Show I I Letters Must Be Os TVr TVr I TV TT 0 Opinion p I n Ions Welcomed ii Signed Names With With- PEOPLES PEOPLE'S M H I I Ml H V I COR CORNER I 1 Ic PM TER H P Please PI I e a e Do Not held Upon Request JL JJ V J. i O V 4 JL Exceed Words 1 Attacks Coddling Of U Utah tah Criminals I Editor Tha The Tel Telegram am In your edition of or Saturday I noticed a stor story to the effect that arrangements arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar had been made mado to give Ithe I the Inmates of or the Utah state te prison exhibitions of ot motion pictures during during dur dur- ing JuS- the tho winter It it- W was vas S stated that the Inmates were WE're assured of ar 15 seeing the movies Nothing was said however howe as to whether they would I be furnished with cushioned seats I or other conveniences for tor their com i fort Now It strikes me rae that there Is entirely too much slopping over vei I about bout the poor convict On the first of or tho the current month thero were inmates In tho the prison and during tho the month of or December four had been paroled Every one of or the Inmates are thero be because because be- be cause causo they violated the law In many manyI I ways from rom forgery forger up ip to the tho taking I or of human lives The They arc carefully housed the they havo have m many ny comforts that law abiding citizens do not have and they are pampered and feted b by welfare commissions who labor und under r the delusion that the they are reforming them How well they succeeded Is shown by by- bythe the tho horrible tragedy committed In Davis ls county by one of or the tho paroled reformed convicts As I understand It penitentiarIes penitentiaries peni pent are not reformatories but butare butare butare are places of or punishment for lor those thosa who break tho tim law Jaw Ever Every good citizen believes that prisoners should be bo treated humanely but In doing this It Jt Is Js not necessary to toI I furnish them with picture and other Instalment Plan on Fines Attacked Editor The Telegram It may be that there are other cities In the United St States tes where violators of or the law wh when convicted and t sentenced to pay 3 a a. fine fino aro aee permitted to p pay y the tho fine tine on the instalment pl plan n but if Ie so IO o I do not recall where th they y nr are In the police court according to the report printed a man pleaded guilty to being drunk and while white In that condItion condition con con- drove along alonS' tho the streets a a. menace to all He ne was sentenced to pay a a. ZOO fine fino or serve days in Jail Monday ho appeared apPe In lathe the tho police court presided over by Judge Daniel Harrington Harrington- His attorney ap appeared cared with him and md after a conference conference conference con con- ference with tho the Judge In which It was said AId that the convicted drivers driver's tam family II was dependent upon him Judge JudS Harrington reed agreed d to let him pay the fine in Instalments the first payment of ot 25 being Ing paid Isn't It a a. sorry sorn spectacle epe when Justice justice Jus jus- tice tico turns so lenient as to Inaugurate Inaugurate inaugurate rate the tho Instalment system of fines JERRY JERR I amusements amusement When those who ho break tho the la law Ian know that a R. conviction means hard labor the deprivation of ot feasts the shutting of off of ot many ot of the comforts they had when outside outside out out- side then we will vili have havo less crime and fewer tr tragedies edies such as the one of oC a a. week ago for conviction means punishment However tho h hands of or the tho pardon board must be bo kept off oce J J. J T. T MASON MASO-l. Asks Enforcement of All State Laws Editor The Tho T Telegram legram It Is said laId about that we wear weare weare ar are a 3 p peculiar ullar people I have have- never r believed this until recently but I have e now come to believe th that t weare wo we are a peculiar people and this applies applies ap ap- ap- ap plies in many ways For Por there are three vacancies in the legislature of oC the tho state and one In Inthe Inthe inthe the congress of ot th the tha nation nallon ProvIsIon Provision Provision Pro Pro- vision Is Js made by the constitution of ot the state and In th the law enacted under that document which makes the filling o of the vacancies mandatory mandatory mandatory manda manda- tory on the part of or the governor through the calling of or special ele elec elec- The law officer of or the state has advised the governor that the law pertaining to tho the filling of ot the vacancies is mandatory The state committees of or tho the two great parties and the boards of or commissioners Inthe in inthe inthe the counties where the vacancies s sIn in the legislature occur and in the district where the vacancy ex exists have appealed to the governor to violate the law Jaw by ignoring ls Jt it it duo due duoto duoto to the cost of or hold holding Ins Ins- the elections For another Instance of ot peculiarity peU- peU tho the state high school In InSpector Inspector In In- 5 tor presents to the state board of or education a long IonS communication pointing out that religious educatIon education education tion la Js prohibited in tho the public schools yet et ho has discovered that tha credits are aro allowed for religious work taken in d denominational semInaries seminaries sem sem- manes which are In close proximity to high schools This is declared a violation of ot tho the spirit of or the constitution constitution con can and law of the st state Jt which declares that thero there shall be Le absolute separation of or church am and state stat and he ho calls upon the state state- board to see that the law is en enforced en- en forced Now ow regardless of or what mv my belief is regarding tho the matter of or religious education E why h should not all nil the laws bo be enforced d and by al althe all aJl the elective officials to state stata of ot- ot flees Why 11 hy ask the governor go to violate tho law and wh why ask k tho the state sUte superintendent of or public in instruction instruction In- In to enforce it Both of officials of- of are part of the executive branch of ot the tho state Both are aro re responsible responsible responsible re- re under tho and the tho law It may bo be that this thin is wh why we are aro called a peculiar people But let us have an enforcement ol ot of all laws by all officials ANDREW DREW LARSON |