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Show S E si Some Do Not Approve Board of Governors' Resolution on Capitol Situation. CALL ACTION DRASTIC Insurgency Takes Root and Threatens to Spread Un- less Placated. There is a schism in the ICativc Sons o Utah. The schism hasn't become badly bad-ly infected yet and proper treatment, giving due heed to antiseptics, may heal tho disease before it becomes virulent and epidemic. The schism in the Native Sons of Utah is the result of action taken at a meeting of the board of governors of the national council yesterday afternoon. after-noon. Tho board of governors is composed com-posed of fifteen nativo sous. It is bo-Iccted bo-Iccted by tho national council, wTiich consists of 100 native sons. Eleven of the iit'tccn members of the board of governors attended yesterday yester-day 'h meeting. The native sons felt called upon lo dip into the capitol situation, sit-uation, and to the end that their dip might bo made with a Jong spoon, a resolution was proposed which demanded demand-ed Hint only a IJIah-boni architect bo engaged; thut only Utah-born builders, median icH and laborers be employed. The schisn hr-gari when"1 a member got up to declare that the wording of the resolution was too drastic Ho as-I as-I sort ed that it was contrary to tho policy pol-icy of the national council to dictate that only Utah-born persons should do any work in this ,stalc, maintaining that the council's policy was for Utah men only when all other conditions were cqujil. A suggestion was made that this modification bo inserted iu the resolution, resolu-tion, but the suggestion was spurned by a vote of seven to four. In the course of the argument upon the "conditions being equal', proviso, there wore somo highly interesting remarks re-marks ou'ercd. Indeed, some of the remarks re-marks bored deep into personalities. Tn the end, however, the resolution proposed pro-posed by the group which proved to be tho majority way Mloptcd. It roads as follows: Whereas, The . statu of Uluh is about to erect a eapltbt building; " n"d. "Whereas. Utah number among her citizen' architects' throughly comiw- " tonl to design. . and . builder, mechanics me-chanics und laborers amply fiualiflcd to. erect audi a "building, -and also contains within, her borders si wealth .of. .material suitable for use, In -such , a building: and. Wftcrcas, One' of the, fundamental purposes or lids organisation Is to promote tho wall being' or the citl- 7.011B of Utah and tho development (Continued on Pao Two.) V SCO APPEARS I llffll IT1 SOBS (Continued From Page Ono.) of her resources; now. therefore, be. and t Is hereby. Resolved. That we. the board of governors of the grand council of the Native Sons of Utah, emphatically favor the employment of Utah architects archi-tects to design said canltol building, and Ulan builders, mechanics and laborers la-borers to erect same, and emphatically emphatic-ally favor tho use of Utah materials, wherever suitable. In the construction of said capltol building; therefore, be II further Ttcsolved. That a conv of this resolution reso-lution bo sent forthwith to the canl-tol canl-tol commission and to the daily papers pa-pers of Salt Iake City, Utah. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE NATIVE SONS OF UTAH. By Edgar A. Rogere. Secretary. A native son, who is a prominent member of the national council but who is not a member of the board of governors, gov-ernors, appeared to be quite "peeved" about the resolution last night. Says It's All Wrong. "Tt's all wrong." ho declared with emphasis, as he brushed a cigarette ash from his sleeve. "It's all wrong, because it's contrary lo J.hc spirit of tho Xativo Sons of Utah. And if we don't look out. our ship will land on the rocks before she fairly gets out of the harbor. "See here," he proceeded, arguiiion-tntivcly. arguiiion-tntivcly. "this kind of business will never do. The organization never was intended to be used as a club to boost Utah puoplc jus., because they happened lo be born here. What we want is a shdo the better of it for Utah-born people peo-ple when they are just as good, .pist a? competent and jpist as reliable as outsiders. Wo do not for'a minute believe be-lieve that; an export builder or an expert, ex-pert, mechanic should net be brought to TTtah to do a particular job. Why, thore mightn't bo anybody in Utah able to do the job. All we "ask is that. Utah native sonn be given n fair Hhake when they are just as capable as outsiders. out-siders. Questions Board's Powers. "And anc.'her thing. This board of governors can't legally do the thing t did today. The board of governors hasn't anv power or right or authority to legislate for the Native Sons. And that 's what it did today it proscribed a policy. The board of governors is only an executive committee of t ho national na-tional council. It is charged with tho duties of carrying out the policies defined de-fined by the national-council and not with creating new policies. If the national na-tional council sots out a certain policy, the business of the board of governors is .o carry it out. not to change it. If there is to bo any change, the national council itself will have to make it. "What wo stand for is clearly stated in the by-laws. It is pretty much along the lines I gave von a few minutes ago when all other conditions are equal, the Ut?h man should be given the preference, and not otherwise. When Election ,Tinie Comes. "Why, say," exploded IV- national councilman 'as an alarming thought btruck him, "Jf tho board of governors could make our policj. wouldn't wo be in a nice fix? Eight of them it takes dght to make a quorum could get together to-gether somo night just before election and pr.33 a resolution binding ns to vote for any man they chose to select. Do vou think anv board of governors conld bind me to vote for a man I was opposed to and who might be incom-pelout, incom-pelout, or a bum just because he was born in Utah? Nor, by n long shot. "T firmly believe t lie Native Sons of t"tah have f.- mission, but I don't think wo would sail very far without meeting with some bad luck jf we should go after aft-er things roughshod like that board of governors did today. We want to go slow, we want to go right, we can't, afford to make an)' mistakes. Our aims and our objects are clearlv defined in our constitution, and our "by-laws tell 113 just how to proceed. And 1 want to say that the board of governors today to-day didn't proceed cithor according to the spirit ot the constitution or in conformity con-formity with the by-laws, and I'm against that kind of business." Several other prominent Nativo Sons who were in tho group also expressed the opinion that the board of governors had overstepped the limit of its author-it)-, and so the schism took root and spread a tiny little bit in one day. and so, too, it may spread wider and deeper unless it, is promptly checked. |
