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Show The Governor GOVERNOR SPRY was quietly inaugurated on Monday. His Inauguration speech was a plea for unity, for the forgetting of differences differ-ences and a united effort for the progress of Utah. That was altogether praiseworthy, and we are sure there is no disposition anywhere to raise a discordant note. But there is no safe basis on which to found order, security, progress, or even good will in a state, save upon the people accepting and) obeying the righteous laws of the state. Had this been done from the time the state was admitted, there would have been no differences here to mention; to accept and obey thos0 laws would cause all present difficulties to vanish in a month. Does Governor Spry believe that the re-election of Reed Smoot to the Senate because he is the Apostle of the dominant church here, who has been set aside for that place, will tend to allay "differences"? If the president of the dominant church again, next autumn advises a great host of devout de-vout followers to toss their political principles to the dogs and vote a particular ticket, does Gov-' Gov-' ernor Spry believe that will allay "differences"? 4 ' Docs Governor Spry believe that the Consti tution should be obeyed wherein it forbids any union of church and state and specially forbids any church from usurping any functions of the state? If there is any attempt to set that aside, will ' he use his executive power to stop the wrong? That is the only cloud on the sky of Utah, the only menace to her peace and progress. Were these the "differences" which Governor Spry referred to in his inaugural, and thought it I was time they should be obliterated and was the elimination of them one 01 the thoughts in his mind when he took the oath to maintain and ex- ecute the laws of this state? I If they were and he Is strong enough to i place himself upon the laws and Insist upon their execution, then he can make a great name for himself and insure for himself a lasting fame in Utah. |