The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
AN AMERICAN
|. TICKET CHOSEN
BY ! WOMEN
"Wonlan's Welfare Commits
tee" Divided; Leatherwood
Heads List of Candi-
dates Approved.
THREE OF FEDERAL
BUNCH ARE SELECTED
Mrs. A. r. Sanford Withdraws
When She Finds That the
Committee Is Playing
Politics.

~ EVEN of the remaining thirteen
members of the Woman Is Well
X fare committee met at st.
Paul IS rectory yesterday after
noon and 6 decided to fsuggest'
stra ght apti-American ticket, which
the women Of the city are asked 10
support at the primary election tomor-
row. The suggested ticket is as
follows:
For mayor-E. A. Lcatherwood.
For long term commissioners-Ric
ard p. Morris and Henry W. Lawrence
For short term commissioners-A- L,
Doremus and George D. Keyser., y
For auditor-William Groesbeek, Jr.i
or the six men named four are Re
publicans, one Is Democrat and one
is a Socialist. Of the four Republic
ans three have been indorscd by the
federal bunch and the Republican or
ganization of the city. They are: j.,
A. Leatherwood, for mayor; George D.
Keyser, candidate for short-term com
missioner, aud William Groesbeek, ,Jr,
candidate for auditor. Richard L. Mor-
ris. for long term commissioned. is
Democrat aud Henry. w. Lawrenee. for
loug.term commissioner, is Socialist.
Seven at Meeting.
The women who participated in The
meeting were Mrs Elizabeth M, Cohen
Mrs. 4. A. Byrd, Mrs. George IA. Ray
bould. Mrs. p. A. Simpkin, Mrs. Ruth
Fox, Mrs. Franklin $. Richards aud
Mrs. G. a. Wilcox. 1T WAS stated by
Mrs. Cohen, however, that four other
members of the committee, viz; Mrs.
p. Y. Cook, Mrs. L. B. Critchlow, Mrs.
JerroId II. Letcher and Mrs. c. III. Nc
Mahon, had announced that they could
not be present, but that they would in
dorse the committee's S action,
Mrs. p. y. Cook when called by tcle-
phone last night said that she had
agreed 10 stand by the action of the
committee and would probably do so,,
although she added that she had un-
derstood that Charles Read. American
candidate for lougterm commissioners,
was to ne indorsed.
Mrs. Z. b. Critchl0w said that she
knew nothing of the intended action
of the committee. but would probably
indorsc majority of the ticket 'sug-
gcsted'' She added, however, that If
she desired TO vote for one or more
Americans sue WOuIH 90 SU, usSpiie
the action of the committee.
Mrs j. r. Lctcher said that she knew
nothing of the action of the commit
tee, intended, or otherwise, and declined
to he interviewed
Mrs. G.. II. McMabou said that sho
had told the committee that she would
ipdorse whatever action 1t took amt
would do so.
Mrs Sanford Ouits.
Other members of the original com!
mitice not present at Yesterday S
meeting were: Mrs. Allen 7. sanford,
Mrs. 4. v Taylor, Mrs. i. i, Gowsn
aud Mrs. f. &. Waldron-
Mrs. Sanford and Mrs. \ V. Taylor
are said to have resigned from the
committee as soon as they saw evi1
dence of the fact that politics was be-
ing PLAYED Mrs. Sanford said to The
Tribune last night that she went into
the committee with the idea of at
tempting to better conditions in the city
and remained member until she was
convinced that politics was being
PLAYED She then drorpcd out.
After suggesting ticket tbe
members of the committee prepared
bulletin for circulation today The
opening sentence is: 'fWo are not III
polltirs