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H 6 QOODWIN'8 . WEEKLY. & & Politics and Things s & SEVERAL very Interesting conclu sions have been reached by H speakers in the present political H campaign in Utah, and somo of the B things that are pointed to as demon- H strated facts may be sec aown for H the edification of the 1 1 polloi as fol- H lows,: H Roosevelt is a demagogue. H Taft is a supinely do-nothing crea- H ture who hasn't delivered the goods. H Wilson is a pedagogic dreamer who H couldn't be practical. H Debs is a dub. H Spry has grown wealthy through H loaning vast amounts of state money. H Morris is a prohibitionist in the H guise of a Bull Moose. H Tolton is a tool of the railroads. H The Republican party is shattered H to atoms. H The Democratic party is drunk with H hopo and blinded by the vision of H pap a-plenty. H The Bull Moose party is following a H forlorn hope. H H This Is an outlook for the pessi- H mist wherein the optimist has no H part. It would be no great wonder M after all, if the people should become H suddenly nauseated at the personnel H of candidates and the aspect of poll- H tical organizations and refuse to go M to the polls. Only, the trouble about H this calculation is that not all the M (Republicans believe what is said of M the Republican party, Taft and Spry; H not all of the Democrats believe half Hj what is said of Democracy, Wilson H and Tolton, and none of the Bull H Moosers believe what some of the Hj folks say of the Progressives, Roose- H velt and Morris. All of which furn- M ishes the elemental reason for horse H; races and the betting boards. H If every one believed what the Pro- Hj gressives and Republicans say of each H other and what they say of the Dem- m ocrats, at the same time, the election H would go by default. Or, maybe the H folks would vote Debs or Chofln into jH the White House, for no one Is both- H. erlng much about either up to the E present moment of cogitation. HH WM It -Would take considerable courage H for any man to raise his clarion voice H at this time and say that Taft has a HH look-in, or that Roosevelt "will get H nearer the White House than Penn- H sylvania avenue. That is, It doesn't H require much courage to say those H things, but it amounts to audacity H when some one asks you to believe it. H It matters not to the Progressives H whether this campaign is won or lost; BB the cause -will prevail eventually. The HH election of the instrument of the Pro- Ht gressives to the Presidency would wM i merely hasten the day when the Pro- H gressive principles could be put into H operation. It is different with the H Republican party. This election means i Your Automobile is waiting for -you. ! Purdue's Automobiles and Taxlcabs. Anywhere at Any Time. M l Phone for Rates. B , Phoh'e: Wasatch 5 or 1508. disaster to the old guard, rum to the most perfect political organization the world has even seen and calamity to men whose lives have been so shaped that they cannot live comfortably on anything else than a public salary. "What are you going to do after the first of the year?" I asked an old beneficiary of the system. "I'm going to get out of politics and stay out," he said. "I am pretty old and I have held political jobs until I know nothing else, but I expect to live the rest of my life away from the sordid atmosphere of politics where I can rest in peace without getting a nervous chill every time election comes around." If Wilson is elected next Tuesday we expect to Bee the sun rise on the morning following as Chantecier saw the sun rise without waiting for his shrill song of awakening. Some folks believe that if the country falls into the hands of the Democrats soup houses will again be fashionable and the great army of unemployed will be swelled to immense proportions. That is good enough campaign material, but in a practical -Way it doesn't sound right coming from Intelligent citizens. For the direct Information of those ilviduals who are looking to these columns for their political guidance, here is an election tip: The Republican state ticket will be elected, probably by a narrow margin; in that event Governor Spry's popu larity will be the vohicle upon which Taft will ride through with the elec toral vote. The election in Salt Lake county Is a gamble. The Republican county canvass, before the last day of regis tration, showed the following line-up: (Republicans 13,500 Democrats 10,000 Progressives 8,500 Doubtful 6,500 If the weather is clear next Tues day, more than that total of 37,500 votes will be cast, for there are nearly 42,000 names on the registration books in this county. Certainly the Repub licans cannot hope to carry Salt Lake county upon the showing of their own party canvass. The number of votes the Republicans claim to have will not elect the Republican county ticket. The winning ticket will have an average of at least 14,000 votes. To show how accurate is this can vass, take the canvass of the Demo cratic county committee. It Is: Democrats 15,000 'Republicans 9,500 Progressives 10,500 Doubtful 4,000 Both parties evidently have Included the Socialist vote in the doubtful col umn. The Democrats reach a total of 39,000 votes to be cast in the coun ty, and they take enough of that to win. i But where is the doubtful vote go ing? Either the total of doubtfuls Is the result of poor canvassing or it Is a-BBSa fide silent vote which will make itself manifest on election day. A policeman was standing at the Rio Grande depot the other day when a couple of men wearing Bull Moose buttons passed. "I see you have some Bull Moose out here in Utah," said an eastern man who was waiting for his train. "There are a lot of tnem nere," said the cop, "and there are more' here than dare express themselves." Maybe that will give you a tip. Here's another: A Republican canvasser visited a hoime on the East Side and asked the political complexion of the votes. don't know how my wife is go ing to vote," said the man of the house, "and I am not saying what I am going to do, except that I am go ing to vote for Spry." He was marked as a Republican, whereas it is known ho will vote for Roosevelt and the Republican state ticket and probably the Bull Moose county ticket. Quite a combination? Yes, but not inconsistent. You can look for the great silent vote of Utah and of the country at large to go for Roosevelt and his heroic cause. The silent vote, marked as doubtful, will determine the suc cess of failure of the Republicans in Salt Lake county. Take a chance, you sporting men, and bet. You won't get anything more tangible than a fleeting chance. If you bet on the success of the Bull Moose or the Democrats or the Repub licans in Salt Lake county you have a three-to-one shot. For there is no telling what might happen. After elec tion when a man meets you with the I-told-you-so greeting, you can put him down as a lucky guesser, and not as an astute politician. The Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, Servians, Montenegrins and a few others have Introduced the Turkey trot into the Ottoman empire. 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