Show duly of anguil 11 MR enthusiasm ex attorney W II 11 dickson has been telling the san francisco axam inar all about the election in salt lake city last monday and a good deal more besides after reading the article we suspect that sir Dick sons chief object in the interview was to get ill some cont boom facts concerning our neighbor on the jordan and the election furnished him an innocent opening for an effective presentment sent ment of hia reserve information the latter we are not inclined to ppeston material resources anaker the pride of all her citizens the more widely they are advertised the better we are pleased and as every pirt ia benefited by whatever the whole we in oden are grateful for the privilege of having praises sounded by sir pitk through so valuable a medium as the great ban francisco daily fortunately this part of the interview is more accurate than the paragraphs pertaining to the election on this exciting theme mr dickson is evidently confused and he himself to make numerous contradictory statements his opening remark for instance is misleading lie says this is the first gentile victory in salt lake yet two years ago sir defeated mr williams for the house and mr marshall defeated mr winder for the council these were both gentile victoriac victori ec both in salt lake and both for the legislature as the election last monday was speaking of judge io eras fine campaign work he next says the work w aa so thoroughly done that every oter on the register wai on hla powers hot with ills tatu resl deni e occupation and full description A few days before I 1 left bait lake he me 11 figures nd that the american ticket would carry the city by twenty five majority the total majority us forty one yet be says in alie following paragraph that several hundred cormons mormons for the first time in their leies struck a blow at alie church voted the liberal ticket judge Pow ersa figures const have been greatly in error or mr statements are far from facts the formers list did not include blow striking cormons mormons Mor mons for on the alleged attitude of aliese he is basing his predictions of a greater surprise next february we imagine alie liberal majenty puzzled a great many in that parly besides mr dickson kach one lias a different way of explaining it bat none of them we think have eiven public expression to the correct solution another mistake of mr is this forthe fin there was an absolute tree billot what have our highly paid commission and our complicated and minority ruling election officers been doing then all the ear of their administration if they have not secured the free ballot we bay nothing about a fair vote in heavens name let ua know what their business has been As a matter of fact the election of monday last was not different so aar as free ballot was concerned from all similar occasions since the pro ent lans became the ogden municipal election in february was an exhibition of the free ballot on so extended la scale that mr for ness in view of liia bartys excitement cit ement over that event is truly unaccountable these few corrections will assist us to place an appropriate value upon the prediction with which the political part of the interview closes the ground Is now fairly it Is glnn in 1 ct rury I 1 predict the downfall ot alio gonikm chuili in the next live chii better men than mr dickson have predicted the downfall of the mormon church before but it has not fallen down its continuance or downfall baa nothing particular to do with the question at h venture to predict that the american tickets victory or defeat next february will not atleco the longevity of the mormon church by BO much as one day As most of ns expect to be five years from next february we can m ell agree to let the time deguido between the two predictions |