The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-14
Third Precinct.

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II HIS tells the progress oc the race
Tor the Republican mayoralty
nomination as it was fast night
Tho figures were obtained by rho Her
aid through an Independent canvass.
and are as accurate as 10 is possible Co
get Nine of the votes credited to
James and nine credited 10 Odell are
contested by Knox men. who viii con-
trCl the temporary organization of the
convention.
The situation is likely to change ma
terialiy today in fact. IL is changing
almost every minute. tt is war to the
Snife, knife TO the hilt and blood eve
erywhere. Bitterness is Increasing The
lines were even more clearly drawn yes
tcrday than they were the night of the
primaries The sudden swinging OF
mormon strength from OdoiI 10 JAMES
az the primaries had as much 10 do
with DC as anything. Some Of the other
Mormons now supporting Odell are eN-
hibiung signs of following while there
is "a prospect that for the same reason
Knox viii get some non-AIormon sup
port from the OdelI faction. Even some
of the nom Mormon James followers
nrc showing restlessness and "a DISPOSE
ton to get into other company. The
James leaders are using every effort TO
hold the nom MOrmons in line, especial
" some Of the old Liberals. who find
1T hard To get used TO working hand i'm
glove with bishops, bishops COUNSEL
ors and block teachers. Knoxs support
Is almost entirely non-Mormon.
Bitterest Fight in Years.
Not since the dissolution of the Lib
eral and Peoples parties has there been
such fight The principal thing that
keeps 10 from being straight-Out con-
test between the church ana anti
church factions is the personal ambi-
lion of one man--SenatOr Thomas
kcarns. The antaEonisms he has
aroused among the nom MormOns have
thrown into the other camp such old
time Liberals and asute politicians as
Arthur Pratt, o. j. Salisbury and num-
beers of others, including some of the
former Arthur Brown faction. while ex-
Congressman George Sutherland is
seeking 90 warm his senatorial boom
under the wing of the church. The fact
that James himself is "a non Mormon.
personally popular. has also brought
over some support.
The kearns- Knox crowd Is trying to
keep the fight openly on the Mormon
Gentle lines. while the Smoot- Suther-
northumberland element is seeking
to smother amy such talk
And Odcll is plOddinE along. trying
10 keep an even balance so as not to
spill the water on either shoulder. hon
ing Cor modification of the Kilkenny
eat tale which viii leave him the sole
survivor. "Tne compromise candidate"
his friends are calling him. But the
principal fighters are I'm no mood TO
compromise
James Hope Is First Ballot.
The James men are straining every
nerve TO muster enough strength to
nominate on the first ballot The Knox
end Odcl leaders are working i'm ex-
nctly the opposite direction. Many
delegates arc pledged 20 James on the
first ballot and 10 OdeIl or Knox on
the second. 1t is conceded by an that
If James is not nominated on the
first ballot his chances are greatly di-
minished
There was "a bull market i'm proxies
yesterday. Knox and James men were
the principal bidders. Delegates 20 the
city convention were offered s., SO
and So for their proxies. early i'm the
day. Then the bidding became more
lively. and there were rumors that as
high as 800 was paid for proxy. Sew
cral thousand dollars was paid out yes
terday. according 20 the best estimates
Of the political managers. Whether
any OF it was cash Tor votes i'm the
convention can De only surmised. Part
of il was for the gangs OF men who
went from one precinct 90 another TO
vote.
The OdelI men set up "a claim yes
terday that the primaries were Illegally
called. because the official call did not
give the names OF the Offices FOR which