The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-09
WORKERS
IN EVERY DISTRICT
Republican Organization Per-
feet and Battle for the Cause
Earnestly Fought.

Not in the history OF politics in Utah
has there been such an organization Of
willing and earnest workers as that
which tOiled yesterday under the lead
ership of County Chairman J. L. Ed
redge, jr From the time the polls were
opened in the morning until they
closed last night. the chairman was
ever in touch with the district chair
men throughout the city and county
and. through them. issued orders to the
workers.
1t was a lesson in modern political
organization 10 sit in Republican
headquarters and watch the manner
III which the minutest details of the
great battle of ballots was handled.
Hourly messages were received from
the district chairmen throughout the
city and county telling the number Of
votes pOlled that time and the prob
able number east for each party.
With the opening Of the voting ma
chimes, the Republican vote vas being
brought 70 the polls, and II was re
markable the number that went to the
polls afOOt instead of sending for car
riages or automobiles. as has been the
custom in the past. The Republican
Vate was taken TO the polls early to
guard against losing any OF them, and
the numbers OF the Republican city,
county and state tickets assumed re-
markable prCp portions at noon. showing
that a heavy vote was being cast, in
spite of the beliefs and predictions of
many that il would be one Of the
| lightest votes in recent years in coun-
! " or state elections.
Carriages Busy.
In Salt Lake City there were nearly
| $50 carriages busy carrying Republican
voters to the polls, being sent by. the
various district chairmen or from
headquarters for voters who did not
have time enough to go to the polls.
There were more than fifty workers in
III al ~
on hire by the organization, besides
the many in both city and county who
volunteered their services for the good
Of the party.
| in both city and county working for
the party and hurrying votes to the
polling places. OF these many were
given for the use of the party by Re-
1ublican owners who were eager to
| see The Republican cause triumph this
/ year, as in the past. Many or these
were working in the county districts,
where some OF the voters i've miles
/ from the voting place.
In the city districts there was not
one polling place that did not have
ten workers and there were as many
as fifteen in some of them. II is esti-
mated that there were 1000 Republican
party workers busy at the various
| polling places during the day working
| hard all day for the good OF the cause.
/ These We're under the call OF the dis
4 trict chaiFmen, and were sent out
after the voters to get them TO the
polls as fast as possible during the
morning and early afternoon
Autos Handy.
All of the time during the day there
/ We're three automobiles working out
/ of Republican headquarters which
were sent to various places near the
/ business center of the city for voters.
most Of them worked in downtown
/ stores and did not have sufficient time
| TO leave their work 10 go TO their dis
1 tricts 10 vote In most instances, how
ever, these people voted on their way
| TO work TO make sure that there would
| be no question about their votes being
counted when the voting closed.
| The general report from the district
chairman was that their workers did
! yeoman service during the day. and
Chairman Eldredge attests to the fact
that the chairmen did good service and
kept headquarters in constant touch
with matters in the various districts.