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Show THEY DIDN'T DO IT. ' The long-eoutiuuotl contest -over tho election of 11 United Slates Su.talor from Utah tu succeed ex-Senator Frank J. Cannon Is over and there has been no choice made. As a result for tc next two years Utah will bo represented represent-ed In . tho Upper House of the National Legislature by only ono Senator, who, thuuli utile, bravo aud honest, shouid yet have ,bcoi given the assistance of a qtialilled colleague to help labor lor the Intercuts of this young Statu. Never did Uiali have greater need of too services ser-vices of her ftill quoto of repiCbeiita-l)on repiCbeiita-l)on n Congress tbau at the present time, when we seem to be on the vb of u ylgorout and dirty tlgot lu Congress against our representative, anil when there s n certainty of mutters pf Nation Na-tion legislation of such gteat Import-uucu Import-uucu to Utnli ami ihu West coining tip nt thu next Congressional session. Tu suy tiul wu tiro bitterly disappointed at th,u result, of thu Senatorial light Is putting it mildly. H is a groat mis-lurtuuu mis-lurtuuu to thu Statu aud does uot m-creasu m-creasu our lalih or respect lu some of pur Leglsluttiru. This Smiitiorlal tight litis laigoly beeti ono devoted to personalities, per-sonalities, aud tho actions of many of the legislators have been the opposite of the uo'cs which would have boon die-tilted die-tilted by the love of thu Statu, and do-Yotlou do-Yotlou tu tho peoplo aud to party lu-turusts. lu-turusts. It has been a fight without precedent in another light, in that the great Salt Lako dally which has been recognized as the chief oigan of Utah Democracy has developed lpto a strictly pursounl orguu and has heaped ridicule and abuse upon reputable, honest nod ab'.o men nt Its owu party, UiUs adding to tho bitterness bitter-ness ot thu parly contest', while tho oilier great Salt Lake dally, tlthouvh recognized' ns u Upubllcnu organ, has exhausted Us gruaU-st efforts in an 1U1 tempt to further thu cuudldncy ot sumo catididiita uutsldo of Its puny ami defeat de-feat tu camlldaio of thu othur paper, ami to nptke ltsef a political Uicituor lu Utab lloih of these pujiurs have partly sucoeodod mid partly tailed, ani) to them both Is (urguiy due the tesull Which Is welcomed only by the enemies of Utnli, The Detnoemts composed over two-thirds of tho Joint usseinblyt theru wpllld therefore seem to bo no excuse fir their failure to elect a Dem-loratlu Dem-loratlu Senator, und thoro would. Iuiyo been no failure hud It not been for U10 bitter peroouaj tight Inaugurated In cutnpuljjn lieudquarters and kept continually con-tinually KoleUy tho venom of tho Salt Luke dallies, Qnly onefcuture partially reptmolles 113 to the lalltiro tu elect a tCHator, and that is thu defeat pt tho attempt to foist upan the puople an ceoloslHSilcal i;.tndldaU who is a (UfllavU PepHbllwa, The cleg, a tioonifjt o Q l.ii' turn would it ve been a crowning dlrfgraco 10 tho.Detno-oragy tho.Detno-oragy nf Utah. We can thortjfotv s y that while tho result Is uairfu might have been wor-ie. t. ' |