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Show Editorial PREST. HARDING LEAVES WITH PLEASANT MEMORIES The people of Bingham were unable to greet their President in Bingham on Tuesday, aa his trip to the mines of this camp was abandoned. Although he did not come to Bingham, a number of Binghamites ' made the trip to Salt Lake to welcome t him. Regardless of political persuasion and affiliation they greeted him as the nation's chief executive, a man of stalwart stal-wart character and high endeavor, endea-vor, and declared that no incident inci-dent in his trip would leave him with a more pleasant memory than his visit to Utah. It is not only President Harding's high privilege, but in one sense it is his duty to make a tour of the country, get in touch with local conditions and give the people a chance to see and hear their chief executive. Every American Ameri-can wants to see the president which ever party may be in power and whoever may be the occupant of the office, few people peo-ple can journey to Washington. Mr. Harding made up his cabinet cabin-et of men who are fully capable of conducting their departments, depart-ments, and he has had the goodness good-ness to leave the management of the business to them, subject to the general policies agreed upon in conference. He has not tried to make his one-man administration ad-ministration and will continue on his way to Alaska to ascertain ascer-tain the best way to govern that country and develop its inexhaustable resources. The Alaskans claim they have too much government, they claim they have been deprived of the mines, fisheries and forest reserves, re-serves, consequently they are asking for centralized government. govern-ment. President Harding is on his way to Alasko to look into this situation and if he can fathom fa-thom out a correct idea of the proper kind of government needed he will no doubt move that Congress act accordingly. It was too bad1 he was unable to stay with us longer but it is to be hoped at some future date we may once more have the privilege of entertaining him. |