The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01


One more day of work and then we
vote
On the eve of the battle which is to
come, retrospective view of the situa-
ton leads one to the belief that unless
all signs fail, when the votes shall
have been counted, William Jennings
! Bryan will have been e1ected president
of the United States of America; Utah
will have been redeemed and VIII be
found 20 have elecIed Hon. William H.
King to congress; a Democratic legis
lature which Will SEND a silver senator
to take the place of g6ldbug Arthur
Brown; while Salt Lake county will
have hurled the aggregation which
seeks reelection, from the throne of
power, and installed a set of men who
stand for good government and econ
omy.
The national situation will be found
reviewed in the Geographic dispatches
in this paper, and the local position of
the two parties in Utah is here sum
married..
Reports from the north ard south.
east and west, are all of a. favorable
nature. King will receive a ma Jority
more. Wherever HoIbrook has spoken
he has injured himself
Holbrook's position on silver has been
| defined by himself, and he has been
weighed and found wanting. Kings
manly declarations have made him
hosts of friends among the silver Re
publicans His action in leaving the
state and working for the silver cause,
had good effect, too. The people re-
| allied that he left his own canvass to
aid in the grand battle for remonetfZa-
ton, and will reward him for it,
As to the legislature, all signs point
to the securing of the same by the Dem
ocrats. Especially is this true of the
upper house, which will be Democratic
by large majority. Nebeker of Rich;
Nebeker of ToOele; Monson of Cache;
Chambers of Summit; Smoot and
Evans of Utah; Snow of Washington,
are sure of election, and there is a good
chance of beating Jim Bolitho down
in Willard. while Sanpete is sure to
elect a Democrat. Salt Lake county
can elect every one of the five on its
tIckef. il IL will
And it is believed the Democrats of
this county are fully alive TO the si.ua-
ton which cCnfronts them. The prize
mis- year is a senator CT the United
States, who will sit in the upper house
Tor SIX years. The people know tnaG
the golobug, the gold standard man,
viii go back TO succeed himself, and
are not going TO be betrayed again
The lower house will be Democratic
In facr the Democracy can lose this
county and still have a majority. but
IN order to insure proper legislation. it
IS urged that every man and woman
vote the ticket straight, and make the
majority large enough to sweep off adj
opposition.
As concerns this county, the signs
OF the times point to the success of
the Democratic party. The Democratic
party is confident and aggressive.
While on the other hand the Republic
a"~rs ara moody and silent. The Derno-
Gratis have waged a fair and honorable
'9-sI, y .ie the o1ipOsiuon mas re-
sorted to misrepresentation and Chi
canery in order to make points and
have been beaten at every turn.
me Democrats claim everything.
WnlIa the Republicans virtually concede
defeat, but allege that they will elect
a few Of the men on the ticket.
The Republicans have spent a great
deal or money in accomplishing half
what has bean done by the Democratic
WORKERS Tor nothing. The former at
tempted a postal card canvass which
was d miserable failure whilt. the Dem
ocfals have house to house poll, show
ing how each voter in the CITY and
county stands on the local and legislat
I've Issue The Democrats can estimate
maJorities to a fraction, while the op-
position is at sea and does not know
where it is at
Both committees yesterday were en-
gagged in appointing and sending out
the names of judges, watchers, chal-
lengers and checkers. The work is now
done and with a few rare exceptions.
ule forces are all ready for the battle.
1t is presumed that there Will be g. ou:et
election under the new system.
g 9 g
WITHIN the last few days there has
been a great deal of literature mailed
by the several candidates of the marty
Harry Joseph. realizing how desperate
ms chances are, has been sending LET
ters to every voter he could find. con-
tanning an appeal to vote for him. En-
closed in the envelope is a slip bearing
the words:
If you vote a scratched ticket. be
sure and put an X opposite the name
OF Harry S Joseph, for county sur
veyor''
Democrats this year are not going to
vote scratched tickets and Republicans
who do will vote for Wilkes, a compe-
eS1NL AAou 4O1 Nile DOS1l-OI-
g @ @
Martin Christopherson, seeing defeat
staring him in the right eye, has ap-
pealed to his countrymen from Scan
dinavia to rally to his standard. The
appeal translated, reads as follows:
Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. %, 1896.
To the Voters Of Salt Lake County:
My Honored Fellow CT izens:-To those
who two years ago hone. ed me by their
thanks.
My name again appears on the ballot for