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Show H EDUCATING THE PEOPLE. IP the presont campaign of the Progressives Pro-gressives accomplishes no other m purpose, it will at least have arous- B ed the public conscience to the necos- B ' sity for disinfecting thepolitical procod- B tiro of our day. Many of the relics of WM political barbarism which still obtain B in such politically backward states as B Utah are fast "being swept into the B limbo by the new order, but not until B the people are thoroughly aroused will B this state shake off the fetters that H have held the people slave-bound to H the bi-partisan interests. H Some of the light that has been H shed upon Utah has penetrated even Bj the sordid doptlis of tho Republican H party, as witness the concessions H made to the "hue and cry" by the H legislative platform in Salt Lake H county. Tho Ropublican party pledges H Its oandldates, if elected, to pass a H direct primary law. Think of that! H It pledges them to create a public H service commission and to stop the H practice of giving passes. H It wasn't to be expected that the B; party organ would become so incon- H sistent as to indorse that platform. H In fact, tho party organ refuses to H abide by tho will of tho majority with- H in its own fparty, and actually bolts B the program. Hero's a cahnce to start Hj a little movement with a meaning all B its own. Hf The Republican county legislative Hf ticket hasn't any more idea of passing B or helping to pass a railroad commis- Hj sion law than it has of declaring for n the initiative and referendum Nor BH will it get tho opportunity to repu- S diate its solemn pledge, for there is B indeed slight danger of the election H of that ticket. H ; It 1,3 gratifying to know that the H Progressives are making such prog- H ress in their campaign of education H The enlightenment that hap come to H Utah by a Ropublican or Democratic H slant in tho past has been dim Indeed; H but now with a goodly measure of H men and women from both of the old H parties uniting their energies and H their efforts toward the common up- HP lift, it is not .surprising that either or Hh both of the old parties should decide jHj that it is time for the worm to turn. |