The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-22
Attendance at the Republican Pri-
mlaries Very Meagre.
SOME DISTRICTS FAILED
TO ISSUE CALLS AND FAILED TO
MEET.
Total Attendance In the City Did Not
Exceed 65O-In Many Districts
There Were Not Enough Present
to Make the Allotted Number Of
Delegates.

Judging by the results of the Repub-
lican primaries in this city last even
ing, the fight between the two parties
this fall will result in a Democratic
victory. The attendance was very
small. In the First municipal ward OF
the city there were about 156 voters
turned out, the heaviest attendance be-
ing at the Ninth ward school house,
where perhaps 20 people entitled to vote
were present In some districts no prl-
maries were held at all. Allowance
must be made in some instances for
lack of attendance, because of failure
to advertise the meeting places, but
| where they were advertised it did not
seem to make any difference. Lack OIL
enthusiasm WAS noticed all over the
First ward. There were no SPIRITED
contests, and the vote was IN every IN
| stance unanimous one.
| Down in the Second the attendance
was slim, very slim. The boys did
not turn out at ALL in comparison with
two years ago Republicans seemed TO
be very scarce. In the Thirteenth dls-
| trict for instance, which was held at
SeIf's hail, on Aberdeen street; when
a'Herald man arrived there at 10 min
! utes past the hour, Wiley Brown and
another man sat listlessly in the place
| eating cheese and waiting for voters to
come in and elect them as delegates.
! Up at the Fourteenth, two blocks from
! Aberdeen street, Burton and Giles, the
standbys of the party, and three others
sat patiently waiting for two more, so
| they could go ahead and do business.
They came in later in the evening, and
were all triumohantly selected. Joe
! Eldredge and CliStus Butler told stories
! to two other people at Seventh South
and West Temple while waiting for
| quorum in district Twelve. Joe Cottle,
| Charlie Post and four more made states
| in the Twentieth, pending the arrival of
the men and women to vote them.
! Down at the Twenty-fifth four men
| stood on the sidewalk waiting for pass
ers-by to come along, so they could
! induce them to vote. Harry Early, ID.
W. Gamble and Jesse Fox constituted
| the contingent in the Twenty-third.
George H. Taylor came along in time
to get on the ticket. as did Frank Wise
man Fred Price, Frank Meyers, j. G.
Lucey and a few others nominated the
ticket in the Twenty sixth and claimed
10 votes, after it was over. Inasmuch
as the voting was done viva voce. the
number of ballots, or votes, was deter
ninedA by the sound: The boys shouted
AYE" very Justify Albert Riser had
good crowd in the Seventeenth, there
being IS people inside. Judge Lochrie
worked the combination in the Nine
teeuth where II souls met in solemn
conclave and resoluted and resolved.
The Eighteenth was billed to meet in
Shiil's hail. but Shills hall was as dark
as the DrOverbial heap of black cats
before and after the time for holding
meeting Inquiry among a crowd Of
small bows as to whether they had
seen or heard of any meeting. ELECTED
the derisive reply Nav, we don't
know nawthin' bout Republicans:
were Democrats.
Candidly speaking, the total attend
arce at all the primaries held in the
Second municipal ward was less than
200. The delegations are for Graham
for county clerk, for Condie for sheriff
and Matson for recorder A Graham
Condie combination has been put up in
the Second, and Briant Young will get
small consolation from that end of the
town, if the party leaders have any
thinS TO say about it..
Over in the Third an attempt was
made in two or three places to get up
some enthusiasm, but it was like trying
10 crack joke with the mournerS at
a funeral. The boys failed to enthuse
as they ''useter' The delegations
elected represented go per cent of the
attendance.
the party vainly tried to get up little
spirit. They failed. One hundred and
twenty-five is an outside figure. The
returns show greater numbers, but The
Herald reporters present agree that 125
is away up, and that, counting chill
dren and transients, 80 will equal the
total vote.
In the Fifth, the home of the work !
ers, where George Nye, Dennis Eich-
nor, City Engineer Kelsey, Councilman |
Robertson; the. old home of Joe Cottle |
and the place where the old crowd /
used to get around and labor success |
fully, the attendance was pitiful. |
Tables were set on the sidewalk and |
passers-by invited to vote. Some ac- !
cepted and some did not and finally |
the boys succeeded in getting enough |
elected to fully represent the districts. |
The attendance at the entire number |
of meetings did not exceed 49, although |
the figures were padded to show better |
results.
Counting children and all who voted,
the attendance at the entire lot of pri-
marieS did not exceed ESQ.,
FIRST PRECINCT.
District delegates to county and
precinct conventions: Mrs. w. S.
Giesy, Mrs e. c. Haskins. Byron Cum
mings. S. J. Paul. Mrs. William Groes-
beck, Mrs. NJ. Atwood.
Precinct committee: Chairman, G. II.
Van Pelt; secretary, M. Atwood; E. c.
HaSkins
District 2-Delegates to the county
and precinct conventions: John E.
Wiscomb, John H. Thorne, John E. !
Cox, Stephen A. Stanford, W. T Jack,
A. c. Sadler.
District 3.-Delegates to county and
precinct conventions: J. NJ Breeze,
John F. Hardie, Frank Hoffman, ].
Fred Smith, Mrs. Emma Johnson, Ar
-hur II. Parsons.
Alternates: 3. D. Blackmarr, Mrs.
Wilkinson.
District delegates to county and
precinct convention: George Olson. S.
3. Westerfield, Brigham Smith, David
.. Evans, James Eager, Charles En-
sign.
District 5-Delegates to county and
precinct conventions: ]. L. Weller, Ed
Pickering, ]. w. Smith. S. Buckwal-
er, Charles Perry, William Graves.
District delegates to county and
precinct conventions: William Everett.
Miss A. Levy, A. +. Lawson J. Wit
beck, L. c. Kelsey. w A. Clovis.
Alternates-A. Smith, f. M. LIE Pro-
ION. d. l.. Nickum, Miss Jennie Nor
enson.
Precinct committee-AIiss A. Levy. A
2 Lawson. L. C. Kelsey, w. A. Clovis,
:. NJ lie Prohon.
District S-Delegates to county and :
'recinct conventions: S. Seth Stone,
ohm p. Meakin. J. G. McAllister. 2. O.
Perkins, p. a. Dix, w j. Meeks.
District 9-Delegates to county and | ,
recinct conventions: c. w. Symons.
Wright Pickering. E. B. Critchlow.
ieorge f. Goodwin, John B. Moreton.
,. c. Bassett.
District 1O-Delegates to county and !