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Show ii 1 1 o belii've thai a gciod many 01 ihese minimis have been a u 1 11 11 1 ,1 . il 1 by (lie favoritism of government and courts. They propose to make some changes, and believe t.lie first step is 10 gel the government into their own hands, and they will get it in spite of all the warnings of millionaires and their mouthpieces. No, Utah Is not a progressive state, politically. The people don't get much of a chance to hear the facts about the progressive movement. All o ur dally papers are opposed to It editorially, and misrepresent It und its leaders In their news columns. Our governor, our senators and our representative are all stand patters of the Aldticii and Cannon type. Few people in Utah lake any of the great Independent weekly ami monthly magazines which have largely taken the place of the ilallys in moulding and voicing public iplnlon. The people get plenty of free literature from their representatives it Washington In favor of the tariff. Hid against any step In the direction 1 if reform, but never anything on the it her side. 1 ... One of these documents was re- 1 elved by the editor a few days ago. 1 t was a speech by President Iluller of 1 Columbia College against the India- 1 ivo, referendum and recall. We read t all through and of all the weak argu- uents this speech beats them all. The 1 1st of the argument was that the , miners of our constitution were the vlsest guys that ever lived; that any 1 ittempt to improve on their ideas was , mplous; that the initiative, referen- , 1 11 111 and recall was an effort to take , iway from a wise and deliberate Imdv 1 if representatives the power of mak , tig laws and turn it over In a fickle , nil irresponsible molt. Vet In Oregon, iliere the people have this terrible lower, the legislature still passes line-tenths of the laws and the few ( aws passed by Initiative and refer 11 (1 1 1 111 have never been amended or 1 epealed. As Is well known nine- t i-nths of the laws passed by every leg- Mature are amendments of previous j iws that have proven unsatisfactory. ( " ' H C. C. Goodwin's political writings Iways give us a pain. He Is a typical dictionary. He believes that the v on! Is going to visit a great calamity poll the people of this country be-ause be-ause so many of t hem are heeding lie voice of KiMisevelt mid other pro-resslve pro-resslve leaders. He lias a great fear r f what mob rule, as he calls popular overntiient, will bring upon this , ountry. Don't worry, judge, the peo- v le of the United States are not a P 10I1 but a great nation. Changes come p lore slowly here than i'l any other atlon 1111 earth. We were the last lo , dopt the secret ballot and postal sav- I( igs banks. We lag behind every other M Ivlll.ed nation in our postal system, 1 protection lo workmen, in eoticerv- ig our natural resources. In making ny changes In government. This Is t! ceatise we have several million peo- p le lo convert to a new Idea. The n vila we suffer from have never come , 0111 the hasty action of the people but t, ither Irom their slowness In dlseard-ig dlseard-ig outgrown theories and practices, j. ut when we do make changes they 1( lick. Although the people are slow j change we would rather trust their u idgmetit In the long run than that of t, le ten wisest men we could select, hey would move more slowly hit y mid make fewer mistakes. ; ii Probably the coming national con- w pnilons will be the last ones In which ,, ie di-legates are selected by the po- tlcal bosses of the states. Many ates have already adopted presldetv 11 al primaries where every voter can g lake his choice of candidates and f I'legate to a national convention slui- ( ly registers the choice of a majority M ' the people of that state. The moss- " ick editor of the Tribune fears this g III break up party organizations. i VII. what of It? people will still be u emocrata and Republicans, won't tf icy? Of course It will put the polls h al boss and trader out of business, it that won't hurl any iMilitical party, n SOME POLITICAL DOPE. " (I A straw vole whh taken a few day uko by our liuni iichh Iiohmcd on lie; inoHt popular candidate for preKideni. Twenty-three expreHneil a choice for KooKcvelt, lor Taft. 7 for WIM011, !i for llryun, A for Clark, .1 for I.afolli tie and a number KcniterlnR. While thin may not be reprcHcntatlve of (he Men . tlment In Utah, we think it may fairly rcpr"Mcnt the middle went. The red hot campaign of ItooHcvelt mil the nniiHiially aKKrnislve ppcechcH ol Taft have tiliown very clearly the wld" . difference between the two factlnnit o: the Republican party. KooMi-vclt rep-rcnriitK rep-rcnriitK the proKrenniven , who believe In democracy in the rlulil and ability of the people to rule; In the Initiative, j referendum and recall; presidential prltnarluH by which the pi-oplu can ex-.presx ex-.presx their choice for preHldetit in-tead in-tead of leaving the nomination to a convention of federal ofTice holder. o und political boHMes, Taft and bin Htipportem believe that fllrect control of government ''X ,nt people nieana mob rule; they believe that a Kelecied body of men Hhoiild do ... the ruling; that our courtu are no per- feet that the people nhould not have a the power to recall judge or cinemlon their (IccIhIoiih. Am a niatter of fact there In far lettn difference between ' the Di-mwratic and Heiublicati party today than there U between the pro-gresHlve pro-gresHlve and reactioiiurie, whlcliever party they 11111 belong to. While the lirogreHglveH may Iohm In the coming election, whether their candldaie in UooHevelt, I.afolette, (iimmlngH or WiUon, no one who reads hUtory ( aright can doubt the final triumph l progrenHive Ideas. One of the most costly and miiiiptu u banqueta was given last week In ( Halt Lake to Thomas I. Kyan, presl- (lent of the Amalgamated Copper Co., and a company of eastern capitalists. The IT. H. Steel Corporation, the rail road interests and the banking inter- . ts were ail represented. The gath ,, 1 1 Tlng represented several billion lo- lars of capital. In his speech President ityan said he was glad to see that the ( lieoplo of t'tah had not been carried 111 off their feet by the wave of progress-Ivenesa progress-Ivenesa sweeping over the country. If j we bad gathered several million dob lars under existing laws and conditions we would be very sorry to see any change made. There are several mil lion people In the United States who are not millionaires and who find It () hard work to make a decent living, and . |