The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-24
Result of Election Throughout
State May Depend on Smaller
Counties.
THEY NAY CHANGE NEXT
LEGISLATURES COMPLEXION
Democratic Prospects Brighter
Than for Many Years
i'm Utah.

The Notc In seventeen Of tic smaller
counties of Ctah will decide the com
plcXion of the next state legislature
Conservative political leaders on either
side admit tina; these counties are all
doubtful while the more boistcrous OF
cnch party arc claiming the election of
representatives OF their political faith
review of the returns OF two years
ago shows that a change OF 100 votes or
less In any one Of these counties will
alter the political complexion OF the
county. These counties are Beaver, Car
bon Emery Grand. Iron, Juab. Kane,
MilIard. Morgan. Piute, San Juan, Sewer.
Summit, Tooele. Uintah. Washington and
Wayne counties
1T the election two years ago all these
counties except Washington and Grand
sent Republican members TO the legisla-
ture In none of them was tho SUCCESS
ful legislative candidates plurality more
tlan 100 and in most cases the legislator
WAS elected by only a few votes Nearly
an OF them arc strong prohibition coun-
tlcs ana hence the Democrats arc LAYING
claim To all of them
Two senatorial districts in which there
are elections this year are included IN
these counties and in both of them There
are indications OF Democratic SUCCESS
Thus these counties this year will furnish
nineteen members OF the legislative as
Semblt and any pronounced drift to the
democrats would give them good
Chance 10 secure all nineteen legislators,
or an Increase OF seventeen over two
years ago.
Counties Are Close.
In addition 10 these counties the larger
counties of Cache. Davis, Sanpctc and
Utah are conceded 10 be close These
counties will this year furnish four sen
atorS and ten representatives to the state
legislature.
Cache county is always close and this
ycnr IL may we'll he cIasscd in the doubt
ful column. Two years ago the Demo-
Grats elected some of The county officers
IN Cache and carried the county for the
candidates for secretary of stale and dis
Irici attorney The Republican legis-
lativc ticket carried Cache by something
tion agitation and the split in the Re-
publicans in Cache. the Democrats have
a good chance TO elect one senator and
three representatives from Cache
The Republicans carried Davis county
by about 700 votes two years ago and aD-
pear to he In the lead this year: although
the Democrats have a strong ticket In
the field and are claiming the county
There Is some detection i'll the Rcpub-
lican party In Sanpctc coutny this year
and this. coupled with the fact that
Judge Ferdinand Erickson. the Demo-
cratic candidate for congress, is from
that county, gives the Democrats groun.
for hope, Judge Erickson is practically
certain TO carry SanDctc but IL is doubt
fnl whether or not he will be able 10
pull the Democratic legislative ticka,
through.
one OF the ferccst political battles Of
the campaign is being wsged in Utah
county. "Gncle" Jesse Knight Is leading
the Democratic forces in the county,
while Apostle Senator smoot and the R-
publican stiilwariS are arraycd aGains'
him. The Republicans are IN II bad way
IN Utah county and arc working dcsper~
atcly To hold the county. Just at presen
the Democrats undoubtedly have the bet
fNI OI md
unchanged. should win the county.
Should the Democrats win In the coun-
ties in which 1t is conceded they have a
Sighting chance for success. they will
have thirty -one out Of sixty three mem
bcrs of the next state legisla ture; the
republicans will have twenty and the
Americans twelve.
New Law About Returns.
While the claims OF the Democrats ap-
pear somewhat cxtravagant at first
IhouEht. there seems To be some ground
Tor their hopes. judging from the reports
that arc being received at the Democratic
state Headquarters. The Democrats have
an excellent organization In each county
or The state. They are backed by non
partisan prohibition leagues and by pro-
htbltion Republicans i'll all parts OF the
state. In addition there is GRADUALLY
growing spirit OF rebellion among the
church Republicans against the contin-
ned dominance OF Apostle Senator Smuot
over the party In Utah.
With close fights in at least twenty.
one out Of twenty seven counties of IT.
state IL Is possible that the political COM
plexion OF the next legislature Will not
be known until nearly all of the returns
arc In In order that the public may
know moro quickly the returns In the
different counties of the state, "A law was
passed M the last state Legislature max
Ing IL obligatory on the part OF thr
judges OF election to send an unsenled
copy OF tho official returns from each
prccinct 10 the county clerk for public
inspection. The county clerks all over
the state will keep their offices open 10
receive these returns which should he
SENT 10 the clerks office by special mes
senger just as soon as the votes arc
counted.
This. IL Is believed. will greatly simplify
the gathering of the returns and enable
the public to know at the earliest posi-
bic moment the results OF the election