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Show I SMALL ATTENDANCE AT PRIMARIES. Republican primaries, to select delegates for the state convention to be held in Price, were held in Salt Lake City the first of the week and a spirit of indifference prevailed, the number of votes cast being , but a small fraction of the party strength. Our primaries are the source of weakness in government. Here in Utah, after big issues are determined by not more than five per cent of the voters, f'the people of L'tah were to be disfranchised to, that extent. Hi 03 indignantly would protest and work themselves into a rage. Good government demands the attendance at primaries of every qualified voter and there should be a way found to exact that responsibility re-sponsibility from those holding citizenship. Temporary loss of voting vot-ing power" might compel better compliance with lhc obligations oi voters. ' , ' .. |