The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29

tics" but Of course the 100 or more mis-
takes on The part Of the Americans We're
clerical errors, inasTnuch as ]. Z. Oar
mer, in charge of the work at American
headquarters, is a poor office manager at
81, 900 month.
No wonder the Americans call the coun-
Gilman from the First precinct 'reac-
tionary' when James D. Murdoch alone
was responsible for blocking the little
gift of about $4,000 which Mayor J. 5.
planned to hand Pat Moran for patch
ing the SiS,000 wooden stave sewer. This
sort of reaction proved detrimental to
the American party campaign fund, as
well as to the finances of some of Mo-
rams personal friends.
well, guess I'll have to go down
and see what my cOunciimen are going
to do said Pat Moran, when his bill
for $4,000 came up the last time. Pat
found out a few minutes later that James
D. Murdoch had won against the whole
array of Americans, including +. =
Fernstrom, and what Pat said then will
live only in the memory of those who
heard him. He didn't say ''piffle" either
Whenever a citizen of Salt Lake who
is not on the city payroll or is not work
ing for Tom Kearns attends an Ameri-
can party rally, 1 notice the party or
| gans regard it as worthy OF special note, -
| said q prominent Republican yesterday.
takes up little space for the amount of
comfort it gives
q heard you had closed up shop" said
| member of the Democratic city COM
mittee who dropped ir at Republican
| headquarters yesterday. This Democrat
saw a force of As clerks who, under the
/ direction of Chairman F. G. Loofbourow
and his assistants. were working on the
nest vigorous municipal campaign ever
conducted by the Republican party in
Utah.
Benny Rives, American candidate for
| city recorder, worked for nearly week
| trying to bring about the omission of the
fusion candidates for council from the
official ballot and when he failed he
naively says he wanted to play fair all
the time.
E. G. O'Donnen, the American party
councilman who has been on the little
is spending some Of his hard-earned coin
in the Second precinct in the fOrlorn hope
that he can stem the tide of votes which
has already turned the balance in favor
of John Ekman and w E. Vigus. About
the only Impression O'Donnell Is able to
make on the voters of the west side, how
ever. is to leave an odOr OF gasoline
smoke in his wake and pleasant re
membrance of his work in promoting the
stOckade and his failure TO look after the
interests Of anyone living west OF West
Temple street.
Abandoning their fight for the council
manic ticket in every precinct excepting
the Fifth, the American party managers
| yesterday revised their payroll and cut
! off every district chairman from his $3.50
day until next Monday They were
| informed. however, that they might see
! their individual candidates for the coun-
/ ell regarding pay for their work SatuT-
/ day and Sunday, and the city commit
! tee would consider the proposition of
paying them for Monday and election
/ day.
Sanpete Armstrong; prediction that the
/ American party would land third in the
race is not accepted by all of the Kearns
/ workers. They point to the prophecy of
/ their city committeeman last year that
/ they would win the county hands down.
and say that proves that some of San
/ pete Armstrong; predictions sometimes
go wrong especially If they are made
/ after 6 o'clock in the evening.
| Evidence in cases Of illegal registra-
/ ton BY the American party workers is
| being gathered by the Republican city
committee and arrests will be made to-
dav or tomorrow which will expose some
| Kearns party in the Fffty-fOurth ais
| tTict.
J. J. Greenewald, who has been the
/ moving spirit in many successful social
affairs in past campaigns, is preparing
| to repeat his performances in the smoker
| 10 be given at Republican headquarters
next Saturday light. The only friction
| at Republican headquarters during the
| campaign is likely to develop today, how
ever as Mr.. Greenewald is ready to in
| sist that the partitions be taken out for