The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-07
Prominent Politician Analyses
the Vote Cast at the Re-
cent Election.
GIVES HIS VIEW AS
TO HOW 1T HAPPENED
In Salt Lake County Voting Ma
chimes, He Says, We're
Great Factors.

''Pcople arc wondering and speeulat-
ing about the recent election and try
ing TO analyze the causes which brought
about the landslide. said the prom
inent politician to the stroller on Fri
| day. Understand ] am not alluding
to the cause in Utah, but the country
at large. for in Utah there are copdl-
tions existing politically that do not
exist anywhere else, But causes which
apply TO the country at large also ap'
ply in minor way to Utah.
'fThe election returns are easily
aralyzcd, the causes which brought
about the result easily seen. The re.
suit of the recent election was a fore
gone conclusion several Days before the
voters cast their ballots. There were
thousands of people who cast their
votes for Taft that in reality did rot
want TAFT elected. Why? The an
Swer Is easy.
Lives Close to Want.
EThe average voter lives as rule
about thirty days from absolute want.
In plain words, should be lose his Job,
within thirty days thereafter his re
have been made into the rainy day re-
serve fund that he becomes frightened.
Election day draws near, 1t is up-
fortunate. by the way, that election
day occurs when it does Just upon the
verge of winter. Did The election
! occur, IN the spring different results
would be recorded. however. that can.
not be changed without whole lot OF
machinery being changed or altered, and
as this would require several years 1T
is out of the question to consider IL.
"B But as / was saving, election day
| draws near. The voter has read the
| newspapers during the campaign closely,
In fact he reads them closely, all the
time. He has heard the spell. binders
expound the merits of the candidate,
for in the last campaign the platforms
were meaningless. hence the battle was
| fought upon the candidates alone
"Tbe voter discussed the candidates
| with his family. The good qualities
possessed by the. several aspirants are
finally reached that Bryan, for the sake
of illustration, ls the best man, is the
more magnetic, is closer TO the people
| than any of the other candidates, and
| the voter decides that he will support
the Nebraskan.
Election day draws nearer 1t is
Saturday preceding the Tuesday on
| Ibt ptCulS Dbluc
cier in the east is interviewed, aud he
! solemnly makes Il declaration that il
| there is a change in the administration
! the wheels of industry will stop. that
| the various enterprises in which he is
interested will be cut to the minimum
: IN so far as the employment Of men is
concerned, The calamity bowler is on
deck.
Takes His Nerve to Polls.
l. 4 n
| goes home, talks TO bis family. shows
| them what S what. but he is hraced W
! and so 1t goes until the morning of the
election. Then like the fellow with the
| toothacbe who starts for the dentist, be
leaves home. His nerve is with him un.
I'll he enters tho dentists office or the
booth. Then it fails as the voter en-.
ters the booth ,The, iiuancier's, declara'
| tiou, fingers In his head. He has only
an instant 20 vote, Then he looks at
! the lever The first ono seen is pulled
| down. His vote is recorded for the op.
position. That is why, and | know
speak for many others. the landslide.
80 In Utah here II is dlferont, In ad
dition TO this. the voter has not only
will OF the Lord against him. dark
polling booth and q good bishop who
rings the bell when the voter enters
the booth As soon as the voter pulls
the lever, unless he is called brother OF
sister By the bishop in charge Of thc
string, time is called the voter be
comes illustrated, turns the knob on tins
first ticket he sees, the record is made
and the church Republican party bcnc
fits.
"And in this connection, one word n:
10 voting machines Possibly, probably
after they have been used for many
wears voters will know how 10 handle
them. Possibly, probably the officials II
charge of the complicated pieces OF
mechanism will permit them to remair
in the open. where instructors will bt
permitted To show voters how to vot,
other tickets than the one which til,
custodian desires elected: but as il j:
now, these voting machines are a men
ace. There Is roo much mechanism. too
much machinery about them. Efforts u
install these machines 10 Denver re
suited in an injunction against their us,
and prohibiting the clerk and commits
sioners from installing machines. Her,
is what Judge Allen OF Denver said il
an opinion prohibiting their use;
Barred In Colorado.
On the constitutional questions in
yolved, the court Is not sufficiently H.
formed TO feel lustined at this time Z,
render final decision as 10 the merit
OF all points made. Some features OF tin,
case have. been considered and amonI
IncIU nave Desn ConSlGSreo the c0aracte
Of the device and the mechanism anC
physical construction OF the voting ma
chine, IL appears from the evidence tina
the voting machine operated with honest,
and intelligence (which must be largel;
the result Of experience with the machine
would probably make accurate counts
would produce .reasona bly, satisfactory re
suits and would probably afford a fai
and honest return OF the votes cast nt tn
election The law prcsumes and In
court should presume, good faith an,
honesty In public Officials in the prepare
ton for and the conduct or tho election
and especially should that confidence b.
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