The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-06
Second Precinct.

! In the Second precinct there was a
very interesting fight all day long.
The Republicans had THE advantage OF
Doodle and intoxicants. They had
/ most workers and most carriages and
were therefore able TO get out their
vote to better advantage, the precinct
/ being so large that a great part of the
/ vote has to be brought ITO the polls IN
/ carriages. The Democratic workers,
/ however. were absolutely determined
/ to cut down the majority of last year,
and they made great inroads. From
early in the morning the fight was
| carried on, in spite of the mud and
generally disagreeahse character of
the polling place.
| Early in the day it was found that
! John Allen would make it interesting
/ for Cheesman for the council, and it
was also found that Glendinning and
Jack May were being pretty freely
scratched. The Rtpublicans grew
rather frightened at these evidences of
/ losses. and Immediately there was a
stampede on the part of the workers
to save the city ticket. The Repub-
licans did not care whether the state
ticket was saved or not, while the
Democrats divided their time about
equally between the city and state.
1t was found that the Democrats
were pretty well united ON the state
ticket. They went to the polls and
voted it straight, while the Republi-
cans. as a general rule, pasted up
their tickets from one to ten times and
made them objects to make the aver
age Republican have a faint feeling in
his breast 1t was seen early in the
day that Roberts would run far ahead
of Allen, while Thurman kept piling
up "a terrible vote against Zane; Fisher
Harris was cutting into Hammond
and Lawrence was cutting into Wells
Scarcely a Republican worker at
this precinct was after the straight
ticket Some were for Roberts, some
for Fisher Harris. some for Lawrence
some for the entire Democratic judicial
Murphy. 1t was difficult for three
blocks either way to find a Republican
who wanted to give out a, straight
ticket, while the Democrats had
scratched tickets galore. The Populists
had scratched tickets and good work
ers. The Republicans had every
striker and heller in the ward out.
They even had old Tom King. AS the
day wore on they grew more and more
hilarious with strong drink. until they
presented a. diSgracefui sight
One of the most conspicuous of the
Republican workers was Assistant
City Attorney Van Horne, who adopt
ed an expedient worthy of the brain
of one of the worst of the ward heel
ers. Early in the morning he secured
one of the red Democratic badges,
pinned it in plain sight, took off his
Republican badges and endeavored to
make tine Democratic voters believe he
was one of their number helping ont a
certain part of the ticket Had any
body but the assistant city attorney
done this nobody would have noticed
it.
Many amusing Incidents marked the
day. One Republican from the Fifth
wand. who has been sent to every Re-
publican convention this year. as a
delegate, walked up to the polls and
called for straight Democratic ticket.
He scratched it three times and de-
posted 1T.
Another Republican came to the
polls A worker asked him what ticket
he would vote.
THE right one" was the answer.
We'll, what is the right one?"
THE Republican ticket, of course"
Can't 1 get you TO scratch it2'
Well, I've already done it six
times"