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Show CAUGHT IN ITS OWN TRAP. If the People will take "the only" At Its Word, Farr will be Beaten. Tin: Rki-uiu.ican has novel said one thing in the past which It will not "stand pat" on at this time. We did mention certain cases of lin-molality lin-molality In this city and county a few months ngo and we did uige the of-tlceisof of-tlceisof the law to a moie cneigetlc action. At the same time "the onlj " that is now attempting to make po-liticaj po-liticaj capital of our stand for law and Older, was then urging the public to believe that no such things existed and was ahouimi in kavoii ok tiik OKHCKHS WHOM IT NOW HKKKS TO CONDEMN. At the time of that agitation Tiik Rki-uiilican did say, "this paper stands for law, for oi dei, for decency, and cannot sanction flagrant violations viola-tions of the law, and with due regaid to the difficulty of obtaining ev idence In such cases, lcspectfully urges the officials to more energetic action, that the honor of our people may be protected" pro-tected" and when we said that, we said moie than "the only" has ever said In behalf of decency, and it Is only for political gain that the paper lefers to the mattci at this time. No one who has followed the "wlsh-a-washj," igag couiso of "the onlj" thiough tlie past twcntj-lhe j ears will be hoodwinked at the present time. Thieeof the cases lefeired to at that time weic In the county and tin-dei tin-dei the supei vision of a Dhmockatic official. Two other cases lefencd to were within the Juilsdlctlon of Mai-shal Mai-shal Ciocl.ctt, but hi neithei Instance did tills papei say that the otllclal was unlit for his position because he had not found it possible to apply the severity of the law. Instead, "iccog-nllngthe "iccog-nllngthe difficulty of seeming evidence evi-dence in such cases" this papei "respectfully "re-spectfully uiged the officials (both Republican Re-publican and Demociatlc) to moie energetic en-ergetic action." Men have their differences as to the right method to puisne In handling violators of the law. Tin: Rki-uiilican believes that Justice can seldom bo tempered with mercy, to the profit of tlie public. Roth Democratic and Republican otllclals frequently Unci tiiat justice can be scived best by leniency le-niency lather than seveiitj but Tiik Rui'Uhlican urged piompt sevciity. This question as to the iikst method will alvvajs bo a question between men and these differences will alvvajs be expiessed. "The onlj " sajs: "In that same ai tide that same papei gives as an official's icason for not prosecuting such cases: ' Feai of discouraging the bojs.' Think of it, cltii-ens! Such cases must not bo piosecuted foi ' fear of discouraging the bojs.' Discounting them In what? Theie is but one answei, that Is of continuing to disiegaid the law and older. And jou are asked to continue such a government. The ie-quest ie-quest is an insult to our city. "It has been said and tho above evidently gives icason loi It, that by giving such an adinlnlstiatlon, tlie lawbieakers thus favored will give their vote for a continuance of such government. Do the good people of Logan Intend to thus allow tholi molality mol-ality and good name to oe bartered away to the llbeitlno and ilfliaff to secuio office for some people? Let tho client ballot on Tuesday next emphat-Icallj emphat-Icallj pioclalm: ' Never, while Logan stands ! ' " Now that's a lich one and wo en-doiseltall. en-doiseltall. The mai shal who mado that statement, "kkau ok discouu-Aoinotiik discouu-Aoinotiik nos" WAS ONE LIT-ClAN LIT-ClAN FARR, piesent candidate on the Demociatlc ticket. Wo had this mattci In tjpoforotn last Issue, but have preferred to engage In as little pcisonality as necessaij so wo cut it, out. Since " tho only " mentions It wo now publish the aitlcle cut out of our last Issue: "mi:, lucian KAUIt. Tho statement has been made by ceitain Depiociats that the Picsby-tcrlan Picsby-tcrlan contingent s going to voto for Lucian Fan for marshal. Tho statement state-ment Is mado In order that other Gentllo votes may bo tinned that way. The editor of this paper Is one of that Presbj terlnn bunch, and piopably knows as much about their political opinions as any otliei man, and so far as their votes for maishal Is concerned knows nothing about It. As a rule the majority of that ciowd, If not tho entlio whole, are counted as Republicans but I hey arc not In the habit or putting themselves on iccoid as to the Individuals they will vote foi. However, we can state this without fear of successful contradiction, that the greater poitlon of tlie voteis of that congregation and school, aie familial with the fact that Mi. Lucian Fair vv'icn maishal of this clt j some j ears ago, lefused to push ceitain rises of bastauly, etc., "foi reaiofdlscouraglngthojoung people," as he expiessed it. Knowing this, it Is haidly probable that Mr. Fan will diaw stionglj fiom that Picsbjtcilan follow Ing. We know Mi. Fair to be a veiy good, clean man, and have nothing to sayagalnst hlschaiactci, except that a man who is weak enough to express an opinion of that kind, Is haidly the proper man foi marshal In this city where we aie intrusted with tho inoial welfaie of hundredsof students. The above is the aitlcle we had wiitten last week but hoped It would not be necessary to publish. This has been a dirty campaign, full of those things that respectable men should seek to avoid but when jou light the dovll It's nccessaiy to use a little fire. Tlie constant maligning of honest, honoiable, respectable men In the Republican party has been most uncalled un-called for, and "tho only newspaper printed In Cachcounlj" (the only of Its kind) has continually sought to drag men's pcisonalitles into this affair. The hunting up of little insignificant in-significant mean things losaj is their method, and we have indulged In this also simply as a means of protection. Campaigns ought to be conducted on a higher plane. |