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Show come into the general support of the G. A. R. preparations and arrangements, arrange-ments, of course, the general finance committee could have nothing to do with it. nor could it be advantageously advantageous-ly used. And so, an appropriation such as was suggested by the chairman chair-man of the Weber county commissioners, commission-ers, applying it solely to the local en-tortalnment en-tortalnment of visitors who might visit vis-it Ogden, would have nothing to do with the matter of which Mr. Geoghegan is In charge, nor would it help in tho least in the general work. We think the people of the State generally will agree with Mr. Geoghegan Geoghe-gan In his allusion to the narrow spirit displayed by the Weber county commissioners, com-missioners, on this occasion; but of course, that spirit is their own, and their disposition is what must govern their acts. It' is evident that Ogden wants nothing to do with the general features of the G. A. R. encampment, and so all concerned might as well understand un-derstand it. In the meantlmo, the G. A. R. preparations prepar-ations are going forward in splendid form, and we shall have an encampment encamp-ment here that will be the glory of this western country, as well as of the Grand Army Itself. And Ogden, as well as the rest of the earth, is Invited In-vited to come and enjoy it with the people of Salt Lake. Fortunately for us, the old veterans are not Iongears to be rounded up, roped and branded by Salt Lake City. The boys who fought for the freedom free-dom of the slaves are not at this late date to be made to feel that they are the property of anyone. If they feel disposed to stop off in Ogden, or, after reaching their destination, they prefer Ogden, we are of the opinion they will disregard the rulcB which the committee on entertainment in Salt Lake is framing. OGDEN WILL ENTERTAIN THE'' VETERANS. ! I And now Ogden is pointedly inform- W cd that Salt Lake will not allow this I city to participate ' in tho entertain- I ment of the G. A. R. in August. The 1 Salt Lake Tribune of this morning. f "iomub wua auinonty, we presume, l sayss . ' Joseph Geoghegan evidently expected expect-ed that his application for an appropriation appro-priation from- Weber county would be met by the large-minded, public-spirited sense In which he applied for it and in which the legislature made the authorization. This, however, appears to not have been the Idea of those who control Weber county, and in reply to tne local-use-alone answer he received to his application, he wrote a spirited - ,11:. roKreU,nS the "rather narrow P hlch-was displayed by the Y .comml88onors of Weber, and aswng the chairman of that board to dleregwd hia . former request for an naUon of' fundB 'ni Weber . county to aid in tho expenses of the xv ' encamPment. - the l? BUro that th08e charge of 1 rat &rran8nint for tha coming en- UnIeB appropriation can k - |