Show r L > IJStJMTXG COSPAEISOS t r f i TIlE Scandinavians are every i where In this republic recognized asa I j as-a valuable element In every con f I munlty where they have gathered I In any considerable numbers They II 1 f are a soli U stable Industrious and I i lionret race second to no people of any other nationality in these and I i other substantial clements of character a char-acter Id such States Minnesota i I and Michigan where they are 1 t Fettled in large numbers they have I I 1 exhibited those progressive tralw 0 I + that are needed in tlieTiuiIdlii up t4 0 of enduring and prosperous commonwealths l 9 com-monwealths In this Territory they 1 i form no Incomidemblo portion of i the community and are justly esteemed es-teemed as a valuable integral h component of it And while t Young Utah is so prevalent a J theme it can be truly said that C 1 i j that portion of the youthful element of this Territory which has I t i tprun from Scandinavian stock is i J Inferior to no other In either phjsi cal or mental endowments thlltO tA go to constitute a great people These facts make base and brutal I bmbll J insinuations to the contrary the t 1 inoreungenerousand unwarru table 41 f 1 After the opening of the campaign which preceded the election of last it J August insults were offered the r Scandinavians that were disgraceful I an Jiuncalled forthrough the columns 141 I j t of the chief Liberal organ For I it I 3 1 instance here is an extract from the OJ t j i Salt lake Zniuric of June ICth hat st Brother John Pike called On Col c J Iago again yesterday to persnijo the Colonel rmto = 7 to give him access to Ilia t i I registration books of one of the precincts 0 i pre-cincts But it was no go and the good brotber retired as emptyhanded as 1 ho came lie made some encouraging and complimentary remarks about i4 bootblacks and coons Ot voting the Liberal Lib-eral ticket but concluded not to enter = I Into extended argument tchen tkovn j thai liofHUacii aRd coma were to be f preferred to trasHed an l ignorant I Scandinarmnt unable to speak a word of English and who were herded into t San Pete and adjoining countiesirhero they were taught that the American 1 Rep < 1bUc was their bitterest foe In the light o tile k ui uiu iqrvguing ino i1 Impudence of the same journal representing the Liberal party In 1 asking the votes of this class of two pleat the ensuing municipal elec 0 tion reaches a point that Is seldom fif attained even in politics If there is a Scandinavian who will to far forget his manhood as to train and r vote with a party that classes him I with coons and bootblaclvd and I j i stamj him as an enemy of the r American Kspablic then all tie I o have to ray Is that he practically a 1 accepts of the comparison and is a f4 discredit to hU race who as a rule 1 1 are ncted for their telfrespert oi < |