Show C S VARIAN tha republicans carried salt lais city HARD TIMES GENERAL APATHY and ana some other causes of local significance ance Contri contributed to the result As announced in THE JOURNAL last week salt week salt lake city was carried by varian the republican candidate over hall the democratic candidate by majority other reports place place the figures at and some at however that may be the city went republican and even if it had bill riot not the political complexion of the legislature would have been anchan unchanged 0 ed As usual several causes lead to th the result chief agop among 0 them bein baing M the present financial condition of toe the country which has been unjustly charged to the party in power another cau cause e was the general apathy of democrats Demo critts owing to disappointments ua in petting getting office under 1 0 the ad administration min ration and still another was tho the fact that members of the old liberal party barty were not sufficiently weaned leaned from their L former or organ oran an but all these combined could not have defeated democracy had bad it not been for certain peculiar influences with which the people of this locality have been made familiar in the past lion hen john ile henry arasmith arv smith and other leadin leading 0 men were allowed to take the stump in the face of all the rules and re regulations a laid down for others in that respect the herald tells the rest tho the result of the election will riot not be any discouragement to the democratic party of utah it should only nerve them to further exertions when tho the crucial test shall come tho the state election will be tho the real turning poaul we do not card cara honsoon how soon it comes the party pai ty has still a 0 good majority in the territory and with a fair dietric districting ting and a apportionment tion men will twill make a very different showing from that of the present there were svere a variety of causes causer that contributed to the republican v victory i c to ry among them are the following the disbanding of the liberal liberne party has strengthened the republican ranks more strongly than was anticipated there were fewer democrats in it than was supposed the returns shows that the old prediction that when the liberal party rc solved itself into original elements th thy y X would principally princ prine pally gravitate to the republican party but which was subsequently thought to be exaggerated has bs proven to be correct the legislature legis latura being already republican in both houcek the democrats perceived the fact that election of f orie one candidate condi date would not c change bange the political complexion of either house and ro eo there was ivas not auy great incentive in that particular to arouse them to action the republicans were well supplied su P with funds for expenses to make a thorough a eh con vass and rustle ca out bevery every voter likely to aid their cabie uke and had a number of paid workers who fairly earned their wages W ages the democrats to a large extent labored gratuitously and though they worked with energy ene agy were not as well supplied as tile the foe we were re with the si sinews news of war the enemy were earlier in the field and in addition to a number of speakers who had personal influence in several directions covered the ground round more fully than the democrats were ablo able to with tho men and means to command minand cj tho hard times which were cun fingl bingly attributed by the republic cans calls from born the be beginning 0 annin as the result of the chan 41 e of administration proved to lie ile more potent in thoin the minds iuds of many voters than sound bound reason anil and fair explanation tho thin appeals made to the apparent interests of tho people as to the wool load lead sugar and other local interests interest shad had a great effect touching their selfishness and abou arou ing their animo animosities aties against the party part y alle alleged ed to be inimical to them the misrepresentation as to the action of the democratic party on the silver question also alea helped to befog the th minds of many voters aud and tended to turn a number of votes in the th wrong direction the common error of attributing all the ills that come upon the country to the party in power fot fostered ered by men who knew better but took ii td vantage of it in aid of f their own party was another factor in the sum suin odthe of the cleveland avas mi misrepresented as responsible for the business failures end and other troubles of the past year and pictured as though lie he were a despotic ruler whom word was law and who had bad power powe r to tain the tide of affairs with a wave of the hand and that had its influence flu encia with minds not well informed A number of people who wore ware depended upon to swell the democratic vote stayed at home or went about their ordinary busi business neso indifferent as to the result others other who belong to no party east cast then their ballots for republican candidate thinking that this would in some wy way help to make times better the total vote fell short of the re registration |