Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
OFFICIAL PROTECTION GOOD.
The Presence Of Detectives, Deputy
sheriffs and Policemen Has Strong
Moral Effect.
STORY OF THE BIG STRUGGLE.
Much independent Voting is Being
Done and Scratched Ballots VIII
Be Very Numerous.

Az this hour--3. l0-tne coh'eS' ~
,he election of a municipal ticket III inns
o,tv is at its height. Probably 90 per
.n, ~ the vote has been polled. II IL
Zoo early TO safely foreshadow what the
,osult win be. Nobody knows tha''
,rhere are many evidences of indepen-
Amt voting and the Republican ticket
"a being heavily scratched for the gem
oral offices. That much is certain
democrats predict landslide he-
,rhlicans say they win win with
fair sized majority.
The forenoon vote was the heaviest
tbe city has ever witnessed and the ac-
,lvitv continues as the afternoon ad-
vances with the prospects that the per-
contage OF ballots cast VIII be nearly
n not quite as great as at Preslden-
tial election.
MUCH FRAUD STOPPED.
An Unexpectedly strong check upon
Illegal voting was presented In the So
called Tenderloin sections. where there
were many special deputies, police OF
lcers and party challengers who ad-
Inonighed suspicious characters TO
careful OF what they did There were
numerous challenges and consider
able number Of strangers who present.
ed themselves at the polls, and were
intercepted, refused absolutely TO swear
their votes in, fact that was good
proof that they had no right to vote.
The officers did first class work In
maintaining peace and matters moved
along remarkably well considering the
high tension OF the situation, OCCASION
ed by the many charges OF fraud. There
were some fights, and lot of name
calling here and there. but generally
speaking the day was not as bolsterous
as feared, Among those who were
challenged and prevented from voting
was Mrs. Perry S. Heath who was
accused OF having an Irregular trans
fer.
OPENED PROMPTLY.
Nowhere, so far as reported, was
there any delay In the opening OF the
polls Seven o'clock was the hour TO
begin and promptly at seven o'clock the
voters commenced to walk into their
booths In most districts though In some
they were little late But not for
an hour or two did carriages drive up
10 the polling places, except In few
instances, The early voters were the
voters who walked. Hundreds cast their
ln fn work hOln
this morning and at noon.
AS TO CARRIAGES.
As TO the matter OF carriages--it was
the same old story that has been read
with its lesson of mighty handicap
TO the Democracy for several elections
past. The Republicans had them; the
Democrats didn't That liz, they had
only comparatively small number.
Republican sagacity and foresight, cou-
pied with a practically unlimited sup
ply of money had engaged almost every
conveyance that could be engaged. The
livery stable stock of horses and rigs
was completely secured. But the DEM
oerats were not altogether without car
rlages. a good many We're gratultous-
ly offered; and all did not come from
Democrats. Not few came from in
fayed themselves against the manipu-
lators OF what they assert IL a machine
more TO be feared than Democratic
bossism II was not because these Re-
publicans saw anything In Democracy
10 admire. but because they revolted to
the method regarded by them as mint
cal TO the public welfare. Whether this
revolt will be large enough to give
victory to the Democratic party Is
something that cannot be foretold M
this hour. but In the minds OF many
conservative persons, Republican, and
Democratcs alike. that Is something en-
tirely within the range OF probability.
HAUL DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
The fact that the Democrats did not
have as many carriages as they could
have used TO advantage did not cause
much grief at headquarters where the
claim was made that Republican work.
ers had been hauling people TO the
polls all day who would vote the Dem
ocratic ticket Investigation leads TO
the conclusion that this claim Is cor
rect.
REPUBLICANS HOPEFUL.
Nevertheless there are lot OF hopeful
men around Republican headquarters
and at all OF the polling places. More
vigilant, active and well organized
squads were never seen at an election
In this city. Not a stone is being left
unturned. Wherever there Is the
least prospect OF securing a
vote, remote or near at hand,
there Republican carriage
goes. II the voter Is not there
he is sought out and traied down and
given TO understand that he must not
forget his duty as a citizen, that he
must stand up for Salt Lake" That
phrase az a slogan has probably been
repeated thousands Of times during the
day and It viii continue TO ring until
the closing Of the polls and maybe
thereafter. or course, that depends
entirely upon the result.
GIVE US REFORMir