Show no HOW THEY TilEY VOTED t- t i One ne' ne of oC the significant incidents of the Republican primaries hel held last 1 Friday night in this elt city was the t voting of r men who have been Identified fled fied with the American party rhe They arc are not traitors traitor either to their thell former forme r party part or to lo the Republican They simply are arc going to support the Republican Re Re- publican ticket at the tho polls In Novem Novem- Co b ber bk r. r t At t t one of or the precincts a member r i of or What is im known cnown as the American America n majority of the city council cast hi his s tort fortunes bes with the thc Republican party part t. t where he originally belonged belonge an and d 3 where he he will hereafter remain He H e was as as a Republican In the years ears that tha t are tre past pad an and he has hns seen enough o of ot f the motive and the method of 01 what i is s called tl th bc American party to know that he Thes es not belong with it ft H He e may bo be classified b by his foi former associates as as- t Ju jut wherever they care t to o classify him But his heart an and hi his s vote ote are w wIth h the Republican part party y now an and her hereafter after arter j 1 It Is indicative of or the general senti ment of the better men who went ou out t 1 with that party part They thought the they y had had a good reason for or going or the they y would not have havo Wine The They believed believe d the there c was need for or reform and o of or f course the they believed el the they were going goin g to get It IL The They looked for retrenchment retrenchment retrench retrench- I ment meat in the lublic In Instead In- In stead the they have found so greatly a an n Increased rage for spending public c mone money that they ar appalled appall eel b by it fL They looked looke a a. reduction of or th the theU e U number ber of ot unnecessary y men drawing g public pa pay without giving an equivalent lent nn and they have have seen the army o of f 0 I Idle on hangers-on vastly recruited They looked for a a. b better ter showing In finances finance and arid now thc they know that the taxes have havo been raised until the thc total of or orI I state count county nn and elt city reaches more than thirty five mills on tho ho hundred dollars of 01 ase assessed sed valuation Of this amount the tho city portion Is twelve twel mills within mills within just one mill of 01 the very veo maximum that the constitution of 01 the tho state will permit the city to Involve 01 Itself In Indebtedness And the be best t Informed of ot these capable men who went out of or the Republican party part Into the new American Ameri Amen can movement know that tho the obliga obligations already assumed by lW the tho city make malc a deficit of ot more than a quarter of a i million dollars an absolute certainty certainty certainty before the present city a adminIstration administration admin admin- I shall complete It Its term That Is enough to give pause to the thc most prudent nt of ot men Tile The They find another thing When the they went Into the new movement they did not nol h believe lle c that It would be dominated e ed in the interest of 01 Tom Kearns Now the they know It Is so RO dominated They know that man through h his corrupt corrupt cor con rupt agencies absolutely ct controls tho lie present destinies or of Salt Lake and that ho Is surrounded ed b by men with whom the better citizens do o not caro care to be he Identified They TheS' know that lint nearly a million dollars of 01 the tho city's mone money Is deposited in iii tho the Kearns bank without a penny of 01 Interest to the tho city and anti recognize tho ho value of or that lint financial help hell in a time of 01 trouble An And the they are ale not miot going to further support with their presence or with their votes Yote the unsavory crowd which last year ar gained con control They are arc coming back to tho the Republican Re Re- Republican publican party where the they belong The They are aro moved b by a number of ot ex excellent excellent ox- ox reasons Tho The local situation Is 14 Isone one an and It impresses them It convinces con con- winces vinces them The national argument arg Is another They do o not care to have haye their state administer a 0 rebuke to President Roosevelt because he has done one nothing which deserves rebuke rebul e an and has done one everything which merits the thc heartiest commendation atlon particularly fro from froin in the VestAn West Vest An And they are ale voting voting- the Republican can ticket at the primaries when the they vote at all For the rest they are arc re remaining remaining re- re awa away from the polls an and cone convey con con- vey e to their friends their thell quiet resolution resolution reso- reso lution ulion to go In No November ember an and vote the straight Republican ticket That Is the wa way they are voting voting- this year ear |