The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
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Mr.. BAMBERGER
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evidence Of a rush at any time during
the day. The vote was about the same
as at the last election, but in this dis
trlct the party workers did not seem to
De stirring themselves as they were in
other parts-o the city, and not 50 many
carriages were around hauling the
voters to the polls. The voting was
very light in the morning. but grew
neavy towards time for closing the
polls. The amount of scratching here
was in proportion to that at the other
polls. and most Of the scratching, it APP
peareo, was being done by those who
adhere to Republican principles.
In the Eleventh district the voting
yesterday was heavier than it has been
Tor years past. according TO the poll
ticians of that district The Judges
We're kept busy from the time the polls
opened until they closed. and carriages
We're rushing back and forth TO the
polls all day. A noticeable feature of
the voting was that the women were in
the majority. In fact, during the morn
ing and early afternoon the voters were
practically all women. 1t was not until
later in the evening that the men got
around with their ballots. An unliIn-
tied amount of scratching was charac-
teristic of the voting all day. Party
workers were rustling everywhere
through the district, and the bulk OF
the votes was cast before the middle
Of the afternoon.
Second Precinct
Things were generally quiet in the
eastern part of the Second precinct
The workers were Industrious from
daylight till dark, and got out the big
gest vote they possibly could. Scratch
ing was the feature here, too. Lifelong
Republicans, it was observed, remained
in the voting booths minutes, where it
used to take about thirty seconds to
fix the ballot The Republican watch
ers were agitated over this sort Of
thing
In the Seventeenth district only lit
tie over half the names on the registra-
ton list were voted by the middle of
the afternoon. The day passed off very
quietly. The Republicans were very
energetic. having at their disposal
large number of vehicles There was
much scratching of tickets.
The women were active in the
Eighteenth district. BY the middle of
the afternoon about tWo-fifths of the
registra ton had been voted, and new
voters were coming in very slowly. 1t
was exceptionally quiet around the
polls, the judges having plenty of time
to swap election day stories relative
to territorial times and to assist those
who wanted help in scratching their
tickets.
There was not a challenge in the
Nineteenth district to break the dull
monotony of the day. Early in the
morning there was a rush, occasioned
by men and women who We're going to
work. AS the day wore on there was
a lull, which was not broken until noon.
Then voting took squirt, and the
judges and clerks had plenty to do for
a while, only to be left to themselves
in h. MID e
wards night stragglers came in again,
increasing the percentage of votes to
little more than half the registration
list.
1t was almost as quiet as a grave
yard around the Twentieth district
polling place. The time consumed by
voters in the booths was an evidence
that much scratching was being done
It was stated by the watchers of the
two parties that less than dozen
tickets were voted straight. The regis
tration books show about 500 on the
list.
Fourth Precinct.
The Fourth precinct sustained its
reputation by getting out a big percent
age of its registrations. Before noon
there was more or less apathy. In fact,
it was so bad that Precinct Chairman
Thomas Thomas had to pull one of the
election judges out Of bed at a. m.
and start him to the polling place
which should have been open at I
o'clock But the Fourth awoke. The
workers got around like bees and
dragged every voter they could get
their hands on to the booths. The vote
was much heavier in the afternoon and
towards evening.
One Of the. judges estimated at one
polling place that of ESQ ballots then in
the box, only fifty of them were
straight ones. Similar estimates were
made in other districts, which gives a
fair idea of the immense amount Of
scratching done. The judges, knowing
by the time the voter spent in the
booth whether a ballot was straight or
scratched, did not relish the situation.
for 1t was plainly an all-night task to
count the votes.
The women were out in numbers and
very active. They rode around in a
big drag with sign on it, Vote
Against MoritZ," apparently not car
ing great deal about other candidates.
School children enjoyed the fun in
district No. 81, at the Independent
SchOolhouse, Second and A streets,
more than any one else. They stood
around the voting place and handed out
cards of their favorite candidates. Vot-
ing was done in that district with celer-
ity- Many voted in the forenoon, there
by avoiding rush in the latter part
of the day.
In the Thirty-eighth district, with
polling place at Al East North Temple
street, voting was done systematically
and with ease TO the clerks. There was
no rush at any time and nothing of
a disagreeable nature arose.
Fifth Precinct.
The Republicans were out in full
force in the Forty-fourth district all
day, and their workers at the polls
outnumbered the Democrats three TO
one. George Westervelt was very
much in evidence around the polls, and
he kept a number of carriages going
all day long bringing voters to the
polls This is a strong Republican dis
trict and very few of the party follow
ers were overlooked. In this part OF
the city q Democratic carriage was d
rare sight, but the Kearns machine
had plenty of rigs on hand to take care
of those whom it was relied upon to
vote the ticket straight
The vote in the Forty-fifth was in
early in the day, both the Democrats
and Republicans keeping on the jump
to bring out their full strength. Ev-
erything was quiet around the voting
booths and the voters were handled
quickly as fast as they appeared. There
was noticeable absence of rigs for
both parties. many of the workers do
ing their work on foot
The voters in the Forty-sixth kept
the workers Of both parties busy guess
ing all day Considerable scratching
was done, and neither party would ac-
knowledge that thew We're losers hy If