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Show ENQUIRER AND OUR TICKET. According to the Provo Enquirer tho Democratic county ticket nominated lust Wednesday Is tho best posslblo one that could bo placed In tho field, and a close reading between tho lines does not develop any objection except that our ticket Is not composed of Republicans. Republi-cans. At the comnieueomunt of the Enquirer's criticism of our ticket that sheet says: "So far ns we know, the candidates on tho tlckot aro about an average of the Domocratio oHloo-seckcrs "f tho county, nud will do about as well us tho former Democratic administrations." administra-tions." Later in tho same article the En-qulror En-qulror refers to different candidates lu terms such ns. follows: "Tho best mnn," "very popular," "ablo olllcort1,'' "clllcient servants of tho public." "painstaking," "good records," "the best," "havo gained the confldcnco of tho people of the county during their last term," and "hns made an excep tional record." Evidently tho Enquirer man was at a loss to say anything derogatory de-rogatory ns to tho Democratic ticket aud tried to make tho best of a bad Job for tho Republicans. Tho worst criticism criti-cism against any candidate is that ho is n politician. Woll, tho Enquirer man has tried for many years to bo a politician, and because ho has failed Is only tho fault of his natural abilities. Tlio Enquirer winds up by saying that tho Republicans, "if careful," "may bo ablo" to do something this campaign, thus admitting tho well known fact that the Democrats have hoth the votes and the best available candidates. Wo nro much pleased at tho stand of the Republican enmity organ and would respectfully recommend that lu tho canvass this rail the Democratic candidates use tho Enquirer of Thursday Thurs-day us their star campaign literature. |