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Show I REPUBLICANS DECLARE THEMSELVES. At Price the Republicans of Utah met in state convention on Monday and wisely decided to scud an unmstructcd delegation to Chicago. ' Ogden was honored by having one of the four delegates irom the state at- large, the Ogden man standing high among those who were balloted for. Senator Reed Smoot gained his credentials by acclamation. ac-clamation. The convention, in its platform declarations, was the most outspoken out-spoken political body that has met in Utah in a number of years. The national administration was scored for its alleged encouragement encourage-ment of "reds" and the Republican party was. pledged to labor for ' the deportation of radicals. The labor disputes were not. ignored as the convention went on record as demanding the settlement of differences between labor and industry on the basis of an honest day's wage for an honest day's work, while declaring for dependable service and freedom from interruption in-terruption of service. A revision of school and tax laws in the state is urged to permit of adequate salaries for teachers. The Democratic administration is condemned for waste of public pub-lic .funds, and the stand of Republican senators on the peace treaty is approved, i There is no evasion in the foregoing, which of itself is a com-1 com-1 mendablc feature, regardless of the question of right or wrong. ' It is evident the labor question is to enter into politics this year and be made one of the big issues. The delegates at Price took that View -when they gave the subject prominence in their declaration of principles. I |