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Show H FRANK KNOX INTERVIEWED. Hw Mr Frank Knox, during his recent visit to Wash- H ington, D. C, was interviewed by a Post reporter, Bj and is quoted by that daily as saying, in reference Hg to Utah conditions: H "POLITICALLY OUR STATE CAN BE H CLASSED IN THE DOUBTFUL COLUMN. IT R WOULD BE REPUBLICAN IF THE REPUBLISH REPUBLI-SH I CANS WERE UNITED, BUT AT PRESENT DIS-Hi DIS-Hi i SENSIONS WITHIN THE PARTY THREATEN H TO JEOPARDIZE THE ADVANTAGE IT HAS H HITHERTO ENJOYED, AND THE DEMOCRATS H ARE GOING TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE Hj BREACH THAT HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN B OUR RANKS. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE, H I SHOULD SAY, OF THE SUCCESS OF PRESI-H PRESI-H DENT ROOSEVELT IN UTAH THAN OF THE H ELECTION OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE H TICKET." HB Mr. Knox states the case very clearly. His H version of the situation here should be very edify- H ing to the Republican bolters, particularly to the B - Senator and federal office holders, who were the b prime movers in the affair. The prospect of Mr. H Roosevelt's carrying Utah is referred to rightly by H Mr Knox as a "chance." Before the owner and H manager of the ex-Republican organ bolted the H Republican party, Utah was admittedly safely an- H chored in the Republican column. How will a Re- H publican Senator and a federal officeholder explain H to the President and the national committe how a WL safe Republican state was changed into the doubt- m fui list? H ( |