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Show IB Republicans To Put Their House In Order I II IIiE story goes that when Uncle Joe Cannon was speaker oi H m C the House and his famous machine Was still running like 1(3 r clock work, he made the remark that the only fault he 1 . could find with the Republican members of Congress at that particular I 1 time was that "they were too d d unanimous."1 The grim old vct- 11 eran of many a political battle was never so happy as when measuring the mettle of men in a showdown fight. Were he in Utah this year , ' he would be right in his glory. The situation would suit him exactly, provided his stout old soul is still troubled whenever the members of his party are too tractable in their submission to party discipline and . a too unanimous in their sentiments. If v Unfortunately, the average Republican is not as stout-hearted I I as the old party warhorsc from Illinois, nor so farsighted, and hence ; m ? the prevailing fear that the party is rapidly being shot to pieces by r lif its friends and that the situation will soon be beyond repair. Strange J';! as it may seem now, we ourselvcSj do not view the situation with I alarm. It is true that the old party is shaking with internal strife, that a , r its leaders are striking at each others throats, that a spirit of mutiny is jL , rampant within its ranks, and that this spirit is growing every hour. g. ! Nevertheless, the party is still sound at the core and its policies arc still popular with the people. It is sure to weather the storm of its ' ' ! family row and in due time settle all of its domestic disorders. Then fy 1 ! it will be in better fighting shape than it has been for a decade or fJ i more. 1 1 1 In view of the fact that it has been the custom for a small coterie j of men to select the candidates and write the platform in ad- .' , vance of the convention, it is not strange that the politicians and t the public should be puzzled over the present situation. The fences ifi are down, the field is full of candidates, and the original coterie has I; ' not only lost control of the situation but of itself as well. The dope I a sheet has been lost, the track is open to all entries, each mount is bell be-ll f ing trained to the minute, and each jockey is going to ride to win. ' 1 No wonder the bookies have lost their bearings altogether and have ' 'nj abandoned the boards. This is going to be an honest-to-god horse race, and such a race never does any damage to the sport. '! We have in mind, of course, the race for the governorship. j Think of it: there are six active candidates for the nomination, two j V) receptive candidates, and at least one other who is available as a jl THEODORE L. HOLMAN ' HTHEODORE L. HOLMAN, assistant secretary j ij.i of state and candidate for the congressional fff 1 1 nomination in this district, stands for a new Is i order of things within the Republican party. Ever R ' ft since entering politics he has been actively p., identified with the cause of the Republican rank , and file. He knows these men and women as Ip, I few others do, and always takes a warm per- fe sonal interest in their affairs. They in return Spj I sympathize with his candidacy, and are giving pjj i him their full and unconditional support. - Mr. Holman is basing his candidacy for the i' i congressional nomination on his record in the ', I public service and his fitness for the position. I, He is a close student of public questions, is "f w trained in the school of public affairs, and has fc-' I pronounced ideas touching on all matters of pub- "5 ! lie policy. Ke has a wide acquaintance with Utah i' r ' people, is familiar with their conditions and W i needs, has had rich experience in two branches t 1 ) of the state government, is a forceful public I speaker, a clear and concise writer on public questions, Is a trained parlimentarian, and has it the rare faculty of being able to write his ideas f a mto lawB. He Is waging his campaign independent of all (factions and is confining himself strictly to the issues consistent with the congressional contest. Mr. Holman was born on a farm in central Pennsylvania, near Millerstown, In 1884. He began to teach district school at seventeen, teaching Ji yjglryTuwwy ...... . . wmmiiw l"'nTKZ,'!Z"mm'"mif dark-horse in the event of a deadlock. Nine in all, and each candidate is being given more or less consideration. Moreover, each one feels that he himself has a reasonable chance to win the nomination. Surely there is no good reason why Republicans should feel sorry .over the situation or shaky over the outlook. On the other hand, they arc to be congratulated on the fact that their party councils and conventions con-ventions this year are going to be representative in every sense of the word, and that the official acts of the party will unquestionably express the will of the majority of its membership as manifested in open meeting meet-ing by its representatives. This is as it should 'be. The dawn of a new day in politics is at hand and the Republicans of Utah are alive to its possibilities. The new deal movement has already borne fruit, (. and the full harvest is yet to come. There are those who fear that the bitter personal feud existing between certain elements of the party, and which promises to be fought to a finish in the state convention, will bear disastrous consequences conse-quences in the campaign to follow. We think not, for it we understand un-derstand the situation at all the Republican rank and file do not sympathize with either party to the feud and will refuse to adjudicate the controversy. Hence if these personal prejudices are carried car-ried into the convention, the candidates involved will lose cast with the delegates no matter how worthy their other claims for consideration considera-tion may be. It is our idea that these candidates will fare better if they and their friends will forthwith set aside their personal differences differ-ences and confine their respective campaigns solely to the issues of sound public policy and political expediency. While on the subject, it might be well to say that thinking Republicans Re-publicans are not in sympathy with the preconvention attitude of certain cer-tain newspapers. A newspaper cannot afford to indulge in personalities, personal-ities, and when jt does so it merely disarms itself as a potential political politi-cal factor. Consistency is the chief essentiality of newspaper policy, and unless these particular papers make immediate changes in their tactics they are likely to be in a sorry plight when the business of the state convention is finished and the campaign is under way. No one cares who owns this paper or any other, so long as it prints the I news and honestly expresses its views on matters of public policy, but when a newspaper voices personal prejudice in any form and for any purpose, it ceases to be a political asset to any party. two years. Preparing himself for college he first went to New Bloomfield academy. Ho entered Mercersburg academy, the famous boys' preparatory prepara-tory school in southern Pennsylvania, and in the fall of 1904 entered Knox College at Galesburg, taking a four years' course In three years, winning win-ning the A. B. degree with honors in 1907. When he first arrived here he made his home in Bingham, and was twice elected to the legislature, legisla-ture, holding important positions on various house committees. In 1913 he was appointed assistant secretary of state, and has had much to do with the reorganization re-organization of that department along efficient and dignified lines. Mr. Holman first came to Utah in the spring of 1906, just after completing hisjunior year in college. He secured a position with the Bingham Coal & Lumber company shoveling coal and piling pil-ing lumber. At nights "he worked In the local newspaper office. Saving the money thus earned during the summer, he was able to return to college late in the fall and complete his course. In 1907 he returned to Utah and assumed the management and control of the old Bingham Press. The following year he purchased the Bingham Bulletin, the rival newspaper, and consolidated con-solidated the two newspapers into the publication publica-tion which is now known as the Press-Bulletin. He remained in active control of this paper until 1911. In that year and during the year following he contributed extensively to local and eastern journals and magazines. |