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Show SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. 1'rogressive Chicago. Chlcairo Herald. Ono among the many reasons for Chicago's growth is, in Emerson's phrase, her hospitality to new ideas. That a thing has always been done a certain way is not conclusive to a C'hi-cagoan C'hi-cagoan that thnt is the best possible way to do that particular thing. Everything Every-thing in the domain of business, philosophy, phi-losophy, or religion, is not exactly an open question every morning to a Chi-cagoan, Chi-cagoan, but ho is the least Chinese in his characteristics of alt dwellers in cities. Genealogy, conservatism, eighteenth eigh-teenth century ways of doing and thinking aro not adapted to the city by tho lake. Her present is too busy and too fully occupied for her not to welcome wel-come any expedients or inventions that shorten the road to results and thus in effect lengthen life. A Continuing- Injustice, Denver Sun. The Salt Lake Times assured the prosidont on his recent visit to that city that polygamy was dead, While there might be individual offenses, as 'an institution it was buried." This is an encouraging assurance. And when it is verified by events to the satisfaction satisfac-tion of tho whole country, Utah will he-enrne he-enrne a state. In population aud wealth Utah and New Mexico are both entitled en-titled to admission. Their exclusion, except for clearly established special reasons, is a continuing injustice. n.T.land's Selllhnrs. Albany Times. Certain liuffalo democrats are honoring hon-oring Mr. Cleveland today as a feeler,' to see how he stauds in his old home, as a preliminary step to foisting hira ! ncain, if possible, into the conlideuce of , the liuffalo democracy, purely for party purposes. It is to be doubted whether this plan will succeed. Time has been a groat educator of Buffalo democrats as to 'rrover Cleveland's democracy and -his uncontrollable way of ostracizing his friends after ho has used tneni for i his own stilish ends. The Hlll-Clrv.l.nd Fight. New Yorlt Mail and Express. Tha ilcmocrats of the west and south-cast south-cast will lind in the Hill-Cleveland tight abundant justification for the pre jictiin of their political leaders, and of Colonol Watterson in particular, that if Hill is nominated for the presidency the Cleveland Cleve-land men will knife him, ami if the latter lat-ter is nominated Hill will knife him. and that, for democratic purposes, ia lHjr,, New York will bo left entirely out of consideration, so far as regards nominating nom-inating a Nuw i'ork candidate for the presidency. |