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Show SUPPOE A CHANGE. Suppose the Trflitone had its way; that the State ticket all goet Democratic, that a Democratic Demo-cratic Governor, Congressman, Legislature and all the Democratic State officers are elected, how will Republicans feel next morning? Taking a purely selflh Idea, of course every appointment made wuld be a Democrat, every employee would be a Democrat (for that is the Democratic way) and every state and county office would be a Democratic Demo-cratic recruiting station. Is that what Rennllcans are hoping for? That v what the Tribune recommends. How much bet- , I 'H FV would that be from any point of view than it j j H rf be for those officers to be Republicans? ' ! I H unocratic Legislature would naturally t H ele u Joseph Rawlins to the Senate. Do jH Repuvtns remember his career in the Senate? J H He out-Heroded the whole bunch. He placed H every obstacle in his power in the way of the j fl administration. He fought the Philippine work H of redemption, with all his might; he did what he , ; H could to cast discredit on every effort to redeem . jH and make decent those islands. He backed Tom j ' , H Patterson of Colorado in all his incendiary j ,H schemes; he was a general obstructionist. Do ! 1H tho Gentile Republicans of Utah want a repetition H cf his performances? Again, were his party to j H gain control of the Senate, he would back every H proposed hostile measure to do away with the M tariff, he" would stand against every proposition to j M restore the merchant marine; he would strive to j M have the army reduced and the further building ! j )M of the navy crippled. He is by nature an obstruc- ' 1 M tionist, and there is no power on earth that can j j j M start to' life the stolid inertia of his nature in any j j H modern direction. With him and Judge Powers I j M elected, every government office in Utah would be I ,H filled by a Democrat With all this accomplished, ' j ' ! 'B how much better pff would Utah be? In what ! ,H way would church influence in Utah be turned ' ; Jfl aside? Men should not become so excited as to j H lose their common sense. In the foregoing we 1 H have spoken only of the results to Utah thrdugh j B the coming of a Democratic landslide. What 'H would be the effect on the Nation were the dis- f H gruntled Republicans in every State to do what j ', H is sought to be done In Utah, and the country j j,.H to be turned over to the tender mercies of the H Democratic party? The hungry horde from the I H sullen south and New York City would be in the j H saddle again. Statesmen of the Hoke Smith, Hill H and Shoehan stripe would have sway, both the do H mestic and foreign policy of the country would be ; j . ;H a source of perpetual anxiety and should any real 'ifl trouble comq, what would the country come to ' with such pilots on the bridge, such masters at the II helm? hi |