Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-15 | Page 6 | Impeaching Our Prophets

I Impeaching I Our Prophets rp THAT HAT traditional w sage e. e the election bettor I I Is being unmercifully je Jeered because he gave odds to bet on Hughes Huhes and would not notI I bet bet beton on Wilson unless he was given odds Mr Wilsons Wilson's subsequent election re-election prompts the cynical and the cr irreverent nt to assume that the bettor is neither a a. prophet nor a soothsayer but is common cla clay like the rest restI I of or us u without any an valid claim upon I The election bettor however deserves no 10 such ill Ho merely performed I I hIs ils quadrennial function of correctly Interpreting Inter- Inter the tho preponderance of or sentiment within the tho range of or his kin own eyes and cars In n New ew York Tork where betting Is considered most significant the gentlemen with the fat wallets and the disposition to hazard them gave ga odds on Hughes Because lecause their ob observation lon tion tol told them Hughes was leader in sentiment senti sent ment ment which of or course means means tho the sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment within their purview And the victory or of f Hughes in New York Yirk state pro proves cs their Intuitive faculties have o lost nono none of ot their cunning Betting conditions an and betting odds va- va ned In other parts of or the nation according as is s local sentiment seemed to favor Hughes bettors bettor fol- fol or r Wilson The professional lowed their customary hunch of or assuming the he trend of focal sentiment to be also the trend rend of or national sentiment tempered b by prevIous performances Why then Impeach their heir powers of ot divination merely because they hey failed to know the sentiment nt three thousand housand miles mUes awa away In demanding an Investigation of ot the high cost of ot living lhing the mine workers of Ohio remind us of ot what is becoming a most painful Individual necessity I