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Show H" ,4 CANDIDATE FOR $ CONGRESS THEODORE L. HOLMAN, assist--j ant secretary of state, has hod an Hi interesting career. A farm boy flf- H teen years ago, today in high public Hi! position, he aspires to congress and B his candidacy deserves serious con- Bj sideration. Moved by an honorable Hj ambition and a dogged disposition to B succeed, he has climbed from farm Ht boy to school teacher, from teacher Hj to a college dqgree; thence in swift B succession as journalist, legislator, H and a high executive in the state B government, has he risen to promin- B ence in the state of his adoption. His B remarkable rise in public life is ex- B tremely interesting, not from the view- B point of personal achievement alone, B but because it demonstrates that H young men who come to Utah, who B accept conditions as they find them, H who honestly endeavor to attain high Bj position in the community, who hold H high ideals and employ honesty in H word and deed, are sure to find a H hearty welcome here. It is a story H that Utah people could well afford to H tell to the multitude of young men in H the east whoso eyes are turning west- H ward. H Mr. Holman was born on a farm in H central Pennsylvania, near Millers- H town, in 1884. He worked on the home H farm in his boyhood, studied nights, H and attended the country schools H when he could afford the time. He H began to teach district school at sev- H enteen and taught two years. With H the money thus earned, he set out to H prepare for entering college. One year H was spent studying at New Bloomfield H academy near his home. In 1903 he H entered Mercersburg academy, the fa- B mous boys' preparatory school in H southern Pennsylvania. This institu- H tion is noted for its excellent courses H in literature, oratory and debate Dur- H ing the school year, he entered every H contest offered in these three courses B and won first prize money in each. H With the funds thus obtained he was H able to finance himself. He was grad- B uated from the academy the follow- B ing year in the classical course. H In the fall of 1904 Mr. Holman en- H tered Knox college at Galesburg, II- H linois. He worked his way through H this institution, taking the four-year B course in three years, and was grad- H uated in 1907, winning the A B. de- B gree with honors. During his college B days he was prominent in student ac- HJ tivities He reorganized the Illinois H Intercollegiate Debating league, and B represented his college in the Hamil- B ton club oratorical contest at Chi- B cago. While in college, he was elect- B ed a member of the Pundit club, an B honorary eastern literary organization. B He was also elected into the member- B slllP of plli Delta Theta, a famous fl Greek letter fraternity. B Mr. Holman first came to Utah in B the spring of 1906, just after complet- H ing his junior year in college. He B secured a position with the Bingham B Coal & Lumber company shoveling B coal and piling 1 - er. At nights he B worked in the local newspaper office. B Saving the money thus earned during H the summer, he was able to return to Bi Bfc- . WSmt - ' Jll BBHBfflWHBpi iiBlH BBHlBBBHfflHPb JihBIR BWBBpffljBBIKSMMiiml fe- iw$imKsE$&nm BgjBplilWr HHH.JJIH BHIKyHLlv'" i'iaHBi THEODORE L HOLMAN 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 the two newspapers into the publication which is now known as the Press-Bulletin. He remained re-mained in active control of this paper until 1911. In that year and during the year following he contributed extensively ex-tensively to local and eastern journals and magazines. In 1913 he became associated as-sociated with Judge C. C. and J. T. Goodwin in the publication of Goodwin's Good-win's Weekly. Shortly after coming to Utah, Mr. Holman entered actively into politics He was elected to the state legislature in 1908, and reelected in 1910. In the 1909 session he was chairman of the committee on labor in the house, and ranking member of the judiciary committee. In the 1911 session he was chairman of the judiciary and sifting committees, the two big house committees. He was also majority floor leader during this session, and was personally active in shaping the major portion of the legislation enacted. enact-ed. During his service in the legislature, legis-lature, he was particularly interested In the legislation affecting labor, roads, the rural communities, and the upbuilding of the Agricultural college. In 1913 Mr. Holman was appointed assistant secretary of state, which position he still holds. Working with his chief, the secretary of state, he has had much to do with the reorganization reorgan-ization of the department along thoroughly thor-oughly efficient and dignified lines. He personally devised the system and designed the equipment of the new office which experts repute to be the best appointed office of its kind in the country. He is the author of the new motor vehicle law which has brought automobiles under close police po-lice surveillance, and produces one hundred thousand dollars annually for road building purposes. He is the author likewise of a series of important import-ant measures vitally affecting the powers and duties of the administrative administra-tive departments of the state, whereby where-by building and loan associations, and "wild cat" and out-law corporations are kept under closer supervision. Also largely through his efforts have the corporation laws of the state been made more equitable. He personally edited and compiled the authorized editions of the 1913, and the 1915 Session Ses-sion Laws of Utah, and has compiled pamphlet editions of the laws affecting affect-ing numerous special subjects. His hobby, if he has one, is dignity and efficiency in public office and he works with precision and dispatch in all matters concerning the public interest. in-terest. Mr. Holman is a Republican and stands for a new order of things within with-in the party. Ever since his entrance into politics he has been prominently identified with the interests of the Republican Re-publican rank and file. In every con- f vention he fights their battles. Between Be-tween campaigns he keeps in close contact with them, and takes a warm personal interest in their affairs. He knows and understands the rank and file of the party as few others do, and therein lies much of his political strength. His political friends are his personal friends as well, and in his loyalty to a friendship or a political issue he never figures the cost to himself. him-self. Ho is basing his candidacy for the congressional nomination on his rec-ord rec-ord in the public service and his fitness fit-ness for the position. He is a close student of public questions and has well defined ideas touching on matters of public policy. He has a wide acquaintance with Utah people, is familiar with their conditions and needs, has had rich experience ex-perience in two branches of the state government, is a forceful public speaker, a clear and concise writer, is trained in the school of parlimentary procedure, and has repeatedly demonstrated demon-strated that he has the rare faculty of writing his ideas into laws. He will wage an independent campaign. Mr. Holman was married in 1912 to Miss Lora Bean, the daughter of a prominent pioneer family in southern Utah. Of the children of this union, none is living. |