The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08
ELECTION
DISTRICT.
IN THE FIFTH.
furnished the Only Excitement of
the Day.

The Fifth precinct furnished the ex-
element of the day. In district 81
Harry Wilson. a colored Bruce Johnson
Republican got his needin's" at the
hands of George H. Ganaway, the Dem
ocratic challenger. Wilson came into
the Thirteenth ward meeting house to
vote and Ganaway promptly challenged
him on the ground of non-resfdence.
Wilson swore his ballot in over the
challenge and walked outside. taking
up position on the front steps. wait
ing for Ganaway to come out. He ex-
pressed his intention to several par
ties TO pound the face off, the chal-
lenger but, unfortunately for him. his
intended victim appeared a few min
utes later.
Wilson made one pass at his man.
and two seconds later sprawled out on
the gravel walk As he arose. Cana
way gave him an uppercut with the
same result. Each time Wilson re-
newed the attack he was knocked down.
and spectators say this occurred not
less than five times. Ganaway was not
scratched, and when his asSaiiant had
cried enough and vanished. he walked
calmly into the house and took up his
position at the judges stand
Wilson was one of those arrested for
illegal voting.
Three colored Republicans were ar
rested for illegal voting in the Fifty
first district They We're F. a. Steptoe.
an ex-copvict; Harry Wilson and Sarah
Dickson. non-residents.
Wilson was challenged because he
has not lived here q year, the Dickson
woman for the same. reason, and Step
toe because. having served a term in
the penitentiary for participation in a
shooting scrape. and having had his
"coppers" denied him for disobedience,
he is DISTINGUISHED.
These parties all swore their votes in
over G. III. Ganaway's challenge. but
this did not prevent their arrest Step
toe laid low until late in the afternoon,
but was taken into custody with the
others by Special Deputy Sheriffs Es-
linger and Seigfus. They We're brought
up before Judge McMaster and released
to appear at o'clock today. Com
plants will be lodged against them to-
day.
In the far eastern part of the Fifth
the voting was light. and everything
passed off peaceably. IT was antici-
pated that the Republicans would make
an effort to vote the wives of colored
soldiers UP in the Forty-fourth. but
they wisely refrained. Challengers
We're on hand to see that no such lille
gal work would be tolerated. A SOL
dier must have lived in a precinct
eighteen months. and none of those in
the city now are qualified; neither
are their wives
Two challenges were made in the
Forty-ninth district. one for non-citi-
zenship and the other for age minority,
but both were passed
The Fifty-seeond district had among
its good, Democratic voters the name
of W. j. Bryan. The gentleman cast
his vote amidst the crowds pleasant
observations. His front name is Will
lard.
Every district in the precinct turned
out an unusually heavy vote except the
Fifty-second. Here the sporting ele-
ment was on hand in large numbers.
but great many respectable people
remained away. In the outlying dis
tricts the vote was surprisingly large.
The Republican councilmanic ticket
went in by comfortable pluralities. As
was expected, DR.. T. B. Beatty led his