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Show IN WAR AND PEACE Utah Power & Light First Preferred Goes on Paying Regular 7 Per Cent Dividends. Price has been advancing Steadily recently, re-cently, but ivc can still supply stock several points under par. FalmerBond&-Mort?age Co r Liberty Bonds, All Issues, Any Amounts, Bought and Sold. A Statement by Milton H. Welling Democratic Candidate for Congress First Congressional District i their representative. I have talked I invite my constituents to inspect my record as u i k f thf, j j. right-I have voted right. It has been the greatest pride of m Utc to f y of the men and women of this state. c wi the cleanest and finest group ot sol-When sol-When the Nation called for men, we fshed ?e . " caM for money, we cheerfully diers ever placed in our army's uniform. Wn;n ttie . a . t the reat war ohari. bought our full quota of bonds. When wc were asked to contnoui. ties, we gave more than our share. , .i.o thino- to the Congress aud to the It has been my proud privilege to proclaim these things to country. am proud of every vote I have cast. , hpr-us I knew the war was inevitable, 1. I was for the war not because any other roan was for It, but becaus- x if our honor was to be maintained. m, inst wav to raise the victorious legions neces- 2. I was for conscription because it was the democratic, just way to sary to crush German autocracy and piracy upon the high seas. Thirh orovides for the wives and mothers . 3. I was for the Soldiers' Insurance and Compensation Act waica v and other dependent relatives of the soldiers who are away from Dome, such just and generous provisions for the dependents of its fighting men. mnrais and conserve the clean living of on 4. I have been for every measure designed to protect the: "rf curee of drink and Iemovti men in camps and on the battlefields. The Navy and 'J1 urance that their boys ar. it as far as possible from our men. I bring the wives and mothers or uwu being safeguarded by wise legislation and efficient administration. 5. I was for the Revenue Bill to support our armies because it ' favThiX those who profit from war. I voted to tax war fortunes and war industries and shall continue to favor higher taxes upon those whose profits have been multiplied by the war. 6. I have Joined my Democratic colleagues in demanding that at least 33 per cent of the expend of the war should be paid by taxation levied almost wholly upon wealth and war profits. 7. I was and am for Woodrow Wilson, the man today bearing tie heaviest burden of tanu. b,ing in the world. If men believe in him and in the destiny which makes him today the most impreve figure on earth. I appeal to them for their votes. The most solemn obligation is to hold up his hands and announce to the despots of Central Europe that the solid sentiment of America i. with him to the end. 8. I question the loyalty of no man, but I want those who think another should take m y place to point out wherein I have failed the state or the nation. If men who oppose me endorse my record. I respect, fully ask what reason there is to replace me at this time by choosing an untried man. If those who oppose me can show that my place can be tilled by a better and a more loyal man to the state or to the natxon, then I submit cheerfully that he should be elected. 9. I have devoted my whole time and strength to my country and my state. During the Congm-sional Congm-sional recess, I visited Belgium, England, Italy and France. It was not a Junket. We paid our own expert aud went to inform ourselves of the war needs of the nation and the actual conditions of our own men. I am more proud than ever today that I am an American and every soldier in France is an additional reaaoa for that pride. No nation on earth ever waged war with greater diligence or with greater success. suc-cess. No army ever confronted a foe so well e piipped for battle as is the American Army. No army of men ever before manifested such complete trust in the inspiration and statesmanship states-manship of their Commander-in-Chief at Washington. I'tah people, regardless of religious creel or political convictions, have been loyaL It is a despicable thing to appeal to voters on the ground that there is politics in the war. It is fair to say, however, that the Nation has achieved its present glorious position of world-power under a Democratic administration. It is fair to say that no breath of scandal attaches to our conduct of the war. Mistakes have been made and corrected, but America , today has profound cause for gratitude that there is no scandal associated with our military operations. Thank Qod, our boys in France and inthe army camps of America arc not being fed on the embalmed beef of unsavory memory in a former war. and no man is suffering from preventable disease due to lack of proper sanitation. To my astonishment, the campaign in I'tah seems to revolve around a so-called junket for pleasure, made by Mr. Mays and myself in Europe. It is the most a::. - knowtedg-ment knowtedg-ment of impotency and senility ever made by the Republicans of any state. Their effort to criticize us for this trip abroad illustrates bMter than any other thing possibly could what their attitude would be if given an opportunity to strike the President of the Nation. I am proud to have served iu Congress through the most turbulent and confusing period of American history. We were walking in untried paths. Issues of life and death. 'of rift and wrong, were decided almost every day. the end of the journey my political opponents say: "My only objection to him is he went t Europe to sec the war himself."" If that it a satisfactory issue to my Republican brethren. 1 am delighted to have given it to them. ! order that they may in the future avoid some of the lies now being circulated in their partisan press about the matter. I give below the actual facts about our visit. The delegation was made up of six Congressmen. Perhaps two-score of our associates had preceded us. Republicans and Democrats went together, and. regardless of politics, were urged to bring back to Congress and the country a riper knowledge of our war activitkl overseas. Our credentials signed by the War Department officials stated : " These men at sent at the instance of the War Department." We carried a letter of introduction from SeoretaXJ Daniels to Admiral 8ims in London and to Admiral Wilson in France Also letter from Assistant Secretary of Wur Crowell to General Pershing. Wc had letters of introduction from Secretary of State Lansing to Ambassadors Face in London. Sharp in Paris and Thomas Nelson Page in Rome. During our investigations we conferred with every one of these men. Congress was in recess, from the early p:rt of duly until the 19th t August. We thought it a perfectly commendable thing to plan a trip of inspection and personal contact with the actual conditions abroad. I recall at this moment that 1 talked the matter over frankly with Senator Smoot. and he said with enthusiasm that h it was a Splendid thing to do an.l urged that 1 make the trip. What is more, we paid our own expens-s and have no npolog-.cx make for anv incident inci-dent of the trip from start to finish, li was to us a glorious revelation of Vmoriean efficiency coupled with American valor upon the battlciield. 1 . , bettor man a better representative, representa-tive, and a better American tor having gone 1 don't believe ,,nv mother or is-her wh.v boy is there will entice the action, except pr(,ise ,he p.ltnollM ; si,,.s,, prompted it. I can thmk ot no political rcasn, for raising the issue on. opt or.c of sciisele and unreasoning pnrtisansh.p The men who have raised the issue have acknowledged th TV!?' "''"V a1. ,ll'V',,Mt0Tt ,f ?VCry '"'"-'hinking voter ,n the state F - 0i William Spry going among the people ot I "lab and saying: "As vou know 1 properly your ideals and your aspirations. For years past you ha ve 'depended ' upon 'w 1 11 properfj interpret your political sentimenls and to cryslaUizc thorn into the laws of ft- May thai 18 wrong except that during the recess in Congress tins vear h wen. to the b tlefronl in franc,- at Ins own expense to studv the war It .. v sons on the firing line, but I think he had u h s , ,, ' ',' " " x " Washington and waited for Congress lo re co none "' S,,,M,M ,,aVl" ""Xt I am glad the Republicans have hroutrhl this i the world better illustrate their habitual at L o 7 ,(,,.y? attitude ot asmme ont,c1Sin and political ' Intelligent men nil over this land to.fnv i ,i sleeted and ought to I looted. In no other wa c,,? th , on, , " 1V 1 of Europe that the nation stands s,,u.iivU behin I llu IV M V''' ":,,,! ' ago when this slate supported Woodrow Wilson,,,, I s , 7 "" :r It would be a mistake In lako a backward se ' ,, T" ' '"- '-''"' - harmony with his political ideals. ' M'"i s,'n'1 ' WaslHn:,, men olt V li is a great thing lo represent rial, i,, th C teal fortunes mean litUe or nothing i yo The 1 i 01 r"'"'i '''x ' -it m H" j this hour is best able ,, .support the President ' fV mv "'""'"d upon i,. .; !.,,,,- wheal will, the verdict of m fellow eili.-.ens at the "lis ' UM l i""v, DEMOCRATIC COUNTY OMMIl ll 1 rOR SALT .KT. TOUNTY ' ' r. c. RICHARDS, Chairman . . K VXK ' M.mi l 1 ., secrrtwr " ' ' ri H P. & Lt.-7 Pfd I W offer temporarily at 91 and accrued f.rvidends. We believe this stock a safe I it. vestment and that it will sell at par I or above as .soon as the money market I returns to normal. It Is one of the few I companies which Issue a monthly report. I It, net a;nings have atcadlty Increased j I during the past year. J. A. HOGLE & CO. SALT LAKE, OGDEN, I V9 Main bt. 7403 Hudson Ave. Cash for Liberty Bonds Private party will pay spot cash for 150. $100 and $500 Liberty bonds, and for receipts on bonds partly paid up. 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