Show POLITICS BIG ISSUE SSu IN SCHOOL PRIMARIES TO BE THIS EVEN IN Schools anti and politics promises to bo ho 0 the tho issue this again n primaries for tho the selection of ng c in candidates andi 3 tes for cle election to the thc ton city o i hoo on December 2 That Tha an anti t bo bo W an will ii I tin be ho DC stron i of the tho wards u T-I T in where b ea primaries arc are to bo o 0 held wa was Mons among amon- those tholo interested in the tho primaries toJa today by dist disc Nonpartisan prim primaries toni tonight ht ivil will 11 p J I be bo held in the and Fifth municipal wards res James T. T 1 Hammond hel pr present First mK member Second of hoI tho I from tho the Fourth war ward was defeated m in n tho ho primary held th thc bo ho George Georgo F. F Va Wasson was wn nominated N Nomination at such a Saturday ni ni nig R I mar mary is i considered practically equivalent ent to an election n nn if n p friends the have havo intention I anti fronds night s 's primary say they no 0 of f contesting tho result N ant of I Locations of Primaries The Time First Fist ward primary will wU be held hel in in the thc a assembly room rom of tho the cast side high school chool at at 8 S 0 o'clock tonight The primary for the thc Second ward will willbe willbe i be he held at a 8 0 o'clock clock toni tonight ht in the Grant chool school bun building In between r ct cn Sixth South nn and Seventh South streets on First West Went street Tire The call caB is signed by Joseph H. H Haslam Democratic ward warr chairman Joseph K Burbidge ge Republican lican ward chairman and Stephen R. R Marks Progressive ward chairman The Thc candidates in iii l tho the Second ward are aro F. F S S. S Bascom the thc incumbent from froe that tat ward warI on the board J Joseph J. J Jeremy T and Geor George o Tho Third ward primary will wi be hl hlin hold held holdin in the tho of toe the west side ice high i h school at S 8 0 o'clock clock tonight t. t R H. H Bradford incumbent on the tho board boar front from that ward will wl be a candi candidate ate for election re-election antI and will wi bo ho opposed t by Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Barnes Arthur Parsons anti and nd G. G II I Ba Backman Battman The Tho ho Fifth ward mud primary will wili wi 1 be held at the tho school on Second South street near Ei Eighth East Fast street It I is likely that tb there rc will i bo be no opposition to tho the of W. W J. J Barrete Barrette the in incumbent from that wan ward The Thc name of Dr C. C I. I Douglas ha has b been en mentioned montone as a possible candidate but buthe buthe he be has brie hn made no announcement of his can candidacy i acy FIght right in First Firt H. H A. A Smith until last 1st night n a candidate can 1 atc from the thc First Firt ward withdrew from tho the r race rac declaring that the fight fht in that ward had become tinged with and that the church element clement politics has lias been injected into tho the f fight h and ant for those reasons he would no longer consent to the tho use of his name as os a candidate This action on tho the part par of Mr rr Smith followed a n campaign that had been made lado in all al but two tTO or three of the Mormon ormon ward warl meeting hOlle houses of the First ward yesterday Cards were pre dis distributed Jis dig dig- in several of pf tho Morman meeting houses bearing a picture f of Mr rr Smith with this it inscription Vote Voto oto for r I. I A. A Smith Nonpartisan Candidate Can Can- didato for Member ember Board of ot Edu Education a- a tie tion First Frt Precinct Convention S g P.M. P. P M. M r. r No November 23 3 B. B East Si Sido o High School Beneath tho the picture which i is not an likeness of Mr Smith was printed h hIs hig j name I IThe The campaign for tor the tho election lecton of or Mr lr Smith through ecclesiastical Influence Is said paid faM to have begun ben nt at a n me meeting tn of or the parents parents' class cass In the majority of or the ward meeting hou houses es of that precinct yesterday morning In some come of oC the ard wards ward a letter leter was s-as rea read from the thc presidency of Liberty Libert J stake urging the the people to attend the tho nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non partisan con convention tonight It I ir thata that a a. good man be elected who will 11 work worl ort v foi toi the best Interests Interess of or the th though no candidates candidate's name was ws mentioned men men- ton d In tho the letter leter In some somo of the wards ward the reading of or the tho I letter ter was 48 folo foli wed d Immediately by the thE circulation o of c caiato caia calas to those attending the meeting bearing the likeness of or Mr Nr lr Smith and tho tire in In- In n quoted Opposition Aroused action aroused an unexpected opposition opposition op op- op- op position in the meeting houses arid Ind a meeting of ot the te church hurch authorities of or TAb Lib crt cry erly stake take was ss held Sunday afternoon to con consider lder the matter Attending this meetIng meetIng meet meet- Ing Dig were Hugh J. J Cannon stake take preal- preal dent lent dent and the tha bishops of or several se of or th the wards wars At this meeting it I was decided t task to ask Mr Ir Smith to w. w from tom the race He lie le obeyed coul counsel 1 rind and notified th the newspapers news papers Sund Sunday night of or his withdrawal vaL J. J D D. Skeen a wel well known know attorney aHome wa was one of or those throes who attended the priesthood meeting In tho the Thirty third thI ward vard and h heard ar the tho reading of the letter leter from the stake presidency and witnessed the distribution dis dis- of or the cards He Tic afterward wrote Ic an open letter to tn Mr lr Smith protesting against this metho of or anc and against the Injection of or the church element element ele ele- ele- ele ment into the tight Ho He demanded an explanation from Mr r. r Smith Bishop John C. C Duncan of or the th FIrst Firs ward aN objected to the distribution of tho the cards among the members of or the con con- and Is said to h have havo e taken a n decided decidedly pronounced stand against tho the In In- In injection of or church Influence In the school schol election Friends of Mr Smith declare declare- decare that beas he be was as wholly hol I Ignorant of the methods that tha wore were taken in his behalf and that such f methods did not have havo o la hi his approval I The rhe withdrawal of or jf Mr Ir Smith leaves leaven as as active e acU candidate William llam Dowen Bowen manager of the Crane company who entered the therace therace therace race Saturday Ben S. S fives Pr Prof James Jame JamesL L L. Gibson Gbson of or tho the faculty acuIty of or the University of oC Utah and Francis M. M Cope The Thc t fight ht in the First ward war promises premises to o ersha overshadow ow the Interest In an any of or the thc Oliver othier wards wardE though warm arn contests are expected also In these The he point at Issue In mall Inal all the wards narcis seems seeing to b bo be whether or not D. D II I Christensen will wI be reappointed as 58 superintendent of or schools Mayor Hakes Makes Sp Speech ch George F F. Wasson defeated James Jame T. T Hammond for the nomination for representative representative of or the Fourth municipal ward on the city board baro of education In a sharp shar contest a at t the nonpartisan primary held at the Lowell Lowel school Saturday night The Mr vote Hammond was 1 for Mr Ir Wasson WasEn and 53 3 for While thero there was ws no direct reference to tho the subject subject an undercurrent of or feeling of or opposition to the present board of education education tion ton was manifest manlest at the meeting The speech b by which Mr r Hammonds Hammond's name namo was placed In nomination was made b Samuel C. C Park former member mem- mem barot by Mayor Parle a member men mem ber her of or the board boar of or edu education Uon He lie Ie re referred re- re erred to the many man years of ser see service cr crIce vice Ice given Ilven by Mr Ir Hammond Hammon to tho the board and pointed to his record as a sufficient reason for or his hla re re Allen AlIen Aten T. T Sanford nominated Mr Wasson n. n tie Ic said without disparaging the tho to present rs of or board beard boud that new blood was S nee needed td and that men with new and advanced advanced ad ad- ad- ad ideas Id should be bc given places in that Important organization After balloting bad haU begun friends frends of nr Mr Ir Hammond saw MW thc they were outnumbered O in inthe the he primary and telephoned to a n large number of or Sir r. r Hammonds Hammond's supporters Several of oC these came to the meeting at nt once but a a score ecore or more arrived after the to polls paUl were ordered closed closed Glen Clen Gen Miller was chairman of tho the primary palmary pal pal- pr- pr mary mar and John James was secretary A. A B B. Irvine Irvine- Geor George e D. D Rust J. J A. A A Houghton Hough Hough- ton Heber Usher M. M I. I Wells els and an Russel Rusel G. G der were the tellers teller |