Show LOTS GOING THAT WAY W T Owens a Prominent Garfield Democrat Joins Republicans Pangultch Sept 27 Thcro Is a general move hero now In tho way of gelling ready for Iho campaign although there has not been any Democratic ticket mudo you Thev aro xailing to nc if Ihero arc any Democrats left to put on Urn ticket The worst setback that tho Domocrata have had in thIs locallly lately Is time loss of their give club leader Mr V T Owens Ow-ens who after tho1 Republican primary tIme other night came out and said that he was going to support tho Republican State Hckot The boys thinking that he wits Jesting nkcd him what hn monnt Tlo reviled From now on I nm a Rc publlcaji That brought consternation Into tile Democratic camp and much hit ler talk from that alilo was ncnnj anti In order to bo certain your correspondent correspond-ent went and found Mr Owens and asked him It 11 was true an reported hat ho had Joined tho Republicans und he mIldly mild-ly said Yes you can nay for mo that j 1 am done with the Democratic party for good AVhllo I huxo many warm friends among them I cannot any longer atflll ate with thorn as a political party and It Is duo to them that I mako this announcement an-nouncement publicly that they may nil know whcro I stand 1 have been In the party ever since It was organized In thin county and have worked hard for the party Ati the name time there hnvn been many things that they have ndxocntcd that I dfd riot Hko and could not agree with Another1 thing 1 cant go the Democratic Dem-ocratic iMatform made nt Provo I dont think Jthitt It b l consistent with many timings that they have advocated heretofore hereto-fore without going Into details CHRONIC KICKERS Then another tiring > they have got to bo a set of chronic kickers and xvijl lake a positive stand Ip one campaign and then In the not ono will turn around and swcur that they never did It anti try to make the people bellcxc that they never did anything of the kind and then the rest of un nmall fry have lo apologIze to friends on the other side for the summer siult To mo that is tho reason that the Democrats are not uucccssful In their campaign audit Is plain that the ptonJo arc afraid to trust them and I notice that on the other hand that when the RtSpUb llcans bollcvo In a doctrine they have time courage to oay so and they stick to and never give It up no matter how unpopular unpopu-lar It may seem If they think that It Ih tho heat for the people they give It a i fair test and as a rule they havu been right and It cannot be disputed the Republican Republi-can rule hua been the beat for the people In thia Stale ao I believe jt hay for the whoo Nation Then again they try lo make the1 people bcjlcvc that they are frlonds lo the soldiery whoXousht In tlm Phlllpplno Inlands xvhen their whole course ttnd conduct has bUen to condemn the war and coal > a stigma on the very poldlcrs that they now Seem to want to mutt That will never do That war wan and has iilwnva beeli a rltrhteous war and wan be un for hdmanllyf s5ak > And lias areomplhUiddall 1 that a roasonable mind could ask and has placed the United Stales In the front ranks and a great power among the powers of the world There Irt not 11 power on the earth today tutu does not acknowledge lie I standIng that the IJnlled Slates Is entitled to and you can sec It one over hand CANT SWALLOW IT Then there lo nnolher thing 1 cannot Rwullo In tho last campaign F X Cannon Can-non went through the Stale from one and lo the oIlier proclaiming lo thc pcoplft that he had not come to the Democratic party but that lbs Democratic party had come lo him and the Democratic party has ncknoxvlcdjjed that It IB trite for utter utt-er hearing that they have put him In as chairman of the parly given the whole cheese lo him and nay Yes we have como to you toko us you can call us yoius If you like only xvln this com palSP for tin And euro as can be that Is another fulluro that will be recorded ncalnst them on the lib day of Noxcm her next I also believe In President Roosevelt policies and shall take pleasure in supporting sup-porting him If he Is nbmlnatcd next time That b lng the cane I will act where T belonc und that lo In the Republican party After ncalng Mr Owens a number of thd Democrats wore asked what they had to aay and one of them cared to talk about It hut Dimply would cay that lots of them seem to be going that way |