Show THE BEQOLAB county election for Salt Lake County takes place tomorrow I to-morrow August 2d At the same time three commissioners to locate university lands a territorial auditor and a territorial treasurer are to be voted for In this county but one ticket has been placed before the public nfaaV gotten up at the county convention hold on Tuesday last at the County Court House and no doubts are entertained as to 5ts success It ia with elections as it is with everything elsewhen we become certain of a satisfactory result we aio inclined to relax in our exertions and in political affairs as in all others this relaxation o ten times brings about disastrous results It is etrange but tuo ihat pereonB will go to the trouble and expense of obtaining the rights which attach to citizenship and when secured fail to exercise those rights save on particular occasions It is unwise to allow the impression to grow that everything every-thing is right that there exists non no-n for any particular individual individ-ual casting his vote as others will doDO do-DO and it requires no oecond thought to discern what the result of euch an impression gcueral would be The duty of each citizan is to m ko his influence in-fluence felt and this can be done by catting his baflot t 11t every election at which he is entitled to vote It tho cause a person has espoused be just then he should assist in making that cause strong if it is already strong Ue lEould lend his aid to make it strongevtuat tfco influence which ia tho result ttrengsh msy be exercised exer-cised for the rigtttB Such thins asp as-p Ehe influence even admitting that it can exist is unmanly in that it is useless It is either a species of cowardice or a negligence unworthy a citizen to cipre confidence and B tiftc ion in a course or with a cartvjland yet fail to demon etrate f that confidence by the eligbteft of active support A true citizen never forgets his dntiea and one of those duties is to cast his vote on all questions effecting the public welfare and which are sub mijtsd to the public for its deci 5 sion If it be a 1 duty to vota when a vote is absolutely necessary to the success of a candidate it is equally a duty to do so when the Ballot is not as essential from one point of view in order that the candidates who hard been placed in nomination by and with the consent of the party may have the csuntenancc encouragement encourage-ment and support that cornea from a full vote and denotes an active sympathy sym-pathy with the o use and the party there are but few legitimate reasons that GXCUSB a citizen from going to the polls and unless the Peoples Party casts its vote tomorrow in favor of its nominee ihen there will be I negligence Eomswfiere in the duties of I citizenship and negligence forms BO I I part of thelioaea active and upright j citizen I QT T Jt Fj |