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Show In Favor of Debating Societies Editor Globe: When politics first hit our county, a father with his two daughters went to a republican rally, the first one held in the town. Thero was tho usual number of figures given, Jokes told bombast and eloquence elo-quence displayed. When tho show was over the father said: "Well girls what do you think of It"? "O Republicanism Isthostuffl Don't you think so father?" "I guess so," tho father answered. That same week a democratic rally was held, and the parent being anxious that tho young ladles should hear both sides, tho trio attended tho gathering and listened to somo of tho Jokes and Conundrums Conun-drums they heard a few evenings before nnd tho well worn nrguments with tho snmo display of oratory. "Well girls," asked tho father as thoy were walking homo, "Aro you Democrats?" "I should think wo arc," was tho reply, "Arn't you?" "I guess so," said the father. Upon reaching home a little discussion was entered Into. The theories advanced at the two meetings were compared. Tho old school history was brought out and reference was mado to tho disastrous and to tho prosperous periods in our history; his-tory; showing that at ono tlmo ono set of principles was adopted and failed, at an. other time others wcro tried and proved a success and that success or disaster followed adoption or rejection of certain financial methods as night follows day. A young lady sees a bat In a ship window win-dow and says it it the lovollcst thing she oversaw. Bho goes a few blocks and sees another head-gear In another window amd says It Is just too sweet for anything; any-thing; but before sho can tell which one becomes her tho better, sho must ex-amine ex-amine and comparo tho material, tho workmanship, tho architecture, the ma- tcrlal, tho trimmings and the shade. Just so with tho great questions which underllo tho making of communities, tho building of states and tho growth of a nation. Thoy must be compared, weigh cd and understood, before we can act intelligently, in-telligently, therefore, a sacred duty devolves de-volves upon every citizen of a county llko ours governed by the pcoplo to weigh and analyzo thoroughly tho plans advocated advo-cated by wUo statesmen and profound thinkers from 1776 to tho present date. To do this one of tho best schemes Is to organize classes which may take tho form of debating or literary societies or both. Wo remember a few winters back visiting an organization of this kind in ono of tho precincts of this county. Tho members wcro In earnest. During the winter they discussed tho Declaration of Indlpcndcnce and tho causes which lead up to Its proclamation, tho Constitution, act creating the Territory of Utah, tho city charter, the different forms of government, finances etc, etc, wero do-bated do-bated in such a way as to make many a representative or senator in congress blush because of his lack of wit, sarcasm, oratory and profundity of knowledge possessed by these would-be statesmen. Tho Stato legislature was in session and a bill introduced was taken up by this organization, argued and passed pass-ed long beforo it got out of the bauds of the legislative commlttco at the capital. capi-tal. Tho meetings were amusing and interesting. Thero should bo mora of such classes In which both men and women tako part. Both sexes aro voters In Utah and to be Intelligent voters thoy must understand the parties. Jauntcr. Wlllard, Jan. 4 1007. |