Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-11-04 | Page 6 | Re-Election of Smoot Assured

ELECTION reelection RE E I 1 OF SMOOT K SPRY FOR GOVERNOR BY LARGE PLURALITY joseph howell reelected re elected congress man americans poll big vote in salt lake county salt lake city nov 3 utah is rel republican again this year by a heavy majority that of the national ticket being much greater than for the state candidates ono one hundred and four election districts including half the precincts of salt lake county and ogden complete give taft bryan spry the republican candidate for governor was heavily heally cut by tho the american party voters in salt lake county but his plurality in the state will probably run close to the legislature will undoubtedly be republican insuring the reelection election re of senator reed smoot salt lake city nov 3 forty five election districts in salt lake city anil and county and in ogden give tatt taft bryan taft ha has probably carried the state by 20 JOO plurality returns so BO far indicate that thai the american anti mormon ticket was defeated in salt lake county by small pluralities was reelect re elect ej to 10 congress salt lake salt lake city nov 1 3 tho the town of draper in salt lake county was the first to report in utah it gave bryan 63 tatt taft spry republican for governor knight democrat 65 the vote in salt lake city and county was the heaviest ever recorded due to the fight over the question of church interference in politics