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Show A HUMOROUS QUANDARY. The political situation in this city at this time has Borne humorous features as well as serious ones, and even the humorous features do not lack their serious side The Republicans, urging the election of Mr Lynch, quote the tremendous majority that the Republicans had in this city last year for President Roosevelt Roose-velt as proof that the city Is bound to go Republican this year; but no one knows better than the very ones who etat this claim that the causes which made the Republican majority last year are liable to turn In the opposite oppo-site direction this year and make the controlling ote, which achieved the results, re-sults, do something quite the reverse on next Tuesday. On the other hand, the adherents of Mayor Morris are urging the large majority ma-jority which he had two years ago as proof of his strength before the people, and of the certainty of his election. They urge also the complete subser- ience whic h Mayor Morris has shown In his dealliiRs with the Smith Light & Railway company as proof that this power which was behind that company and which controlled the City Council and Mayor In robbing the city for Its benefit must necessarily In Its own behalf stand up for Mayor Morris; but at the same time those who urge this urge II with fear and trembling, and more as an effort to persuade themselves them-selves that il Is true than In the hope of convincing the public The plain fact, without any frills, Ib that both parties, being church parties, have the church In the hole this year. The church influence would gladly be extended to one or the other were the circumstances so that it could be done without betrayal of the church position and without the aggrieved party ever being able to hold the church reopon-rlbleTor reopon-rlbleTor what was dore. But the situation situa-tion now does not admit of this. Whatever What-ever the church does now will certainly be known, and the party against which the church turns will know that it Is betrayed, and its members will largely go to the American party as the only-way only-way of showing their displeasure at church Interference and Church dominance, domi-nance, and at the same time, as a means of ddiuiing their Independence In politics poli-tics and proving their American manhood man-hood Up to this time there has been no sp' . flc declaration from the church; no absolute conclusion arrived at by the I leaders President Smith feels grateful grate-ful lo Mayor Morris for backing down ami betraying the people in the interests inter-ests of his light and power company. Smoot, on the other hand, feels that the election of Lynch Is necessary to his personal vindication and for the defense de-fense of his cane In his Struggle to retain re-tain his scat In the United States Senate. Sen-ate. And so between these two the church Is In a quandary. How It will get out of it remains to be seen. Perhaps Per-haps t may drop Its bands And let things drift That would doubtless be the wisest course, but we shall all know by next Tuesday Just what has been done and left undone The Americans can look on this situation situ-ation with a good deal ( amusement, which is heightened by their confldence of victory for Esra Thompson nnd the whole American ticket on election day. |