Show the proper key note the utah county republican convention hai sounded the right noto in its platform by endorsing the stand taken by our senators en silver and protection the subjects are considered together as is eminently proper and one issue id not pushed ahead of tho other there are ultra silver men in the party as well as projectionists protectionists the more populous counties near mining campa are for silver first last and all the time the frontier i counties bhora sheep men reside are for protection and they will resent alie attempt to force into the back ground that principle wisdom will therefore have to govern the delegates to the state convention ven tion or by rash action they may divide the party under the banner of free coinage and protection all can fight but under the one that makes silver almost the sole issue the party will be wrecked of course we all want arco coinage of silver there is no difference on that score but there is a difference ss s s to the bait trip eftim f securing what we all want some seem to believe that an independent movement in the west for the white metal would be better than fighting party lines others are for the fight within the party we arc inclined to believe the latter plan the better it has been proven by colorado and nevada that nothing can be accomplished without the regular party organization the west has not population enough to proceed independently to fight for silver and our only hope lies within the regular organizations where conversions can easily be made an independent silver movement would place us in the light of other hopeless minorities such as prohibitionists populists lists etc and would be just what the of the east are after within the last year the goldbug press has been reading the silver advocates out of the party or trying to do BO and we should not now faver them by acca eding to their wishes we commend the utah county platform to the state convention wherein the eaid platform says resolved that we endorse abe eland taken in abo national legislature by the western senators in of hold ins bimetallism and pi election together as one it ia folly to extend endorsement to either gnp or to gay that the convention ia carried for cither senator cannon or senator brown both served silver as aliey believed best and now to begin a division of the party over their vote is folly in the extreme it will simply mcm division in our janks and ultimate defeat this all better keep down division at tha and bend only strong men aa to st louis THE arst state legislature whose term is drawing to a close has badoa very good record for economy chich is alio most vital tho peo pie generally tie many bills intro deuced in the beginning of tho session providing for have been killed and enly actually offices crested the land commission and alio codification commission arc about the only new offices and both are urgently necessary salaries have been down to the wise standard established by the constitutional convention ven tion MEN may deceive alie public part of but as a usual thing dark conie to the surface harry hayes is now convinced of that fact TUB news is on the right track when it says is against balyer with al balt arthe west generally and utah pait are almost as solidly for it r manifestly therefore it to their party and portion to compla the protect ive of the one with the special demands remands of the other thai is to be republican representatives in the fullest and truest ense they should par mit neither principle to dwarf or obscure the other even temporarily CLEVELAND telling intimate friends and writing that be is not a candidate for a third term it would do him no good for sentiment against the third term proposition he might as well show his better judgment by keeping quiet THE government ran behind only during the month of march which the salt lake tribune wisely says is doing very well for the present administration that rate per month means about nunnally nunu ally THE legislature has wisely separated school election from the general elections the former ought to be free from partisan strife all ought to agree on the principles and progress of of education THE first state legislature will be long held in kindla remembrance for fhe enactment of tho A ballot system that system is a necea sary adjunct to comans womans euf frage THE standard announces that it will abon issue again antenino anT ening edition in connection with its morning edition wonder who is backing our progressive contemporary coinage or bolt seems to be tha demand of salt lake county eo public ana the remaining part of the state will be more conservative on this score can be nothing gained by a little of mall states bolting the convention at st lonia for silver good silver men are of that opinion |