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Show M THE ptITERSON-THORSEN HHl A great many o: our readers have H called up asking for Information HHV (, the (Aiutmuuicatlon Surveyor Gou- HHg ' oral I. C. Thorscu recently sent to HHl : lioiirubunlatlvo Theodore V. Peter- HHb ; son, BOiuo stating that tho Impression H 1b given out that this Federal olllc HHV I holder, this erudlto mombor of Utah's HH federal hunch delivered tho giant HHh ' Dull Mooser of Ilyrum, such a toll- HHV j Jug solar ploxus that ho will tako HHV tho counts and ho good forever after. HHM I Wo huvo said nothing on (his mat- H ' tor from the fact that It Is no light HHJ of ours, and as wo had no Interest In HHV tho election of either geutlemeu, wo B figured It wuj a matter tnuy could HHV I tiottlo between themselves, through HHk tiiu malls, In tho puo.ic prints, on the HHV plutlorm, o: with tho gloves. Wo aro HHV lreo to confess, however, that wo B should llko to hco them brought to- HHV gethur In either capacity above nam B ed, ami aro willing to take a chanie HHH thai tho husky ropresoutatlvo will B mnko auay with tho suuey member B of President Wilson's olllclal family BBBB) In order. BBBBr For tho benollt of our readers, anu HHHJ in Justlco to Representative Peter- BBBBjj son, wo will say that Mr. I'etcrson BBBBj is representing His county to tho bust BBBBjj of his ability, aim as tar as wo can Ibou with a great deal ot credit to hlniBolf. As wo said before ho wiib h' no choice ot ours, but after having BBBBj been o ected wo accepted tho verdict HHHJj unit determined to support him, along HHHJi uth his asBoclutes. lly this wo do BBBBjj not mean that he Is lmmuno from BBBBjl criticism, but w0 trust that occasion H for criticism will bo reduced to tho Hj lowest possible minimum. HHHJ ' The history of oveuts since the BBBBjj convening ot tho legislature has dem- BBBBjl oiiotrated one thing, and that is that. HHHJ Theodore Peterson will not bu boss- HHHK ed. lie was elected on a platform HHHJj declaring against bosstBiu, and while HHHK tho leauers uf his party and ot his HHHJ' nlllllntod party and a great many ot i, his mongrel associates havo violated this doc.aratlon ot faith, ho aas kept nnd presorvod It lnvlolato. This of Hi course has nottlod tho bosses, and HHHJj Fomo of tuetu havo becomo so galled HHHJ, that they havo offorvoscod, bubbled BBBB i l over, reached a high state of erup- HHHJ I Hon, until a volley of tire, smoke, and BBBBjY' nasty English has been hurled In BBjpjK! thunderous tones against him. HHHB. Recently Mr. Peterson had occa BBBBe ulon to voto for tho seating ot Rep- HHHJ- resontntlvo Wamlck ot Utah county, HHHJ un net which has been, and Is now HHHB being repudiated by tho bosses. Far HHHB , this act of discourtesy to tho bosses, VJVjV for this act of Indopeudenso ou his IPJPJPJ part, for this manifestation of his BBBB manhood, and his repudiation ot tho HHHB mongrel program ot serfdom, llos8 1- HHHK I C. Thorsun was chosen to nniilhtlato HHHH' t him, and any one that kuowB 1. C. BjBjBfl can well understand what a lead of BBBBjl impudent Indignation ho can storo up BBBBj ju u utt'o whllo when hlc sorts re- VVB fuso to oboy him. Is really too BBBBh I had that thoso two stalwarts should BBBBBH B0 Foon como to tho parting of the BBBBB ways. Having hut recently slept so BBBBjf cosily In tho samo political bed, It BBjBJBJ, I a sad to contemplate so early and BBBBB abrupt a disagreement. Hero are BBBBBll Bomo of tho choice morsels tho fed- 1 . eral olllco holdor passes to Hepro BBBBJS j bontatlvo BBBBBBj -I am ashamed of you, sorry that BBBBBB j aided In your olection, and ad- VVB vised my friends In Cache to sup- BjBjBjB ,)0rt y0U i bellovod that you had VVB sonio prlnclplo and honor In your HBBBBB makeup, but I see by your record BBBBBI . yo huvo neither. You owo tho BBBBBT . people of Cacho who supported you BBBBJ un qxciiso for your contemptible BBBBBJ conduct, owo thorn BBBBK 0gy for advising them to support VVB BBjpjpjT' Such words could come from hut, HK, two sources. First, a big, strougl) BjpjBjV entrenched, Invincible man, or sec-1 BjBjBjV ond an egotistic ass who is liable to BBBBBK poke his head in tho uooso mid let BBBBBV tho other fellow pull it before ho BBBBB' CIUl uxticato hlmsolf. As to which; class I. C belongs porhaps a great muiy a ready know, and others will i learn as tltno mills this thing out, but what wo Ehould like to know Is this: When was tho Interpretation of tho constitution placed on the shoulders of 1. C. Thorscn? When was tho decree signed, sealed and delivered vesting In I. C. Thorson tho right to voto his follow man? Wo recall that I. C. was onco a boss In CacSo of Bomo magnitude, but sonio one told us that years ago ho was thrown away In tho dump heap. Has there been a resurrection, resurrec-tion, and If bo, when? Tho constitution or our state makes the House ol Representatives tho solo Judgo jf Its own mombers and against the decision of the House there is no appeal. Representative Puterson exercised his constitutional right In tho nmttei In question and otcd lu ntcordonco with his best Judgment. It was his business, and none of 1. C. Thorseirs business. Ho was called upon to place a con structlon on a portion of tho constl-Hon, constl-Hon, and did bo. I. C. Thorscn was not called upon to do any such thing wns not vested with any such right, or authority, nnd In this matter ho Is purely a huttlnsky, having no vote, and not oven having been called upon up-on for an opinion. When voting for Mr. Warnlck, Representative Peter son said ho felt it would bo more of a violation of tho constitution to deprive the people of Utah county of representation than to voto for tho seating of Warnlck. Ho thoro-foro thoro-foro waived the technicality and voted vot-ed to seat Warnlck, and for this act he has received tho encontums "of scores of Democrats, much less or rntic nnd eruptivo than tho Insolent Thorsen. Wo have iarcfully read tho Progressive Pro-gressive p'nt'orm and we cannot find In It one sentenco that can bo con-ttrued con-ttrued to glvo I. C. Thorsen the light to voto T. W. Peterson. Then what Is his offense? Purely nothing- Wo havo read a great many Democratic platforms, nnd pages of Democratic Htornturo and in it we Hud much that says I. C. Thorsen should attend to his duty as a mem-hor mem-hor ot tho Federal Hunch of Utah, and not bo butting Into tho nffnlrs of other olllcials. Very generous of Thorsen to shoulder the responsibilities responsibil-ities of others but not very lucra tlvo and substantial In tho end wo should Imaglno, based upon tho ten-cnts ten-cnts of Democracy theoretically Interpreted. In-terpreted. As a method ot settlo-ment settlo-ment we recommend a conforenco botweon Thorson, Peterson, and tho head of tho Civil Servlto Department at Washington, D. C. Tho result of tho conforenco would cortnlnly fur-nlBh fur-nlBh a lino paragraph of rhetoric for President Wilson to poruso. Wo congrntulato Representative Peterson on his Independence. |