The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-12
HOW DUNN WAS ELECTED
PLAY SUCCESS
Full TRICK IN SPRINGVILLE.
W. R. Roylance Discusses the Elec-
ton and Gives His Opinion of
Non-partisanism In General.
Especial Correspondence.)


Springyille July 1.-THE Democrats
here today are loud In their denunciation
of the underhanded means adopted by the
Republicans yesterday to secure TIE cleo
school trustee The election. say the
Democrats. was understood by all classes
of citizens TO be a purely non-Dartisan
affair. In fact, the regular notices posted
by the school board called for a citizens
meeting, ii having been the custom here
for years to leave all political considera-
tons out of school elections this course
being recognized as to the best inter-
estS OF all concerned. BY the work of
Republican tricksters during the last few
! days this time-honored custom has been
| done away with, as no Democrat will
hereafter place the slightest dependence
on any Republican talk of non-partisan-
ship.
Your correspondent today interviewed
Hon. William NJ. Roylance, chairman of
the local Democratic committee, in regard
to the matter of faction fights referred to
spondent of the Republican organ had
evidently been indulging in a pipe dream.
Mr.; Roylance was greatly amused at the
Tribune's account. Chairman Roylance
said:
THE Springvine Democracy is entirely
harmonious; there is not. and never has
Democratic machine. The city is strong
~ Democratic and in fair and square
lineup that party never fails to elect its
candidates. 1t is true that in this election
certain Democrats voted for the machine
Republican candidate, but that was due
to Misrepresentation and the fact that DR..
Dunn was Maccabee, and they voted
Tor MIN for fraternal reasons. In fact.
DR.. Dunn was put forward by the Re
publican leaders simply because he would
draw a number of Democratic Maccabee
votes.
The scheme was Matched up secretly.
and under cover of night the ward hee!-
erS were sent out to summon the Republic
can votes to the polls in the morrow.
Y
all that the school election this year, as
on previous occasions was TO be absolute
ly non-partisan. The primary was called
as usual. but the only Republican present
was the chairman of the school board.
who presided. In accordance with plans
already laid to steal the election, Re-
publicanS remained away from the
primary Mrs. Josephine Southwick was
the nominee of the primary agreed upon
unanimously. and as such was accepted
by the public as the non-partisan can
didate. The INSCRIPTIONS trickery Of the
Republican machine leaders at the last
moment threw the whole battle out of
joint, and with the detection of the
Democratic Maccabees and the independ-
induced by Republicans to get in the
race, defeated Mrs. Southwick.
Had we have had but one days notice
we could have called a Democratic
mated the whole game and carried the
election as usual. Hereafter. as long as I
have anything to do with politics in
Springville, L will not for one moment
consider any non-partisan proposition
from whatever source ii may emanate. 1t
must be a straight-out. clean-cut party
lineup, and the Democrats of Springville
VIII sink or swim on their own principles
and with party colors flying. Absolutely
no dependence can be placed on any Re
publican profession of n-partisanism.
This instance is but a repetition of what
has occurred all over the state in the last
two or three years"