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Show UNJUST CRITICISM. Disregarding the circumstances of the Imsiness men's meeting which prevailed upon Governor Spry to seek a renomiua tion tho Ilerald-Kfpublican attempts, in ita mortal antipathy to tho state's chief execul ive, to il is tort the true situation j yo that it may arouse as much prejudice against his candidacy as possible. pos-sible. With that object 'in view tho organ or-gan of the federal bunch draws a wholly false picture of the meeting which was attended by many of Utah's most representative rep-resentative and respected citizens of all faiths and of various shades of political polit-ical opinion. The organ of the federal bunch sees fit to ascribe the governor's candidacy o The Tribune and its owners, although The Tribune and its owners had no part in calling the business men's meeting meet-ing at which the governor was urged to stand for re-election. The Tribune is only one of many influential business institutions of Salt Lake and Utah that indorse the action of the meeting. The owners of The Tribune were among the many business men who were invited to attend aud they were glad to bo present pres-ent and join with representative citizens of the state in commending the eminently eminent-ly successful administration of Governor Spry and in expressing the hope that he would announce his candidacy and stand for reuomination. They were seeking no office or political favor, but like the other business men at the meeting they fully appreciated the great services which Governor Spry had rendered the state and its people during his two terms of office. They recognized that under his administration the state had enjoyed its highest prosperity and they realized that the general welfare of the state demanded his re-election. , The attempt of the organ of the federal fed-eral bunch, the most selfish political ring that ever has sought to dominate politics in Utah, to represent Governor Spry as the candidate of a particular interest in-terest is amazingly grotesque. It needs no insistence on our part to convince the people that any candidate favored by the federal bunch and its newpaper must necessarily be a controlled candidate. No candidate with an atom of indepen-depee indepen-depee could hope for indorsement from such sources. Tho moment he received that indorsement the scarlet badge of servitude would be written all over him. The public would recognize him as the bond servant of the bunch. Fully understanding these conditions, the organ of the federal bunch saw an opportunity to picture Governor Spry as the candidate of a special interest a tid it thought it advantageous to tic-scribe tic-scribe Tho Tribune as this particular interest, in-terest, although there, has been nothing in tiie relations of The Tribune and Governor Gov-ernor Spry in tho past to indicate close sympathy. The Herald-Republican considered con-sidered it be-t to ignore tho presence at the meeting of representatives of other great, commercial interests and even of men of various parties and to dwell upon the presence of the owners of The Tribune. Trib-une. They were compelled to admit, for " it is a matter of history, that The Tribune Trib-une Tas once a sturdy opponent of Governor Gov-ernor Spry, and in order to attain their object they floundered hopelessly in an effort to find something discreditable to the state's chief executive in the fact that he has obtained the commendation and support of those who once regarded his political career with misgivings. Is it not plainly to the credit of Governor Gov-ernor Spry that in his two terms of office of-fice he has been able by his character and constantly developing executive ability abil-ity to win the indorsement of many who owe opposed him It is quite true that The Tribune : wouJd be delighted to see Governor Spry renominated and re-elected, but it is utterly ut-terly false that The Tribune has selfish interests to serve. The Tribune sub- ; m i ibes to the unanimous opinion of Republicans Re-publicans and to the widespread opinion of 1 temocrats and "Progressives that (Jovernor Spry has made an admirable governor. It was not tu be expected, of course, that t lio-e who are ever sla ves to the p)o! s and plans of the federal bunch would join the general chorus of acclaim. It was clearly to have been expected that the members of that sinister sin-ister ring should voice clamorous opposition opposi-tion to h trood governor and the fa-'t that this opposition has "been voiced in, !tiie usual hypocritical and Machiavellian fashion causes neither surprise nor consternation. |