Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-08
uPPaAN,s eANt N IHl fOuRIn.
Sprung Surprise on Young and His Friends,
bul Was CIeyefIY Oulpayed.

As indicated In Lass cycnlns'a
News" there was surprise and live
~ time In the Fourth caused by
'sprinRlng" II. q. Mcmillan against u.
=. Young the regular nominee. 1t was
stated yesterday that Sit. McAilllan'a
name was being put forward without
his own knowledge or consent but that
wns proved later to be wholly without
| foundation IN fact. MIR. Mcmillan knew
/ he was IN the race ard by the tactics
adopted fully expected TO win.
How he became "a candidate ~ not
unintcteating. lIrst Of all ID was
claimed yesterday he would not have
entered the fold hut for The candidacy
Of G. W. Symuns IN she First. Ihia con-
tcntion, however. was soon shown to DO
/ wholly Incorrect NJ absolutely nothing
was known ~ Mr.. Syinuns's Intention
until Monday afternoon when tho truth
y, according To ait. Llppinan's own
statement. he concocted the scheme ana
laid the plans for the hoped for defeat
81 Mr.. Young nt n meeting on Saturday
nlght. The matter was to be kept very
quiet until the Lac, moment when tho
organized hordcH Of iippmnn were TO
HwO0p down upon the unHuupcctirg
Young supporters and put them 20 route
even as Schlcy routed the fleet ~ Ger
vera. To accomplish this defeat Joe So
cured the names Of "a faithful follow
.ra who were. ct stated hour
O'Clock In the aftcfno1n-to present
themselves In solid phalanx before the
potts aud maintain tnrr position.
blocking the way against all V,her
corners. til the closing % the polls. and
thus completely route the enemy II
was brilliant scheme and brilliantly
begun but not successfully carried out.
Like the ostrich that buried itH head
La IFaIu q Ia
anatomy was hidden from view. Joe
and hr fellow -bultefn thought they had
kept their actions secret. But they were
seen going 90 and coming from sub
scduent confiab. held far into thc night
81 Tuesday which gave the snap
away" Nevertheless they caught the
/ Young forces unaware and gave them
a battle royal. 4 4 o'clock the argrcr-
Fora began TO arrive In large numbers
/ but some ~ them fniHcucd3 Tor Instead
NJ something over 100 getting Into the
/ procession they were about one hundred
/ rhrrt ~ that number, n fact that
/ caused Joe To lose little OF his other
/ wise angelic temper. and ieli the de-
/ llnquentH that they deserved defeat. II
/ they Intended TO fight they should pres
| ont themselves promptly like true sol.
dlcrH and do their work Instead OF
struggling along with the hope ~ get
ting IN at the last moment.
hut joe was outpiny-i. NJ. =. Wool
ley. 4. y. Thomas. Jr.. aud two or three
other party war-horaoa ~ the Fourth
got out n lot of men and cnrriagca and
did "a little hustllng ON their own ne
count. 20 active were they that when
the polls closed at 7 o'clock nui less
than $50 voters were In line waiting.
pushing. struggling and saying some
| harsh things IN the hope ~ getting In
their votes. liut they did not and were
compelled 90 no home without perform
Ing that duty. out ~ the go Il IL con-
EerNatively estimated that not less than
! i1s ~ th0ne turned away were Young
supporters. 4 close inspection Of the
lineup made this almost "A certainly.
| The vote was:
| 1nunk ssss....s .sssss'. 's's''ssssssssfln
/ McMNlan ...... ..ss.s.. .ss.sss.ssss'a'p
l"ii 80 ssssssssssssss 'ss'sssssss ~
NounRH majority 80. .,,....,..'.., 10
II credit Ii due 60 man for political
acumen regardless " the principles IN
volvei, then Mr.. Llppman II certainly
entitled 10 credit. for the originated the
game which he played ~ well but a,
which he WIS clsvvfly beaten by play
crs more rkilful than himself.