Show SLEEPING VOTERS I i t j If the news which comes from Illinois this morning should prove correct it should prove a warning to parties and voters not only in the Sucker State but everywhere and especially in Utah I A month ago a Democratic member of I the Legislature died and the Governor called an election for a successor The + voting occurred on Tuesday The district dis-trict has a Democratic majority of 2000 l but the dispatches say that the Republicans Re-publicans have elected their man The l Democrats felt confident of success I and were therefore negligent many of them failing to go to the polls evidently believing there would be enough Totes without theirs The Republi I cans seem to have encouraged this impression of confidence on the I part of the Democrats but were remarkably remark-ably active in their own behalf with the result indicated above This will j break the deadlock in the Legislature I that hai existed many months and either elect John Logan or another Republican 5 Re-publican io the United States Senate l There have been elections in this city 1 r 1 when the Peoples party greatly in the dd I i l majority as it is could have been oJ beaten had the opposition been shrewd I f and active The Peoples voters have II j assumed from the fact that they have I t three or four votes to every one controlled I I con-trolled by the opposition the elections t as a matter of course will go their way wii t hence there is no necessity for going to the polls The Illinois incident will undoubtedly have its effect on voters generally J |