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Show UTAH POLITICS. The Provo Dispatch is ekeptical of the fact mentioned by the llerald that there are many people in Utah who take no interest in politics. "When it understands the real tituation The Dispatch Dis-patch will change its mind. Provo is not Utah. There are hosts of folks who profess to be disgusted with politics, poli-tics, and at the labt election in Sajt Lake considerably more than three thousand registered voters did not go to the polls. The above from the Herald needs and is entitled to a little attention on our part, and faith, lit shall receive it, hit or miss. We are not surprised to hear that over three thousand voters refused to go to the polls in that city at the last election. We do not ascribe that fact as the Herald does to lack of interest in politics generally, but rather to the fact that the democratic voters have dispaired of tbe restoration of silver sil-ver and remained away to convey in this way a reproof to the present administration ad-ministration for the policy it has seen fit to purs ue in tbe matter of such restoration. restor-ation. It is a mistaken policy we readily conceed. Indeed, we blame it far more severely than the Herald does or can, but after all there is a good deal of human nature in it. The democrats, of the entire west feel wounded, disappointed disap-pointed and chagrined that the first real democratic administration we have had since, tbe war, is so directed that one of tbe principal industries of TJtah,and, indeed, the entire west, is held down ' to the low level upon which it was placed, by a repablican administration. This result, so far as the democratic voters are concerned, was undoubtedly obtained by the wish to convey a reproof to tbe: administration. administra-tion. This is a dangerous; policy, J especially in this territory as -iv-ia situated today. It is not the remedy, and besides it is doomed to failure because be-cause tbe president is not a man to be moved by tactics such as these. So far as the restoration of ' silver is concerned we may a9 well dismiss any hope for that if it at all depends upon presidential action. But we will have, or rather we hope to have another democratic dem-ocratic administration next time and if we protest in this way, by not voting, we fear we will protest away our strength and will then be in no condition condi-tion to assist our friends when the real (struggle for silver comes on. We may as well look the matter equarely in the face now, because sooner or later we will be compelled to face it, when and where no dodging will be possible. Nor does it do any good to attempt to deny that the administration's attitude atti-tude on the silver question is respon sible for the fact that today we have a republican legislature in Utah. If we would make a republican state of this for all time, this is the policy to pursue; pur-sue; but if we would restore tbe territory terri-tory to its old-time decided and enthusiastic enthusi-astic democracy, our national administration adminis-tration -uust return to the old demo cratic doctrine of free coinage or the equally democratic doctrine of tbe equality of silver with gold as a marker of values. We make no claim that Provo is in and of herself, Utah, but Utah county with her thirty thousand people is a rather sizeable slice of it; with her attachments at-tachments and sympathies in central and southern Utah considered, she may justly claim to be the greater part of the territory, especially in any political po-litical sense. It would be well for the Herald and Salt Lake to consider the matter in the light we here suggest. Such course may save troublesome complications com-plications in the future. ; vvnat Kept tne repumican voters away from the polls at Salt Lake we will not pretend to say, for certain, but we doubt not that tbe certainty that the eastern republicans stand on this subject just where the national administration admin-istration does, and the further fact that they remember that it was the national ' republican administration which first struck down silver, has disgusted dis-gusted them with politics to the extent ex-tent that many of them remained away from the polls also. If we wcu'd restore the interest in politics, both parties must get in line with the plain interests and sympathies of the peeple. Neither ean effect this, either now or in the future, unless they range themselves them-selves up behind and in support of the white money metal of the ages, of which our mountains are full, full to the capacity of making fair Utah the richest land on this earth today |