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Show "jjiPpM: UTAH AND THE PROGRESSIVE THE third party movement in Utah, as in a majority of the jUKf states of the Union, was begun "mPP n a uumljle manner. Local conditions fflpliillifr liero cro3Be(1 llnes wItl1 national pref- - - eronces, as they did in many another ngrjgTngroj state. It required courage upon the iSNHHk part of many men to "make the SWHH&l break" from either of the old parties, sflHBBlM but each man and woman who read fflw&ila the declaration of principles as enun- r-wr rn ciated In the Progressiye platform and a who read the justly celebrated "con- &mmr fession of faith" delivered by Colonel fJf5wirK Roosevelt, found something tangible, jpJiim. something immensely human to cling to. And the causes that led up to the f'fjftffii formation of the third party made al- MiJSHL legiance to it even more justifiable. -JHCTBJc Governor Johnson, the candidate for 'HfP?' vte president on the Progressive '""-"'l ticket, called attention tho other night I m. I to tho death of the old Whig party v "jSgjL an(j pointed to Maryland as the one $BmF state in 'the Union that remained re- 5Al til actionary as far back as 1856. That riiiiiiMfillnBil was the beginning of a new era in America's political life. This is the opening wedge for another political revolution one of tremendously vital importance to every individual. The great leader from California said that he had been told that Utah would be jBBjfe' j .the Maryland of America in this cam- glgjjjPOfc, paign and alone would remain imper- EPWRfiWj vioua to tho onrush of the new politi- 7i tMftjr ca order IIe looked over the vast audience that protested this prediction predic-tion and himself believed that even Utah would respond to the call of the H (Hsl -ftldhr"'"--" "m i.jamii"j.iJiB. .' ' in."1 '"' '" ll poeple of the nation and get into line with progress. Here the Progressive party started with a greate handicap than that of any other st e. The people were slow in Utah. But the impulse to restore re-store to the people the right to rule themselves was too powerful to hold in check. The movement spread until a voluntary organization sprang up in every part of the state, while the state organization at the capital discovered that thousands of free Americans in Utah only awaited the call of leadership leader-ship to get into action. The story of the growth of the Progressive movement move-ment in this state has been the reveal-ment reveal-ment of a powerful, natural strength that developed from an unknown quantity. A tremendous change of sentiment is passing over the people and with it comes a wholesale enlistment for the battle. -The conditions in Utah, artificially created to reduce to a minimum the independence of political thought and action, were by no means conducive to a sudden uprising here, although the spontaneity of the movement in other parts of the country made certain cer-tain the overthrow of the old p' deal machines in many of the gi latest states of the Union. Here the daily press is subsidized by big interests. From their columns the people learn that Theodore Roosevelt is a menace and nothing of favorable interest to the Progressive movement is printed without a sneer. Yet it is not difficult diffi-cult to recall that a few months ago the word "progressive" was not allowed al-lowed to creep into the columns of these papers. The word "insurgent" wa3 applied to every man who did not adhere to tho old machine. The general gen-eral acceptation and more general use of the word "progressive" as applied to the new political order materially changed things. The third party was greeted with jeers by the machine press of the nation. na-tion. Big business was heard in the derision of the Progressive party as tho "Bull Moose" or "Moosevelt" movement. Yet even these bully appellations ap-pellations seemed so perfectly appropriate appro-priate that they were adopted by the Progressives themselves. They were popular. "Bull Moose" was created .by some smart fellow who saw a chance to ridicule the Progressive party as the "Know-Nothing" party was ridiculed ridi-culed in another day. But the people liked it it was catchy, popular; it found instant favor among those against whom it was originally directed. di-rected. The Weekly expects to see the Progressive party grow to Immense proportions in thla state. Wherever the gospel can be carried to tho people, peo-ple, wherever the individual may be shown the difference between the fun- HHHOHHHNBHHHHHI damental principles of tho Prcgres- 1 sive party, the empty offerings of the H Democratic party and the hollow pre- j H tenses of the defunct Republican par- $WttZti!&& i :;H ty there will be no doubt as to the re- stHBuS! II This is an age of reason. 31Mra' 1 |