The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-05
MAKE SAME CLAIM
AS LAST YEAR
Republican Managers Say They
Will Garry Salt Lake
County.
DEADLY PARALLEL DRAWN
ELDREDGE SPEAKS NOW AS HAN
SON DID IN 1905.

1.-The Republican ticket will be elected"
said J. L. Eldredge. jr., chairman of the
Republican county committee, last night.
Mr.. EIdredge declined to give any fig
ures or any other reason for his predic
ton.
One year ago tomorrow, Nov. 6, being
the day before the city election, another
Republican chairman. Willard Hanson,
gave out a prediction that was published
In the Deseret News. Mr.. Hanson said:
we are going to win by at least 2OO0
votes. We realize that the other parties
have some strength, and we are not I'M
derestimating the strength of the new
party. After taking out the heavy vote
1t rs possible they will pull, the remaining
vote will be split between Lynch and
thompson in the main. We do not regard
the Democratic vote as a dangerous one,
and feel sure that Lynch will lead Thomp-
son by at least 2O0O"
County Chairman Eldredge is this year
no better posted than City Chairman Han
son was posted last year Hanson had
the identical influences at work for him
IN 1903 that Eldredge has at work in 1906.
If anything. the position of Hanson was
better than the position of Eldredge.
Hanson at least had the benefit OF the
Smoot machine in perfect working order;
he had the prestige of the Republican
plurality in the city the year before; he
had not the handicap of overwhelming,
catacysmic defeat. the utter rout of his
party. to contend with.
Eldredge has that this year. Hanson
led his party. 10 use an often quoted
simiie, through the slaughter house to
the open grave. He invited the voters 70
beat Thompson with Lynch and predicted
that Lynch would lead Thompson by 1000
votes. AS a matter of fact, Lynch ran
nearly 1000 votes behind Thompson, and
$500 votes behind Norris, in spite of Han
sons statement that I'VE do not regard
the Democratic vote as dangerous
Same Old Cry for Help.
This year. Eldredge. Senator Smoot and
other Republicans again inviting the
voters to beat the American" ticket
with the Republican nominees If il is
possible for the feet of any people to be
guided by the lamp of experience, then
the only thing Eldredge and his fellow
workers can possibly succeed in doing in
1906 is TO elect the American ticket.
They can accomplish this. as they accom-
plished the election of Thompson, by scar
ing into the Republican ranks from the
Democrats enough tfmid voters TO defeat
the Democrats.
Nobody who knows the two men will
dispute the assertion that Eldredge is a
far better politician than Hanson. This
is demonstrated by the fact that, though
closely pressed for a detailed statement
last night, Eldredge refused to give out
any figures. If his canvass had demon
Strated to him that he could carry the
county he would have had no hesitation
in making an estimate on majorities.
But Eldredge is far too ShreWd to issue
a set Of figures that he has no hope of
making good. He knows. II anybody in
the county knows. that the Republicans
cannot possibly win. There is absolutely
nothing in the canvass or in the situa-
ton generally that is calculated TO give
them any hope And still they are going
about urging Mormon Democrats to leave
their party and go over to the Republl-
cans in order to defeat the Americans ="
In spite OF all the influences that have
been exerted. in spite Of talks made for
the Republican ticket in Mormon meeting
houses yesterday afternoon and last
night. in spite of whisperings- in spite OF
the lies that have been told the mud
that has been thrown, the Mormon Dem
ocrats are standing with the Gentle
Democrats. and there is no rational way
of figuring out how the Republicans can
defeat them. If the voters are deceived
by the desperate cry OF the RepubhcanS,
Beat the Americans with us, the dis
aster will be on their own heads. They
cannot say they were not warned in time.
Republicans Can't Win.
1t is absurd to suppose that party
that carried just one voting district last
year can carry enough this year to make
even a respectable showing. 1t would not
be so surprising If the Republican total
in the county this year should be well
under 5000 votes They had much more
than that two years ago because ROoSe-
Welt was at the head of their ticket and
because hundreds of Republicans who
are now americans refused to leave
their party in national election. Any
body who is at all familiar with the sit
uation is bound TO concede that there are
at least eight Republicans to two Demo-
Gratis in the American party.
Where will the Republicans get the
strength with which TO defeat the Amer
icans2" Not one of them can give
sane answer TO the question. When it is
put to them they proceed to add three and
four together and get % for the answer
The real truth is that the Republicans
are willing to sacrifice Salt Lake county
10 the Americans" provided they can
carry the state for Howell and Prick
They are not entirely sure of carrying
the state. either. From practically every
county in the commonwealth comes word
of Republican disaffection. The public
generally is tired of the SmoOt machine