Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-11
Americans" Making an Effort 10
Secure Vehicles for
Election Day.
BIG PRICES ARE BEING PAID.
Fat Campaign Fund is Squeezed From
saloons and city Employees and
Money Is No Object.

In an effort to secure corner on
carriages. the Americans" are engag-
Ing all the teams and automobiles they
can lay their hands on for election day.
They have sent out representatives not
only all over the city but throughout
Salt Lake county, and are by contract
engaging teams and automobiles at
fancy prices. In Davis county they
have a representative who is canvass
ing the towns and cities.
Under the agreement. the vehicles are
TO be on hand the night before election.
Al that time the drivers win be as
signed to districts In the city Each
carriage viii be accompanied by a ward
heller and canvasser who viii make
house TO house canvass and take the
voters to the polls. The Americans" are
paying 81 a day for the use Of the car
rlages and from $50 TO SIS a day for the
automobiles, according TO the size Of
the machine.
Their campaign fund has grown so
rapidly with thu contributions which
have been wrung from the saloonmen
and the city employees, that the COM
mittee In charge Of this work thinks
that IL can hire an the available car
Tiagcs and automobiles in the city and
vicinity II Is estimated that $4,000
will be spent TO establish a corner on
the market.
ARE GETTING DESPERATE.
The Americans" feel that they are
facing a desperate situation and are
willing to meet Il at all hazards. In
many respects this characterizes the
administration they have given TO SAT-
Lake city at the expense Of the tax
payers.
Il is stated that Street Supervisor
Jake r. Raleigh. in order 90 save his
official head, will employ all the city
teams that are available and the men
who drive the sprinkling wagons viii be
taken of the water wagon for day
and their teams placed on vehicles on
election day 20 take voters 20 the polls.
The "Ameicans" have completed the
canvass Of the districts and the COM
mlttee IS figuring up the totals. Ihey
claim the city by 5000 votes in spite OF
the result of the county election last
year I'm which they lost about that
many votes.
AMERICAN PROTEST
At the session OF the county commits
sioners held this morning II. J. DIN
niny. Frank Christensen and 4. y.
NorreI appeared in behalf OF the
American" party, protesting against
the appointment by the commissioners
Of Republican registration agents In
districts In which they claimed Amer
lean" registry agents were entitled TO
appointment. II appears that in the
election held last June these registry
officers, We're appointed in certain dis
tricts, and the American committee
asked the commissioners TO appoint
members Of their party In the places
filled by members OF other parties.
The commissioners took the matter I'M
der Amusement.
The matter of charges made by a
morning paper to the effect that hun
dreds OF names of American party
voters were left of the registration
lists was also investigated by the dele
gallon. but they found that where the
names Of voters We're omitted from the
lists the names had not been marked
voted" as required by law. The COM
mittee satisfied itself that this was the
case IA each instance, thus completely
eXontrating the registry agents u rs
therefore highly necessary thar each
voter should see 20 Il personally that
his name Is on the registration lists.
otherwise he may not DE entitled 30
vote on election day. The first day OF
registration occurs tomorrow.