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Show A PROGRESSIVE PAPER. H THE other day Mr. Constant Reader jH set up the complaint that Good- fl win's Weekly is not a Progres- ll sive 'paper, and pointed to the issue ! of last week to substantiate his as- fll Why, bless your soul, if a denuncla- IBH tlon of political bossism be a repudla- jB tion of Progresslvlsm, then The H Weekly must plead -guilty, according M to the complaint. M We are Progressive enough, how- ftB ever, to be able to detect the line of B demarcation that zig-zags between B tho sheep and the goats. And being M luckily possessed of that discernment, fl we have very carefully set the goats jJ on the iproper side of the line, accord- BH ing to our own idea of propriety.' Ours is not the Progresslvlsm of P the Walton brand. Nor of tho Morris H brand. IbfJ There are a great many candidates HYJ on the Bull Moose ticket In this state 11 who ought to be elected. For in- H stance, Orson H. Hewlett and Fred A. & Sweet, as candidates for the state M senate from Salt Lake county, are fll peers of any of the candidates on wfl either of the other tickets. They are H good citizens, useful citizens, and it H would be complimentary to the state 11 to have these men in public office. 11 There are other candidates, of HI whom we expect to speak, from time mM to time, who are real Progressives. But we reserve the right to refuse KH support of any candidate whom wo flE regard as out of place under a Bull Moose emblem. WM The Weekly has been in this fight IH since the celebrated hat was shlea IBB Into the equally celebrated ring, or H thereabouts. While certain gentle- H men now basking in the publicity of l a Bull Moose nomination wore still H H picking spllntors off the top of tho H fence, lcnow$i not upon wMgff' Side H to ' alight, Th&V Weekly wasTaniflng jjH the sprk of PfogresslvlSm in Utah. H And' it. has not receded from that B stand. Hj Upon the matter of bossism within Hj Iho party, The Weekly cannot remain |