Show FIGURES OF STATE CANVASSING BOARD TELL T iL STORY OF REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE j Official election ele returns from every county In n the thO state have now nosy been b n can canvassed canvassed assed by the state canvassing board The board completed its work yesterday and the official returns on all of at the state offices Is Jg given herewith The returns show a surprising lican landslide In almost every county in inthe Inthe inthe the state for every office except for gov governor governor governor They show that were it not tor for this landslide Jesse William Knight would Wo ld have bae been governor of the state te Taft carried the state by the Republican state ticket by more than votes rotes and Spry SpI by only The vote shows an increase of about over the vote of two years ago Knight ran better than Powers two years year ago but Martineau fell Cell behind Powers in almost every ever county Taft did not nob get getas getas getas as large a plurality as did Roosevelt in 1904 and the returns from the tho different counties of the state show a falling off of ot the Republican presidential vote There were nearly voters who failed tailed to in indicate indicate dicato T b by y their ballots their choice for president while voting for tor the state tick ticket et These were practically all from Salt Lake county count I The vote Tote on the amendments was some something something something thing of a surprise It was as thought at first that all of ot the proposed Constitutional amendments had been defeated but the complete returns show that the first i amendment providing for tor the tho taxation of mines by the state board of equalization carried while the tho other two amendments were defeated This amendment now be becomes becomes becomes comes a part of the constitution after Jan JanI 1 I without further legislation i Judge W M McCarty received th I most votes of any an of the Republican state I candidates and David Mattson state 1 the least of any an save Spry SP Albert F Nelson superintendent I of oC schools received less votes than Judge 1 McCarty but his plurality over D H IL I Robison his Democratic opponent was larger than any Republican plurality in inthe Inthe inthe I the state Mr It Robison was the low man manon manon manon on the Democratic Demo state ticket Mr Knight received several thousand thou and more votes than any other Democratic state candidate The remainder r of ot the ticket I was led by Evan R fl Owen for tor secretary of oC state and Joseph E Calne Caine for tor state treas treasurer treasurer treasurer I |