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Show 1 8 THE CITIZEN i ! OBSERVATION PLANE Some Anxieties Of Utah Democrats able feeling when Harding is elected president and Smoot is United States Senator. re-elect- That our Democratic friends suffer-efrom a severe attack of jealousy when they realized that Utahs senior senator was to be one of the close advisers of Warren G. Harding, was made manifest at the convention ed d which chose the delegates to the San Francisco convention. The friends of Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Moyle were not slow to point out the prestige that would be Senator Smoots if victory should perch upon the Republican ban- ners. And they urged the candidacy of McAdoo on the ground that Moyle would be close to him. At San Francisco, when it seemed that McAdoo had really thrown himself out of the race, the jealous attack so worked upon the Utah delegates that they began to talk of Senator King for. vice president, on the theory that a vice president is usually, though not invariably, close to the president. But the fit of jealousy blinded our friends to something so obvious that we marvel they neglected to take note of it. No Utah Democrat can be close to the next president of the United States because the next president is to be Warren G. Harding. Perhaps our Democratic friends are cannier than we have just suggested. They must have campaign material and they can talk about Moyles or Kings prestige with the presidential candidate just as if they expected the candidate to be elected. Perhaps they argue that by keeping up the appearance of confidence they can delude the voters and obtain victory for their state and congressional tickets. If they can achieve that, they can endure the defeat of the presidential nominee, for there still will be plums for de- serving Democrats. Utah can itself congratulate that the senior senator from Utah and the Republican nominee are such close friends. If Senator Smoot is not "the original Harding man he is one of the statesman at Wash- Citizen Is Victim Of Official Outrage Federal enforcement officers are thronging the states and introducing tyrannies which the fathers of our country foresaw and tried to prevent when they provided in the constitution against "unwarranted searches and seizures. Salt Lake has just had a horrible example of a search which was conducted by warrant but which was unwarranted in every sense except the technical legal sense. The Turks have invented a picturesque phrase, "watermelon intellects to characterize the functionaries who permitted the allied diplomats to wreck Turkey. A "watermelon intellect is none other than that well known species, by no means extinct in America, known as "boob, of the family of sapheads, mastodonis ridi-culosu- s. Federal enforcement officers, armed with a search warrant issued by United States Commissioner Van Pelt, invaded the quarters of Attorney WalKer Gunter in the Kensington apartments, despite the fact that the place was quarantined because of the illness of Mr. Walkers daughter, a v T. tim of smallpox. At the time the search was conducted with the characteristic roughness of officers dealing with deep-dye- d criminals, only the sick girl and her mother were in the house. The officers even entered the sick room in their search for liquor, narcotics or whatever it was they though them- selves to be in quest of. As a matt ir of fact, the warrant used the word "narcotics, but the officers said they were looking for whiskey. At all events they ripped up rugs, tore beds apart, hurled furniture about and ransacked trunks. In order to break the quarantine one Larson, director of the enforcement of narcotic and prohibition laws ington who early recognized that Mr. Harding would make an ideal candidate. And from the moment he recognized that fact he was for Harding under Daniel C. Roper, of Denver, took an Inspector from the city health department with him. While the health officer and the federal officers conducted the search Larson directed proceedings from the secure vantage of the automobile. for president Utahns will have a very comfort Just as the officers completed their havoc Attorney Gunter arrived home to learn that after many years of reputable living in Salt Lake he was accused of being a "fence for alcohol or drugs or something the officers were not sure just what they sought. The U. S. commissioner, when informed that Attorney Gunter lived at the place searched, expressed surprise. In fact, he expressed surprise at various things he had failed to note. He said the warrant was signed by A. H. Taylor, who led in the ransacking of the house. He had relied on Taylors word. He did not ask for any evidence, so far as the published facts reveal, beyond the mere ipse The Rippe Auto Bed and Tent Made in Utah dixit of the officer. Temporarily at least the commissioner seemed to display symptoms of A little more "watermelon intellect. keenness to protect the people of Salt Lake, a little more official alertness, would have prompted him to ask some questions in the case of a search war- From $25.00 to $40.0(1 ' If Brothers Kippe 228 to 238 Floral Ave Manufactured and Sold SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Entrance through J. c. Penney 225 8. State St. Co i , rant. Mr. Gunters only recourse is prob- ably a civil suit against an irresponsible officer, which means that virtually he has no recourse, but if the outrage serves no other purpose it probably will have the effect of making judicial officers more cautious when asked to issue search warrants. WWW w w w w w w w w w w w w Federal enforcement laws are just beginning to show their fangs. We shall have further unpleasant experiences of the use and misuse to which they can be put. They are reminiscent of "carpet bag methods. True, the federal government never can be an alien in one of the states of the union, but the personal element in the enforcement of federal laws will often give the impression- of an alien tyranny. Perhaps we shall be compelled to grin and bear it in the name of virtue, but many will yearn for the old days when personal liberty was one of the most valuable possessions of an American citizen. - IN THE SHIP CAFE ILLOGICAL. ''iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Lenine, says a message, declares that Great Britain must recognize Russia. Meanwhile the Bolshevik! are doing their best to make it unrecognizable. London Punch. HE COULD PROVE IT. When Vacatioi Comet I Care For Your Yaluables Xo one can afford to risk valuables in the house when you have gone for your vacation. Deposit your Jewelry, silverware and valuable papers In our lire and burglar proof vaults. The cost Is trifle. Johnny "These pants that you bought for me are too tight. Mother "Oh, no, they arent. Johnny "They are too , mother, Theyre tightern my own skin. Mother "Mow Johnny, you know that isnt so. Johnny "It is, too. I can sit down in my skin, but I cant sit down in my pants. Boys Life. W. 8. McCornlck President Anthon H. Lund.. Vice President George A. Smith.. Vice President Fred M. Michele en Cashier D. B. Judd.... Assistant Cashier iiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiii i- - |