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Show RALLIES HELD By DEMOCRATS Burch Creek and Taylor Hear Issues Discussed By Campaigners The Republicans are not only bend ing every effort to retake the campaign cam-paign ground ihat has already been lost to them on the league of nations issue, but they are actually misreading the covenant of (he league, according lo Judge L R! MartlheiiU, Jr , of Salt Lake t "ty. who delivered the principal address at a Democratic meeting -a the liurch creek district last night. Taking up the league covenant section sec-tion by section the Salt Lake jurist furnished one of the most complete analyses of the document that has been heard during the present campaign in I this county The speaker also ascertained ascer-tained that not only have many per sons not read tho covenant, but have actually been misled as to its contents bj Republican, campaign speakers. WANT TEXT OF COVENANT. in tbls connection Judge Martiheau said many people are now desirous of obtaining a copy of the league covenant cove-nant and thai it has been found utterly utter-ly Impossible to obtain it In any form at the Republican Btate headquarters In Sail Lake. This and the efforts of the Republican campaigners to befog the minds of the people regarding the document, the speaker said, nr turning turn-ing many vot.erj to Gov ernor Cox and 'other Democratic candidates who have 33S declared in favor of the league. r r RALLY AT TAYLOR. Using th" form, r arguments of prom fcjv in n. Republican leaders of today in 0 proof of the constiiutionality of the Bp! ''.'.T..IUI " the l( ague ot natinm B; judge J. W, McKinney of Salt Lake wfc City, presented a masterly discussion Ffe of the principal campaign issue in an Eg addreae at a Democratic meeting in , Bj Taylor last night Judge McKinney ! H j was introduced by County Commission K3 er Martin IJ. Crown. fV, "If Senator Lodge was certain of fl constitutionality of a league cove-! H nam in l'Jlo what has caused him to Q face about as regards the covenant B 'of the league of nations as it stands pre .todav "" iiest iom (1 ih- Sail Lake Wl j speaker "There can be only one an- IB swer and that is his partisan altitude. gW FAVOR OF LEAGUE. "Not only Speaker Lodge but othe- B jprominent Republicans of (hat time, in- H ,cluding the late Theodore Roosevelt, ' declared In favor of an International I association of nations and a covenant J v.uh force behind it Senator Lodgo 'was especially in favor of a strong I league agreement, approvir, in fall measure of the consUtutionaiity ;H Isuch a course for this country." Judg- M.-Kmnev ..I o 1 .:. d ihn i Senator Reed Smoot could have 9 crowned his eighteen ears' record in sfi the congress of the United States with k the undying gnililude of his constit-ll : uonts had he seen fit to lay aside his ' 81 j partisan atlilude long enough to grant W& , th people of Utah their desire that ; Hgl this country be represented in the J K league ,. no R'. |