Show POLITICIANS SEE PORTFOLIO FOR UT UTAH AU IF MADOO M ADOO WINS IN ELECTION FOR PRESIDENCY By Frank C. C Greene I I Belle Belief that Utah will gain greAter s reco recognition during the next national administration than has ever e been accorded accorded accorded ac ac- ac- ac corded her before I is gaining ground rapidly In local political circles In Intact fact tact th the optimists who dabble in things s political have havo followed a line of or reasoning which has at Its conclusion conclusion con con- elusion a n. portfolio for tor Utah The Tho primary premise on which their 10 logic ic Ic Is based In the tho assumption that William G. G McAdoo is to be the next President of ot tho the United States If It tho the goddess of victory continues to favor the We party patty of ot Jefferson Wilson Co From running tho the railroads which havo often otten been accused of running the tho United States the tho optimistic gentlemen gen gen- cn- cn tiemen point out that Mr McAdoo would take but a short step forward forwar if It ho commenced to run those same United States WHERE UTAH COMES IN In some Bome quarters it Is If urged that Pre President Wilson nUl may become a n. can- can ate for a third term but this contingency Is scouted b by those who havo have had occasion to stud study the tho lurid late career of a certain inhabitant of O Oyster stet Bay Tho The general belief bellet ra rather the t. t Is that the President will step stepaside stepaside aside e for one of his most trusted lieutenants lieutenants lieutenants lieu lieu- tenants and assume after election the therole role rolo of ot the frequent visitor to the White House In local Democratic circles the tho belief Is general that McAdoo Mc Mc- Adoo Adno will probably be he President Wilson's Wilsons ViI Wil sons son's if It he Is to have a n. In tho the naming of ot his own successor Thais Thai's where Utah comes in If McAdoo Mc Mc- McI fc- fc I Adoo is to bo ho President optimists contend that there Is no reason on I earth why James H H. Moyle Moyie should hould not havo have a scat seat In the cabinet Mr I. I Moyle is said Raid to be one of Mr Ir McAdoo's closest clos cbs est cst advisers Already Alread he lie has haM been sign signally II honored by the administration tra- tra tion and is now serving as assistant secretary of or tho treasury a position to which he ho was appointed h by President President President dent Wilson on on recommendation of ot Mr Ir McAdoo l HAS UNLIMITED POWER HI His appointment could not even bo be considered ered as nM a n possibility were it not for tho fact that war has III already rea d politics to a Sl considerable extent and has relegated sectionalism to a well deserved ability In anto bellum belluni days das it would have e been out of ot the tho question to have appointed as a n. member of ot the cabinet a man who hailed from a state with as footes fot foi votes In the electoral college e as are arc possessed b by Ut Utah h. h But that time i is passed With the nation at ut war a l President has unlimited ed eel power and prerogative In tho the picking of ot his lieutenants He To is not even cven restricted b by party lines let alone aono sectional ones Utah's war record alone alono is pointed I Ito to b by the friends of Mr Jr Moyle as en entitling entitling en- en I titling the tho state to to a n. voice olce In tho the nations nation's affairs Most generous in her subscriptions to the tho Liberty Libert loan prompt in ins giving to the Red Bed Cross first finish her work In connection connection cornice cornice- tion with tho the selective e draft these draft these are area a a. few of the high lights bights on the states state's escutcheon So the optimists are arc looking looking- forward with complacency to toward toward to- to ward war 1920 with wilt its Us attendant changes to-I to In national administration I |