The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-04
WILL He REPEAT
LAST YEARS FEAT?
People Wonder If Senator
Sm00t Will Make Personal
Fight Here on Tuesday.
CAMPAIGN LIKE 1905
ONLY QUITTING IN" CAN BEAT
THE DEMOCRATS.

Voters OF all shades of political belief
are wondering whether Reed Smoot' OF
Provo. senator and apostle. viii make
the same sort of spectacle Of himself that
he made in the city election in Salt Lake
a year ago. All who worked at the var
ious polling places remember Smoot
Spectacular dash about the city IN an
automobile; they remember now ne 80
from district to district declaring thdt
the only way to beat Thompson was 10
vote for Lynch; they remember the pro
fame language used by the senator Wheil
IT was suggested to him that he haa no
business putting in" And everybody
remembers the net result of the senator ;
efforts.
Lynch was the worst beaten man that
ever ran for mayor of salt Lake City.
Richard p Morris beat him 1850 votes,
and Ezra Thompson beat him S,401 votes;
In spite of all that Smoot could DO. ana
he used every one of the powerful IN
ffuences at his command. his candidate
was defeated so badly that he was more
than defeated; he was routed, oohter-
ated buried under ar avalanche OF votes.
Not Likely to Come Again.
Smoot may. according to some OF his
friends. come to Salt Lake next Iuesoay
and repeat his tactics of year ago he
NAV go from district to district In an
automobile. his face inflamed with pas
sion, his tongue uttering fierce oatnS. lie
has been eXerting all of his Influence
for Republican success and he may at
tempt TO add to that Influence this year
as he did last. But. if there is anything
In political signs on the eve OF an cleo
ton he will fail as utterly this year as
he failed in the is-Thompson-Lynch
light.
1t is possible that smoot may succeed
though this is hardly likely, but with all
of his influence he cannot pull the Re-
publicans through. He can only succeed
IN electng the "Americau" ticket This
much is practically conceded by well
posted Republicans, by men who have
been forecasting elections in this county
and state for many years. They ali but
admit that the election of the Republican
ticket is practically an impossibility.
1t is not possible. for Smoot to pull the
Republicans through because q year ago
whensrhe had transferred every vote To
y the Republican column that could = be
transferred. the Republicans carried just
one lone district out of fifty-three. A
careful analysis of this years poSsibili-
ties shows that the Democrats have
gained heavily over a year ago, and over
two years ago. The Americans. il is
asserted, have gained also.
Big Americans" Are Republicans.
But the Americans" do not claim thai
they have gained strength from the
Republicans, or practically all Tn,
prominent American" workers are J. T,
GARNER: S. p. (Sanpete) Armstrong. San
Westerfield. Tom Pitt. B. B. Heywood
T. Il. Critchlow and other former Repub
leans. The prominent Democrats who
have. gone into the American" part,
could almost be counted on the fingers
Judge o. w. Powers. d. H Peery. M
= cunningham. Samuel Newhouse Judg,
IL T. henderson, l.. T.. Hall, Noble War
rum, c. c. Dey and a host of other lead
Ing Gentle Democrats, stand exactL
where they stood last year and the Yea;
before. with the Democratic party. +
can be demonstrated with mafbematica
eNactness that at least so per cent o
me american" gain comes from tn,
The net result of the showing e. +ba
the republicans have not possibiIitv n
carrying this election. The fight 4
cisarIy between the Democrats and IN,
Americans and in their inmost heart,
me republicans know it. however Ioudf,
t.hey may whistle as they get deeper inf,