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Show self, with its depleted ranks, to prevent the complete reconciliation of our people, peo-ple, the complete nationalization of our politics and the perfect Americanization Americaniza-tion of our institutions. It is the old party alon ewhich endeavors endeav-ors to perpetuate here those unnatural conditions in politics which it was organized or-ganized to destroy. - It is this party alone which objects to the discussion of national politics and to the division of our people cn those lines of political thought that divide Americana in all other states of this Union. The election of a delegate to congress involves purely national questions. Our local differences, and especially the old bitterness of the past, should have no part whatever in such a contest. These are questions now being studied by thoughtful Liberals. More and more the members of that party are seeing their way clear to join the national parties on this issue of who shall represent repre-sent us in congress. There is no other possible conclusion for the thoughtful and honest Liberal who holds the good of all our people higher than his dssire for office. Equally clear are the reasons why no man who desires to see our present in- dustries prosper and new ones devel- oped should vote the Democratic ticket. The Democratic policy of free wool would inevitably bring the second industry in this territory to the verge of disaster. We know this because we remember the panic that followed the introduction of the Mills free wool bill a few years ago, and because we realize tho prosperity which came to this industry after the Republican senate had killed that measure. The Democratic proposition of free lead would reduce the wages in every mining camp in Utah, and the Democratic Demo-cratic proposition of free trade all along the line would shut the door in the face of Utah's manufacturing prospects for years to come. The growth and prosperity pros-perity of this territory are involved in Republican success this fall, and every man who realizes this fact ought to give his vote to the Republican candidate candi-date for congress, however he may vote on matters of purely local interest. The Times has no sympathy with appeals to passion and prejudice. It believes the whole people of Utah are today open to conviction. It believes they are all patriotic and all earnestly desirous of laying broad and deep the foundations of an American state. It is because we so believe that we predict that as the discussion goes on men will continue to come out of the Liberal party, and to stop away from the cold shadow of Democracy, and that in November Utah will speak in the clarion tones of a Republican voice. WE ARE NOT FAR APART. Everybody in this territory is agreed as to what the future of Utah ought to be. We differ only as to the best means to be adopted to attain that end. What we want ia Utah is a thoroughly American spirit on the part of our people; peo-ple; the rapid development of our mineral min-eral resources; the settlement ef our vacant lands, and the realization of the manufacturing possibilities that exist here in almost boundless measure. There is not a man who lives here, whatever his political or religious faith, who does not carry in his mind and in his heart this picture of Utah's future. This is the end and aim of Liberalism, of Republicanism and of Democracy as it appears to the advocates of each of these political doctrines. There are no traitors in Utah who are opposed to the development, progress and prosperity of all our people. We agroe as to tho end and ditfer as to the means. The Times stands for straight Republicanism Re-publicanism in Utah. With all its heart and soul it believes that the success of the Republican party at the coming election means more for our people than any event that has occurred here ia recent years. We concede the honesty hon-esty of the mass of Liberals. We evea believe the Democrats are honest, but it is very clear to us that they are mistaken, mis-taken, and we believe it will be equally clear to thousands of them before this campaign is over. Look at it first from the Liberal standpoint. That party has opposed the violation of American laws and the use of the state as the shield of the church. Both of the great evils which it confronted and fought have passed away. There is absolutely nothing in Utah today, save the Liberal arruj it- |