Show In the Absence of a Loaf Loaf- A Slice Should be Sufficient I. I We Ve find that there are arc a great many homesteaders in the thc former former for for- mer Iner Uinta Uinta Rc Reservation who feel that in the passage of the 4 relief homestead measure at the II recent s session of congress ress there o is discrimination They seem to think that tl that one man who ho is endeavoring to hold a homestead homestead homestead home home- stead on a dry ry bench hench should be entitled to prove up as well weIl as another and that the trouble is i probably due to a alack lack of interest interest inter inter- est cst and activity on the thc part of Utah's congressional ional delegation delegation tion in behalf of the homestead homestead- er cr While the bill hill does not meet with general approval we have no reason to believe that Senator Smoot with his hi's fellow dele delegates did not at atall all times do e possible for the thc settlers here as ns well as for the people of the entire common common- commonwealth wealth Anyone who watched the proceedings of the ses session ion will agree ree with us in that it was was' next to impossible to secure secure se se- cure anything in the way of legislation with so much of the time squandered in partis partisan u scrimmage g-e. g Many lany important measures were defeated because because because be be- cause of political opposition and in the ca case c of Senator r Smoots Smoot's homestead homestead we wc d-wc we know it to have been broad enough as originally framed to cover cr the entire field We have every every ev ev- cry ery reason to believe that the measure was ardently supported support support- ed by each member ot of the Utah delegation and under the cir cir- we wc feel that our legislators are entitled to great credit for securing as much as aa they did I |