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Show cvatic nominee, Im much -the buMer man in every w ay. How much of a liguic the Hull Moose party will rut in I'tah remains to be ieen, but It will probably not draw enough votes away from the republican republi-can party to prevent that par. from winning as usual. The wtale ought to cast a big Democratic vote for president, presi-dent, for there will be tbousinda of Republicans who will not vole for Taft, believing that he was not honestly nominated and was not the choice of the ltepiibllcan party. President Taft displays his usual in-decision in-decision of "judicial" mind In the case of Mexico. Notwithstanding that Americans have been robbed, murdcrd and driven out of Mexico, and theee conditions have existed for months la spite of the protests of Americans, President Taft hesitates to Interfere for the protection of American cltlxens without waiting the sanction of Congress. Con-gress. He wants a special session of Congress to authorize him to send troops down there. Yet he did not need any session to send a few thousand thou-sand troops into Nicaraguay when a couple of Americans were killed. We think If Roosevelt had been president troops would have been sent down there mouths ago, and he Mexican revolutionists rev-olutionists taught a lesson they would not forget. He would not have walled for any authority. He would have done It us commander In chief of the army. POLITICAL NOTES. The state convention of the Repuh Reari and Demoratic parties have been held, their platforms adopted aud candidates can-didates named and for the next twe Months we will he In the midst of Unpolitical Un-political campaign. On Saturday the county conventions will he held In Fillmore and then the county candidates candi-dates will he In the field. We think the mate platform of the Democratic party Is very much aiier-lor aiier-lor to the Republican platform. It is a genuine progressive docmuent In fact the Democratic party of Utah has always been more progressive than the Itepubllcan party. The Democratic iatform dec lares for a direct primary law by which all general officers, Including In-cluding senators and delegates to the latlonal convention shall be chosen by Sie people. The Republican convention urned this proposition don. The ' urty evidently prefers boss rule. The . lemocratlc platform favors preside! j ial primaries, the initia'ive, referin- j I im and recall, prohibiting the use of i.ii by officers and candida es. the 1 lion ballot, a workman's eompeiisa- ' ion act, sn l many other measures of a rogresnlve nature. t When it comes 10 cindidales we hink the Republicans have the strong- s r ticket. It Is headed by Governor c iry, who is renominated, a deserved ecognltlon of his excellent record as . overnor. For auditor they have notn u uated Lincoln Kelly, a Millard county isn, who has been in the auditor's of- e e and is therefore well qualified F orgressmsn Howell was renominated r.ngressman at large as was exacted, nd for the new congressman Judge jcoh Johnson was nominated. We link Mathoniah Thomas, the lemo. f, |