Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-04

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Van Frank l.. Hines, l.. Dahialust'
Harry B. cole. Daniel McIsae' e. j.
r,rdley. Claude Y. Russell.
Tbs Republican county ticket, the
~, n tho field. was nominated MOT,
Az afternoon and evening in a conVeh =.
ann at the Salt Lake theater whlcn was
s,,ed with surprises, inclsiye debates
and fierce open struggles. me cp'''es's
tor nominations came at the evening
session when County Treasurer .. "a
croesbeck. County Auditor Hegin-%
hotham and County Atty. JOB Z. Lsoii
ware defeated for denomination. lhese
,hree men we're the officials who we're
instrumental In instituting SUIT aealhs.
the county commissioners 10 an,, ,, =
contract entered. into for the Pup,iGa
tion OF the delinquent tax isis al whue
was regarded as an excessive cos =;
while this resulted in opposition to the
candldates Groesbeclt and Heginbotha!n m
were opposed because they had already
had two terms. Lyon was also OF,
rosed on the floor because ne nau
served as q deputy and had one term
as county attorney.
C;roesbeck wased the closest ilgnt lof
nomination. the final vote being aeols
for Fred c. Bassett, deputy county
clerk, and 262 for Groesbeck. Inc chaiI
questioned the nomination Of Bassest
on the ballot because he did not have II
ma iority OF votes cast, and an excep-
tion to the ruling was taken and car
ried. Then Bassett was declared the
nominee. 1t was not until the ballots
we're being east from the county dele
cations that Bassett jumped into the
lead which he maintained by a narrow
margin In the First precinct. Bassett
led and in the Second the candidates
we're about even. Grpesback forged
ahead In the Third and gained again
IN the Fourth Bassett captured the.
Fifth precinct delegation by a narrow
margin and then the county landed him
on the ticket.
vIGUs is VICTOR.
Roscoe c. Vigus. who was deputy
under County Auditor Frank Hcgin-
hotham until no aspirsd for the posi-
ton, defeated his chief by a large ma
jorlty, the vote being 397 to 100. Hegin-
lothian was recently read out of his
party for falling TO pay his assessment!
OF $50 for campaign expenses.
The nomination for county attorney
brought out four candidates. They
were |. e. Wiley, who was nominated.
job P. Lyon, C. S. Kinney and Robert
B. Porter. In the beginning OF the
struggle, Nose G. Davis, who WAS
a candidate. withdrew and threw his
support to Wiley on the promise Of
deputyship In the office providing Will
ley was successful The vote stood as
follows:
Wiley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ......... 266
Lyon '.........'......'......
hlnRey ..,......,....,.......
The fight for surveyor was spirited.
Charles a. Peet was nominated by the
city delegation and Fl. Allen Gardner
was placed In nomination by the coun-
y delegation. Gardner won by large
margin, the county voting solid for
him and he also secured nearly 100
votes from the city delegates who were
opposed to Peet The vote stood 307 TO
In the race for county commissions
trs Oscar w. Carlson lead the field OF
& five candidates for tho four-year term.
i Walter J Burton. n member of the
board of county commissioners, was
second and secured the short term OF
Two years. James McAllistcr showed
considerable strength securing 16S
b 81 and James p. Murdoch had So. The
Il vote was as follows: A
Il Carlson, long term 4O6
Burton, short term All
f siuA'ilster ....................16 S
MvM ,,rn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
..''.........,........ 81
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
IN me nominations for state sena-
t s' James Devine was the only cam
Ttaa.e who appeared against Benner
~, sHith and w. n. Williams, who
4 ell s'e elected two years ago. Messrs.
: sntlh and Williams were re-nomnat-3
y ,u oy large majority. The vote fol-
Williams '''''''.'..........,... 493
pevin" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .40S
'''''.' -, '........ .161
a, (. the afternoon session four can
Mrs a's ~ were chosen by acclamution.
II cl s. .ii zane Witcher for co,n-
~ eit'E was the frat. When hcr8
aS'ne was presented 1t drew prolonp-
~, applause and motion was made
ried .T,vh,i,ia,ions close and 1t was car
jlrS cL WI She was named unanimous
nn, r a Joseph G.. Sharp was the
se,so, uan"iaate for the position ana his
E,ssNph was made by acclamationl
FOR rs 80, Jaques found no opposition
ana denomination Tor county recorder
ed To- n"nos y Gabhott was re-nominut-
vote. ~ Z 'Pfssaeot oy a unanimous
The eW ns,G candidates appeared iii
tiyeg S Ans ior /, the house of represents
,on Nous, according to the chairn,an's an
eoonnu confinement there were 500 votes in tho
cbilun'ion, making 265 necessary IL n
10 i' rees,, !, was decided thatGthe frst
votes shnn,ss me largest number Of
H should be declared nominees. III
THE CANDIDATES,
na ro1snam cess was the FIRST man
J Jr the convention BY xndrsw tce Sniff tf-
BY n n 1m9lll'oT'ns order: W. Fl, Tobias,
rheodora, !, amer q, T, 5I.. Holman, by
Nev.Wy,lls Wilson: Frank II Hines b BY y z W J.
Csiverrs,onn o1n NJ. Hansen. by Heller
Josepybb ssi J. a, 1skman. by Fred Price, /.
nj