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6 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. If & ' Politics and Things IN the rapid evolution of the Pro gressive movement, it -will be im- h possible a few yeara from now for H j any coterie of men to set up a judicial Hi i trust and abrogate to themselves all B of the power that bristles from the V ' bulwarked combination now in oxist- L ence. There is indeed a reasonable Hf' explanation here of the existence of H a demand for the recall of Judges, for B ' the necessity of such action is self- H evident It will be impossible in the H near future for a judge to sit in trial n of a case and then, upon adjournment V- of the court, make his daily visit to a j newspaper office" and there point out H the salient features in tfie state's at- Hj ta of that very case to guide the K newspaper in the handling of the story H of the case. It will be impossible for jH a judge to pose as an unbiased arbi- Hj ter on the bench and then, upon step- j ping down, assume the attitude of a H prosecutor who helps to sway public H opinion. It will be equally as impos- m sible for a judge to delay justice until m litigants have actually forgotten what H It Is all about. It will become unfash- H lonable for the judiciary to take mat- M ters under advisement and make a M ruling at a time when it will have H the most political effect, or to hold it M until It cannot have an influence, one m way or the other, upon politics. To- B day the rule works both ways. H The long-stifled voice of indepon- H dence will soon make itself heard and H if the recall of the judiciary is the in- M strument through whioh the people H are to regain their power and prestige H over the judiciary, then that will come. H If it i3f not the proper method some H other weapon will be brought into H play. H Without presuming to be in con- H tempt of court, it may be recalled that H there is a certain decision hanging fire H which was to have been rendered long M ago, as soon as a certain political H convention was disposed of. This H opinion was not forthcoming at the H close of that convention, and the H campaign soon came on, so it was H held up still longer and even now B awaits the casting of the ballots be- H fore it will issue forth from the sa- H cred chambers where it has been so B long in confinement H The people need only to be told fl the story the average citizen fl doesn't bother much with legal mat- m ters, leaving them to the lawyers m and judges and to litigants and hop-, M ing that the fates will not throw B him into the latter class. Once the I story of the law's delay is fully told, the people will act. R1 Here is a sample of how the people H rule by the convention method of K nominating candidates: H The organization names a district Hfr- chairman in one of the downtown Hi districts. It is his business to handle B Ypur automobile is waiting for you. B Purdue's Automobiles and Taxicabs. H Anywhere at Any Time. B Phone for Rates. H Phone: Wasatch 5 or 1598. the primr and "to bring his dis trict down." The primary is called for a certain place to be held at eight o'clock. The district chairman, ambitious to rise in the political or ganization, gathers about him a num ber of trusted friends of any and all political faith, and attends the pri mary. The hands of the clock are at five minutes to eight The chair man sets the clock ahead ten min utes, calls the primary to order, has himself elected chairman and the slate of delegates he has chosen put through in record time. Before ten minutes after eight all the business is transacted and the primary is ad journed. The delegates from that district go out of the primary to meet others who were about to attend, telling them that the business is done and the delegates elected. The delegates elected vote for the slate cpndidates in the convention. The same is being done in enough other districts to insure the nomination of the slate framed by the organization. The people have no voice in the matter. To call this procedure a pri mary is the holloWest mockery. The three parties are arranging for a whirlwind week to wind up the campaign. While the Republicans and Democrats are making them selves heard in halls all over the state the Bull Mioose arc getting close to the people by meeting in the hemes and on the street corners spreading the gospel of Progresslv Ism among the common classes. All three parties will have roundup meet ings toward the end of the coming week, and there will be some experi ence meetings where the sins and follies of the campaign will be summed up by orators who are al ready .preparing speeches for the final outburst. The three national committees of the parties which will go to the mat in about ten days don't appear to re gard Utah very highly in a political way. None of the national figures re siding elsewhere have been given a ohanco to speak in Utah, with the pos sible exception of Roosevelt and Bryan, both of whom made flying trips through the state. Their visits were merely Incidental. The Progressives tried to get Roosevelt to come to Salt Lake, but his Itinerary could not be arranged and he spoke only at Ogden. The visit of Governor Johnson was an inoident, also, as Salt Lake was on his route westward, at that time, and ho stopped off because it was not out of his way. The national committees permitted orators to stop here only boause they would have to cross the state going oast or west, or north. The Republicans have not sent a big gun into the Utah campaign. Governor Marshall of Indiana didn't even hesi tate at Ogden on his way west. The ite Democratic committee tried to Bet Governor Wilson to extend his western trip from Denvr, but the na tional committee wouldn't ctand for It. The truth of the situation is this: None of the national committees re gards Utah as fertile field for the ex penditure of money or oratory. Cer tainly the Progressives do not and If the Democrats back east have any hope of carrying this state it is be cause of the structure of artificial hope built by the local bosses. One of the funny incidents of the campaign occurred in Progressive headquarters. An expressman found the state chairman tilted back on his collar-button, his feet cocked up on the top of a mirror that surmounted a chiffonier. The expressman had a bun dle of stuff consigned to headquarters. Also, he had a large bill for collection before he would let go of the bundle. The state chairman fretted at paying the bill because it would leave a big gap in his campaign treasure, but he finally came across. The state work ers had been yelling for more litera ture and here was a chance to supply the demand. When the package was opened It was found to contain a great bale of pamphlets on Colonel Roosevelt's attitude on the negro sit uation in the south. Timely stuff for Utah, eh? m The peculiar twist that politics gives to things, sometimes, Is evi denced In this campaign by the ri valry between F. J. Hendershot and David Mattson. Both are running for secretary of state. Hendershot's father is credited with having put Mattson into politics. That was years ago. Dave worked his way up through the mill until he became a boss in Weber county, having held several of fices. His first job was chief deputy in one of the county offices and he was appointed against the will of the chief who 'had the salary fixed so low that every one thought Dave would resign. Instead of doing the expected thing Mattson hung on and served through the term, laer becoming county clerk. In late years he and Hendershot were not such close polit cal friends as they were at the begin ning and now comes H'endershot's son , to contest with Mattson for the sec- j retaryship of state. Hendershot is i running on the Bull Moose ticket. j One of the choice morsels of po litical gossip that Is going the round I ' that some one dared the Republican ' state committee to send Jake Johnson out on the stump. The committee didn't take the dare, thus leaving the only candidate on the Republican state ticket who has not made a show of t himself in this campaign. ! Harry S. Joseph, .. who resigned from the chairmanship of the finance committee of the county Republican organization, was dropped from the j list this week by Chairman Will H. , Folland. Joseph has been regarded . as out of harmony with his quorum on the committee owing to his nn- , tagonlsm to Jake Johnson, one of the I Republican candidates for congress. He resigned a long time ago, but the "resignation was laid on the table. Joseph has been one of the best money-getters for the Republican county committee in many campaigns. At a smoker in Judge Bowman's court room Wednesday night a Roose velt club was organized with the fol- lowing officers: Colonel John T. Carbidge; Lieutenant Colonel O. C. Carstensen; Majors Fred Rich, Ray C, Naylor, W. B. Schoppe and W. S. Shell. We Can't Move Till the Last of October The New Store (150 South Main; Auerbach's) won't be ready till then. In the meantime, all of October, our prices are cut to "MOVE" Overcoats l oH Pants 14 oft $1.50 Shirts 95c $3.50 Shirts $2.00 Some Underwear 14 off I Some Hats $4.00 now $2.75; $3.00 now $2.25 About Fifty Suits $25.00 to $30.00, Values now $15.00 Alford Bros. Co. Clothes of the Better Sort "Go West Young Man!" 1 5 West Second South