The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-29

Radon of the Park City Record.
espouses the cause of insurgency and
announces his candidacy for congress.
MS follows. y .
Mr.. S. l.. Radon. Editor Park Record,
Park City. Utah:
, Denr Friend.
Yes, | think | shall. | have received
large number Of inquiries similar
to yours but have waited, hoping that
q satisfactory candidate would ap-
pear against Mr.. Howell. l would
have been glad TO support some one
else possessing the political courage
to make the race. No candidate. TO
date, has appeared. and ii ] under.
stand Alright the political situation,
none is likely to appear. shall
therefore, make the race, not entire.
~ with the hope of being elected
but rather as a political duty-as a
protest against tho present political
regime, the absolute absence OF poll
teal opportunity.
Why may l ask, has no candidate
appeared? Is II because our present
congressman has made such bril-
liant record? That he has so i'm
proved while In Congress that he has
become indispensable? These ques-
tions arc not for me to answer-his
record speaks for Itself
Now, why this condition in Utah
What Is the trouble politically? It
Is simply this: The Republican party
In Utah is so thoroughly bossridden
that all the vitality is crushed out Of
its adherents He who has ideas OF
his own. who has political indepcnd'
ence and integrity is not wanted. The
young mon of Utah I'm the Republican
party are not privileged to choose
their own paths to political prefer
mcnt-there Is, at present but one
route, and that leads through the pri-
yate office Of the boss. The test OF
availability is-"Wlll be take orders?"
Individual initiative is despiscd rather
than encouraged. And all the political
machinery is operated to that end.
This is the 25th of August The
state nominating convention Will be
held in less than thirty days. Before
the state convention VIC must have our
county conventions and district prim-
aries or caucuses. How much time
remains for the voters to choose
among candidates before the primary
or caucus which Is really the Unit Of
goyernment"-tho only place under
our system where the electOr has a
voice in the selection of candidates?
The state convention less than
thirty days away and no candidates In
the field save the present incumbents.
What a pltlable condition? Other
states have been active for months
/ Ill -
the people for their consideration. In
many states, under direct primary
laws by which the people are given
perfect freedom and opportunity to
express their choice-for example In
California, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas
and Oreeon, where primary elections
have already been held or in others,
rs Washington. Wisconsin and Idaho,
whero the primary contests are at
white heat In Ohio. Indiana, Tennes-
sec and others convention nomlna-
tions have been made: and in every
state save Utah candidates are active
ly before the people inviting consid-
Grafton Of their respective claims
But in this commonwealth-poo
old boss-ridden Utah-not even the
Republican state committee has been
called together, so far at least as the
ordinary everyday elector knows.
What is the meaning OF this delay? 1t
simply means that the bosses and the
bosslets do not purpose to give the
great electorate of the state any show.
but will. as usual, call a convention In
a perfunctory sort OF way; direct the
local bosslets 10 call primaries. (or
hole-in-the-wall caucuses) and this
will he done IN the most orderly and
quiet way for fear the people may
find it out and attend, which. of
course. would spell death to the gang.
This is tho ideal way In which boss
power Is perpetuated When an inde
pendent citizen ventures out the pO-
lltical juggernaut lthe steam roller.
is successfully applied, and there are
but few who repeat. The system has
been so successfully applied since the
advent of Fussy Jimmy that very few
self-respecung citizens venture out.
Oh, for a return TO tho good old
political times, from the advent of the
parties organizations In Utah down
to the Ogden state convention, Since
that time a blight has been cast over
the politics of the whole state Where
are the stalwarts of few years ago?
Attending TO their own business with
the sign hung QUIT am out OF poll
ties If you speak TO them about
taking a hand again their response
SO, what's the use?"
Such Is the case with hundreds.
and among them the best blood of
the party Some OF our stalwarts.
under what l believe TO be mIstak-
en- Idea, have felt themselves forced
into the American party.
1t is plain to be seen that this is
all perfectly planned and thought out
by those now In power in the Repub-
lican organization. The Independent
spirit must be crushed, individual in
itiatiye must be discouraged men
must be taught TO got consent from
the boss before they venture out
The very best evidence of this ap.
pears in the columns Of our party or.
gan - the Herald-Republican - in
which for months the Progressive Re
publicans of our sister states have
been abused and held ND to ridlcule.
Why should a Republican party paper
lambast Hon. Jonathan p. DollIver or
Hon. Albert J. Beyeridge, from whom
we but recently were glad to take
advice? 1t is all in the general plan
to stamp out all independence Of
thought In the party. This is shown
In the closing paragraph OF almost
every editorial in the party organ For
example: This Is the enemies coun-
try so far as insurgents are concern
ed" Put Dolliver, Beveridge. ct al.
where they belong. outside of the Re-