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Show We are like to have our Provo power dam in working order now, Booner than Mr. Cannon can get to work. You see, after election a good deal of energy is lost, goes to the dogs. One hundred thousand strong men at work in Utah at fair-wage and paid regularly every month would be a pretty thing, but . we sadly fear that Frankie may elip up In his calculations and we may never see the beautiful dream realized. We promise, however, to do more loud crowing oyer the inauguration of the scheme than any other paper in the state to compensate for the doubts we Shave always entertained as to the genuineness of the scheme. We have always feared that it would never materialize. If Captain Diaz gets after those Guatemalans for a few days, he will 4 make them wish they had stayed at home a little more closely. Mexico has now a superb army, well officered and well equipped. They can put into the field in three months 50,000 men as weU appointed as any troops in the world, and in six months 3 more f he could mobilize at least 100,-000 100,-000 more of a slightly inferior grade. Mexico is by no means an insignificant insignifi-cant military power f.nd a tussuel with her might bring one more knocks and rough usage than glory or satisfac- tion I The republicans are busy considering consider-ing the organization of tlu new congress. con-gress. Tom Reed will be speaker beyond be-yond a doubt. We ar8 eorry that the coinage cornniUt.es will be presided over by an eastern man. It is a great pity tt'at a western man could not have the place, but we are humble now and will make no very decided kick. It would do no good if we did. This importance of a pioper repre-eentation repre-eentation to the trans-Mississippi congress con-gress cannot be oyer-estimated. Let Utah county send a good delegation. The people of St. Louis are making every exertion to entertain the delegates dele-gates in royal style. It will be one of tie gayest things of tne kind ever occurring oc-curring in the west. Let-some good fellows from here go. The Tribune's rosy anticipations over the fact that Texas has lost 100,000 democratic votes in two years will not be realized. Texas can part with that number of democratic votes any time and Btill have enough left to paralyze all the repu blicans who will ever find j their way eouth of Masonand Dixon's. The ruthless way some of the republican repub-lican papers and speakers used the church racket during the late election, has done more harm to Mormonism that its bitterest enemies could have done in a thousand years. The non-partisan idea in regard to school matters seems to take. All are in favor of keeping politics out of our schools. Would that we could say out of the churches also. Ouk admirable tax-collector, Mr. Levi Openshaw, is well up with his work this season. He reports a slight improvement in collections over the same period laBtyear. Col. Gash made a clean, manly and earnest campaign, and we rejoice in his success, the more because of the bitter warfare made upon him by the jackals of the Enquirer. Colonel Tkumbo is in full chase for the senatorship. It is a long race, but peihaps Col. T. is a stayer. Go to the trans-Mississippi congress by all means. Let us have a good representation. It is entirely too early yot to base any theory on Texas' abandonment of democracy. |