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

w and riots at the Republican pri-
maries had been stopped and the
votes had been counted. it was found
that Frank Knox. Kearns' candidate
for mayor, and w. +. James, anti
Kearns candidate. were running neck
and neck, with George r.. OdeH Looping
along I'm the rear. building his hopes
on "a possible compromise.
AS = few OF the results OF one Of the
hottest primary fights ever seen in
Salt Lake City there are:
one woman hurt,
Broken heads.
Bitterness.
Surprise,
Sadness,
Satisfaction.
Determination for revenge.
Knox surprised his enemies by his
strength I'm certain quarters, while the
OdelI men We're treated 20 the most
unpleasant surprise Of all. I'm all parts
of the city strength they had counted
ON was suddenly swung to James. It
was charged by some of the dis
appointed OdeH followers last evening
that at the last minute the Mormon
vote was swung away from them TO
James for the presumablc purpose OF
beating Knox. 1T was figured. accord
ing TO this story. that the James dele
gates would never go to Knox. while
the Odell strength might melt I'm tina.
direction. The Knox followers are
making almost a straight-out figh-
against church influence I'm politics.
Status of the Struggle.
While Judge u. IT. Wenger manager
Tor James. claims 267 votes on the frs,
ballot. $50 being sufficient to elect. the
closest observers believe ne is decided
y over-sanguine Should he fail on
the first ballot, it is predicted that
Considera BILE OF his strength win leave
him. Odcu deriving the greater benefit.
ON the other hand. it is declared thai
much of Odeils strength Gamble thrown
To James if necessary to beat Knox.
The banker however. will go into the
[ convention with a big following. with
able political generals directing the
campaign and with large funds at his
disposal. His friends think his chances
are good
Every faction is out to win. The
ehnife was welded actively last evening
apd-ti. Ouuds are sore. The Convcn-
tion IS h--ely 10 be a hot one
The most exciting time last evening
was at the Tenth ward meeting house.
where the Republican primaries for the
Tenth district were held. The feeling
has been increasing i'm bitterness for
two or three weeks. Henry Davis. can
didate for council on the Knox ticket.
the James ticket. The fight was per-
sonal between these two men. as well
as involving the mayoralty issue. The
district was gone over with fine
tooth comb and the meeting house was
packed at 8 o'clock. I'm fact. it was
found later that 232 votes had been
cast.
Police Called to Tenth.
The crowd was more or less disorder
ly early in the evening. The climax
came when the voting was 90 start At
first 10 was decided to vote by having
the supporters Of each man take Oppo-
site sides Of the room. This method
would not work. so it was decided 90
vote by ballot. Then cnsued a grand
rush toward the ballot box. A man
who had been up Co cast his vote I'm
pushing back through the crowd
brushed against a woman harder than
her husband thought necessary. The
latter hit the offender and the fight
started Many women with babies I'm
their arms were in the fracas and es-
capped injury only by getting to the door
as fast as possible. One woman was
hurt. but not seriously. Officer b. II.
Seager was called in. He was obliged
60 use his club vigorously to queu the
disturbance.
Vigus Beats Benner Smith.
A fist fight between two ardent work
ers took place I'm front of the residence
OF Joseph O.. sharp 425 Fourth street.
where the Fortieth district primary
was held
Tn the Twenty-first district there was
scrimmage over the craftsmanship
and judges but no blood was spilled
Councilman W. T.. NiEus for Knox. beat
out Benner y. smith, the James leader.
I'm the district.
Senator Thomas Kearns lost his home
district the Thirty-nnth. because ne
was ten minutes late i'm arriving To
vote himself. He claims it was under
stood the polls were TO remain omen
until Q o'clock. Others in attendance l
deny this. AT any rate. the polls were
closed at $3.50 p m. and Senator J
Kealns with his wife arrived ten min
utes later 20 vote. They We're told IL
was too late I'm vain the senior sem
stor from Utah protested. He laid /
tho two votes down and demanded that /
they be counted. They were sealed I'm /
an envelope ard kept as evidence i'm I
the contest the senator declared ne /
would make in the convention. The |
James ticket had 50 votes and the Knox /
ticket had 81 votes. The two from
the Kearns family would have changed /
the result city Recorder J. O. Nys- I
from. who had not lost the district
Cor years and who was looking after /
EdelTe interests, was able 10 muster
q iy 20 votes.
John Henry Smith Loses.