The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-29

New York, Oct 2S.-Sunday is al
ways quiet day with politicians, and
dullness was the feature of the pollt-
ical headquarters in this city today.
The work of correspondence was car
ried on as usual, but there were few
visitors and no sign of activity eX-
cept at the Grant headquarters, where
Mr.. Grants letter of acceptance OF the
Tammany nomination for mayor was
made public.
Colonel Strong's headquarters were
closed during the day, and Colonel
Strong himself was not in evidence eX-
cept to few of his closest supporters.
At Republican headquarters, long
dispatch was received from Albany,
and was at once given out for pubilca-
ton, to the effect that the employees
in the state departments there were
employed in preparing and distributing
thousands of campaign documents In
the interest of the Democrats. The dis
patch says, in part:
''The campaign work which should
be done by the Democratic state COM
mittee has been forced upon the state
department, and paid for from the
state treasury. These documents are
Ipl+nted by State Printer James B. Ly-
ons, and a large force of the depart
ment clerks are taken from their du-
ties to the state to shove out in indi-
vidual envelopes Hills campaign docu-
ments."
The very large registration of voters
in this city has been the subject Of
much discussion and speculation with
both parties, each claiming the advan-
tage from the additional votes that
will probably be polled on Monday
At Democratic Headquarters.
At the state Democratic headquarters
on Twenty-third street, there was
general feeling of elation today over
the results of the registration. The
leaders agree in saying that it meant
fthe overwhelming defeat of Tammany
hall.
Francis NJ. Scott said that in his
opinion Mr.. Grant would not get more
than 100000 votes. He believed the So
cialistic-la bor-Populist-P rohibition vote
would not be over 10000. which would
leave in. the vicinity of $4,000 votes to
be divided between Grant and Strong
thus allowing 10000 plurality for
Strong. This was the substance of a
computation made by the various lead
ers early in the day.
The recent arrest of several hundred
it is believed has a different effect and
the large registration is considered
big increase in men entitled to cast
their ballots.
District Attorney John r. Fellows
today, however, expressed himself as
not at all surprised at the registration
He thought there was nothing extraor-
Idinary in it, and said he could see no.
thing substantial to be derived for
Ieither side from it.
The chief interest of the present week
among Republican centers is the ap-
pearance of eX-President Harrison en-
Wednesday evening next at Carnegie
Music hall.
Governor Flowers Tour.
In Democratic circles. the starting
tomorrow of Governor Flower of tour
through the state in the interest of the
Democratic ticket is raising much in
terest, because of the master stroke
the Democrats claim Chairman Thach-
er has made in securing the services of
the governor on so important a mis-
sion.
There has been a disposition on the
part of the various organizations here
to make public their allegiance to their
respective tickets. Today, however,
the executive board of the grand lodge
of the Independent Order Sons of Ben
jamin resolved not to permit the use
of its name in connection with politics.
This decision was arrived at at a meet
ing of the board today, at which reso-
lutions were adopted repudiating any
attempt to make use of the order for
political purposes. This action was
taken because it was said an attempt
had been made to represent the order
as opposed to the candidacy of Senator
Hill.