Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-15 | Page 6 | Accepting the Results

Accepting the Results P PESSIMISTS sometimes argue that the tha thaL L American people are arc not capable of ot sel self self- government But when one compares our political h habits with those of or other peoples there aro are many ways in which the American Ameri Amen can shines The way he takes political defeat de do- feat eat is 15 one of them In South American countries the beaten element get out wit with guns and knives In Europe the they go to the tho opposite extreme In Inmany Inmany Inmany many of ot those countries the liberal party would secure an overwhelming majority could the tho on one man one vote voto p principle pre pro vail The people submissively velY accept the decree handed out to them by king and lords as a child takes a whipping They Theydon don don t t even eyen care or dare to discuss it Midway between thc these te two extremes stands si siV stands tho American political custom The rhe vanquished V are perfectly free tree to pour out all tho the bitterness ot of their souls But they rare rarely do it As Congressman Gardner once remarked in Congress I never lick my ml sore paws in public publiCo It was a historic remark and one that represents very faithfully our political manners As to guns and knives the man who resorts to them is promptly locked up in a lunatic asylum It is really a marvelous I showing of public self control and one that proves the security of democratic Somebody has haz probably said sald It already but it is worth while to say ay a again that he not nol only kept us out of war but he kept us out of ot office