Show cue of our it seems that democrats in office cannot be relied on neithal plat dormi nor publio opinion can keep them from expressing their own private opinion instead of the constituents while there was nothing in tho platforms last fall committing either aide on the slate capital question tion for the reason perhaps that neither side expected that it could be brought up still there was always has been and is today a strong belief entertained that capital will gome day be in provo in the face of that sentiment on a question where mr S K thurmand Thur mans opinion need not have been stated he exercised exorcised his independence and said to the convention 1 l believe gentlemen the Legia latura will always meet in bait lake while per hapa a man douht not to commit himself hima elf I 1 will say that I 1 believe salt lake is the place for the capital yesterday the article on education was reported with the location of the combined university and agricultural college left blank in a few days there will be the greatest kind of a fight on between the counties of northern utah they would have been ready to have kiven this county the capital for its on either side southern utah haa been with proto in the contest as shown by favorable comments from the press of the various counties thia is the center of population ula tion it is a city where legislation will be in touch more with the real sentiment of utah than at ahe metropolis and the majority of the people favor provo for the capital in face of these conditions it is anything but encourage lug to have seeh remarks from our cites leading delegate as quoted above it ia an opinion BO averse to the general sentiment of provo that we had hoped the baity that elected him would have aard something om ething but their eilenne is so pronounced that we believe this is another opportunity employed to get even with provo for its hundred republican majority |