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Show SENATOR SMOOT'S DILEMMA. With the best intentions in the world Senator Smoot has attempted to servo tho interests inter-ests of Utah in tho r tter of mining claims on school land, and finds that some sufferers would rather continue in pain than get relief at his fl hands. fl That is the plain explanation of the fevered H attack on the senator's bill. fl Hero is one ovil condition, an abuse, that has M continued since tho slate's admission to the M Union. Senator Smoot proposes a remedy, has- ing his effort on an unusually accurate knowl- H edg6, and after consulting with many other in- M formed men in tho state. It may need somo jH minor changes,' but its principle is right. 1 There was no call for a fevered attack on M the bill, and there was and is no warrant for M the assumption that any citizen would bo de- fl prived of his rights in the event that tho At- fl torney General and the Land Board of Utah might adjudicate his case. fl Thoro has been a rank and long-existing M abuse of community rights. Those essaying the M task of correction gain nothing by petty person- H al hostility, and would prove a hotter citizen- M ship by omulating Senator Smoot's example, and H good naturedly giving credit for sincerity to H every advocate. M A just and equitable solution of the puzzle H is all that is desired. And that should. best be H Obtained by tho employment of tho methods of H friendly discussion and by courtesy commonly H employed by gentlemen. 1 |