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Show IASK PRESIDENT 711 1 j' HELP IRISH CAUSE j Salt Lakers Petition for Ac- tion Looking to Ad- i justing Issue. Asking t..at President Wil.u m.-ike r efKH't. at the coming peace congress sessions ses-sions in Paris, to bring about a sett lenient le-nient of the Irish question, a number ot prominent Utahm have addressed a petition peti-tion toMhe chief magistrate. The petition, peti-tion, which bears date of November contains the signatures of men of varying creeds and party affiliations. (.lover nor Bamberger's name heads the list. - T ne petition follows: "Wc wisli to excess to yon our earnest good wishes for the success of the peace confeience and to assure you of our hopes for the realization of the exalted ideals you have placed before the world. Yom splendid efforts on behalf of the weak and oppressed and on behalf of the peoples peo-ples deprived of lln- power of. self-government. and self-determination have found highest praise with all lovers 01 democracy. You will understand then our interest in the cause of Ireland. We invite in-vite you, Mr. President, to consider Ireland's Ire-land's continued and historic strufgic lor solf-government , her, national charact eland el-and aspirations, her great natural wealth and the direct and repeatedly expressed will of her own people for self-determination. We beg you, therefore, Mr. President, Presi-dent, to use your powerful, influence to firing about a settlement of the Irish question a settlement fair and just to tho people of Ireland. With sentiments of highest esteem, wc are, Mi . President, Presi-dent, the. undersigned citizens of ihe state of PUth: Simon Bamberger, governor. Harden Benriion, secretary of slate. P. P. Richmond, president of Commercial Commer-cial club. Ss'oblc Warrum, postmaster. P. f-J. Farnsworih, chairman state council coun-cil of defense. J. Parley While, chief of police. John A. Widtsoe, president University of Utah. .Tames P. Casov, manager Salt .Lake Herald. Joseph S. Glass, bishop of Salt Lake. J. David Larson, secretary CommerciaJ clu b. William R. Wallace, Democratic state com mi I teeir.a n. W. Mcut Ferry, mayor Salt Lake City. Dan B. Shields, attorney general of Utah. Anthony H. Lund. first presidency Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ceorge H. Dcrn, statecnator. W. H. Leary, George S. Auerbach, PI. J. Wallace, W. C. Lewis, C. A. Quigley, V. W. Ray (United States attorney), Eu-gene Eu-gene Giles, E. O. Howard, J. C. Lynch, Frank J. Austin, John H. Johnson, P. J. Moran. S .' A . Maginnis, F. C 1 e m Schramm, Henry NT. Byrne.. Dean AY. W. Fleetwood (rector St. Mark's P. J. church), W. J, Plalloran, A. C. Sullivan, A. J. Bruneaif. W. E. Fife, D. A. Callahan, Cal-lahan, M. J. McGill, C. Ritnetti, F. Capi-tolo, Capi-tolo, E. O. O'Donnell, J. C. Dwyer, C. P. Kahlor, Edward MeCurrin, R. C. Trcanor, P. H. Goggin, '. J. Owens, Charles Driscoll. Jerry Driscoll, John J. Natiuhton. J. B. Maher, George O. Relf. Michael Shee.han, W. J. Flynn, P. M. Cushnuhan, J. L. Lagan. John Rvan and T. O'Brien, A. N. McKay. |