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Show MAYOR REPLIES , i'1 TO 51 CRITIC; Ogden Executive Questions' Veracity of Certain Statements State-ments in ''Citizen" Replying to on article printed m"lhe current Issue of "The Cltlsen," D Ball Luke weekly In which Mayor Frank' Francis Is arraigned and quoted as j having announced himself as candi-l date for governor of I'tah with the; approval of Senator William II King, the mayor today issued the following, Hiatement: ! "My attention has heen called to the: late issuo of the "Citizen," a Salt Lake weekly devoted to the Republican call,' in which the statement is made to the etfect that there has been a howl of resentment and rage' recently w hen Mayor Francis announced that he was In the race for governor at the request re-quest of Senator King and other prom-lent prom-lent Democrats whom he did not, IKiin. "1 hao never made the announcement announce-ment of my candidacy and never have tempted to put myself forward In that light except to confirm tin slate- mint that Senator King had tald he would make a good governor." and my1 name had been mentioned for the of-J ticc by other prominent Democrats "The 'Citizen' says the veterans of the Democratic party were as much astonished by the "effrontery of this newcomer seeking favor as they were, hy the audacity of Senator King In at-tempting at-tempting to dictate the state ticket.1 i "It is noted that Prank Pi Gallagher is editor and James V GatWy is business busi-ness manager of the Ottzcn.' When these men were unknown to Utah. Mayor Francis was a resident of Og-ucn Og-ucn and has been in this state some twenty-four years. How much longer a person would have to be here to not be classed as a newcomer' I am not attempting to say. I understand a week or two ago! the Citizen made the statement that when Mayor Francis was identified with the Democratic party for more than one year at a time. h would be entitled to consideration by the partv I presume this means that because 1 j 1 ere never been a machine politician ', or even as much as a persistent office, seeker that I am not entitled to rec-; opnitlon. 'The motive back of the Citizen' is not made clear. If it is a Republican! orran offering advice to the Democrats, Demo-crats, it would be well for the party to do the opposite. If it is voicing the sentiment of some Democrats who, art In the close confidence of this Rc-i publican organ, it would become evident evi-dent that only party treachery is intended, in-tended, and that the purpose of this ( publication is to create petty Jealousies and discord within the Democratic' |