Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-06-16 | Page 4 | Must Keep out of their Back Yard

presence with as much decorum and grace as possible, saying: "Excuse me, sir; I did not aim to offend you, In fact, I was not aware I you were bo sensitive. Good-bye!' s MUST KEEP OUT OF THEIR BACK f YARD. Tho correspondence which has pessed between Joseph Geoghegan, chairman of the flnanco committee of tho G. A. R. reception In Salt Laka City, and OBcar 13. Madson, chairman o? tho Weber county board of commissioners, proves that the petulance petu-lance of Salt Lakers, which was strongly manifested immediately following fol-lowing tho defeat of tho capitol tax, continues to abide with them. Mr. Geoghegan, who is a nico fcl- low when his environments aro favorable, favor-able, answering Mr. Madson's letter announcing that the county commissioners commis-sioners of Weber would limit their appropriation ap-propriation of money to Ogden's participation par-ticipation in the entertainment of the old soldiers, Informs Mr. Madson that tho narrow spirit displayed In that communication forces him to request that Weber county keep its funds; that Salt Lako can entertain the G. A. R. without aid from such a source. We have been laboring under tho delusion that a big fraction of tho army of old soldiers and their friends would come to Ogden during the encampment, en-campment, to bo received with hos-pltalily, hos-pltalily, and that, to help entertain tho veterans, Ogtlen could do nothing so acceptable, in the grand scheme of entertainment, en-tertainment, as to look after this end of the reception, but Mr. Geoghegan suddenly breaks In to inform us that Salt Lake does not expect Ogden to do any entertaining he simply asks for Ogden and Weber county's money and Salt Lako will do the entertaining. entertain-ing. There Is nothing for Ogden to do but back out of Mr. Geoghegan's i