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Show - : r- Hon. Joseph Howell i i i . , bbbbbbbbbbbbLBL- 'vbbtVv , bbbbbbbbbbB", :i(P-- .:- BBBBBBBBBBBBK VtS At . "&bbbbbbbbbbbbNBb? ' -ljgSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHBBV 'bbbbbbbbbbbbHbbbbb- ' i iISHibk! , ' ' -' -''IMBbMP -; ?VV ,1 .. 't.W t ' , TvlBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBM'i l CONGRESSMAN HOWELL SHOWS HOW WEST LOSES UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULf Returns With Family to Salt Lake and Gives Interview oi Political Conditions as they Exist in the East. Calls Attention Atten-tion to Blunders of Administration. -, ,, Congressman' Joseph Howell and family retujd to Utah" Sunday evening eve-ning and they aro now, In Salt Lake where they will visit for a few days before returning to Logan. An Interview Inter-view given out by Congressman Howell How-ell upon his treturn follows:' "After .an 'absence of nearly n year,"' said .the' congressman, "wa are supremely happy to meet, and greet our, many Utah friends, as well as our relatives. I cannot describe in words our Joy at being honw again after se long an absence. "I can scarcely realize that I havo come Into tho midst of a stirring ami oven somowhat acrimonious campaign preceding tho ejection on November 3. I am assured thero will bu n Ko publican victory in till a stato us tho people hero aro well informed nnd wisely stand by their own Interests', which aro so entwined with tho success suc-cess of Republican policies In state and nation. In Congress we havo witnessed wit-nessed dally scenes of earnest and political warfare, but, fortunately, there Is se'.dum any personal resentment resent-ment attending tho criticism ot op. posing party policies. Adverse to the West "A feature of notable Interest to tho. people of Utah and adjoining states Is tho Indisputable fact that President Wilson's administration Is strongly advorse to tho Interests of the Intermountaln states and of tho est generally. Thoso"Intorosta are absolutely without favorable consideration, consid-eration, so far as tho present nation, al administration Is concerned. "It is not expected at Washington that tho Intennountnln states will be other than Republican at tho coming election; and If any ot them shoulJ send Democratic representatives to Washington t)io present administration administra-tion thero will laugh In its sleeve at tho foolishness ot tho people In doing do-ing so. "The mothods ot the Wilson administration admin-istration in this particular aro thoso ot tho adroit politician," to Ignore tho west and step the poople hero In tho face, to court favor In the moro populous pop-ulous districts elsewhere. Practicing Deception "Another feature of adroltnoss in politics is, the efforts to mako tho people believoiono thing when anoth-er anoth-er Is actually, thb case. As an lltu's tratlon. President Wilson In ills so called antitrust program posos as the cjhaniploh' trust 'bust'oK while In fact tho trust', legislation Just pushed thru Congress ,1s Just, tho opposite It really woakens nnd almost emasculates emascu-lates tho; Sherman nntltruat law In tho interest of tho great monopollos; and so it goes through tho entire list. How South is Favored "Tho special fnvorlto of tho Wilson Wil-son administration Is tho south. This is shown In every pieco of legislation that reuches tho subject. For Instance, In-stance, In tho incasuro Just passed to ralso 100,000,000 for tho government because of tho falling off in rovenuo duo to tho Democratic tariff law, tho tax therein Imposed bears heavily on all tho west to a specially notablo degree, de-gree, as an examination ot Its provisions provi-sions conclusively shows; whllo for tho south it Is applied' so as to bo scarcely felt. The 1898 war revenue law, which was taken as a basis is practically unchanged except in this regard, that It Is modified so as to relievo the south and place an unjust proportion of tho burden upon the west. As to Work In Congress "In tho scopo of a brief newspaper Interview it Is Impracticable to ro view the work of tho session of Con-press Con-press now Jielng brought to a closo-As closo-As racking Ropubllcan Vnomber ot the commlttco on mines and mining I was engaged In the congressional Investigation Into tho labor troubles In Mlchlgap, which hnvu been settlod by concessjons from both sides. As a member' of ' the Important committee commit-tee on agriculture I have consldon nblo satisfaction In tho part I havo taken In creating fa vorablo. Interest by tho department In agricultural and horticultural affairs In Utah. In various va-rious other ways wo havo boon nblo to securo benefits to tho peoplo ot tho state, collectively and Individually. Individu-ally. "In fact, tho Utah delegation has been woll placed In committee assignments assign-ments In both branches ot Congress. Wo havo worked unitedly, both on matters of local Interest nnd upon tho larger questions ot national poll tics. An indication of how this is viowed by our coltcaguc3 la In tho many cordial congratulations iixtond-cU iixtond-cU to nip upon my renomlnntlou. In n letter from James H. Mann, Ho-publican Ho-publican leader in tho House, a man ho Is by no means given to flattery, flat-tery, ho says: Congressman Mann's View No stato In tho union Is better represented than tho stato of Utah. With Senators Smoot nnd Sutherland Suther-land In tho Senate and with yourself and Mr, Johnson In tho House you each havo done a work hore ot which any stato and constituency might woll bo proud. "Two yeara ago by division In our own ranks tuo Hopublicuu party over looked the greater question of national nation-al prosperity ami permitted tho ship of Btuto to bo seized by a piratical Democratic crow and the nation Is now suffering tho result. Learned Lesson Again "Wo havo lea inert uguln that do prcsslon md illsuBlor Invariably follow fol-low tho Democratic party's ascension Into national power. The country Is now being plunged by tho Wilson administration ad-ministration Into the sumu deplor-ablo deplor-ablo condition In which It was placod by the Cleveland administration from 1893 to 1897. Hard tlmos, failures, lagging enterprise and . disheartened public confidence aro tho fruits ot that administration today, as they were .In the Democratic administration administra-tion twenty years ago. Tho prosperity prosper-ity of two years ago has boon swept aside by tho Democratic policy. "The great European war has helped to revive American Industry to a limited i extent, but tho Democratic administration, to hldq. Its own defects de-fects of national policy, Is blaming that war, In progress less than three months, for tho financial nnd Industrial Indus-trial depression, forced upon tho country by the UnCfrwood tariff bill and shown in its effects long beforo tho European war began. Some Appalling Figures "In tho thirteen months ending July 1, 1914, tho Underwood tariff hill caused a balnnco ot trado against tho United States 'ot 210,2S0,crC. Spice' last January gold has flowed to Europe Eu-rope In a constant stream, until now It is in excess of . ir.0,000,000 representing. repre-senting. a credit of at least $7GO,000,-000. $7GO,000,-000. "Secretary McAdoo may 'poob, pooh,' as much as ho, likes the effect of .this loss of gold to our, financial, operations,' but he Is Just ,l)ko tho negro, ne-gro, who, while .passing through a graveyard Indulged In whistling to keep his ' courage up Our financial system' Is being 'strained to the utmost ut-most by this drain, and the end Is not yet. Signs of the Times "Under this mistaken tariff policy of tho Democratic party, tho army of i'Ulo men, tho Industrial stagnation, tho hundreds ot thousands ot Idlo railway cars, nnd tho pressuro of business gunomlly, glvo unmistak-ablo unmistak-ablo ovldenco ot tho effects of Wilson's Wil-son's Now Freedom In practical application. ap-plication. Tho commonest kind of ordinary horso soiiho Indicates tho cause that has produced these dreadful dread-ful effects It Is tho Democratic financial fi-nancial policy. Tho European war has been a boon to the Democratic party, but even that cannot put aside all the disastrous effects of tho Uu dcr'wood tariff. Congress Is Abject "Tho Democratic Congress, too has been tho most wastotul, extravagant, nnd dilatory Congress that ever sat in Washington. Its abject submission to oxocutivo control through ttio Iron clad rules of cuueus action has been pltlablo. Democrats denouueed what thoy called Canuonlsm In putting in force tho special rulo machinery, and havo dono moro of It In this ono session ses-sion than was dono In the twelve years of Mr. Cannon's speakership. Even tho war rovenuo bill wlich has Just passed the Senate was pushed through tho House without even the prtvllogo ot offering an nmondment. Policy of Procrastination "The disgraceful procrastination which has marked the House ot Representatives Rep-resentatives has been oven moro ' ' 'i ( Continued on page eight) CONGRESSMAN HOWELL SHOWS HOW WEST LOSES UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE (Continued from page ono) pronounced In tho executive department. depart-ment. Waiting, waiting, waiting has beon the President's policy. The much vaunted currency Jaw has been enacted about a year, but Is not yet put Into effect becatiso of this procrastination. pro-crastination. Fortunately for tho country, tho Hepubllcan Aldrlcu Vrceland currency curren-cy Inw, oxcorlnted and denounced by Democrats was In force, and It has proved tho prop by which Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo has thus far been ablo to steady our trembling fl naurlnl structure The People .Pay -..-"There. are many other blunders, .failures and-hypocrisies In tho present pres-ent D.emocintlc administration .that .are benrlng heavily upon the people, ,and -will Increase, the. 'burden untU lemoved by Heptibllcan victory, .'in the nation. TJio wnr rovenuo bill Jusi passed .Is not because of tho European Europ-ean war, but is the direct result of a most cruel war on American Indus-, try and prosperity by tho Wilson administration ad-ministration In Us operations under the guidance of adroit politicians for I their own gain nt tho expense of tho American people . Approves Reception Plan , "I heartily npprovo tho suggestion of n nonpartisan rocoptlon to Senator Smoot. He desorves such a reception recep-tion In every city and hamlet In Utah. His life In Washington Is one continual round ot work, work and more work, In the service of his state and country. No citizen Is too hum ble to receive his attention ,and no man or Interest powerful enough to swervo him from the path of duty. Knowing as I do the sentiment of the House of Representatives regarding Senator Smoot as a champion ot tho American doctrine of protection, I assort, and I have measured my words that he stands as conspicuously conspicuous-ly before the country 'today as did William McKinley In 1890. Misrepresentation at Home "It Is nn old saying that 'a prophet proph-et Is not without honor savo In his own country. Of this I ntrf forcibly reminded when I read of the shameful shame-ful efforts here to depreciate the work ot Senator Smoot- and to impugn im-pugn his motives and misrepresent his attitude on public questions. For my part, I prefer to rejoice In tho credit and glory that honestly comes to any and all of Utah's sons In every field of endeavor. I delight to learn ot their achievements and commend them. Instead ot seeking to decry and underrate the work of our Illustrious Illus-trious sons, 1 feel at tho people ot Utah will rather applaud tho ennobling enno-bling sentiment of Daniel Webster: "If I am not richly gifted with 'that spirit which is said to raise morta's to the skies, I thank God that I have none, I trust, of that other spirit that would drag angels down." |