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Show THE VOTER AND THE PRIMARY ! It has been altogether' too apparent, since Utah Legislators Legisla-tors enacted the Primary Law, that citizens view this election as a preliminary event and' consider the November Novem-ber balloting as the Main Show. As a matter of fact, nothing could be so completely wrong. The truth is, that this Primary sifting does mor to guarantee a substantially stronger ticket than would otherwise be possible. Then to, the decision as to who our , public officials shall be rests in the hands of the voters. The evils of party machines and convention stacking are largely done away with. Utahns get just about what they vote for. Both in the Primary and in the General Elections public opinion has . the opportunity to set things right politically. The citizen who passes a Primary election off as too trivial to bother about, is doing nothing more or less than announcing that he is willing to take anything that comes along and that he can justify himself in his indifference by pointing out that when the chips are down in November he will be there. - Tuesday every registered voter in the State has an obligation, which he personally should discharge with enthusiasm, en-thusiasm, using his own best judgment as to the ticket he believes to be the stronger. To pass up the Primary means to pass up one of the great privileges of American Citizenship. The tabulated vote in previous Primary elections in Utah presents rather a gloomy picture of democracy in action. The total vote cast, so far is astoundingly low on both tickets. It will not be long at this rate until we will have small minorities handling the state, county and city-politics. city-politics. . We feel that the majority should rule, so Vote Next |