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Show THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. There is. apparently. -to be no lack of political excitement and activity in the eiecriftn in Salt hakp City ihi? year. The church will ligure'in it extensively, ex-tensively, of course. It lias already done so, in getting up the so-called Citizens' Citi-zens' movement. But this si'ouis to have no particular vitality. Jt is a -Sort of dumb show of prohibition, with prohibition loft out. Crafty move lhar, no doubt, as figured by the church politicians assemble all the prohibition prohibi-tion f6rces, let off the steam in the way of shouting platitudes and admitted ad-mitted propositioiis; "but for heaven's sake don't mention the veal thing prohibition. It is true that last year prohibition was used as a stalking horse, to get the earnest, zealous church vote massed together, but after it had assembled, it was marched proudly under the banner of the liquor iutcrests, and though it. cussed, ripped, and swore it marched. And after tlio show was over, and the prohibition crowd was taunted with its simplicity in being be-ing so easily tricked, how scornfully the ring organ dismissed' it with the flout that prohibitionists didn't, amount to much .nnywa-, and they wore- no? Republicans, Re-publicans, for there were no prohibition prohibi-tion Republicans. And liow wild with rage it all made them! They vowed that i hoy would never be caught so again, but they show signs plentiful that they are weakening already, The bosses do not. seem to be bothering bother-ing their. heads much about these players play-ers of Hamlet with Hamlet left out, but are proceeding with their political arrangements just as though they meant what they said last winter, that thero nvcro no prohibition Republicans. This calm confidence- of the ''Federal bunch" that they will be able to control con-trol the church vole when they need it, probably means that now, as before, President Joseph F. Smith has been scon and has pronounced his benediction upon the buuchagain. Jt was through that bunch that tho city lost the Capitol Capi-tol at the election of last June, but still its members have tho brazen effrontery to come forward before the people of Salt Lake, demanding support, sup-port, just ns if they had not already crucified this city's hopes. But the gall of that gang is limitless; thoy stop a I nothing in their corrupt and demoralizing de-moralizing political trickery, and confident con-fident in their contempt for t lie prohibitionists, prohi-bitionists, secure in the backing of "the authorities," they reckon upon whipping the eb.ur.ch vote into line when thoy choose, scoring the so-called Citizens' movement wralhfully iu the meantime. ly . , Then, there will be the ' Democratic ticket; the Democrathayci been so crunched in the jawoT the" Lion of the Lord" that their very bones crack as they walk. But for all that, they announce their determination .to havo a ticket of their own. Tho faithful of the Democratic parly that arc left, havo so little reason, to bo grateful to tho church leaders, ,and such abundant cailso to resent their treatment by those leaders, that probably tho remnant is moro nearly free of church control than any other segment of voters save onh the Americans. II can hardly be expected by the church that the Democrats Demo-crats will givb much heed this year to the frantic appeals of the church politicians poli-ticians to "come over and help us." The Socialists will , naturally have their own ticket as usual, ami will poll about their usual vole. Thoy feel obliged to do this, as thoy explain, be-causo be-causo it is tho National principle of their party to press their ideas without compromise or combination, through the' nomination of a tickot and a pushing campaign. The fact that thero is no possible chance of .success, aijd that, until un-til tho tyranny of an entrenched ecclc-siaslicism ecclc-siaslicism must first be shaken coih-plotcly coih-plotcly off before there can tyc any real discussionsof politics or 'economics ap-'pears ap-'pears to bo lost sight of by their leaders. lead-ers. , Finally, lhe American party, magnificent magnifi-cent in its strength and in the splendor of its mighty services in pushing forward for-ward so grandly the progress and upbuilding up-building of the city, will have its ticket in tho field, asking for it lhe support" of all progressive ciiizens, because it has earned that support and deserves to have it. American party principles, full of good will to all, asking-nothing but the loyal adherence of all to beneficent benefi-cent Jaws, and demanding equal and exact ex-act justice for all before the .laws of lhe Stato and the Nation, are the principles prin-ciples that must and will redeem the Stale and make it tho magnificent, commonwealth com-monwealth for which nature has fitted it, but which high destiny nothing but Americanism can speed it onward to achieve. The American parly has' done grpat things for Salt. Lake, and in the glory of its. high service it stands today to-day far ahead of all ot liars, stronger and more confident than over, -before the people; Jt will appeal to the voters on its record, and if any one asks what its work has been, all' that is needed is to say, "Look about' you and see; nothing is hid; the grandeur of that work in J ii evidence everywhere, throughout the whole of the. municipality." municipal-ity." ' ; ' |