The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-11-07
TIE ELECTION IN UTAH.
Municipal Officers Selected Through.
out the State

| Lake City on Tuesday by a plurality
of $500 votes over DR. Charles G.
Plummer. Republican, his nearest op
| ponent Mr.. Bransford received 1l,77i
votes to 6,274 for Plummer and $685.
for Richard p. Morris. Democrat. The
| American nominee came within 35G
votes of receiving as many as both OF
! his principal opponents combined
| The. Socialist vote was a negligible
| quantity. The entire American city
ticket was elected by pluralities rang
! Ing from 5,144 to 1919
Ogden.-The Democrats carried the
head of the ticket and three of the
| city wards for councilmen. The result
Will be five Democrats and Eve Repub-
licans in the next city council. The
total vote for mayor, outside of the
Socialist, which was insignificant and
didn't run into two figures, was only
5,198.
Provo.-The following is the ticket
elected at Tuesdays election: C. f.
Decker, Democrat, mayor; David
Johnson. Republican, recorder; Mrs.
Elizabeth Scholes, Republican, treas
urer; A. A. Noon, Republican, justice
of the peace; j. p. Williams, Demo
crat. marshall II. f. Thomas, Demo
crat. councilman from the First ward;
Angus Beebe, Republican, councilman
from Second ward; j. M. Jensen, Re-
publican, councilman from Third
ward; Alfred Carter, Republican, coun-
Gilman from Fourth ward, and Myron
g. Newell, Democrat, councilman from
Fifth ward.
Park City.--The municipal election
resulted in a victory for a majority of
the Republican ticket electing all ex.
cept city recorder and city treasurer.
American Fork.-The election at
American Fork was unusually quiet.
IL resulted in a division between the
Democrats and the Republicans. The
The Republicans secured the mayor
two councilmen and half of the city
officers About 600 votes were cast.
Richfeld.-ln hard-fought contest,
which, however, was of friendly ma
ture, the Republican carried every of
flee on the city ticket by majority
ranging from one to two hundred
Over 700 votes were cast.
Eureka.-Tn a rather one-sided con.
test. the Socialists carried the city
NiDShiohs nc pllly W St.
cure office was John r. Morley, who
was chosen to succeed himself as
treasurer.
Sandy.-There was only one ticket
in the field, all being members OF the
Republican party.
Hyrum.-The town went Demo
cratic in the election Tuesday, the
head of the ticket being elected by
plurality of nineteen.
Nephi.-The election was very
quiet. About 60 per cent of the reg
istered vote was polled. The Repub
licans were victorious.
Springville.-One of the quietest
elections ever held in this city result.
ed in the election of a Citizens ticket
this being the only ticket in the field
But 800 votes were cast.
Logan.-In the election here the
Democrats were generally successful.
William Edward, the Democratic can
didate for mayor, won over G.. A. Hen
erickson by plurality of thirty. The
Democrats also elected the recorder,
the marshal and five of the council
men
Richmond the election here the
Democratic candidates were elected by
an overwhelming majority
Lehi.-The Republicans had rather
easy time in the city election, taking
every office but one Little interest
was manifest in the outcome, the
highest vote that has been polled in
years being recorded.
Bingham.-Two fights, In one of
which Deputy Sheriff ]. L. Forbes
was seriously, If not fatally injured,
occurred during the city election,
which was holly contested. but won
by the Citizens ticket Several votes
were thrown out. and 1t is understood
that. for this reason, the Socialists
will contest the election.
Kaysville-There was mixed
result in the municipal election here.
The Democrats won the head of the
ticket, electing Thomas H. Phillips.
They also elected the marshal and JUS
tice. All the rest of the Republican
ticket was elected. The winners were:
Mayor. Thomas H. Phillips; recorder,
Fred L. Bennett; treasurer Robert
Jamison; marshal, John G. Linford;
Justice. John r. Galley; councilmen,
c. Burton, Jr., George D. Bennett,
Samuel Rushforth, Nick Bonnemort
Farmlngton.-Apathy that always
characterizes an uncontested election
was the feature of the day here Tues
day. A very light vote was cast. The
ticket follows: Mayor, A. l.. Clark;
councilmen, John s. White, George w.
Jalmer, Joseph s, Clarke, l.. H. Oviatt;
recorder, Nephi Palmer; Justice of the
peace, James T. Smith; treasurer,
Hilda Miller.
Bountiful.-The Democratic ticket
won in Bountiful. with the exception
OF recorder and four-year councilman,
who are Republicans. Those elected
were: Mayor, Jed Stringham: coun-
cilmen, Charles r, Mabey Leo ].
Muir, David Moss, Samuel Sessions;
justice of the peace, p. P, Wiley; re-
corder, Richard II. Sedgwick; mar.
shall, Orson Sessions; treasurer, James
Burns.