The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-16
DEAL CARRIED OUT AND
0DELL HEI GO TO KICK


.e2niinnee from pase onc9
Zones. odeIs manager. chairman or
- flttieth district delegation. au-
ounecd the entire Odel vote of chat
rs. l'f knox change 0f sis votes
iltt -iirst changed TWO Odeii and
~ Hp 1.unea votes over to Knox. making
tia Heieeation for Knox. but the an-
iceitlent of this and Of Bruce John
lf ffst-poellef delegation ia the
t-y-secend. suli solid for the man
Ao waS willing 50 put up most money,
s lost in the hubbub
Cheers For the Victor.
The announcement biz Jones had sent
tc Knox men t0 their feet
Knox, Knox" They yelled again.
MS lmc in tones ful 0f the joy OF VIC
iury handful after handful If paper
iiet were tossed into the air, coming
down iu showers. Hats We're thrown
uh Arms were waved L00fbourow
lfried his smile along the wall into a
box AND shook bands with fifty men
consecutivelv.
The LipDman smile moved about the
ceu-er OF the house. So did that of
niLed states Marshal Haywood. An
oiher government official. supposed UNI
der civil service rules to be deVotinC
h's entire time 20 the public and to be
ont OF politics" put for a secluded
SPOT Jt was Revenue Collector and
1iicot-James Rooter u. H. Callister.
iie was defeated for delegate, but he
was there just the same. Pussy Jim
my Anderson, the other half of the
Heavenly Twins. also defeated for del
esate but in attendance with a proxy,
skunk away.
Showers Of Ballots.
The yers grew louder The gallery
took up the cry. The band i'm front
struck up star Spangled Banner"
More ballots were thrown up, descend
ing IN showers. District banners Of
cardboard on poles were waved aloft
ip Blee or pulled down and trampled
- upon in the excitement.
Knox! Knox send for Knox"
came the calls. -
Chairman Christensen yelled for or
der. It only added to the paudemonium
Tor several minutes.
At lasK the tumult subsidized. the re-
sult.5f the ballot was announced. a
,aJmmitteeb was appointed to bring
Knox before the convention at 8 O'Clock,
and the convention ordered a recess
for a little over an hour for dinner.
This was at $40 2. m. The battle had
been waged INDEPENDENTLY for over
seven hours.
IN the evening the convention was
comparatively tame The Knox men
paid their debts TO the First precinct
by putting Joseph MacKnight through
with a whoop for city treasurer. Penn
Lynn was the only other nominee and
DE withdrew when he saw the fight
ives hopeless. The other candidates
had previously taken the cue, +. A.
Swenson having allowed himself to be
sacridced I'm KnoN's behalf.
Charges Of Fraud.
The rest of the Knox slate was put
through without a hitch. The Kearns-
Knox leaders had framed it to beat A.
i. Kesler, James man. of the Third
NJ precinct, FOR city recorder, leaving A.
y. Simondl Of the Fifth and +. NJ
Mathews of the Third TO fight it out
between themselves. the latter being
given some preference. Kesler. who
had lost his own delegation finally
VIthdrew when he saw the fight was
going against him. and asked MS
INTENDS TO vote for Simondl This gave
Fmondi the nomination Kesler
-eharged that fraud had been used I'm
carrying his district against him. and
Aprivately threatened prosecution OF
some OF the men who bad worked
city Attorney GeyJSe T., Nyd .ly-ss
given the renoalinTion by the ls1lox-
yCas fIgainst W. r.. Butch
r caEdidate
yrf a consistent I<earns-
lu0x henchman. was put through for
city auditor with the rest of the slate.
Battle slzillfully Fought.
-rhe battle throughout was an alb
forblng contest. led with great skin on
both sides and fought TO the bitter
enI The generals on the James side
were Arthur Pratt. %. j. Salisbury
George Sutherland u. II. Wenger ana
Mr. James himself. all veterans OF
many 81 political conflict. Although
every one of these is a former Lib
eral they were aided by the fun Nor
mon strength as far as 10 could be
controlled
The Knox leaders were Senator
Thomas l[earns, Joseph Lippman,
PERRY ~ Heath, Fred e.. LOOfbOur0W.
= g. Lynch and G.. S. Holmes, with the
candidate giving aid. counsel and otner
things And many "a successful pOlt-
ical tfick they turned.
Both sides spent money The Knox
men spent far more than the James
Politics makes strange bed fellows. %
g. The adags. ON one side the old ANTI
Mormon fighter James. was counsel
ine with bishops and bishops couu-
Fetors Among the Knox men. Gus
-ffclulez WAS sitting as delegate
alongside of two of the colored walters
rhn story of the deal which brought
about che nomination OF Knox was told
SD yesterdays Herald. Knox received
Tho nomination. Tho Odeu men. rep
phone company interests. receive
promise 0f ravors mt the hands Of the
Kuax administration NJ 10 goes in,
Murray Was For James.
D S.. Murray. general manager OF the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
lrrv. was working actively FOR James.
T'hc supporters OF OdeN who also
wanted MacEniEht Tor treasurer had
Tho satisfaction of seeing their candi-
C-te for the minor office elected. That
g. about au thc Odeu contingent re-
c.fred. except recognition ON commit
tees where they were bound TO serve
lSno- interests
Odcu w8s opposed 90 the deal made
by bis managers HR wanted 60 stay
ia tho race hoping against hope His
principal supporters yielded Wednes-
DIV 10 the establishments OF the
1learns- Knox persuaders. even as the
cHurrh support counted on had dis
ar1etred at the primaries Last even
icg his mood was even. more bitter than
was That ~ James, os indicated by his
conversation.
Tae, evening jhe Knox men were
ploauug The oden supporters were
Fcek'ue gu share The glory. The james
warriors were muttering noarsely and
sharpening their knives for election
d1y. And The Democrats We're more
ccnn3eHt than they have been in
gears
rfeptTrErc AAsHEN