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Show ON INDEPENDENCE. M NOT long ago The Weekly said a H word or two about the leader- H ship of tho Progressives in Utah. H It caused no slight ripple on the pollt- H ical surface, occasioning, as it did, H the issuance of several pronuciamen- H tos from the Bull Moose Btate head- H quarters in which it was variously H charged that what we had to say H about the self-constituted leaders of H the new party in Utah was influenced H by financial support from the Republl- H cans. Some of the Progressives, un- H derstanding the situation, were pretty H hot because the Indication of lnde- E pendence should have been so sadly H misconstrued, and other Progressives, H out of touch with the real situation H in this state, were pretty hot at The H Weekly because it dared to discover 11 political rottenness in the fabric of ' the new movement. H Today the Progressives -in Utah are iH more familiar with the internal situa- H tion within their own party. They H agree with us those who actually are H Progressive enough to let their judg- H ment supersede thier enthusiasm H that the people of the new party) H should have been given a chance to H say whether the self-conBtltuted lead- H ers who set up a provisional commit- H tee should have been permitted to H continue in the leadership of the new H party in this state. H Many who resented the charge of H political bossism in tho Progressive H party have revised their opinion and H have indorsed the courageous stand M taken by The Weekly. HI When the call was Issued for a Pro- H gressivo state convention at Ogden H the provisional state chairman who H issued that call had the opportunity Bff of removing all criticism of bossism H by giving the delegates to that con- H vention a chance to select their own H state committee. But this clause was Jm carefully omitted from the call and M the delegates were not given an op- M portunlty of voicing their sentiments IH in the matter. They might have sus- M tatned tho provisional committee but H they should have had the opportunity In of saying whether they wanted to or D That is merely a flagrant illustra- IH tion of the high-handed methods by M which tho Progressive state organiza- M tion as been formed and maintained H in this state. It is a close political M trust designed and constructed to H control the Progressive party in fl Utah, The independent thinkers in H the Progressive party, and who com- H pose the great majority of that party, ! |