Show THE SIMPLE FACTS THERE have been many comments made by the eastern press on the subject of the late general election w which h ich indicate that the usual ignorance of utah affairs prevails on this matter und end that intentional liberal misrepresentation has done its work in reading these a stranger would think that the election was confined to salt lake city and that the city had gone into the hands of the 6 gentiles without possible redemption this was the impression intended to be conveyed by the purveyors of false news in this city the IM liberal victory so much vaunted means just that to the average reader and there are some people even in this part of the world who e are ignorant enough of the facts to believe the same now we wish people at a distance as well as the uninformed at home to understand the facts which we will here repeat there has been no city election H in salt lake this year nor will there be until next february in salt bake biake county at the elec gs tion on the eth dinst the liberals did not elect a single officer the peoples peopled ticket prevailed in every r instance in the election of offices only commissioners to locate university lands were voted for the peoples peopled party elected all of them in the election of members of the legislature the peoples peopled party elected twenty eight t the I 1 liberals only eight out of a total of thirty six these are the simple facts the press at a distance can call this a gentile or a liberal victory or give it its right name althey as they choose with or without consistency as aft they elect but they should have something reliable as a starting point and then they may go off as widely from the mark as they please and as they usually do when touching on utah affairs |