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Show H Till-, CONVENTIONS. A ,u,w t'lc cPi,')''ca,,s 'iavo fl held their State and Congrcss- H innal conventions, and have select- H ed their standard hearers for the H coming election, The results are H not without .surprises, hut on the H whole we feel to congratulate the H party upon its choice. Senator H Sutherland was nominated to sue- H cecd himself as United States Sen- H a tor, which will meet with popular H favor from the members of the par- H ty. Judge Straup is also nominated H to succeed himself on the supreme H bench, where he has made an en- H viable record. The choice for gu- H bernatorial honors fell upon Nephi H I,. Morris, after all, and as the plat- H form adopted must be understood H to reflect the temper of the conven- H tion on the question of prohibition Hj and other progressive legislation, it H can be taken for granted that the H reports that have been circulated to H the effect that Mr. Morris was the H second choice of the liquor element, H were without foundation in fact. H It is apparent from the way Go- H ernor Spry's supporters remained H with him to the last that they en- H tertaincd no such opinion of Mor- H Mr. Morris has the reputation of H being a progressive, clear-headed H business man, and the only criticism H we hear of him is that lie has been H rather changeable in his political H affiliations. To this his friends i answer that his politics arc founded H iupon certain progressive ideas and H principles and that when he saw no H chance for such principles to pre- H vail in the old party, he affiliated H with such parties as seemed to H promise support for such princi- H pics. H And it must be admitted that H there is a vast difference between H changing one's politics merely to H obtain office, and affiliating with H another party for the sake of ob- H taining relief from a benighted and H corporation ridden state of affairs. H One thing seems certain: a new H era has been ushered in for Utah H in a political sense, and the old H Spry and Whisky regicme that has H held Utah fettered and enthralled H for the past six or eight years, is H at an end. The rank and file of the H Republican party have arisen in H their power and majesty and have H served notice that the people and H" not money and whisky, arc supreme H in this state. Let future politicians H profit from the experience of Gov- H ernor Spry in this regard. Spry H made his choice between thepco- H pic and the wealth and evil iuflu- H ence of alcohol, when he chose to H' annul the will of the masses and the H ' action of the Legislature, and he ' lost. The so called "Greater Bus- H mess" alliance were unable to de- H . liver the goods, and Spry goes H down into history as a defeated rhnmninti nf vim. H And yet Spry was not such a H( bad governor, lie gave more at- H tention to the outlying districts H than any governor has done since H the days of Brigham Young, and he H was a good booster for good roads H and other things essential to the H well-being of the people. Rut he H overshadowed all these good deeds H when he took the dispicablc means H he did of thwarting the dearest H wish of his people, and with a Ju- H das kiss betrayed them into the H hands of their enemies. H So much for the governor. H We regret sincerely the defeat of H our friend Jesse D. Jewkes for the H office of Secretary of State. Jukes Hj is one of our most competent and H conscientious public officials, and H was deserving of another term. H?, Not that we have the slightest rea- H son to doubt that Lincoln G. Kel- H ; ley will ably administer the affairs WB of the office, but we cannot help H ' feeling that Mr. Jukes was descr- H ing of the place. H In Harold Fabian, from all ac- H counts, the party has secured an H exceptionally strong candidate for iQ the office of Attorney General. Mr. KB Fabian is receiving the endorsement tB l of many influential Democrats as 3H well as the members of his own par-IB par-IB V ' Most heartily and sincerely we H congratulate Mr. T. C. lloyt upon H his successful race for the nomina- H tion as Congressman from this dis- H trict. Mr. Hoyt is a southern Utah H product, who has made good in the H Forest Service and other lines and WjL".- ; 1 1 is well qualified for the position, Joseph How :ll lias made a good Congressman, but lie' has held the office a good many terms now, and klu ir.j'tv'n of a little new blood, with new ideas and understandings understand-ings should be attended with good results, Likewise we wish to congratulate congratu-late the Republicans of the Second district upon their nomination of Charles R. Mabey, of Hountiful, as their standard bearer in the coming election. Mabey is a tip-tup fellow, fel-low, clean as a new pin, and an able speaker and advanced thinker. 1 f elected he will be heard from in the halls of Congress. For several years he was a teacher in the B. N. S. at this place, and he has many acquaintances and friends in southern south-ern Utah. Taken as a whole, we believe that the Republican party of Utah has little need to apologize for the personnel per-sonnel of their ticket. The convention was animated, to say the least, but not more so than it was expected to be. The Democrats will meet at Og-den Og-den next week to name their standard stand-ard bearers. |