Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-06
THREE MAYORS FOR SALT LAKE
This is the Situation as 1t Presented
Itself Late This Ailer.
n0eu.
PARTY WORKERS ARE BUSY MEN
Making Every Arrangement to Get
Voters Out to the Polls Bright
And Early.

Today is witnessing the heaviest ac-
uyity of the campaign season in local
politics and on the eve OF the cleo
ton every chairman in the city Is load
Cd with reasons why his party cannot
fail TO win A coincidence Of their
final claims is that every one Of them
expects victory by exactly the same
number Of votes, ana this number IL
2oo0. According TO Chairman MARI
t.neau Morris win lead the field by
this number at least, and possibly the
majority win run up to that Of last
election. Chairman Willard Hansen
speaks as confidently for Lynch, willis
Chairman Darmer spots 1000 as tha
Thompson figure for minimum.
The question now is to guess which
figure will be the best on the fatenil
and ever approaching morning after.
and 10 guess at IL Is the business OF a
street fun Of people who have been
massed all day on the Second South
street curb betting, and calling bets
on every imaginable phase OF the
election possibilities. In the headquar-
ters themselves there is rush OF
clerks, assistant clerks. politicians and
seekers after light which surpasses any
other days ana has even become so
large this afternoon that people have
been stationed at the doors 10 make
the callers state their business before
being admitted To- the Chairmen and
secretaries. The final word is on tbs
bulletin boards, too At American
headquarters IL Is an order for the hfa
and drum corps to assemble. AT DEM
oCratic headquarters thege Is an APP
peal pinned ON the chairman's door not
10 get offended but to please Ohe
please Is uudersCOred and repeated
gYe him q chance 10 think. and get
the big rush OF business OF his hands.
RULING oN TRANSFERS.
The biggest remaining task is to ar
range for carriages, TO see that all yot-
crs md their way to the polls, and
that an who need transfers get them
before the chance passes away this
evening. County Atty. Christensen
made a ruling today that under tbs
| ldN a voter was entitled 90 secure his
transfer up TO ANY reasonable hour
this evening, The question came up 10
him on account OF the fact that some
| registrars We're closing their books
under a mistaken idea as to the re-
Qu!remeuts Of the law.
FINAL MEETINGS TONIGHT.
OF the final demonstrations II does
not appear that there are TO be any of
% large order The Republicans are
| meeting this afternoon at the home II
IiCber 81. Wells. the meeting being
under the auspices OF the Ladies' Re-
publican club.
At The Emery Holmes cafe this eve
ming tine ladies of the American party
] It.| % o.. rIII "a "A
| number of prominent party leaders will
speak rally ln the Eighteenth ward
assembly huu rs scheduled by the sama
| party as "a final ward rally Of the cam-
| pagn.
WHAT CHAlRMEN SAY.
When the chairmen Of the various
parties were seen at headquarters to-
day, each OF them could hardly take
time 20 breathe out thc few words
necessary Co explain his ease. Chair
man parmcr of the American party
| said:
Thompson win Doe the next mayor,
and there win also be "a majority ot
| American party counClmen In office.
| We win win boy at least 1000 votes, aud
viii carry the CouuCIlmanic ticket IN at
/ least the First Second and Fifth wards.
| our canvass has been careful and thesa
/ figures are not the result of mere sues4
/ work.
DEMOCRATIC VIEW,
Chairman Martmeau was a busy man,
| hut he stopped To explain that az a
| meeting last night the leading party
| workers reached am agreement that
! 5000 was conservative estimate Of
| the Morris victory 'lt viii rum M
| said, 600 Doe very conservative, from