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Show COUNTY-FIGHT NARROWING BETWEEN REPUBLICAN ANB" AMERICAN PARTY TICKETS . . . . - - SSIMSSSSSSSJSSSSSSSSSMSJSJBSSJSSSSJBSSSSSSSSBSS; Apparent Apathy of the Democrats Dem-ocrats Sets Republicans to Talking; Big Vote and Lots of "Scratching. butjxtxn. Apparent apathy at the Democrat lo county headquarters leads to the belief among' well-posted, politicians that the county tight had narrowed down between the, Bepublloan and Am erican parties. It is stated that the Democrats hare out no workers and only a few carriages. The prediction is made that the Mormon. Democrats will go generally to the Republican county ticket, while the Gentile Democrats will largely go over to the ' American county ticket. Some beta have been made that the Democrat! o county ticket will be third tn the race. , BUXX3TXN. " At 3 o'clock Tuesday party leader mads a oonserratlT estimate of the rote already cast in the dry as at least 17,000. It is confidently believed be-lieved that at least 99 per cent of those registered will have voted by 7 o'clock this evening. - , It was admitted, by. a Republican leader that the American party vote had been a big surprise to him. "I -did not expect them to develop the strength they have shown, and they may cut some figure yet, although not much," was the concession made by him. . Indications up to 2 o'clock Tuesday show the heaviest vote ever polled in Salt Lake City. In the State outside there Is also a heavy vote, the bright weather bringing bring-ing out the farmers in large numbers, while the residents of towns and cities are voting as they never voted before. The campaign' managers of the Republican, Re-publican, Democratic and American parties maintain an air of confidence, while the Socialists say they will poll more votes than heretofore. The Populists Pop-ulists have no ticket In Utah and such of those as adhere to the "middle of the road" will probably vote with the Socialists. Scratching Is General. In Salt Lake City and county there are reports of heavy scratching in all precincts. This puts the political prophets more or less at sea as to the local result. American party managers claim that this indicates a large vote for their ticket and others do not dispute dis-pute the claim that the new party will show up well In the running. However, both Democrats and Republicans claim that their respective tickets will win In this county. Count "Will Bo Slow. The polls will be open until 7 o'clock, and owing to the large number of scratched ballots the count will necessarily neces-sarily be slow. It is doubtful If any definite idea as to the result can be formed before Wednesday morning. The voting up to noon was of the rapid-fire order In most of the districts, and after that' hour many polls were crowded. Pull Vote Indicated. The registration in the county approximates ap-proximates 33,000, and if the ratio of voting is continued until the end nearly near-ly the full registration will have been polled. The election thus far in the city has been very quiet. A few minor disturbances disturb-ances have occurred and one arrest for alleged attempt to vote Illegally has been made. "Muldoon Cyclone," a colored col-ored pugilist, was taken in custody in the Fifty-second district, but was later released on bond, Sam Clark becoming his surety. Democratic Mystery. There was a general air of mystery at Democratic headquarters. State Chairman Chair-man Simon Bamberger was hedged in by ropes and guards and only the proved faithful were allowed a glimpse of him. It was stated to unknown callers call-ers that "Mr. Bamberger Is busy," and they were not even requested to call again. Managers Are Confident. A general air of confidence pervaded Republican and American party headquarters. head-quarters. No concessions were made by the chairman of either party as to the result in the county. The Republicans claim that they will carry the county and State by a comfortable com-fortable margin, while the Americans come back with the counter statement that Salt Lake county will roll up a big majority for their ticket. Some Rapid-Fire Voting. By 9 o'clock returns from the voting were beginning to drift Into "the different differ-ent headquarters. " .In many districts It was reported that votes were being cast at the rate of one a minute. Sheriff Emery took no chances on the election, but early Tuesday morning swore in fifty men as special deputies and assigned them to duty. There was little for them to do. but their presence in different parts of the city effectually quelled any rowdies who were contemplating contem-plating any 'rough-house" tactics. But one fight was reported up to 11 o'clock Tuesday. That occurred over a political difference In the Fifty-second, and the participants were arrested. ar-rested. First Precinct. In the First precinct the voting was' light up to 11 o'clock, hardly a third of the full number being cast. There was a good deal of scratching. There was no trouble and no challenges were made up to that hour. The vote by districts up to U o'clock 107; Eighth. 178; Ninth. 121; Tenth, 110. No Judges sppeared at the Seventh district polling place up to T:30 a. m. and new Judges were sworn In. The voting was fast after that time. Second Precinct. In the Second precinct the voting Is progressing quite slowly, with the exception ex-ception of the Twenty-fourth district. In this district, which has one of the heaviest registrations In the city, the voting is progressing with greater rapidity ra-pidity than In any other In the precinct. pre-cinct. Throughout the precinct up till 11:30 o'clock there were no challenges. In the Twenty-fourth many were predicted predict-ed on account of alleged Illegal registrations. regis-trations. So far there has been no trouble in this district. In this district ' the party workers are more active than In any other portion of the precinct. In the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Twenty-third districts there is little prospect of trouble over Illegal voting. The vote in both these districts is surprisingly light. The voting up to 11:30 is thought to be about as follows: The Twelfth district Is leaning toward to-ward a Republican plurality. The Thirteenth district, which is not a large one in numbers, is voting light and the Democratic workers say they have the district safe. The Fourteenth district is polling a heavy vote. The Republicans are out in force here and predict a clean-cut victory. The Fifteenth district is not voting very heavy at this time of the day. The Americans have a large percentage percent-age of the votes cast. The Sixteenth district is thought to be a "scratched" district from beginning begin-ning to end. All parties are well represented rep-resented in this morning's vote with about equal chances. The Seventeenth district Is one-half polled with the Republicans In high spirits. Their party workers claim the district. The Seventeenth district is one of the busiest in the precinct. The Democrats Demo-crats have been working hard and say that over half their votes' are yet to come with a good chance for a plurality plural-ity already polled. The Nineteenth is not heavily polled. The Americans claim a clean sweep. The Twentieth is humming. Workers from all parties are active. The registry reg-istry shows 476 votes and about half are polled. The Democrats say the district dis-trict is clearly theirs. The Twenty-first district is heavily voted. The district is the most active In the precinct. The American party is working it hard and its leaders say they will carry it by a vote heavier than the Democratic and Republicans combined. The Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth are both polled light. The districts are claimed safely Republican. Fifth Precinct. In the Fiftieth .district ninety-four votes were cast up until 9:30 o'clock . Tuesday morning. The registration in that district Is about 440. The ballots are cast rapidly, at the rate of about forty to the hour. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning eighty votes had been cast In 4he Fifty-firs district, out of a total registration of . , 650. Heavy scratching was the order of the day in this district, many of the voters remaining In the booth five mln. utes. There were two peremptory chsj. (CouUnuad oa Page J town districts, 1 aM f all Indicate that the Democrats , ,d Co the work this year." An Brau'lr vfnclJent occurred In the Fifty-f.rt ,iiy Tuesday morn!' . A voter ' r,.tntly naturalized presented hims'jf to vote. He was asked his nfrfe. ' Ha had forgotten it. "Hare ben my papers. Ay ekall vote all right," he said triumphantly, as he drew his naturalization papers from an Inner pocket. He was permitted to vote and was In the booth exactly fifteen seconds. .... In view of the fact that serious trouble trou-ble was anticipated at North Point Tuesday because . of fierce - factional feelings that are-said to have existed there, Sheriff Emery has detailed two deputies for duty -there duHpg the day. Deputy Sheriff Fred Butler" and Special Spe-cial Deputy Dave Watson were sent to the scene early Tuesday rooming:. No ' reports of trouble had reached the Sheriff's office at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. , v Voting1 at Ogrden. OGDEN,' Utah. Nov. 8. Fine weather prevails-and a large vote Is being polled. Very little scratching la being -done except ex-cept on the electors, many Democrats and Socialists voting for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Socialists , will poll seven, hundred, votes In the county, but the Republican Re-publican county and State ticket will receive re-ceive pluralities from. 6u0 to ia. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's plurality will approach 2000. County Fight Narrowing ' V. - V " . , : (Continued from Page 1.) Ienges in the Fifty-eecond district Tuesday Tues-day morning. Neither of the chal- lenged voters made resistance, and both left the polling place at once. Seventy-five votes were cast in the Fiftyecond dlstssct at 10:30 o'clock, out ora registration of 560 voters. The voters spent an average of one minute in th booth. A few remained three minutes. ' a ' ' - Third Precinct. . It is thought that the Third precinct, which has always In the past "gone heavily Democratic, will; be placed In v ' the Tiepubllcafi column by the vote that ' being cast Tuesday. 'n the Twenty-eighth district at 12:30 r k 165 votes out of a" registration ' had been cart. The voting was ciy very rapid, and scratching was light. Tallymen of both the Republican .and Democratic parties paid that the Cistrict looked Republican at noon. In the Twenty-seventh district 178 -votes out of a registration of 450 had been polled .at 12:30 o'clock. Very little rcratchlng waa indicated by the time the voters spent in the booths. The Thirtieth district had voted 1S3 votes out of a registration of 477 at 12:30 - o'clock. Scratching was heavy, fully half the voters remaining in the booths from two to three minutes1. Tallymen said that the vote was estimated at eeventy- nve Etraignt Kepuoncan, nny democratic demo-cratic and ' the remainder scratched tickets. . , In the Thirty-second the voting was fast from the start. One-third of the total number registered had voted at 12 o'clock. The , scratching in the district was light. ' Arrested for Uleg-al Voting. E. F. Morse, a negro living at 53 Commercial Com-mercial street, was arrested by Patrolman Patrol-man Carey on a charge of illegal voting In the Fifty-second district at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. Morse, who is a bootblack, and who is better known as "Cyclone," registered as E. F. Morse. When he went ot vote-he vote-he was not allowed to vote, as he gave . . the name of Fred Morse. s He later returned and gave the name of Ernest F. Morse, and waa arrested by Patrolman Carey, Morse was not booked at he police f tation. but will be held pending an in- vestlgation. . INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. ' ' A political argument between two . men, neither of whom was registered, . occurred in front of the polling place in the Fifty-second district at 8:30 Monday Mon-day morning which might have resulted In serious consequence had two policemen police-men not intervened. The men were evidently of the transient tran-sient class. Their argument became ' heated and one shouted: "You are a fine representative of American 'Citizenship you robbed my mother." The lie was quickly passed and - the second man retorted: "I'll tell you what I'll do 111 put a .45 in your anatomy." Patrolmen J. D. Brown and Carlson hurled themselves between the bellig-' bellig-' erents and separated them before any blows were struck. One of the men was marched east and the other west by the policemen. No arrests ar-rests were made. P. J. Daly, State secretary of the .American party, said: "This early vote is a good thing for us. It shows that the" people are running no chances in losing their privilege, and I regard it aa an extremely hopeful omen for the . American party. We have got Salt Lake county, sure.' Secretary Sanford of the Republican party said: "Everything Is lovely. The voters are out early, and every Indication Indica-tion points to a full vote being cast. If this is done, the Republicans are sure . f 'to win. Roosevelt is sure of a substan- - tial majority from Utah, and we will also elect the State and county ticket." . - Simon Bamberger, State chairman of ' -the Democratic party, said: "Our let- ters this morning brought ns state- ments from men throughout the State that'- will surprise the Republicans when the ballots are counted. They really surprised me when I read them. Our strength has been greatly underestimated under-estimated by our opponents, and they re due for the surprise of their lives Wednesday morning. We have received re-ceived very full reports from out of |