Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-17
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The traveller Wartegg describes a
presidential campaign as tornado OF
spotted apples, mixed with showers Of
equally fragrant brides and a victim
Of that storm admits that Il has short
ened his life ten years and might have
done worse II his skin had been as
sensitive as poor Greeley's.
But all those grievances are onset by
the fact that the merit Of political In
stitutions can be generally measured
by the degree Of their popular interest,
says T. l. Oswald In the Cincinnati En-.
quirer In some countries Of monarch
ical Europe that interest Is al zero OF
below, expressed In a Nihilistlc abb
horrence OF all government whatever.
In others II Is proportioned % the
scantness OF the privilege 10 record an
unayaiing protest or vote Of conf
dence.
In republican France. however cleo
tons keep the cities IN an uproar for
weeks together and the natives OF the
rural districts are fast OutgroWing IN.
apathy inherited from the millennium
Of Bourbon absolutism. Fifteen years
ago Jules Berner saw them stare az
the antics OF q partisan agitat0r or
scoWl as if they would have greatly
preferred 10 witness the somersaults of
an acrobat. II they applauded at an
II was IN recognition Of some oratorical
tour de force or anecdotical drollery:
for the argument itself they seemed 10
care little or nothing.
Now they evolve fervd orators OF
their own, and go 10 the length OF
serenadlug the chief supporters OF a
specially popular candidate The gran
gers OF lvernois, near Pau. at the foot
OF the Pyrenees last year collected a
sum OF several thousand francs 10 In.
demnify a retired official who had
Cancelled other engagements 10 re-enter
the political arena at their request
INTEREST is INCREASING.
and there is no doubt that IN the
United States. too. the interest DO polt.
ical campaigns becomes more general
from generation 90 generation. 10 is
not only TIE "oyercrowding of other
professions thar drives men into pol-
lilcs, as correspondent OK the Boston
Herald tries TO explain it. Party De-.
eEss become more and more intimately
interviewer with the problems OF social
lte, bribery tends to become expensive,
voters begin 90 crowd the polls under
The Impulse ~ personal as we'll as pa
lilutc motives The time s gone By
when a Louisville ballot broker could
buy ~ Plb votes Tor the price OF one
colnskn lnd.f,rentists are getting
idpN{ eliminated. II O man did not I
vote 10 years ago he generally wasn't ]
ln polucs- 40 present be- keeps al0of [
oHIg because DIS Politics differ from I.
t"ost or lh' organized parties. And |
j, uh5ul even Poe "a mistake 10 suppose /
lH'l h' lad n' Interests at stake. The T.
'"'iulelon ~ an lnsocIal disposition
says 'hdmiort .Is NOT quite Just 90 ]
certain jewellers loo solitude. one might |
US Wen say ihIt man is averse 90 /
outdoor oE'rg. because De- hegitatcg to I
..-A LN |nENt promenade .n the For /
esq of huudy The marty tussles af /
Ihc tatlr. may come st.u more ram /
coious relentless and Ian.ar1us but
ing
Bat Is mus. br admitted that the |
lan'tat-' of W.rurh.ra Wiling. eau. |
us would Do Preferable tl .un fierce I
interest ~ % pre- .I.ulu campaign n Z
tNNt ti Nut ouau.eI-Am.roar sister I
itpunuD Almost .E.Iyulp. between /
We h'. 'fanlo anI .h. "a Plata he I
to'ha4i.s of SPOILED APPLIES" ara Il. /
air Goo s.l mixed with heavier missiles
FtutLue.d maIYr-luu.s Gather uula
as iianna gathers doodle Reluctant !
..'Nhs 'I I'VE 40. piled with platoon /