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Show E. G. O'DONNELL. E.- G. O'Donnell was chosen by the Americans of the second precinct as one of its candidates for the city council, and it seems supurfluous to say that the choice was a popular one. Mr. O'Donnell has been engaged in business here for a great number of years, and during that period has gained the respect and confidence of all classes of citizens. His identification with the American cause adds strength to the ticket, and his friends are canfident that he will win by a comfortable margin in the second precinct, where he has been a prominent factor in political politi-cal affairs since the admission of Utah to statehood. state-hood. His election would be a positive assurance assur-ance to the people of his precinct that they would have in the council fair, honest and able representation. repre-sentation. T. R. BLACK. T. R. Black, nominee of the American party for councilman from the Fifth precinct, requires no commendation as a public official. His record in that body during the past two years speaks more effectively and eloquently than any laudatory lauda-tory terms from his many admirers. During Mi". Morris' vascillating incumbancy of the office of mayor, Mr. Black stood out aggressively and fearlessly against the encroachments of the church authorities, and was one of the honored Gentiles who fought to the last the dual water and franchise conspiracy. His attitude on all the important and intricate questions which have confronted the present council has been as honorable honor-able as it has been intrepid. He was originally elected as a Republican, but when he saw that his Mormon colleagues in the council, irrespective irrespec-tive of party, were controlled as a unit by church influence, he enlisted with the American forces. He enters the campaign for continuance in his present position backed by the admiration and respect re-spect of his constituents. His election this year is conceded even by his political opponents. |