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Show I NOW THEY WANT THE HEADQUARTERS. .There it goes again. The Standard Ead the first of the week that there j1 was a prospect of Union Pacific head- 1 quarters being moved from Omaha' to Ogden when the Union Pacific absorbed ab-sorbed the Central Pacific under the privilege conferred by the supreme court of the United States. The Standard Stan-dard expressed faith in President Mohler of the" Union Pacific, whoso j control of the Harriraan road has i shown that he knowB no favorites, operating his road solely for tho best interests of the stockholders, and we ; gave as an opinion that Ogden, be-ing be-ing the geographical center, might ap-I ap-I j peal to the president of the Union Pa- I, j clfic as the proper point from which the headquarters could keep in close i touch with all parts of this railroad empire. When a gambler plays a card to lose ,. he "coppers" the card. Down in Salt - , Lake the Commercial club, having j j j been Informed that the Standard la i . I advocating the naming of Ogden as j headquarUjrBrfor the Unlop Pacific i , system, has played gambler and has , ' "coppered" Ogden. j , Only last Wednesday the Standard I 7 reproduced a letter from the socre-jtary,of socre-jtary,of the Commercial club in which I that, official declared the club hnd a I greater mission to perform than constantly con-stantly opposing Ogden's ambitions. But three days havo passed and thwe professions -0f love and affection are shown to be empty assurances simply intended to disarm the people of Ogden Og-den of all suspicion, while the Commercial Com-mercial club members worked like troopers to undermine this city's very foundations. At a meeting of the Salt Lake Commercial Com-mercial club last evening the following fol-lowing resolution was presented: "Whereas the Union Pacific Railroad Rail-road company Is a corporation (of the state of Utah, with all of its lines and those of Its associnte companies converging con-verging in Utah; and "Whereas Salt Lake City is so situated sit-uated as to be the natural and convenient con-venient center for the administration of the business of said railroad and its associated companies; and "Whereas tho Commercial club of Salt Lake City is an organization of 2,000 business men of Salt Lake City and Its neighborhood, representing the business interests of the region and including many of the principal patrons pa-trons of said Union Pacific Railroad company; therefore be it "Resolved, by tho membors of the Commercial club of Salt Lake City, in general meeting assembled, That the Union Pacific Railroad company be respectfully requested to establish its general offices at Salt Lake City; and be It further "Resolved; That the board of governors govern-ors of this club be urged to present this request to the officers of said Union Pacific Railroad company, with a statement of the facts nnd conditions condi-tions which make it appear logical and desirable for said ralhoacL to maintain its general offices in Salt Lake City." Simon Bamberger suggested that, inasmuch as the Union Pacific did not reach Salt Lake, (hat It be urged that the headquarters be given to Ogden Og-den Instead of Salt Lake. It was then explained by members of the Commercial club that under one plan of reorganization now proposed all of the Harrlman lines were to bo, brought under the Union Pacific ownership own-ership and control and in this event "Salt Lake would be the ideal location loca-tion for the headquarters." The resolutions were then .adopted. Simon Bamberger has our thanks in his effort to exact fair treatment for Ogden. Evidently the Salt Lakers are resolved re-solved to monopolize Everything in sight and to appropriate everything to their own use that their long arms and hands can reach. They nrc '.oo' selfish to get beyond the provincial stag. ' r - - nu. tw -.- iii , |