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Show "Tho childish anger displayed by Brother My-ton My-ton after his defeat at the hands of the Smoot convention for the nomination of state treasurer was not the least of the exciting incidents of the day and night. It Is rather humorous to see a gentleman worked up in various ways to a fever heat, realize for the first time that a pledge of a delegate doesn't mean much in "Utah. It was not dignified in Myton to aim the blow at Joseph, and people would have cried their eyes out had it landed, though it found a soft place on the anatomy of Miller, who is again a candidate candi-date for county commissioner, and who probably will not get the nom'nation. There were a few so cruel as to laugh when they heard who stopped the punch, though part of the laugh was for the spectacle Myton made of himself instead of accepting ac-cepting his defeat gracefully. It is a dark and terrible Knight that is looming loom-ing up in front of the Smoot followers in 'the suggestion sug-gestion for the Democratic gubernatoilal nomination. nomi-nation. v5 5 In that vast cemetery called the past reposes the record of the Republican state convention of 1908, and there, too, lies the faded glory of the boss who could not rule in everything. The final effort of the Smoot crowd was the losing attempt to make Willard Hanson the nominee for attorney general, but their efforts were blocked at every turn by those who boosted for Barnes. The heelers of the Provo Oracle whispered and gumshoed and pleaded for one to fill the attorney general's chair who could be relied upon to stand pat with the incoming administration, but their tense1 words, so often potent, fell upon unheeding ears. In the various other skirmishing skirmish-ing that marked tiro firing line the hitherto invulnerable in-vulnerable ruler from Provo touched a button here and there to help a friend or punish an enemy, but nowhere except in the fight for attorney at-torney general were the lines between his g'vng and the insurgents fairly drawn. When the word of the Lord went out from Jerusalem a few of the faithful rallied, but not enough to win. It was an insurgent victory, which throws a long shadow toward the convention conven-tion to be held two years from now. Will the Provo boss last that long? Joseph F., please answer. an-swer. ( kJ Cache county was for Howell, but the solid support he received from other counties was In return for the fifty-one votes which he could deliver to other candidates. The other counties not only loved Howell less, but their own candidates candi-dates more. The result shows a somewhat disfigured dis-figured statesman who was compelled to jump into the political stock exchange and dicker and trade on shorts and longs to hold his job. Chris-tenseri Chris-tenseri lost, but Howell did not win. He meiely saved his bacon, because Christensen could not play his hand. If the insurgents wake up and trot out a candidate from Ogden or from Utah county at tho convention to be held two years from now the indications are that the scalp of Brother Howell will thereafter decorate the insurgent in-surgent totem pole. Will the insurgents wake up? i& ij t The passing of the church Republican prohibition prohibi-tion wave has left the local Republican manipulators manip-ulators sadder and wiser, but withal up a stump. For many weary days the Smoot Hessian cried in the wilderness for some kind of prohibition, something that would scare the Utah Liquor Dealers' association into support of the Republican Repub-lican ticket for, know ye, the legislature is sure to be Republican and it is with a Republican legislature that the Utah Liquor Dealers' asso-(Oontlnuod asso-(Oontlnuod on page 13) POLITICO-PERSONAL. $ H (Continued from page 0) ;. H elation must deal and that fact once known, I '. IH who so rash as to try to stop the stampede of the ;i brewers, the manufacturers, the wholesalers, the i' H jobbers, the retailers, the bartenders, etc., etc., ; 1 1 M into the Republican party? l4 M And so it has come to pas that the prohibi- 'Jll fl tion seed thus Eown took root, and in the high- "'tW 1 ways and byways up and down the state the lit- ! fl lie flower of prohibition has been blooming and !1 H nodding in the wind and for a time it threatened 'I III Hh to bome as popular as the sego lily. Several ! 1 1 1 j B counties took notice of this modest, early spring jj ?j H bloomer and in divers county platforms its beau- L n M ties were recommended to the consideration of i i B the state convention. Then the fickle Hessian M b gan to trifle with its former love, and soon It Mm was cast aside and thrown Into the scrap heap. h B m The Mouth was strong for prohibition so long II fj 'H as prohibition did not seem to prohibit the Utah pv fij Liquor Dealers' association from voting the Re- $f' jLm publican ticket. Now, if the said U. L. D. A. jijjj votes the Republican ticket and the ticket is JM KB elected, does anybody know how many beans $& WJ make five? If so, can the wise one understand lUi K why the platform of the late lamented church Re- tyjjLj publican stale convention fails to recognize that Ml Bi there is such a thing as a prohibition question Wsl flR in Utah? Quien Sabe? jl-jE H |