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Show THE CITIZEN 4 mwiHiWMMiinimaimmwHiUHHMM THE Booth of Utah county must not be under-estimate- d. The county convention will be held in September, to complete the ticket, and then the fight will start to retain Utah in the Republican column for the coming four years. " the country is likely to undergo a wave of de- pression. Governor Smith has been conservative, under check. What, if he should carry with him into power a Democratic Congress? What about the influence in government of a party of protest, which considers wrong what the other has con-sider- ed BOUNDARIES OF YELLOWSTONE TO BE EXTENDED. "A Thinking Paper for Thinking People Published by THE GOODWIN'S PUBLISHING COMPANY 420 Ness Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. matter, June 21, 1919, at Entered asseeond-clas- s the Postofflce at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE: Including postage in the United States, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year; $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. SUBSCRIPTION FRANK E. srilHFSKI JOHN I,. KOEIMM.KU El). Mnnnirer mid Editor AairKtniit Editor Advertising Manager MUST BE BUSINESS. COAL DEALERS are not opposing the entrance of the proposed entrance of natural gas into this city. Because the coal men took the stand of investigating the new company, many people got the impression that the coal dealers were opposed to the gas, but the coal men state that they do not oppose the natural gas coming in. It is only natural that the coal men, who have millions invested in coal mines and the industry, were anxious to study and analyze the situation, comresulting in the present attitude of the city mission that wishes to know all the facts before granting the new franchise asked for. Coal and gas work hand in hand. Our local busigas company has been able to produce a big ness in the heart of the biggest coal field in the United States and there was no opposition from the coal men, and officials of the coal dealers want it understood that they only want to protect themselves in their big business they have built up. In this state there are produced some 5,000,000 tons of coal that nets the state an annual gross sum of about $12,500,000 and all of this money relains here. Coal that is shipped out of the state one of brings the money into the state, making it the big resources of the state. The gas franchise will come up before the city commission on August 20, the city commission taking plenty of time to investigate the application in order that the rights of the people may be properly protected. GOOD MEN FOR OFFICE. THE PEOPLE of Weber County have solidly and unanimously enhorsed Wm. H. Wattis as the logical candidate for governor, and Wattis will receive the 93 votes of the county. William Seegmiller has been promised most of the delegates from the south end of the state, while Malcolm Keyser and E. W. Kelly have substantial support in many of the counties. It looks like a real race for the governorship. The contest will be staged at Ogen, next Thursday, August 1G, where the delegates will meet in convention. Ernest Bamberger apepars as the most popular candiate for United States senator, and no doubt he will be the choice of the people to head the Republican ticket. The congressional convention will be held this afternoon. Our present congressman, E. O. Leatherwood, appears to have the inside track for the nomination, although the strength of Mr. right? Industry and commerce do not thrive upon uncertainty. It is to be hoped that men, whatever their religion, will vote in the countrys best interests. Thus, they will vote also in their own best interests, and in their religions. FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGH- T square miles are to be added to the boundaries of Yellowstone Park, which will give it an area of 3876 square miles. Two new national parks are also to be established, one in the Bad Lands of North Dakota and the other in the Teton Mountains, to the south of the Yellowstone. This additional acreage is being taken in to provide more abundant feed for the wild animals of the park who find it difficult to secure sufficient food during the cold winter months. Snow is usually from four to seven feet deep and the thermometer frequently 55 degrees below zero. It is impossible to provide food for the wild animals of which there are 17,000 elk, 1800 mule deer, GOO antelope, 1000 buffalo, 500 Rocky Mountain sheep, 600 moose, 500 black and brown bears and 125 grizzilies, besides countless lesser game. Of course, the bears hibernate during the winter but the other stock must obtain their own food no matter how deep the snows are. They must paw avray that snow until the dried grass is reached. Many of the animals are fed by the forest rangers during the winter but it is claimed that the animals who provide ther own food are in better condition at the spring of the year than those that are fed. The proposed park in the Teton mountains can be reached by automobile from Old Faithful. This park will provide a separate unit of 150 square miles and contains some of the most beautiful and inspiring scenery in the country. This park will, in all probability, be named Kendrick National Park in honor of Senator John B. Kendrick. The park in the bad lands may become a memorial to the late Theodore Roosevelt. At least this action is being strongly advocated. His range country will no doubt be included in the perhaps 600,000 acres to be set aside. The wild west is rapidly being tamed and it is a splendid thing that some portions of it are to bn retained in their natural state for our children and childrens children to gaze upon that they may have knowledge of its original beauty and perhaps better appreciate the work of reclamation accomplished by their forefathers. THOUGH the Democratic platform provides, laws which limit immigration must be preserved in full force and effect, Governor Smith says: Because of our might and because of our strength and because of our power, we have been a beacon light, a harbor of refuge, something to bo looked forward to by the people of every land. The downtrodden, the poor, the oppressed of every country have looked to America, and America has cared for them. So, the Democratic candidate once more has torn his partys platform to shreds. By his own hand, Governor Smith is no longer the candidate of the Democratic party. His is a platform of his own making. If a candidate disregards his partys platform in two important respects, his allegiance to the whole is well challenged. Can the country have any faith at all in party promises, when its own candidate is repudiating them? There is, there can be no more serious issue than immigration. In justice to ourselves, in justice to prospective immigrants, we cant continue inviting them to our shores. No longer is it a question of selection, of excluding the ethnically and morally undesirable. Machinery is fast displacing human hands. There isnt room, even on the farms, for any foreign addition to our population. Its our business to care first for our own unemployed, for our own downtrodden, poor and oppressed. Fifty years ago and before we needed immigrants, we could then and we did give them a sincere welcome. But now our house is full! The Governor is out of tune. From the sidewalks of New York he has risen, a commendable thing. But New York is not America, least her foreign sidewalks. Smiths views, his campaign utterances, show it in marked degree. No such perspective must guide the destinies of America. RELIGION AND POLITICS. THE GERMAN VOTE. COMMENDABLE is the effort of both party organizations to keep religion out of the campaign. Yet, writes David Lawrence: The management on both sides find it an incalculable factor in the estimation of what will happen. Men who take their religion too seriously might take it with them to the polls. That is the danger. In America, it is said, the majority rules, but that is only half true. A very considerable part of the voting population does not go to the polls. minorities do the voting. Hence, This is a fine occasion for America to set at rest, once and for all, the fear that men of religion are out to control the government. No good can come from stirring up religious hatreds, but much harm. At this particular time, our industrial mechanism cannot withstand a change in government. Business is already becoming sensitive as it contemplates the eventualities. We havent outgrown the old bugaboo of a presidential year, as the progress of the campaign is showing. The government is more influential in business than it ever has been. A rocking of the boat in November, and well-organiz- ed OUT OF TUNE. 9 AT A CONFERENCE in Washington, between Herbert Hoover and a delegation of citizens of German extraction, the delegates decided to sup- port Hoover. There is logic in that decision, andr justice. Governor Smith was a staunch supporter of Wilsonian policies, which have been twice repudiated at the polls by overwhelming majorities. The German vote was undoubtedly a significant factor. With the announcement of Hoovers candidacy came German opposition. After the armistice, it was said, Hoover was bitterly antagonistic toward the late enemy. The record of the Republican candidate, however, bears close inspection. During the war it was his business to relieve distress in Belgium and other allied countries. He carried through his task with marked ability. The war ended, he1 protested against the further blockading of the Central Powers. Waging an l fight, he broke the opposition and got food to the famishing women and children of Germany and Austria. Another campaign lie is thus nailed in the head. up-hil- y |