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Show q fT '. t" ,.) - ;! UT.!I LI3RAHY t1 V , ' a 7 Once More Al Smiths Code If You Make a Promise Keep It; If You Tell Anythihg Tell the Truth By the way .folk baa anyona heard any Prealdent thing of Coolldga lately T totesraait Si VOL. 7. NO. 37. SALT LAKE CtTY, UTAH. SEPTEMBER 21. 1928. . 4 - Utah County Platform Endorses At Smiths A. O. Smoot Renominated For County Commissioner; Erlandson Chosen. JOSEPH T. CANDIDATE ON THE DEMOCRATIC NOM- - Hoover Gives UV VAN COTT. Ray Van Colt Made Chairman WASHINGTON, It. C. . Jlerosrt Hoover will contribute to His Democratic ram-paifunds. He will, of course do so indirectly, If not Of Salt Lake Kay Van Colt, prominent attor-ma- n Jney and Present candidate foe trlct attorney of the third Judicial dlatrlcl, waa rhoaen chairman of the Halt Lake county ilumucrata by the county committee Saturday night. Van Cott replaces Wilson McCarthy, who waa elected a week previously but was unalda to take the Job. VairCott la Just winding up some Important legal business what la taking him out of town for a few days but early next week be will unwillingly. In order to carry on direction of hia campaign, Mr. Hoover lessed tha palatial home of Mrs. Francois Berger Moran on Sheridan Circle-M- r Moran happens to b a very ardent supporter of Gov. Hmllh and has promised to turn over tha rent money to aid his campaign. Mrs Moran Is elshly-thre- s years old and comes from a d:s tlngulshed line of Colonial voles the unrealnrs and straight Democratic ticket In Virginia. return and make arrangements regarding headquarters, In tbs mean time the Salt Lake portion of the mate canvas being conducted by Delbert Draper, atate chairman, will be conducted by the ward and precinct leaders. Mr. Van Cott. la a native of Salt Lass county, Utah, and Is a son of John and Caroline Fratt Van Cott. , Grand Old Pfalops the fall of 1S9J. he entered school of Cornell univer- J. Robinson, randldata for at- the law New York, and waa graduated s.ty. torney general four years ago, who there with tha degree of argued thnt two terms waa enough. from of Laws In June, 18'JS., Varlindeen'a contention waa that Bachelor Mb return to Balt Lake City, Upon wna Fork to entitled the Spanl'h Those who have not had the waa admitted to the bar of the four year rommteeloner. Upon ht of Utah in 189S and portunlty of seeing a Spanish bull hemming convinced that the- Biwn-le- h haa ever court aince been engaged In the fight or the Ogden convention will Fork man would et th- two hIe 1 of thu iaw- - Prior active -r practice year term hie fnVnwacquleeod. to the creation of the office of die- thTfcUt S Genre" Ralllf. city Judge rnd VjIlcoBntv UeDubllcnns hold rnuntv chairman was named for trlct attorney, Mr. Vuu Cott pro;"2mlnn all criminal cases in the die- poimly attorney: Dr. R. 3. Evane. rated courts of Balt Lake county for ,B"r I .eh I. for etate penator: and floorer trlct of inlmlonsry work ho 1 extwo therefore, year and ftw dnys; a tv. TyRar"n of Fsntn-ul- n. bren don, ln the Til 3. of claas In that legal iol 0f sores have been plastered Clnysnn of American Fork. A. R. perienced The Association work. liar brand of Bute known well up wph tha freer of Spanish Tork and Ntlls of Utah haa elected him as its salve; a lot of party leaders have Kuenl of Pleasant drove for the treasurer for the last eight sue- - .pern trying to avoid bloodshed and rtale house of repreeenlntlves. that th convention will The record upon which the cesslva year He has been admit- - It may a batame affair but those who nn will stand wae ted to the bar of tha United Stnfee prove rnnntr are going to b love by Chnlrmnn Newman and district court of Utah, the Eighth there slaughter anyway. of an re'tented In the pntfnrm. This In- United States circuit enurtcourt of . those Rulon Labrum. one . of cluded the following achievements peals, and the supreme comm saloner of the present eommleelon which the United Ktnte and haa appear- - mlt hia name hast to ne or character MlJ ed In ruse before all further besmirched by being a Re--UI court Pressure publican candldnte. have being put on Btenacker to some hia him also Uka presence else. place Wallace Kelley county attorney, and Sheriff Patton have renewed heir warfare, this time passing the forth on ,rff,e to statement over turned of written the "reenmnt. (A newspapers or the country and read aa part his Omaha address, Tuesday The secret ballot was invoked in p- - judicial convention ill"1 ? night) and couple of extra ballots wereVarious people have attempted to misrepresent andf(Ilin,t in he box. but that u nothamong friends. confuse my altitude with respect to the McNary-IIauiren'n- g P hill. I do not propose to leave the slightest doubt in any- - Juiiai Ticket is! n District McXary-HaugeKw I mind on As that Judge, read the subject. bodys w,,,tan1 M- - Morr'"' R",t bill, its fundamental purpose is to establish an effective con- or of sale trol the exportable surplus with the cost imposed n Meet on Saturday ' mm-'lssl- , . upon the commodity benefited. For that principle the Democratic platform squarely stands, and for that principle I squarely stand. Mr. Hoover ; stands squarely opposed to this principle by which the farm cr could gel the benefit ot the tariff. What remains of the r McNary Haugen bill is a mere matter of method, and I do DUtlCf KeCdVCS not limit myself to the exact mechanics and methods em-- j Ronlire A xvepu bodied in that bill. Here is a dean cut issue which the farm- lany I era and the voters of this country must decide. rr . It remains but to work out the details by which this prSidrJt "coiombia11 University, iiumirra principle shall be put into efrect, and I have pledged myself , h" no wrivM nvr.G men and ami telegrams from to name a nonpartisan commission of farm leaders and stu- - Inters women of prominence throughout dents of the problem to work out these details... I shall make the country, commenting hia rejection. In a letter to the New York that appointment, if I am elected not when I take the oath Time of Mr. lloover's aland on of orfice as president, but immediately after election, and 1 prohibition anil naval armament. A lesser numlh r of messages lie pledge to the farmers and to the people of this country that nntinclng his pos'tlon wire repclved no stone will 1e left unturned to give immediate farm re- y Dr. Itntler, hut these are fur the lief by legislation carrying into practice this definite prin- not part nnalereil or signed h are obvtounly fit which mnie ciple for which my parly and I stand. illlnun. Borne nf the meeengea aie This course alone gives promise of rescuing the farm- written In pencil. Some are alluor woree. In vlrlii.-illno cnees ers of this country from the complete ruin which threatens sive dn these message contain argu j n I menu a list of prominent Re. la proportion. The list of fkmoun Republicans who have gone for Hiulth, as culled from the dally paper follows: John J. Itaskoh, General Motors. H. Woodin, prealdent of American Car and Foundry company. , " Being Urged for Plerra B. .Dupont, chairman ef Nemours com. hoard of Dupont State of Utah pany. Arthur Curtla Jama one of largest holders of railroad stock In world. Mark Anderson, Provo buslnssa Unl II. McCarter, president of man and formsr forest anrvlca man the Fidelity Tract Bank of New. haa naked Governor George If. nrk. I tern to rotwldar the practicability one Rudolph Spreckel of of establishing game commlslkon world's we th lest sugar man. for tha state of Utah in place of MetroHaley Flske, president tha present on man contmiaalonci politan Life Insurance company. system. Mark would have tha Mary Harrlman Uumsey, daughgams commiaiaon serve without pay ter ef the late E. H. Harrlman. and appoint an executive secretary. Mr J. B. Houston. Charleston, Thera Is also a very definite West Virginia, former president movement tha toward W. C. T. U. working creation of a state conservation Miles Oinnen. Idaho, formerly rommlalsnn, whose duties It would field rhief of reclamation tinder ba to administer all natural re- Dr. Work. sources ot the etate Including the Mra. Harry Harvey Thoms fish and game. Thla la a much broader plun than the one suggeated to Governor Dern nt the present time but tha matter will be taken d- pioneers of 1147. Mr. Van Cott was born and reared on a farm, attended the district schools and later the University of Utah, from which Utter institution he was In 1191. - Fur tha nest two years, he waa employed as of the Moroni City Here publican leaders who have picked up tha Hniith banner. The Hat, of course. Is very Incomplete. Bmltlt has been making a maxing inroads Inlo tha normal Republican vote in all parts of tha country. la Utah alone out of 14.000 people who fw Coolidge four years ago ana coming for Smith. means that lu the supposedly This bound state of Utah Smith larock, tak. lng ena fourth of tha normal Republican vote. Other ataiee are in Game Commission monies. Various stale, county and Judicial candidates wera Introduced. Dr. Paul took occasion to tear to places Kinoot's now famous "God forbid" telegram. Paul showed. first that Utah was already In tha liquor Business and haa a duly alcehot appointed" and duly--paisecond, distributor. Ha showed that In Philadelphia, the city Vare. who nominated Hoover, owns bootturnleggers savings accounts aredollar ing Into the millions of With the dollar playing ao great a part in elections in America Dr. Paul declared that It would ba but a few mors years until the bootleggers, having still more and more millions, would rule country. Farm Leaders Drop Into Line for New Yorker; Ministers .There, .Too, gn ed - Wealth Shows That it la Not Afraid of Democrats ic Presidential Hope. Campaign Fuid Salt Lake's West Bide swung Into line with New York's Ea-- t aide last Wednesday night ' when tha West Bids AI Bmilh club : started the thing rolling with big party in tha Eagles ball. About four hundred altunded. Dancing and lunch featured tha evening a program, with aoiua songs thrown in for good measure. Dr. Joshua H. Paul, called to make the talk of the evening when Governor Dern and Senator King wera detained on their way from Mantl whera they were attending a couuty fair, rose to the orcaiun and showed tha people how little Reed Smoot knew about Utah or how much lie wanted to forget shout Utah, lielbert Draper made a little talk urglngi inwest not becoma aiders the to toxicated by chancea of victory but to keep up their hard work. Governor Dern arrived Just before dancing started and made a abort talk in whlrh he declared that Democratic chance were looking good. Ha also said that he had met a great many Republican farmers In the south central part of the state who wera going down the linn for AI Bmith. Dern then the corrupt practices act and mentioned that the wetneaa of the Republican convention at Ogden had alienated a lot or support from tha Republican party. Gall Martin's aong "The Water Boys" and his epic about tha sail or pleased tha audience aa did tha two songs by the Epperson trio. Mrs. William Earnahaw sang two songs, "When Irish Eyes Are Fmll lng. going well with the AI Kniitb Holmes audience, Mrs. Ernest then led the community winging with "Hoover Lives Over the Ocean" and "You'll Hear Our Angry Velcea Calling, Oil, Oil. OH. Paul Murphy wa master of cere- w0t them today. VICE PRESIDENTIAL t m temperance. Frm relief proved ono of the outstanding tuples of the day and when the keynoter, Mayor Frank H. Newman of Sprlngvllle, touched upon thl topic the effect waa easily quted on the delegate New- allot a broadaidn at the plan by Coolidge and by Hoover that the farniera curtail production, Considering," ho said, "that the l'nited Statra. with the help of agricultural colleges and experiment stations, has spent millions of dollars In the past quarter of a century to Incrssse tha farm yield per acre and to Increase the qua Illy u( arm goods It la nardly fitting thnt the President and tha presidential candidate tell ua to toss all that good work overboard and make hugs, contractions. In Production. The plan la Impractical and Illogical." A sharp content occurred In the choosing of a candidate for county commissioner for the four year term. A. O. Smoot, incumbent, won on the first ballot, however, getting SIT votes against 1ST for Robert Elliot of Provo and R7 for Henry Earlandson of Spanish Fork Knrlnndson was then made two year candidate by acclamation. The delegation from Sprlngvllle settled any chances the Elliot people had of forcing a second ballot when PnrlngvlUe threw IU entire vojlne strength to Smoot. Spring- - ROBJNHO.V. To Democratic A declaration by Utah county democracy calling attention to Portion of the conatltutlon of the United State and Utah proclaiming rellgluua freedom waa one of Hie outalunding plunka In the plat-luradopted by the Utah county J Autocratic convention at Blmuisli Friday. Tlila plank wMili tit. ted that the Mormons above all knew what iieraccutlon meant and personally aa well a politically dry, endoraed AI Smith "all the way" declaring that they were entirely convinced of HmUh'a lioncaty and equally aa convinced of I he treachery of the Itrpublican party In I he matter of Prohibition and Many Republican Farm And Financial Leaders Have Swung to Smith- New Chairman. Request Is Mads for True Test of Dry .Lew in Ufah; Relief Urged. ilia frequent mention of the name of Ai Smith brought out the beat (lemonatrntlona of the day. Ltah county democracy rcpreeentlng a great body of peraona who are $1.00 A TEAR - INipGDEN ON OCTOBER 16 Speech of- Acceptance 'smoothwn.82n;er-,b.i;?l!!,,- Did Patton male any trafflo arrests?" "Lika Xallay did," nwaiLsjlc ap- with -- rimduncwi Iswton miners, sportsmen and others during th fait and winter. Thera will be some legislation Introduced at thla present session of thn legislature looking toward on of the commissions. Mara Anderson's letter to the governor follows: We believe the commission form of fish and game administration to ba tar superior to th arbitrary rule of one political appointee. Wa tielleve that tha Montana plan which has been in operation In that stats for seven years should in general ba adopted In Utah by our next legislature. Montana has five commissioners apCaliforpointed by tha governor. nia. Wyoming, New Mexico and Urcgun are other western stairs that have adopted the commission plan. Pennsylvania. Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota and Illinois have also adopted the commission idea In handling of conservation matter All of these states have made outstanding progress in constructive conservation work. It Is the opinion. therefor, that w should at least Investigate the working of the commission plnn In other states and not take ns gospel the word of a single man either for or against this method of fish and game administration. It Is admitted that the commission plan offers little chance for the political glorl- - rde-OratioJ? but It docs qf Individual Insure n greater degree of (onfl--Philadelphia, and for Of dence and cooperation among ail Jnjr thi Lnlo InterratrJ In furthering sound coii-nervation management. John Napier 1TW. There la no denying that th ex-- J one frutt reptlunal commissioner with every- -' Indiana, of hof tha leading upnM-Ithing in hi own hands ran. and tolarY ; hsa on occasion accomplished ! twnntlnnal and director In th great thing but there is always luck of continuity and balance In) American Farm Bureau FederaI la j there all above and pollrle George u. Nichols of Katonah, , way that Inevitable suspicion and Vork, lifelong Republican, political prejudice which works ' of j the detriment of the cause that Reynold would alt honestly like to further., h board of Devo anil Ufa long Incorporated. Under the present Utah system we i nr constantly accusing the other. I Depublican. T. of dean Edward Devine, fellow of political motives If he Is " r'"1 VI active, nr a we often hear. "He!Amr" lead-"lle C a ashlngton, wants the commissioner's Job," or . achool, Is sore at the commissioner." ,ing Methodist Institution. We even have ninny game law vi- K'Yprtn,'I I.'r Allies, former themselves be-- 1 president V. M. C. A. secretary. ner-!I cause tney are politically or IS... It 1 ,M' ,r.pV sunnily opposed to the commlnoon-Mr-l- li cr. On the other hand wo hava'Dlbllcal history, University of use who indorse every action O. Rom, lift long RepuhlU the department whether rlrflit lean, a farm leader in llllnol wenng It la' not our object to represent ! J A Jl,,rtcl Jud8 Uln I01, .".""j1 tho commission plan as a j Promlnr,,t I. system, nor to picture the one niun, - MU ncsola agriculturist. political system ss having no merIdaho Jkw Progreealvg Dunning, It. but ws honestly and humbly ask that our governor and our leg.slu-in-- -1 leader. ri Shel ,,y' M10 make a personal -- Dr. Joshua Paul Comments Upon Smoot Telegram Dr. Joshua II. Paul, candidate for congreaa on the Democratic ticket, one of tha leading educator of the atate, author of several n books and a dry" takes exception to the recent teleDr. Smoot. Senator sent by gram Paul said: "God forbid." wires Senator Smoot to tha nation, "that jour state, my state, become a manufacturers and peddler of buoxe." It li too late, senator; your state and mine (eeo the statute quoted and the whole United below) Btatea have for years been selling liquor. Thry do not manufacture the liquor; they merely oversee t.7t and certify; then do tha handling, watching, storing, de fending, diepenalng and selling of the liquor they handle. They make nothing on this work. The profits who disgorge go to tha distiller of their gains to tha Itepubli-ca.rt fund. The government did nut go Into the artual manufacture if the alcohol It passes along nr "redbecause no way has yet dle" been found by the campaign e ..n of agers taking the direct Income of the government- Legally, officially, and by laws duly enarted (laws of Utah, Sec. the Senator's state 7, I) 314, and the whole United State are In the liquor business on a scalo that staggers the Imagination. Utah la a first cla.a dispenser of liquor, denaturod and drinkable state dispensary la located The near Main street. Snlt Lake City. unWas Senator Smoot really aware of tha celebrated status of HIT, which made of hia slate a "peddler of booie?" The law reads: "The governor la hereby authorised and empowered to prescribe rules for the sale ot alcohol., (he) shall establish a or warehouses and appoint or designate n manager or managers. .. .Any prison who Inglres to purchase alcohol for aclenllfli: , or mnnufaclurlng purposes. shall apply In iieraon to a justice of the pence,'' ele. Sixty million gallon pet year of tha alcohol thus sold by the United States Krnnry lluckner, New York testified, fiuda Its wav into Smoke Screen Arrives From Washington to Oil Waters Smoot and Bamberger Poss for Picture With Right Hands Clasped and Left Hands Exposed to Show That No Knives Are Concealed non-salari- Senator Ilced Smuoi. the whip i.nappcr for the Cl. O. P. of Utah la back on the Job anil is throwing hia whole heart Into the problem of healing the many self lull .clod wounds of jrhich Utah Republicanism la suffering. lie began his work of pence by personally and public shaking hands with Ern Bamberger. Bamberger mad-Reed be a good boy here some time back, grubbing off the senatorial nomination when bniont had decreed It shuuld go to Clark. Bamberger also named Wattis aa governor when Smoot wanted Crockett. his panla kicked for the first tlina in years by Therefore, having his own part)-- , Kmoot proceeds to shake bands with the man who kicked them. If he can Just act a precedent now and have every little G. who had hia trousers dusted shuke hands with tha fellow G. U. l'clet who did the duat.ng there will be the greatest lovefesl known ever in Utah with each member of the Grand Oil Party other with hands every member. shaking Smoot made a good tnuvc toward establishing harmony in lh ranks and in the rankest hy ha'v lng hia protege Reuben Clark made under secretary of state. He then made HU own peace with Ernest. Now If Smoot can Juat gel George Wl'.min and Jesse Sharp to settle their difficulties; unit If tiiiuol cun get Bamberger to accept Shar-- . the day be for the conagain (Sharp pulled nyruy from ll.mi'n-ri.-c- r vention. We do not know just !iu: the pic sure was); If Smoot ran Urn double cross was In dieted upon Hal winch make nmenda for Farr; If Smoot cun undo the dam ago dune to fluff when fluff's own him if sold Smoot can out; C'rorketl'a rlghtrnu-nersdve appointees Indignation lit being lied to u;.d lit.! nbnul; If Smoot cun patfl. Crockett i.nd Wilson! if tfmnut can sooth up the difference Sam Dye's injured hide uml eras-- - the inriiks of the Wattia steam cun blot up Hlliu-hothe gallons and gallons of just roller; if Smoot convert inn; if Smoot can liquor which were gnzxlcd t the O make the present Republican upPutntees. statu and national bellevn they are golmt to hold thr'r Job- - ami nt the same time make another think they are going to get them; bunch ot hungry Republican if Smoot eun make Maleolnt Keysr.., Till Kelley. Philo Farnsworth, and others forget that they lower,. their dignity by to re-- f I'tn the Utah G. it. 1'- ibis past Sommer; If Smuet can make the no waa stew ther" believe public P:,rt.s staged by the Republican county commissioners; If Smimt cu , pnl.c people believe the county theimand other attorney Is ever on the Job; if Sim, , pjllB llp holes ln the Utah Ruhlrnn sieve, t,n w tint have wasted his car Lake Salt (are from Waahlntnn to city. White thn ancirnt and honor :li,ip senator Is doing th abnvo we aid measure, first h0, )IP will have time to answer a suggested name-l- y couple of questions in which the People of Ulnh are Intere-tea him lu Kansas when you spanked City What illil Don Colton renwm to represent th People of hia disfur using his lienvrn-glveand Coolidge? relief trict on furm repudiate What did Don Coll mi s.iv wl.m be was told that uti. and not thu ruinsrcsshmnl iVstrict, was the persuti to be obeyed? of first the people What did bin CiHim my whin you forced him to beg your pardon for doing his duty? Were you reully asleep when you let the public, lands highway bill go overboard ur dlil yu do it ilrlihartr'.y hern use Coolidge has you frightened? Why did you wire Utah that you wouldlnok after this hill which meant Ill.OOO.hUO for the wcdcr.i states, and then not dn II? Coolidge Why did you tell the Utah highway rnmmlsslnn that Andrew as- was nut of town and that you Mould, see about the bill "next Monbeverage sistant secretary nf the treasury day" when at that very mliratu Coo'.tdge was vetoing tha special road In charge of prohibition, thought bill? this figure loo high hut ttatificil What will you tell the jieople who urn nil off from tbs main thnt 173.000 liilrli still taken In highways by public land area and whose bread and butter roads you one tenth let slip through yettr fingers? represented only list, nf those In operation; thnt ha Will you tell th- - pep'" wlty you permitted tbl measure to fall d had 83 the hmi-- e and the senate without n illcntlng pro'ilbltlnn after It had discharged officials for crime connected wllh vote? hunt legging: that only five per Can you toll IIS whv Don D. Colton fell Sound eslccp ill till house cent of the liquor Imported Into and permitted this bill to In- - idrlrir'ic-l twenty-fou- r hours and well-know- it ! a trj-in- d, t.-i- n pn-se- -- (Continued on Tago Four). g - (Continued on Tag r Two) n ot Y rorr r' j" J 1 tubef P'0 . ofjlu. pwi-fe'- tors thorough Vfi'.kation of tlio rrlativ tneril of tho two nyittm Above mnt!onil. !? SS SJSrtLZSSSi -M-n- wh-M, (Continued ! on Paso Three North Carolina Behind Smith BOONE. N. C. Asserting that he would rupport Governor Bmilh and the national Democratic Itrket. O. Max Gardner of Shelby, rieniocro:!.- - r.i uili'ee for governor of North Uivu.ln.i, i.pene.l whole-henrtrd- IRa Itoufr. Democrats Formally 0pcn Headquarters The Cache County Demorratid heiidquarters located at South Main street, opposite the Capitol theater, was officially opened Monday morning. ly campaign In on address at thof house kero. r Wilson McCarthy's keynote speech at the Balt Lake County democratic ronvenllon. crowded out of Inst week's Issuo la tarried In full In this Issue, juri il |