver. Democrats and Republicans
alike are united and at the late Re
publican county convention ii was only
by the exercise Of good tactics and po-
litical discretion that Senators Clark
and Warren escaped severe censure in
not supporting the five famous free
silver senators in their refusal to take
up the infamous Dingley bill and in
thus serving notice on the east that
there shall be no more protection with
out the recognition of silver where it
belongs in the monetary system of our
constitution.
An effort was made to instruct the
Republican delegation from this county
to Sheridan to favor Mckinley and free
silver. as was done in Sweetwater and
Laramie counties. But the absurdity
of the combination was too great to be
swallowed. hence the strong free silver
resolutions were adopted, and the dele
cation goes to Sheridan next week I'M
instructed. They go to Sheridan, how
ever, expecting to be beaten, but they
will so down
WITH COLORS FLYING.
The outlook at Sheridan is that Nc
kinney will be endorsed for president,
as he was yesterday in California, with
a free silver attachment which means
al St Louis disgraceful straddle after
the manner of the Ohio platform.
The Democrats of this county, includ-
ing Dr. Hooker and Colonel Mills regis
ter and receiver respectively of the
land office here, Judge Corn, Sheriff
Ward, j. W. Sammon, ]. r. Arnold
and J. c. Hamm, give it out cold that
this state will send delegations TO Chi
cago pledged for a free silver candidate
and a free silver platform, and in event
of defeat they will bolt the convention,
along with your Charlie Thomas and
the editor of the News, of Colorado,
and r. C. Chambers and his delega ton
from Utah.
THE JUDICIAL CONTEST
in this district at the approaching cleo
ton promises to be exceedingly lively
Judge knight, the present incumbent
is said to be slated from headquarters
at Cheyenne to succeed himself. while
=. z. Enterline, prosecuting attorney
of Sweetwater county and D. r. Craig
prosecuting attorney of Carbon county,
both aspire TO the nomination, with no
hope OF success since the edict issued
from Cheyenne. To beat Judge Knight
is the problem that Democrats address
themselves to.
A month ago it was arranged that J.
c. Hamr1, the present prosecuting at
torney Of Uinta county, should be the
nominee, as the only man in the district
who could beat Judge Knight, the dis
trict being composed of Uinta, Sweet
water. Carbon and Fremont counties
In that event the present popular dis
trict court clerk Of this county was 10
succeed Mr.. Hemm as the prosecuting
attorney of this county but later coun-
sci of the unterrifed have overcome
this programme, and ii is now conceded
that the only man who can beat Judge
Knight is Judge S. F. Corn, who has
twice been on the supreme bench of
that state and as a lawyer he is in the
very first rank in the west His nomi-
nation by the Democrats of this district
is now looked upon as a certainty and
he can only be beaten by detection in
the ranks of his own party.