The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
At the Democratic Primaries In
Ogden.
A TRIUMPH FOR RICHARDS
WHO CHAMPIONED THE ANTI
FUSION PLAN.
The Delegates Are Also Anti-Wash-
akie-The Convention Today Will
Elect Delegates to the State Con-
vention and Will Also Probably
Reorganize a County Committee.
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for the Democratic county convention
to be held today, at which delegates to
the state convention will be chosen.
passed off quietly last night. Returns
from the five city wards and some Of
the county precincts indicate that anti
fusionists will control the convention
by a good-sized majority. The fusion
tickets were defeated in every city
ward except the Fourth, which they
carried with the exception of one name,
that of ]. H. Macmillan. The anti-fu-
sion people claim that several of the
names on the successful Fourth ward
ticket are with them, and on the other
hand the fusionists claim some names
in the other tickets. The result is gen.
orally taken as an emphatic fusion de-
feat and also Washable and while
those terms are claimed by some to be
misnomers they were used as distin-
gushing terms.
became a personal fight on Mr.. c. c.
Richards. prominent champion of the
anti-fusion plan. The issue was open
ly stated and promptly accepted In
the Second ward this personal fight
was sharp. The anti Richards people
headed their tickets Bryan and sill
yer and no boss rule" the first brush
Mr.. Richards nominated DR.. j. Y. AL
len and the others named A. G.. Horn.
The vote was 50 to II for Allen. Sub
sequent votes showed continued gains
for the Richards people because people
were coming in late. The Richards
ticket won by q majority.
In the Fifth, Cannon's own ward, the
anti-fusionists made clean sweep.
THE DELEGATES.
In the First ward Joseph Hall was
chairman and Heber Scowcroft secre-
tary The delegates are: George
Shorten, D. H. Ensign, Job Pingree,
ST., Moroni Brown, Charles Welch,
Joseph Hall, Richard Douglass, John
Pincock, Jessie Wilson, n. \. Tanner,
Heber Scowcroft, Mrs. William Pearce,
E. Stevens, W. L. Maginnis, e. NJ. Con-
roy. Albert Brown, ]. W. Graham, Mrs.
Orson Riser, w. T. Stillwell. Thirsea
Hall. Daniel Hamer, James Greenwich,
Fred Tout, Archie White.
Second ward-J. X. Allen was chair
man and Mrs. Joseph Boucher secre-
tary. Delegates-Richard Williams,
Martin Cullen. John w. Taylor, r. S.
joyce J. x. Allen, Gilbert Torgeson,
Denny A. Smith. George II. Tribe, Clara
Halgren, George Mole. C. A. Richards.
Thomas .Jackman, Sam Doxey. ]. F.
McCarron, Alex Wilkinson, ST., Ed
Wertz. Ella Folkman. George W. Jones,
Conner Nicholas. r. S. Brennan, Mary
NJ. Richards. ]. Stanley Dee.
Third Ward-Thomas D. Dee was
chairman and G. L. Wade, secretary.
G.. Levedah, James Harrop, James
Taylor. G. L. Wade. w. s. Reed, Peter
Anderson, Joseph Harbertson, Joseph
Parry, Elizabeth Carlson, Alice Ander-
son. Josephine Yerger, Joseph Har-
rop, jr., William Hall, Robert Bair, Al
Richter, Mrs. Jane Whitton, Abraham
Jackson.
man; Herbert Macmillan, secretary.
The delegates are: Fred Foulger. r.
]. Taylor, Lorin Farr. A. a. Wenger, L.
W. Shurtliff, i. J. Weber, Mrs. j. H
Hutchinson, Ben Jensen. J. w. Booth,
Lewis Lofgreen, A. J. Shupe, Thomas
Fleshner., James Thompson, ]. G. Ken
ney, Paul Van KoInen, James Allen, T.
C. Morris. ]. S. Corlewa, G. l. Becker,
Job Read C. A. Smurthwaite, W. ].
Ross. Mrs. F. r. Christensen, Enoch
Farr. Val Gideon, Charles Strajord, Joe
Saunders, DR.. G. w. Baker, Hyrum
Belknap, A. W. Brown, Job Warner, ].
II. Macmillan.
Fifth Ward-David Evans. chairman.
The delegates are: John ScowcrOft,
John G. Tyler. John Watson, Albert
Allen. John Mcguire, W. W. Browning,
T. H. Ballantyne. Westry Jaques. S. z.
Ash. Mrs. II. d. WOodmansee, David
Evans, Thomas Gibbons. Mrs. Marian
Burton. H. H. Henderson, T. 3. Lewis,
George Poulter, j. P. Johnson, Mrs.
William West. Charles Barton, H II.
Spencer, MILFORD Hinchcliff, Joseph
Clark, ]. ". F. Volker. Thomas VIVA
len. NJ. Poulter, A. McLaren Boyle.
Plain City-Joseph Garner, Hans
Palsen. Lima Richardson. \. d. Green,
]. NJ. Thomas, c. Olsen, William
Cottle.
Pleasant View-Joseph Marshall, Jo-
seph Bidwell, Willard Cragun.
Besides the election of delegates TO
the state convention, the county con-
vention today win probably reorganize
county committee.