The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-05
LOOK FOR sMALL VOTE.
Falling Of in Ohio Registration VIII
Cut Some Figure.

raining Ju IN OIllO heBlSItaL1ou VIII
Cut Some Figure.
Columbus. o.. Nov. 4-The campaign
in Ohio has been as quiet as il was
short. The falling off Of the registra-
tioI in the larger cities, the unusually
indefinite indications of the IoH books
and the general lack of interest have
put the leaders 20 guessing. While the
Republicans are confident of winning,
they fear tha. the small vote may re-
duce the pluralitics that they expected
on the state ticket, and probably make
the result i'm the legislature close on
joint ballot for senator.
4 he Democrats are depending on
their oTp0n nts bein- the greater suf-
f-rcrs from the shortage in the vote.
They say the Repu. leans are having
troubles ian all OF thc larger cities on
which the- DEPEND for thei. pluralities,
that the rural districts are Democratic
and not disturbed by local differences
as are the cities.
LEGAL affairs enter into the election
tomorrow more than usually. Besides
q full state ticket and members Of the
legislature. there are full county tick
cts. In Cincinnati the vote on the ~
tension Of the lease Of the Cincinnati
Southern railroad is a most important
factor. In Cleveland Mayor Johnson $
taxation theory and factional troubles
c TDlicate the situation. IN Toledo
the old centennial controversy and IN
Columbus local option and other
questions are diverting attention from
both national and state issues,
In his last appeal to voters today
Chairman Dick of the Republican state
committee repeated the keynote of
standing by the principles Of MckIn-
ley and supporting President ROOse-
welt in carrying out the same. CHAR
man Dick predicted a larger RepuOh-
can plurality than two years ago and
a majority Of eleven senators and Of
thirty. representatives, Or forty-one on
Joint ballot if a full vote is cast Sec
rotary Gillian and Colonel W A. Tay-
l0r estimate The reverse and Taylor
gives figures on a peculiar system Of
percentages in the shortage of the vote
Advices from different parts of Ohio
indicate great interest in doubtful COun-
ties in the contest for members Of the
legislature. Senators Foraker and
Hanna are vitality interested in the leg
islative contests and both have APP
peared repea tedly on the same plat
form in their campaign for both the
state and the legislative tickets.
The vote tomorrow viii be compared
with governor two years ago, when
920,S72 votes were cast, and Governor
Nash, Republican, had a plurality of
49. 02S over John John R. Mclean, Dem
Ocrat. Two years ago 160,7Z1 votes
were cast for Mayor Jones of Toledo.
comparison candidate, and 1908
votes for other minor candidates. The
vote for minor candidates viii be about
the same tomorrow.
The Jones vote OF 1899 viii materially
affect the comparisons, and especially
in Cleveland and Toledo, as Jones then
carried both Cuyahoga and Lucas
counties. In 1899 there were 3,1O9 pre-
cincts i'm the state. This year there
are 1924 precincts.
Both sides tonight repeat their pre-
vious claims. The betting is at various
odds on the Republicans. and mostly
on the size of the plurality The most
spirited betting is on the legislative re-
suits in CuyahOga. FrankliE and other
doubtful counties. Cold weather con
tinues over the state.