Show I GROW Y MUCH V V Very Yer likely the fact h has s been borne borno 5 in upon the consciousness of or most S S Salt Lake people that the American V party part didn't grow grov row much Ii in tho the year yeary ear y f that has passed It It gal gained h two hundred hun- hun v V V dred 1 and eight votes votes and and no m mare more re S I V The public had been told that the theS o S l American party had hal been vastl vasti vastly InS Ino in increased In- In SV cr creased ased In numbers since the city election elec clec r tion and that view did not seem an anS S V probable improbable one If Ir it could win tho the city last year oar without office or age or orv oran an any of or the Ingredients Ing of political l Influence It were strange If Ir It could S not o do much much- better at tho the end of or a al at t l year r of or Incumbency Indeed leaders of or the American party part 0 plainly assertS asserted assert assert- S ed that their strength In this year ear yearS S w would uhl lie Ho in In tho the fact that they con- con I V V S S tr trolled ed the city officer V I There was the thc street department I V with hundreds of oC extra votes that were V 1 supposedly dl In large largo measure controlS controlled control control- S ed el b by the contractor who had received a valuable favors from the thc American S administration x IL It was aa fair fall t to toS S a. a that this change of or offices from V party tart to the pew now would d With ith the help Q of the street department adl add V at nt least leist two thou thousand antl to tho the total of r tho the American an vote of or 1905 1005 Then tHelt iu the police pollee V the e t V m with nt-with With lt its t abject ci servility to the leader leaders s of oC the American party party part a servility ser ser- y which wa was evidenced evidenced by a forced force 1 marketing of or the soiled boiled doves of Como Com Com- o V S street It meant mount a mobilizing S V of or- or the orthe the thc dh men and women fO for 1 t vote voto was was Jast last V year ear divided t b iween the Democratic Incumbents Incumbent V V bf bf f and the shrewd and f V sive Americans who 1 skillfully 1 1 11 u 11 undermined under- under V mined the tho Democrats on their own ground That should have the h F addition i n of or another five hundred to tho the thoi thoi i i American total I And then there thelo has haM been beet a decided 1 5 addition to the population of or tho city In the the year tan 1 Many persons who were S not voters yo In Salt Lake Lako In iii 1 1905 05 hat had r r. r become voters In 1906 Wo Yo havo have be been on told b by the Tribune from tron the tho beginning V i V that this new vote voto amounted to S. S thousand and h Is all American CerV V It could not have hae been less than thana a a. thousand 2 D By all an reasonable measurements th thI the the I American n vote voto of or this year CRr should jj have havo been boon three thousand five the hunt hun hun- t F P fr dred larger than it was last year year rear I wit without oU coun counting I a single recruit from rom VV th the ranks or either of or t the e old parties partle t And AI 1 yet ot the American party part gained c 1 1 S 'S S f. f V 1 V fc- fc k It S S hut but two two an and 1 eight votes otea Inthe Inthe in inthe the year V Tho The average age vote of or tho the American candidates ates for county offices last Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day Is II Tho The average vote Mst last year car was S. It Is not enough h to charge this failure tall fall ure to the tho customarily useful bier arch for fOl members o ol ot tho American party are supposed to tobo be be proof against the wiles of or that ogre It Is Incon- Incon that there were at least two thousand new votes otes In tho the American party part this year year votes votes In addition to received by It last year ear But the party part didn't keep all It had Where did the they go And And particular particular particularly ly ly Iy WHY did the they go Well ell some people thought It was time lime to change Sheets on tho ho old bc bedsteads bed bed- and some didn't and out of or that difference of opinion some strayed stray stray- ed awa away Then some who had hd paid their water rates didn't like to bo be pla placed ed on the tho public record 1 as persons persons per per- sons claims against whom arc un collectible Others may a have been restive under a pal palpable pablo fn Inequality of ot asce assessment Still SUll more ma may have felt that tho the conduit was a disappointment and that a monopoly of or contracting Was as not a good thing for the tho town Still SliU others looked at that raise ralso of or taxes and the certainty that the tho cit city tax rate rato next year oar will have havo to bo be raised a again to provide for tor the deficit that l Is sure to be he revealed 1 But above c all we believe the Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une tine hurt huit Its own cause couse Its ts course courso could not be approved b by the best people In Its party part and the they felt relt they lad had long Jong enough been misrepresented The poem may have hmo gusted some sone But the general course COUlSO of falsehood of oC misrepresentation of or forged dispatches anti and of or unwarranted abuse heaped u upon UOn on citizens of or the city and the tate state must mUNt have luwe had a re repelling re- re effect It would woul 1 seem natural hat that such would be the caso case Of co course Ule speculation on causes Is ne er an exact science But as a mater matter matter mat mat- ter er of politics It IL would seem s that a apart party part which hIGh could win without the aid of an au In November 1905 1105 should hould be able to double Its Ils lead In November No lJ it l kept Its its its' ph ledges edges Of course provided course provided tl It ke kept t Its pledges V |