The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-20

XHEITH returns from all the city pri-
w maries and from part Of the
county districts before their eyes
the Cutler and Wells forces claimed
Salt Lake county last night. Mr.. Ham
mond refrained from Offering a claim
but both the others conceded him
enough votes to make his strength 4
probable factor in the fight
As was TO be expected, the total Of
the claims more than exhausts the tOta
vote Of the county IN the convention
Both sides appeared well satisfied WITH
the result and both claimed that II
making their estimates they counted as
sure only delegates known to bt
slate men.
We have counted for Wells onl5
votes that we know are Tor wells tC
an absolute certainty was the state
ment from Wells headquarters Every
doubtful vote has been given 10 Cutler
or Hammond Yofl may be sure that
we viii have in the convention every
vote We have claimed III this estimate
Cutler Men Very Confident
The Cutter men were less cOnserya-
tive. They not only asserted the!
would have the full number Of votes
many votes in excess of the total given
In their claim would show up for Cut
Ter in the convention
The conventions, as a rule. were wei
attended. and IN many of them bitter
fights took place for places on the del
eEatiOus. The livelier scraps were be
tween the Wells and Cutler forces, ano
In each case where the situation offered
hope for either side the scrap went "a
a finish.
Thus, &c. Cutler, jr.. son of the can
didate. was beaten IN the Thirty ninth
district. and two Wells men Won out
T. r. Cutler. brother Of the candidate
evened this Up when he beat George
N. Cannon, one Of the strong Wells
men, In the Eighty-Dintb- In the For
tieth. r II. Callister's district, Frank
Hines and Joseph II. Wells, brother OF
the governor. were beaten and two cut
Ter men elected.
II. T. Booth, who was down to SCI
ond the nomination of Cutler, VIII have
TO go into the convention with q proxy
10 carry out the plan The opposition
EOt busy in the TWenty-seVenth and de-
feated Mr.. Booth and George McAllis-
ter. chairman of the district, electing
in their stead Dr.. T. : Wright and j
j. Smell, who are expected TO give Ham
mOnd and Wells one vote each. Mr.
Booth lost by one vote.
Runaway Lost Wells District.
The runaway accident in which Julius
A Hauerbach was injured deprived
Wells Of one delegate. Mr. Hauerbacf
and the two women with him in the
carriage intended to vote for the Well:
candidate III the Twenty ninth district
primary The runaway took place while
they were en- route To the primary. and
as a result a Cutler man was chosen
Their votes would have given Wells
both delegates from the district
The Wells men confidently expected
10 beat Fred Price in the TWenty-s
bat failed after a hard fight Walter
J. Meeks was asked TO prove he was
still alive in the Eighth and managed
10 furnish the proof, although IL wa!
q battle. The Wells men count hin
and his colleague, Theodore Lovendale
cutler and Hammond viii each have
a brother in the convention. Ther,
viii be two Cutters, one Hammond anC
one Wells.
Shoots secretary, Carl Badger, anC
]. H Preece, city councilman. e0nsti
tute the delegation in the Twelfth
Both will vote for Cutler.
Senatorial Henchmen Active.
Henchmen on both sides Of Titan.
senatorial row were busy all over TIT
county, and had their followers in eacl
primary. In many cases no effort was
made 10 cover up the work being dOn'
at the behest OF one senator or the 9th
er, as the makeup of the delegation
clearly proves. The SmoOI men, o
course, worked every possible schem'
70 III the primaries with Cutler men
and where they were unable TO do tina
threw their efforts TO the selection o.
Hammond delegates. The Kearns work
ers We're judiciously divided between
Wells and Hammond Anything K
beat Cutler was their slogan. Merely
another way Of saying Anything e
beat SmOot." which is the real purpos'
back OF the activity Of Kearns.
In the excitement over the serau
among the candidates for governor the
lineup on candidates Tor other state
offices was almost overlooked. The
friends Of Judge F'rick in the Forty
first did not forget him. however. but
declared for F'rick without committing
themselves as TO the nomination FOR
governor. The Cutler men claim the
Two; the Wells men smile ulysteriOUsiy
and say; 'tAn right, they'll find out
when the convention meets. The
Straup men who kept tab on the re-
turns as they came in claimed a cieal
majority for their candidate over botf
Prick and Zane in the county. and
said the result in Salt Lake county in
DeNine's friends say he win have
practically the entire delegation
Friends Of other candidates failed g
come forward with claims.
First Precinct.
District III. ]. Thomas. c. Evans
Vote. IS. Wells J. Cutter T.
District Z-John 4. Wiscomb. J. L. Cox.
ote, 153; Hammond .
District Sd. r Hammond, Peter
Hart. Vote, ~ Hammond =
District Willard Done. II. S. Tanner.
Note IS. Cutler ?
District Clarence +. Christensen. Sid
Uey Z Dawes Vote. -. Cutler q
District t-David Griffith. John link
\ 0te, q; Cutler !. Hammond J.
District e-Gon1er Thomas, John T.
Hill. Vote. 81 Wells 2
District S-W. ; Meeks. Theodore
IsoVendale. Vote 50. Wells .
District 9-Arthrr Brown s. J.. RicI1-
mond. Vote - Wells J. doubtful l.
District lo-Josc3h Christ eusen. AIbcri
b. Pitts. Vote. Is: Cutler