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Show I CHURCH WORKERS TRY INTIMIDATION. The political workers of the two church partia have wound up a week of bully-ragging, blufft, lies and general crookedness in fitting style. They have been caught rod-handed in the act of intimidating American party voters in at least two districts of the oity, the Nineteenth and the Twentieth. Chairman Darmer's lieutenants declare de-clare that a man by the name of J. J. Meyers has, according to positive information received by them, made an extended canvass of the American voters in the Nineteenth district and has repeatedly repeat-edly told voters who have announced their intention inten-tion of voting the American ticket that they would bo arrested on election day should they attempt to vote. One pretext or another has been brought forward to scare the prospective Americans, and to some extent the bluff has worked. Strong evidences evi-dences have been found that the same thing has been going on for some time In the Twentieth district, and Chairman Darmer has orderod that the situation in these two districts particularly be carefully watched. Anything smacking of gum "shoe work is to be expected from now on until election day in all the districts from ho churchmen, for the announcement an-nouncement has gone forth officially, too that the church has skidded Morris to the background and that orders have been issued that Plummer is to be the mayoralty victim. Secretary Jensen of the city Republican committee is authority for the statement that the church has decided to get into the game in the open from now on and plug for Plummer. Just why the Republicans i. o., the Mormon church have switched from underground, gum Shoo work to a daylight gamo in this year's race is past comprehension for the ordinary mortal. Nothing short of a reyolation will unravel the mystory. It is now certain, however, that the church Is to fight in the open. Already fpropara-tions fpropara-tions have practically boon completed for the appointment ap-pointment of a committee of five- "non-partisans" by the bishop in each Mormon ward in town, and these committees will make house to house canvasses, can-vasses, urging that Plummer be supported. The trick has been long expected by the Americans, but it was not believed that It was coming so soon. Safe II Is to say, though, that Plummer knows today ho hasn't a chanco at the mayoralty election. elec-tion. With tho Mormons and their bishops out working night and day for their man, it is conceded con-ceded by even his friends that he hasn't the ghost of a chanco. PLUMMER'S BLUNDERS. Hero's another mighty interesting little item in connection with Plummer. It is stated on the best possible authority that last fall in the county election and two years ago In the city election Plummer voted the straight American ticket. H. J. D1NINNY There isn't much question but that Plummer voted that way, nor that he- told about it at tho beginning of the present campaign. It is only tho case of an amateur politician blundering twice in the same place, for try as ho will, the unpractical, unprac-tical, easy-going practitioner can't get away from tho fatoful utterance he made, stating that ho took the Republican nomination knowing that cr-taln cr-taln and positive defeat stared him in the face. This, too, with the church out in the open for him and tho Democrats doing gumshoe work in his Interest. So strong have tho church men Q played their game that the humor was widely circulated cir-culated during the week that Morris would resign from the race. This could not bo verified, but the rumor affected the betting to some extent, for there is always tho possibility to bo considered, and unquestionably Morris is dead sore over tho way he Is being used by tho Domocrats and the Smoot crowd. DININNY'S FIGHT. A fight that will be unquestionably one of the best of the campaign is that of Harper J. Dinlnny for city attorney. Dininny is marked for tho position, but the pull against him is strong and O one that will take hard work to overcome. It is DInlnny's personality that will got him as many votes as anything, Born at AUdison, Steuben Steu-ben county, Now York, Juno 7, 1851, he served as a mounted orderly for his father, who was colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-first reglmont, New York state volunteers, in the war of the rebellion. re-bellion. He was admitted to the' bar of the state of New York May 15, 1873, and came to Utah in 1891, where ho has been ever since known and recognized as one of the foremost attorneys of a city of excellent It vyers. He has always been a Democrat in politics, and in fact was chairman of the Democratic state committee in 1894. Ho was one of the organizers of tho American party and for tho past two years ho has boon assistant city attorney. Ho is a big, bluff man, whose word goes as his bond. Few more have a more engaging personality than H. J. Dininny and few men are more sagacious sa-gacious or thoroughly equipped. He's out to win tho city attorneyship and it is as good as his today. to-day. His work In the office has made- him thor- I oughly familiar with tho duties of tho position, and he will go in equipped with invaluable experience. |