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Show 79 votes were cast. The appeal transcended religious boundaries as the party contained a mix; prominent Mormons were included in the ranks, primarily Wilford Woodruff Freckleton. In Tintic many Socialists were also membersof the Eureka Mineri Union; thus a dis tinct tie between the two groups, example of the party's reform tendencies. and another In fact, in 1911 the Utah Federation of Labor endorsed the Socialist Party (George Hales, of the Tintic District ~liners' Union was selected as the Federation's vice-president).2l9 In September, 1912, the Federation convened at Eureka and again endorsed Socialist candidates, with Robert Adamson, selected as union organizer for Eureka. The November election produced Socialist precinct officers in Eureka, Manmoth, and Silver City. However, by October, 1913, Eureka's local elections were contested by the Socialist and Citizen's Party tickets. The former were represented by A. L. Mitchell, mayor; Anabel Mooney, treasurer; \~illiam H. Bacon, recorder; James B. Hanley, four-year councilman; and Wilford Freckleton, John Joslyn, and Rasmus Nelson, two-year councilmen. Respectively, candidates for the Citizens Party were: Hugo Deprezin, Mrs. Julia Whitehead, Alex Robertson, George T. Castleton, and William Douglass, J. E. O'Connor, and Arthur Irons. Wilfred Freckleton became the only Socialist elected as the Citizens ticket swept the contest. in Mammoth did the Citizen is Party prove victorious. I. Also They were, Hugh Jamison, E. Diehl, A. M. Sarsen, J. P. Anderson, and C. Saulsbury, J. M. Smith, and Grant Simons. 220 Socialists again took office in 1918 (Mayor Church, Mayor--W. W. Freckleton, councilm~); the mayoral race. but in 1924, Judge Edward Pike defeated Church for \ P\ke won by only eight votes, with a Socialist-controlled council. The election was contested by Church to no avail as Pike retained ' 221 the 0 ff 1ce. The final showdo",'Il occurred in 1925, as internal dissension permanently fractured the Tintic Socialist Party. Pike received the nod for Eureka mayor, |
