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Show result The band wagon is always a popular vehicle at the close of a campaign, and those who were the loudest at first to assert that the selections jsvere poor and the instruments jut of tune are generally" found sitting close to the bass drum when the procession pro-cession starts. The Democrats have been pretty well united. Considering the rancor of 1896 and 1900 they have accomplished a great deal in restoring even a measure meas-ure of harmony, but from the outset it seemed ridiculous ridicu-lous for them to expect victory. They had no pronounced pro-nounced issues and their candidates were not of tho vote winning sort. The Populists under the leadership of Watson and with the synipathy and covert support of Hearst will probably poll a considerable vote, drawing a uumber of radical Bryanites from the Democratic party. It has been a remarkably quiet and fairly clean campaign. The absence of whoop and hurrah and of business disturbance is gratifying. IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE READING THE NEWSPAPERS NEWSPA-PERS AND THINKING FOR THEMSELVES. THEY ARE NO LONGER CARRIED AWAY BY SPREAD-EAGLE ORATORY. COMMON-SENSE HAS TAKEN TnE PLACE OF 'SENTIMENT. In Utah and in Salt Lake county and Salt Lake City the situation is too complicated to warrant any attempt at predicting the result. The campaign has been rather bitter, but we believe the bitterness will soon be forgotten. State and city are growing and prospering too rapidly for men to stop to rake up the past. The present and the future have claims upon every citizen that are more important than animosities growing out of the heat of a campaign. cam-paign. WE HOPE THAT GOOD MEN WILL BE ELECTED AND THAT THEY WILL SO CONDUCT CON-DUCT THE AFFAIRS OF OFFICE THAT CHARGES MADE AGAINST THEM WILL PROVE TO BE UNFOUNDED. Eiid of ths Campaign. The campaign of 1904 !s over and the election has been decided before this. Ndthing remains but the casting of the votes, which Is of comparatively minor Importance, as practically every voter has already made up his mind. In the national election the indications are that the Republicans will be victorious. They have had everything in their favor, and at no time has it cemed likely that they would lose. They have fought as hard as if the odds were against them, however, Slid have been wise enough to follow the political teachings of McKinley and Hanna. Of . course, there has been some sentiment against Roosevelt in his own party, bnt we do not think it is considerable enough to make much difference in the |