| Show ThEY Y ARE AUE ASHAMED OF OP UTAH When a congressional con nominee of a certain party part stated that he was vas ashamed to register from Utah on his luis journeys through tho the East It seemed Deemed like a local matter a thing which wo we of at litah tah could Indorse or condemn as our sense directed But It was wider than that It went to the making up of a n general Jeneral judgment It was the pitiable a adoption b by a resident of a sentiment which members of or his party part have made pretty nigh national When hen an old and widely known dally daily paper constantly constantly con con- reiterates charges of wickedness against the peo pro plo of tho the state it mn may at first seem a matter that concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns solely our own people but hut it really affects the tho whole nation And when basing basin Its judgment on that published data the voice olce of or the East Is 18 that Utah Is a community of or criminals as the New York Times declared de de- de- de dared the damage Is seen to be ho more than local Because of or what Utah men have said of or Utah the people In the more more populous sections of the nation believe believe be be- lieve Utah Is bad believe It Is no cre credit lt t the tho country o of which It Is a 1 part believe it a misfortune that the state was ever admitted to the tho Union Union and and resolve that tha so far as they can they will keep It in the tho background As M tho the black sheep of or the family Is never mentioned so they will not permit Utah to perpetrate a blot on the tho of ot a splendid republic Hero There Is a little piece of news illustrative of or the point An And It will not be read with pleasure by any friend o ot of Utah The navy department now plans to ask congress tc legislate at nt the next session on the question of or names fo tot battleships hereafter authorized and constructed l. l Th The existing law provides that battleships shall be name named after aCter states of or the Union It so happens that with on one exception these names have been exhausted That exception ex Is Utah and for some some reason or other not full tull explained at the nav navy department there ther is a prejudice against giving the th name of or Utah to a n. battleship It Is not a fart that there therA are aa as many battleships as ns th there re are ut states In th the Union Long Lang before legislation specifically required battleships to 10 be b. called after th the various common commonwealths the names of or man many of them vere ver selected for ships ship o of or oth other othor I classes Some of the cruisers and monitors are so named There has been cn some talk of a a. recommendation to lo congress authorizing the renaming o of these minor vessels and ro reserving the tho names of states for tho battleships of ot the future One Ono of the th now new n ton lou battleships has already been cen called the tho Delaware The Thur name of tho the remaining on one Is yet et to tobe tobe tobe be selected It could ho bo Utah Or perhaps even cven Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa horna mn may soon oon be lie available 3 It will not he bo real read with pleasure and yet et It la Is a good thing for our people to lo read It may help some Bome to a n. realization of or tho the fact that the Utah man who ho speaks Ill III of Utah Is doing his own home a n. vast Injury He lIe ma may have a n. groat grudge against some citizen of the tho state lie He may firmly believe c that his merits have not received the t recognition the they deserve e But nut ho must be lie very wicked if he will a course which hurts those who havo have not offended him along with who ho have h by pursuing a course that gives I es his own home borne a ahad a abad l had bad nd name J throughout hout the country Authorities at the tho navy department do elo not want to name a ship Utah because the they find tho state In ill repute And Ant when you ask wh why they thoy point to the as assertions ns- ns of Utah men The They show copies of Utah papers papers pa pa- pers pel's brimming over with attacks on the Integrity of or the people cople bristling with charges of community crime This Is pretty prett humiliating Utah as a matter of fact has more good to her credit even cven granting the tho truth of every charge brought nS' nS against her hel by hy misguided residents o of the state stale than have twenty other commonwealths common common- wraiths which are arc received without without question Utah has done eJon yeoman work in the of or the Iho country countr Utah has contributed generously of her resources to lo tho wealth of the nation to the materials required In nations nation's na nfl tion's lions advancement Utah has hns proved by h her hel manhood In peace and in war her hel right to a a. place alon alongside of the best hest in itt tho Union Union Union-no no matter what they ma may call her hel name And It is to he be hoped that the Iho time will soon como come wh when whon n all men who live Jive In Utah will speak well of Utah J If w we wc of tho the state sta stand d side ide h by side tho time ill III fame tame th that t mistaken men have circulated will lie die out And AntI Utah will realize realise the blessing she eJes deserves There is a prejudice against giving the name of or Utah to lo o a battleship That sentiment should be the knell knoll of tho the defamers |
