Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-05
With Ideal Weather Favoring
Election, Brings Out Heaviest
Early Vote Ever Recorded.
FEATURE DEMOCRATIC GAINS.
Claim Business District of City is
Going Heavily Against
American Party
Republicans Hold They Have STAN.
pcdcd Opponents I'm Fourth-sorc
incidents at the POLL.

Election day ir salt Lake broke s,r
and clear this morning, and with idea
weather tho early vote was the heaviest
! ever recorded At % O'Clock over one
{ fourth OF the estimated totals for the
/ city had been cast For the entire 81
/ districts the vote averaged 200 each.
while some OF them had operated IRON,
1 the hour of the opening ot the fun
| capacity of the machnes Before
noon $500 votes were GA and the pro.
/ spects was for "a very heavy noon hour
I voting
| This prospect was fully carried cut
as men were freed from work for lunch.
and ID looks &c press time as IL the
heaviest portion OF the work was al
ready over. the vote beginning to
slacllen at this hour probably to con-
tinue so until the final evening rally
DEMOCRATIC GAINS.
one big feature Of the day. lis prin-
cipal feature In fact, is the Democratic
gain on the American" party In the
business district counted on to go
heavily American" the workers claim
seriously reversed results Hostile
american" party men and women
have asked for Democratic carriages.
and this party is now claiming the dis
trict.
Another feature. almost as big as the
unprecedented American" dshections.
is the refusal OF any party's campaign
to collapse. Every chairman In the
race Is making a vital fight at the
fnish mastering every available re-
source and refusing 10 lose heart In the
result Of the early morning balloting.
REPUBLICANS CLAIM FOURTH.
How Il will ali end Is not settled
yet. Democrats claim the Third by
majorities Il is hopeless 10 overcome.
Republicans claim that Democrats are
stampeded and hopeless In the Fourth
and are coming over In blocks 70 their
ticket. Democrats on the other hand
hope for the Republicans 20 see that
they are hopelessly beaten by this at
ternoon. and turn their attention 20
helping beat the common foe.
There's nothing in H." declared
"Jody' Eldridgo, who has assumed
command OF the Republican Organiza-
ton at the last minute, as he sat in
Republican headquarters today an
swering telephone calls. and directing
the distribution Of checkers and can
vassers You can say for me-" he
declared, between answering phone
calls. that we have them all skinned
90 a whisper. and there's nothing 20
Il but Plummer."
BIG CROWD TONIGHT
There viii be an immense crowd out
tonight reading returns. This much IL
! certain BY the immense showings OF
this morning. Second South street to
day resembled a circus ground just
after a performance.
Men standing on the sidelines of the
/ hight talked politics up ana down the
/ rialto Old time war horses came out
TO sun themselves and watch the
younger leaders work under the whip
/ and Ia the harness. Big Ben Hey
wood stood In front OF American
| headquarters directing transportation.
! As an automobile OF carriage drove ~
asking where 10 80 he was prompt with
| oruers for II ana the big mans orders
were delivered IN a way % suggest
that the driver better get busy and that
| in a hurry
"How's the vote goingc' was his
| greeting 70 the reporter VINO was doing
| his last stunt OF rounding up head
| quarters and listening 10 every shade
| OF political opinion poured INTO his
! ears by men holding every shade OF
belief i've been SO busy sending our
/ these blamed carriages 1 haven't had
a chance 10 look 10 zap myself.
Then he added. Democrats and Re
/ publlcans seem preuy we'll divided.
/ don't they; that's what we want gll
bub Just watch us slip in betn
them"
so LIQUOR SOLD.
Morris wagons. RepublAan wagons
and American" thronsed the streets
| from carry morning downtown th'
/ saloons which rlu lauch counters were
| open but served no beer ur liu.or. SIC
| Ilernays. which was abe center OF ire
| betting crowd. was open io The Nes.i-
/ buie leadug to tho baf. bnl was closed
/ tgnt behind tnar stocks of chairs
I being tho emblem that drinks were not
oclug served
INCIDENTS AT THE POLLS
OF Incidents at polling places thors
l were many amusing ONES, ana some oi
/ rather serious turn. The Twenty
/ fevcrfh precinct tine presiding Judge
bepna to show people how no vote oH
"a model machine by msWucung thonl
to pul down the nrst lever Instead uf
/ to nlu down zoe party lever of tner
/ choice. a deputy shcrn noulel thr
I fudge that hc would haudcun nim DOB
/ ihf nearest tree n another case of
occurred and the judge changed h'f
/ Tactics
/ m thc Ihrn-slrth district one NJ gee
/ fp0Olni policemen sworn iu 90 NIH
Z Hecardef Morefona solicitation besan
to ferrr uH luHir4ri0r Dos NUr NHt IN
vote. eiFiuF thf sHfur INSTRUCTIONS HH
the Judge ln the previous Dsfe. Deputy
! snerins sharp hlNcr nnd 10nfas nAt