The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-07
M'KINLEY WINS IN
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Republican Electoral Ticket Gets Through by a
Very Small Plurality.
Democratic County Ticket May Have WOn-Chairman Will
son Claims Partial Victory.

At 2 o'clock this morning it seemed
certain that the Mckinley electoral
ticket had carried Salt Lake county by
a very narrow margin. Official and I'M
official returns from seventy EIGHT out
of the eighty-eight districts gave Bryan
1906 and Mckinley f2,433. This gives
the Republican candidate for the pres
idency a plurality of 297 votes.
The total is likely to be increased.
rather than decreased but 1t viii hard
ly go above 500. The ten missing
districts in 1898 gave Roberts a maj sity
of forty-eight over Eldredge, but those
figures will hardly be maintained on
account of the Republican gains in the
county outside the city.
The Democratic county ticket was,
it is believed, partially successful, for
to the surprise of nearly everybody, in
Guiding Republicans. Bryan ran behind
his ticket 1t is not improbable that
the Democratic state ticket has carried
the county, and It Is almost certain that
Moyle has received a plurality here.
Late last night the Republicans We're
claiming the county by 1,500, but early
morning returns caused some hasty
reVisiOns.
Surprises were developed all around.
The Republicans gained the most heaV-
lily in the Fourth precinct. The Demo
Gratis expected to carry this by from
$50 TO 400 plurality, but Bryan only car
ried il by a small plurality. The First
and Second precincts showed Demo-
cratic gains as compared with the city
election last November, both being car
ried by Bryan, and il is thought. by the
Democratic county and state tickets.
The Third precinct proved a disap-
pointment to the Democrats. It fell
considerably under the majority of 500
that was expected from it, while the
Fifth stood by the Republicans in its
usual Gibraltar style.
Chairman EichmOr of the Republican
state committee claimed that the en-
tire Republican ticket was elected by
safe pIuralities. but he had nothing
aside from the vote on the electoral
ticket on which to base his prediction.
we have won a great victory, said
Mr.. Eichnor, and ] wish TO congratu-
late the efficient workers among the
Republicans who made it possible"
Chairman Wilson Of the Democratic
county committee went home on the
midnight car. IL sid before ne left
headquarters that while Mckinley
might possibly have carried the cOun-
ty, he was certain that a majority of
the Democratic ticket, including the
legislative nominees, had been elected.
1t was not the fault of our workers
if we have lost" said Mr.. Wilson
They did valiant service. and, 1 am
informed. succeeded in polling at least
80 per cent of the registered Democrat
ic vote"
There were interesting scenes around
the county headquarters of both par
ties for several hours last night The
rooms were packed with sweating,
shouting men. Both sides found en-
cOura cement in the early returns, and
until II o'clock both sides claimed the
county by from 500 up. Half an hour
later, however, returns began coming
that put a different aspect on the case
1t was apparent to the Democrats that
their electoral ticket had gone under,
but they took their medicine CheeTfully
and declared they would work even
harder next time.
Both headquarters were closed up be-
fore midnight. It became necessary to
close Republican headquarters because
some drunken men became involved in
such a heated alteration that Detec-
tive Franks was called on to eject
them He did so after a right lively
tussle, and then the lights were turned
out.
SALT LAKE COUNTY.
Vote on Presidential Ticket.