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Show WOOLLEY FAVORABLE ' TO DIRECT PRIMARY OGDEN, Oct. 24. Arthur 'Woolley. former chairman of thVWeber county Republican central committee, favored a direct primary law for Utah In an i address before tha Progressiva Business Busi-ness club at luncheon here today. Woolley had been requested to speak to this subject 'Woolley gave aa hla reason that Under Un-der tha direct primary tha people select se-lect the candidates aa well as elect them. Under tho present system, he asserted, tha people elected candidates nxrned by political machines. lie admitted' ad-mitted' that perhapa aa much money Is spent under one system aa tho other, but asserted belief that It Is better to expend campaign money on campaign cam-paign literature rather than to uae it for tha purchase of proxies and tbe payment of delegation expenses at conventlona a a. ba declared, bad been the case. President George Thomaa of tha Unl-veralty Unl-veralty of Utah also addressed the meeting. Ha declared tha present problem before Institutions or learning learn-ing la to relievo congestion occasioned by exceealvo enrollment.' This is being be-ing dona at tho state Institution, he explained, by a card index ayatem under un-der which tha atudenta In college for octal reasons er because they have) no place also to go, arc being eliminated In favor of tha student desirous of acquiring ac-quiring knowledge. |