The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-18
ELECTION FIGURES ANALYSIS.

cast at the election in this city on No
vember 3rd. There were two surprises
| IN the returns of the vote; first, the
| great increase in the total vote; and
second, the amazing increase in the
Republican vote. The total vote
of the city was 2S,406 on Representa-.
! tive in Congress, and this is the Office
upon which tho figures in this article
are based in tho three years, 1904,
1906, and 1908. The vote in the
county outside of the city on this
Office was 10,232, making the total vote
of Salt Lake county 3S,63S.
Iu 1906, the city cast vote Of 21,'
3l1; the county, 1909; making u
total of 29,220, showing an Increased
vote between the two years OF Oils.
In 1904, the vote of the city on
Congressman was 22,9s5; of the county,
9061; total Of 32,o46; q. gain in the
four years between 1908 and 1908
az 1892. We do not think that this
gain is out of proportion in the
growth Of population, so far as the city
is concerned.
The Democratic vote polled for this
office in 1904 was 10000. as against
l4,013 for the Republican candidate.
In 1906 the Democrats polled 6409
votes for this office; the Republicans
1888. But at the recent election the
Democrats polled 1855, and the Re.
pubhcans, 1S,00I. II appears, there
fore. that the Republicans have alb
sorbed nearly 1000 of the total gain
Of 1892.
This result shows conclusively that
the Republicans got very large vote
at the recent election to which they
were not entitled, and that the Demo
Gratis are a badly used up party,
having shrunk something over 1900
votes in the four years. The Ameri'
can party, as a matter Of fact, has
made the greatest growth of any Of
the parties in these four years, by
far. But the Presidential year took
off about 5000 of the American votes
and added them almost bodily to the
Republican party, because so many
we're anxious to vote for President,
and feared that Taft needed their
votes: which was complete fallacy,
and proclaimed to be such by The
Tribune before election. Taft, we were
convinced, was not in the least danger,
and did not need those votes. The
Democratic vote in this city in 1904
was 7170; in the county at large it was
1920 The Democratic city vote had
shrunk at the recent election, however,
to 1850, and its county vote to 2l07.
The city Republican vote in 1904 was
9466. Its large increase at the recent
election TO 12,l32, no Que believes is a
genuine increase for that party. The
most of that increased vote belonged,
in fact, TO the American party The
Republican county vote in 1904 was
4547. In the recent election this had
sweIled to 1868. We doubt if any
ono can possibly believe that that was
genuine increase, There has been no
real increase in the Republican vote
in this county Of 1922, as the returns
Indicated. II was d fictitious or fraudu'
lent vote, governed perhaps in part by
the same cause that swelled the Repub.
lican vote in this city.
The vote on the constitutional
amendment in this county TO section
4, article 13, to amend the Constitu-
tion so as 10 vest the taxing of
mines in the State Board OF Equaliza.
ton, was 4492 for, to 1854 against.
The county outside of the city voted
1865 for and 96S against; Show
ing decidedly greater disposition
hostile to the mines in the county out
side Of the city than In Salt Lake
On the second proposition, to tax the
whole State for local high schools, the
vote in this county was very light,
amounting to 1861 in favor, and
4s77 against, majority of 12l6
against.
We have no doubt that these two
amendments arc carried.
The third amendment, which pro-
posed 20 vest in the Legislature, with
out referring the matter TO a vote of
the people, the power to change county
boundaries at Will and create new
counties, was adversely voted upon by
the voters both of the city and OF the
county. The vote in favor of this
amendment was $3.50, against 1924; an
adverse majority Of l544. So far as
the returns have been received, as
printed in the local papers Of Utah,
in the several counties, we should sup
pose that this amendment has been
defeated; that the people throughout
the State did not care to vest such
power as this in the Legislature with,
out the consent OF the populations
involved. We think that all OF the
amendments ought TO have been de-
feated, because they will disarrange
the taxing system OF the State and
their general effect must necessarily
be for evil.
This election has left the American
party in the city in full determination
TO continue the battle for freedom
and individual liberty. 1t sees in the
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