The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-13

I the Odell ticket in the Twenty-eighth
and he was beaten by the Knox forces,
/ who elected the entire eight delegates,
I headed by State Engineer A. F. Do
remUs. Governor Wells did not make
his promised effort to carry his home
district for OdelI, not even turning out
to vote and it went against him.
The Knox forces carried the Second
precinct Overwhelmingly, greatly to the
surprise OF the opposition. Charles
Cottrell, president Of the council, ana
. city Auditor Albert s. Reiser were
beaten IN their own district. the Thir-
teeuth. The Knox slate had 1872 votes
and the James slate 1O9. The Sixteenth.
Twentieth and Twenty-drst Were
among the other districts that went for
. Knox
A great deal Of Illegal voting was
done i'm many places. The Knox adj
herents spent money freely and it
was claimed that scores of men we're
hauled from place TO place and voted
i'm different districts. There were Knox
carriages in practically every district.
In the First precinct the councilman
ic contest developed the principal sur
prise L. D. Martin won signal vic
tory over Councilman J. j. Thomas.
Mr.. Martin had not been an active can
cidate. but was pushed forward by
mis- friends, He was given an over
Whelming majority. Thomas was de-
fc2ted in his home district the First.
Pink Slips For Hewlett People.
Tn the Second district Land and
Water Commissioner Joseph Mcknight
put through his slate. These delegates
are for Mcknight for city treasurer
and are open to inducements on the
mayoralty with this in view. A sim
liar situation exists i'm the Fifth dis
trict, where Frank J Hewlett has the
delegation back Of him for reelection
To the council and unpledged as to
mayor. The Hewlett forces prepare
pink ballots and kept tab on every
voter to sec if those pink ballots were
used by persons processing to be
friendly.
Knox is known to have at least
twenty delegates in the Third precinct.
which his opponents had counted
on as being solidlv against him.
He is said TO have the Twenty
seventh and Twenty-e solid. one
in the Thirtieth and three i'm the
IWcnty- ninth. which now stands three
for each of the candidates In the
Thirty-frst a. p. KesIer waterworIs
employe and sOn-in-laW . of President
Joseph F. Smith, was beaten by Frank
NJ. Mathews. In the Thirty-first J. r.
OpeushaW, who has been a candidate
Tor city treasurer, announced his with
craWal from the race and his candi-
dacy for the council.
I'm the Fourth precinct. FOrty-firsr
district there WAS n hot fight. Joseph
Lippman. the Kearns manager. lives
III this district, and so does Superin-
tendent of Waterworks Frank T. Hines.
The James and Odell forces tried hard
10 shut them both out, and q big vote
was polled. Lippman and Hines won.
and the latter heads the delegation. u
this precinct the F0rtieth and Forty
second went for Knox the FOrtieth be
ing Revenue Collector z. H. Callister's
home precinct. He was working hard
for James. Arthur Pratt carried the
Forty-third for James. although NJ. A.
DauEherty, a kearns man. contriyed
TO slip in.
Many Districts Mixed
over in the Fifth precinct Fred c.
LoofbOurow. city Engineer L. c.. Kel-
sey and ev-Chief Of Police George A.
Sheets carried the Forty-fourth for
Knox. Other districts were mixed. Tn
the Foriy-niuth. the home of both
Knox and Odel. a compromise was ef-
teeted, each of these candidates get
ting half the delegation. Chris Wag-
ener was elected a delegate TO both
me republican and the Democratic con-
Nenu1us. The FOrty-siNth was cOmprO-
n isCd between Knox and lanes CON
Eressman George Sutherland carried his
own district. the Forty-oighth. for
James. Joseph Gothic is said 10 have the
Lachlhs or TINS delegation for council.
although his own ticket was defeated
In the FuuCth Elmer b. Jones mar
shaled his hosts for Odell and beat out
Councilman j. $. Daveler. but the Dav-
clCr-krcN crowd viii send a contesting
celee ttlon his axes two coutesting
DELEGATIONS hoard from so ar b0tn Tor
Knox. And the Knox men will control
the temporary organizations and the
committee on credentials C. s Holmes
ran things I'm the Fiftv-n-sl. the Knox
slate bciuG put through promptly at
o'clock. Similar tactics were successful
ly pursued by the Knox men in the Fifty
The list Of delegates follows:
First Precinct.
District No. III. T. Breckon. T. A.
Fredric kson. Sampson Williams. NJ n
Atwood. L. w. Peterson. r. Mcknight,
Ralph Bailey. William Groesbeck. b. N.
Young. S. b. Harrington. j. c. Van
Glider.
M "A. L. Hamlin. George Baxter.
VIII Whyte. A. r. Nelson. S. A. star
lord, J. +. Cox. Orson Hogan, Charles
Rashand. w. G.. Gallon. William
Chase. w. H. Farnsworth. F. X. Nc
Graw
No. civilian Crome. A. c. Sadler.
Carl a. Erickson. ID. r. Hammond.
John e. shorten. A. Moore. Jacob
Jeifs, John NJ. Wilcken. Peter T.. Hart
Seymour b. Young, jr-. Sidney Reeves. /
No. 4-H. s. Tanner. George BOwles,
A. j. Elggren. +. J. Smith II. b. Fol
SOM III. q. lverson. oscar J. Bourne.
Nary smith. j. F. Ivc-sOn. Dan Mac
kay. William Cation. john Hanson, J.