The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-25
AMERICAN COUNTY.

it stood third in the race. All the
| figures of the two recent elections sub
| stsntiate that claim; all of the condi
tions existing today and all Of
the political calculations which are
made with regard to logic,
reinforce the assertion. Now comes
the organ Of the Democratic quorum of
Smootism-namely, the Herald, and
with an ingenuousness scarcely to
to be expected from such usually
disingenuous quarter, and proves that
while the Republican party will be
third IN the race, the figures demon
strate that the Democratic party must
of necessity be second, with the
American party first. In its issue of
yesterday, under heading entitled,
'No Show for Republicans, the
Herald quotes some tables of figures to
show that the total Of the votes Of the
three parties, irrespective of the di-
vision of the new vote for this year,
viii he IN the county election forthcom.
ing: Democrats first, with ll,Q4S;
Americans second, with 9712, and Re
publicans third, with 734S. - To OBJ
tain this result tho Herald misapplies
all the calculation of figures, and be-
trays It's knowledge of the fact that it's
own party-or its own quorum of
Smoot' own party-is foredoomed TO
defeat if even its mere statements of
progressive gains are worthy Of re-
lance.
The Democratic vote in Salt Lake
City in 1905, according to the Herald,
showed percentage of increase Of
91A over the vote for Orlando W.
Powers in 1904, and the Herald assumes
from this that the total count for Judge
Powers in 1905, had he been run
ming, would have been 11,04S. The
Herald, however, then admits that the
vote of Thompson for Mayor of Salt
Lake City showed a gain Of 81 per cent
for the American party over the vote
Of the preceding year, giving the same
relative increase to the American party
and there is no question but that
the American party has grown as
rapidly in proportion since November
last as it had in the year then preced-
ipg--we have a total vote this year
(assuming the Herald calculation of
county vote in 1905 to be
9712) of 1929 for salt Lake county,
which may indeed be assumed TO ap-
pro1imate the actual result. And Civ
ing to the Democrats for the year from
1905, TO November, 1906,
the same proportiouate increase that
the Herald claims for this quorum of
the church in the twelve months pre-
ceding November, 1905, they have
total Of 12,09S votes for this year in
this county. One significant reason
why this calculation must be lessened
by the event, is that this is possibly,
not surely, the year in which
tee ecclesiasts Will direct Democratic
voters TO cast Republican ballots in
Salt Lake county.
Furthermore, the Herald introduces,
for the purpose of raising the hopes Of
Democrats, an abnormal element which
does not belong IN this calculation.
In 1904 Judge Orlando W. Powers cast
The entire Democratic party strength
IN Salt Lake county, in addition to
which he received some votes of per,
sonal friends among Republicans, so
that his vote at that time may be
counted somewhat more than the nor
nal Democratic vote. In 1905, as
1rlh b.- IL
the Democratic candidate for Mayor
ecclesiastical direction
during the hours Of the day from
y o o'clock noon until the close Of
he polls-more than one thousand
votes from the Republican party in the
vain effort on the part OF the church
10 gain victory with one or the other
IF its political quorums. SO that the
vote estimated by the Herald for the
Democratic party for 1905 is far in
excess of the normal Democratic vote.
Taking the votes any way they can
be grouped, taking the conditions as
hey have actually been and are, and
nothing but assurance Of American
Doibs NiStOlg tOhiIS pCb VI IHt COH-
;iderstion. By the Herald s own tables,
palpably prepared to revive Democratic
courage, the American party is to be
victor. By the local conditions the
American party is TO win this fight in
Salt Lake county by q stupendous ma
jority.
So far as the Republican quorum of
the church has been heard from, it is
still waiting for the explicit directions
for the Democratic quorum to come
over and help Brother Howell aud such
county nominees az may have the direct
ecclesiastical instruction.
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