Show l RAPID FIRE RAND V VOTING orIN G. G t AN SCRATCHING IN t i u 1 lI I 1 IS ORDER OF DAY IN UTAH ELECTION 1 Both Legislative Tickets in Salt Lake Are Being Knifed 1 i to Obtain Votes for the County Candidates L e OO O 0 O ee Gt 0 Q 0 00 i CHURCH QUESTION CUTS BIG T FIGURE 0 I IN ELECTION 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS SA SAYS YS f 0 0 Q 0 Ci e 0 G SALT S. LA LAKE KE U Utah UJ-ah h Nov Confidence Is expressed d h by th the chairmen d U J v c 0 of or both the RC Republican Icon and Democratic State that today's today's t Q 0 4 10 election will rl result In a n. victory ot Oh account of ot the entrance of or tho 0 I n Q church question into politics this year p poesy pary rh lines lInc have ha been BO so O die die- 0 Q 0 Integrated that many surprises are ue looked for tor Chief interest centers t rC In the contest for control of or the Legislature which will this winter elect U 10 0 H Ii successor or to Senator In Inv Salt Lake Lak the Republican Gentile 0 o 0 d deflection unquestionably will will-be will be hea heavy but Republican lenders leaders claim U G 0 this will will be more mort than counterbalanced by th the Morn on rion Democratic de- de 0 if 0 fe 0 0 BULLETIN a While voting up to noon was slow alow after 1 o'clock rapid fin voting was the order This would indicate th that t the wholesale scratching of ot the mornIng morn- morn inS fag has hils been partially checked Telegram reporters r visited the voting t Ucc In almost e cr every district In the elt city at noon A hf heavy vote otc Is II being polled Scratching Is Iii the order of the day 11 unI nil the th Indications arc are that several eral are in tore store when the thc returns ar are counted Legislative Tickets Knifed In many of th the precincts trades are feting being made the Hie two iwo Legislative tickets being In knifed for or Ot votes R for candidates v for for count county officers Few women are arc If voting oUn t OI to the unusual scratching the f H iZ yUI be i t anil nl tI the the- c- c results it will hardly be late to- to 1 Impossible to Estimate It Is Impossible to estimate th the vote that is being polled as compared with tho the r. r registration for the reason that ran nany names placed upon the books a anor jear r n ago o ate atc still there in addition to the new names name while man many of ot the voters oters JIIn may have ha moved away So while l the registration r books ma may show sho 50 there theio th rc mn may not be to exceed tOO voters oter In the district and It would therefore be practically useless to at attempt attempt at- at attempt tempt to e estimate the thc percentage b by comparing the vote yote with the registration tion From rom all reports however the nit rte te la 13 being gotten otten out In satisfactory snipe Pipe The following figures are taken a number of ot the most populous district a at t noon In the Fiftieth 62 votes otes had been cast castou I ou out of ot a u total registration of which 1 is b considered very light for or such a big In the Sixth another populous dis R g Ro had been cast out of ot a registration of ot GW but hut this was con- con r-c r good The Fifty first reported 98 33 votes out of a registration of or iCO with a number of Qt people In line tine Th The Twenty reported 1 77 out of or a rr registration of oC 70 which Js Is also aho conId con- con Id ted light Q 00 Per Pc Cent Scratched In the Forty eighth district the thc regis was of at which tOO voters oters Were ere looked fur for At noon only 12 Oh votes K I had llad been cast 00 Ile per cent of ot which here ere scratched Of Ot the straight votes otes I It va was estimated that 6 65 per Ier cent w were re for th the Republican Ie Legislative e ticket h There re were no challenges and no trou- trou I LJ Ue of or an any kind 1 Republicans publicans Are Arc Confident I I In the ninth Forty district th the rc regis cis I I Was Q and at ot noon 0 otes i tr trIn ere In ha Three hundred votes voter are i looked for or In this thle district b before for nh night ht 1 an sad l the Republicans lire arc dent confident of or a dean I majority of or 1000 11 The scratching In this dl district ran to t e about CO GO J I per I cant nt r nt and of or the straight ht I sous tf the Republicans ns claimed every every- thing In sight ht There wore were no chal chal- fences s and ond none were anticipated I Ch I t in Forty I I In the th Fort Fort- Forte second Forty e ond district c the rc reg- reg regI I 1 I was WaR S H of or whom 10 voters voter I Mere ere r. r expected to exercise their su- su frase fra p. p At noon non the vote 0 was WOR very ory I light ht I i only three having b been n c cast st Of or this number at least t 65 i per tnt tat nt were estimated a as scratched votes vote judging b by the time the voters spent pent in the ine booths s. s Of the tho straight votes otes thos those f at the polling place believed that th the an and I Democrats ts had made mad e In an n even cn hr ani Only Only- two known Social Social- let ht it votes had en been cast up to noon neon though a lar larger fr number were expected during th the remainder of or the day da There Ther e Pere no challenges challenger In this district th there rc ar are arc a greater numb of or women n voting than men Not ot one on e v. v woman man ha has halt n asked kd for rOI instructions an and all of ot thorn thom P t cm l to tl know kno aM as It much about the woe work k as f the men S Scratching Is Henvy lY tr I In n the thc third Forty f Fort district th the ways 8 3 7 sA of oC which number I had hatt 1 Ibl left the district The vote at Hl noon moo n a a 6 limo Of OC these at h least 70 iO per pel cent Were scratched l. l het Scratching w Was ve er very ri I dir district y on both sides WB lI The women omen of or th the c r were voting heavily h and r tar far X ra ran n a and ahead 1 i I of or the men r Two Women and an equal number o of f f Were tre Instructed J UP until noon Tho Tin o i i Is expected eX to come comp up with a ouch Itron Republican majority thong h t dOUbt Is felt relt regarding the Legle Leger glet gle- gle the tt t ticket The Thc large Percentage o of ot oft t ballots the wiseacres at t sea a. a There puts PUlA the al alno all 1 were no challenges an and d t cv c everything w was ss as quiet a as a a. Sunday morning In June In this district Democrats Claim a Majority The Thc Demo Democrats claim the Seventh district district dis dis- by a small majority At t 10 o'clock this morning 77 of or the voters regIsterEd reg- reg In this district had cast ast their ballots Of OC these the Democrats claimed 16 IG The Republicans ay say a the they do not expect to carr carry this district but that they will cut down the thc Democratic ma ma- j At 11 1130 SO O o'clock 11 votes ha had been cast In the Seventh The Jud Judges es sa say there has been considerable scratching and that t from the outlook the vote would be pretty prett evenly divided between the two parties Both Doth Claim the thc Eighth In the Eighth district where there are nealI nearly tOo COO voters oters registered 05 had hall cast their votes otes up to 11 Both the Der Democrats and Republicans claim this district Scratching however in to the district is general Je and It is be believed be- be l that the honors will be about equally quail divided Meeks Sleeks Says 40 Majority Walter J J. J Meeka Meeks 1 candidate for County Coun Coun- ty Recorder on th the Republican ticket lives JI In this district and was on hand car early to see ee that his neighbors gave e him their In speaking of the out out- look Mr Ir Meeks said that he believed ld the Eighth district would go Republican can cun b by about Cort forty Out in Force A At t noon one ninety o of the thc voters oters registered in the Sixth district had I voted From appearances the thc henna will wilt carr carry this district but bUl there I Is considerable on scratching being I done and It Is the opinion that several Democratic candidates wilt will I get t g t small arnall majorities There have ha b been n no chuIn chu eha In ht the thc district I No Ho Challenges Here Out of or a total registration of oC In ht the sixty seven votes had hart been beu vast nt at l 11 The Thc Re- Re I claimed a majority of ot the these lhee I but It Vas us clearly cI luly evident evident to to all that considerable scratching was wat going on i There had hart been no challenges I T Tho Tito Usual Scratching The Tho Republican challenger of oC the fire Twenty seventh district had chocked checked oft off our lift Republicans out of ot tho rho five eighty who had voted up to 1113 1116 I In that district The Thc total vote of ot the I district IK Is The Judges said no more scratching than usual was going on Smith Votes f Th The Smith meth family had Ju Just t voted In Inthe inthe th the Thirty first at 11 oclo k The fill Smiths are art re Ih Republicans PO so The he I challenger admitted that a a. majority of or the one eighty votes cast castI up ul to that thOl ho hour r wa wan Vas Republican The I total r registration I ix II SOO The Jud Judges cs I raid rable considerable scratching was being done don I Only forty fort votes otes were wert ere cast In the district to 1030 0 30 Twenty second up to to- to day Of or Ih the Jud Judges e d declare few ew were unscratched Th The total registration t tion n the It-the dl district Is 00 Voting Is Very Slow In the Thirty fourth district the vot yol- voting ing Ig was wa going oln on plow on only I five fifty having haying ot voted at 11 1115 13 o'clock and of ot these n neither f side ld claimed a majority King Ring Running Ahead William II U. King D Democratic candidate candi date for tor Congress Con r u seem seems to be running a ahead end of ot his ticket In tn the Fourth district district dis dis- which is conceded to be a Republican lican liean district At t 1030 o'clock this morning 10 of at the th voters oten registered In this district had ot voted tl J J. J n n. Edmund Ed Cd- mund munde Republican lcm Judge Judg of ot election In Inthis Inthis this district was challenged by bythe the the thc theD D Democrats early earh- thin this morning and denied de do ales nied th the right to cast calt a ft ballot Mr Ed- Ed ter Continued on page 6 Rapid Fire Rapid Voting I Continued from page g I 1 I munds moved out of ot the the district t a few tew days ago and lind was challenged on that ground g A Republican Walkover Wf The Republicans seem cem to have everYthing everything every everY- thing their own wa way In the Ninth district dis dis- today At 1130 o'clock today 75 votes had been cast In the district of oC which the Republicans claim 73 13 Scratching Is not BO so general in this dl district district dis dis- as ns In most of ot the other districts of the city and the Republicans sa say that they will have a majority of oC at least Scratched From Top to Bottom The Fiftieth I district had a registration rc tion list lIRt of or Until noon the voting was exceptionally light only 75 ballots having been disposed of oC Fully 90 per pel- percent I cent of the ballots were scratched from top to bottom Only two U known straight tickets were cast Cl up to noon On account of oC t the e heavy scratched vote the tIle district Is exceeding exceedingly ex exceedingly ex- ex doubtful and no one of oC either party parly would v venture an opinion as to the probable outcome of or the days day's work There were no challenges A full vote otc of Is IIi looked for as both parties will bring every voter to the polls |