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Show H ADDITIONAL POLITICAL AND OTHER TRUTHS. H Before election it was well under H stood that it was necessary for tho H public weal for tho opposition to tho H amcrikcarns party to concentrate Us H strength to defeat tho party of graft, B intolerance and hate. The oppo-H oppo-H sltlon had to choose cither tho republics republi-cs can or the democratic parties VJ to route tho common enemy. mb They choso the republicans they be-J be-J ing the stronger weapon. Tho demo-HJ demo-HJ crats aro sore because the voters did HJ not choose their party. They havo HJ no reason for it, but they are sore just HJ tho same. They talk about disbanding HJ and church inllucnco nnd nil that sort J of rot as pretty nearly ovcry defeated J political party in Utah has done for HJ tho last dozen years. It seems to us, however, that tho democrats were lit- tie it any more successful In other J parts of the country than they were in Utah. If they want to disband why let them disband. Who cares? Until tho democratic party has some better HJ policies to offer than It has now it I might as well go out of business. H Of all the artful dodgers the Herald is tho most artful. During the late campaign It played Into tho lmnds'of tho "Amorlcans," just exhibiting HH enough surface democracy to save its I face. It was openly accused of this by democrats during tho campaign and Its conduct since has fully estab- llshcd tho truthfulness of tho nccusa- HH' tion. It wants tho "Americans" to carry tho school election and Is urging democrats not tojoln in n non-partisan movement to keep the scliools out of politics. It wants tho democrats to sulk and thus givo tho "Americans" tho chance to get control of the school I system and turn it Into an nmerlkearns political machine. If tho chairman of tho democratic city committco won't I join with tho chairman of tho repub- llcan city commltteo In calling a non- partisan school convention the rcpub- ljcans shouldn't call nny convention, but tho citizens of both parties who I have tho welfaro of tho schools at ' heart should get together and in mass meotlngs nomlnato a non-partisan school board ticket. That's tho way to prevent Professor Kearns from ob- taining control of tho schools. Teach- ers and all those connected with the schools wo think will oppose tho plan of making the schools an adjunct to any political party. They stand on a higher plain now and it would bo a ' sorry day for them when in order to hold their positions they would havo to koV tow to sonio political boss and pay a percentage of their salaries to V tho campaign fund of some political liarty. HH . The next term of congress opens on December C. Senator Sutherland is already in Washington, Senator Smoot will leave for tho capital next week and Congressman Howell on tho 27th H) Carl Badger, private secretary to ' Senator Smoot, left for Washington on Friday. H . Tho Trlbuno has again started its daily announcements that Senator Smoot Is on tho evo of being expelled from tho United States senate. H N. H. Qrambllng, a prominent and wealthy real estato man from Mon- HH tana, was in the city for a couplo of HH days this week attending to somo of H his real estato interests. Ho talks H most enthusiastically of tho futuro of H this city and declares that in a very H few; ypars.it -will havo grown to motro- polltun proportions. In support of I1I3 argument ho cites the millions nnd millions of dollars that the rnllroads aro expending In Salt Lake and to get here, tho vast smelter Interests and the mining Interests. Whero millionaires million-aires like Harriman, Gould, Heinze, Guggenhelmer, Clark and others are dropping in their millions is a good place, Gramllng says, to watch. Ho will bo back hero In a few weeks with a few automobllo loads of real estate buyers who want to tako an interest in Salt Lako realty. There is only one regret regarding tho late election nnd that is Hint Geo. C. Buckle and R. W. Wright wore not elected. It was through no fault of theirs or no lack of popularity. It was geographical conditions which defeated de-feated them. Tho "American" candldato for con-gress con-gress polled 125 votes In Weber county coun-ty of which 120 were in Ogden. In Summit county Mr. Weir received but 175 votes. Even tho socialist candidate candid-ate beat him. With this extremely mlserablo showing tho "Americans" yet claim they nro strong and growing. Well, there's plenty of room for growth. Tho Tribuno claims tho Mormons control tho public schools of this city, nnd It wants to break up tho monopoly. monopo-ly. It is truo that CO per cent of the pupils attending the schools nro Mormons. Mor-mons. It is also truo that 90 per cent of tho instructors aro Gentiles. Wherein Where-in does the Mormon control consist? Jim Donelson makes tho charge that County Attorney Christensen promised him Immunity from prosecution prosecu-tion for robbing tho McWhirtor brothers broth-ers if Donelson would implicate Chief of Police Sheets in tho robbery. Nobody No-body will take much stock In anything any-thing Donelson says. Donelson Is tho fellow who made a charge of perjury against one of tho clorgymen of tho city a short time ago. Donelson is almost al-most tho equal or Charles Mostyn Owen in the matter of making charges. The coal barons nnd others are on the grand jury rnck. Fellows who claim to be wise say there will be some developments in a day or two in regard to the Union Pnclllc Coal com-rany. com-rany. o |