Show alt 1 THINGS POLITICAL 0 ww if james janies does not receive the tile nomination for state treasurer the richfield still and john meteer will bo be largely responsible sible for his defeat K the tile amanti republican Imin primary iary held last thursday evening was a rather tame affair and had it no not t been for oil one person opposing every tiling thing prop proposed oFed it would have gone tf without a murmur st the past week has been a very p exciting one in utah politics it lias has been a series of triumphs for george sutherland in his candidacy for united states senator and has made jolin john 0 cutlers nomination ns is governor certain the action of the judicial col convention lyell in recognizing the eastern section r ec of the tile district forthe for the first time by nominating judge P F E woods for district attorney is is felt by them the to be a great help IV D livingston candidate for judge is abo aho recognized as the strongest candidate the republicans could have named for that office judge johnson basmagy lias many friends here but a poll of the county would undoubtedly show that the nominee nominees friends are in the majority and that mr livingston will poll the full party vote while jud judge 9 0 woods owing to the fact of his being a home man kanand and of his unquestioned ability will run well in advance of his ticket emery county progress VIR it begins to look as though mr cutler will have an easy victory for the republican nomination for go governor v the people of utah are arc not yet educated to the life service ide idea la aa A the endorsement of supt bupt nelson by the convention Al monday londay milk makes es ills his nomination by acclamation certain atit senator larson cannot but feel Ili complimented by the strong endorsement of his efforts in securing tanty the passage of the grasshopper bounty law iann 77 the senator is entitled to the compliment VIR the tile stand pat plank of the tile county platform will be the republican slogan during the campaign atit W political query why wily has the salt lake tribune discharged all its old correspondents in sanpete and selected new ones WR the following editorial in last saturdays evening deseret news is is espee especially bally applicable at this ti time me in in itah politics every honest citizen will endorse the sentiment herein expressed we quote the tile use of money in elections is necessary to success there are legitimate expenses that must bo be mot net these cannot be avoided they liquidated may ina be open y incurred and liquidate party supporters and friends of candidates need not he ie diary chary about subscribing funds fr such purposes they may con c I 1 tribute publicly pu baiely or privately va t C ly as they choose it is not lot such outlays that we refer to it is the improper use of money for election purposes that we ine herein denounce that is a moral wrong and an in on ottense anse against the tile law it should be opposed by those who know of its existence that money ley is being furnished freely in III several parts of the state is openly charged liquor li bor flows steadily in certain places at the expense of persons who ordinarily are not able to provide it and the evidences are that it is made to run in the interest of certain candidates for public office who can call be manipulated for fora a political purpose there was a time in the history of utah when no man nian or worn woman an be bribed for such an end Is it possible that party politics and personal ambition have baye so impregnated our state that influence can be bought like merchandise can call it be that people here entrusted with the lie t franchise cind and elevated by the tile votes of their fellows in into to public position can be blinded by gold and induced to favor a cause or a candidate by the shining dross that perishes any individual who can call thus be purchased must ever be vile in his own sight and when his character is known should sink in ill the mire of his infamy illy out of public use and a tid regard we are in hopes that the stories that reach us on this matter are unfounded or at least exaggerated and that the people of utah hold themselves aloof from the political corruption said to abound in many parts of the tile country its entrance into this state would bo be an all immeasurable calamity it would bo be demoralizing in the tho extreme it would pre presage agea a downward trend in our affairs that would land us on oil a level with the worlds low status and make us like the rest 17 we cry out against the monstrous evil we warn our young men against its contaminations let none of our people lose their self respect the esteem of their friends the purity of soul lionar and the favor of god by soiling their hands and weakening their faith in the taking of bribes or turning from froni th it which they see to be right for pelf preferment or any consideration under the sun |