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Show I S & Politics and Things s & OUT over the state scores of orators ora-tors wearing Bull Mooes buttons Ml and preaching Bull Moose doc- H : trine are spreading tho gospel o Pro- H grei3slvlsm. It Is an attractive cam- H palgn. The encouragement with which H the Progressive candidates and other D speakers are mooting over tho state H was not unexpected. For, in the first ; place, the tpeoplo of Utah have been B laboring under a misapprehension, H due to the poisoned accounts that oc- H cupy space in the dally papers. The m machine-controlled papers do not give H , the Progressives a square deal in the Bj matter of news, and no one expeots B them to bo fair in the editorial colt t unrns. t Chairman "Wesley K. Walton re- 1 ports that the revolution is on in H; Utah, that tho wave of sentiment for M tho Progressive party is sweeping B, across thl , state, as it has swept H across other states of the West, until m the ranks of the Bull Moose are grow- H L ing to groat proportions. Tho cam- B palgn is being waged in every county B of the state and at rallies in the sec- B ond class cities hundreds of townspeo- B pie and farmers flock to hear the H speakers. The .people want to hoar M the other side to tho story about H Taft's nomination at Chicago; they H aro anxious to look over the proof of PJj the contention that he is now running VB on a stolen nomination; they want to H know the .method by which the Pro- H grosj3ivos hopo to bring about social VA and industrial justice. The Progres- H sive speakers have an attractive story H to tell a story filled with dramatic VH interest and one carrying a powerful H nppeal that reaches the heart of the B people. KVJ At nearly all of tho Utah county H cities and towns the Progressives have H been agreeably surprised at the recep- H tions they have received. Nephi L. H Morris, the candidate for governor; KV George N. Lawrence, candidate for Hj attorney-general; Stephen H. Love VK and Lewis Larson, candidates for con- H gress, and others on tho ticket, are H capital campaigners. They, with a H score or so of other speakers, are en- H listing converts to the cause all over B the sou'horn part of the tate, while H another force is busy in the north and H central portions. Men who have never H taken much part in politics are volun- H teering their services, with tho (re- H suit that each meeting is splendidly H equipped on the platform and fully H attended. H A county ticket will be in the field H in each of the principal counties in M the state. Each county is organizing M a compact body of men and women to H campaign their immediate vicinity. M Today in Salt Lake county a ticket B will be nominated. It should be a B tlckot that will stand out in happy B contrast to the Republican tickets al- B ready named. There Is an abundance B of material in this county for each B office, and it would not be -surprising B to see a number of hot contests. Tho B convention will open at 11 o'clock at B the Garrick theatre. Candidates for all county and legislative offices will be named. The nomination of five candidates for judgeship and one for district attorney at-torney by tho Progressives of the Third judicial district Saturday was an open manifestation of a dosire upon the part of the Bull Moose to name roal men who are hampered by no affiliation with crooked business or crooked politics. The delegates named for judges: W. H. Bramel, J. J. Whitaker, N. A. Robertson, George M. Sullivan and George F. Goodwin. For district attorney, Robert B. Porter was named. These men are known to be courageous, unselfish, inspired with an integrity of purpose and possessed of a capable strength that will lift the judiciary in this district far out of the niire in the event of their election. Tho convention was not large not more than one hundred men and women gathered to place the judicial ticket In the field. There were no trades or combinations, and neither did the shadow of the unseen hand fall across the deliberations of the delegates. The candidates were named for their worth, and not because of any affiliation which anight commend the ticket to tho aupport of this or that interest. So far as can be ascertained from the character of these men, there is not one of them who would step down from tho bench to dictate to a newspaper news-paper the manner of handling the story of the trial before the court; not one of them would think of projecting himself into a political convention to nominate a complete ticket and dictate dic-tate the platform; none of these men would stoop so low as to use his office of judge in attempting to influence a peace officer in the handling of a crim-inal. crim-inal. This job of writing about conventions conven-tions Is growing monotonous as the campaign wears on, and it is hoped that the Progressive convention today will break tho monotony by furnishing a few thrills. The Democrats didn't furnish anything of the kind, and neither nei-ther did the Republicans, unless you would call the unhorsing of State Senator Sen-ator Carl A. Badger a thrill. The following fol-lowing brief quotation from Shakespeare Shake-speare is commended to Mr. Badger: "To thine own organization be true, and it must follow as night the day thou canat not then be turned down by any man." Mr. Badger disagreed with his party organization on the prohibition program, and from that time on he was marked with the spray of tho poiaon squad until it was an easy matter to arrange his political funeral. The Republican convention was importuned by the state committee commit-tee to name W. Mont Ferry for the state senate. It is presumed that the state committee received its authority directly from the people that is the way such authority usually comes to a group of political managers The convention, heeding the voice of the state committee, and caring naught for tho will of the people, named W. Mont Ferry. He will have an opportunity oppor-tunity of voting to re-elect Reed Smoot to the United States senate in 1915 in the event of his election this year. He has already pledged his willingness to do tills, or he wouldn't have been indorsed by the state committee. com-mittee. D. O. Rideout was oupported by the entire county and he won a nomination for the senate. Mr. Ride-out Ride-out looks out of place on a ilepubllcan ticket. The third nominee for the senate sen-ate was Charles Cottrell, jr., who defeated de-feated Badger. Really, he didn't defeat de-feat Badger. Ho was merely the instrument in-strument with which the federal bench punished Badger for past disagreements. dis-agreements. Walter J. Burton also ran. The Republicans named the following follow-ing ten candidates for the legislature: Mrs. Jane W. Skolfleld, Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Mrs. Howard A. King, Mrs. Charles Read, R. L. Judd, Daniel McRae, Clarence Bamberger, Claude T. Bprnes, David J. Cook and M. H. Kriebel. The ticket is topheavy with women, but be it remembered that a woman was turned down by tho Republicans Re-publicans In the state convention; that a woman was turned down for the state senate and that no woman was placed on the county ticket. Add to this a few dash3 of sentiment and the strong appeal made to tho women in the Progressive state and national platforms, and you have a fair idea of tho reason for putting nearly half women on the legislative ticket. Daniel Dan-iel McRae is such an institution that no Republican legislative ticket would bo complete without him. Clarence Bamberger commended himself to the machine that controlled by intimating that a fat campaign contribution might be forthcoming. Claude T. Barnes, R. L. Judd and M. H. Kriebel aro worthy young men, with ambition and a purpose. David J. Cook is from Bingham. The platform opposes passes and tho city commission; indorses all ad- I ministrations Republican, the juvenile V court, a state bureau of immigration, a direct primary law, the appointment of women (more sop) to offices, a railroad commission, and urges the enactment of a law providing prison sentence for auto speeders. The federal bunch doesn't aeem to take much interest in the present campaign, inasmuch as the F. B. has decided to oppose the local platform, and Is opposing it. This Is further evidenced by the refusal of John C. Mackay to indorse the move to do away with voting machines in this j city and county. The machines, It Is said, lead to a more general straight ticket voting than the Australian ballot. bal-lot. There are thousands who want to vote for Roosevelt, and many of them would very likely cast a split ballot, voting for the Colonel and perhaps per-haps one or two on a local ticket. The voting machlno makes It much easier for them to vote straight. The county (Continued on Page 12.) |