Show ih The Spirit of Democracy I Ic I c f Nothing smacks more truly of the spirit of democracy than I 4 the the- public gathering whereat people meet and express their views i regarding garding variouS variouS' affairs Therein was created the old to to hall g government so common in this country many years ago From t the town meeting has grown gr the great system of popular government government govern govern- ment that now prevails throughout the nation Because the convention hall expresses the spirit of democraCy it r is appropriate that the memorial to be erected to Utah's war veterans should take the form of such a building It will of f necessity have distinctive memorial features rooms where historical matter matter- matterand r and souvenirs of the war may be preserved for future l g generations and and in addition there should be be quarters where the war warf f patriots may meet by themselves but t the e central dominating part 1 0 of t the e building g may well express democracy in the form 0 of a w neat assembly hall |