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Show FLIRTING WITH PROHIBITION QUESTION; FEELERS BEING PUT OUT OVER THE STATE Steps are to be tnken at once by Wesley K. Walton, state progressive pro-gressive chairman, nnd A. T. Moon, national committeeman of the progressives, for the organization of every county in the Btate. At this time only twelve of the twenty-seven counties in Utah are organized or-ganized by the progressives. Following close upon the heels of the resolution adopted nt the Btnte conference Saturday, when tho party went on record as favoring amalgamation of republicans m? and progressives in the nation, action Is to be taken to interest nil former followers of Roosevelt in the progressive convention and the republican convention in order to create a sentiment for his nomination on the republican ticket In June. Frank Evans, chairman of the resolutions committee, who says there Is u probability that the two parties will get together in the nation "if no mistakes are made," also declared that in Utah there will be u determined effort to have progressives sent to the legislature legis-lature to ennct laws proposed in tho progressive platform. Leaders Lead-ers of the party believe they have stolen n march on both the republicans re-publicans and democrats in regard to state politics as they have asked the delegates to the state convention for expression in rc-gard rc-gard to statewide prohibition. "We want to get the sentiment in the Htute on prohibition," tnitl Evnns. "The progressives want to settle the question right nnd that is one reason we desire the referendum." Determined effort will be made by u number of leading progressives pro-gressives to influence the republicans to hold their convention April 8h for naming delegates to the national republican convention conven-tion in Chicago, the same time the said progressive convention is to be held. There has been some talk among progressives nnd among republicans who are enthusiastic for Roosevelt to see if an agreement can bo reached between Utah progressives and republicans repub-licans on a program for the Utah delegates of both parties nt Chicago Chi-cago in regard to a presidential candidate. So far the suggestion has been talked of only nnd nothing has been done. The word has been given out by the progressives that Utah democrats need not expect their aid in the coming state election. |