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Show THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN "One good feature ol the election," .smd a Democrat, 'is th.it there is no mistaking ihr mamlaie of the people. Evidently the yob I crs desired a change and have obtained that which they deaired I There can be no quibbling oyer the verdict From one end r I the country to i he other, the voter recorded an unmistakable deci- I snon. Therefore, the verdicl is neither a -lass decision nor a BCC- I tional demand, but nation-wide protest against the party in power. Even l.'tah the one stair in the west classed hs donhtfnl rolled K up a heavy majority for the Republicans, and in marly every city H and fount- of the stair tin- Dnnorrats were routed. , Kced Smoot ia n elected United States senator and becomes the most influential of all western senators, il not the mosi powerful man in the new administration which will direct the affair of the country after March I oexl He fan b- f immense service to Utah, I His vord Will be law. No man will be closer to Senator Harding I and he will be consulted on all the big problem.-, of the ncxi four I 1 ears. I I'harle Malii.v will be governor. He is fearless and. though a I strong partisan. i a ni"l independent man. He will make an . A I cellent governor and give dignity and poise to the highest position I v.ithin the gift of the voters of the state I The national election means an immediate scaling down "i taxei I after the convening of r.ngir-s n t Mar-h I ,roip mit m admin- There will be an application of higher laiilf raleg, The wool men and the cattlemen of the wesl "ill benefit, and their maj be D change in the trcatinenl ol the mining industry. Senstor Hardin-,' is a firm believer in protection snd he will lend a friendly ear to industries laboring under foreign competition The league ot nations will be rejected and Am erica will refusfc to enter what has been labeled in the campaign the Wilson league An understanding nui be reached wbefcbj Amriii ,i attitude to-ward to-ward world ii fair- w ill be clearly defined for tin guidance " But ope. Senator Harding made il plain during the election thai he would enter into no entangling alliances and would keep as frei from old world politic and grievances ts was possible and yet exert a wholesome whole-some influence How i h i- will be done is till to be disclosed, as the successful candidate -.aid the manner of working out this new J lclationship was to be o matter ! conference and counsel As the paramount issue of the campaign was the league pf nations, na-tions, there is no doubt as to the views of th great fQffps of lh'j QPOple. Never in the luston ol elections in this country hove majorities IL so large been given a candidate for president New York state i- expected to pive a plurality one million 1 for Senator Hardin.', and New York City, the stronghold oJ Democ racy in the easi. may record half a million Lead foi the Republican ticket. This is unprecedented Indiana, claimed as a debatable state, has been carried by blio Republicans by noi less than 200,000 tebraska is Republican b; 125.000. Illinois is carried b 800,000, When Theodore Roosevelt swept .ludg. Parker into obscurity the country wa-. amaecd al the Landslide, but this ictorj completely ' eclipses thai e cnl The remarkable thing is lhal the soli, sontl did not break up' under the impact ol the blow, although deep dents were made Now for four years of respite from partisan strife and a long prriod of building up the resources and prosperity of stability and f,otifidenc |