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Show When our Republican friends paraded the streets last fall, headed by a brass band and carrying banners ban-ners inscribed with the words, "Get in line with the President," they little dreamed what it meant to get in line with the Administration. Administra-tion. But since President Roosevelt Roose-velt has made his wishes known in regard to the Utah Seuatorship, the leaders have been dumbfounded and even the rank and file have tumbled to the meaning of the election phrase, "Get in line with the President." They are in a really serious predicament. During Dur-ing the entire campaign every Republican Re-publican leader, of every shade of belief, allowed the candidacy of Reed Smoot to go unchallenged. He was the avowed candidate for the United States Senate, and the Republican victory was due largely to his influence, and all hands were willing that it should be so. With-out With-out discussing the merits or de-merits de-merits of the gentleman, we must at least admit that under the circumstances cir-cumstances it would be a shabby trick to deny him the honor that he has won. We sympathize with our friends, as only Utah Democrats Demo-crats can sympathize. It is up to the Legislature, and it appears that Mr. Smoot has lost none of his strength there, and he is determined deter-mined to remain in the race. In the event that he is elected, it will no doubt cause something of a flurry in the land, but it is safe enough to predict that a Republican Republi-can Senate will not deny him his seat if his credentials are presented in proper form. But President Roosevelt, Senator Thomas Kearns, etc., etc., etc., etc., will have to do some astonishing somersaulting to properly get back into line with the people. |