Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-08

is RskUd oitenor than anything else
mites
The "purity Of the ballot" wss 9 pre-
vailiug cry ia the Liberal ranks today.
In the Fourth precinct the Repub-
llcan ami Democratic tents stood sldo
by side.
"Docr Sprngue had chnrgo Of y
corps VI United States deputy marshals
In the Fourth precinct.
The colored voters Of the city were
energetic and untiring Ia their labofs
for Cannon.
Nobody wanted law today; the ono
great demand was politics; and 10 the
courts all closed til tomorrow.
Ex.Police Justice is esler did yeoman
service for the Liberal parry In tho
Fourth precinct.
A prominent clergyman In the
Fourth precinct was heard 10 say this
afternoon that lie had voted a part Of
three tickets.
Fora time this morning there was -
scarcity Of Democratic Tickets in the
| Third precinct but n fresh supply was
soon brought from headquarters.
Proba te Judge Barlch was takingin
"the sights" around tue Second pre-.
| cinCt today and seemed 10 DO quite an
Interested spectator.
The Libernls had "Stop thief" cry
| posters pr0fuscly tackled ON the fences
aud shade trees leading 10 the different
polling places bearing the words
/ HGI f.faN tee ttnIrsfu -
But for the music discour5ed by
| Hrld's, Denhalter's the Harrison
juvenile Drum cons and Barrell's
Juvenile Drum corps bands today
things would have boon very tame.
The hot coffee brswod by the boys at
the west side fire station was one Of
the big things OF tho day In that quar-
ter. 80 said all those who shared ia the
hospitality.
The Liberal ticket peddlers occupied
n great deal Of room around iudopen-
dence hall today, but everybody
wanted 10 know what had become Of
Judge Powom. He was not 30 ubiqui.
t0us n usual.
At the opening OF the polls In the
Fourth precinct forty or City working
men, most Of them with dinner pals In
their hnndt, were btnndtng on the side
walk waiting 10 east their ballots before
commencing their day's labor.
There was much waiting and gnAsh.
ing OF teeth because the fellow who
personsted "A highly respectable voter
In the Sc ond precinct got In his vote
AMI then got away, A hue and cry
was starieJ, but without effect.
. 4 gratifying feature OF todsy's cleo
ton was the comparative nb-
gencu OF drunkenness. There woiC
/ men 10 be seen now and then who had
, Ogersteppcd the bounds OF prudence;
and the question was where did they
, get their nre-ws,er. The saloons
wero "supposed" to be- closed on thu
strength OF the mayors proclamation.
Grant II. Smith, the Republican
candidate for county attorney, wai
I seen at his very best today. Hi
volubility was extraordinary; as O
) ticket distributor he hus probably fow
, equals. There can be no doubt, how
ever, ss 70 his popularity among 4
wide circle Of friends, aud they cOun
on his success.
! Judge Bowman had the Republican
tent in the yard Of Independence hail
all to himself for an hour or more THU
o morning. How no must have enyiOJ
l his Liberal friends their seats In front
{ Of a roaring fire next door, with "a
, something's behind which bore tn,
= suspicion OF being stronger than hol
d. coIet! The Judge was the very per
I sOuifcntion OF the "last oil the MOhi
= cans"
There was "a cry, and a shout, and
? deuce Of a rout" inside Independence,
Hall shout 1880 this morning. A bl
: pile OF chairs at the one end Of tn,
70 room suddenly gave way aud cnm'
down pell-meb. For the nj
thoughts Of b0mbshells from without
< passed through thetUinds OF the uillolal'
. aud there was IA general jumping trou
. chairs; but tho excitement was soon
| over,