Show I IN N THE STATE ST TE TEIn In local affairs the Democrats of ot Utah have been be been n out of ot office so long and are re In Sn such a hopeless minority that they have attained the judicial disinterestedness which makes them accurate observers of such a cataclysm as WI overtook them on They were defeated by a combination of or religious and political Influences that would have beaten the best organization tion on earth with archangels for can candidates candIdates candidates And yet it Is a matter of pride for tor the few tew remaining members member of ot the party part that they did not flinch under the tremendous pressure brought to bear on the Mormon members of the party by their church leaders They The emerge from mm the fight with Ith the con consciousness consciousness that they have gone to ex expected expected expected defeat firm in their determination tion to stand by their principles and that fact tact Is worth about as M much to them as victory ry can be to the men who won by dishonorable means One amazing result developed in the figures of the election electon the Americans who were confident of ot carrying carrying the city and county count actually lost ground as compared with their vote ote in the city of oC ofa oCa ofa a year ago and they lost because their own party followers deserted them Part of ot this was due to the presidential election and part to the abuse use which h distinguished the American cam campaign campaign campaign The threat in Senator Cannons speech to send the Mormon leaders into exile or to prison in case cale his party won on was as ridiculous as It was Tin un unwise In wise wllie In strategy No sober Intelligent man could take it seriously yet it was as circulated among the credulous with damaging effect and It disgusted the Independent voters oters who prefer sane sano leadership In party part affairs It afforded an excuse for such open exercise of ot religious influence in political affairs as a has not been seen here In a genera generation generation generation tion and while the excuse was flimsy it secured d toleration at the hands of ot Mormons who would not otherwise othe ls have been coerced Into deserting their convictions In things political The only result of or the election Is I to prolong the trouble In this state Hav Hay Having Haying ing had no part in Jn its origin deploring its existence and fearing that thai it Is to tobe tobe be a permanent condition for tor years the Democrats still have hae no with either side to the controversy and will still maintain their organization organ in to the hope they the may contribute to the re return return return turn of peace however long deferred Tile THe men men elected l e a are neither conspicuously co bad nor surprisingly good They Th y are the product of a ma machine machine machine chine with all aU the faults of ot their kind but they the are generally known as hon honest honest honest est citizens and some come of ot them are aTe bet better bettel better ter tel than the average Elated by suo suc success cess they the will probably take occasion to utilize their power for the further strengthening of or the Smoot organization tion Since they the have no opposition not even a minority opposition worth considering they are likely to abuse their power and eventually compass their own undoing Mr Spry the Is an unknown quantity in responsible ex executive executive executive position and will be directed largely by b his superiors in the machine It may be taken for granted that he will be honest that he will handle the thel states l tes affairs to the Ute best hest of his ability and that his appointments will be urn 1101 Hed to the faithful followers of or his faction of the Republican party The state would have done much better b to liK luye hae elected Mr Ir Knight It might also have fared worse wane The legislature will be overwhelming overwhelmingly ly h Republican and wilt will elect Senator Smoot to succeed ed himself What that means is known now by b the record ec rd or o ohis ohis his term In Whether hether another ef er effort erfort ef fort will be made to unseat him is not known though It has been threatened vaguely If It it is made It I will be a a fools errand and will deserve failure Apart from his legal right to the seat this administration and its successor are committed to support rt of ot his cause and It ft would be as a easy to unseat Aldrich or Beveridge as s to disturb disturb Smoots hold on the th place pl ce Six more years of or of Smoot Is before ber re us I Tn In county count affairs the old regime will willbe willbe willbe be continued with some change iii h the personnel of officeholders The same methods methods the same extravagances th the same unwillingness ss to employ anyone anone not vouched for torb by the Republican officeholders syndicate If It not always and entirely l free from front graft and nd it it t affords a certainty that the city and county county ns will be in con constant constant stant clash h with mth each other instead of working together as its a they the should Altogether Alto it is a dreary drear outlook from the opposition point of ot view and yet et not altogether hopeless so far tar as the actual administration of oC public affairs Is concerned |