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Show AND NOW FOR WORK AGAIN. The day for animosities Is past. 'J he sttn of peace has arisen.'- F, S. Kicii Aims. The campaign is ended. Election day is over. The result is known. The campaign, although a most heated heat-ed one, the workers of each party being determined that every stone would be turned for the advantage of their respective re-spective parties, and the masses educated edu-cated on the live questions of each, has been the first genuine political campaign cam-paign the territory has known. Solely and in a business way no animosities ani-mosities have been engendered, because be-cause we have not assailed each other's oth-er's sacred religious scruples and con victions, nor has it been necessary to delve into the private character of any. We have differed only on issues of political economy and methods of government gov-ernment as to which would, when put into practice, result in most good to the greatest number, each party showing show-ing the result and works of the other from their own standpoint. We differ yet, and perhaps will differ always. It is good that we thus diiter. t would not be good, however, to keep the argument at fever bent for too extended ex-tended a time. The campaign ends, and officers are elated. For a time our servant?, the officers, administer the affairs of government, gov-ernment, and another campaign is on. In the interior our servants, the officers, offi-cers, are watched closely by their own party that it may be proven whether or no the victorious party really lias its best men among them. They are watched also by the conquered, con-quered, perhaps more closely, who will not only take note of failings, but will reason as to whether or no such actions or gteps as may be taken in accordance with the principles of the party in the ascendency would not result in more good to the people had they been taken in accordance with principles ot the party out. If any mistakes are made, therefore, they are used as strong arguments to i'lfiuence voters in the next campaign. And so it goes. The officers elected yesterday yes-terday undoubtedly realize this, and will ever be on the alert. A public office is a public trust and the public art very zealous of that trust. Officials are but human, and public office entails great responsibility responsibili-ty and calls for the exercise of the incumbent's in-cumbent's best judgmeut, most fearless integrity and all of his manhood. Honor and the record he is making should be more P the officer by far than all the money he can get out of his office. Yesterday, election day, was meriy a test as to the result of the campaign, with the workers keeping up the interest in-terest and ambition of those who perhaps per-haps are slow and careless, and making mak-ing things convenient for those who had become convinced to their way of thinking, and passed of quietly as wai expected. As to the result, which you read this morning, it is natural that voters shall do a little crowing. Everything, however, has been harmonious, and what a pity it is that such an effort wai mado to foist tue old feeHng back on the people byW Liberal party, which should have been dead, flinging the old musty chestnuts chest-nuts of church and state, disloyalty of certain religionists, etc. etc. Of course, here in the territory, with right-thinking and progresive men, the rot this party has been flinging right and left from the rostrum and through the press has no effect other than that they fear that to strangers outside of Utah it may appear that Utah is rather a bad place for civilized people to immigrate. Had it not been for this party of past days i there would "have beeu nothing in the campaign just closed to regret, and we would have all gone forward hand in hand for the rebuilding of Utah. As it is, the respectable and sensible people can and will do this, and the obstructionists will, as they should be, left in the cold. They will soon learn that the commonwealth is better without with-out than with them. However, if they will repent, they will learn to appreciate tne inspiring sentiment at the opening of this article, aud it will do them good. To Democrats and Republicans, friends and enemies alike, The Dispatch Dis-patch this morning has this to say: "Let us bury the hatchet and join hand and heart for the welfare of Utah generally, Utah county and Provo City in particular." Let us get down to business once more, bearing in mind that "the day for animosities is past," and that i-the sun of peace has arisen." The Logan Daily Nation speaks our mind upon this subject, when it says: Doubtless there have been things said on both sides which it were better had they not been said. We have felt sometimes that opponents oppon-ents took some advantages which were not honorable and we have not been nlow to tell them of it. But we have no feeling against any one of them and we think it is at once weak and foolish to imagine that because we differ from them politically that therefore we are) their personal enemies and are acting through spite or in a vindictive spirit. All of this is unworthy of a true man. In the words of our immortal Lin-, coin let us go forward "win malice toward to-ward none with charity to all with our hearts fixed to do the right as God gives us to see the rig'it." and we w ill try to work unitedly and with our w hole energy for the best" good and for the growth and prosperty of our lovely val-lev. val-lev. Let us have peace. |