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Goodwin's Weekly I
VOL. XXI. Eleventh Year SALT LAKE CITY, UT7 rl, MAY 18, 1912 5 Cents the Copy No. 5 WM
Put His Enemies Out In ffie Open I
& FJ'OR Governor of Utah subject to the decision of the people at the
JP polls in November, 1912 William Spry.
The Weekly takes great pleasure, just at this juncture, in mak
ing that nomination. It is high time for the case to be plainly stated.
It is high time for the friends of the governor and their name is le
gion, and their home is all the' way from the Idaho to the Arizona
line to know that their active and united effort in his" cause is now
needed. It is time for plainly and clearly stating that enemies of the
governor have been busy for many months to prevent his renomina
tion; that they have in their c. ipaign against him put out the poi
son of innuendo, of veiled accusation, of alleged quoting from un
known and unnamed sources but always with the definite purpose
of discrediting Governor Spry with the people of the state he has
so well and so constantly served.
We believe that Utah wants Governor Spry for another term.
Surely he has deserved it. We believe that it is necessary only for
them to understand the source and the motive of the slippered and
treacherous campaign that is making against liim, to rally at once to
his standard, and give him that hearty indorsement of voice and vote
whieh an able executive, conscious of duty well doae, always de
serves at the hands of the American people.
i Why propose him? Because if there be a logic in faithfulness, in
f effectiveness, in valuable service, in general benefit realized, and in
th promise of greater things to come then 'William Spry should be
now and clearly the candidate of the people for the place he has so
splendidly filled.
Remember, it is he to whom is due the qredit for the great pro
gress that has been made toward the construction of a capitol build
ing for Utah. Remember, the project was defeated on the first effort
in that direction, and that Governor Spry devised the plan and se
4 cured from the legislature the appropriation which makes the struc
ture now a certainty.
Hundreds of Utah citizens stood in the senate chamber nearly
four years ago, when Governor Spry delivered his innaugural ad
dress. They will remember the splendid passages of that pledge for
himself and plea to the people. He has kept his pledges to the letter. H
He has done his duty to the full. And that plea for peace in Utah, H
that urging the people of this state to stand together for the good H
of the commonwealth and the honor of their manhood, is nearer ful-
fillment today than it ever has been before. And it is nearer because EH
of the priceless work of William Spry, governor of Utah.
He has been and is now and will ever continue to be, while he B
occupies that chair, the governor of all the people. No line has been M
drawn or will be drawn by which any man of a party opposed to his
own is discriminated against because of politics. No citizen's rights M
have been curtailed by him because of church affiliation. He has fl
been accessible at all times 'by every person who has sought his pres- M
ence; and his interest and his help in every worthy cause personal fl
or associated have been at tlic demand 'of all the people. M
He works more hours than almost any other man in the state.
He responds to every demand made upon his time. He devotes him- M
self to the varied interests that affect the present or involve the fu- M
ture of his state. M
And wherever outside the state he has gone, there a better senti- pH
ment for Utah has been planted. The state ranks higher for the in- KH
fluence Governor Spry has exerted. Its prestige is better among the M
men and women of influence throughout the nation. M
He is safe. He is progressive to the limit of prudence, and M
never a step beyond. He is brave enough to do right even in the M
face of much persuasion. And he is strong enough to keep his wrists M
frpm .the shackles that the arrogant federal building group would put M
upon them even though he knows he will invoke the hatred of men M
who can not control him. H
The selection of a governor is the privilege and the province of jH
the citizens of this state. Any man has a right to aspire to that high jH
place. We have no quarrel with any one seeking the office with honor. H
But in the firm belief that every interest of Utah will be conserved M
by his re-election, we name him now the candidate of the people: H
WILLIAM SPRY FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF M
GOVERNOR OF UTAH. M
i; s & Editorials for the Laity & & I
. SOME WOMEN DON'T WANT
TO GOVERN THEMSELVES.
HERE comes a good-looking paper
called The Woman's Protest. I
1 Is published In New York, and
has for Its mission the defeat of the
movement for woman's suffrage. Which
Is very unsisterly in the Protest.
It is difficult for mere man to deal
with a question so exclusively con
cerning the superior sex. But it
seems to be a matter that ought to
bo settled, and so The Weekly settles
it.
There is some question about the
wisdom of granting the right of suf
frage to any one. When you look over
the expense accounts of the county
and the city ohairmen, after any elec
tion, and note the amount of money
paid to get people to the polls, you
aro forced to the conclusion thoc it
is up to the voters who wenr whiskers
and pants to prove that they are en
titled to any broader degree of citi
zenship than is Implied in the graci
ous permission of a king. A very cur
sory reading of history proves that in
the beginning only a few men asked
for the franchise; and they had Sa
tan's own time convincing their fel
lows that the thing was good. But
they must have been great oiganlzers,
for they fought wars here and else
where dedicated to the proposition
that one man was as good as another,
and that none good enough to boss
any one else around. And, wherever
they have set up the standard of man
" hood suffrage, they have got it with
the single and trifling exception of
Russia, which doesn't care to be con
sidered civilized, any way.
The point is that men were given
the right to vote, and so govern them
selves, even when much less than all
of them asked for it. There never
has been a time when all the men ox
pressed a desire to vote, or a pur
pose to do so. And there certainly
never has been a time when anything
like all of them did vote. Of course,
if any king should arise in the land,
and tell them he would attend to their
governmental business for thorn, and
all they had to do was make money
and pay their taxes, they probably
would get up an army and drive him
into the middle of the lake. But that
wouldn't prove that they wanted to
govern themselves. It would prove
only that they didn't want any one
else to do it.
And yet the whole world believes in
the rule of the people, in democracy.
You can't hire thorn to vote for any
certain candidate. The law doesn't
allow it. But you have to hire them
'o go to the polls And you havo to
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send a carriage for thorn though the
only chance they have to ride in such
a vehicle is at elections and funerals M
And even in the latter case they have B
to take chances on being delegated to M
tho proud distinction of pall bearers. M
So that, the right of franchise has M
been granted to men although not 19
all of them have asked for it, not near- mm
ly all of them exercise it, and not one B
in ten will go to the primaries on IH
hio own volition. Why should a wo- jH
man ask for unanimous consent to the H
franchise for her sex when a less ex-
acting rule obtains in the case of tho H
man? H
And yet, thero is no principle more !H
firmly established than that so long tM
as ono man demands tho right to gov- H
ern himself; so long as it is an ac- H
cepted rule that men must bo per- jH
mitted to vote, that right must bo ac- H
corded all of them. No rule of fitness jH
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