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Show GOVERNOR BELIEVES WAR CLOUD PASSES Utah Executive Says Mexican Mexi-can Situation Vexes More Than European Conflict. NOTES Gu O. P. GROWTH Pays Tribute to Hospitality of Boston in Entertaining Nation's Governors. Official sentiment in Washington is that all danger of a conflict with Ger-1 many has passed, according to Governor William Spry, who returned to the city yesterday after a two weeks' visit in the eastern section. "The Mexican situation is troubling the administration now to an even greater degree than the diplomatic problems prob-lems presented by the great war, but hopes are still entertained that this will be settled without actual armed conflict' he said. 1 Visits Marble Quarries. Governor Spry went east primarily to attend the conference of governors at Boston, but after the conference he Visited Now York and Washington and on his way home he stopped at Knox-ville, Knox-ville, Ky to inspect the big marble quarries there. He said that the marble mar-ble resembles the Utah product at Mt. 2sebo. He said: There is a big demand in the east for Utah marble and I believe that the local industry will be developed de-veloped to a point that will greatly great-ly advertise Utah in the east. Business in the east is not normal, nor-mal, despite the great traffic in war munitions. There is plenty of money and it is cheap, but there is no great demand for it. Ld New York 1 found a prevalent preva-lent tendency in favor of a protective pro-tective tariff. I understand that the administration is looking with favor on the proposal to replace the tariff on sugar. This would pave the way for the restoration of other tariffs. Throughout the country I found a Republican sentiment growing stronger. Calls on Tumulty. The governor called at the White house to see the president and had a long talk with his secretary, Tumulty, in the absence of the president. He visited the war department and invited in-vited Secretary Garrison to address the Bonneville club in Salt Lake. The secretary said he would come at the first "opportunity, but he could give no definite assurance because of the Mexican situation, which is keeping him busy. He also visited Admiral Benson, "formerly the captain of the battleship Utah, who received the silver sil-ver service given by the state of Utah for that warship. The governor said that he. was much impressed by the reception given the governors at Boston. "We were received re-ceived with unusual hospitality and nothing was left undone to honor us' he said. "I hope that Utah and Salt Lake will be able to make as fine a .showing when the governors come here next year." The governor said that the dates for the Salt Lake conference had not been fixed yet, but that it probably would be he$ early in the summer. "State executives present at the conference were unanimous in their belief that a more adequate national defense should be established. " the fovemor said. "We differed as to the est methods of preparing against the evil day of war, bat no one doubted the necessity of military and naval preparedness. pre-paredness. ' ' |