The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-06
THE POLITICAL SEA.
Three Elections in Which
Utah is interested.
BETS THAT HAVE STRINGS ON.
The Three Candidates for Congress
ocrAts DO?-Around the Hotels.

The election polls will open this
morning. one hour after sunrise. The
sun rises. according to soler time at
7C3 The polls will, therefore, be open
at about s.
So far as local election goes, not
withstanding there are three tickets in
the field, there can be no doubt as
to the outcome-that Hon. John T.
Game will be returned to Congress,
where he has represented Utah so long
and so faithfully. There is no little
curiosity, evinced. however, as to the
number of votes that will be cast for
the other candidates. There are some
sanguine enough to believe. or assert.
that the Democratic nominee will run
almost, if not quite, even with the
gentleman VINO is bearing the Liberal
banner on to glory and to defeat.
scouted-especially so by the Lib
erals, who are open in saying
that whatever votes are cast for
Mr.. Thurman will come from
the ranks of the Peoples Party; that
the Gentiles are all Liberals so far as
local politics go, and national issues are
not now in question. In view OF the
fact, however, that many OF the Demo
Gratis who have heretofore trained With
the Liberals, have openly and above
board disavowed all connection with
the
"RULE Oh RUIN"
element, and asserted that if Demo-
crat was in the field they would vote
for him or not at all, the Liberals state.
ment is not entirely true. Whether the
Sagebrush candidate will receive the
support of these is an open question.
If the Democrats above alluded to are
consistent, certain it is that they will
cast their votes for Thurman. There
are indie atoms, however, of weaken
ing, of a listening to the music OF the
LIBERAL organ, to the same old tune the
newspaper mendicants have ground out
daily for so many years.
The local election, however, being
looked upon as a walkover for Mr..
Game, will have but few attractions for
the average resident of Utah. Indeed,
it is not certain but the election in
Idaho will cause our own to dwindle
somewhat in significance. Our readers
nave been kept advised of the state OF
affairs existing in our sister Territory,
and all will be anxious as to the out
come.
Aud yet it NAV be safely stated that
both the above will be
DTARFED INTO INsIGNIFICANCE
alongside of the great struggle which
will have commenced in every State in
the Union ere THE HERALD reaches its
readers this morning There has prob
ably never before in the Uni ed States
been an election in which the same de-
gree of interest was manifested and
which was so earnestly watched by the |
civilized world. Here in Utah, it would |
seem that in this case, at least, |
we have fallen into line with |
the rest of the country. For months
past the election has been a fruitful
theme of discussion, and although con-
siderable money changed hands on the
result of four years ago, 1t was as but
drop in the bucket compared with the
amount put up this year. The hotel
Hobbies and other public resorts were
the scenes of considerable excitement
yesterday. It need not be said that the
topic under discussion was the Presi-
Dental election. One little group ap-
preached by HERALD representative
were debating as to the chances of a
dispatch from San Francisco being |
truthful. 1t was to the effect that in
San Francisco yesterday the betting |
was 2 to that
CALIFORNIA WOULD GO DEMOCRATIC.
Another individual was showing to
his friends dispatch which he alleged |
had been received early in the morning |
from Indiana, urging him to put up all |
he had on Indiana going for Harris on.
Another had a counter-irritant for this |
which gave, he said, positive assurance |
that Harrison's chances were some |
where about as good as Mr.. Baskin's. |
Those who were not fortunate |
enough to possess private dispatches
had seen some received by their friends. |
In fact the amount of knowledge and
wisdom slowed away in the craniums
of the amateur politician is something
fearful and awful to contemplate. 1t
was simply paralyzing.
At the Cliff House, a gentleman with
a decided Irish accent was hunting for
q Democrat who had $500 that he was
anxious to put UP on Cleveland.
BUT HE WANTED ODDS.
At the Walker another individual,
cIinked several $50 pieces together and
sncou1cel that he was dead against
Cleveland, free trade, or anything else
that savored of Democracy. So strong,
indeed, was his faith in TIE Hoosier
candidate that he was willing to bet
that Harrison would carry Indiana by
10. 900 majority. He had scarcely COM |
pIeted this modest little speech, when
small man suddenly appeared in view,
and exclaimed, IN take it"
You'll what?" exclaimed the Hoos-
isr's champion.
IN take It," said the little man.
"Ill size up your pile that Harrison
does not carry Indiana by 10 600 ma
jority."
There was pause for minute.
Did l say Indiana?" the big man
asked.
"You said Indiana"
"Well, meant New York, L"
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