Show I REPUBLICANS CANT FINISH BETTER THAN THIRD I Repeating their game g game me of last fall the Republicans are trying to rally support to their ticket by the assurance that they alone stand any show shod of defeating the Americans That assurance elected Ezra Thompson as mayor mayo of Salt Lake if it were were successful s in alienating any large number of Democrats from their party it would elect ele t the American ticket again this year Just take the results in the city last year and see how little hope the Republicans have of being better than third in this th s county The Republicans got votes last fall less than of the total vote in the city To be exact they got just 23 per cent of the votes cast The Tile Democrats got 37 per cent and the Americans got per cent Norris Moms got 2860 votes more than Lynch Thompson got votes more than Lynch c cIn In the single year following Howells last election the Republicans lost votes v vIn In the tile same twelve months the Americans pined gained votes and the Democrats gained S In 1904 the Republicans got 43 per cent of the votes in 1905 they got 23 2312 per cent v With that sort of a start the Republicans stand about as much show of success as a jackrabbit does in in a bunch of bulldogs gS The Republicans count on getting a lot of Democrats to desert their party and vote for the machine ticket worked that at side of oft the t e road until the sound of f a gum shoe will make any a y Democrat De crat fight and it cant can be worked any ny longer Salt Lake county will have either a Democratic administration or an American administration and the man who votes the Republican ticket is is giving exactly half a vote to the Americans whether he means to or not No trick lock or shell game or bogus calculations will stampede the voters this tins fall They plenty pl rit a R year ye ago this time tune even up with the Republican boosters who steered them wrong t I 1 EITHER THE TEE DEMOCRATS OR AMERICANS WILL WIN WHICH DO YOU YOTT Y U WANT W WANTS 1 1 j 71 S S 4 |