Show editorials ED ITO R I 1 AL S LONG lorio BALLOON TRIPS tin THE idea of long balloon trips across neross the american continent or across te ross the atlantic ocean h has as been a favorite one at dt df lerent times and every once lna ina in a while a great excitement cit ement is created and the credulous or hopeful public is led to anticipate the speedy realization of one of these brilliant anticipations lately two aeronauts aero one at boston and the other at philadelphia 3 have been leading people to suppose that adventurous attempts would be made mado shortly to go up in a balloon from froni the new now to the old world elaborate and scientific preparations have been talked of for the voyage and some confident pre dictions ventured regarding the course and the exact destination of the bold boid voyageurs voya geurs the philadelphia man intending to steer directly I 1 for the vienna exhibition len hen when he alights with the balloon in the prater tho the other visitants tants will be grandly surprised no doubt but it may be w well weli ell eil not to count too confidently upon ones unhatched chickens some years ago professor lowe created similar excitement with his giant balloon and scientific and elaborate furnishings 3 in new york but li ho never made the voyage for a kindly dudly gale one lucky morning split open his big airship air ship and the project was abandoned these later projects are likely to prove equally abortive at the same time it may be possible for a safe balloon voyage to be made across the great ocean but if practicable few persons would be willing to trust themselves on such a voyage GOOD PEACE at the fourth annual session of the general council of the indian Terri territory torys recent recently Y held at okmulgee a resolution was adopted proposing that a communication be submitted to the lio llo was and other tribes of the plains congratulating them upon their friendly relations with the people of the united states and with other indian tribes reassuring them of the continued friendship and fraternal regard of their brothers the confederated Con federated tribes of the indian Terri territory tody toly and of tn t necessity of abstaining from all acts of hostility toward to ward each other and the people of the united State sand odthe of the determination of the general council to intercede for the early liberation of the chiefs San tanta and big tree the latter clause in the resolution was based on a preamble stating that the strict observance and anti exercise of good faith was indispensable to the perpetuity of peace and good will between nations as well as individuals and that certain condition having been complied with by the kiowa mowa indians this government should redeem the promise made to them ing the early pardon and liberation of their chiefs q a IRRIG irrigation ANION CONVENTI convention Ox tiie tile tho san francisco chronicle has the following W tig tag the laramie oal dai ly sentinel of today to day contains an article the calling of a general convention on of the trans missouri states aad and territories at some central point during rd the summer bummer or early fall for the purpose e of organizing a general system of western stern stenn irrigation and to take measures to ascertain the extent of the country which may be reclaimed by such a system the amount of water in the western streams and rivers available for this pur par pose and ind to unite in asking for government aid from congress by the appropriation of lands and money to inaugurate and carry out the enterprise surveyor gene ral dr latham calham of wyoming is now engaged in collecting statistics and informs tion alon on this subject tho sentinel bug sug c suggests the holding of such convention at sat lake city and asks the weste western rn press and people to take hold of andali and ail aid in tl this enterprise A convention of western people interested in irrigation which would include most of them might prove of great benefit to the territories and states where irrigation ia Is necessary much useful information would be elicited and united or harmonious act netlon action on of a bene lecial tendency might result waists WANTS A GREAT PREA PREACHER CHER cincinnati is in distress she wants a f great preacher sho she has no beecher nor spurgeon Spur geon goon nor pere Hya hyacinthe cluthe and she is not happy A great cli oll preacher gives name and tone an and importance mp ortance to a city so it is thought and cincinnati is ambitious in in these matters as well as in things pertaining to pork po rk salt lake and utah ha have havo plenty of preachers every other man preaches and exhorts at times and many of them with much frequency and regularity among thes these must he be a number of great ones their greatness only needing suitable opportunity for development if cincinnati wants a great preacher and cannot suit herself elsewhere she might do worse than try one of the mormon elders WOMAN suite AGE IN INMON MONTANA THE legislature of montana has done a good thing half done it at least and done it apparently unintentionally ally which former detracts from the value if not the merit of the deed and which latter detracts from the merit if no not t the value of tho the same the late session of the legislature was called to rectify the blunders of the previous monstrosity ity of a session and for other purposes a mong among which other purposes it seems the making makino of this rather blundering suffrage provision may be numbered the former session debarred barred de from the elective franchise those male persons who had declared their theu intention to become citizens the latter session restored the suffrage to such I 1 and in addition bestowed it upon female residents who have declared their intention to become citizens this law stands good because the courts are deciding that suffrage is mainly a matter of local not federal regulation here is tuy tul the section as amended SECTION X I 1 all male citizens of the tho united states above the age ot of twenty one y years ears and all persons as of 0 the same a age nwe go who shall have decuf deeff declared their In intention Int tenion enlon ot of becoming sach citizens shall be entitled to vote abany at any election for delegate to congress congressi and for tor territorial count county and precinct officers provided they shale have bave resided in the territory six months and in the county who where re the they y offer to vote thirty days next preceding pa g the day ot of election the new north northwest drib west however it may regard woman suffrage generally ob objects ejects to the partiality no doubt unintended of the new law and says whatever title those ladies ladles may have to suffrage we think the legislature a ma johnty ot of whom were native born should have evidenced at least equal appreciation ot of american be born women P and extended to them whatever rights privileges immunities and honors are conveyed thereby to those who owe their citizenship to the ilg big tig ship sailing safely when they left lott the old country it Is a little unkind ot of the montana legislature to require a woman t go and te lie born abroad or be defrauded ot of her civil rights of course that slight of american native born women was altogether a mistake whether tho the granting of suffrage to other women was or was not but we congratulate the women of montana 1 Ion lon tann tana those who have thus received the suffrage upon their good fortune providence has unexpectedly provided for them though in a manner that may seem invidious to others yet it may lead to an extension of the privilege to all the women of the territory and we hope it will if they desire it our above referred to looking at the entering wedge of woman suffrage in our neighbor ing commonwealth in the north says the ladles la in deer lodge county qualified by the above act to vote are mrs Gwen gwenllian illan evans mrs E P thomas nee gwen evans mrs margaret ellasson eliasson mrs dennis manton mauton man mau ton nee susanna E jordon mrs ellen C jensen mrs margaret lavally these ladies have filed their declaratory cl papers to enable them to preempt land and are thus unexpectedly qualified to cast the votes that may decide the coming election in deer lodge county candidates will do well to take into consideration this thia new elem clem element ent in local politics for not only these six elc but bul a host of others may determine to have a say at the polls this new legal provision does not directly affect many women indeed the there re are not many in montana Monta iia ila compared with their numbers in some other parts of the country but it indirectly affects them all and if they are plucky and ambitious in that d direction I 1 they will not give up an inch of ground gai gal gained fied fled but press forward until they are rewarded with full and complete victory 0 0 ABOUT 11 ARRIAGE A new now york contemporary bontemp omm see another column of the NEWS says people are very unsettled upon the marriage question are not satisfied with it as it is and want it modified regulated and fixed up in a diffie different rent manner this is not to be wondered at the marriage question is one of the most important questions before men and women and generally it is not in a thoroughly satisfactory condition in the world at large but these things are managed differently in utah here this elsewhere vexed question is settling itell very satisfactorily facto rily as fast as the law allows and a good deal faster than some of the impertinently meddlesome interpreters terp reters of the thew law appear to relish but their efforts prove futile and the grand and greatly desired i evolution progresses very no REMEDY in the denver loews news is the following from salt lake june 12 judge juddi mckean emclean held that no laws exist in utah to give a remedy to a person who was maliciously prosecuted then it is good for some people when the judge decides otherwise the public will be glad to know it as several persons not only maliciously but illegally prosecuted one or two years ago and liberated by flat of the supreme court of the united states may expect to be awarded a competent amount for damages WHAT HE MIGHT havela HAVE rave SAID sald ID the following comes from the cincinnati commercial mr whitelaw reid thinks there la Is a side to politics which makes it the most edi the most important ot of all earthly objects of human study and especially worthy the attention of scholars the questions which claim their consideration considerations now that the days of sentimental politics are run are U upon us it may be this Is so but the practical un land and least credi creditable tabe side of 0 politics is upp uppermost r m t and we fear will remain s so 0 g nol after mr irald heid held has ceased to labor i in a the good cause As between a halt half enward doz dozen ward m manipulators a pui pul we care are as little for deboi scholarship ar as th the Y yankee lik rik traveller did 11 d a about t the be old ruins riso rise ot rome romo and a b halt half 11 do dozen scholars h irs irb arand 11 we would li ii 11 w wager go a han ban hundred d r ed to one oce e the wire re pullers bullers would win all the time the commercial is nearer right than whitelaw is if he be had bad said statesmanship instead of politics he would have hit the mark exactly statesmanship 19 18 is 19 one of the most important subjects of human study but politics well the less of them the better A statesman is worthy of respect and honor but a mere politician is scarcely worthy of contempt |