The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-09-16
MANY HOT THINGS WERE PULLED
AT THE PRIMARIES IN THE 1sT
AND 2ND WARDS.

At the primaries on last Wednesday,
the Deneen organization went down to
defeat all over the State and almost in
the County of Cook with the excep-
ton of several of the County offices
and judges of the Municipal Court. In
order to do this it was necessary for the
City Hall forces to put up the hardest
battle of their lives. 1t is stated that
in the First Congressional District the
organization used every trick on the
calendar to beat the Deneen crowd
which was led by Judge Maxwell and
A. L. Williams. Mr.. Williams deserves
great credit for the vote he got, al
though he was defeated at the polls.
During the campaign he set the district
on fire and so frightened the regular
organization in the End ward that on
the night before election it is said that
while the district and the End ward
had endorsed Charles Ewerts and sent
out their specimen ballots in his be-
half at the hour of ten O'Clock Tues
day, the night before the election they
called in all of the captains in the
ward and instructed them to withdraw
the endorsements of Charles Ewerts
and get out in their respective pre-
cincts and get out the votes for Grit
fin to beat Williams. This it is said
was done to split the Colored vote
which it seemed at the time to the or
ganization, that Mr.. Williams, was
making a strong fight for their support
and they had expressed themselves In
his favor, but at the same time Mr..
Ewerts endorsement in the LIST, Bird and
4th wards where the White vote live
remained as it was. 1t is said further
that the Honorable Shadrack B. Turn
er, the present member of the Legis-
lature from the First District went to
the Office of Medill Mccormick and in
duced him to have several thousand
ballots printed with the Honorable
Shadrack B. Turner and A. L. Will
Jams names endorsed on the said bal
lot. These ballots were taken into the
First District and placed at the head
quarters of the Honorable Shadrack b.
Turner, where it is said the name of
Augustus L. Williams, appeared and
marked was erased with blue pencil
through the name of the said Williams,
and a cross was placed in front of the
name of Charles A. Griffin, and on the
night preceding the election, Tuesday,
these ballots were given out to several
workers in each precinct employed by
the Honorable Shadrack B. Turner. 1t
is further said that as a result of this
double crossing on the part of the Hon
orable Shadrack B. Turner, and other
things done during the campaign, he
was defeated at the polls. 1t is fur
Their said that the Honorable Edward
81. Wright, and one of the prominent
attorneys from the town of Lake who
has gone out through the State max
ing>speeches for the candidates on the
Republican ticket made speeches.
against Mr.. Williams for Charles
Sherlock, another candidate for the Of
fee of Board of Equalization and who
only received twelve hundred votes in
the district for the Office. 1t is said
further that Mr.. Williams will not let
up his fight that he has now started in
the Second Ward but will continue it
on until the primaries Of 1917, when
one of our prominent Aldermen will
seek denomination and who it is said
contributed largely to getting the ward
organization to recall the endorsements
of. Charles Ewerts and going over to