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Show MR. HEWLETT'S POSITION- Wo print in another column this morning a communication from Mr. J Orson H. Hewlett, who is ono of the , so-called "insurgents." Tho points that ho makes aro certainly well worthy j of tho attention of thinking voters, j Ho contends very truly that whatever j may bo tho personal ambitions of a few, the majority of those who arc j working for tho independent movement aro standing for a high principle. 1 Mr. Hewlett makes a special point in I this communication that tho party in i its State convention should nominate tho United States Senator, as tho dele-gales dele-gales there assembled aro more in accord ac-cord with the popular sentiment in that matter, than tho more fraction of tho party which comprises the legislature can possibly be. As ho illustrates tho matter, ho was in tho party caucus whoro eighteen members of the legislature legis-lature decided who should bo Senator from tho Stato of Utah. Inasmuch as Salt Lake county has fifteen members of tho Legislature, it is manifest, as ho says, that a reinforcement of three members wonld bo sufficient to allow Salt Lako county to absolutely control tho election of Senator from this State; this always provided, of course, that tho Salt Lake county members wore in accord with tho prevailing majority of tho legislative body. Mr. Hewlett urguos very strongly for tho nomination by tho party in convention, conven-tion, whero tho delegates number nearly six hundred, and whero the wholo party par-ty is represented to an enormously greater extent than it could possibly be represented in tho legislature And this is good, sound, popular doctrine. It is impossible to contravene it. save on tho proposition of vested right or aristocratic privileges. Another point mado very strongly by Mr. Hewlett is that if the. Senator is nominated in parly convention, the ! Legislaluro is spared the protracted ! squabbles, of which wo have seen so many in tho brief career of tho Stato over the election of Senator. 3n out; case tho legislature squabbled so long that it had to adjourn beforo it could elect. And long, bitter struggles are golting to bo the rulo in legislative olcctions of Senators, where there has been no previous party nomination. But where tho party, either in primaries or in convention, designates its choice for I Senator, tho legislature has merely to record that choice. Thero is no wrangle, wran-gle, thero is no delay, thero is no contention, con-tention, no bitterness, no trouble whatever. what-ever. Tho legislature merely performs tho routino act of ratifying tho people's peo-ple's choice, precisely ns the electors ratify tho peoplo 's choico in tho election elec-tion of President. There is everything to say in tho popular sense for Mr. Hewlett's cou-tontion. cou-tontion. Thero is absolutely nothing I to say against it, from tho standpoint of popular rule. j Tho moro tho position of the so-called "insurgents" is understood by the peo- j pie of this Slate, tho moro will thoir position be endorsed and their arguments argu-ments approved. They aro unquestionably unquestion-ably on the right track, and their opposition op-position to tho autocratic boss-rulo and ring programme in Utah is well worthy of-tho careful attontion of tho peoplo at large. And when it is so attentively considered thero can be no question but that il will be endorsed. |