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Show IPROVO LETTER. Provo, Utah, Oct. 13. The nominations nomina-tions for the municipal election have all been made, nnd while there Is some dissatisfaction with both tickets, It Is 4 beginning to look as though the usual I Republican majority of the city would aid the election of a Republican mayor, after eight years of Democracy In the executive's chair. It has already been more or less n mystery how a city that Is normally strongly Republican In state and na-tlonal na-tlonal elections still elects a Democratic Demo-cratic mayor. The reason Is entirely local. There Is a sectional fight between be-tween the east and west ends of the city that Is at the bottom of all the trouble. It has been very pronounced In the last three municipal elections, when Republican candidates In the I east end for mayor have como west of the mill race, the dividing lino, with a good majority, only to be defeated by tho west end, with usually a very strong Republican majority. This year tho Republican convention was the battle ground of the east and west end forces, with the latter arrayed ar-rayed for a comparatively newcomer In the city, J. H. Prlsby, and ho won out in the convention with a very de- Iclded majority over W. E. Bassett, an cast end candidate. There was some soreness at first over the result, It being charged that even Democrats in tho west end were active in tho fight for Mr. Prisby's nomination, and that when ex-Mayor Taylor was importuned by Domocrats to become a candidato again for the mayoralty, ho answered that he could not against tho candidacy of J. H. Frlsby; but there is no indication of an organized effort on the part of the east-enders to retaliate. Mayor Roylance is the candidate by acclamation for re-election on tho Democratic ticket He lives In the east end,, but has been on all sides of the question. The lmmedlato fight in his term of office between tho two sides of the city has been over the proposal pro-posal to move tho Union depot three blocks west, nnd according to tho railroad rail-road people, Mayor Roylance first got back of the proposed removal; but In the council ho said that ho should surely veto any franchise for that purpose pur-pose because tho railroad people were placing him in a false light. Both sides are now doubting him, and he may suffer at the hands of both ends, and some In the middle. Outside of the head of tho ticket, it does not appear that the east and west ends cut much figure in either convention. conven-tion. Nominations in each convention were by acclamation, except in two cases, 1. e., recorder and marchal in the Democratic convention, when the east and west ends locked horns, and r honors were oven. Tho west end got w the recorder and tho oast end tho mar-aim mar-aim i There may bo some scratching of the tickets other tnan tho head, but that will bo becauso of family relations. rela-tions. Tho Democrats have catered to a large Republican family in tho nomination nom-ination of recorder. Tho church and anti-church fight that Is bothering tho state capital does not appear In tho least to havo entered into the contests in this city. If there are any sympathizers with tho Amorl-can Amorl-can party of Salt Lake City, they havo J not announced their sympathizes open- I ly. I Tho ladies In Provo always tiko a very lively interest In politics. Tho Ladies' Republican club has alre'.idy got into tho field with a reception and refreshments in honor of tho candidates, candi-dates, and now tho Democratic ladles are talking of going them one better with one of tho old-time jolly Democratic Demo-cratic parties. The Republican ladies f seek to banquet the voters into the Republican fold, whllo tho Democratic ladies havo a happy faculty of dancing the unwary ones into Democratic meshes. Either method is an easy way of being converted, and some of the male voters are willing to bo converted con-verted both ways. n |
