Show MARCH HIGHT RIGHT ON whoever affects to make light of the republican strength la in weber county as displayed display el in last mondays election w would id do well to laugh now tote while he be has a chance and not be too boisterous about it either theme there are those thas e 1 democrats emo crate and liberals alike like who are disposed dig posed to regard the result aa as far from a defeat for the republicans for once we mut agree sirree with them and the reasons tor for their opinion and ours are not only identical but obvious ob five months ago it would have been difficult to f crape together a as many republicans in the whole of the precincts of weber county as are now numbered in the smallest emal lest precinct club the great majority of one of the old parties bad had an idea that they were ere democrats because it bad had b been aea BO so often said about them within a week after the republicans in ogden began to move oat out on the national line some of these eo called democrat i began to discover that in republican principles they found the very doctrines of government they were looking for or they enrolled themselves when the opportunity came and they Equa squarely rely with their party at the ballot box so rapidly has the good cause spread among them that bad had the election been held a month leprice li nce price waher weber county outside of ogden would have surely elected the R republican ticket it did enough last a monday to have elected pirt of the ticket had bad it had bad the aid from the city that it had the right to depend upon As to the city we presume ther them is no one so blind now as to dispute tha th the republicans could have carried ried th 9 day had their forces remained intact the extent of the defection cannot be ba estimated with precision the Damo Damoc crag rals claim to have hive bad had a large detection defection themselves B bat a t they concede and aa do all who have thoughtfully examined the figures that the republican ticket would have been victorious bad had the fight been between the two our defeat having been compa compassed sEed by such circumstances as these there is no reason why we should regard the result with either disappointment or dismay it was the R I 1 pu blicaus voting the liberal ticket that hat elected the Dimo cratic ticket this must be a source of deep regret to them now that they see haw how different they could have made the result for 0 ourselves ar selves we consider that in view of the shortness ness of the time the pree pressure sure from salt lake and the adverse influence at home the party made a areat reat showing and has cause for tian it knows now what it can do and what it can di on another occasion it wilt will do lithe if the cause shall progress with the sama same relative rapidity that it has shown during the past four months the next legislature will contain a majority of 0 republicans and neit next del agite 9 to to may even be a member e of the same heroic berate party |