The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-02-18
REPUBLICAN VICTORIES

REPUBLICAN VICTORIES
There is an unfortunate tendency in the hui
man mind to accept as fact some brief and EN-
phe tic statement uttered by one in authority. even
when there IS truth in the assertion. Thus Sen
ator Baieys declaration that the Republican party
has disintegrated obtains wide publicity. With him
the wish father Of the thought. Nothing would
please the old line Democrats much as the dis
appearance of the Republican party. Anyone who
will study the election returns will discover that
several things happened last November beside the
victory Of Mr.. Wilson. Maine, West Virginia, Ida
no, Iowa. Massachusetts,. Michigan Minnesota, Ne
braska, New Mexico Rhode Island and South Da.
kota elected Republican Legislatures which have
chosen or will choose Republican United States
Senators. in two instances displacing Democrats.
These eleven states, with the exception Of Mich.
gam which went for Roosevelt, cast their electoral
votes for the Democratic presidential candidate.
In addition TO this. Delaware. Idaho, Maine, Mime
sofa, North Dakota. Wisconsin, and Utah. with pos
siby other states, elected Republican governors.
Kansas came within Of being within the
same list, because out OF total of 335049 votes
the Democratic candidate for governor won by the
majority OF thirty-one.
These are somo of the facts and conditions
which are not generally known but which should
be given the widest publicity. They mean that the
Republican organization, far as these states are
this, there is every to believe that when the
Republicans in every state, municipality and coun
ty realize that II they place separate tick
cts in the field 1t will insure Democratic occupancy
of all the Offices everywhere, they will at least
unite to preserve control Of their local adminstra-
ton Political observers in Washington. who view
the situation from practical standpoint, believe
that the getting together process will thus begin
at the bottom, to speak. raher than be accom-
conclaves of a few self constituted leaders. This
is phase OF the political problem which is GER
tainly worthy of serious consideration.
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AN OVERSIGHT
We're making laws with lots of noise to keep
from harm those precious boys. The curfew bells
ring out at eight and warns the lads to pull their
freight for home and bed and bamy sleep while
wary cops their vigil keep. The cheap toy pistols
down and out; We won't have things like that
about; yet boys who'd hear the pistols foot must
sit and watch their parents shoot. The cigarette
at last is canned the children of this happy land
can buy such coffin nails more, which some
times make the darlings Each year new
laws and statutes brings, to shield them from cor
rupting things. It's strange that should over
look the screaming blood and thunder book the
wild and woody, red hot yarn that Johnnie reads
behind the barn. The tales of bandits who have
slain a corps OF men and robbed train; of thieves
who break away from Jail, with punk detectives
on their trail of long haired scouts and men of
wrath who nothing fears except bath Such yarns
these Johnnie reads; they brace him up
for bloody deeds and when he can he takes the
trail and ends his bright in jail. So while
we're swattng evil things, and putting little boys
wings let's swat the book that leaves stain
upon the readers soul and brain Walt Mason in
Good Citizenship.
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SUGAR TARIFF COMPLEXITIES
Chairman Underwood and his committee
getting advice the sugar schedule which will
confuse them While the producers of and
beet sugar ask for the retention of the duty
it, and rightly So The sugar trust and the fruit
canning trust want the duty on raw sugar TO be
either removed altogether, cut to n low figure.
This is Old fight which comes up every time
there is any desire to touch the sugar duties. The
trusts want their material to be cheapened as
much possible, while they resist any cut In their
own product.
The farmers of the Mills Tariff hin ot 1883
made a compromise between the cane growers and
the trust by allowing the latter TO shape the whole
sugar schedule. This of course, a surrender
to the trust and sacrifice OF the interest Of the
sugar growers 1t one Of the vices Of that
luckless measure which hit the Democrats in the
campaign and aided in defeating Cleveland Not
wthstanding the assault made upon its leading
interest by the Democrats Louisiana gave its elec.
toral vote to them by an immense majority just
as II did in 1912 after Underwoods threat TO place
raw sugar the free list, he did in Of his
popgun bills last year.
1t is evident that In the bill which will be pre-,
pared in the extra session the duty will be taken
entirely off. But the Democrats will now have a
harder fight on their hands than they had in Mills
days. The entire beet sugar industry has virtually
been created since 1888 and II is much more i'm.