Show OPENED WITH 11A A ROW r Thompson St2rts Mayoralty Race With Heavy Handicap + SPLIT IN COMMITTEE + CONTENDING PACTIONS JINABEB TO ELECT SECRETARY I Five Voted For Loofbourow nnd Five For Eldrsdge and Chairman Eich nor Refused to Cast the Deciding Vote Gentile Members Against Mormons and Arthur Eratt t The Republican city committee opened open-ed its Lannan campaign with a big row Opposing factions tacked horns over the elcctiort of a secretary of the committee and after a bitter contest the fight was declared a draw Beirtg Unable Un-able to elect a secretary Mr Loofboil row will continue to act Dennis C Eichnor who has one party defeat chalked up against hill was reelected chairmasl without dissent dis-sent Vhen It cnine to electing a secretary sec-retary thero was a split Five votes wen cast for Fred C Loofbourow and an equal number for Joseph W Eld redge jr and Chairman Eichnor declined de-clined to break the deadlock Balloting for secretary wee prodeded by turning the scroll of Pence Harmony Har-mony and Victory to the wall Then the fight commenced the Gentile mem hers of the commjtte rallying to Loofbourows support aid the Mormon element joined by Arthur Pratt arraying array-ing HhemEelves on the side of Jodey Eldredge Several ballots were taken without changing the result Dennis Kept Out Dennis was pleaded with to cast the deciding vote but he refused Someone Some-one asked Dennis where his sand was but the chairman it is said answered his brother Hamiaites that he never possessed that quality The fact iB Chairman Eiohnor was between two fires He thinks well of Jodsy who did tho heavy clercal work fcr the committee last year but he shrank from voting for Loofbourow fearing that his favoritism for the acting secretary sec-retary would give offense to Jodeys friends Loofbourows supporters were A F Lawson Sam Weeterfied W R Hutchinson Hut-chinson J E Dooly and A A Robertson Robert-son who held Joe Celtics proxy Arthur Ar-thur Prvjtt W P Appleby J E Open shaw T A Callister and E H Callis ter voted for Eldredge E H CalHster was his proxy Discordant Elements Arthur Pratt was a factor in the contest con-test He opposed Loofbourow because A Astute Robertson was favorable to Frederick Pratt detests Robertson whose latest offense was his activity in the fight agaInst Harmel Pratt in the Hanna convention Another matter mat-ter that tended to widen the split was Robertsons opposition to Albert Rei sers candidacy for city auditor in the city convention Friday Anything that Robertson desires is bound to be resisted re-sisted by Pratt and the Calllsters When the sentry let the committeemen committee-men out of their star chamber and the resule of the proceeding was announced an-nounced the gang and the candidates engaged in a lot of rebellious talk because be-cause things had rot gene right The election of Loofbourow would have pleased the majority but fate willed a hopeless breach in the partY commit tee on the first dash The campaign is short and unless a secretary agreeable to both factions is chosen Fred Loofbourow Mill continue to act as a holdover in the pcsticn he has credItably filled the past mbnth or two |