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Nov. 7, 1903.. .From the Iron County Record: "Battle of the Ballots" The Citizen's Prohibition Party wins the fight, three to one for prohibition. Republicans nailed their colors to the A strongly mast and fought with energy of despair. contested battle was the one fought in this City last Tuesday for the control of the municipality for the next two years. From sunrise till sunset the combat raged and everything that could be done was done by each party to gain the victory. A s soon as the polls were opened voting began, and it was not long before the friends of each ticket had their wagons and carriages on the streets conveying voters to and from the voting places. Although four primaries had been held there were really only two tickets in the field, the Citizens A s stated in Prohibition Party ticket and the Republicans. the Record, the Democrats met and nominated the same candidates as the Citizens' had named, and the Socialists did the same, with the exception of two o r three names. As the platform of each party favored prohibition i t would seem that prohibition could hardly be the issue. But the battle was undoubtedly won on those lines. It being generally considered that the Citizens' Party nominees were the most likely to A day o r two before election day, conveyances prohibit. were sent into the Iron Fields and the men from this City who were employed there were brought in to participate in the conflict. And, a s the Republicans expected to profit the most by their presence, they were the party to bring them. The women's vote was expected to influence the winning of the Citizens' ticket, and the advocates, believing that such would be the case, were careful to see t h a t , as far as possible, the ladies were brought to the polls. Nov. 9 . 1903.. .City Council convened in a special session as provided by the Statutes of Utah for the purpose of canvassing the election r e t u r n s of the municipal election held in Cedar City. Nov. 3, 1903. Session held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall at 7:30 p.m. Present: Mayor Jones and Councilmen Higbee. Leigh, Houchen, and Palmer. Recorder announced that the election r e t u r n s had been duly filed with him and the same were on the table. On motion of Councilman Higbee, the Recorder was instructed to open the election r e t u r n s of Poll No. 1. Carried. Recorder produced the affidavits of the judges of said district duly verified as provided by law, and then proceeded to canvass the tally list of said district which showed the following vote: Tally list of Poll No. 2 was then canvassed: Note: Total votes cast for Mayor Total votes cast for Mayor
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A 698 increase in votes due to the prohibition question which existed in 1903.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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