The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-23
CANDIDATES RUNNING IN
DARK, WORK AND WONDER
Yesterdays Standing Did Not Tell All Because
Some Participants Undoubtedly
Held Gut Votes.
Excitement Grows More ntenS Race Enters Mystery
Period, Which Will Last Until Final Announcement.

With but three days remaining be
tween this morning and the close Of
The Herald's competition. all candi-
dates are excited, and as the rest of The
race will be run in the dark. excite
mont is intense Many eager men and
women pored over the standing of can
5idares published yesterday morning
for the last time before the close of the
contest, in hope that enough light
might be obtained to make the final re-
silt foreshadowed, but this was use
less. Although many candidates-a
majority, in fact-turned in large bun
dies of votes to make a creditable
showing. others undoubtedly held out"
with the idea of deceiving opponents as
10 their real strength. To those can
didates who did this warning is served
that to wait much longer IS dangerous.
But with daily contributions unknown
10 anyone now 10 candidate need hest
tate about turning in votes as fast as
She or he gets them. SO tie warning
that holding is dangerous is really I'M
necessary. From now on the flood of
votes viii be constant. 1t must be. for
not a minute can be lost or wasted.
THE CONTEST CLOSES ON THE
DOT WEDNESDAY MIDNIGHT, AND
ALL VOTES MUST BE IN THE
SEALED BALLOT BOX BY THAT
HOUR on THAT DATE. Candidates
living in outside districts should heed
this warning. Get ali votes in the bal
lot box before y o'clock midnight.
Wednesday night. Nov. 20. 1908. Mail
them so they will reach The Herald
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they viii be lost. A better and safer
method of getting every vote to count
is TO come to Salt Lake with them or
send a friend with them. Thus they
will be dropped into the ballot box
surely and lots of worry will be thus
eliminated
From now on the Contest Editor him
self VIII not know how candidates
stand. No one will know. Each candi-
date Will, OF course. know how many
votes he or she has turned in each day.
but no candidate will know how his or
her opponent has Jared during the same
period. All this adds to the excitement
Of the race and promises a redhot fin
ish- Hundreds of persons interested in
the contest because some friend or
acquaintance IS candidate have been
watching the daily announcements and
stories and watching the standing pub
ilShed frequently Among these hum
dreds anxiety and Impotence to learn
the final results viii be as great. al
most. as ii will be among the candi-
dates themselves. And every man or
woman who assisted a candidate by
or buying classified adver-
Using coupon books is interested in
the welfare of that particular candi-
date
II VIII be seen that il is no exaggera-
ton to say thousands are awaiting i'm
patiently for Friday morning TO arrive.
Tor II Is hoped all votes may be checked
up by that time. The final result will
be announced on that day if at all pos
'ible, and if candidates are careful in
sending votes in. there is little IikeIi- !
hood that more time will be needed 10 1
make a final reckoning. All votes and /
'emittances should be sent to the Con- |
est Department in sealed envelopes.
These envelopes will be deposited i'm the /
sealed ballot box. Candidates who are |
able will bring their envelopes in and |
irop them into the box themselves. /
The interests Of outside candidates who /
,annot do this will be watched and
jared for as zealOusly as if they them
selves were in the city.
Candidates are asked to render the
Contest Department one favor. DO
NOT SEND REMITTANCES OF
City DOLLARS OR MORE IN THE /
SHAPE OF a PERSONAL CHECK. !
Mess CERTIFIED BY THE BANK /
PON WHICH THE CHECK Is /
DRAWN. No candidates honesty is
doubted for an instant. but mistakes
ave been made before in other con-
Tests which cost the candidates good.
ldrd-earned votes. The most thought
-u' often make mistakes
This issue of The Herald will reach
q majority Of candidates by noon TODAY
Monday. Sixty hours only will re-
nam between the receipt of this CODY
OF Ihe Herald and the final hour of
,ne contest, Wednesday midnight. Ma
IONS nave been saved or lost in a few