Show 1 STRAIGHT TICKET BY ALL MEANS FUSION WOULD BE SUICIDAL FOLLY 1 By Brigham H Roberts The Democratic party should put a ticket In the field fiel by all means There 1 Is nothing else that Is consistent for the party to do When ben the Democratic party was vas organized d I take It It was not to get frightened at every little Ir Irregularity irregularity irregularity regularity that might arise in the course of its experience experience experience ence but It was expected to preserve Its integrity as a party in the face of ot whatever difficulties might arise and there is certainly nothing now confronting it U that war warrants warrants warrants rants the abandonment of the course prescribed fk To entertain the idea of fusion would n be to play Into the hands of ot the Democratic lifelong foe the Re Republican Ret t publican party It is the Republican party that is ref re responsible responsible f for the unfortunate conditions existing In Salt w Lake City and the Democrats are under no obligations to go to their rescue and correct their blunders The i proper thin thing s for the Democratic Demo Dem is party to do is to main maintain maintain tain taro its Us Integrity and adhere re to the principles of honest and economic government and If the people of Salt Lake zt are tired of the conditions into which n the Republican party strife has hag plunged them let them come to the standard erected by the Democratic party part H B Roberts To practically disband now on the eve oe of a cle tion would be suicidal folly foIl The way to win political battles is to get bet ct on the ground first with the best ticket and then work for the most votes and this the Ue Democratic party should do doB |