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Show THE PROGRESSIVE LEADERS LN UTAH. The Herald-Republican says the progressive leaders in Utah are defeated office-seekers. Let us see. The llerald-Republiean points out Wesley K. Walton, W. D. Livingston and "William Glas-maun Glas-maun as the three most prominent men in the Progressive cause The first, Hon. Wesley K. Walton, was elected a member of the legislature from Rich county and Republican state senator from Davis, Morgan and Rich counties in years when said counties were Democratic. That shows the Honorable Wesley K. stands well in both the old parties. Mr. Walton was chairman of the state Republican central committee of Utah for two terms and could have had any office that Governor Wells had to give. But Walton liked his farm best. Mi Walton headed the presidential electors for Me-Kinlcy Me-Kinlcy 12 years ago and received the largest vote cast in Utah that year. Any big honor that did not carry a salary, Wesley K. Walton accepted. It remained for the Federal Bunch, which owns the Herald-Republican, to take all the offices with salary attachments And yet this bunch 'dares imply that Mr. "Walton is a defeated defeat-ed office-seeker. ' ; Mr. Walton never was defeated. He won and secured every office of-fice he ever wanted. The same may be said of the Hon. W. D. Livingston. He made the best prosecuting district attorney the Sanpete district ever had, and, but for an unfortunate rivalry between Judge Jacob Johnson and Judge Livingston, when both aspired to become judge of the Sanpete district, Mr. Livingston today would have been a member of the supreme court of the State of Utah. Mr. Livingston is a bright young man and his ability, surely will be recognized in the future by the people. As to William Glasmann, he is in the habit of being elected when he runs for office. He was elected to the fourth legislature of Utah ; was made speaker of the house of representatives, and was elected mayor of Ogden three times and declined to run a fourth time. Ho served a term as postmaster in Ogden and declined to continue in that office. Every one of the three men had a bright future in the old Republican party and, but for the burglary committed at Chicago, probably would be shouting for Republican victory today. The Federal and state office holders who own the Herald-Republican need have no fear that any of the three gentlemen named are seeking any of the high priced offices held by fhe owners of the Salt Lake Herald-Republican, yet all three might do much to turn the federal bunch out and let the people put competent meu in their places men who could and would conduct the af fail's of Utah with less than a million and a half dollars per year in cask' taxes |