The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-03
DEMOCRATS FEEL
LIKE WINNERS
Made Many Votes for Their
Ticket by Theatre
Rally.
PROSPECTS VERY BRIGHT
REPUBLICANS SHOW THEY ARE
WORRIED.

The Democrats were a jubilant lot of
party men yesterday. Every one Of
them was going around with his head
high and his face wreathed with smiles.
All declared. and with some Justice. that
the enthusiastic rally in the Salt Lake
theatre on Thursday night had done
the party tremendous amount of good.
On every hand were heard compliments
Tor Judge Powers, Judge King and
Frank b Stephens. Numerous instances
of conversions TO the Democratic party
we're reported. and, everything cOnsid-
cred. the Democrats felt that it was
their day to smile.
Politicians of other parties were mott
smiling. Senator SmOOt came down'
from Provo early in the day and spent
the hours from his arrival until the 5;
o'clock train III cOnsultat ton with Chair
man Salisbury Of the Republican state.
committee and other Republican poll
ticianS Chairman Eldredge of the.
county Republican committee was
called into the consultation and plans
were laid to nullify, if possible, the
effect of the Democratic boom
1t has become apparent that the Re-
publican leaders are desperate. They
expected the Democratic rally to be Il
frost They did not believe that more.
lIidll a SpEillhliitS Ol people NOulu 20
to the theatre To hear Judge Powers
and Judge King. both of whom have
been heard here many times in previous
campaigns. When they saw that the
Democrats. without an apostle who
had promised to get talk on local con-
ditiOns out of his system. or a widely
advertised speaker of national reputa-
ton, completely filled the theatre, they
were first startled, then scared, then
made panicky.
They saw that the Mormon Demo-
Gratis were standing by their guns and
that the Gentle Democrats were stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with them
They saw that the cry. Beat the
Americans with US" was being
laughed at by the Democrats, and by
voters Of other faiths, for none had
forgotten the failure of last year.
Very few people honestly believe the
Republicans have a chance to win this
election. The betting shows that. on
none of the boards is there an offer to
wager any amount that the Republican
ticket viii be successful. A few small
wagers on individual candidates have
been posted but there are no heavy
Wagers based on the proposition that
the Republicans will win. This time
last year Second South street between
Main and West Temple streets was
flooded with cash TO bet that the Re
pUblicans would win. that they would
beat the Democrats and that the DEM
OCTat IS would be third in the race
Thus far the big money has remained
in the pockets Of its owners. Ed Loose
has not wagered a dollar Neither has
Chairman Salisbury, as far as anybody
knows. The biggest wager on any board
is one of $1,000 that the "American'E
ticket Will not be elected. This wager
was posted early Thursday morning.
Up to date nobody has covered il. So,
1t is quite evident that the public has
not forgotten the fizzle of the RepUb-
lcan campaign last year
mere are many who confidently pre-
GiCt that the s. me thing will occ,1r tb;es
year.