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Show Congratulations We believe a hearty vote of thanks is due Senator Don B. Colton and Rep- r .tentative Ira R. Browning, Emery coun y's representatives in the present state legislature, for their excellent work in support of the Wootton ttate-' ttate-' wide prohibition bill. Th ;y have bo h shovx n that they are true representatives representa-tives of the people who honored them with their vou s. Mr. Col. on, tn.iugh not bound to the course he pursued by anything in the Republican state platform, expressed him.-elf as feeling bound to respect the wishes of the four of the five counties in his district wnicn were for statewide pr ihiution. Mr. Browning was tentatively bound, according to his party's state platform, to give the people a chance to vote, for such a measure at a speci il election to be held for that purpose an: so expressed ex-pressed hirnseii at tile rallies given by ins p.irty. Yet he di l .ot e.-itate to a moment to do all in hi.1 power to give his people what they wanted without the big expense of a special election, and Mr. Browning is certainly entitled to a Lig measure of credit for taking the position he did in toe vote of last Monday when the house passed the Wootton bill by the almost unanimous vote of 40 to 5. Weber county's representatives repre-sentatives were the oniy ones to take a pronounced stand against the measure. It is no up to the governor of the state of Utah as to the final fate of this bill. It" Gov. Spry is i true servant of the people of the sovereign state of Utah, and is trulv soliciiious of th ir wants and welfare lie will not hesitate one moment in affixing his signature to the bill and thereby grant to the people what they want. It is up to him now whether Utah joins the ranks of her progressive sister western states, Col-ora Col-ora lo, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona; or stays away io the rear with hidebound states like New York and a few others. Goodness knows Utah has no more to lose and equally as much to gain as toe wideawake states of I he first group. |