The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-13
REASONS GIVEN WHY
CONGRESSMAN HOWELL
SHOULDBERE-ELECTED
Influential Citizen Reviews Record Of Utah's Senior
Representative and Tells Why Utah's Interests
Would be Best Served by Continuing Cache Coun-
tvs Favored Son in Congress.

While at Salt Lake City few days
ago the editor had the pleasure of
conference with one Of the best post
ed, and most influential citizens of
the state, and incidentally the con-
yersation turned towards politics, and
the denomination Of our mutual friend
Hon. Joseph Howell, came up. This
gentleman was SO earnest In his sup
port and desire for the denomination
of the Congressman that we asked
him to write us few lines for pub
lication. He promised to do so and
here it is:
For more than year there has
been a general and almost certain
feeling In the national capital that
the House of Representatives in the
next Congress will be Republican,;
this feeling has been shared by all
regardless of political utilization, and
through the developments Of. events
during the past year this feeling has
intensified until 1t has become nation
wide, extending even to the solid
Democratic states of the South. This
is particularly satisfying and encour'
aging 70 the people Of this state for
it confirms their judgment as express
ed at the polls two years ago. And,
from all present indications the peo-
pie of this state have not changed
their minds as then expressed, and
will not do so at the coming election
when their past good Judgment is
about to be confirmed by the nation
While the political complexion OF
the Senate of the next Congress is as
yet uncertain, there is no uncertain
" that this State will return to the
United States Senate her present Sen
ior Senator, who will certainly with
in the next four years again find him
self working shoulder to shoulder
with a Republican majority.
Everything seems now to indicate
Utah's two representatives in Con
gress will find themselves safely on
the Republican side Of the House with
the majority. when the first roll OF
the next Congress Is called. mas
much as all the announced candidates
from the second Congressional dis
trict are new men SO far as Congress
sional experience Is concerned, they
seem. Just now, at the beginning OF
the race to be running neck and neck
so far as public sentiment is con
cerned. Many excellent men have
been named, but up to this time nc
one Of them seems to have forged far
ahead of the others.
In the first Congressional district
the race apparently is between 10
seph Howell, OF Cache county, and ia
cob Johnson, of San Pete, both men
OF Congressional experience. Not
withstanding both men are worthy
representatives of the people, the
general sentiment at the present time
which seems to be growing, favors
Joseph Howell for the following rea
sons;
Congressman Howell is at the pres
ent time the ranking Republican
member OF the Committee on Mines
and Mining, and, II the next House
is Republican-as 1t is generally con
ceded 1t will be-Congressman How
ell, II reelected, will be chairman OIL
the Committee on Mines and Mining
in the House. This will make hin
the most influential and powerful man
in the House OF Representatives IN
all matters pertainihS to the Mines
and Mining industry of our nation
Inasmuch as this is mater when
concerns most vitality one of the most
important industries as well as one
OF the leading natural resources OF