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Show M BROTHERS AND AMERICAN! H ANOTHER rrcat war of ballots M has been wajred in the United State, H and aa the smoke of the contest clean M away, the victorious or defeated ean- fl didates arc congratulating themselves M or feeling their pore spots as the e- M egencies of the occasion warrant. H In the State of Utah us well as in B Iron county, the victory is a very one- M aided one and is entirely in fuvor of M the Democratic party. This is the M first time, perhaps, since statehood, m that the Democrats have claimed such M a sweeping victory in the Stale of m Utah, which ordinarily is safely in the M Republican column. But apparently M a wave of Democratic sentiment has B swept the country from end to end, H and not only in this state, hut in a rna- H jority of the states of the Union, the H Democrats have made sensational H gains, and the election is unique in H that it is the closest one that has H been held for over forty years in the H United States. Even up to the pn I H ent time it is impossible to ascertain H definitely which of the presidential H candidates has been victorious. How- H ever, the chances seems in favor of H the Democratic nominee, with Califor- H nia holding the deriding votes. Even H after the primary decision has been H announced, it is quite probable that B the election will be contested, and a H recount demanded in the states which H are the most evenly divided before H the election will be definitely settled. H The almost unprecedented prnsper- H ity that has been enjoyed throughout H the United States for the past several H years, is doubtless responsible for the H great landslide to the Democrat ic H party, and it is useless for Republi- M cans to argue that this prosperity is H due entirely to the European war, for H it is a well known fact that there is B nothing that succeeds like success, H and the fact that the country IS pros- M perous, with the majority of voters, m is all that is necessary to carry them H with the current, to the support of the H party that chances to be in power H t hen thia prosperity ia enjoyed. H Local Democratic leaders through- B out the country, have featured the H popularity of their presidential nomi- H nee, realizing full well that if he is M aucesaful he will carry with him at B least 40 per cent of the balance of the B nominees on their ticket. B It ia one of the splendid institutions H of our form of government that the B majority rule in all governmental af- BJ fairs of the nation, and now that the Bj majority has spoken and expressed BS its wishes and preferences, it. is up to B the adherants of all parties to bow to B the will of the majority and accept BJ of the results without ill-will or acri- Bj mony. It is indeed a narrow-minded HI person who presumes that all the BJ brains of the country are to be found BJi within the confines of his particular Bfl party, and who feels that the coun- B try is doomed to go to the bow-wows BJi because his political principles do not B prevail. It is only fair and reasou- BJ able to presume that there are good BJ and bad principles as well as good and B bad people in all political parties, uml B that regardless of which side is in BJ control the predominating desire will B De the advancement of the community BJj interest and that the only difference BJj will be in relation to the means by BJj which these advantages arc to be ac- B quired. Therefore, it behooves every B good and loyal citizen to accept of the situation as it is and do his part B in furthering the great forward move- W ment, in this, the best country on the H entire globe. After all, we are all B brothers, and all citizens of this incut B republic, and cannot afford to be di- B vided one against the other, or to be M holding back or impeding the progreM B of the country at large. M For the successful candidates, we m offer our congratulations, for the van H quished ones, our sympathy and com- B miseration. |