Show UTAHS MUNICIPAL CONTEST I PROVO AND SPEnsrGVIIiLE SAFE FOR THE SILVER PARTY McKinley Paper at Bichfield Bolts the Bspublican Ticket NonPartisan Ticket Changed at Brigham City Provo Oct 21Tonight the Republican Repub-lican committee which is handling the campaign for the nonpartisans holds n meeting behind closed doors to discuss dis-cuss the possibility of getting out of the woods I has turned out that the nonpartisan wave which sprung up with such pretentlons and boasts of confidence has flattened out in such a manner lo bring mortification to the forces if the showing they now make can be called a force Since the committee appointed by the I Democratic Ladles club have canvassed can-vassed the city they have learned that the Democrats are solid with the exception I ex-ception of a few who blundered into the nonpartisan move upon its incipiency incip-iency These however are very indifferent in-different and show no enthusiasm In the cause About the only true followers fol-lowers of nonpartisanism here are the McKinley eoldbug Republicans whom neither of the local parties care to have identified with them t I now looks as though the election of R A Barney for mayor would be a walkover the fight now being practically practi-cally between him and S S Jones the regular Republican nominee Democratic headquarters will be opened at the beginning of next week when a vigorous campaign will begin I will be a cold reception given to the goldbug committee i they have the nerve to make their house to house canvass in the interest of nonpartl saniam The committee Is now in distress for fear of the withdrawal of several candidates can-didates |