The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-02
Tuesdays Registration Appar-
emily Ciuches Things for
Party of Progress.
LEAD TAKEN THROUGH
PERFECT ORGANIZATION
Ridiculous Claim Made by FL
dredge for the Church
Republicans.

win the heaviest rcEistra ;ion Of the
election on Tuesday. the Americans made
ANOTHER long stride toward victory in the
county. out of 6i1G voters registered III
Salt Lake CITY srcarly 1000 were Amer
lcans In The county outside OF the
city. .462 were registered and in these
country districts tho American gains
were surprising
With perfect Organization in cach
diglrlc; of the city The Americans easily
took the lead OF all of the other parties.
and almost without exception every un-
registered American voter in the city
was enrolled. All that now remains TO
be done TO win the election is for each
American voter To go to the polls on
election day aud cast his vote for prog
IcSs.
For the first time in the campaign the
cnurch Republicans showed signs at ac-
tivity. a motley assortment Of vehicles
was scattered lbou, the city I'm the DIFF
fcrcnt districts and every effort Was
made TO arouse the Republicans from
that apathy which has been evident on
their side all through the campaign.
TEcir efforts. however, were only par
italy successful. and of those on the
registration lists of the city who are on
titled To vote at ihe coming election inc
Americans have a splendid plurality, III
the Americans poll. The American voters
nov registered they will win easily.
Tho showing made by the Americans
every district in the county there were
more American votes registered than
had been estimated by the American dis
trict ciairmens
Everything Looks Good.
Despite all of the plans and work Of
The church Republicans. The America n
registration shows beyond a doubt that
tic Americans VIII carry four out OF the
five municipal wards in the city and VIII
double the vote received by them Two
years Ego in the county outside oil the
city,
Tho Democrats were not particularly
active Tuesday. They said Thai prac-
Licully all of the avowcd Democrats had
been registered hitherto aud that they
would pc;'mit ilie other parties TO look
after the doubtfuIs. rcscrvine their right
To u large proportion OF them Thcy
,lJim large gains over the Democratic
roic in The city tWo ycars ago, and be-
llcye there Is Il possibility of eleciinG
tho euiire county ticket and AN excel
lent chance 10 elect the Democratic leg
isla;ivc ticket.
y G. Dunbar, chairman of the Amer
icau county committee. said Tuesday
night: The registration today was
wholly satisfactory To the Americans. OF
the total registration I'm the city today.
I ap satisfied that we have ut least 65
per cent OF the registration prior to
today VIC have nearly so per cent. These
gains. with Inc votes We mad Detorc,
should give us handsome plurality in
tho county. All that remains for us to
DO to win is To poll our vote
Joseph A. Young, Democratic chair
man. said: From the Information that
we have concerning today'S registration.
] am beginning 10 feel that we Will elect
our ticket in Salt Lake county. We made
gains everywhere In the city and enor-
nous gains outside of the city. Our
principal gains in the city were in the
Second. Third and Fourth wards In the
Second ward we made gain Of 80 per
cent over our vote in that ward at the
last city election. We will carry the
Third ward by big margin. The pro-
hibition wave. II seems 10 me. will give
onr Legislative ticket enough 10 elect il.
There Is chance for us 10 poll $4,000
votes In the county. which would be
enough To elect our entire ticket"
Eldrcdge Not Bashful.
j. L. lcldred2e, Jr.. Republican county
chairman. assumed an air that was in
tended 10 fit one who had already won
great victory. He said:
istration today. which is more than
-cnough TO elect every man on our ticket.
both in the city and county. We will
carry the county by 5000 votes The
total number registered In Salt Lake
City was 64IG. OF these 1900 were Re-
publicans In the county outside OF the
city. 22G2 were registered. and 2035 were
Republicans That tells the story"