Show How Now are You Going to Vote IN A few weeks will be held the most important election that Utah has ev ever r rhad had and for the first time in her history the sovereign people will have the privilege of choosing their own officers In this election and succeeding ones what position will the people of our new newstate newstate newstate state assume As they have had no opportunity to act in the past they should have no set ideas and be tied to no party and their future course should beas be beas beas as free as their will Although we have not been participants in things political we have had good opportunities for observation observation ob and it remains to be seen whether we have profited by that Have we seen enough of that mass of corruption tolerated under th the name of politics to want none of it or ordo ordo ordo do we need further education in this line We have assembled from all parts of this territory to attend its highest institution institution tu tion of learning to fit ourselves for forthe forthe forthe the positions in life our ambitions tellus tell tellus us we should occupy We Weare are a continuation continuation con con- of a class of young people who have trod the path we tread with the same purpose we possess With them we owe a duty to the state which has been our common educator a part of that hat duty is that we shall wield our influence and it is by no means insignificant insignificant insignificant to close the door of our new newstate newstate newstate state to this thing designated as politics Let us have politics yes pure politics but not the boodle boodle- you boodle g- g gif if you are rob office-rob-everybody sort of thing that now exists under that name The National parties are organized in Utah each has a ticket in the field Both tickets contain the names of men who are honest and honorable both tickets contain the names of men who may mayor or may not be so During the campaign stump sp speakers akers from both parties at so much per speech will 0 the candidates of their own party and condemn and ridicule the candidates and principles of the other But it is all talk they do not mean what they say and no strict partisan believes the alleged vices attributed to the candidates on the ticket of his opponents nor the virtues of his fellow partisan It is a game of deception and make-believe make and yet the people are caught by it and seem to prefer to be driven like a lot of sheep by one or two leaders who dictate the man for this or that office and every mem member ber of his party patty the candidate though known to be a rascal without even making a wry face Better vote for a yellow dog if he belong to your party than the most honorable man in the community should he chance to belong to the opposition is advocated daily daily- and obeyed What a farce Party party has been the cry of the dictator and the stumper Let it cease forever and the people give a new slogan of men honor and integrity That Utah as as a new state just ab about ut to enter the Union should be free from dictatorial power has been urged with great vehemence and recently much excitement excitement excitement ex ex- has been caused by the statement statement statement state state- ment that church influence was being exerted over the people and that it were better for Utah not to enter the Union at all than under such con con- Church influence is a bad thing in state affairs and should not be countenanced for an instant but is it any worse than the yoke of political bossism everywhere tolerated under which they would push our new state without so much as a whisper of warning warning warning warn warn- ing to tell tel us of the danger which threatens When we go home to vote Note let our influence be exerted to see that the best men are elected it matters not notto notto notto to which political party they belong or whether they belong to any party If we follow this policy we may expect to be called deserters even traitors we shall be censured by the professional politician and roasted by bythe bythe bythe the partisan newspapers who fill their columns with praise they do not mean and abuse they are compelled to resort a ato to j but we shall also have the best wishes and admiration of all right- right thinking people good men and good women everywhere will be our ft fr fends and better than all rule and dictation of pol political i bosses will gain no foothold here and Utah will be under the government government gov gov- nt of the people and not the poli poli- n I The Critic J J |