Show SKEEN IN LEAD LEADIN IN WEBER FIG HI Generally Conceded That He Will Be Elected at Head of the Democratic Ticket Politics have hae been at their height dur during ing in j ug the past week and the thc final struggle will be made tomorrow evening when the Republicans will have all of their spell spellbinders spellbinders binders at work in the different dis districts districts t of the county A conservative esti estl estimate mate at this time gives shoes the Democrats a majority of o tb Ui state and county count of oft offices t Many Man of the Republicans who I have bave been at work throughout the coun county county ty t during the week concede the election of oC J D Skeen for county count attorney and predict that he will lead his ticket The rhe campaign waged against grafting in pub public public lic tie office has been most effective every everywhere eV r where The effort to distract the atten attention attention attention tion of the voters from the real Issue of the campaign on the tire part of the Republicans Republicans and direct it toward matters not in any an way wa connected with the local con conditions has h s failed miserably and instead of winning votes has created cr a feeling I of disgust among the citizens that means the loss of or many votes A strong effort has been made to delude the tire people into the thc belief belie that President ent Roosevelt is personally interested in the local cam campaign campaign but there are few who can be befooled befooled befooled fooled in this way wa There fh is no denying leI the fact that the Republicans are re badly scared over the situation Assessing Police and Firemen Perhaps the boldest thing tiring that has been attempted was an au effort to enforce en orce a compulsory campaign assessment upon the city police and firemen This has been customary during the past under a Re Republican Republican Republican publican administration when the assess assessment assessment ment was placed at from 5 3 to 20 per man manfor manfor manfor for each election The Republican cam campaign campaign campaign Committee ommittee seemed to forget that there was a Democratic head to t the city cit administration and accordingly their mission failed An evidence of the kind of work that the Republicans are doing was shown at North Ogden on Thursday Thu evening eveni ug where they had their rally of the cam campaign oI aign Congressman C E Littlefield was wac the main attraction but he hc was late in it arriving and a number of local speakers were put on to keep the crowd together The TIle rally was held in the meeting house hO at that place which Js Is about the only o l hall of any nn p size in the th place A few days after atter this meeting the Democrats at attempted attempted attempted tempted to get the same place for the purpose of holding a similar meeting They were surprised d to have haye their application i I cation turned down cold An tion was instituted and the reason giver given n was as that so much dirty work had hd been beer i done by the Republicans and so many man r Improper things said during their rally p that the authorities did not deem it i t proper proper to let the building for any more mor political meetings The reasons were ac c without question and no further L attempt made malle to secure the place Candidate Foster III I IOne One of ot the most unfortunate occur occurrences occurrences occurrences of ot the campaign is the illness of o C Horace S Foster Democratic nominee n for county clerk lark Mr Foster has been confined to his home since shortly after atter r his hig nomination from an attack of o C typhoid t malarial fever and has been thus thu S prevented from taking any an active acte part par t in the campaign He lIe Is Js one of the men nien l whose election seems already assured notwithstanding his big handicap J p Republicans by b the score are ing mg David Mattson the present bent and candidate for on the tin S Republican ticket U Hr Mr Mattson is male mak e ing a strong effort to pose as n 11 enemy V to the tho grafting exposed of or l lu hit t to It is 15 1 an ann n open n appointed n i secret f Vet that the auditing C the by board of county com missioners were appointed more for the th C clerks Ur f of inspecting ff the records of the th e office than anything else el e It is charged that Mr lr Mattson collect ed from his as their share or of the UI e campal campaign n assessment for tOl that than ot office ice more mor C over oyer the amount mount assessed with out contributing one cent of his I Other count county P officials als in itt the same mone bulf build I Ing pay p the tho fun full nt S f i I Without calling Upon their clerks for an y I I portion I j 1 Marriage Industry I I Soliciting the tha solemnizing sol of marriages marriage s I by b the deputies of the clerks office I was win 5 I unheard oJ of until Mattson went into office i I Then it got to be a regular business This Thi In work il was jT done riL on the o time and an ci j 4 1 I j of the amount charged for tor tying g 1 these knots had to be I turned over oyer to Mr M I I I I b by the tho deputy doing the work won C I I Recently this soliciting was prohibited by bP bPI b 1 1 an order Issued by Mr Mattson but not fl t I II I until Rev R P M f Cushnahan took a hand han d I I in ti the matter and roundly scored the UI e I county clerk In each case of 0 where whore a ceremony C was wag w s performed by b an ann emi lo 3 i of the tine clerks clerk s office Mr part pai rt j of the proceeds was either or 2 usually the thiC latter latt r Here is a list Ut of the ti re I marriages es performed In the cle ks office offic e up until th time Father Cushnahan fl 1 stepped d in and caused cause I the clerk cleric to stop ip soliciting S By Deputy D George Georgc Ritchie in ne i J July Tuly C G August 8 S September S 3 Octo i ber he r C G November 18 IS December S li WIG 06 I January Ja nuary 6 February 3 March ii 6 5 April I J 4 May lIay 3 a Total 76 By B Deputy E P February 2 Merely March M arch 3 S April S May la 4 June 2 Total 19 1 By B Deputy W Y D Van Y n Dyke a total of 3 z Grand total 98 95 Says He Is an American Another thing tIring charged n d agaJ Mr Mattson attson il illy is the tho fact that he leans strong ly lyth toward the American party part and in inthe inthe the th e event that that party is launched here hore he hl will probably be numbered among those ose who will be the first to join their ranks fa 4 |