The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-06
GAME AND ROBERTS ELECTED

cession of voters who spent more time
! in patching their tickets than they
odd at any time in the past. In this
regard it is. fair to state that the
scratching was not confined to either
| side. 1t seemed that no style of straight
ticket suited anybody. Stickers OF
! pastors were in great demand, and
were more freely used than ever be-
| fore, and at u o'clock 569 votes were
cast which. all the leaders conceded,
were divided by Republican, one-half,
and Democrats and Populists, one
half.
After lunch many Republicans put a
! Lawrence sticker on the head of their
ticket. and at ] O'Clock there were 755
ballots cast, with a slight Democratic
gain, claimed principally from the fact
that Wells was being pasted by Law
| renee stickers, which meant votes for
Game. The ladies braved the mud and
were present in goodly numbers with
handsful of pastors, and their favorite
sticker was saucily attached across
fair cheeks, which would have made
hundreds of voters could those lettered
tabs been removed from their peachy
mornings by the lips of the ballot cast
ers.
At 3 o'clock there were 1929 votes
recorded cast Judge Miner at this
hour added his protest TO the scratch
ing of tickets or any one voting the
Democratic ticket. The protests of the
Republican cohorts were truly pitiful,
but still the voters kept steadily COM
ing and registering their stamp Of dis
approval on Republican rule or ruin
policy. To offset about fifty Of such
votes Mr.. Whittemore cast his ballot
at 3:22.
At S:45 O'Clock the Republican check
ers admitted that out of 1885 votes cast
the Democrats had lS5 majority, and
Messrs. Whittemore and Eichnor were
worked up with rash of prickly heat.
They would throw through the window
the envelopes of unregistered voters
and demand that they be recorded and
kept for future reference"
Don't strike us with those envel-
opes.' yelled Judge Smith at Mr.. Whit
temore, as the latter threw an envelop-
ed ballot through the window.
II would like to strike you with
something heavier than that" retorted
the county attorney.
"Of course, of course, but we are big
enough for you this time. You are long
in the reach. but you haven't got the
proper wind to go against this game.
Sort O. too Fitzsimmonsy," was the re-
joinder.
At 4 o'clock there were 1.449 ballots
of one accord tha Cos were RepubH-
can and Isl Democratic, or 11S Demo-
cratic majority. 1t was during the
playing of the Denhalter and Held's
bands that the voting dropped off for
the nonce, but when the music ceased
the casting renewed.
At A30 there were 1882 ballots regis
tered, with a reduced Democratic ma
jority to Sc, and when the polls closed
with 1,617 votes cast, it was any mans
battle, and no mans fight. The votes
had come in so fast during the last
twenty minutes that actual checking
was done away with and guessing en-
sued.
For public expression, Louis Hyams
claimed 200 majority and H. T. Duke
$50 majority for the Republicans. On
the quiet they, with other Republican
leaders, confessed to the belief that
the Democrats had carried the precinct
by a small majority. TIE Democratic
leaders on the other hand, did not
claim anything. but felt sure and GER
tain that the Republican majority OF
last fall was very materially reduced.