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PASSING EVENTS 183 New Ward Clerks — Erastus E. Bingham, Riverdale ward, Blackfoot stake, to succeed John Bitton, Jr.; address, R. D. No. 4, Box 111, Blackfoot, Idaho. Wilbert L. Davis, Lehi ward, Maricopa stake, to succeed Lillie E. Shill; address, Mesa, Arizona. Oscar A. Roth, Thirty-second ward, Pioneer stake, to succeed Stephen T. Durrant, Jr.; address, 508 Cheyenne street, Salt Lake City. Edward Sawley, Sr., Cluff ward, Summit stake, to succeed Joseph Pyrah; address, Coalville, Utah. Ephraim J. Eliason, Deseret ward, Deseret stake, to succeed Joshua Bennett; address, Deseret, Utah. Jos. H. Stimpson, Riverdale, Weber stake, to succeed Norman F. Bingham; R. F. D. No. 4, Ogden, Utah. Hewell Booth, Fish Haven ward, Bear Lake stake, to succeed Wm. H. Gardner; address, Fish Haven, Idaho. The presidential election resulted in the choice of Woodrow Wilson, the leader of the Democratic party, for President of the United States. After sixteen years of Republican control the reins of national government will pass into the hands of a Democratic president, supported by an overwhelmingly Democratic House of Representatives, and by a Senate probably Democratic. Some idea of the strength of Democracy's present position may be gathered from a concise statement in the New York Press, quoted by the Literary Digest: "The Democratic sweep takes in nearly every northern state east of the Ohio river, and all of the south. It gives to the Democratic partry the entire control of Congress for at least two years. It gives to the Democrats the governors of more than two-thirds of the states, and there is nothing to prevent the Democrats from carrying out all the legislation which they desire, either through Congress or through the legislatures in the majority of the states, since more than twothirds of the states will have Democratic legislatures." Utah and Vermont went Republican. The New York Tribune, quoted also by the Digest, in speaking of President Taft's defeat, says: "Mr. Taft, in his defeat, may justly feel satisfaction in having achieved something greater than a re-election. He has stood faithful to principle. He has held the Republican party true to its noble traditions. He has prevented the judicial power of the country from being made subservient to the changing whims of temporary majorities. He has preserved for the powerless the guarantee of personal liberty against tyranny. He has risen amid the misrepresentation and abuse, discharged his duty as he saw it, refusing to do anything for spectacular or political fame, at a time when the demagogue was in demand. He will turn over to his successor an administration of a country whose laws were never so well enforced, whose expenditures have been cut down, whose governmental methods have been systematized and made unprecedently efficient; whose general prosperity and happiness are at a high pitch. His trust is faithfully discharged." The new President-elect received 433 electoral votes, the, largest number on record. President Taft received 8 electoral votes, and ExPresident Roosevelt 90, including California. The Progressives thus become the second party in the nation. In Utah the Republican

184 IMPROVEMENT ERA national and state nominees were elected. It was announced on the 16th of November that an extra session of Congress to revise the tariff will be called for April. The Balkan War has proceeded during the month with great vigor. It is one of the most cruel wars of recent years. The reports in early November state that more than 150,000 men either had been killed or wounded, and that the Turks, to gain revenge, for their defeats, wiped out many small villages, killing both men, women and children. The Balkan allies succeeded in waging a successful campaign against the Turks, taking stronghold after stronghold, and driving the Turks towards Constantinople. They isolated Adrianople, which commands the road from Bulgaria to Constantinople, and made their way towards the Turkish capital. The Montenegrans as well as the Servians took various cities, while the Greeks pushed their armies into Turkey Photo by Hamilton Gardner TURKISH TROOPS DRILLING IN CONSTANTINOPLE northward, winning victories as they advanced. The Powers sought to interfere, but no definite plan was agreed upon. They were divided on what should be done in the matter of the autonomy of the country, but since the fighting is confined within the country, it is a question only of whether the allies shall remain in control or the Turks. There appears to be no good reason why the allies should not have their will in the division of the land. The Turks sued for peace early in November, appealing directly to King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, commander in chief of the united armies of Bulgaria, Servia, and Montenegro, and on November 15 an armistice was granted. The terms of peace include, among other demands, the. surrender by the Turks of conquered territory, the internationalization of Constantinople, the opening of the Dardanelles, and the making of Salonica a freeport. On the 21st, the Turks rejected the peace terms, and the war was ordered to go on.

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