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Show M THE PROGRESSIVES OF UTAH. H Some-time ago the Herald-Republican of Salt Lake was reading H the Progressives, including Theodore Roosevelt, out of the Repub- H lican party. Something has brought about a change, as we note the H following in that paper: H "Colonel Roosevelt has always been a good party man H and has demonstrated it time and again He is a Progres- H sive, but not an insurgent. Believing in the party pnn- H ' ciplcs, he is of necessitj' a progressive, he believes that what- H ever complaints he feels called, upon to lodge against the H party shall be adjusted within its ranks."' Hl It is gratifying to observe that the organ of the "Federal? Hj bunch" has reached the conclusion that, after all, the Progressives H are good fellows and worthy of a place in the councils of the party. H ' Has the Herald-Republican seen the handwriting on the wall and H decided that the Republican party is not made up Kolely of Stand- H i patters, but that a large element is Progressive, without which the H party cannot win in Utah? H It is about time that the Standpatters relax, in their haughtiness H and begin to treat the Progressives as worthy of a voice in the ai.'- B9 t fairs of the Republican party. - - |