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Show REPUBLICANS Ml UTAH Congressman Howell is Reelected Re-elected by a Plurality That Will Exceed 15,000. Republicans Make Clean Sweep of State and Will Have Big Majority In Legislature Americans Carry Car-ry Salt Lake City, But Lose in County, Salt Lake City. Tho election Tuesday Tues-day resulted In a veritable landslide for tho Republican party, which swept everything In front of It, Congressman Congress-man Howell was re-elected by a plurality plu-rality or about 15,000, while Judge Frlck Is elected assoclato Justice, Jus-tice, although ho did not receive nenr ly so many votes ns tho congressman. Congressman Howell's plurality over Judge Powers at tho eloctlon ot Tuesday will reach about 15,000, approximately ap-proximately tho somo figures as In 1904, when President Roosovclt fiead-cd fiead-cd tho Republican ticket. In that election thero wero over 101,000 votes cast In Utah. Of this number Tarkcr for president received 35,413, whllo Roosevelt received C2.44C. It Is doubtful If tho total voto this year will roach 75,000, which will bo dlvld cd about as follows: Howell, 40,000; Powers, 25,000; Weir, 10,000. Two years ago Howell was given C2.C75, Powers 37,445, Hllcs C,70C. Tho seventh state legislature of Utah will consist very largely of Republicans. Re-publicans. Tho state senato will bo entirely Republican. Tho houso will havo at tho outsldo not to oxcood five Democratic members out of tho forty-Ave forty-Ave Tho Republican ticket cnrrlcd Salt Lako county by a plurality ranging from 1,500 to 2,000. Tho Americans carried Salt Lako City by pluralities varying from 945 for Weir to 1,592 for Pitt nnd 1,542 for 'Tony" Jncobson, tho latter two leading lead-ing their ticket. Tho Democrats got from 3,900 to 4,800 votes In tho city, Judgo Powers loading his ticket with a total voto of 4,841 In tho city. As compared with tho voto In the city last fall, tho Republicans got 2.8C2 moro votes than thoy gavo Lynch for mayor; tho Democrats lost 2,989 as compared with tho voto for Morris, nnd tho Americans- got 183 moro thnn wero recorded for Thompson. Thomp-son. Ono pccullnr coincidence Is that Howell this year came within two votes of tho total voto 'for Morris and Lynch last year ono a Republican, tho other a Democrat. |