The daily sentinel., 1908-11-04
STORY OF THE
RESULT IN COUNTY

money WIS Ifeeiy spent UufInS tne
past two or three days to elect Ban
croft but these efforts failed. &. C.
Hamlin will not get the Mesa county
vote for United States Senator. Simon
Guggenheim cannot handle that vote.
A total of about 6,OOO votes were
pOlled in the county. This was about
80 per cent of the total vote.
The splendid victories attained in
Mesa county by the democrats have
taken all of the keen tinges of joy
out OF the local republicans over their
national victory.
Last night was a lively night in
Grand junction, one of the liveuest
the city has seen in years. Hundreds
and hundreds OF people were down
town early in the evening and the
great majority of these remained un-
til far into the night.
At every place where election re-
turns were being received great
crowds assembled. The democratic
and republican headquarters were
crowded to overflowing.
The announcement that the Daily
Sentinel would receive telephone and
telegraphic reports ut its office caus-
ed II great crowd to gather Mt this
office. Early i'm the evening The
Sentinel's Associated Press and Colo
/ htttlbhoht htlttIuS W
arrive and all duriIs9 the night, until
IL o'clock, The Sentinel received and
announced bulletins. The office was
crowded to ovcrflowing and scores
of people stood nj the entrance all
night until midnight. There is no
question but what The Sentinel re-
ccived the best bulletin service af-
iorded in the city last night.
The early reports received looked
pretty bad for Bryan but as the
evening advanced the reports indi-
Gated that the result was very much
in doubt in nearly every big eastern
state and at II o'clock il was appar-
cnt that while Taft had won there
had been no landslide in the nation.
The reports of Democratic state tick
ct victories over the country were
| iuyiully received.
At the democratic headquarters
the evidences of county victory kept
the gloom away while at the repub-
lican headquarters the Joy over the
national victory was dampcncd ter
ribly by the apparent defeats i'm the
! county and state.
At midnight il was evident that
Taft had been elected, that the dcmo-
Gratis had won four OF the most inn
portant county offices. that all re-
publican majorities had been reduced
and that il would he impossible to
tell how the state had gone before
morning.
All during the night there were
many people at the headquarters and
dispatches Were received ut the demo-
cratic and republican headquarters
all during the night. y great many
of the most deeply interested people
stayed up all night long.
IAf.. fs-.,Y
every precinct in the county have
been received.
All day the people of the city have
been discussing the result. telling
how IL happened and how IL didn't
happen.
The successful democratic candi.
dates on the county ticket have been
overwhelmed with congratulation,
from every section of the county.
The majority of shores this year
reached the magnificent total ot
about S15. Two years ago his ma
iority was only about t15.
The majority of Schrader, for sher
iff. this year is 125, two years ago i
was only few over 300.
Talk about approval and endorse
ment by the people. what about thes'
two races?
Palisade, with its rcpubiican-boast
ed &. q. T.. plurality of $50, onl.
gave Taft plurality of II votes.
The republican forecasts and pre-
dictions ON every race and every vot'
in this county proved false and un
reliable.
John Fry only carried the count.
by 112.
Wciser's majority is over 200.
Albert Isessire democrat, for com
missioner. defeated Johnnie Hyne
by the small but substantial majorit
of II.
There is lots of money wasted b