The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-29
GE citing READY
FOR NEXT FRAY
Voters Looking Forward TO
Contest in the City
This Fall.
NUMEROUS CANDIDATES
ARE BEING MENTIONED
Question Is Raised as the Use
of the Voting Ma
chimes.

psIcCllOnS are almost AS TcE plal as dUN"
thing else in Salt Lake. " not more
So For several years city and county
elections have been held alternate years
and have kept the city moderately busy
with politics. However, this political In
dustly was scarcely active enough for
the last state legislature. which added
a couple more elections 10 the political
gayety This year there are three cleo
tons in Salt Lake City. The liquor eiec-
ton over, there still remains two cleo
tions this year, the primary election for
the city offices and the regular city cleo
ton.
With the local option election decided,
attention turns to the coming city cleo
ton. the first under the Des Moincs COM
mission form OF government law. Every
person who secures 100 names to a petit
ton of candidacy may become Il candi-
date at the coming primary election for
mayor for one Of four commissioners, or
for city auditor.
The primary election will be held on
October "a. and the election two weeks
later on November Z. There wjll likely
be several candidates for every office
TO be voted upon at the primary cleo
tion. but under the law no party deslg
nation Will govern their candidacy. Each
VIII run independently. However. the
plan OF the American party is TO hold
dates for mayor. commissioners and au-
ditor for the Americans TO vote on. II
is not unlikely that other political par
ties Will do likewise.
Old-Style Ballots.
There is nothing in the Des Molnes law
that prevents the use OF voting machines
at both the primary election and the reg
makes no specific provision for voting
machines it is probable that they will he
used at both elections. The trainers of
election was held, failed to incorporate
in The law any provision for the use of
voting machines at the elections hence
Australian ballot. The result was some
what confusing. The returns were de-
layed because Of the long count, and
some trouble was occasioned as to the
manner OF the casting of these ballots.
In many instances. sample ballots were
used instead of official ballots. This
would have been impossible in case the
machines were used City Recorder Ben
jamin S. Rives said yesterday that there
was no possibility of error under the
voting machines owned by Salt Lake City
and that If these were used the handling
of any election would be comparatively
simplee propositions,
Copies of the Des Moines plan law
passed by the last legislature were sent
chimes used in Salt Lake, and after eX-
amining the law the manufacturers of
the voting machines have written Mr..
Rives that the machines may be easily
adapted for use at both the primaries and
the city election. The party levers will
be removed and one lever will release
all of the keys. The locks will be SO
arranged that only one candidate for
each office may be voted for. Each key
must be pressed separately. as there are
NO tickets and there Will be no party
designations for any of the candidates,
Des Molnes bill, said that he thought
there was no question but that the vot-
ing machines could be used in the elec-
tlonS.
No Avowed Candidates.
While there is a great deal of discus
sion among the residents OF the city as
10 the probable candidates fer mayor and
commissioners under the new law, there
are as yet no avowed candidates. The
Americans are making arrangements for
a convention which Will advise the Amer
lean voters as to the selections To make
at the primary election, but thus far
none OF the other parties has announced
Its plans. plan has been suggested
that a business mems committee name
a nom partisan ticket for the primary
election and work for the nomination and
election of this ticket.
Mayor John S. Bransford has been fire.
Quently mentioned as a proba BILE candi-
date for mayor under the new law but
he has not yet declared that he wished
the place, Among others whose names
have been suggested for mayor under the
commission form OF government are Law
renee Greene, John Dern and Joseph
Lippman. Fer commissioners w. Mont
Ferry. A. J, Davis. Richard Il, Morris.
Frank Il Stephens, James Dcvne. W. r.
Wallace. III. G. Mcmillan. r. Mckenzie,
Ezra Thompson and others have been
mentioned.
AS the only requirement for filing can
di6acies for primary elections is petition
to which 100 names are attached, ii Is
expected that there will be large num-
ber Of candidates for each Office at the