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Show HOT CAMPAIGN COMING One of the hottest and most interesting political campaigns cam-paigns in the histoiy of the state is expected to be experienced in Utah this fall, with a drive for votes more intense than that of many years. A field of 71") entrants in the party races of Utah was counted at conch "ion of filing July 2'.',. This is a healthful indication of the general interest in government. In Utah the office of governor, with 12 candidates, seven Democrats and five Republicans, is attracting much interest, both among supporters of various candidates and the general gen-eral public. Nationally the issue sei-nit; to be resolving itself into "third term" and "the power trust" controversies. Republicans Republi-cans point to Willkie as a miracle man and to Roosevelt as a precendent breaker. Democrats counter by quoting George Washington in a letter to Lafayette as saying "I can see no propriety in precluding ourselves from the services of any man who, on some great emergency, shall be deemed universally univer-sally most capable of serving the public", and recall the Democratic De-mocratic party's long fight against utilities' monopolies. The one sure thing in all the pre-election confusion is that by ballot the voters will reveal their decision on problems prob-lems facing United States as a nation and all of us as citizens citi-zens of a great representative democracy. With two-thirds of the people of the world living under governments that allow people no voice in those governments, our right to vote is a priceless privilege. By ballot we wield a power that will determine our course in a critical period of history. Only the blind could fail to appreciate the blessing and the duty that :ue ours. |