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Show and the Republican party In be t':e conservative parly. Itilo which reactionary reac-tionary Democrats, like Halley, will naturally be drawn. The Republican party will be the one lo which the lu terests Will Ullacll themselves. U Kill stand by the const I utioti, be opposed t "mob rule," favor a high tariff, con slder courts sud Judges us the final arbiters of legislation and consider those In authority as the best Judges of 'What the people want. We fail to see how any honest Republican Re-publican cm vote for Trift, for he was the choice of the politicians and not o' the people, and won his nomination by fraud. The only way Republicans can keep their party honest. Is to oppose op-pose lihhonesty In Its methods. 1'h politicians will stop at no dishonesty if r hey think the voters will stand for It They ought to bo taught a lesson this election that will forever discourage dis-courage them from trying dishonest methods ag si it. If a mini Is so strong a Republican that be can't Jump clear over Into the Democratic ranks he can still be loyal lo his party by voting the Republican slate und county ticket, even though there Is really no matter of party policy concerned. U'e don't suppose there Is much chance for It, but we ould like lo see a genuine progressive congress man elected from f tah this fall. We have two to elect this time. We think a man who Isn't a progressive will find himself pretty lonesome at Washington Washing-ton after next March. Senators who followed the lead of AUrlch, and congressmen con-gressmen of the Joe Cannon type, will he in the minority f fieri, and It will be the progressive senators and congressmen congress-men 'who will get things done for their constituents. All the prospective can dldales so far seem lo litre up with tho Taft forces. During the coming week Ihe Chronicle Chron-icle will have considerable about 1ht D( tnocratlc and Roosevelt campaigns We give this as a matter of trews, and it will probably be the only paper where you will get n fair presentation of both sides. The Salt Lake papers are boosting for Taft and they devote very little space to giving news that Is of alvanlage. to his opponents. The matter e print, will come from the national committees of the two parties, s you must make some allowance for party prejudice, but in the main ll will be pretty fair, SOME POLITICAL DOPE. The third pnrfy movement Is now under un-der way and Col. Itooxevelt has beauti his whirlwind campaign. It Is showing consilient!!" strength and undoubted ly a conxiilcratile number of states will elect electors pledged to Roosevelt. Th pHitlorin of the party am) enpec-liilly enpec-liilly Roosevelt's confessions of f.iitlr, are sufficiently progressive for any one who ha not advance! far enough to accept SiM'Ulism. Woman suffrige. parcels post, direct primaries, the initiative, ini-tiative, referendum and recall, referendum refer-endum of Judicial decisions, government govern-ment ownership of railways In Alaska, leaslriir of mines, employers liability liws, utotlHiarrce to farmers, conservation, conserva-tion, anti-trust laws, etc., are a long ways ahead of anything the Republican party offers. The charge is triad"! that It Is Socialistic, but no one need fear that charge, for the only Improvement 4 hat can be mtulu In government is to make It more Socialistic that Is to ex 1 tend the functions of government ami t.ike up some of the things thai are no to public private corporal ions. I ! Hut e don't believe the third party 1 i needed, or th.-r the salvation of the 1 oiintry depends upon the election of J I'ol. Roosevelt. We cannot recall that I. e advocated any ot these progressive measures except conservation while li was president, or that he gave sny support or comfort to the Insurgents i when he was In the White House. He was always opjiosed to Ifollette,, he I did nothing to aid Iteverldge In Ohio, and did all he could to elect Ixxlge In , Mjsrisc hurtetts. 1 1 tit. during the last three years he bas been finding out the M-ople are really progressive and lie is willing to be their leader. Hut we believe tbe great majority of progressives pro-gressives of both parties are ready to accept Wilson as tne more reliable leader of the progressive movement. Ye hsve hot been able to discover any difference between the progressive Re- publlraris and progressive Iremocrata. Kven on the tariff question the difference differ-ence U Imjiereeptihle, The progres- alve Republicans Joined the lr-mocrats tn passing the tariff schedules on wool aril steel over the president's veto, and while the veto was sustained In i II, e senate th progressive senators ' Voted sgalnst the prexident. 1 As a matter of fact a larger number of fremorrs's ttina of Republisns are progressive, and we have do doubt that a Iremocrailc president and congress con-gress will be quite, ready to pssl as i Ciany progressive rue mire a would ' Roosevelt and bis followers. There Is nn room for to progressive progres-sive psrties. if the Ifc-rnocratlr party carries out Its program we look to see It twroine the only progressive party, , |