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Show "mm1 I- Result k kml Doubt, ; I ;! However. ,'; So Many Mixed Ballots HL Make It Impossible to Hp Get Returns j j Probability Is That Count Will Hot t Bo Completed Before Lato This Hp Afternoon. r Yesterday was a great day In "Utah's j'v history. It was especially so in Salt lt Lalco county, whoro a Jlorco light was H waged between Americans, Democrats nnd Smoothed Republicans. It was such j a contest as makes the blood of the voter j run hot in his veins. I All day long, in tho city and county, j t thoro was a strugglo for tho mastery that I S -was full of fervor and desperate carnOHt- i ncss. jfy It was an Ideal day a day which pcr- .! mils the bringing out of every voter who If physically able to voto and who is I J willing; most wero willing. Tho elemonts 'i' which were injocted into the campaign by (,.' American party impelled men and wo- H)f K mm in overy' station, in every walk of llfo ) to get out and huallo for their respective ' candidates. ( V It was a historical campaign and a hls- Hj ; torlcal finish. i Suggestion of TJgly "Work. Very little troublo was reported. Tho i most disagreeable feature was when Smootlzod Republican Judges rofusod rcp- i ' 'J rosenlatlves of tho American party to i witness the counting in several districts. I" This led to charges of an attempt at H fraud and caused some severe criticism. i It is not believed that many votes were I f cast Hint wero illegal tho registration books boing ramarkably freo from names '!: that should not havo been there 1 Tho vote in Salt Lake county was tho heaviest over cast by several thousand, p This makes It impossiblo to givo anything ' Hke a reliable forecast of tho result, in the Hi 'j county. i ;,j It is probable, on the face of returns i received, that the Democratic voto will '. be lower than either tho Smootlzcd Ro- HH ) publican or the American ticket. Hj I Many Mixed Ballots, j , There Is so groat a proportion of ' "mixed" ballots that the" count Is very Hi , flow. The larger districts will not roport , lwfore tho middle of tho forenoon. Some may not complete tho count until nftcr- t ' It may bo Interesting to note tho fact I tnat there are an a vera go of 157 names Hi j on a ballot In each of tho 02 districts In i the county. These must all be scanned by tho election officers. ') There arc an average of 220 scratched .! ballots to , tho district which will require HpV :ch average board to look over 51,510 1 names. Hi ' 70 do this will consume about ten hours ') thcdlstrlct. This ndded to the timo ro- Hj-t r.uired1 to record tho straight tickets H. makes It Impossible to givo the readers H: or The Trlbuno anything at all satisfac- B : tory about the city of tho countv. Few l reports will bo In before 10 o'clock this' ' ' forenoon. Some not until late this nftcr- ' Great "Work for Boards. "Never before Ins there been so many j mixed ballots. ' Tho election boards at a late hour last night were struggling with , thecomplcx ballots. They will be tolling Hl l( In many districts for hours after this edi- ( tlon of Tho Tribune goes to pross. H' i Great crowds filled the streets at the newspaper offices last night cheering or Hl J groaning as their spirits rose and fell. Hj TI,e tremendous slump from the Demo- H(' I' crats In the nation and the county was B' 'l very disheartening to loyal followers of Hr I tho Democracy and there was a feeling In ' ;! every heart that tho party is hopelessly Hijj disorganized at homo and abroad. HrJ Friends to the President wero very on- IV ; thusiastlc Tho returns wore cheered and '.' commented on by all of Mr. Roosevelt's jlljj friends. 'I Utalms Aro Proud. i'V Utah's testimonial Is highly gratifying I But Salt Lake's voto locally was a mat-jj mat-jj ,! ter of tho dcapest concern and anxiety. j This will not bo dispelled beioro The 1 ) Tribuno issues tomorrow morning. Com-(J Com-(J J Pletc figures will Uien bo In but not bc-fore. bc-fore. A largo olaff of reporters worked ' heroically all last night to givo a fair cs-tlmato cs-tlmato of tho result locally, but the rc-L'l rc-L'l porters and srK.clal representatives could , il not push the work of the boards. That li 51 was Impossible. At' press time the only )' lj returns locally were thoso found else-hcre" |