Show A IN A TEAPOT the lute elect ions for territorial td county officers went off very quietly in this county there was no agitation no commotion the bar vas kept a majority of the rural voters in tho fielt ls especially as thero was no opposition and the question simply rested on confirmation of iho old occupants of the vari ous responsible positions it is said by tome that he alim attendance at tho prayed a certain dissatisfaction and disaffection with the old officers now while we concede bat tharo was no electioneering electioneer ing en manifested how could therewith 92 in the shade the absence f so largo a proportion of tho legal voters from tho ballot box proved simply that the citizens rested quiet and unconcerned in the certainty that in the absence of ay opposition tho peoples ticket was turo of being elected now we must say that this neglect of some citizens in asserting the little and few political rights they have left to them in this territory is not exactly the most patriotic tiling still we know that what grumbling there is among some easily dissatisfied or bever gratified citizen sis temporary tl least it did not exert itself strong iv enough to execute the lerou arat lr at of certain oali arii neither did il in the real ol 01 some fiorei schemer by certain solitary whenever it oms 10 a pinch we have seen and will ginn see that tho peoples ia not a paper declaration or an empty profession but a tangible reality which carries everything belore it this was evidenced in the only precinct chero there was a conlest in slaterville Slat erville where an opposition has been active for long years with more it less vituperative animosity at tho election of monday a certain candidate was put up against the nominee of the peoples party and some scratching was indulged in resulting in the election of abo peoples candidate by 45 against 43 apportion votes the in consistency of th latter party could be dilated on bub as it is only a storm in a teapot we will close on it expressing merely our satis fac tion that the peoples party in that much harassed precinct has been able to hold its own ogden precinct is full of lional elements but bucs deus wit those whom god wishes to confound he deprives of judgment the opposition are dreaming of the laurels with which to crown their victorious foreheads in biye years and in 1885 they will postpone to the time of the next federal census meanwhile they are cut up in factious and fractions par ties cliques and rings and all their efforts are vain and futile the peoples parly are holding their own meaning to do right to all to mete out justice on all sides but attends ing to their business as long aa they are able to without any to molest them or make them afraid |