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Show UTAH IN THE DELECATE ELECTION. It is plainly apparent that the present trend of thought in Utah iB in the direction of a perfect division on national na-tional party lines in the matter of the election of a delegate to congress. The recent Liberal conference in this city, called for the purpose of considering consider-ing this question, contained a large minority who would have voted in favor of this proposition if they had not seen that the conference was packed against thorn, and was not truly representative repre-sentative cf the party as a whole. Some of the most intelligent leaders of the Liberal element were known to believe in this policy, but they remained away from the conference for the most part, and those who attended kept Bilent, with two or three exceptions. There are many good men who honestly believe that Liberal supremacy in local affairs should be maintained a little longer, but among this element there are few who see any wisdom in prolonging the old fight on the question ques-tion of who shall represent Utah in congress. Iu the first place, no one entertains the slightest hope of the election of a Liberal. In the second place, such a man, if elected, would have no place in the congress of the United States. His influence would be nullified from the beginning. To be useful to his constituents, con-stituents, it is necessary that a representative repre-sentative be either Republican or Democrat. Dem-ocrat. The local issues are not involved in the slightest degree in the delegate election. elec-tion. From one end cf Utah to the other, it is the national issues that are being debated. The next delegate will be a Republican Republi-can or a Democrat. His election will be interpreted as the demand of Utah for the continued protection of wool and lead, or as a demand on her part for free wool and free lead. Every man who throws his vote away on a hopeless Third party assists the Democrats Demo-crats to tell the nation the monstrous lie that Utah does not believe in her future fu-ture development, that she does not appreciate ap-preciate the protection of her wool, lead and farming interests, and that she does not desire the assistance of the tariff in working out manufacturing possibilities. These are the plain facts of the situation. situ-ation. They are being considered carefully care-fully by the several thousand voterB who have heretofore given conscientious conscien-tious and unwavering allegiance to the Liberal party. Upon all these people The Times urges the wisdom of helping along the reconciliation in Utah, and of putting the great territory on the right line of national politics by giving their support sup-port this jear to a candidate for con- gress who represents the national issues, and whose election would correctly cor-rectly voice the real sentiment of Utah on the question of protection. Let us divide on national lines in the matter of delegate. Utah's prosperity will be fostered by so doing. It will be endangered by any other course. |