Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-11-07
SENATOR SMOOT REELECTED
Election In Utah Most Holly Con.
tested In History of state.

The eelotion in Utah, the first In
which senator was elected by the
direct vote of the pople, was one OF
the closest in the history of the state.
Senator Reed Smoot has been re-
elected, but his opponent, James H
Moyle, candidate of the Democratic
and Progressive parties, gave him an
awful close race. Senator Smoot will
probably not have over 1000 votes I'd
spare, while his opponents are claim.
ing that he will lead Moyle by less
than 1900.
Congressman Joseph Howell has
been reelected to the supreme bench
and Judge William NJ McCarty has
been re-electe dto the supreme bench
A. c. Matheson, Republican candi
date for superintendent of public in
struction, has been defeated In the
state by plurality of probably 5000
TO 4,O00
James H, Mayes, the Democratic
and Progressive nominee in the Sec,
ond congressional district, has appar
emily defeated District Attorney Il. o
Leatherwood, Republican, by about
500 votes. Leatherwood carried Davis
Tooele and Utah counties by small
pluralities, but Mr. Mays plurality In
Salt Lake county was sufficient to
wipe out Leatherwood's lead in the
other counties.
A tabulation of the returns In Salt
Lake county from almost all of the
districts show the election of all OF
the Democratic and Progressive candi
dates for county and legislative Offices
by safe pluralities.
In Weber county the Republicans
were victorious
In Cache county the Republican
party lost. The state and county
tickets went Democratic.
In Rich, Morgan and Summit coun
ties Senator Smoot and the Republic
can state ticket received majority
OF the votes cast. In Uintah county,
however, the Democrats succeeded In
getting majority, but the Socialists
captured the county ticket. Utah
county, the home county of Senator
Smoot, which two years ago was
strongly Democratic, returned a plu
rality OF 70 votes, 1t is claimed. The |
Republican county and state tickets
carried the county. In Carbon coun |
ty the so-called Progressive ticket |
won.
The southern counties of the state
added to Senator Shoots plurality
Iron county was the leader, giving
Senator Smoot 431 votes. Garfield
county gave him plurality of BAT
Kane county gave him 1926 votes,
Piute gave him 81, Wasatch gave him
1858 and Duchesne returned him a plu.
rality Of 100.
In Washington county, Utah's
Dixie, Senator Smoot was given plu
rality of 20 votes The Washington
county Republicans also were able to
elect a part Of their county ticket
The next state legislature will like
ly be Republican in both branches
The house will be very close, but the
indications are that the Republicans
will control 1t by one or two votes
In the senate the six holdover Repuh.
lican senators make certain Republi
can control of that body, though the
Democrats this time have elected six
and possibly seven Of the nine sen.
ators chosen throughout the state.
Mckinley Again Elected.
Chicago-Returns from the Nine.
teenth congressional district of Him
bis indicate with seeming certainty the
return to congress Of William B, Nc
Kinley, chairman of the Republican
rational committee