Show WHY A correspondent of the New York Sun asks an explanation of by what means Bryans majority of 51000 In Utah In 1S96 was swept away in the last election and a majority glvdn to McKinley The explanation Is very simple Sir Bryan did not represent this year what he did four years ago By his own acts and by the Kansas City platform all Republicans hoI ho-I four years ago voted for him were I absolved from any obligation to support sup-port him this year The normal condition condi-tion of Utah Is Republican Its people have always been brought up to cling to protection that home industries I might be fostered This has become I so fixed that only a a great principle couldInduce the people to change their voles against It Four years ago more than twenty thousand of the voters of I Utah whoj were natural Republicans voted for Mr Bryan They did It for the manifest reason that business was prostrated that the only way to make business better would be to Increase the volume of standard t pyioney and they could not then one could see at that time how the standard money could be Increased except through the rehabilitation of silver But the change came No matter what the source was It came sotrce and even two years ago the majority < jority of 51000 had been reduced to GCG3 and the Republican vote had gained In those two years the difference between 2D631 and 13491 This year the tariff upheld the lead industry and the sugarmaking industry the livestock live-stock industry the wool industry the silk industry and brought many millions lions of dollars to sparsely settled Utah and business was better than It had been before for eight years Un der such circumstances more than half the 5CG3 that made the majority for Congressman two years ago voted this year for McKlnley We think If the campaign had lasted two weeks longer a like result would have been achieved In Idahq We are very sure that were the election to bp called again tonorow both Idaho and r Nevada would vole the Republican ticket HIl was possible to overcome a large majority In Nebraska for Mr Bryan and give a large majority for Air McKinlcv there ought not to be any wonder about Utahs going asr It did because the people of Utah are quite as Intelligent as those oC Nebraska Ne-braska Their businesses more div rsi fled they are quite as atrtto note the changes In the financial affairs ot the country nnl the wonder Is not that Utah went Republican The wonder Is that It did not giveajvetemuch larger majority to 1 thKlnla |