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Show THE CITIZEN 6 achieved many notable things while in the lower house of congress, but they do not go into detail. The Democrats admit, nay boast, that Mr. Welling was nominated, not because of the imposing grandeur of his record, but because he made a good keynote speech at the state convention, The upholding Wilson without batting an eye or crossing a t. consequence was that the magnificent Moyle, second assistant secretary of the treasury, who had stood the brunt of many battles m unhappy years, was cast into the scrap heap and the loud Mr. AVelling was given a commission to go forth and roar into the ear of the public. No doubt Mr. Welling has improved as an orator since he went to Washington, but, after all ,we want in the United States senate man who has done things, not one who polishes metaphors. Utah is interested in having in the United States 'senate one who not only has accomplished much for his country and his state, but who can accomplish more. Never has Utah had such an opportunity to reap the benefit of Senator Smoots long experience, hard work and extraordinary ability in finance. Recently Senator Harding declared, in a private conversation with a prominent Utahn, that Senator Smoot was the greatest financial expert who had ever been in the United States senate. Of course, you except Senator Aldrich, said the visitor. In many ways Senator Smoot Not at all, replied Harding. is much abler in financial matters than was Aldrich. That the Democrats of the senate recognize the senators capacity is evidenced by the eulogies which Senfor constructive ator Thomas and Senator Underwood have uttered from time to time and also by Democratic votes. Just before adjournment the senate, without a dissenting vote, passed Senator Smoots bill to reorganize the government. Governmental operation is still based on the methods devised by the great Alexander Hamilton. Because these methods are antequated they are costly and yet, decade after decade, the outworn governmental machinery has been used to grind out the necessary work. It is like trying to haul a freight train of 1920 with a locomotive of 1835. Nor should the people of Utah lose sight of the fact that Senator Harding and Senator Smoot are close friends. The election of Harding and Smoot will bring Utah into the first rank of prestige. law-maki- For President WARREN G. HARDING Vice-Preside- CALVIN COOLIDGE United 8tates Senator REED SMOOT Congress First District DON B. COLTON of Vernal, Uintah County Second District E. O. LEATHER WOOD, of Salt Lake City Governor CHARLES R. MABEY Justice of Supreme Court r term) (Ten-yea- J. E. FRICK Secretary of State H. E. CROCKETT Attorney General HARVEY H. CLUFF ng REVIVES EXPLODED IDEA We understand that Mr. Welling has revived the idea that the League of Nations covenant is divine and that those who oppose it are impious. We wonder whether he really believes that or whether he thinks that it is an excellent way to avoid arguing the merits of the covenant? Or perhaps he thinks that it is the easiest way to obtain votes. The covenant is long, the campaign is short, and if Mr. Welling can convince his hearers that the covenant is a di ine revelation he can pass on quickly to other issues which are more or less profane and' require argument. A century ago there was a league of nations which was described as the Holy Alliance by its authors. Evidently they thought that they were the instruments of Providence and that the time was at hand when God was to grant peace to all the earth. They began their covenant with a devout exordium in which they appealed to God in a noble and touching manner. They left no doubt that they committed themselves to His keeping in their efforts to bring the blessing of universal peace to mankind. In Paris, a little more than, a year ago, another league of nations was formed and the covenant was so sacred that its authors omitted the name of God. When taxed with the omission some of them said that not all the nations at the peace table were not Christian nations. What they meant was that Prance and one or two other governments were atheistic and that Japan was pagan. These nations undoubtedly objected to the use of the name of God because they believed it would have a political influence adverse to their governments. Think of a sacred covenant that does not use the name of God as the sign and seal of its sacredness! r nt Treasurer W. D. SUTTON Auditor MARK A. TUTTLE Superintendent of Public Instruction GEORGE THOMAS Presidential electors Warren L. Wattis, Mrs. George T. Judd, James A. Melville, Jr., J. Howard Garrett Think of covenanters who are afraid to appeal to their God Think of covenanters who defer to atheists and pagans rather than to their God! The Holy Alliance collapsed despite its assumed character of ! The Wilson covenant has failed and none knows this better than Mr. Welling. There is not the slightest chance that the Wilson covenant will be ratified by the United States senate and this, too, Mr. Welling knows. Even if all doubtful states elect Democrats to the senate the covenant cannot be ratified in its present form. The Wilson league is dead, but this does not mean that a genuine league for peace cannot be formed. Mr. Welling is quite aware that not five Democratic senators really favored the adoption of the covenant without the dotting of an i or the crossing of a t. He is quite aware that many of the senators who voted for an unmodified covenant did so under political pressure. They were playing the game of politics while the Ki publicans were protecting the constitution of the United States and preventing the betrayal of the country. sacredness. 1 j j j j j j ) I THE BABY ACT The attempt of Democratic candidates, including Mr. Welling oi Utah, to make an issue of President Wilsons illness is playing the babv act. When beaten in argument on the League of Nations the draw a pathetic picture of a president stricken down in tlit path of duty and intimate that the Republican party is responsible. (Continued on page 9.) Wil-sonit- es |