Show uJ EARNEST FRIEND D OP OF UTAH Ul Governor Spry Spry- must have hae Impressed the people of or the Northwest country with a a. belief r In 11 his friendship for the region Seattle and Portland papers speak of or him in terms of or warmest t appreciation The They regard him as a friend of Utah and as aa the strong advocate ad ad- of a policy which shall effect the tho of or the mighty might West We even more rapid rapidly than h has s been re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded In the past One Ono of or Governor Spry's suggestions suggestion I Is that representative people of at th the mountain and coast states draw a little closer together in organized movement for Cor the advancement of ot this c country for Cor tt UH It fair share In the benefits bene bene- fits and arid legislation of tho the entire country countr and for the firmer union o or of neighbor states s In special work fo forthe for tor the Interest of this section t S If It such shall be effected it would have the effect of securing legislation raIlroad legIslation railroad and other other which would secure the far w west st a fair se service ser ser- vice at reasonable and non mating rates It would result In acquainting ac ac- ac the nation with the resources resources re re- re- re sources and opportunities of or limitless limit less potentialities It would 1 result II In iii bringing together the money and the native resources It would result re reo SuIt sult In leading idle humanity to the region where its highest could receive the richest reward It would result in tilling every plain bar har- ne eVer every river rl filling er c every valley vaHey with homes and crowning crowning- many hUla hills with cities It would result in filling tIlling the vacant places of oC tho the far tar West est with active and reaping profit people re relieving relieving re- re lieving the congestion on th the crowded centers of or tho tim East and producing a a. arace arace race raco of at American manhood and womanhood impossible where Independence Inde Inde- and freedom and breath ar are I unknown i There IS la another and an equally I Important result to be attained by the united labor of or tho the strong trong men of at the I mountains and the tho coast These people people peo peo- plc in their appreciation an and their sentiment are arc very generally generall Ti e They know kno that the advancement advancement advance advance- ment meat of at the country countr can be made only onh In accordance with Republican poli poll cies The They hope and pray and vote for or the success of ot the lie Republican ticket Only In tn isolated cases are progressive pro pro- men of at the West est clinging to the dry husks s of futile promise I Such a union of or Western Vestern men Inca as is IJ proposed b by Governor Spry would mean the ito firm establishment of Republican Republican Re Re- publican rule in e cl every tat west of or ortho tho Missouri river It would Vault be th the V 0 b r iM IL fulfilment of at General Clarl Clarkson's Clarksons sons son's prophecy pro pro- that that the nation would soon look to the mountains and distant West for tor its Republican victories that the East because of or complications al alas ala's always always al- al ways ways as a's growing out of oC exhausted and over developed regions would l keep but a precarious hold on principle and that the strong and sensible decision lon for tho the saving of at the nation would have ha to be expressed by men of the tha highlands This Is 18 more than the tho settlement of oC ofa ofa a n. state In Governor Spry's plan There is more moro than partisan success g of or an any mere politician It Is 19 the broad view of oC a n. l keen keeti cen Westerner alive all to the needs of or tho the present the po possibilities of oC th tho future the future the proper limper serving of or this whole nation Our West est deserves a better estate than has been accorded It b by the tho East materially and In ever every other way I If the strong men mon of or the tho region shall band themselves together they can effect ef of- tho the marvel of or peopling the wilderness wilderness wilderness wild wild- erness of or exchanging sagebrush for or wheat and corn and cattle of or making two-dollar two land worth a hundred an acre of or so checking unholy political vagaries as to Insure for all an tho the years ars of oC tho the future that a government of oC tho ho people by the people and for Cor the tho people shall not perish from the earth Let the big men of or these states get together |