| Show I Pledges Must Be Redeemed N SELECTING the political party which the they IN I I shall support men now moro more than ever before are scrutinizing party achievements achie examining the thet I It t promises that arc made and the thc extent to which I these promises are nrc kept A party name no matter matterI what its traditions or its record of benefits conferred conferred con eon I ferreti in the post past means eans less and lC less leas s to the voter I each succeeding year The elector as be he prepares prepa to exercise his right of suffrage informs himself I as to the pledges his party has made for the nominees nominees nomi nomi- t nees it h has s presented then reflects upon the number I f of those promises that are likely to be he redeemed re basing hi his estimate upon the recent party record in that respect This i is a political con condition that has bas I arisen within the past decade and it he behooves hooves the tho Republican party in Utah to it it accept it as ns inevitable inc and govern go itself accordingly In November NO 1014 1914 another another- state election will willbe willbe be held 1 1 ii in Utah at which a Legislature e will v be f 1 L t t CHosen tuna luni l Cg win Will or Vl i L j wise according to the degree to which the Legislature Legisla Legisla- ture now in keeps the promises made for it itI to the people by the Republican state convention of I 1112 That convention composed of delegates representing representing rep rep- resenting the party lartY in ia every even governmental gO unit in inI inthe inthe J I the state stat adopt adopted d a n declaration of faith which conI con con- I I largely of a series of definite promises of legislation that the present Legislature would enact I if the Republican party should bo be in the majority in its membership That party is in the majority and its members of of the Legislature are making ng the record upon which the party will stand or fall fail in 1914 in Utah A political politic I platform de despite pite the world weary wisdom of the political cynic is not a subterfuge H to to get in on it is to stand upon both and after election It is the party program the thet t bill of fare faie which the people of the state last fall chose as their political provender pro for the ensuing two years and they expect that their orders will be bo filled according to the promises made matle We believe belie the they will r resent non compliance with the program that thc they will ilI go even en further and search for the reasons that impelled disregard of promises th the tho influences that brought about disobedience to the plain party mandate Unfortunately public wrath I will not fall alone upon the individuals responsible but will be visited also upon tho the party I In 1910 1910 the Republican an state platform indorsed and approved the income tax amendment to the national national national na na- na- na I constitution and pledged the Legislature of 1011 inu to ratify it th thus s adding Utah to the list of I states that believe belie a part of the expenses of oI government gov gov- should bould be borne by best able t to l assume assume as ns- I sume tb the burden That pledge however was not kept the Legislature Legislature Legis Legis- I lature failed to redeem the promise made for it by bythe bythe the party with which a n large majority of the legislators legis leg t I were affiliated There is excellent reason for believing that the resolution of ratification was va-s throttled through the influence of a group of multimillionaires multimillionaires multimillionaires multi multi- millionaires who cared more for their own interests than these of the people generally or of the Republican lican party The failure of a n number of Republicans to support the ticket last fall as they have ha done in inthe inthe inthe the past can be plainly traced to that broken pledge With the Democratic party strongly entrenched in the nation and the presence in tho the field of a n third party Utah will Till be debatable ground to a 3 greater reater extent than ever before at the 1914 election In order to succeed and retain its control of state affairs the Republicans of this state prove pro I that they can be trusted the they must keep their I pledges If the they do so when the voter prepares to toi i indicate his preference at the next election he will if he agrees with the governmental program announced announced an an- l I vote ote the ticket because he will feel he can canI I t defend upon that program being observed The Utah Legislature at this moment is casting the boroI horoscope horoscope horo horo- scope scope of the Republican party in this state by its I deeds will the party be judged and approved or orI condemned as those deeds merit I i p |
