The herald., 1896-10-06
CREATE MUCH ILL.FEELINd
enn1ldates iae Republican Nsmlaatlens
Decidedly Ndmerous
~ Fight isr Mayor d Very Mach Cen.
pIlcated
s Possibility That Mayor RAIDERS
friends will Be Able to Throw the
Plum 1is Way-Other Political
~ News and Notes

Tho Republican primaries will be held
ooday to elect delegates to the city con-
Nention, and there Is going to be a
warm time OF it In many OF the pre-
olnctA
The contest over the nomination for
mayor has become 20 complicated that
there 10 strong probability Of dead
look. In the event Of this there would
b possibility Of Mayor Raiders step
ring In and capturing the nomination.
At the caucuses the nonresident
range used to capture caucus delega-
tions In the interest of the Slauson can
didacy for mayor caused comment on
Al sides Mr.. Slauson Is being posed as
Z good government candidate, and the
securing Of delegates for him by such
methods was denounced everywhere.
OF course Mr.. Slauson's friends In the
Better City Government league had
nothing to do with 1t. Neither did the
league. Such methods they strongly
announce.
Rut tho heelers and jobbers in the
Republican party who are striving to
secure Mr.. slauson's nomination by
adopting such methods are not helping
~ candidacy any with the respectable
oitisens of the community.
Mr.. Slauson is not the candidate Of the
Better City Government league for
mayor. There is no telling who the can
didate Of the league will be.
Mr. Slauson is simply being used in
the Republican convention by the push
to cloak the ends and aims they are
seeking to attain. But he has not re-
ceived the nomination yet. and there Is
= good chance for him to lose.
The candidate who has equal strength
with Slauson is Julius Martin. but II
neither Of them were not strong enough
tosroach, Mr.. RAIDER or Mr.. Vetter may
come In and carry of the plum.
George Beebe has withdrawn from the
race for city clerk, narrowing that fight
down to q contest betweenW. w. Ever.
ett ana Charles Wilde. Both are good
men and 1t will be q question of personal
popularity. with the chances in favor Of
Everett.
For city attorney W. e. Dunn seem.
to have no opposition for denomination.
r.. A. Ling has been mentioned as q
candidate. bpt he has not yet given his
Tor city engineer there are nsamerous
candidates. but Mr.. Compton, incum-
bont, seems to be next.
For auditor the applicants are num-
erous. Major Bonsall and Major Hine
want It. and as both are old-timers they
have the inside track, Major Hine lead
ing. Henry Schwanecke is running, and
there are others.
VIII Teale Will contest with Mr.. Hart
well for the nomination for treasurer.
John Gish and H. ]. Shoulders both
want to be tax collector.
For city assessor James Meredith has
been brought into the race by his
friends. Everybody knows Jim Mered.
ith. and there are many Republicans
now quite prominent who owe their
start in political life to the help jim
Meredith gave them. But gratitude
from politicians is something not looked
for. Still. Mr.. Meredith has many
friends who are pushing his candidacy
George Hull would like to be nomi-
mated.
For street superintendent It would bt
folly for anyone to make any predictions
There have been so many Incompetence
IN this Office that the people almost wisf
that It was abolished. Captain Huttor
appears to be in the lead, but there are
many Republicans who are striving tt
down him because his brother Is a sill.
yer Republican. George Rheinchild ani
John Drain both cut quite a figure. Tht
nomination will probably 60 to one o.
these three.