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Show oo COMING SESSION OF I THE LEGISLATURE. II On Monday, the Utah legislaturp (will be in session in Salt Lake, and I I the Democracy of tho state will be ! face to face with the platform pledges of the party, calling for enactment into Haw. An overwhelmingly majority of both I houses will be Democrats and back of them will be a Democratic governor. govern-or. There will be no excuse, if the party fails in its obligations to the 1 people. ! It is to be expected there will be j i influences at work to sway the weak and vacillating from duly, but no pressure pres-sure should be great enough to make (any serious inroads on the majority. Democracy must stand on principle, if " is to hold the confidence of the H I 1 voters. The day Is at hand when the hon-est hon-est politician is winning respect. John son in California and LaFollette in (Wisconsin are two men who have been ihonored above all other men in their states, and they have won distinction by inspiring the people with confi (dence in their honesty of purpose and devotion to the common good Opinion in Utah is on the side of the "progressives," and the men who have the genius to give expression to that sentiment will hold control over I a long period and be able to rally around them the very best in Utah. v no |