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Show I & S Politics and Things & S C ONSIDER the outlook of the Pro gressive party in Utah. Iowa and H South Dakota have made it im- H possible for the Taft organization to H elect its electors in those states. Pro- j igressive electors will bo chosen H there, as they will in almost a score H of other states in the Union where m Progressive principles are not misun- j derstood, where the cause Is not stifled H by iniquitous oppression of a power. M ful political clique which operates H without principle. H Here m Utah the line-up is differ- H ent, so divergent from the situation in H other states, indeed, that big eastern H publications have ventured the sug- Hl gestion that Taft will carry Utah and Hj Vermont, at least. In this day ot H new light Utah is counted in the H dark. Colonel Roosevelt and many H of his local friends, however, take a Q different view of the situation, clalm- 1 ing that there is sufficient Progress- M ive sentiment in this State to win H over the Demoorats and the Republic B can organization. H Here is the true situation In the m Republican party in Utah: A great M many Republicans and Democrats in H this State are in open revolt against j the federal bunch which is recognized M as the real menace to political liberty H in Utah. The perpetuation in power M of certain fedoral office holders in m this State gives to them the rule of M the minority over the majority, holds H the same club over the people of Utah M as the national committee held over H the people of many states at Chicago. H This coterie of politicians which has H accentuated the demand for Progress- M ive action in Utah is unalterably op- H posed to the renominatlon and re- Hj lection of William Spry for governor. H In the sunlight these politicians pro- H fess friendliness to the governor, but H wherever the cyanide and bichloride m of mercury can be sprayed in the m shadow they have attempted to poison B the people against the executive. H There are a great many Progress- M ives In the Republican and Democratic Hj parties who are not only friendly to M Governor Spry, but they find a H strengthening of this friendliness in H knowledge of the fact that the fedoral H bunoh is opposed to him. Take the H case of Colonel C. E. Loose, for in- H stance. He is one of the leading Pro- H gressives of the state, Yet he is for H Spry. It was announced by parsons H who were unauthorized that Colonel H Loose would be a candidate for gover- IH nor on the Progressive ticket. Noth- H Ing could be farther rrom the truth. H The Provo man is for Spry. Qf "There are just two things In the H world that count for me," said Colonel H Loose the other day. "One of them Is H my fa'mlly, the other my friends. My H family comes first, my friends next. H Governor Spry is my friend and I H will do njthing that would injure him H Besides being a good friend, he has H made a good governor. I am a Re so- volt man, of course. But in Utah 1 am for Governor Spry first." So there you are. There are many other progressives who think along the same lino as Colonel Colo-nel Loose. They are Progressives and they find Governor Spry being opposed for renominatlon and re-election by such federal office holders as were unable to dictate the policy of the governor's office and the nature of his appointments. Some of the Progressives are in favor of putting only electors on tho ticket, leaving blank spaces for state offices. Others want a full third-party ticket from electors down. It is quite likely that the Progressives here will be guided to a great extent by tho national organization or-ganization and if the third-party leaders lead-ers can be shown that the right way to play politics in Utah Is to name only electors and keep the organization organiza-tion together they will no doubt sanction sanc-tion that course. The call for the National Progressive Progres-sive convention at Chicago August 5 is as follows: To tho people of the United States, without regard to past differences, who, through repeated betrayals, realize that today the power of the crooked political bosses and of the privileged classes behind them Is so strong in tho two old party organizations organiza-tions that no help in the real interests inter-ests of our country can como out of either. Who believe that the time has come for a national progressive movement a nation-wide movement on non-sectional non-sectional lines, so that the people may bo served In sincerity and truth by an organization unfettered by obligation ob-ligation to conflicting Interests. Who believe in the right and capacity ca-pacity of the people to rule themselves them-selves and effectively to control all the agencies of their government, and who hold that only through social and industrial justice, thus secured, can honest property find permanent protection. Who believe that government by tho few tends to become, and has in fact become, government by the sordid sor-did Influences that control the few. Who believe that only through the movement proposed can we obtain in the nation and the several states the legislation demanded by tho modern industrial evolution; legislation which shall favor honest business and yet control the great agencies of modern business so as to insure their being used in the Interest of the whole people; peo-ple; legislation which shall promote prosperity and at the same time secure se-cure tho better and more equitable diffusion of prosperity; legislation which shall promote tho ecomonlc well being of the honest farmer, wage worker, professional man and business busi-ness man alike, but which shall at the same tlmo strike in efficient fashion, fash-ion, and not pretend to Btrlke at the roots of privilege in the world of Industry In-dustry no less than in the world of politics. Who believe that only this typo of wise industrial evolution will avert industrial revolution. Who believe that wholesome party government can come onjy if there is wholesome party management in a spirit of service to th whole country, and who hold that tho commandment doliverod at Sinai, "Thou halt not steal," applies to politics as well as to business. To all in accord with these views a call is hereby Issued by the provisional pro-visional committee, under the resolution resolu-tion of the mass meeting held in Chicago Chi-cago on June 22 last to each state to send a number of delegates whose votes in the convention shall count for as many votes as the state shall have senators and representatives in Congress, to meet in convention at Chicago on the 5th day of AugUBt, 1912, for the purpose of nominating candidates to be supported for the positions of president and vice-president of the United States. Charles D. Hilles, private secretary to President Taft, will run his chief's campaign. Hilles has been made chairman of the Republican national committee and will doubtless have no difficulty in being the goat for the astute as-tute politicians among the "old guard'1, who were foxy enough not to put themselves to the front since the Chicago Chi-cago hiatus. Even the Washington correspondents correspond-ents of great disseminators of news are following The Weekly's suggestion sugges-tion that the election of a President might be thrown into the Congress inasmuch as three candidates are in the race and there is a likelihood that none will get the necessary 2G6 electoral votes in the college. Taft is having more grief with his appointees. Secretary MacVeagh of the treasury is accused of incapacity to handle the affairs of his department depart-ment and Secretary Wilson of the agricultural ag-ricultural department, is involved in a scandal over the Stanley dam project pro-ject in Colorado. Ivor Ajax came in from Tooele county Wednesday to see ir the gang, way was cleared for the Tooele delegation dele-gation which is Bald to be coming solid for Ajax as state auditor. Ajax ran for the Republican nomination four years ago and was beaten out by Jesse Jewkes of Emery county. The first steps toward the formation forma-tion of a Wilson Democratic club were taken Wednesday night when it was decided to elect officers Tuesday. The next thing on the program will 'be a big outing at Lagoon on August 17, when the faithful from all over the state will be present. |