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Show Published Every Saturday WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO.. INC. BY GOODWIN'S Ml E. FRANK , SCHEFSKI, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: postage in the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, m 'SOIneluding months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal for six ilon, $4.50 per year. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postoffice at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 8alt Lake City, Utah Ness Bldg. Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 13 REPUBLICAN SPLIT Mp If present contemplations are carried out, the Republican party in two factions in this county, which will lose the county them in the fall election, and may also result in the loss of the 11 utli be. split ite. If all the Republicans get together in this county, the Democrats s. ve no chance to win here, but under existing conditions the Demo-"at- s are walking about with a big smile anticipating much help from Bieeved Republicans. The trouble all arises over a secret organization in the Republish party, known as The Sevens. The members of this organiza-- p n take an oath to stand by each other one for all and all for one course they get solidly behind their own member candi-lotfte; If you are not a Seven you cannot get a Seven support, and course the organization could not hold together if it was s. Lj-andi- ; But we ask in all fairness to the Republican party, is it neces-iry to have a secret organization within the party to dictate, or to dictate? If you are not a member, you are discriminated lainst and that is where the real fight starts. Now come forward some other Republicans, who are not mem-3- 0 IN rs of the Sevens and propose to organize a counter organization to for what they consider their just rights. y pht We hope for the interest of the party and all concerned that Nfose advocating the new organization will not take this foolish step, es(Cause a split in our party right now means disaster, and it may f2an the defeat of Senator Reed Smoot. When once the fights starts, ere is no telling where it will end. We have not yet forgotten the fight J. U. Eldridge put up against JJJp Sevens and Ernest Bamberger, and our national committeeman is defeated just because of a factional fight. There are many people that do not want to join the Sevens. They 2iim that it is not necessary to join any secret organization to be a od Republican, and yet if you are not a member you must not ex-:to ever attend a Republican convention, be indorsed for a politi-il job, or even get one, and you must be a member to be entitled to iy of the plums. I It must not be taken that this paper is for the Sevens because we Ivocate that there should not be an opposition organization, but we We the party at heart and we know, as well as docs every man, that party can win in which there is a split. In the Seven organization are many prominent people, but there J e just as many prominent people out of it, and what we want to is for every Republican to take off his coat, not only to fight for to conduct ajfs party, but to see that competent men are nominated e governmental affairs of the city, of the county, of the state and of e nation. While it may he. necessary to have a secret organization in the Jirty, we cannot see it, nor can we see where under such conditions , e party can solidly get together. If the party cannot get together, UB T en-Aav- or ct w then it is time for the secret organization to disband for the good of the party and take their chances in an open fight at the convention. Dont the boys understand that if they try to railroad certain candidates through the convention, a convention whose delegates have elected through a secret order, that a fight against such candidates will naturally result? Now if everybody was a member of the Sevens, there would be no fight, but if everyone was a member there would be no need of the Sevens. Then again at the primaries it is generally circulated that none but Sevens will be allowed to go to the conventions. But the hoys from going also remember here that they may keep the to the conventions, but what about their votes? If a person who is not a member wants to go to the convention and he or she is defeated because of secret organization work, can you expect their votes at the coming election? Suppose the Young Mens Republican club got together, captured the convention and named the candidates, what do you think would be the results? Surely, you do not have to guess. The Republican party can never be successful anywhere where a number of the people organize to secure certain benefits. Factions arc created, soreness is engendered, and elections are lost. We hope that the boys, whether they belong to the Sevens or not, are broad minded enough to consider the welfare of the party and to lay aside all personal aspirations for offices and jobs and submit themselves to the people for selection or rejection. The Republican party has always stood for fairness and harmony, but there can be no harmony in a split party and it is not fair to discriminate between members of the party because of some secret organization. Organizations for political purposes are invariably defeated. We cite the recent state election in which Governor Charles R. Ma-be- y was defeated. The governor was assured of the entire vote of all the sportsmen. One of bis lieutenants was a dominating factor in organizing the sportsmens organizations, but these organizations became a boomerang because most of the real fishermen did not belong to them. It was quite evident that some of the organiaztions were run for purposes other than the sportsmens interests. The first new fish and game laws passed six years ago, and later four years ago, which permitted the wholesale disposal of our catfish soured most of the boys and they went to the polls with their grievances. Surely party leaders cannot help but realize the delicate position the party finds itself. No man is bigger than his party, no organization is bigger than its party, so let us have a party of Republicans, for Republicans and by Republicans. Let us select a state chairman who is an all round good fellow and then all put our shoulders to the wheel and push it over the goal non-membe- rs line. Instead of wasting our time in factional fights, let us analyze the present needs and desires of the people and select men for office who will do something for the people. |