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Show UTAH REPUBLICANISM. The Times heartily congratulates the Republicans of Utah upon their most glorious tight against fearful odds and upon the fact that they made heavy inroads in-roads upon the Democratic majority. We belieFe every precinct in the territory terri-tory will show Republicans gains, and we have not the slightest doubt that in the final adjustment of politics Utah will be a Republican state. The campaigu of education has educated. edu-cated. For forty years the majority of our people have believed they were Democratic. But their Democracy was founded on prejudice, not upon principle. princi-ple. In the last four months they have heard the merits of both parties freely and frankly discussed and, while they have not moved entirely away from old prejudices, they have made splendid progress, and in the end they will stand with the party that believes in home industries and in fostering and encouraging encour-aging them. Utah Republicans have made a splendid fight and will continue to do so. Every material interest of Utah demands that our people should be Republican. Re-publican. They will see this more clearly in the light of Democratic policies poli-cies than they have been able to see up to this time. Free wool and free lead will quickly complete the conversion of Utah to Republican beliefs. |