The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-28


quarters of the Democratic party in
creases. while at the home of the OPP
position CONSERVATION advances its
lines.
Up to date the Democrats have made
no demonstrations in their work, where
as on the other hand their opponents
have cut great figure with large
printed matter and letters almost with
out end.
Now. however the Republicang find
themselves without money with which
TO wind up their fight. The contribu-
tons from the candidates are exhaust
ed, and that, too, at a time when cash
is needed
On Monday the chairman was out
hustling for the needful; yesterday Sam
Westerfield left his chair in the ante
room and with Gus to stand off visit
ors. betook himself to the highways
ana other places in an effort to raise
the wind.
There are a whole lot of bills to pay
al the close of the campaign. To begin
with there are the checkers, the chal-
iengers and The watchers at the polls.
AS stated in this paper some days ago.
Il was decided by the committee to paw
some ard permit the balance to work
Tor love; OF, in other words. to nav
those who really insisted and would
not toll for anything save cold, hard
cash, and appeal to the patriotism of
the balance. But appeals to patriotism
didn't work worth cent. When the
push found out what was going ON
they decided if one man got ANYTHING
the balance must have something. so
the edict has gone forth, no money. NO
work.
There are IS precincts in this county.
and to man them all properly. as the
committee desires, will be to employ 420
men This means that there viii be
two checkers, two challengers and two
watchers at each city poll, and one of
each at the polls in the country pre-
cincts. To pay all these llenchmen win
require an outlay Of $1.26O, which is a
neat little sum, when the stringency of
the times and the condition of the
treasury is considered. No wonder tbe
committeeman are in trouble. that s.Me
ana Gus flee whenever one of the
push" comes along.
And they do fiee.i They run like
brindle dogs with cans tied to their
tails.
Gus has discovered that though there
are no parades, its costs something to
advertise. even when newspapers are
snpt patronized. Every morning when
ne arrives he is confronted by crowd
OF small boys who demand payment
OF half q dollar.
What do we owe you half a dollar
for?' asks the chairman, and a chorus
OF Juvenile voices respond:
For carrying the banner"
Gus counts the lads and asks Good
sen: For heavens sake, how many
banners does this committee OWN
Goodsell gives it up and then Gus
tells the boys to wait until Sam comes,
in.
Sam comes in later on and private
session is held 1t ends by Gus affix-
ing his signature to a check, groaninr
the while. and Sam rushing out and
getting ii cashed at an adjacent grocery
store and bringing back a dozen or
10 half dollars, all of which are then
dlsbursed, after which Gus makes an
entry, banners. $780," on the book.
There are two entrances to the office
of the chairman. One is at the front.
where Goodsell does an imitation Ger
berus act, standing off visitors who
want to see the chairman; the other is
IN the alley on the west side and from
the first door on the left as one goes
in, admission is had to the very desk
of the presiding officer.
The push has recently discovered
this entrance, and it is being used
plenty Gus has had the lock changed
and seriously eontemplates having a
new watchman placed there. Because
for him there seems to be no escape.
When there are no boys to demand nav
for carrying the banner. man comes
IN with bill for painting a banner and
then another chap has an account for
nj
for storing a banner. 1t is banners.
banners, banners, from morning until
night. The young man who works
across the desk from Sam is a fiend on
postage stamps, and sometimes uses as
high as 81 worth at a sitting. and wor-
ries the chair muchly by his lavish
use of cent franks.
The committee caused a two page
typewriter letter to be sent to all the |
precinct chairmen, day or so since. |
In the communication, which was run 1
off on mimeograph, the head of the |
party called attention to the fact that |
the committee was in hard lines: that |
the enemy was active and powerful /
and working like the bloody mischief: |
that the chairman and members of the |
committee need encouragement and |
wish the precinct chairmen would call |
around and pat them on. the back every I
night in the week and especially on |
the night before election.
The assertion made by this paper
some time ago, to the effect that all /
The party was holding together for I
was the county Offices, is verified in
q plea for ali to vote straight, either |
Tor mckinley or Bryan" to mark an /
X by the eagle, or the beehive
The tone of The letter is one of disuair
and its contents ought to be encour- |
aging TO the Democracy