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Show THE NEWS FROM FILLTp PciHc Affairs and Local Happep ti the County Seal -' L. W. GaUford and family ta; moved to American Fork. f Edward Davis, Jr., and family har returned from Garrison, where thtj have been for soveral months. ? .' Two dentists from the east havt opened up an office In Fillmore. The are highly recommended by our loca physician. Dr. Slovens. Walter How ley has returned to Oar rlson with his daughter, lone, who Ii now somewhat recovered from hat recent illness. f The election passed off quietly li Fillmore. We were greatly sur prised at the run Mr. Roosevelt mad over President Taft. The election from the educational point of view was on of the most profitable the nation hai ever had. It taught us thla obe lesson, namely, that the convention system ol making nominations is not a good one; that It sometimes defeat the wlshet of the majority of the party. The proper substitute for the convention system Is the preferential primary There is now no question that Mr Roosevelt was the choice of the great majority of the members of the Republican Re-publican party. The convention system, sys-tem, conceedlng the members of the Chicago convention to have been honest, hon-est, robbed Mr. Roosevelt of the noml-nation. noml-nation. The convention wanted Taft The rank and file of the party wanted Roosevelt. It Is now clear that conventions, con-ventions, no matter how well they may operate the steam roller, cannot gel along without the rest of the party at the election. It is also evident now that the real Republican party the majority is that part which followed Mr. Roosevelt. We, woo supported Taft, thought we were with the part, and that Roosevelt bolted. ?t is Saw clttar that the bolter r the coaeraa tlon and its meager following. Those who believe In majority rule In a party must dow admit that Mr. RooHevelt's stand was right, and that the Taft crowd were wrong, no matter how hon. ent they may have been. The eagle. Indeed, was held prisoner by the few who called themselves the Republican party. A prisoned bird he regained, screaming with protest until election day. On the 5th of November the great voting boJy of the party stormed the fortress of the machine and released re-leased the noble bird. With great wings he roe, and after a long flight, naught up with the advanced guard of the Grand Old Party. Now he rests securely and quietly, without need of chains, between the horn o' the Pro giexxive Hull Moose. |