Show THE VICTORY ACHIEVED THE utah election for delegate has baa resulted once more ina in a great victory for the peoples peopled party hon john T caine to is returned to congress with a handsome and satisfactory majority the magnitude of which cannot be correctly stated until the return ri are all in it et looks as though the country districts 11 all ll performed their political the voters went to the polls and exercised the franchise as citizens should in the city there was not the same fidelity to the trust confided in men as citizens it is evident that many voters of both parties stayed away from the polls the reasons for this are probably these after the excitement and furore of the municipal election some peoples peopled voters became tired and indifferent from reaction and others were thoroughly disgusted with politics because they knew they had been defrauded by the liberal party subsequent elections showed that these classes were taking a rest others thinking that the peopled people Is candidate was sure of reelection election re without their aid did not take the trouble to cast their ballots ballote and the hour of closing closing the polls coming before some of them left their employment they did not exert themselves to perform their duty As to the I 1 hiberd Li berd 1 voters there is no doubt and we think no dispute that large numbers 13 intended tended to show their opinion of the liberal candidate by their absence from the polling places the figures demonstrate his unpopularity it is to him a most humiliating snub after the tremendous efforts put forth by himself by pronounced democrats by leading republicans by government officials by the liberal papers and by hired politicians nd stumpers the results to the popular pa genial angelic and silvery advocate of antl anti amor mor monism and minority rule are utterly overwhelming in their crushing defeat of his aspirations we should think this will prove somewhat of an eye opener to him the diminished vote of his party after the alleged rapid increase of its members and actual increase of gentile population ought to teach him a salutary lesson lemon he should learn from it that moderation is more acceptable to decent people of all opinions than extreme bitterness and venoia veno ous hate that to demand the disfranchisement of a elass class of voters because they will not vote for their malignant foes is not the right way to gain the support of true americans that the continual assertion of falsehood false hoo Is will not give them the color or texture of truth nor deceive candid people who wish to be fair that while fraud may prevail and triumph in a few localities it cannot be practiced throughout the territory even to elect its chief literary champion that liberalism f as he interprets it is at a discount and that rant falsehood blackguardism and ribald abuse will not munt count with respectable people no matter how much they may differ from the objects of su such 0 ade defamation fa the election is not only a vi adles tion of the delegate who has done his whole duty to utah but it is a terrible rebuke to his opponent by whom he be has been most shamefully abused it looks as though every county has given a majority for the peoples peopled candidate with the exception ot of one and the figures from that indicate considerable bogus voting for or the defeated candidate the acts of a few of the election judges in rejecting legal voters of the peoples peopled party cannot be too strongly condemned and we hope that thai in the general satisfaction felt over the result of the election the prosecution of those criminal judges will not be lost sight of we do not wish to be vindictive we only desire to protect the sacred rights of citizens these are of the very highest consideration and should be maintained no matter at what cost put the rascals through we congratulate our friends throughout the territory on the splendid victory they have won and we congratulate all classes of the community on the fact that they will have a delegate in congress who will represent not merely a clique or a faction of a party but the entire people of utah and all its interests and will never become the tool of conspirators or political adventurers we join in the general jubilation over the victory achieved |