Show M CONROY FORGES AHEAD OF HIS TICKET AND WILL BE NEXT MAYOR OF if chris flygare Ily gare and samuel thomas are elected in fourth and third ward respectively and remainder of the democratic ticket Is lot r s bet M BY SAFE majorities i s the election Is over the republicans elected every candidate pa thir ticket with the exception of mayor and wo 0 the councilmen chris winning out in the fourth ward and samuel thomas in the third aich with emmett who holds over will rive the democrats three men in the next connall conroy was elected mayor by majority and owes his election to the scratching of ballots as up until the revised returns began to be received kuchler on the straight otes cast the fight for the ot mayor was one of the bitterest ever made in this alty and it was not until the last of uve districts vera heard from that con election was conceded although effae had been gaining slowly but steadily in one district dr conroy led by as emall a margin as 3 rotes there are many causes that led to the defeat of the republican candidate can didato tor mayor but the principal cause was Uie support of hla candidacy by the journal Jou raal whose sudden flop an american party democratic barty sheet to the republican ranks caused many people to think that mr kuchler had entered into a dal with ex senator kearns to organize an american party faction in ogden in fact it was sa stated by democratic workers story was spread about the them next to the injury done by the support of the state journal the fact that kuchler as ot extraction caused many barrow minded people to vote against him and the words jew and sheeny were frequently heard and doubtless resulted in many rotes being cast tor the democratic nominee an important factora in conrays Con roys behalf was the negative support of such men as george M john D murphy E W vade A W agee can and a scow of others who might be mentioned most of the republicans atho could not find cause to actively support kuchler blame the present mayor tor the defeat of the republican candidate for mayor by saving that he should have accepted tho nomination himself etc explanation they doubtless consider good excuse and better than none i the charge that he saloons gamblers and the tenderloin district were for kuchler caused many of the best people of the city to vote for conroy yet that gentleman received the very support that it was charged was tor kuchler many ot the republicans had their knives out for kachler because he supported hix brother in law two years ago or the council against F J hen ders liot the ll belous and slanderous stories told about were believed because he happened to be a single man and that caused him to lose many votes the most serious injury to kuchler however was the flop of the state journal and the whispers that ex genitor kearns was back of him yet it Is he firm belief of this paper that kuchler had nothing lo 10 do with the journal flop the election of chris flygare and samuel thomas is due principally because they arc cean men and did better rustling than their opponents and the republican candidate who also ar excellent men have the satisfaction of knowing that they were defeated by good all of the other candidates or office on the republican ticket won out by safe majorities the result of the election by districts Is given herewith in detail |