Show POWERS IS PROPOSED FOR CABINET BERTH Automobile Club Directors l Petition for Appointment to VIi VIi- 1 Non Hon and to Appointment of O. O OW Yo Po Powers er of ot Salt Lake as secretary of the interior will willbe wil ill Woodrow Wood Wood- President-elect President be jC urged upon row urge Wilson and William J. J Bran b bj by bythe the Automobile Club of Utah The club has adopted a resolution urging this appointment and settin setting forth Mr Ir Powers' Powers labors in ip behalf behal of or orthe the tho Democratic party Darty art his other qualifications and the reasons wh why the office of office of- of fice should be filled b by a western man a a Utah man nw-n. ma The Tho clubs club's resolution follows Whereas there will soon be ap appointed appointed appointed ap- ap pointed by the President ent of the United States a n secretary of the Interior and Whereas It It seems to be the consensus con con- o of opinion that this ap appOintment appointment appointment ap- ap be given shen to the west because because because bej be be- cause a greater part of his duties dutes j and tho the work to be performed Is in that section of or the country lying between tho the Missouri river and the Pacific coast coat and ad Whereas the state of Utah Is geographically in the center of ot this section of our country countr and Whereas we have in Salt Lake CI City the capital of Utah a man who Is known from ocean to ocean as a staunch Democrat a man 4 who D Is capable capao In ever every particular a man who Is familiar with the needs n of ot the great gret west Including the benefits to be derived from national highways a 3 lawyer of vast experience In all al matters maters pertaining per per- taming i to the ot of the west Therefore be it I resolved that we wc we the directors of tho Automobile Club of ot Utah ask for fOI the tho appointment appointment appoint appoint- Cub ment mont of Honorable O. O W. W Powers of ot Salt Sal Lake City as 3 secretary of the Interior of ot the tho United States of America I Be B it I further resolved that a copy of ot this resolution be sent to the Honorable Woodrow Wilson President of or the tho United States and nd to tG the tho to Honorable William Jennings enning Bryan Bran of Lincoln Neb Ne No- b braska |