The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-19

Ut ANAAAH -o4itNth oFAaA1ttti A'fNNl
FLASHED last night with the suth-
eFiand men over supremacy Ia the
Republican county convention.
IL was the time for holding pri-
maries IN all OF the voting districts.
for the election OF delegates TO the
county convention in the Salt Lake
theatre next Monday and Tuesday. at
which VIII be nominated candidates
for county Offices ana for twelve seats
in the legislature. ten representatives
and two state senators.
The net result Is that the Kearns-
smoot crowd won the larger share OF
delegates elected. and II is probable
that the Kearns-Smoot slate OF legis-
latiye candidates will be victorious In
the convention. The Sutherland men.
however. claim the victory with as
great. II not greater. vehemeDce than
the Kearns followers.
Ia many Of the districts which had
not felt the thrill OF the machine Suth-
erland developed surprising strength.
and In others he knocked out the fol-
lowers OF the senator and his pros
pective colleague II history reps
itself. the apostles crowd will be firm
ly entrenehed by the time the conyeu-
ton meets. and Sutheriand's chances
for capturing the Salt Lake county
delegates viii be very much less.
Interest In Commissionership.
Not TIE least interest centered in the
fight for the long term county COM
missionership. Henry n. Standlsh,
who Is getting 10 the front with the
backing or the faction which is deter
mined 10 defeat Commissioner Ander-
son, corralled the solid wife Of the Fifth
precinct and this strength. together
with the votes OF the Bingham delega-
tions and the numerous anti-Anderson
men IN other parts OF the city and
county, viii probably make him a dan
gerOus proposition for the petty boss
OF the county building.
The attendance at the primaries was
very large, In some OF the districts ex-
seeding $50. where there was a scrap
On. This was notably true In the
Fourth and Fifth districts and In some
Of the Third precinct districts where
I'd Rich had 4 fight on his hands TO
establish a claim 10 one OF the county
tommissionershlps.
Joe Lippman, Senator Kearns' man
hger. barely got through IN the For
ty-Arst district. and his slate In the
Thirty ninth and Forty-seeond were
demolished. These were not the only
states that Jared disastrousiy
Some Lively Contests.
The fight in the Fifty-first viii prob
ably result IN a contesting delegation
appearing az the convention.
In the Fourth district the old line
Republicans were turned down cold
and hard. through the efforts OF Blsh-
op Iverson. largely. The defeated fac
tion was headed by A. II. Little, who
called the primary TO order. and the
other by L. b. Moore. who was made
the permanent chairman. Judge Tat
lock was also a candidate. The men
who have run the district so many
years were represented on the defeat
ed ticket by the following: A. II. Lit
he, George Olson. J. p. Bloomfield.
James Hansen. r.. NJ. Gilbert. Ralph
Bailey, c. Il. Ensign. Joe Edmonds
and J. 5, Cowan.
In the Fifth district Jack Smith ana
Joe Weller made most stubborn fight
against Orson II. Hewlett, who is re-
garded as a probable Kearns-S mOOt
senatorial nominee. They went 10 the
expense OF hiring three carriages 90
bring delegates To the primary When
the meeting was called 10 order there
We're l6i delegates present. Hewlett was
elected chairman, and his delegates 10
the county convention were elected by
vote OF IS to %. Each side had a
straight ticket before the primary.
Following are the names OF the dele
gates ana aiternates elected:
First Precinct.
District No. Nv. c. Jones. S. T. VIII
iiams ". A. Lee, Martin Stockman.
J.. II. Clark. W. G. Williams. W, s.
Glesy.
No. ID. y. straup. W. II. Farms
worth c. W. Gibbs WIN White, II. S.
Sheets G.. W. Baxter, j. II. Thorne, j.
H. Brown; alternatcs. S. 4. Stanford,
Frank Chandler. Dan Powell. Mrs.
Cbaffin.
No. s-W. NJ. Crome. ]. NJ. Breeze.
Joseph Smith. W. II. Wilkinson. J.. F.
MacKnight, A. c. Clark. d. r. Ham
mond, y. Nelson. q. II. Anderson, NJ.
#. Eakle. ]. F. HRrdie.
No. Ill. Il. Moore. Hans Sorenson.
II. c. IversOn. Mary smith, Opal Hicks.
George Vowles. II. j. Smith, Lorenzo
Elggren, John Hansen; alternates, Fl. p,
Folsom. II. A. White. Mrs. Dan
Mackey.
No. 81 r. Valentine. William
George, r. ]. Hewlett W. A. Clovis. c.
s. BickwaIter, ". L. Dunn, 4. W. Kei-
ley, o. T. Carlson. F. B. HUFFMAN
Henry Klenke W. W. Beckstead.
No. 6--L. A. Cole. A. 5. Kendall, j. p.
Noriing. W. f. Grifiths. F. F., Schoppe
Rudolph Ain. ID. NJ. Grimths, George
sutherland. Al Eklund, Julian Riley;
alternate. A. Stiefei.
"A q lg1aV II N.nprDbDrs
Charles Gates. J. ID. II. McAtiister. G.
G. Gatreil. William Shovel. George l.
Nye William Everett, John Hessler
Brigham Shurtlid.
No, S-HOyt sherman, i. c. Ray
h0uld, ID. Z. Davies. Lorin Morrison. W
+. LRngenbacker. T. W. Mathews. c.
T. Raybould. @. Z. Offenbaeh. Emma
Thronburg.
No. 9-E. r. Critchlow. Maurice Stei-
Eel. j. +. Buckle Fred. BaSsett, EheI
Case. samuel Hammin David Bern
heisel, George Wilson. j. b. Moretoni
alternates. Z. r. Vail ]. f. Edwards
Or. ". J. Davis. Wright Pickering. o
F, Davis.
No. iO-Ernest speirs. W. NJ. Rlsley
n. A. Palmuist. Joseph Christensen
Z. w McAilister. A. V, Proctor. II. NJ
Cushing, alternates, r, A. Piper. C. +
Erickson.
No. 1i-Jacoh Moritz. Thomas Hob
day. r. J. Leonard, =. J. Swaner. Axe
Steele. George Buckle, Emil Lehman
Louis Taufer. aiternates. l.. II. Farms
worth George Brewster.
Second Precinct.
District No. III. II. Preece, r. c
Schulder. J. L. Eldredge jr,. Car
badger. Bert Blades. J. W BOutOn
Horace Heath. George Raybould.