Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-26 | Page 4 | A Duplication of Tickets.

A T OF OP No Xo matter whether or not tho the legislature legis legle- lature latue shall give tWo the state to a a. new system eye eye- tem tent of ot city government go that bill of or Senator Senator- Carl Cal Badger forbidding the he duplication of ot tickets at elections has much merit If It the tho privileges of the tho ballot wore were abu abused d by the Kearns party part at the tile November election It will 1 be bo well wen to mako make a repetition of oC the tho action impossible Title This not forthe for tho the protection of tho tile rest of the tho community com corn but for tor a aBort sort of of general guardianship of or tho the Kearns party For that alleged organization lost last election by br Its Ter very Ill advised ed duplication duplica tion lion of tickets They had three an and os- os p peeled to bo be benefited b by hogging h half alf tile tho face of the machine In e err effect ct the confused confuse l their own voters w with ith tho the multiplicity of oC their offerings offer offer- l ings and many a a. ma man who wanted to f follow ollow the tho sinuous path of ot the tho l leaders found confusion contusion worse confounded con con- f founded lJ by ly the labyrinth presented presented- a and nd voted a atral straight ht Rc Republican ticket t to o bo be safe sate It Is 18 always safe to vote ote t the he Republican ticket et We Ve think the county officers would I S have havo be been n full fully warranted in law ha had 1 the they Defused to place more than one I Kearns party part ballot on the tite machine Thore There was no good goo faith In cither elther CI of C tho the pretended Yn national os petitioned peti peU- tonel for tor b by that crowd crowel There Thera Is L S not and never er has been een a a. Taft Tart American Ameri Amer van can an p party or 01 a Bryan American part party parti 5 There was no necessity for giving them then thema I Ia a 3 ticket under either cither of ot those names But they thoy did ask asic for tor thorn and the they V did ld get gel them They hey had their way n and thc they lost by IL it The They have havo probably probably ably learned their lesson But because because- a fool once may be a tOl fool l again ng-aln maybe It Is well for the state stat to take care of ot the fools So that Senator Badgers Badger's bill making another duplication fin im- should become a law