Show fledges honored the convention with only fourteen opposing votes stood true to party pledges and inserted ednal suffrage in the constitution what excuse those fourteen will make to their constituency we know not A platform plat foru is a sacred instrument it is the supreme law of a party tha augast voice of the people and should be obeyed we can see no just laudation for men like mr bobberts Bo berts who regard lightly their party pledges and set their own opinions up as worth more than the voice of their constituency as expressed in platforms on which they were elected such conduct is traitorous and will so be regarded by the honest people of utah in their sober reflection we would have regarded it as a political calamity should a majority 0 the delegates have thought no more of their platform promises than to have regarded them like many of oar esteemed adriea have as nothing more than political claptrap clap trap to batoh votee we were glad to see such aa overwhelming majority stand by their platform that was the only manly thing for them to do and it will teach political honor to the new state such as will command the respect of the world had they ignored the party pledges it would have taken a generation to bring the new state to that proud position ot honor in ct that the people now enjoy they would have said as some of the news papers we are borry to state 0 plat forma ara nothing but political claptrap clap trap while talking about towering peaks we have ant to say that such honor as judge godwin when he declared he would stand by his platform hia personal opinion made bin tower far higher in the estimation of tha good people of utah than the man who pompously declared dac lared notwithstanding his platform that ha would rather have his free thought than a throne the great majority of utah among whom mr roberta is numbered have been frequently a religious duty to take their honesty and honor with them into all walks of life politics is no exception as president wood luff told the people at grovu last fall and the most honorable thine for a man in politics is to stand by hia party platform |