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Show 8EPUBUCHE HrWE SLIGHT ADVANTAGE I Organization With Many Votes to Sparc Will Probably Proba-bly Win in Utah. SPRV' SEEMS VICTORIOUS ' Probably Even Break Between Be-tween Two Principal Parlies Par-lies Outside This Couniy. On iho eve of election the situation in Utah is more in doubt than at any time during tho campaign. Kvcry indication in-dication points tu a close contest throughout the .state, ami especially in this county. Tho Republicans have a slight advantage both in the county and the stato over the other parties because be-cause of the fact that, the Jtopnblicnn party i in power and that for several years past the Republicans have had main votes to spare in the stale. . Governor Spry seems assured of reelection re-election bv aboul ."iOOU plurality. lie will, however, run 12000 or .1000 ahead of the average. poLIed by other .Republican .Repub-lican candidates for state ollice. The congrc5sional ticket is running coin-id-eralilv behind, the. state ticket and Ihc two "Democrat ie candidates for congress appear to havii the advantage in the coming election. In tho state outsido of Salt Lake county the Republicans and Democrats will just alioiit break even, according to present indications. Governor Spry will probably come into Sail, hake with a plurality and will increase it considerably consid-erably in this county. The rest of the state ticket is about on eeu terms with the Democratic .state ticket in the state outside of Salt Lake countv and the Democratic congressional ticket will likely come into Salt Lake with a plurality. plu-rality. This County Doubtful. The result of the election, therefore, depends largely on the result in Sail Lake county. Partisan politicians when speaking frankly admit thai, they are unable to arrive'at any prediction relative rela-tive to this county that will satisfy themselves. Most agree that the county coun-ty will be eloi-e, though one or two predict pre-dict a landslide. Vrom surface indications indica-tions it would appear that the .Republicans .Repub-licans would have a slight lend in the county, the Democrats would be second and the. Progressives third. It is now conceded thai the Progressives Pro-gressives will poll a large vote in the county. The consensus of opinion is that the Progressive vote will bo 10.-000 10.-000 and possibly more. The Progrcv sives will have a large percentage, of the American vote and from 10 to 20 per cent of the TCepublienn vote. 'The Democrats are sanguine in Hie count and are predicting a Democratic victory in Iho county by from 'J.lOlT to .1000 plurality. Democrats sv they will hold the Rryan vote of four years ago and in addition will secure many Republican votes. Dryan four years ago secured a vote of 12.l.-t in I he county, which, with three parties in the field, would he almost, enough to carry the county this fall. However, it is certain that soin6 of those who voted for P.ryan in this county four vears ago will this vear vote for either Rooscvolt or Taft. On the other hand there appears to bo considerable justification justifi-cation for the Democratic belief that manv hundreds of Mormon voters who voted the Republican ticket four years ago to defeat the American party will this year return to the fold. Tho Republican ttrongthin this county coun-ty will bo augmented ly tho addition of manv American voters who Avcro former "Republicans and who will bo Republicans again this year. He-publican leaders assert that this addition will mako up for defections to the Democratic and Progrcssivo parlies. It is hardly likely that this gain will offset the 'loss. "However, it would rofuirc a net loss of about 000 votes on tho part of the Republicans to give cither tho Progressives or Democrats more than an oven chance to cany the county. There, is an apathy with the Republicans that a hard-wosking organization or-ganization has not overcome, and sonio Republicans aro expressing the fear that this apathy will Tcsult in a defeat de-feat for tho Republicans in tho county. Progressives Will Lose. Throughout tho state the strength of the Republicans has been broken into both by tho Progressives and the Democrats. "The Progressives have no chance, to carry tho state, but. they have been making common cause ivith tho Democrats and would regard a Democratic victory in the state as a triumph for the Progressives. In many of the counties the organizations have been working with considerable hnr-niouy, hnr-niouy, each organization lighting the Republicans, but leaving each other alone. The Republicans in the first part of the week appeared U) be making gains and the Progressives were apparently standing slill, but toward the end o'f the week a tremendous drift toward the Progressives sci in and in some counties the Progressive vote will exceed ex-ceed tho claims of the most enthusiastic enthusi-astic Progressiyo managers. Marked Progressive gains have, been apparent in Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carhon, Sevier. Sanpoto and Weber counties. The result in each of the counties has necessarily bcon direct benefit to the Democrats and indications arc I hat the Democrat's will carry each of these counties". Progressives aro claiming several c.ouutios in tho state, including Salt Lake county. Tt is hardly likelv that they will be able to do b'ctlcr in any of the countios claimed, than to divide tho regular Republican vote and nllow the Democrats to win. May Win in One County. The Progreive5 are not claiming Piute countv. but information that comes from .function and Marvrvnle indicates in-dicates that tho Progressive j are tho strongct of the three parties in that county. That county appear? to be the only onn in tho stato in which thcro is a probability of the Progressives winning. In I'tah, Summit and Waf-ntch conn-ties conn-ties there have been apparent Republican Repub-lican cam. during the week Heretofore Hereto-fore Summit has appeared to be Democratic, Demo-cratic, but the Republicans have been doiug considerable work in the eonntv and indications ar tht it will co jtc. publican bv a vrv small marcin. Wn. sntrh is likely to ho itronlv Republican. Repub-lican. Th Democrats ttfll appear to have the advantage in Utah countv. but the jnargin is small. Governor Sprv will LlLclv ""J tno county bv from 100 to 3Qn votes, while the rest of the Republican Re-publican !tate ticket has nn even break in the countv with the Democrats. Indications In-dications point to the election of the Democratic connty ticket, with four Democratic uu-n bers of the legislature, by a small margin. The doubtful vote throughout the state is largo and the fact that msnv of those now lirted as doubt fnl were formerly for-merly Republicans brings jov to th" Democrats and Progressives, but causes the Republicans lo worrv. Tf Republic an get their share of the doubtful vote thev are certaiif to win. If the Democrat? Demo-crat? and Projtrotsivet! divide thin vote and the Republican K0l little ot none of it. the IMiofratR will carry th state. |