The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-08
DEMOCRATS
OUT IN FORCE
twenty-five Hundred Attended
the Primaries.
MIXED ON The MAY0RALTY
NO INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN FOR
HEAD OF TICKET.
MIXED ON The mAY0RALTY

Keeling prevailed and the party seems
TO enter upon the campaign in good
lighting trim. on the whole the pri-
Iaaries we're well attended. and in some
OF the districts tnc attendance was
Ferxs large Exact figures on attend
~ from a majority of the districts
-r-sIdlcate that the total attendance was
There were no instructions given in
any Of the districts for mayor, and all
the delegates viii enter the city con-
NenriOn absolutely free on this point
There were various expressions OF
preference in favor of Bransford,
stephens. Crane. Morris OF Clark. From
the tenor of these expressions it IS
plain that any enc of the men naiae5
would be acceptable to the rank ana
file of the party The only question 10
be decided is as to which would be the
strongest candidate.
Mr. Bransford and Mr.. stephens
have absolutely refused to be consid-
cred candidates for mayor, but q
strong sentiment prevails among some
OF the delegates to Roosevelt either
one or the other of them-that is force
the nomination upon him regardless
OF his personal wishes Ia the matter.
There were Instructions in a number
or districts FOR certain men for city
Judges, councilmen and city treasurer;
but there were not enough Instructions
or expressions of this kind TO show
decided preference for any particular
man for any Office. and so far as the
results Of the primaries show il viii
be anybody's night i1 the Democratic
convention. The friends of Morris
Sommer we're claiming last night that
MS nomination was practically assured
for one Of the judgeships.
An EFFORT was made in the primary
in the FOrty-tbird district to instruct
the delegates for .. G. Leary for mayor
and this NOV ement seemed to be in line
with the wishes of many Democrats in
other parts of the city. Before q reso-
luton could BE- introduced, Mr.. Leary
who was present. killed the movement
by absolutely refusing to be considered
e candidate for the office.
Contest in the Twenty-ninth.
The largest primary in the city and
the most spirited contest was that of
the Democrats in the Twenty ninth
district. The wing headed by Robert
Sieater carried the day and the dele
gates elected to the precinct conven~
zion were pledged TO vote for Henry
ArnoiS TOR the city council.
F1se-r5em JCTats Of the Fourteenth
district mean business. At their Dri-
mary last night they decided 20 furnish
Food and refreshments ror the judges
Checkers and workers on election day
Mrs. J. s. Freebairn. Mrs. George Bur
bridge and Mrs. David Green were ap-
DER i'm charge.
In the Thirty-eighth district primary
The delegates We're instructed for
frank r. Snow 70 the city council
and for o. F. Whitney for city treas
urer- The same delegates attend both
precinct and city conventions.
The delegations from the Twelfth
and Fifteenth districts were instructed
Tor T. G.. Lewis for the city council
and Norris Sommer for one of the city
JudSesnips
The delegates from the First district
20 the First precinct convention were
Instructed TO use all honorable means
TO get cOuncilm@uic candidate from
che annex"
There was a lively fight in the Thirty
sixth between the friends of F. 5.
Fernstrom and those Of d. =. Felt
Both men are candidates for the cOun-
Gil. Councilman FernstroIn won the
dav.
The delegation from the second dis
trict is solid for J. j. Pardee for one Of
i the city iudegships.
The delegates from the Twenty-first
distric. were instructed for Morris
Sonimer for judge and for o. F. Whit
nev for CITY treasurer.
George W. Timpsoa was given
unanimous vote for councilman from
The Third precinct in the Democratic
primary in the Thirty-first district.
The only expression of choice in the
Forty-sixth district was for MCMasters
for city judge.
Following were the delegates elected:
First frecinct.
10, J., halI man =. r SSiee1-
Deiesdtes -AJaNid h-Eai,s' r - llose'
r.. street, n, =. leiJollousii l. ~. :
klmo'L' >. 4. bauser, martina DIl ,i;
Nllildm swan Leo Deiiieilse4~-H' LINN
AIternates-Alma Ash. Joseph Pitt.
W. d. Jewell. James Walker, William
MAYOR.
DistIlct OoInHnll Tee -. =; street, n
McDonouEn. - =. kimball' Dr- =
W West, Emil Sc2"artI-
No. chairman, !. NJ. Coom1s
Delegates-J. ?. Nichols. }. -. Par
dee. Mrs g. u. AT yelL charles X. Rob
BINS, l. a. COMBS. George ~. hiil'
Robert II. Morris. stephen W. Alley
George Hilton, J. NJ. Letter Mrs Ida
Aiternates-A. T. johnson. joan Mel
n. Robert Armstrong.
District Committee-i. NJ COMBS,
lirman; George Il. hill. secretary;
pert Morris, LaNinG sudbury. \. A.
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