Show party betrayal the trail of the serpent is plainly traceable through the political grass of utah county party treachery not a democratic majority has defeated the republican ticket A few individ-ual whose names are known to alio executive committee have wrought disaster where we should now harree been rejoicing over ccaammalete victory iu this county for it is today republi-can we publish today a tabulated statement of the ccoouunnttyess vote on legislative candidates which is a record worthy of study the figures chow alie deceitful work of party members there arc not many of these traitors wo are happy to caybut whery a county is as close as butali county now is they are of course able to cause defeat out of victory an-other year alie party will b able to guard against them the union forces used to be annoyed by men who fought them from behind instead of in front the veterans to this day can find terms harsh enough to apply to such characters they say the rebels were far more manly and honorable the men who fought from behind were also more mischievous one traitor with union secrets could easily cause defeat in a battle so it is with men whom the republican party has trusted they did the party great injury in the late contest and their aced will redound to their dishonor the party soon learns where its confidence can be re-posed and who its betra yera are it doea not tako many campaigns to prove that fact tha bat campaign lias proved it in utah county those are disagreeable features of a campaign they probably cannot be avoided because humanity haa its im-perfections utah county however has given every proof of republican increase such as will nejat year place it within the ranks of the party of pro-gress A change in county govern-ment is assured and it vill be for the benefit of alie people of second county city that |