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Show i niii "i 'i " i ! t mi-t -, 4 ... -ANOTHER PROMINENT PAPER SPEAKS Takes Same View of Question of Discrimination as the Record and Other State Papers The Native Sons of Utah Organization Or-ganization has been attracting a great deal of attention. It is , very evident there are two factions fac-tions in this fraternity. One bunch really have it in their heads that nobody is fit to breathe the air of life unless they were born in Utah. The other faction, which we believe from indications indica-tions to be much the stronger, realizes the faallcy and danger of such a position and do not care to emphasize or even indulge in any such a thought from a serious seri-ous standpoint. It is unquestionably a fact that amongst the liberties guaranteed to American Citizens is the right to form an organization of Native Na-tive Sons of Utah, in view of the fact that the Pioneers of this State fought a hard battle, it is only natural that there should be many ties of association which would bind them together and would also carry on down to their immediate descendants, who were acutally born out here during pioneer time; but in view of the active missionary work of the Mormon church these Ponieers, who are of course almost entirely entire-ly Mormon, are putting themselves them-selves in a very funny position when they insist that only Na tive Sons, that is, those born within the limits of Utah should receive recognition in a commercial commer-cial and political sense. If the V in i . 0I'm.Qn missionaries, who are I-""" " now Broadcast throughouf Ifie world, should tell their converts that when they came to Utah they would not be entitled to any serious recognition as citizens ," because "of the fact that they were not born within the limits of Utah, we think the Native Sons movement would prove a decided boomerang to the missionary mis-sionary work. -We are pleased to note that this same thought has been expressed by a good many newspapers throughout Utah. It is the firm belief of the writer writ-er of this article that probably 90 per cent of the Mormon people do not really have at all the mistaken mis-taken idea controverted above. At the same time the few who do have it can make a lot of noise and create a false impression, which spread broadcast throughout through-out the United States and the rest of the World, will do a great deal of harm to this State, and the controlling power of this or gan'ization should see that this impression is negatived most emphatically. em-phatically. There is nothing to prevent people forming almost any kind of a qualification they I want providing it is not contrary to law as a qualification for membership. mem-bership. We have in Utah an Iowa Club, an Illinois Club, a Missouri Club and other clubs as well, as for instance a University Universi-ty Club, an Elks Club and many other organizations and fraternities, frater-nities, all of which are formed on one basis of common interest or another. They are perfectly legitimate and so is the Native Sons of Utah but they must not be perverted to an unwise end. It goes absolutely without saying, say-ing, as appears from the mere study of the political history of Utah, that the newcomers within with-in this State have received active recognition; for instance in the Supreme Court of Utah today m, .afc.. ,. n.1a Ta r ,,--, - - - ii i ri both Judges Frick and Straup were born in the East and came to Utah after reaching maturity. Our present Attorney Genfral Albert R. Barnes is also anolLer importation from the East. Wo could name many others. The same thing is true down through the Counties as to local officers. We have not seen any of the terrible ter-rible discriminations, which the rest of the world is liable to think actually exists, because of the controversy that is now going on over this Native Sons of Utah fraternity. We mention the specifip fact above because so far fcs this paper is able we want to spread the news throughout the w6rld that the pcopld of Utah are liberal and progressive and do welcome new people from the outside territories who come here, and in a bona fide manner cast their lot, financial, political, social and otherwise with the good; that they are bona fide legitimate citizens of Utah instead in-stead of carpet baggers, as many people sometimes call them, are going to receive a fair shake at the hands of the people of the State. We are glad to say so and we want the rest of the world to know it and we hope all the newspapers in Utah will do everything in their power to spread the fact. Beaver County News. |