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Show PROMPT ACTION BY COMMH CLUB Unites Roosevelt to Include Salt Lake in Itinerary ol' Homeward Trip. A. RESOLUTION TO THIS EFFECT IS ADOPTED Action Is the Subject of Favorable Favor-able Comment by Denver Paper. Theodore Roosevelt has been invited to return from Africa, by way of the Pacific Pa-cific coast and slop at Salt Lake City as the guest of tho Salt Lake Commercial club, and this Invitation. In the form of a resolution, signed by Joseph 10. Cahie. secr-cury of tho Commercial club, will be forwarded to the former president of the United States. ' As c.xclurivcly stated In The Tribune of last week, a telepram was received bv Mayor J. S. Bransford asking thul Sal't Lake Join with Denver. Kansas City ami other cities of tho west in extendlnc this Invitation. The telegram to Mayor Bransford was turned over to the Commercial Com-mercial club and tho following resolution resolu-tion was prepared: The Resolution. " "Whcrcus. A movement, has. been orlg- , ilia led by the Denver Post to extend an tnvtailon to Theodore Roosevelt to makn his return trip from Africa bv wav of n trip around the world, entering tho" United Unit-ed States at the Pacific coast; therefore, be It "Resolved. That the Commercial club ol Salt Ixike City hereby extends a cordial Invitation to Mr. Theodore Roosevelt to Include this city in Ihc itinerary of hla j homeward trip. Klvhig this orsanisatlon an opportunity to extend to him a welcome wel-come to his native land and lo provide entertainment as a tribute to his distinguished distin-guished services to his country and his remarkable character as an American citizen. cit-izen. JOSEPH E. CALVE. "Secretary." The pi-ompt action taken by the Salt Lake Commercial club In Joining in the Invitation lo the president is a subject of comment, for the Denver Post, which savs: "Salt Lake City has followed the example ex-ample of Chicago. Kansas City, Spokane. Tacoma and other western dtles excepting except-ing Denver so far In Indorsing the suc-cestlon suc-cestlon of the Denver Post and t he Kansas City Post that Theodore Roqso-velt Roqso-velt be asked to change the route of his return home so that he will Riraln put foot on American soil at a Pacific, port, thus compelling him to visit the entire country coun-try on his return to his homo at Oyster Bay. In Contrast to Denver. "Tho action of Pall Lake City is in direct di-rect contra -rt to ihc laggard ways of the Denver commercial bodies, which with the exception or the Colorado TrafHc club have dodged the Issue." Joseph E. Calne. secretary or the Salt Lake Commercial club, said Tuesday thai, there mlsrbt. be some citlr.cus of Salt Lake who would be looking for a "nigger in the woodpile," but lie believed it w.ia only right and proper that the city and state and Its commercial Interests should loin in extending a welcome to Theodore Roosevelt, private citizen, in case he can be induced to return by way of the Pa-eitle Pa-eitle coast. |