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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT Che Goat That Can’t Be Got Utah has just witnessed a political version of the “Battle of Copenhagen”. That military footrace— Ten thousand Svedes ran through the veeds, chased by vun Norvegian’’—has been re enacted in the Maw camp in the State Capitol. Five tough, hard-boiled politicians, the high command of the anti-county organization forces, Chairman. Then, Eldred M. Royle, chairman of the Governor’s political committee, issued the following: “The Democratic party groups in Salt Lake County departments, and in the Capitol, are Lake united County and in accord Chairmanship, on the scheduled Salt for led forth their hosts to wipe the earth with the convention attention county leader they had reviled as a despot. They vowed to take him to pieces.. They proposed to disestablish him. They were out to get his “They also are united and in accord on the incumbent State Administration’s over- goat—to let the wide, wide world know exactly who is who in the Maw circus. all political on April 29th. program.” In other words, the Commissioners that they cannot beat Henry McGean in the con They found out. When the smoke of battle rolled away J. Henry was in possession of the vention fight. field gazing nonchalantly around for more State Commissioners to conquer. The McGean tribe must have some Norvegian blood. Henry possesses the Goat that Can’t Be Got. He's to be do not know how to pick a winner. Now, their sole political aim is to re-elect Herb Maw. (Continued when they counted noses. When they stopped for breath they issued a “unity” statement hang- ing their rout on the innocent shoulders of Roald Hogensen. The fight between McGean and the Commis’ sioners began long before the County Chairmanship became an issue. It was a frank attempt to lift Henry’s political scalp. of a bitter personal fight. It became something The Commissioners had been appointed by His Excellency to run his campaign for re-elec- tion. They quickly decided to elbow McGean out of the political picture altogether. Maw issued a statement declining to interfere. There were intimations that J. Henry resent- ed the personalities—that he walked in on His Excellency turkey—declared and talked But it is apparent that they Child Enters Race re-elected County Chairman. A leak in the news pipe line at the State Capitol disclosed that the warriors turned and fled his weight, so to speak. And Henry has the tonnage. He insisted that His Excellency intervene to eliminate the personal aspects of the fight— that he call off the dogs loosed by His Excellency’s own political committee. The Governor is reported to have put the brakes on the exuberance of two of his Commissioner-politicians. However, the new-found “unity” between the Commissioners and McGean did not come confessed from page 1) if Gus was so hot, why did the Governor give him the brush-off later on? Did the Governor feel obliged to divorce Gus just because the Searchlight exposed the affair? Then what about the new avenue into the Governor's heart that arose through the WeberFirst hue and cry? Didn't His Excellency know that predatory utility corporations and the First Security system were the instigators of that? If Maw doesn’t understand those little high- ways and byways of predatory business, is he of gubernatorial calibre? If he does understand, is he the kind of individual the people of Utah should have as head of the State? Nor will there be widespread approval of His Excellency’s dragging the State Industrial Commission into the morass of partisan politics. Workingmen throughout the State have depended on the freedom from partisan winds of that Commission. If the Commission is to be messed up just to give Herbert B. Maw another chance at holding office, he will have rendered the workers of Utah a great disservice. The time has come when the Governor must answer these and other questions. - The Democratic party will want to know why he has per- about until J. Henry had a big majority of the mitted Tracy R. Welling to sell the party down the river to the sinister influences that have dominated the Farm Bureau. The day of accounting delegates for Herbert B. Maw lined up to support him for County is at hand. |