The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29

The women will play very promi-
nent part in the coming election. Their
strength is "a least equal to that of
the male voters. and on their action
will in a very considerable degree de-
pend the result of the election. The
Democrats have always advanced the
cause of woman suffrage and no doubt
on the Democratic ticket the ladies will
be given a fair representation. They
demand it as their right, and their
voice viii he listened TO and receive
due consideration at the hands of the
party.
The women's Democratic club is
leading in the interest of the ladies,
and they viii have representatives. in
club that at least four ladies Will be
on the municipal ticket, t-~ee for mem
bership in the city councu and one for
city auditor. Those mentioned for the
city council are Mrs. Egbert Roberts
from the Fifth precinct. Mrs. Ella r.
Rhodes from the Second and Mrs.
George Y. Wallace from the Fourth. DR..
Ellen =. Ferguson is being widely
talked of as candidate or city au
ditor. Mrs. Ferguson has uone veteran
service in the party, and is capable
and able lady whose many friends feel
that she would do credit to the position
and be an element of strength on the
ticket.
Another place where women ought 10
be represented, and where they are pc
culiarly adapted to shine, is on the
board of educs ton, and the Demo
cratic Womens club propose to urge
the nomination Of several ladies for
election as members of that board.
Mrs. William NJ. Stewart of the Fourth
precinct and Mrs. La Barthe of the
Fifth are prominently mentioned in
| this connection. Both are experienced
educators, and would be valuable mem
bers of the board. Other ladies are
also talked Of and it is pretty certain
that the personnel of the board viii,
after the next school election, include
several ladies.
The announcement that Sam J. Ken
yon was being mentioned as a candi-
date for the position of mayor has Gre
ated considerable CONSERVATION among
the contingent which has been working
for him, for it was not intended that
the information should get out until all
the plans were laid. Now, however,
the opposition is beginning to get its
hustling clothes on and from date I'M
til the time the convention is held Sam
will have a hard row to hoe, for those
who are fighting the element which
will support him will combine in all
sorts of ways in order to down him, or
in fact any man who is backed by the
Tribune, Pratt and Devine.
Groups OF the politicians discussed
the conditions yesterday, and 81 all
cases the ultimate decision arrived at
was that Sam must be downed COM
pletely; that it would be a calamity
to permit his name to succeed before
the convention.
Generally speaking, the members of
the police force are. against him. Of
course there are three or four who
would like to see old conditions re-
stored. The same may be said of the
fire department, where Mr.. Kenyon has
but two or three adherents outside the
chief himself But those who are for
him are working and working and
working.
By the way, Sam will have to see to
| it that the Park City papers do not talk
of him in the manner they do,
else he will fail of the support of the
paper across the street. The Patriot,
for instance, in last weeks issue, con-
| tains the following:
Sam j. Kenyon, cashier of the First
| National bank of Park City, came up
! from Salt Lake Monday. He is not in
| town for his health exactly, for that
seems to be as good as mortal man has
/ a right to expect, but to be with his
| Park City friends and away from the
heat and miserable wrangling of the
| Salt Lake non-partisan politicians of
| the Pat Lannan school. By the way,
/ Pat is much more of a politician than
| when he was a Democrat in California,
| and making speeches for his young
| friend, Mcbride.
|
| The candidacy of w. C. Hall for the
| office of city attorney on the Demo.
cratic ticket, is now definitely am
nounced, and his many friends are
| hard at work to secure him the nom
/ nation for the place. Mr.. Hall held the
office at one time, and gave general
satisfaction to the people and the mem
bers of the city government.
| Sam Westerfeld wishes The Herald
/ to say for him that he is going to
move over in the First precinct, but
that all the money that viii be taken
from the Klondike during the next
| two years would not induce him to be-
come a candidate from that precinct
to the city council, and further, that
| If all the people over there rose up en-
masse and asked him to run, he would
say, Nay, nay. Pauline!
As announced in The Herald, Fred
Leonard has joined the ranks of the
Democratic party. Fred confirms the
| ruTnor, but does not care to make any
! extended statement concerning it. He
has simply come to the conclusion that
there is more room for him in the Dem
ocratic ranks and that its policy is bet
ter for the country than the policy of
the opposition. The members of the
party will please move up and make
room for Fred Leonard.
There will be meeting of the cam
paign committee of the Third municipal
ward on Monday evening Aug. go, at
s p. m, at the residence of j. T. Ra-
leigh, 266 West Second North street.
J. t. RALEIGH, Chairman