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Show K ! ' Kearrif Slate Goes Xohrottgh Intact Lllf I Hitter Fight Ends in Victory jfor the Bil Monetary Senator Hill!! REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. Bfk f For Mayor Frank Knox. Jhl For Treasurer Joseph F. Macknight. K I 1 1 For Recorder A. L. Siroondi. H;JhJ For City Attorney George L. Nye. H m For Auditor Joseph J. Meyers. B f j jj Kearns won. K Xi Mazouma prevailed. H iF Corrupt political methods were triumphant. HU In one of the bitterest political battles ever Hjj? j i waged in Zion since the olden days when descend- !ants of the prophets clashed with the Liberals, the t entire Kearns slate was dragged successfully V t yg through the Republican convention. The political BL vlra pathway to the coming election Js covered with Hf 'alwl lie wreced fragments of the old guard who B Mj " fought against the supremacy in thisniiunicipality HP fit oE pompous and enthroned ignoiance rinti gold an'd H1' 'ill ereea. y - B ji In these columns for several weeks the public H ll' has been warned of the monetary machinations H of the shifty Senator, of the dual menace of the Knox and Odell forces, but all the efforts of the ungilded array were utterly futile against tho golden phalanx. Just what lias been predicted repeatedly re-peatedly through this paper occurred. A combination combin-ation was entered into early in the municipal struggle between Mr. Knox and Mr. Odell, and the result was that when in the convention Odell mado the more fragile showing his entire support was transferred to Mr. Knox. As Messrs. Kearns, Lippman, Heywood and others sagaciously believed, be-lieved, the candidate of the Utah Home Telephone I f tfji FRANK KNOX, REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR MAYOR. II. I company held the balance of power in the convention con-vention and as soon as his support was desired it went unbroken and unabridged" to the hosts of the senior Senator. This not only proved that Mr. Odell was politically unsophisticated to a degree de-gree rare arid- lily-white and that his campaign was a "miserable fiasco, but has utterly-abliterated riirn from 'the horizon asa political factor. ' i The people who fought lor James, however, are uuvanquished and determined. While they were palpably squelched in the convention, they are still able to grasp some consolation from the fact that they made a splendid opposition to abjectly ab-jectly corrupt political iniquities, but made a visible demonstration of their increase of strength since they were crushed under the wheels of the Kearns machine one year ago, when the Shifty Senator for a time pooled his political interests with Senator Sen-ator Apostle Smoot. At the same time, while still feeling the stinging sting-ing abrasions of defeat, it is unlikely that they will indulge in any pro-election warfare against the Kearns slate. They still feel that the place to dislodge a disreputable political boss is in the primaries pri-maries and conventions, and they are confident that even with the election of his Mayoralty candidate, can-didate, they be able to place Kearns politically hors de combat at the more Important election of next year. The surprise of the convention among the anti Kearns forces was in the strength displayed by Mr. Knox on the first ballot, as it was clearly apparent ap-parent that Mr. James was in the lead when the primaries closed on Monday night. The defection was due to the elaborate scale upon, which the lieutenants of the Shifty Senator swooped down upon the weaker element in the James army pecu-niarially pecu-niarially for proxies. It was estimated that at least thirty proxies were secured for the Knox slate by the widespread distribution of the senatorial sen-atorial lucre. tx v w The most ignominiously defeated candidate before the convention was Mr. Frank Matthews, candidate for recorder from the Third precinct. In return for his support of Knox from that section, sec-tion, he was promised the nomination by the Kearns lieutenants, but something went askew with the machinery and Simondi was gracefully presented with the recordership laurel. Mr. Kearns utterly ignored the Mormon element ele-ment in the framing of his remarkable slate. The only disciple of the dominant church who was permitted to decorate the senatorial ticket was 1 Joseph MacKnight, who secured the nomination by acclamation because he was the only candidate candi-date for the position, after the retirement of Mr. Frank Swenson by Mr. Lippman. All the slate went through by practically the same vote. & & & If Bob Glendinning ever goes to another city convention it will be over the protest of every man who worked for W. F. James in the Forty-second Forty-second district. Mr. Glendinning joined forces with the James men in that district, met with them in caucus and promised his support for a delegation which was agreed upon in his presence. pres-ence. The surprise of the James men was consequently con-sequently very great when, on the night of the primary, Mr. Glendinning was observed industriously indus-triously circulating a printed Knox ticket, on which his own name appeared. The result of the desertion of Glendinning after gaining the confidence confi-dence of and pledging his support to the James people was that the Knox slate went through by a majority of one vote. Mr. Glendinning's neighbors neigh-bors are naturally indignant over what they refer re-fer to as his political treachery, but they know what to expect from the weak sister in the future. fu-ture. & The residents of the Fifty-second district, of which Honorable Bruce Johnson is the premier and political sagamore, received exceedingly scant ceremony when they appeared at the primary pri-mary unless they possessed the two essential qualifications of being colored or adherents of A. J. Davis and Mr. Knox. Bruce Johnson was chairman, treasurer, executive committee, committee com-mittee on credentials and nominations, and chairman chair-man of the arbitration committee. A. J. Davis, councilman, was secretary. The people who had not the distinguished honor and pleasure of an acquaintance with these two manipulators were B treated with about the courtesy supposed to be B due to burglars and were Informed that the men B whoso names were read from the slate prepared B by Messrs. Johnson and Davis were elected. It is B a great deliberative body, is a primary in the B Fifty-second district. IB 3 B For Mayor, Richard P. Morris; for Treasurer, B Fisher S. Harris; for Recorder, John Critchlow; B for Auditor, U. 13 Felt; for Attorney, O. C. Dey. B The above ticket was launched as a burnt of- B fering by the Democrats at theic convention yes- B terday. Mr. Morris was chosen for mayor with B great salvos of joy, and the unterrifled announced B that he would easily distance Mr. Knox on ac- B count of the supposed bitterness generated by the B factional fight in the Republican convention of the B day before. The resolutions arraigned the Repub- B licans for paying more attention to factional pref- B erences than for the real Issues involved in the B election, and in general the delegates spent a very B genial and self-consolitary afternoon. B It is generally conceded that no more popular B ticket could have been put up by the local Demo- B crats, and, besides the head of the ticket, they B appear to be particularly confident that John B Critchlow and Fisher Harris will distance Simondi B and Macknight for recorder and treasurer. B B The lack of sagacity upon the part of the B Kearns lieutenants in Ignoring the Mormons on B their ticket was a source of surprise to people B who are familiar with the unique political meth- B ods of Messrs. Lippman and Holmes. Out of A. L. SIMONDI. twenty nominations for the general ticket and city council, the only Mormons whose names appear ap-pear on the Republican column of nominees are those of Joseph Macknight for city treasurer, and Messrs. Hewlett, Callister, Haslam, Spence and Preece, nominees for the city council. Is it possible pos-sible that with the eccentric political conditions which prevail here that the Kearns coterie expect the old band of the faithful to work strenuously for a ticket on which they have such meager representation? rep-resentation? The ticket certainly looks very winsome win-some from a Gentile standpoint, "but good politics would have dictated a more equitable distribution. distribu-tion. The followers of James do not feel very amiable amia-ble towards Joseph Macknight for delivering the First precinct to Knox in return for the wlth-M wlth-M drawal of Frank Swenson from the treasurership JOHN S. CK1TCHLOW. race. Macknight had nothing to fear from Swenson Swen-son at any time, as both factions were agreed upon the present nominee for city treasurer. Matthews Mat-thews did the same thing in the Third for Knox, but by courtesy of his friend Mr, Kessler and the failure of the Knox people to deliver, was comfortably com-fortably lodged between the devil and the deep blue. v &V 0& Mr. Odell's statement that an effort had been made to have him withdraw for a monetary consideration con-sideration was very remarkable. As his support on the same evening that the statement was made went solidly to Knox, is the public to understand that Mr. James assaulted the sensitive nature of the implement "manager by making such an offer? & & & The most amusing thing that happened at the Republican convention was not enjoyed by more than half a dozen delegates. It happened on the contest Senator Kearns. brought, and hinged on the two tickets the senator had sealed, and presented to the committeekof credentials. In the discussion over the contest, the seal was broken, and low and behold the Senator had "made a mistake mis-take and placed James tickets in the envelope. Lippman stopped "the publicity of . the mistake, but wouldn't it 'have added to the gayety of precincts? pre-cincts? " & & & Grey-haired old Simondi was a picturesque figure fig-ure In the convention, and when he secured the nomination his smile was so luminous that no other lights Were required. fcy & fcjv It is with keenest regret that we refer to the defeat of the great statesman, T. Daveler. Without With-out his guiding hand the municipality will probably prob-ably hit the rocks. 6T 1& W Daveler and Nystrom are now out of the game, but citizens will have to wait a year to deal with a couple very like them, who now draw pay as county officials. t & & We wonder if Councilman A. J. Davis will suggest sug-gest Bruce Johnson as delegate to the Republican National Convention. tf & The First precinct did itself proud in selecting Hewlett, Hobday, and Martin & & Tho Kearns lieutenants who sent Frank Matthews Mat-thews to the woods, think, apparently that "it is better to lie a little than to be unhappy much." """ ' - - H The acceptance of a nomination for the coun- jjH ell by Parson Tibbals is a good indication. It j H shows that good business men are beginning to H realize the necessity of holding tho important of- " ;B flee of city father. B & : & B Mr. Neuhausen is a good solid man. We ex- pect no official mistakes from him. J1 H & & & H Simondi will be a satisfactory recorder where a neAV occupant in the position will be a welcome M change. H |