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Show ' BITTER ESS 13 THE G. 0. P. j The Standard evidently regards the position assumed by the Tribune upon this Crane-Trumbo matter as a grave niiHtake. la it because it is not good politics to tell the truth? Or does Bill Glasmann really regard these two patriots as tbe creme de la creme of the republican force in Utah, and really desire to eee them both . tri-umph tri-umph in the convention!' It is juBt possible, however, that the Standard bates the Tribune so cordially that it would eee these two patriots eo to the j front simply that its great rival in the republican party may be brought to prief. There ifi.no absolute rule by which political reasons may be paused, but it does seem very certain that to down Crane and Trumbo the Tribune would put to hazard the party result this fall, and to see the Tribune humiliated humi-liated the Standard would put up the eame stake. This is called republican harmony in Utah, but to the great out-Bide out-Bide world it doesn't resemble that, one bit. The great beauty of it in our eyes is that it is irreconcileable now or hereafter. here-after. The thing has gone too far, the throat cutting has been truly realistic real-istic and a severed juglar is a hard thing to mend. Added to all this there is great ability on both sides of the break. Crane is no nincompoop and Col. Trumbo would not be where he Is now unless he had a bushel of brains. Bill Glasmann, scoff as the Tribune may, is nobody's fool. He has come about ae near making his points as any one of the patriots so far. We all know the Tribune is able, albeit much cannot be said of its unselfish un-selfish devotion to republican or any other variety of principle, political we mean. Now there iB big money on both sides of the controversy and it has all the seeming of a big fight with fctay in it. We can but admire the Tribune in making the grave charges which it does against both Crane and Trumbo, nor can we fail to be impressed by tbe gallant defense of these worthies made ty the Standard, If the charges against Crane and Trumbo are false, the Tribune is abnormally bold in projecting pro-jecting them. If they are true the Standard's gallantry is truly phenomenal. phenome-nal. Money can raise all eorts of merry hades in politics and in any given amount required. It might nerve Bill Glasmann to still bi?her flights and it may Bet Mr. Charles Crane of Kanosh to digging for votes Iin every township in all broad Utah. All this seems melancholy in view ot tbe nearly absolute certainty of entire and satisfactory republican defeat which now exists. This defeat will be hastened and assured by the deep disgust which has taken hold of all the decent elements in the republican party. These dare not cast in their fortunes with the Tribune because they never know j when it will turn upon and rend its j best friends, and they cannot now, or at any date in the future, stomach the Standard or Crane. If these deductions de-ductions are only half-way correct the situation is yery grave from any republican re-publican stand-point of observation and assures a bitter factional fight un til the end oi the campaign. Here we have democratic opportunity in unlimited un-limited supply. Have we the wisdom to profit by it? If yea, victory. If nay, ignominious defeat with a superb chance in our favor. |