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Show MAKE NO MISTAKE. Senator Kearns is malting a mistake in dictating the attitude and policy of the journal that he is supposed to control. It awakens awak-ens all kinds of suspicions One is, that, feeling feel-ing doubtful about being able to control votas enough to re-elect him, he would rather see the state legislature Democratic than to see a Republican Repub-lican Legislature that would ele"ct some one rather rath-er than himself Senator. Another is that the present play is being made to bulldoze his opponents oppo-nents Into a compromise, through which his reelection re-election might be assured. Another is that within his soul is a Richelieu instinct which makes him willing to make any conciliation to win, but that failing "anything to crush." Sampson pulled down the pillars of the temple smashed things generally and got the best of a temple full of his opponents, but then Samson did not live to enjoy his triumph. The Tribune certainly cannot have forgotten how, one year ago, it slashed those who thought they saw so much that was objectionable in the methods of nominating the ticket, that they felt justified in not (Supporting it, and thus defeated a thoroughly competent and in every way first class man for mayor of this city and elected his Democratic Demo-cratic opponent. But there are people who say that 'if a Republican Legislature is eleoted, the members will be dictated to as to who to support for Senator. Does that apply any more to a Republican than it would to a Democratic Legislature? In any event, with what grace can Senator Keafns' paper1 urge that objection. Would not a gentleman like the Hon. George Sutherland be quite as acceptable as a gentfeman like the Hon. Joseph Rawlins? Or if it comes to the wonst would not the Hon. John Henry Smith be quite as dignified in that position as Apostle Heber J. Grant. But suppose the programme that now seems assured as-sured it carried out and an independent, untram-meled untram-meled ticket is nominated and the free men of both the old parties are called upon to support it, what then will be the result? Some old time Liberals and some independent-thinking independent-thinking young Mormons would support It. Now let any man sit down, take his pencil and paper and take down every man of his acquaintance, Gentile and Mormon who would be liable to vote that way, then let him mark opposite each name the man's present party affiliations and then figure fig-ure up the result. It would be a safe wager that four of every five would he marked "Republican." "Republi-can." What then would be the result? Why the Herald next morning after election would have scare heads which would be something like the following: "Utah Redeemed." "Utah in the Role of Democratic Dem-ocratic States." "Democracy Triumphant In Every County." "The State Goes Overwhelmingly Overwhelm-ingly for Parker and Davis." Is that what is intended? The pillars of the Republican Temple would be broken sure enough and tho loof would look like a sunken section of the Lucin cut-off, but where would the Samsons be? Behind all this there Is something else for Republicans. They want Roosevelt and Fairbanks electors elected. They want a Republican Senator and Representative elected. They want Utah in the hands of Republican state officers, they want the present Republican policies continued for they believe they are for the beet interests of every industry in the State. Believing that, what of this present proposition for them to commit political poli-tical hara karl? The only th Q(fr 1o is to rally tQ the sup- j H port of the regtrk - .lican ticket. t H REPUBLICANS Aff '. ' j I The oampaign in J Illed with clamors; j jH these are increased h ntled Republicans, H but some facts must not fc light of. A Pres- , I ' H ident is to be elected this " Congressman Is , ' H to be elected in Utah, and .Legislature to be v I ) H elected will in turn elect a United States Sen- , ; Hi ator. It is most essential that all these be Repub- ! H licans. Three electoral votes taken from Roose- H velt and Fairbanks and given to Parker and I'll H Davis might elect the latter two. . ' H How would, any Republican feel if that should , I H happen? And it might, and the surest way to H make that possible would be for Republicans to H join an independent movement or to refuse to H support the ticket now nominated. To those who s H say It was unfairly nominated our answer is, . H "There is much of injustice in this world but one i j JH injustice is not cured by committing another in- ' i H justice. When Utah was given a place in the k j I JH Union of Stages and made sovereign and inde- j H pendent, an oblieatlon was nloperl unon hor npo- ' B pie that they should never commit an injustice n H upon Utah's sister states. j H A clear majority of the voters of Utah are H manifestly Republicans. Suppose, notwithstand- H ing this, that the electoral vote of Utah should be H cast for the Democratic candidates, what answer , H could the Republicans make when accused of H treachery or when charged with being untrue to , H their higher obligations to the nation? H But the National ticket Is not all: The Sen- f j H ator and Congressmen to be elected should be j H Republicans. H They give character to a State, they help to j H shape the legislation of the whole country. Ten H years ago Colorado's Senators were factors in ' H shaping national legislation. They gave to their H state a place so honored that Colorado was a , , H light in the window of the Union. Now she is H represented by one scold and one moral incen- H diary, and Colorado has sunk to a position in H the estimation of the nation between that of a , H menace and a nuisance. H We want to avoid all that .in Utah. That is H not all The legislature of this state should have H a majority of Republicans, for the Democratic H party has become a more negative party and ' H Is conducted now by its growls and its prejudices, H and this state needs same live legislation in tho H near future. This city needs liberal and and wise H legislation to enable it to be ready to meet the M progress that is coming on railroad tracks from H three directions. And a Republican legislature M would be helpless without a Republican Governor jH In the same way all candidates are inter-depend- , M ent upon each other in order to perform the most , B perfect service for the State, the county and the fl Hence we hold it to be the duty of al' Re- j j J publicans to support the Republican ticket In 'i I H this we can learn a lesson from our opponents ' I fl They quarrel sometimes, sometimes they make Hj threats, but on election day they all get in line ,; j H for their candidates. The duty of Republicans is J IH to get in line right now and to bend their best 3 mM energies to work for victory until the polls close I M on eltQtion night, fl |