Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-09
REVIEW or BATTLEFIELD.

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been cast and the result determined
II Is time for peace to spread over tha
land where turmoil, str,fc and nntaSnn-
Ism have prevailed for many weeks
The rule of the inaioris" has told the
tale and 1t becomes the lot Of the min
ority to swallow defeat wiki smile,
1t has ever tccn thus Il Is tut the rep
clifton of history Il is indeed . matter
of regret that campaign cannot
be fought without the cliarac-
tsrstics OF the modern election with
ont abuse. vilfcaiIon and s'ander,
battle of ballots conducted on princi'
pies of logic. ansappeal to reason Will
out the narrowing OF nassion--tiiis
would be as the rising of q new sun on
n better world. II politics could be
what politics should be- lftthere were
more statesmen and fewer politician
tricksters!
The nation from one seatoafd !" the
0other and from border TO border mas
been a theater of wol. The gems raiship
Of the campaigns has brought new
names before the public. Tic fight mas
been long and the contest bitter. 1t has
been in the open and it has been
marked, too. by guerrilla tactics. %
ambuscades. by treachcw. The generals
in command in the various forces have
sent their heavy artillery laundering
planks and principles in the orator1cnl
projectles hurled into the camps
where the doubtful voter was In bivou-
nc. and the little campaigns have been
marked by ordinance of smaller caliber;
but whether 1t was congressman. gov
crnor or constable to be elected the en-
element has been as intense in the one
field OF battle as In the other. the to.
tai amount of enthusiasm and heat OF
feeling being measured only in the
comparisons of numbers interested.
Bit the result is achieved. The victor
is;the victor. and the fact must remain.
The loser may comfort himself with the
balm which many athletic coaches
spread over! their losing football teams
after hnrd-fought game: THE world
loves cheerful loser"
1t is rather early yet to analyze The
vote, throughout the nation. or to as
certain the causes that led to the ire
mendous changes recorded. The story
in euch state is told In the dispatches
in this issue. The salient points seem
to be that the great eastern states were
dissatisfied with the new tariff law.
and that the cry of the high cost OF
living. so powerfully raised by the
Democratic orators and press. had Its
effect on the voters. What the Demo-
cratic victories in New York. New
Jersey. Connecticut, Massachusetts.
Indiana and Ohio.-President Tafts
own stnte-may mean for 1912, the next
presidential election ycar-only the
future can tell. The result, no doubt
will largely depend on the measures
introduced In the new Democratic
house of representatives and the gem
eral conduct Of the Democratic ma
jority. With Il Democratic house, n
Republican senate and a Republican
president to work together, the coun-
try's history for the next two years
VIII DC iuti u iit'cieosi'a aeNeioP-
ments.
AS for the local results, the one fact
that stands out with clearness, Is that
the people of Salt Lake county. do not
propose to turn the county treasury
over to the hands that have emptcd
the treasury OF the city. The Amer
lean" vote fell off considerably, indi-y
eating that there were many of that
party who staid at home, or what is
more likely, that its voting strength
has been diminished by the departure
of transients and the floating populn-
ton that comes and goes as the bust
ness tide rises and falls. Whatever the
cause, tbs ono on which citizens and
taxpayers may congratulate them.
selves.