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Show lit. THANKS M Our Prayers have been answered. I The sontlmont8 oxpressed at the , meetings of tho Democratic and tho f I'rogresslvo county committees last j Friday leaves no reason for Ooubt.'ng 8 that the two parties will fuse In Cache M county for tho fall elections. That $S will mean only two parties on the 39 v county Uckot as wo'l as on the state g ticket. Tho Irreconcl'ables have been S reconciled, lllack and whlto have flfi been proved to he tho same and tho B nepubllcan party, which stands firm- WH ly on Its principles without thought Mm ot bargaining or compromising, nover jSjSj , had a bettor chnnco In Cacho county jMm m than It has today. H The I'rogresslvo leaders may fancy H Hint they can deliver their followers, H blindfolded and hog-tled, Into tho fold B of tho Democratic party and they M may be wl'llug to sacrifice the prln- B clples of their party for tho sake ot MM seeing themsolvcs elected to offlco B but thoy liro certainly deluded. Tho Mm rank and nio of tho Progressives are H Republicans. They followed Colonel H Roosevelt in forming a third party, H but nolther that party nor any ot its MM national leaders have over had any 1 leanings toward tho Democratic doc- MM trlnes. President Wilson -and his H party today havo no other critic who MM Is so blttor as the leader ot tho Pro H greeslvo party. H The result of fusion, therefore, In Mm Cache county as well as throughout H tho state, will bo to force tho rank H; and file of tho Progressive party back H into the Republican fold. They fol- H lowed certain leaders in the formation H of a new party and now those load- K ers have deserted them. Either they H must reorganlzo and chooso new lend- H crs, or else they are without a party. Mt Wo do not wondor that tho Demo H crntlc leaders are anxious to fuse. MM Their party has dono so much to H this intermountaln region that It hss K absolutely no hopo of electing a tlcl:- 9l et hero without oiltsldo help. Tree fn sugar and freo wool don't appeal to , tho peoplo of this section especial-1 8 f ly "hen they llml that they don't got TmShfr lllQ ecotls n"y cheaper when thoy have J SNjrJ t0 buy. wo t,dn't blamo the Demo-1 9r ctMb for wanting help or for oolng j ASfr " tUHIng to glvo up a fow prospective 8n - 1ols in order to make tho others -a H Ilttlo moro certain. Dut thoy havo , m taken tho wrong means of doing It. f"- As a third party tho Progressiva L were much moro dangorous than they m are in combination with Uio Demo- crats.r Thoy hhvo moroly been dl-i dl-i vlded bolwoon tho two old parties the leaders havo gone over to tno j Democrats, whoro they bolong, nnd 1 Wa tho voters como back to tho Ilopubil- V ' cahs, whoro they havo always beon, except In tholr admiration for Colon- ,MWm. cl Roosovelt who Is really h Tlepuull- A can himself as lite criticism ot Wll- H son nnd tho Democratic party proves bbbbVPbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV UNFORTU'NATE Tho weather mnn decreed that our ce'.obrttlon of Independence Day was not to be. It Is too bad that the splendid program could not bo carried out hs planned, on nccount of the ra'n. Tho committees who had charge of the vnrlous phases of tho day's program pro-gram were composed of somo of the most ablo men In town and they had worked enthusiastically to prepare for a most successful celebration. Their effoits should bo appreciated oven though It was Impossible for tho program to bo carried out. Let us hopo that conditions will bo moro favorable on Pioneer Day. Why not hold over all of tho athletic events and tho baseball game ot tho Independence Day program nnd Incorporate In-corporate them In tho program for tho 24th? i |