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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-03

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clear that the result isn't causing
gloom among those at the polls.
Crowds or people poured into all
of the Headquarters, in and out through
the day. The betting boards caught
them in transit, and then the curb, and
then the rialto. where Leon Skiliris
seemed 10 hold forth to the largest au-
dienccs.
The Tribune said my roll was as
thick as toothpick," said Skliris, at
ter betting down everybody who had
money to back his opinions this morn
ing. and he continued, II still have
$1,000 on Taft at any reasonable odds,
and all the even money that anybody
feels to ask for that the Republicans
carry the county" Second South street
was crowded today. The political head
quarters wore crowded. The streets Of
the business section otherwise were
very quiet. except for bannerad car
riages and automobiles. hurrying with
voters from residences to polling place.
The only flag visible on Main street
hung from the window OF American
headquarters where it was used to adj
Verttse the party's central office
A band attracted much notice, the
people thinking that some party had
started an early demonstration. 1t
proved however to be an advertisement
for a race meet
A rumo, that the sherifr's office was
seeking to arrest Frank Sefrt de-
veloped into apparent truth when a
group of deputy sheriffs were found
ever, turned out to be matter OF gar
nesheeing q poo, reporters wage, and
this sensation rapidly ''petered out
and left a feeling of sympathy for the
reporter. The day as a whole, has been
as quiet rs 1t has been fair and balmS.
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BRYAN CALMLY
AWAITING VERDICT.

Eairview Lincoln, Neb.. NOV. 81
Calmly awaiting the verdict OF the
American people at the polls, which he
is confident VIII at last reward his
efforts to fill the presidential chair,
William j Bryan today is busyins
himself with the, ordinary affairs OF
his home. kilograms are pouring in
on him bringing tidings Of Demo-
cratic victory aud these he reads With
q feeling of qualification.
observing by the press dispatches
that the weather in nearly all parts OF
vote Is being polled, MI. Bryan re-,
marked.
''Inasmuch as l expect a majority
of the voters are With me, good wealth
! Ell is good for me"
No little satisfaction was felt by the
candidate when at noon he was in
formed that his own precinct was GO.
ing for him two to one. He cast his
ballot at 9:15. and voted the straight
Democratic ticket. AS he did so, he
removed his hat and every man in tho
little gracery store in Normal where
the polling place was located, followed
suit.
Discussing the reception accorded him
last night by the citizens OF Lincoln,
Mr.. Bryan said it far exceeded any
thing that he had expected. The can
didate is showing no i'll effects from
the trying ordeal of the campaign and
said today that he felt better than lie
did at the close of his two previous
campaigns.
The Bryan home is being flooded
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JUDGE TAFT
FEELING FINE
viii Go to Polling Place Late in
Afternoon and Cast
His Ballot.
HIS HEALTH IS SPLENDID.
Long and Hard Campaign Has Left
Few Traces on Him. Throat
Chiefly Being Affected.

Cincinnati, Nov. S.--Judgc Taft ar
rived in his home city from his cam
paign tour at 5 o'clock this morning
He was accompanied by Mrs. TAFT
who was with him on the last day of
his speaking tour.
An accumulation Of important office
matters required the attention of Judge
Taft upon his arrival and precluded
his voting as he had expected. at noon.
AT that time he said he would so to
the polling place late in the afternoon
and cast his ballot. After having his
throat treated today by Dr.. j. J. Ricn-
ardson, the throat specialist Of Wash.
ington, the judge declared that he felt
III every way as good as he did the
day he began his campaign.
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BULLETINS FROM CITY DISTRICTS.

made. The voting was going on
smoothly.
THIRD WARD.
District No. 40-At 1890 O'Clock ,24s
votes were poled out OF 700 voters reg.
istered. No challenging had been done
and no trouble had been encountered.
District No. S6--At 1915 O'Clock 209
votes We're poled out OF CAT voters reg
istered. Four voters We're challenged
but no challenges We're sustained.
District No. 3i--At 1880 O'Clock 1874
votes We're cast out of 400 voters re gs-
tered.
FOURTH WARD.
District No. fiat / o'clock SS4 votes
had been polled out of 100 voters reg
istered. Challenges were made but not
sustained.
District No. 4s--At 11o o'clock 3sss
votes had been polled out of 100 voters
registered. No challenges had been
made.
District No. fat :O5 O'Clock, Ss5
votes had been poled out of 100 voters
registered, The vote is extremely
heavy and is being registered at the
rate of one per minute.
District No. 45--At LIS o'clock 332
votes had been polled. out of 700 voters
registered. Reports from that District
show that the voting went along. very
smoothly and orderly.
Il District No. 46--At 80 O'Clock 400
votes had been polled out or 900 voters
registered,
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FIRST WARD.

District No. lat HIS o'clock, go
registered III that district
District No. 2--At l1:2O o'clock $50
votes were pulled out of sS6 names
registered Republican Chairman J.
II. Graham reported that but one vote.
had been challenged.
District No. 6-At 11:20 O'Clock 80
votes We're pulled out Of the 260 names
registered 1t was reported from this
district by one of the judges that
Chairman George Heath was inclined
to dictate and had caused some little
disagreement. but up to date the yot
ing is running smoothly.
District No. Sat 11:40 o'clock 3l4
votes We're polled out OF 400 names
registered
District No. AT go O'Clock had
polled ZIG votes.
District No. 14--At 11;45 o'clock 217
votes were polIed out OF CSC names re-
gistcred.
SECOND WARD.
District No. 20-At IL o'clock noon 234
votes were polled out Of 772 voters reg
istered Republican Judge w. a. sper
ry reported that no votes had been
challenged and the voting was going
smoothly.
District No. 21--At y O'clock noon a26
votes We're polled out of $50 names reg
istered Republican Judge Thorne re-
ported that out of the T50 not more
than 500 lived in the district at the
present time.
District No. 2T--At 1915 o'clock 1913
votes had been polled out of 700 regis
tered.
District No. 2s-At 1916 O'clock 16s
votes were polled out OF 746 names reg
stered. A few challenges had been
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-03
Much Interest In
Rialto Betting Boards

The betting boards were the center OF
interest today so far as the matt<N of
entlcing out the crowd Is concerned.
About the only assembling of the popu-
lace i'll the business section was in front
of the boards. They lined up'the north
side Of Second South west of Main. and
many new ones entered the field today
to catch the offers opertlowing from
those longest established
y noticeable feature, however. was
the small amount Of money being wa
sered, The Taft situation seemed s,cn
that none wished to place money upon
1t ut any reasonable odds \ tter run
ming UP the odds to five to one to
catch Eryan money, the Taft hackers
stopped. and then the Bryan people
began to entice them aut for bigger
odds. 5000 to $3.50 that Bryan is
elected" was one offer bung up ;hls
morning. and this Is Il Eainr'e of many
similar offers made during the morning.
On local affairs betting Is mere lively.
Leon Sliliris held the center Of interest
in the curbstone group. with an acccp-
tance for every bet against thu Rcpub
Leans at anything like s"od odds, lie
placed several 500 even bets that the
Republicans would carry the county.
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An American offer expresses the
degree of faith with which they
back their ticket. 1t read $500 10
$1,000 that the Americans poll more
than the Republicans and Democrats
combined in Salt Lake county,"
An offer of 800 even that the he
publicans carry the county remained
without takers all morning.
An offer Of $50 to $500 that Bryan is
elected. like many simlA' bets. was
without takers, there being many Taft
bets at big odds remaining on the
boards to indicate at what point Taft
money had ceased to offer odds About
. TO ! was the prevailing price.
Some other morning offers We're:
One hundred dollars even the Repub-
lican district attorney Is elected
FIFTY dollars even Taft beats Bryan
in this county.
Two hundred dollars the Republicans
eject their candidate for sheriff.
one hundred dollars Bryan gets 1856
electoral votes.
Ten dollars no Democrat is elected in
Salt Lake county.
Two hundred even Groesbeck is elect
ed.
Twenty-Five dollars to SIS Knight is
elected.
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BULLETIN.

A cnnyass of so Salt Lake City dis
tricts ut o'clock this afternoon
shows total vote cast of 10000, OF
which the Republicans claim 5000;
conccding TO the .sAmcricans" 5000
and TO tho Democrats, 1000. This
breaks all records. Two years ago ut
The corresponding hour the total NUM-
her Of votes cast was 1900; or 5000
less than todas's.
There never was such an election as
today's in the history of Utah. The
weather man proved that his growl is
worse than his bite. for after promising
cloudy weather he turned on a brand of
sunshine that has never been more
balnly upon a valley where the autumn
glories Of brown and purple had never
been in more beautiful array.
The day was one to make the outdoor
fever simply grow upon the house
dweller, and drive the office man away
from his desk, IL only to get the sun
shine and the air.
s The result has been 4 phenominally
early vote. The man of much wisdom
and long experience who slipped away
from home to vote early and avoid the
rush found long line of voters ahead
of him, even ii he was on hand 10 min
utes after the polls opened att o'clock.
The line never diminished. Many vot-
ers who had to take their time off in
short relays couldn't wait this morning.
and. plan to return to vote after work.
The safest way to estimate the totals
cast is to estimate that every voting
machine worked constantly without in
Permission from the minute Of opening,
and give it a vote of one minute,
which Is aboutSits capacity.
At the polling places order prevail
ed. Three policemen to polling place.
often the lowest of thugs and rough
nccks, stood by to see where they could
get u chance to interfere with Notera
but seldom did any chance occur. jos.
Lippman protested the right of judges
TO enter the booth with voter TIC
lind the levers for those who had fall.
ing cyesight, or through being unable
TO locate the names of people whom
they wished to scratch, had asked
judges to accompany them in, accord
ing to the provisions of the law. LipI
man however, got little sympathy for
his protest, and he left the polling
place in one district where he tried to
hnlldose the situation, declaring he
would contest the counting of that dis
trict's vote.
A thorough Republican organization
with plenty of carriages and workers,
an Indifferent american organiza-
ton, and something of Democratic
organization was III evidence at each
polling place. All the parties worked
hard for votes with the equipment pro-
Nided, but the weather man helped
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BINGHAM.

d .
At O'clock this afternoon the Re-
pubsaan chairman claimed out of a
registered vote of 1880 that the ticket
as q whole would pull! between 500 an
800. the judicial ticket sweeping 100
Mr.. Joseph declared that with the
Republican ticket polling even 500
votes, the victory of the ticket will be
decisive, the remaining half of the
vote being so split as to leave little for
the other parties.
The Democratic chairman is pre-
dieting that Bryan will carry the camp
b" big majority. bigger than the
expectations of previous days
The American party chairman de-
clares that the American ticket will
win with plurality of $50 votes in the
camp
At each of the six districts there Is
the most lively appearance and the
vote Is heavy and continuous,
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}. OGDEN.
Especial to the aNews.,D

Ogden, p. m,-The voting here IS
spirited and close The Republlcaa
ana Dmocratic organizations are botl
IN fine shape ana every available con-
Neyance i'll the county has been
brought into the service, While the Re.
publican county ticket seems safe, the
judicial and legislative tickets are IN
doubt, ana it Is still an open Dues
Ton as to results in these fields Cou.i-
" Organizer S. S. Smith for the Dem
ccrats claims the Legislative. ticket, az
though Republican Chairman Mattarl
Is equally as positive that his forces
Will Win. The American vote is2veiy
sight, 500 OF under. No enthusiasm oVSf
me ticket exists and it is being I'M
hoticed. "a spirited early morning vote
preceded a rush at noon.
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LOGAN.
Especial to the News

Especial to the News. y
logan. y u. nl---The vote here seems
SLOW, tie people apparently hanging.
of until. afternoon. The Democrats are
loud in their claims, of q Knight and
legislative ticket victory. although they
cencede part of the county ticket TO
tha Republicans. The Republicans
claim the entire ticket. judicial. legisla-
i've and county. Every carriage Ill
fhe city carries Democratic or Repub-
lIcan banner AS Logan goes SO gees
Cache county said Democratic GnaiT.
,,,a,, Ht,ybali shortly after noon. while
Wa have heavy handicap to over
came. considering the result two years
ssro. We expect to Win for knight ana
tie Legislative ticket at least. Chair
man Thain of the Republican commit
lee said. I'VE Will land every candi-
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BRIGHAM CITY.

At 1880 r. m, fully a8third of the
vote had been cast. Both parties
We're out early hustling. Brigham will
go Republican but there are a number
of scratched tickets in favor of Knight
and Nebeker for district attorney.
The heaviest scratching, however,
among the republicans is for sheriff,
recorder, clerk and Justice. The
Democrats seem to be- voting the
straight ticket.
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ASSIGNMENTS OF
METHODIST BISHOPS

indianapolis Ind, Nov. s.-The ses-
sions of the board of bishops Of the
Methodist church here yesterday were
devoted to the assignment of bishops
to preside over the various conferences
to be held next spring in all parts of
the United States and in foreign coun-
tries III which the Methodist church is
established. No changes were made in
assignments for the missionary bishops.
The assignment include:
J. w Bahford, conferences in China.
g, w Smith Hawaiian mission.
W. S. Lewis, conferences in China.
NJ c. Harris, conferences in Korea.
Bishops Warner, Oldham, Robinson,
conferences in India and the Philip
pine Islands.
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THE VOTE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

victory in this city. indications point
ing equally strong in the direction
OF a Republican victory in the county:
At noon today about 30 per cent OF
There are eight voting districts in the
city and at every one there is the most
lively election appearance. no disturb
ance, however having appeared at any
point in the city
$50 =. m.-About 50 per cent Of the
vote of the city has been cast at tins
hour. and it seems to be conceded maj
Knight. for governor. VIII carry nv .
dlecfion here by good majority. Re-
forts received from various parts OF.
Utab county Indicate that a larger vote
viii be cast than in any preceding eiec-
sfi0rt
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Crowds Throng Headquarters
Seeking Lines on the Struggle.

Tragedy, comedy, and the strained
Ssentimentalities of the melodrama all
sit at the final days; activities in a
political headquarters.
All three try to get in at each
place, for it is a day when sleepless
eyes look blearily into telephone re-
ceivers 10 answer questions that have
constantly asked and answered per-
haps for "a consecutive hours.
There is no difficulty to tell where
the confidence of the winning ticket
brings cheer for the final strain to
the chairman. At Democratic head
quarters today.-that is county head
quarters. there We're gathered many
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men to talk it over. but Chairman
Lloyd had taken to the field. A pile
of banners marked Democratic, each
tied in the corners with strings, be-.
tokened the work that had been done
for the carriages hired to get out the
vote. Secretary Haslam answered the
telephoneand directed lost voters how
TO find themselves geogra pl,ica lily. He
was confident, that the.
vote in the county would be larger
than those who expected it TO he very.
small perhaps would realize That
much scratching for Knight would
be the program was his hope. and his
belief. with also much scratching for
the legislative ticket.
In American" headquarters there
was a general confusion Of heelers lin
ing up for their pay, W orkers lining IN
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MT. PLEASANT.

Interest is lively. although only 800
votes out OF 500 registered was polled
at o'clock this afternoon. Teams
and automobiles are out with party
workers trying hard to land the entire
vote. which seems likely before closing
time. Scratching Is prevalent here,
probably by Democrats. from admis-
sions made by workers in the five dis
tricts in this city. Republicans are pre-
dieting victory for the whole ticket in
the county and Democrats are not Very
ardent in their denals of this forecast.
The Democrats concede Maytield.
Fountain Green and Mt. Pleasant. but
declare strongly that in the Democratic
column will be found Spring City. In
dianola, Moroni. Wales Milburn, Fair
view. Freedom. and Genterieid They
admit that they are doubtful concern
ing Mnnti and Ephraim.
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vote being promising. 1t is estimated
that the vote Will be greatly Increased
over the totals or two years ago. The
appearance of B. III. Robert in this
city last night is declared by Demo-
cratic chairman to have turned many
votes into the Knight camp. The
prediction is being freely made in
many quarters that Knight Will carry
this city, but that his chances in the
county are not bright, from the Demo-
cratic standpoint
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The vote throughout the state as sent
In by the Deseret News correspondents
at > p. m. indicates that heavy vote
is general. In nearly all cases the
record had been passed and generally
great interest is being manifested in
the outcome.
The outlook IN some of the principal
cities and towns as given by the cor
respondents follows:
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SANDY

There are no Democratic workers in
the field toGay, the question of getting
the people to the polls being solved by
the Republican and American" adher-
ents who are rustling hard. All is quiet
but a big early vote has been polled.
At ] p. M the Sixty-seventh district
had contributed 1870 votes and the Six
ty-eighth 60. 1t is estimated that these
went two TO one Republican. There are
a few bets being made on Knight cap
turing Salt Lake county
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MURRAY.

The vote in Murray which has reg
iS;ered 1850 voters was about one
third in at noon. The vote when
ssmelternlen come OFF shift at 4 o'clock
Is expected to be very heavy. Betting
against Mackay, candidate for COM
missioner Is brisk here today. odds be-
ING offered 5 to /, with the short end
ior Mackay followers. Between Mil
Ter. Democrat, and Bougard. .Amert.
can. the fight seems forest Bougard is
not considered Very strong in this por.
ton of the county. however.
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PARK CITY.

The vote this morning in Park city
has been very light. There is said to
be strong Knight sentiment among
the miners and the Democrats are pro-
missing to carry this city. placing the
county, however, in the Republican,
column.
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Az ECONOMICAL CAMPAIGN.

Milwaukee,, Wis. NOV. 3.-When state
made his final announcement of the
money expended in the Wisconsin cam
paign. showing total of sS,G11.o5, he
named only one individual contributor.
That one was Alexander Berger, the
board Of trade man. whose daughter is
said to be the fiancec of William J..
Bryan IT. Berger gave $500 to the
cause. and the Democratic national
committee furnished $1,000
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MRS. MARY BAKER EDDY
BUYS AN AUTOMOBILE

Boston, Nov. ,s.-Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy. mother" OF the Christian Sci
euce church. yesterday purchased an
imported automobile of sl-horsepoveIS
and had 1T sent to her Chestnut InE
home. A chauffeur from the agencs.
spent several hours giving secy.
Fry lessons In driving. Mrs. Eddy had
her first5 experience In automobiling to-
day.
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LEHI.

Twenty five per cent of 1,20O votes
had been cast up to p. m. With in
.dications. that another hou,%sthe rush
would be on. Tt is conceded that
Le11i is safely Republican by from
375 to 900 majority. G. n. Child
Democratiac nominee for superinten-
dent of schools is running away ahead
Of his ticket and there is some
scratching in favor of Knight
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STRENUOUS LIFE.


The only county chairman remaining
right "on the job working at it hard,
and directing in personal way the
activities of the army Of workers UNI
der him, was j. U. Eldredse With q
map of the city before him number
OF helpers scattered through the half
dozen rooms comprising his headquar-
tiers, Eldredge sat all day at the tele-
phones, and from the conversations it
was apparent that he vas closely in
touch With his district chailman.
'.,rhe American party organization is
going to pieces" came III the infor-.
nation from many quarters. AN or
e:tnization is TIL. greatest thing In
campaign, Mas the quiet remark OF
the county chairman as he hung up the
phone.
How many workers have you In the
iieid2s vas question from the report
er assigned to visit the various head
quarters. A thousand?''
Yes" was the answer; "and a good
many more than that
AT Democratic Headquarters 1t was
stated that 400 volunteer workers We're
out. At american" headquarters 500
workers had been claimed as being at
tached to the headquarters. 1t was
clear that the Republican organization
was working best today, and when It's
reports We're constantly more
enthusiastic and hopeful ii became
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FIEyrn WARD.

District M. 53--At LEO o'clock 31s
voters had been polled. Up to that time
the voting had gone along very quietly.
District No. Sat 1:30 O'Clock EOS
votes had been polled out of 500 voters
registered.
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date on the ticket, A heavy afternoon
vote will be necessary to get the to-
tails up to a normal vote.
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HEAVY EARLY VOTE
is GENERALLY CAST,
Returns From Polling Places Throughout the State Of Utah
Indicate that Great Interest is Being Taken in the Out
come Of the General Eection-Incident. in Salt AXE

most Of all, and made the work of the
district organization comparatively
easy to get out the voter. The re-
ealcitrant voter disappeared with the
memory of other and rainier election