Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-19 | Page 18 | The West Growing Effete?

1 j The W West est Growing Effete I I rp T TI HOUGH the country awaits awais with wih Me I I I Hughes and WIllcox the tho verdict of ot the i t coroner coroners coroner's s Inquest to determine whether tho the I t deceased Is i dead enough is i known to demonstrate demI dem- dem I t tho the marvelous mar psychological change i the tho election electon has recorded In the tho spirit of ot the I empire lying west of ot the Mississippi t I The he west is la no longer wild wid and wool woolly i That section of or tho the republic where it was supposed tho the dal dally daily contact with wih natures nature's stern and arid rugged aspect kept the tho fires res o of virile Idle Americanism fiercely burning In the breasts s I of t the hardy men who had conquered conquered conquered con con- It i. i has grown rown effete Gone Gono Is la the tile two-handed two gun fighter who took his whisky whisk and nd his hs politics equally straight andt andI and t I regarded water as merely an excuse for tor the building building- of ot bridges brIdge Tho The frontier has moved I back cast and the west vest vot votes s solidly for tor peace and prosperity while tho the timer old sadly shakes hi nig hia head at this saly conclusive evidence evidence evi- evi I dence that the thc times Umes are out of ot Joint joint S Whether the west is grooving civilized c or ormer mer merely ly effeminate the thc wI wise so analyst will vill wl be loth to state it ate But all hands aro likely to agree that It is tho the feminine Influence which f worked has the marvelous Tho disgusted dis r gusted Republican inclined to be ily a reflects that the tho Garden J ot oC r Eden Y was everything S it should hould be until L. L r tho the first made mado her appearance and that tho the west cst was waa popularly sI supposed posed to tobe tobo tobe be bo the tho exclusive habitat of ot rod blooded men until equal suffrage elevated politics and eliminated cuspidors from the tho to voting booths Yet Yot he would bo be Indeed an Incompetent political observer who attributed tho the western west west- ern era landslide for tor Mr Wilson to long-haired long men and short-haired short women The misleading misleading misleading mis mis- leading slogan that he ho kept us out of oC war ar arwas was equal equally as effective with wih western men nen menas menas as with western women With the west getting getting get get- ting unprecedented prices for for Its Is crops of ot grain grin and produce e and Us Its production of ot minerals there was powerful argument against n n. change Tile The he western producer l knew new only that he was prosperous and thought It wise to let well wel enough nough alone