Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-07
THE RESULT AND ms CAUSES.

THE RESULT AND llS JALoho'
The hopes which men have enter
tanned respecting an election have
much 10 do with their surprise. or lack
OF II, at tho result. In the present iu'
stance, many who have felt that the
Democratic party was unjusily blamed
for the evils that have recently Met
ed the country, and have believed that
this Injustice has been made apparent
to tho voters, will be surprised Ne well
A. disappointed at the Tcverses win
which chat party has met. On
tho other hand, . voter who
unbiased as between the national
parties, and sufficiently intelligent TO
comprehend conditions existing
throughout the country can see that
tho party now In power In the nation
has laboted under Tremendous diaad'
vantsges during this campaign. Tho
calamity bowler has had the opporiu'
nifty Of lie time, and he has made
the most Of H..
This ono fact will 20 very far towards
accounting Tor the signal success Of the
Republican party, even Ia districts
whore, under normal conditions, the
Democrats have a strong majority. The
panic swept over theoountry SOON alter
tho Inauguration Of Cleveland, anu
the two events nave been 40 associated
IN the minds OF tho masses ~ 70 give
RvpuhlcGpa tremendous leverage on
the slump. The NEws Is not In poll.
tics, and therefore will not undertake
10 say how much there was
OF Justice, or whether there
was any at all, In thus connect
Ing the present administration with
the financial troubles from which the
county has suffered.
A glance at the returns from all
over the Union 10 sum Client to explain
the result In Utah. When Wilson,
the Idol aud standard bearer Of the
national Democracy, Ia defeated In his
own state, a southern one nj that, IL II
matter OF astonlHhment that the
Democratic candidate for Congress In
Utah should fail Of election Tue
wool, lead and sugar industries are
vital In this Territory, aud tho repre-
sensations that have been made that
they would continue 10 tufler under
Democratic rule, but that they would
prosper with return TO power OF the
Republican party, have had great
weight with the Utah voter. Whether
or not they were entitled 10 any weight
Mt all, It Ia not the province OF this
paper to express Rn opinion.
In speaking thus we arc aiming to
give rational reasons for the result, In
order that charges TO the effect that
improper methods have been resort.
cd to In this Territory to &c.
oomplish It, may DO forestAlled
before they can take root in the
oredence OF the public. The Dsmoo.
tAoy Of Utah made a splendid ight
and when they compare the results OF
the election IN this Territory with the
returns from New York, West Vir.
ginia, Ohio aud many other states,
they may well feel proud OF the record
they have made. They have fully
held their own, which Is more than
can be said OF their party almost Auy.
where else in tie Union.
From the neutral point OF view
which tho NEWS has occupied while
watching the campaign Ia Ulah, II
has appeared TO b. an unusually
square, manly fight on both aides,
Resulting In profound conviction on the
part OF the voter as TO which ticket lac
should support at tue polls; anu We
believe that very lew ballots have
been cast from any other motive
except such n conviction. Charges OF
corruption, ballot.b0x stutiing, or d.
legGiily Of any kind la connection
with this Ell elton Ia Utah viii have TO
be backed up BY At least plausiblo eyi,
deuoe before We viii give oTedenoo to
them.
We should have been pleased to
see the two national lauies ,quai iu
strength in 0uI constitutional uOugou.
ton, especially II the best men on bOtu
sides Oouiu have been elected, REGARD.
less Oi religion or politics, IL wOulu,
IN Out VIEW have been uB,ter 20 make |
that body quite nou.pauisan, aud The
next best thing would have been to
make II IA nearly Equal in tue strength
Oi The two parles as possible. We re-
peat the hope that no man who ha
been elected member Of II VIII feel
that he goes In As parIi'an, OF 10 give
10 the proposed charter partisan color,