The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-27
REGISTRATION is HEAVY.
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fusion candidates, and in the Second
ward, John A. Ekman, the Republican
candidate, will win hands down, and
the election of w. e. Vigus, Republican
candidate for the short term, is also
assured.
day in nearly every district of Salt
Lake. Around Republican headquar-
tiers after the reports of registration had
been completed, the more optimistic
ones were saying, II told you So and
those who had taken a less cheerful
view Of the situation earlier in the cam
paign were saying, II thought So"
Chairman Loofbourow heretofore has
been noncommittal regarding the pros
poets for a Republican victory, except
ing to say that the Republicans were in
to win. Last night, however, the re-
turns from every Republican precinct
chairman in the city came in early,
showing that the organization was
working perfectly and the Republican
voters had been registered, and then
there was something on which to base
predictions.
Chairman Optimistic.
THE Republican workers Of Salt
Lake have gotten out the vote for reg
istTatiOn, and a repetition of this work
next Tuesday will mean a certain Re
publican victory for every man on the
ticket" said Mr.. LoOfbourow. Pre-
dictons of this sort might have been
made earlier in the campaign, but until
we had an opportunity to test the eff
cheney of our organization and the in
terest which the Republicans of Salt
Lake were taking in the campaign, pre-
dictiOns would have been only good
guesses at their best.
Developments during the day point
copclusively to the fact that not only
wifi the Republicans poll their full vOt-
ing strength on election day, but the
vote on the poll books which is claSsed
as doubtful will be cast for the Repub-
lican ticket to at least so per cent of its
strength.
Yesterday we believed we had a per-
feet organization. Today we know it.
Every honorable means will be used to
insure the election Of the Republican
ticket. There is one other feature of
the day which assures a Republican
victory, and that is the sentiment ex-
pressed by the independent voters who
are against the American party and its
methods, that James D. Murdoch is the
only man who has a chance to beat
BransfOrd.''
Efforts Of the Republican organiza-
ton to see that the voters were regis
tered was concentrated yesterday, mas
much as there were no carriages out
for the Republican workers two weeks
ago, and no special effort was made t.
/ get the voters to the places for regis
tTatiOn. On the other hand, the Ameri-
| cans had full forces of workers out on
/ the first day Of registration, including
most Of the police department and sew
| eral hundred hired workers.
! In a few of the districts, registration
/ was slow early in the day. and from &
/ half dozen or more reports were re.
/ ceived at Republican headquarters
which did not sound at all good to tn.
| city chairman or secretary. The veal
spots were soon covered, however, anC
the tone Of the reports was uniformly
/ good during the afternoon and evening
Heavy in Second.
Registration for the Republicans wa
especially heavy In the Second precinct
| where the organization under the di
rection of Fred Price, chairman, ant
! George Wilson, secretary, had beel
worked up from a skeleton to one o
the most effective nature. In the Fourtl
precinct most of the districts repOrte,
at o'clock that the lists of RepubIi
| cans furnished by the city COMMITTEE
as unregistered had been cleaned up b.
$50, and encouraging reports of lik
nature were received from the First ant
| Third precincts.
! Members of the city Republican com
mittee at headquarters, with Chairman
| LoofbOurow, Secretary Farley Jensel
and Dan Lotus. Frand Eldredge an,
| William Langenbacker, their assistants
! were on duty all the time the places o
registration were open, and they KEEP
in close touch with precinct and distric
chairmen regarding the work. Wher
ever it was found that the worker
were apparently working slowly, prop
er measures were taken to correct tn
| condition, and more workers or NOR
carriages were sent Immediately.
The perfection of the Republican or
ganiZation was illustrated early yes
terday morning, when $50 carriages ap