The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-06
C0NROY'S HARD FIGHT
More Than Probable Democrat VIII
Be Elected Mayor of
Ogden.

Disruption within the Republican ranks
is given out as the cause of the almost
hopeless condition OF the party on this
day before the election, which has brought
fear into the hearts Of the Republican
workers. Every effort Is being made
TO offset this condition, but the prOpO-
sitiOn is a stupendous one and the trend
towards the. Democratic ticket is 81
general that the belief is prevalent that
nothing can be done 20 prevent the de-
feat Of large portion of the Republican
ticket.
The condition seems 10 he worse than
was at first anticipated, Yesterday the
politicians had a decidedly busy day.
This however. was no surprise, but the
fact that those who have been staunch
Republicans heretofore, including some
of the present council candidates. and
even some or the present city officers.
were working for the head of the Demo-
cratic ticket and were even placing their
money on his chance of election, came
as great surprise tonight Although
il is asserted that there will be a lavish
use of money today and tomorrow II
is not thought possible 10 prevent the
revolt that has been brought about IN
the Republican camp by the methods and
biunders that have been made during
the present CHmpgign.
On Saturday the Republicans were up
in arms against B. +. Thomas, who
prints small tour-paged paper called
Industrial Utah, and who has come out
for DIR. COnrOy for mayor Thomas has
always been a Republican and, while the
party was busy denOuncing him and claim
ing that he was purchased by the Demo
Gratis, nothing was said of the purchase
or lease of the former American party
paper by the Republicans. This was the
first thing that was accomplished by
the Republican party i'm the present cam
pdign and first led people to believe
that the scheme in Ogden this fan was
10 elect KuChleF for mayor as a step To
place Ogden City in the ranks of the
American party.
This. however is not the only evil fca-
ture of the campaigning Of the Repub-
liCanS. As soon as they discovered that
they were running shy OF money they
made an effort, BIZ sending out a com
the necessary campaign funds from the
saloons and gambling element. This III
a measure was a failure, and the next
step taken was the assessing OF the po-
lice and fire departments. Even att'r
this action the committee found 1t neccs-
sary TO make q second visit To the Sa-
looms in an effort 10 corral some OF
those who had refused to dig up on the
former visit. In each instance ogden $
Republican executive was the spokesman
for the committee. The tearing up Of
the tracks of the ogden Rapid Transit
To win the Third ward vote was a high
handed move resOrted to- Yesterday
some of those who are taking prom'-
nent part in the handling 81 the Re
publican end Of the campaign made a
trip among the cOlOred citizens OF the
city in an effort TO bring them into line
for the Republican ticket. The CldS-
mann papers after agreeing to print
q Democratic candidates advertisement
i'm Yesterday issue, declined the same
later on for the reason that the issue
had been bought by the Republicans