Show I BOTH AUK AltE AGAINST TilE ThE GO You remember the story tor of the irreconcilable ma man who was vas shipwrecked on the coast of a south routh sa ra Ia i island anI anti and who came caine up bursting with hostility to 10 authority an antI bubbling with salt water Ills words expressed hi his ils position Im agin ngin tho ho gO Both the Herald and the Tribune are nrc against th the government go They rhey dont don't care caro particularly what the go government eminent proposes to do or de desires to do Th The They are Iro it Here Is what tho the Herald Horald declares ns os the the- purpose o othe or of orthe the administration at nt Washington touching the tho public mail land still remaining remaining- Under tho the present prent pro program ram of the tho administration and Its pet bur bureaucracy the the lcy-the the land lantI office office nearly nearly all the public domain open to entry would he withdrawn and the government act as fiS a landlord granting grazing and other rights to the favored ones and denying such rights to those who happened to be at variance with the land of ot of- Tho The tremendous power that would woul center inthe in inthe the tho administration of ot this one Job can scarcely be ho realized even en IJ by those who are familiar with the possibilities of public lands an s control To reward adherents and punish opponents unrestrained by laws or by public sentiment to build up a political machine through such uch favors favor to toce ce centralize the command of millions of acres of or land In one ono government department department all all the these e are only part of the Uw program that would follow the adoption of tho the Roosevelt Idea And here Is what Mr Ir Garfield secretary of ot tho the r Interior says The homestead tend settler is tho the first and most important important important im im- im- im beneficiary of our public land system and he ho should be favored You ma may sa say this to tho people of Salt Lake that I r want to know you better I want to get your our point of view lew and at the same time to be fair you OU must get mine In the tho administration of the tho duties which I have undertaken I ask your our co I want to learn not what selfish In individuals and special interests out hero want but what tho the majority of the people need I r I recognize no West Vest no East no North no South When you ou come to Washington do not be afraid to call upon the secretary of the interior or the other federal officials and present your our troubles and your our problems The Tribune comes as near tho the Herald as os the smaller ability of ot its Us editorial pen will allow Being as weak as asIt asIt asit It Is wicked it calls on the artist for a cartoon and the front page blossoms with a n big stick whittled to resemble tho the President and declaring declarIng- to the people of or J the land convention at Denver er If IC you OU want anything you OU shant shan't have It Signed T. 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R And all this because tho the administration has made mado madea a strongs r L t. t to pres preserve e o cri ng t n vj f r Hiv vf i v ir I I public domain us th settlers to pr prevent vent its monopolizing by the corporations or the more rapacious rapa rapa- clous cious individuals who have so greatly decreased the area available for the people The rhe er very thing the Herald clamors for the theer er very thing thing- tho the Tribune blunderingly bawls for fur the administration tion is and always alwa's has been seeking to secure There have been honest differences of opinion between Western men especially Western estern stockmen and tho the administration tion on as ns to forest re reserve O Cf and there have been differences between other citizens of or tho the West Vest antI ana the department departments as s to the title of coal conI lands But there has never been beena a da day when tho the administration could properly be charged with aiding In the depletion of the peoples people's property in public lands hands Never ever has the case of ne actual settler been een made matIo more arduous Nev Never has ha ho he been denied Never have difficulties been thrown in the way 1 of or the theman theman theman man who w wanted to take tako government Jan land and males make D. D home homo on It It Never er c has hns there been an any act lct which squinted toward taking the public lands and bestowing bestowing- them on anyone anone at the expense of or or the tho exclusion of or orthe the actu actual l settlers But tho the Herald and tho the Tribune are arc agin the and the they are aro bound boun to allege an nn offense though they know lenow nono has been committed Utah wilt will be glad to receive Secretary Garfield He can hardly expect to be welcomed by either otther of oC the tho anti- anti administration papers ot or the states state's C capital but the re result result re- re sult suit of or recent shows that they Clo do not represent the people Utah will be glad to have havo him understand the land situation In such d details tails as he may lack tion And there Is not an nn honest man In the time state who believes beHoves for a moment Mr Ir Garfield has como come to the far West Vest with any intention other than to inform himself to get in touch with the pe people itally Interested Ii In Inthe the public land questions and to so his hla policy I as to do th them m and the nation tho the greatest possible good p This tho the people believe bellove In his effort l he o can con con- count on the ti-mo help of or tho the people of oC the Yc West t. t 0 m And tho they are very cry sure suro tho they can cari as confidently count coun counton on him and on tho the President In whose cabinet ho serve serves o and and on the party which Is la re responsible for both o of them n |