The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-24
Box Full of Secrets.
What About Friday?

What About Friday?
| VIII Friday be d lucky or an unlucky
day for you? All can't win. The Her
aid has been pointing out where oppor-
tunities stood TO gain: it pointed out
leaders who had small majorities. IL
furnished full information on all these
subjects and that many tips were taken
| IS certainty. 1t is known That seVerSi
new leaders Will be announced Friday
/ morning or old leaders viii have pu-
! themselves far ahead of those who Wert
so close as the contest entered the
sealed ballot box stretch. Either can
didates who held minor positions win
be winners or old leaders will turn on,
the mystery period.
Everybody Anxious.
The whole contest is trimming with
possibilities and everybody is talking
about what may or may not happen.
Every candidate is working like a
Trojan to hold a lead or get one, and
nothing less than results can come
from such universal activity. The anX-
iety expressed is natural. The, sealed
ballot box idea is good one; it leaves
all candidates TO finish their run with
out anyone being able to see how they
are running No one can follow pace"
in other words; every participant must
set an individual stride.
Anxiety was made greater by indi-
cations that some candidates held back
as the contest entered the mystery pc
riod. 1t may have been that someone
had obtained enough votes to make a
big jump. If this proves to be true
the sure winner may come out among
those who ALSO ran" But the leaders
themselves may have done the same
trick-it can be seen that the whole
affair is enveloped in a mystery that
is simply tantaliZing.
Isn't This True?
No paper will be awaited with more
Impotence than the Friday Herald
which will tell about it. In the mean
time candidates are hustling, for worry
never got anybody anything. The man
who sits still and wonders if someone
else is going to get the best of it, is
the man who comes around later
grumbling that someone else did get
the best of ii. The man who worries,
and while worrying forgets to work,
usually blames it to pull. or somebody's |
dislike for him and favoritism for the
other fellow. But the man who real |
ICES that he must be up and doing if |
he is to hold his own against others |
manages TO hold his own with the best |
of them. He sees the situation SEN |
sibly and makes the most of the knowl- !
edge he possesses.
On Good Losers.
So, after all, the candidate in this
competition who is up and doing need !
not worry. If he or she does not win, |
it will have been fair and square race /
and tho r1aa ny In az
best" will cover the smart of losing
Its better TO have tried and failed |
than never have tried at ALL" is just as |
good as the original saying, Its bet
ter to have loved and lost than never
have loved at all" There is no dis
honor in losing if you lose fighting
Everybody admireS grit-determination
which remains when defeat is in sight
Going down fighting gets one as much
praise as winning. Some of the char
acters which stand out in history are
those which were defeated. but fight
ing up TO and through defeat. A good
loser is liked by everyone. So why
worry, anyhow?
True, it's not pleasant to lose out
when victory has seemed just ahead.
But cheer up Those who hoped to see
you win would much rather see you
smile and be a good loser. The world
ilhCo " slap d liidf Oh TIE DdCh ana
say Bravo better than sympathize
with a boo-hoo'er
This word to candidates is offered in
4 kindly spirit. and from what has
been seen of the candidates. will be
received in the same spirit. Stay by
your guns to the last possible moment
Then, if it's victory, you are entitled
to congratulations; If defeat, a kindly
word and an expression of admiration
or fl,n cff1
be game.
This word is unnecessary, as ex-
planned, especially out in the big, broad,
Tree and fair west. where men and wo-
men are big. fair and, above all, camel
rhe west is rugged; its inhabitants
play hard: but their efforts are like
he country itself, out in the open. If
hey win they're the first to help the
lther fellow forget the bitterness of
iefeat; if they lose they are the first
% congratulate the winner.
Wait until next Friday and see these
words in actions-in life,
Word in Closing.
From beginning to end the contest
viii have had one happy rememb rance.
t dealt with typically western men
ma women. They had great news
)aper behind them. AS the hour for
AZ StoSc VI the competition draws
learer and nearer all these things come
o mind. While everyone is waiting.
IS good time to say them Now that
heyre said it is a certainty all inter-
SteG will make the great finish as
piendid an affair as has been the en-
Ire race. During the entire contest
lot a word of censure was heard. for
very effort has been made to conduct
he competitiin on such lines as would
'e acceptable to the most exacting
he Contest Department feels that its
norts along this line have been sue
essful. Harmony among all partici- {
'atmg has been prevalent from the &
cry first andSwill be one of the strong I
81 features OF the finish
Prizes Get Attention. :