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Show WATCH THE RINGSTERS. The probabilities are that Governoi Spry will be nominated at the Rcpub liean convention. The professional politicians, poli-ticians, however, still have faith in deal; and tricks and hope to overturn in thf convention the will of the party as expressed at the primaries. The supporters sup-porters of the best governor Utah has had must not lose sight of the fact that vigilance is the price of victory. The rank and file of the party responded re-sponded nobly to the appeal of the business busi-ness men for four years more of efficient ef-ficient government and four years more of prosperity and progress. They faced a resolute opposition, officered by the craftiest ring politicians, and won. The chief factor in favor of Governor Spry, aside from his own record, was the gross hypocrisy of politicians who, so to speak, deserted the public .bars temporarily tem-porarily to preach prohibition. But all the efforts of the politicians to demonstrate that those who were for prohibition must be against Governor Spry failed. The governor had made it sufficiently clear that he had always al-ways consistently carried out the wishes of his party on the liquor question, and that, whatever the decision of his party might be he would once more, if renominated, bow to the wishes of the party. This left the issue as between himself and the rival candidates one of fitness solely, and on that issue there could be but one judgment. The.field divided its votes chiefly between be-tween two candidates, Mr. Morris and Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Morris secured a respectable number of delegates and Mr. Jenkins a handful. Mr. Jenkins is an estimable young .business man whose handicap from the beginning was that he was sponsored by the federal bunch. That was sufficient suf-ficient to make his candidacy futile. The mass of Republican voters were convinced that the real and only issue was good government for the state. They saw through the ruses of the politicians poli-ticians and proclaimed with unmistakable unmistak-able clearness their opinion that the interests in-terests of the state required the rcnom-ination rcnom-ination aud re-election of Utah's ablest chief executive. But their work is not done. The craft of the politicians is Et ill at work and they hope by means of the prohibition question and the dark devices of corrupt politics to undo the results of the primaries. If their machinations are to be brought to naught the supporters of the governor must act with unity aud circumspection |