The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-20
THIRD WARD TO
GO REPUBLICAN
Democrats See Failure Ahead
and viii Scarcely Be
in Fight.
COUNCILMEN FAILURES
FIGHT IN WARD CONVENTION
PREVENTS UNITED ACTION.

Indications are that the Third munich
pal ward, which returned a handsome
Republican majority at the county cleo
ton last fall will continue in the Re-
publican ranks at the coming city cleo
ton. The contest in this ward during
the city election will be between the
American party and the Republican
party, with every indication of Repub-
hcan success.
The Democrats have hitherto always
elected their candidates for council
from this ward, but this year they are
hOpelessly out of the fight. In the mass
ward convention called to nominate the
candidates for the council so much bit
terness was engendered that there is
now no possibility of united action by
that party. After two candidates had
been nominated by the convention the
remnants Of the Democratic ward ma
chine were dissatisfied and finally
forced the convention to accept their
candidates and to reject the candidate
who was legally chosen by them.
The fight has not yet been settled
and the insurgent Democrats in this
ward viii carry the controversy to the
courts and whichever side loses is sure
to bolt
council from this ward have been IN
satisfactory to the people of the ward
including the Democrats. In spite of the
fact that all three Democratic members
of the council from the Third ward
have been voting with the American
majority they have been unable to do
anything for the ward they represent.
Thousands of dollars were spent ex-
travagantly in the alleged improvement
of the drains on the west side and par
ticularly in the Third ward and yet last
spring the water was higher than ever
in the yards of the residents of this
ward.
Fernstrom Bolts.
Councilman F. s. Fernstrom, for years
the Democratic ward leader, fOreseeing
the dissolution of the Democratic par
ty has bolted to the Citizens party.
Councilman John HOlley, after being de-
feated for the denomination to the coun-
ell on the Democratic ticket, finally cap
tured it and is now retaining a precar-
iOus hold on the ticket, though at any
time he may be taken off by the courts.
Councilman H T. CowbuTn was a dis
astrOUs experiment in the council and in
running for the denomination received
only five votes. During his term in the
council he was member of the Ameri-
can-MOran COteTie. He was the sole
member Of the minority who voted for
the confirmation of George Sheets, ap-
pOintment as chief of detectives and his
vote was the deciding one. Had it not
been for COwburn the hero" of the
McWhirter robbery would never have
been reinstated on the police force
The Citizens ticket, too, is unsatisfac-
tory. @. A. Bachman, who heads the
COUncilmanic ticket of the Citizens party
in this ward has been at various times
a Democrat, a Republican, and now a
member Of the Citizens party.
In a quiet way the Americans have
been working hard TO capture this ward
at the coming election. They are plan
ming on nominating B. A. Ridd and
Daniel WolstenhoIme for the council
and are hoping that the Democratic and
Citizens ticket will poll enough votes
to enable them to elect their candidates
from this ward. The voters of the
Third, however. realizes that a vote for
either the Citizens or the Democratic
ticket means a vote for the Americans
and they viii unite in voting the Repub-
Iican ticket
There are a number of candidates
spoken of for the Republican nomina-
tons from the Third, any of whom is
much stronger than the candidates of
the other parties Among the Republi
cans mentioned. for the council from
this ward are Thomas A. CalIister and
T. T. Parry.