The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-07
WEBER IS SWEPT
BY REPUBLICANS
Democratic Ticket Showed Un-
der by Machine Ballots in
Ogden and County.
SKEEN LEADS HIS TICKET
"AMERlCAN" PARTY CANDI-
DATES POLL SMALL VOTE.
SKEEN LEADS HIS TICKET


Ogden, Nov. 6.-The election in Weber
county yesterday proved to be a veritable
landslide for the Republicans, who elected
every man on their ticket by majOrities
ranging from 1000 to 1900. Joseph Howell,
for congress, received a majority of 1,433
over Orlando w. Powers in thirty districts
out of the fOrty-One. Joseph Il. Frick had
d similar majority over ]. w. n. White
cotton for the supreme bench. Locally.
G. A. Sebring, for sheriff, headed his
ticket with more than 1900 majority over
Belnap Democrat ]. d. Skeen Demo-
cratic and Labor nominee for county at
torney was defeated by n. j. Harris, Re
publican, by more than 1000 votes
skeen Leads Ticket.
Mr.. Skeen headed his ticket receiving
1,642 votes in the city of Ogden, and 452
in twelve districts outside of the city.
The feature of the election was the
small vote Dolled and the large number
of straight tickets voted. This is espe-
cially true in Ogden city, where the vOt-
ing machines were used. There was but
little varying in the votes cast for the
different candidates, excepting for county
clerk and county attorney.
The labor party, which claimed a
strength of about 1900, came out with
about 200. There were not more than 30
per cent of the registered votes cast in the
! seventeen districts of the city. The lack
of interest on the part of the voters
seemed to affect the Democrats more
than the Republicans. The Socialist vote
was greatly reduced. and the American
party vote was light Thomas Weir,
American nominee for congress- received
but 129 votes in the city and but few
scattering ballots i'm the county. Thorn
! as Maloney, for supreme judge on the
same ticket. received a total of 2l5 votes
in Ogden. with a few scattered on the
outside. The total vote polled in the city
was about 400,
Endorsement of lncumbents.
The result Of the election is virtually an
Endorsement for the continuance Of graft
in the public offices of the county. III
was along this line that the campaign
was fought from beginning to end
Fearing that Mr.. Skeen. the man lnstru-
mental in bringing about the prosecution
of the city and county officers, might be
elected the Republican campaign man
ayers used every effort TO have the voters
of that party vote the straight Repubil-
can ticket. The result Will show that their
efforts were generally successful 1t Is
expected that Mr.. Skeen will continue
his prosecution as vigorously as he would
have done had he been elected TO the
office of county attorney
Pandemonium Breaks.
When II became evident that the Re-
publicans had swept everything before
them and the present regime was firmly
established for another term Oh twe
years, pandemonium broke loose. Inc
Republican headquarters on twenty
fourth street were surrounded by 2
crowd of hupdreds of enthusiast
who seized every available noise
making device that could be pro-
/ cured and raised a terrific din This be-
! gan when the reports began 10 come il
showing the extent of the Republican
! landslide and continued until long after
midnight. The police made no effort tt
/ restrain the crowds. There was no de
struction of property and no one was
! seriously injured, although number 81
/ incipient fights occurred during tho
/ course of the celebration There Were
I few arrests.