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Show PRlCgtNT AND PROSPECTIVE. It is a question with calculating politicians poli-ticians of each of the great parties of the nation what gain will come to them through their party in the acceptance or rejection of a certain issue. Already in Utah tho question is discussed, "Which political party would gain most in 'numbers, provided both liberal and people's parties dropped their organization organi-zation and divided on republican, and democratic lines?" In orilor to auswer this question intelligently we must reason from assured data in connection with reasonable supposition.- Were the lines to be drawn at once and each voter in the liberal party to range himself on the side where predilection or interest would place him, the republican array would probably largely predominate. In the discussion which would Immediately Imme-diately follow such division and consequent conse-quent drumming up for recruits, the more Indepe ndent and intelligent portion por-tion of the present people's party would range itself on one or the other side in very nearly equal numbers. The thin edge of the dividing wedge having been entered, the political discussion, that must ensue would enlarge and liberalize public goutimoat. Withdrawing it from the narrow ruts of ecclesiasticUm it would inevitably rise to the higher ground of Americanism, and reform principles and policies would gain the ascendanoy. The danger of unreasoning unreas-oning partisanship would be eliminated from the division on the lines indicated owing to the faot that the leaders in the movement would come in the lll'st InstanrtA Inrflrnlu fmm ttiA l!lnM..l ... ' ps " 1 J V. 1 1, L LI u uuuim ranks. Imbued with the spirit of comradeship com-radeship by the touch of elbows in those ranks, aud inspired by high and lofty motives to redeem Utah, they would work harmoniously on different political lines for a noble end. Whichever Which-ever of the political parties engaged in such a generous contest might come out victorious the result could not be otherwise other-wise than beneficial In every aspect of the case. The grand possibilities of this territory held in abeyance hitherto y polygamous practices and by actual union of church and state would, in the iinal triumph of American principles prin-ciples through the dominance of either party, find a magnificent outcome. Let the pending contest between the able and faithful nominee on the Liberal Lib-eral ticket, " and the present faithless and useless delegato to congress, again placed on the ecclcsiastioal programme, be fought on the liberal side with every legitimate weapon which can be brought to bear. When the battlo is over and its smoke floats away, a secure basis for a new campaign under changed circumstances must be had. A calm aud considerate review of tho situation will be required. The friction of parties produces light and heat. Political partios to be permanent per-manent and useful must be of the people, work for the people, and be sustained by the people. The underlying under-lying principles of both the great political po-litical parties of this republic are obedi-enco obedi-enco to its laws and loyalty to its flag. Through the legitimate action of those parties in tho immediate future the political education and ultimate redemption re-demption of Utah must be effocted. |