Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
UTAH DEMOCRATS
MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
ENTIRE STATE TICKET SUCCESS.
Full AND ELECTORAL VOTE
WILL BE CAST FOR WILSON.
Elected Judges and District Attorneys
In Every Judicial District and Car.
ries Every Senatorial and Rep.
resentative District.

Salt Lake City.--The Democrats of
Utah won sweeping victory at the
polls on November Z, the national and
state ticket having a substantial plu.
rality.
Not only will the electoral vote of
Utah be cast for President Wilson, but
The state officials will be Democratic
and the next legislature VIII also be
Democratic.
Simon Bamberger. who defeated Ne
phi l.. Morris, will be the first Demo
cratic governor OF the state of Utah.
Senator Sutherland was defeated by
William II. King. who ran second to
President Wilson.
Complete unofficial returns from
every county in the state show that
President Wilson carried the state by
29,7S9, more than double the estimates
made by the Democratic state com.
mittee before the election
The other state candidates ran
close to the president. Judge William
IL. King, who was elected United
States senator to succeed George
Sutherland, was next to President
Wilson on the ticket. He was given
a plurality of 23,S14.
Dan b. Shields, attorney general.
elect, defeated Harold p. Fabian, the
Republican nominee. by 22,947. State
Treasurerelect ID. o. Larson ran next,
with plurality of 22,639. Then came
the next secretary OF the state, Har.
den Bennion, with plurality of 22.-
sos. Joseph Ririe, state auditor.elect
received a plurality of 21,135.
Governor-elect Simon Bamberger
ran 1S,43S votes ahead of Nephi L.
Morris, and Elmer Il. Corfman was
elected to the supreme bench over
Chief Justice ID. N. Straup by 1880.
President Wilson carried every
county and almost every voting dis
trict in the state. The Democratic
state ticket carried all but few coun
ties in the state and these were lost
by narrow margins.
The Democrats elected judges and
district attorneys in every judicial dis
trict in the state. They carried every
senatorial and representative district
in the state, electing nine state sen
ators and forty-six representatives.
The complete unofficial returnl
show the following vote:
For president-Wilson, 83,577
Hughes. 53,7SS.
For senator-King, SO,545; Suther
land, 56,73l.
For supreme judge-Corfman. n,
SSS; Straup, 1898.
For governor-Bamberg 1885;
Morris 59,51S.
For secretary of state--Bennion
79,140; Kelly. 56,632.
For attorney general-Shields, rs,
912; Fabian, $685..
For state reasurer-Larson, 1928;
Madsen. 56,S24.
For state auditor-Ririe, 7S,172; Jen
sen. 57.O37.
For superintendent of schools
Gowan, 13l,437.
For congressman, First district
yelling. $3.50; Hoyt. 2s $50.
For congressman Second District
Mays. 39,409; Mabey, 27,791.
The Democrats elected all of the
precinct officers In Salt Lake county
Garfield county for the first tim,
since 1896 returned a plurality for the
Democratic ticket, and every Demo
crat on the county ticket was elected
The county has been represented II
the legislature since 1898 by a Re
publican, but turned the tables In the
last election and sent a Democrat e
the lower house.
There were 40 Socialist. II Social
Labor, 10 Progressive and IL Prohibi
ton votes cast in Utah county.
Is. w. Lyons, said to look Just like
President wilson, and a Democrat
led a procession at Tooele, Saturday
night in celebration OF Mr.. Wilson's
reelection and OF the election OF the
| bulk of the Democratic county ticket
Mrs. Sophia Mallet, candidate fol-
recorder on the Socialist, Progressive
and Democratic tickets in Toeole coun
ty was elected by % votes.
Barbara Forester was elected re
corder of Carbon county.
Governor-elec Simon Bambergel
will leave for rest in California
within the next few days. He viii
probably be gone two weeks.
Judge William II. King has beer
deluged with kilograms and letters
of congratulation from all parts o.
the United States. Every member
OF the presidents cabinet has wired
congratulations and great many
members of the senate and the house
have telegraphed him of their graf
! ification on learning of his election