Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-08
OFFICIAL COUNT
Of STATE VOTE
Stale CanvassIng Board viii
Meet in Secretary Of States
Office November 26.
COL SoUIEE's MACHINE TIP.
Careful Computation Of the Election
Returns shows IIouell's Majority
TO be About $4,000.

Campaign politics Is over IN Utah for
a brief season at least There was
very little doing today along Second
South street. and at the various head
| quarters where the faithful were wont
10 gather and talk 1t over among them
! scelves.
The people have fought the battle Of
the ballots, they have heard the result
and now they are away TO other oc-
! equations. Even the congratulations
are over. and the shouting has dI3d
| away to the remotest echo.
Col. squires was at his Office today
settling up affairs preparatory to closing
state headquarters. He had nothing
new to give out on the results, and
says that hereafter the inside Informal
ton VIII all come TO the newspapers
direct. or viii be furnished by the
stale cafvassing board.
This body will commence It's labors on
Nov. 26. at exactly tho hour OF noon,
In compliance with statutes duly made
ana provided TO cover the formality OF
an official compilation, and the issu-
anee Of election certificates.
The law requires that the board meet
in the Office OF the secretary of state.
It's membership Is composed OF the sec
rotary OF state, the state treasurer, and
the attorney general. These officials,
each acting ex-offlcio. Will go over the
vote for the state ticket and the legis-
lators. both for the lower and upper
house. No moro definite data viii be
available II Is thought. until the Off
'cial count Is given out,
sQUIRE's MACHINE TIP.
who would have thought 1t of col
Squires2 The gentleman says as piece
Of confidential news that he got his
most valuable Tip on the election from
a piece Of election machinery of the
metal and wooden variety. Yet that
Is what he says in cold words. and lays
10 II the buoyancy of his election day
confidence.
You see he said, "sll those ma
chimes that they voted on We're dis
tributed around the city and people
practised on them before the day OF
election Well. when II came to setting
them back Ia zero before the real ball
loting, the totals showed that the peo-
pie were practlzing their fayorite lever
I'm every case The machine from the
Tribune Office showed big American
party lead. and the machine from Dem
ocratic headquarters showed Demo-
cratic lead. The machines generally
showed that the Republican lever was
the one they were working most fire.
quently. aud these totals We're pretty
good straw 10 tell which way the wind
blew. They told the truth. too. for
with no malice afore-
thought, people operated on the lever
they were planning to vote. and the tip
from the totals was straight"
THE POLITICAL FUTURE
The future policy of tho three prin-
cipal parties concerned in the cleo
tlon will be much considered matter
for the next few months. The "Ameri-
can" party press Is already up and at
the work OF Increased attack on the
"hierarch" which seems to have got
into its boots Judge William II. King
Is calling for the Democrats To pre-
pare for the next election, to preserve
their party organization. and to stand
for the principles Oh which they based |
their action In this campaign. The |
Republican organization of course |
isn't threatened with loss OF heart, and |
win naturally stand pat" along It's |
line Of activity.
HOWELL HAS $4,000 MAJORITY. |
The Howell maJority for Congress Ia
an Item that will not be fully de-
termlned until the official count. II |
i estimated today. however, 20 be
IN the close vicinity of $4,000, and |
MS figure Is given out as final es-
innate at Republican headquarters.