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Show Tab south is compelled to raise cotton cot-ton no matter what the price may be or tbe future of the staple. 8o, too, the west must mine her silver regardless regard-less of the price. The new gold discoveries discov-eries taken with the general effort in the way of gold mining enterprises may operate to retard silver mining, but the permanent demand will operate oper-ate to bring western miners back to their silver diggings. The permanent result will be a vastly lower price and less than the usual profits. But eil ver will never become again a great factor in western industry. It is a bitter bit-ter reflection to us, but there is no earthly wisdom in shutting our eyes tc the facts in the case. The local democrats here are all vastly chagrined over the fiasco in the courts in the Sanpete cases, Some of the more thoughtful are inclined to blame the commission forgiving up tro soon, think the fight should have been continued at least until the guilt was fixed upon eotne one or more, if there is more than one of the guilty parties The republicans have a chance to groan and of ct uree they will improve it to the largest degree. We are of the opinion that if the commission has erred at all, the error was in listening to the republican demand for the boxes at the outset. Indeed it is a very singular outcome of the whole matter. While any villainy in doctoring tbe election returns should be roundly condemned, con-demned, yet we protest against the Tribune's assuming that Commissioner Thatcher and Clerk Blair ara guilty and proceedinz to arraign them as cutthroats cut-throats in the way that it does. We do not care what it says of the real criminals when these have been clearly pointed out. It can't eay more than this paper will say, but we do earnestly protest against its mean assumption of the guilt of any man. It is to be now eilyer or nothing for this session of congres3. This is what may be termed the muBcle of the west. Let her stand firm and silver must eventually come out on top. The only doubt which has ever beclouded the silver prosperity has been and is now, the division among western men. Let us ail etand shoulder to shoulder and we ran force it ultimately, yery soon, indeed if we jean have the help of the south. It seems perfectly established that whatever doctoring the returns from Sanpete received was done ere the boxes left that county. If this is true, and we believe firmly that it is, the guilty men are to be sought for there and not in Salt Lake. This places John M. Zane's blackguarding of Commissioner Com-missioner Thatcher in an exceedingly bad light altogether. Must the forger be found out acd made to confess, or must the certificates certifi-cates of election go to the democrats? Says the Tribune. The question is an insult to the Herald as well as every-other every-other democrat in the territory. We do not want the certificates if we have not won them fairly. Will the Tri -bune never realize the truth of this declaration. It is now a settled fact we suppose that the constitutional ccnvention is to bave a republican majority. Well, the democrats can live under any consti tution that the republicans can, but il will be very bitter to some of us, doubtless. Perhaps George E. Blair's good name is as dear to him as is the good name of any man on earth. We object to the destruction of it to further the plans or purposes of any paity, any attorney at-torney or any newepaper. It really looks now as if , there is to be, after all, a republican majtjritr fn the convention, as welt as in most of the states, in senate and congress also. It comes very near being a clear sweep. Thb Tribune yesterday assaulted Commissioners Letcher and Norrell savagely. We await the action of these gentlemen with something more than a passing interest. The republican assurance now since the decision in the Sanpete cases will become almost unbearable, we suppose. Sibley waB very severe on the president presi-dent the other day in the house. Now we will see what the court will make of the Third ward cases. |