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Show RETURNS FOR JOSEPH. Independent Candidate for ConjrreBs Likely to Have 200 Votes In County, Harry Joseph, Independent candidate for congress, piore specifically the belligerent belli-gerent opponent of Jacob Johnson, got &'J votes in Salt Lake City and Salt Lake county at Tuesday's election, Willi a few districts still to bo heard from. It is apparent that a lot of election judges didn't give Harry a square deal in the matter of maklmr returns to the newspapers, news-papers, for a great many sheets were blank for Joseph from districts where it was reasonably certain that he received at least a vole or two. The official canvass can-vass probably will kIvo Joseph 200 votes. The banner district for the man who has teen camping on Judge Johnson's trail In these parts was district No. 41. where Joseph lives That district cist 23 votes for him. Twenty-five votes cast for a. candidate on a voting machine such as Salt Lake uses Is admittedly a heavy vote. It requires the expenditure of untold un-told effort nnd tho exercise of vast Ingenuity In-genuity to vote for a person who?e namo Is not on the machine, so that Harry may be justly proud of his friends in thci forty-fourth. It Is certalnlv a test of friendship to ask somebody to cast a ballot bal-lot for an independent candidate on a votlnc machine. The fact that Joseph received any votes at all places him in a position to "contest the election of Johnson In the event Unit he dosircs so to do. Joseph has repcut-cdly repcut-cdly charged that Johnson's nomination wil3 procured by Irregular methods, ami Ihorc has been considerable talk of a contest against Johnson at Washington. |