Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-07
Salt Lake County And Utah In Republican Column.

up until midnight. Students from the
university formed Il flying wedge that
made its way through the crowd To an
accompaniment Of tin horns aud tin
pans.
LOVE AMERICAN" LEADERS.
The small American" party vote was
surprise to tho leaders. If II had
gone IN to the 10000, which they count
ed ON In the state. they would have
made q tremendous cry against the
sources from which they would have
alleged the opposition came. AS it is
thev are aware of the fact that their
propaganda hasn't caught on as II vas
hoped II would, and today radical
changes In the party's future policy
are being talked over. one suggestion
Is TO unload some of the surplus bag
gage In the shape of grafters and rev
enue politicians. In the hope of hav-
ing fighting strength left among those
VINO are more filed with religious pre-
judice than a desire for graft az a
primary consideration. Chairman Dar-
iiler wasn't on deck this morning. Nei-
ther was Secretary Armstrong, but a
good sized crowd or party workers was
at headquarters waiting to be paid off.
PAYING THE FIDDLER.
Another big crowd Of party workers
assembled at Republican HEADQUARTERS.
secretary Horace II. Smith went TO
the bank with big check, came back
WIN big bag Of coin and Chairman
Eiureuse then proceeded to pay UP all
ciainls mat were presented for services
OF rigs and workers on election day.
Nhaiman Cunningham was at his
nae ..l.a
ing, and Secy. Roliin w, Dole 20
married at his desk all day. answering
queries and receiving returns. State
Republican Secy. squires was in charge
at state headquarters. and received
many messages OF congratuatlon from
county, state and national sources.
FIGHT ALL OVER.
When asked for statement o.
Col squires said: THE fight
liz all over, and the victory has been
most complete. We carry the state By
ABOUT 10000 majority. While Powers
was not high in salt Lake county
Weir lost heavily outside, and this
tends to equali2e their vote. In almost
every county the full ticket is elected
and the legislature VIII be almost
unanimously Republican.
Chairman Mauineou said. IAN you
can say for me is that words fail me
In which to express myself. do NOT
care to discuss the result.
County Chairman Cunningham Of the
Democrats spoke in much the same
tone. Il viii have to tell you" he said,
"as | told the other papers that am
out Of politics from now on, and that's
all | care TO say
County Chairman j L. Eldridge, Jr.
was too busy receiving congratulations
to express himself very fully. He dd
say, however that only the expected
happened, and that he knew the Re-
publieans would win all along.
one condition In the election was
new. 1t was that the city districts
proceeded the country districts by
long lead, IN the time of reporting.
The result was that the American
party continued to lead until nearly II
O'Clock This caused many OF the par
~ members To feel that victory was
theirs. but the country Republican lead
began to make itself felt, the COM
plexion quickly changed. and by 1880
the election was conceded to the Re-
publicans, The American" party or
gan this morning held out hopes for
the Americans in Salt Lake aud the
Dubois ticket. in Idaho. and subsequent |
fata has proved that there is no hope |
Tor either of them