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Show 4 are from this city and Ogdon, and a few scattered about the state; a few from California and a few from Colorado. Under the provisions of the bill, all of these can easily be cancelled, because it is impossible for the average citizen to comply with the provisions of this measure, and the Standard Oil Company would have the field to itself. There is one man among us that has tried hard to attract attention to this bill and the injustice it would work upon the He conpeople of Utah and that is Senator W. W. Seegmiller. demns the bill in the loudest terms, and has done s oever since it was introduced in Congress, but his protest was likened to butting up against a stone wall. Utah people are praying that the President will give heed to Senator Borah who now says empliatically that the bill ssould be killed. Utah's glorious opportunity! Has she lost it? Will Presi- he appeared to be opposed by an overwhelming force, but it . 3n the votes were counted, his side won. Commissionr Green was not a man to boast or put hiuf forward, as so many politicians do, purposely to gain poli?PJ prestige. In fact he appeared a little distant, but he was eir to get acquainted with, and if your friend, would go the liini? you. He made many friends and was held in high estf E which was shown by the many times he was elected to oi l;: Green was an expert mathematician and auditor, r as really broke the ice for him in politics. He was a good f H ness manager, which accounts for his great success in poli . He was an ideal citizen and home man and his family J! f .e 18 fers an irretrievable loss. He was a great outdoors man and sportsman. He love lect fish and hunt, and whenever time permitted he could be f( upon some good fishing stream in quest of the beautiful t He loved the great outdoors and was an ardent advocate dent Coolidge protect the people of Utah? of fish and game. The Teapot Dome scandal was not a marker compared to protection T H. will Herman Green the missed from be stage. of state this proposed vicious federal legislation against the is h oil to secure ke p Utah. Instead of going to the heads of departments POLITICAL ess. permits, the interests propose to get what they want by law. Citizens, it is time to call a halt. The state of Utah is a 3dfj in The is the air. local much situation political very up commonwealth and we have some rights state rights if you leaders of both major parties are claiming victories this please, provided for by the Constitution of the United States. Of course the Democrats invariably win(?) before election? Let us fight for those rights to a man. as a rule in this state the Republicans take the offices Our representatives are certainly a sleepy bunch. votes have been counted. However, there is a situation in this county that nee IN MEMORIUM great deal of attention. The Republicans are claiming and to win they must make some radical changes, It was with a profound shock that the citizens read of the county their heretofore political prescriptions. sudden death of City Commissioner Herman H. Green, who but Unless the Republicans of this county get together an a few days ago was seen on the streets, apparently hale and come a unit in the campaign this fall they will not be all duties official his to than 'with no perform worry other hearty, carry this county. Good men must be placed upon the t: The average ward heeler will not do this fall. Men placed on the ticket in whom the public has absolute confid and the sooner the leaders of the party realize this fact, tkftgj ter it will be for the party and those aspiring to office. ajy Quite to the contrary, Republicans of the outside con are getting together and are shaping, to a successful camppg There also appears to be a general opinion among most Oy outside counties that we must have a new state chairman year, and that that man should come from this city. Thej Lake politicians had not planned to make a selection fromftft for state chairman. It is pretty sure that Carl Marcusen will not be the Republican state chairman. He has had two terms and thepg ty will not ask him to serve a third term. Under such condiree it becomes high time for the party leaders to cast about n ft HERMAN H. GREEN (Photo by Wilcox Studios) as Commissioner of Finance and Public Affairs at the City and County building. Commissioner Green entered politics in the most unassuming and modest manner, and ordinarily one would have pronounced him a failure when he started. But Green was one of those men who went about his duties with a silent determination to accomplish what he started to do, and he invariably laid his plans carefully and then went successfully ahead. While he appeared a novice in politics when he entered the game here, all conceded that he was a real Tammany man before he quit, and in several commission elections he easily defeated the alleged master minds of the political arena in opposition. Green never suffered a political defeat, notwithstanding that at times 1 new chairman and the selection ought to be made as so( Bu possible. There is not only much work to do but mucht ar must be done in this county. y be Senator Reed Smoot will head the Republican ticket, will be here about the first of August. The Senator will Mn a much needed vacation upon leaving Washington and Vroul to the Pacific coast with his wife, via Portland, returning n later. . sd a Congressman Leatherwood will have some oppo.iti It' the state convention. At least one man, T..L. Holman, vi pose him, and Holman appears to be gathering a greai 4 strength and some of his friends feel sure that he will fo to capture the nomination. Reports are also floating in t W1 that former Governor Charles R. Mabey is coming out feh li gress, but the boys are not taking him seriously because Shin overwhelming defeat for governor at the recent state clfracc Senator Smoot will have no opposition for the noinftly h many believing it would be a calamity to defeat Smoot i De state. He is recognized as one of the biggest men in thofaeco States today, and for real hard work the senator sta id5 Ho'' b cl and shoulders above any senator at Washington. The third term will be given a test in this county at this |