Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-26 | Page 14 | An Amazing Socialist Vote

I I L An Amazing Socialist Vote I IO O l NE f the surprises of the primary election was the time astonishing vote polled b by tho the candidates candidates candidates can can- on tho the Socialist ticket While hile many observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers had for days expressed the time idea that the members of the Socialist party would do better than they had ever done dOlle before but few would have ha gone on record as predicting anything n thing like liko what occurred Their vote ote must be gaue gauged as a protest against conditions conditions against against the sort of city government which has hus been served up to the people of Salt J Lake for the past bast few years Some of the members of that party part have protested protested pro pro- I tested against Tho The Herald Republican statement that tho the Socialists endorsed ed the Citizens Non Xon- N on- on Partisan candidate Henry W. W Lawrence The statement was not technically correct inasmuch a 11 as the Socialists had named Mr I r. r Lawrence Ion tong long before the Citizens Partisan Non movement w wa-j wa as launched However the mistake was not serious iua inasmuch jis us un under er the thc law there are ure no party lart nominations nominations nom nom- it being incumbent upon each endl candidate to get ct himself on the primary ticket b by nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion pape papers The action of all ll the time mc meetings and convention con amounted us its a matter of fact to an all endorsement rather than a nomination However cr the Socialists had Mr Lawrence in the time field first and should get ct whatever credit i is attached to it A splendid vote ote was C cast st by th the Socialist party and md there should be and is no desire desiro to detract from irom it y 1 L I t i