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Show DAILY UTAH STATE JOURNAL OGDEN, UTAH. FRANK J. CANNON. EDITOR. A GOOD RECORD VS. A BAD RECORD. UTAH SCHOOL FOR HEROES. The best school for heroism in the United States is the fire department. There is nothing in this world which begins to compare with the exactions made by the fire seryice of mind of men. upon the courage and presence The man who goes to battle with his man meets an active human entity against which he is arrayed upon approximately equal terms; and this presence of a fellow being in opposition to him is provocative of courage. 3ut the fire fighter contends against an life licking, unbounded-- in its frenzy the earthly semblance of eternal wrath. To be a great fireman is to be the very quintessence of personal bravery. Such men we have in Utah in the fire departments of Ogden and Salt Lake, the of which will afford tales of devotion which are worthy of place in the world's annals of heroism. And now comes to us from New York one of these striking instances of coolness and intensity of devotion, such as to attract the attention of mankind and particu-arl- y to thrill the heart of the fireman with oy and zeal. On Monday of this week, a fire proke out in the immense factory of the Oil Seeds Pressing company in Brooklyn, threatening to sweep a crowded tenement section in he city. Fourteen engines and two big fire poats were required to keep the flames from eating into adjoining factories and spreading o the densely crowded homes where women and little children were massed. Fire Chief Dooley was on his way, when his driver found a delivery wagon blocking his road too late avoid it without danger to pedestrians The chief's buggy and on the sidewalk. lorse then were deliberately dashed head on into the delivery wagon, smashing that vehicle, throwing the fire driver out and cnocking him senseless and tossing the chief out upon his head on the pavement. The chief 8 buggy was injured, but the horse was intact. Without waiting for assistance the chief sprang to his feet, shattered and bruised as he was, gave one look at his unconscious driver, jumped into the vehicle and drove the lorse like mad to the scene of the fire. After ;he conflagation was subdued he was carried 0 the hospital. It is worth an epic poem. fel-o- w This paper has already compared the bad record of President Theodore Roosevelt with no record of Democratic canthe didates. Now it proposes to compare the public record of the probable Democratic candidates, with the certain bad record of the present occupant of the White House. First, to yet the painful subject out of the of President way, let the bad public record facts as known Roosevelt stand upon the stated by Republican organs and heretofore sufficiently exposed in these colums. Second, let the possible Democratic nominees appear in their order. Alton B. Parker has been in public life for nearly a generation. lie has demonstrated the possession of judicial poise a most needed qualification for the presidency; he has dealt with intricate questions of law and public polity and his views have won for him the respect of lawyers and the people; he has shown that he is a student of the big questions of national and international life; and in all his public career there is neither personal whim nor public blunder for which to make apology. George B. McClellan, now mayor of New York City, and winning golden opinions for his strength and breadth in that important office, has served in five congresses of the United States and has proved himself to be possessed of eminent qualifiations for any place requiring conservatism, integrity, and devotion to the public's weal. His record as a high public officer surpasses that of Theodore Roosevelt in duration of the time and far exceeds it in the demonstration of good qualities. McClellan is a lawyer more, he so-call- ed elemen- ; t-merciless, his-;o- ry was a journalist. Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, needs only to be named to call to mind one of the most splendid administrations of the state department that America has ever seen. Possessing the vigor and sturdiness of the Puritans, he exhibited the breadth of national statesmanship and carved for himself an imperishable niche in the hall of greatness. The wretched morbidness of these times William Randolph Hearst, congressman is shown by an account which proceeds from from New York City, was born to vast wealth Denver. One Miss Josephine De Voir of Morand might have been an idler; but he chose to ristown, New Jersey, wanted to photograph enter with heart and brain and money into he face of a man in pain. She hired some the conflict. He has adhered to his Demo- 001 in Pueblo, or Denver, to agree to let a cratic tendencies; he labors and expends for railroad train run over his hand in order that the people. While he has been a holder of she might catch the expression of agony by office for merely a brief time, his public career her camera. That kind of a she wolf should as a journalist has made of him a national be put in a prison for the rest of her natural character, lie has fought the class to which life, and confined to a diet of bread and water he belonged in order to serve the people to with no water and mighty little bread; and whom in a dearer sense he belonged. the man who consented to the horrible propArthur P. Gorman, duriug fourteen years osition should be sent to the insane asylum. a senator of the United States, is one of the 1 most accomplished legislators the coun The Idaho papers are still fighting over in times. He modern has has seen occutry the confirmation of Smith Wooley's appointpied during the whole period of bis public ment to be superintendent of the Boise assay service an exalted position in the councils of office. In the meantime Wooley holds the job his party. An index of his character may be and draws the and the charges against salary; found in the fact that, while Republicans oc him having been sat down upon by Senator cupying similar position on their side of the Heyburn, who weighs 270 pounds are not chamber, hiye been getting vastly rich, Sena likely to rise to public attention. tor Gorman has remained a comparatively The Nevada State Journal says: When holding to the high ideals of the South that service sacrifice is man entails deemed necessary to scan the record of a it for public poor the public need. presidential candidate on the eight-hoquesof New York City, tion, it looks as if organized labor had become Charles A. .Tow ne, former member of congress and former sena- a tremendous political force in the United tor from the state of Minnesota, has demon- States. And it is if it stands firmly by its strated in his career that he is one of the purpose at the critical time that is on election day. greatest of living statesmen. Intelletual to a rare degree, courageous as has been no other While we are about it, what's the matter man of his scholarly class, he has shown that with Col, Ed Loose for nomhe could throw away the ambitions of this ination on the Republican ticket? He has got world in order to stand as an admonition to as many joyful idiosyncrasies and more brains public servants. In his speeches in the house than and his presidency over the of representatives and the senate of the Unit senateRoosevelt, would be a thing of beauty and a joy ed States, he showed that he possessed ; forever. knowledge of economics and world relations equaled perhaps by no other man in the UnitTruth, the weekly paper of Salt Lake,, is ed States and certainly approached by no man trying to mandamus County Clerk James into of his years in public life. giving to Truth its share of legal notices for These are the public records, in brief, o Jublication. If the court wont mandamus will do it leaving off the first Democratic aspirants to the nomination for and third syllables of the word. ihe presidency. Compare them with that f Thedore Roosevelt. No Democrat is proposec The Intermountain Catholic of Salt Lake who is not devoted to the interests of the peo- shows that more than one half of the populaple and who has not demonstrated his abilitv tion of the United States are unbaptized. There to make sacrifices for the needs of mankind cometh one more chance after this life that Mr. Roosevelt is of the Roosevelt cult, be is the baptism of fire. lieving that a Roosevelt can do no wrong anc of the the that world was opinion apparently The harmony at the Republican convencreated in order that the Roosevelts might tion yesterday was so dense that you could not cut it with a cheese knife. . ur vice-president- V , APRIL 9, 190 STATE JOURNAL, SAUURDAY, ial Personal Pointers U ' visiting1 Mr. Charlotte Edson Saturday friends In Idaho, n Salt John E. Dooly, the In is the today. financier, Lake city Councilman Randall was a passenger on the southbound this morning. Mrs. Frank Driggs and her mother, Mrs. Short, are visiting friends In Salt Lake City. Mrs. George W. French of Dillon, Montana, Is the guest of her sister, well-know- first appear IN THIS CITY Is an easy matter with one of our management jamei BALL-BEARI- NG hackett In Winston Churchill', Grut pi, LAWN MOWERS Automatically adjusted to do the smoothest and most even work, over any kind of ground and under any conditions, wet or dry. THE CRISIS Prices. . Our Canvas Are save a great convenience. They raking after you cut your First HARDWARE JOHN A. BOYLE, 2455 Tuesday, April The 12 New York Casino', Gmtnt 8ucce THE CO. . Manager. Washington Avs. ek y Superb Cut Flowers ard M. Linsley. HOUSE JOSEPH CLARK. Manar. THE BOYLE First Presbyterian Church; John Edward Carver, pastor Morning preaching at 11. Subject, "The Thirsting of the Soul. Sunday school at 12:15. Endeavor at 6:30. Evening preaching at 7:30. Subject, The Naturalness of God's Call. prayer meeting Wednesday at 8. Mens league Tuesday evening. The choir will render special music at each service. Violin offertory at each service by Mr. How- ,nj FWday. GRAND OPERA lawn and make It look much f greener. Ita the young grass which a rake fails to catch. Our Grass Catcher never misses a blade. Prices 75c and upwards. CHURCH N0TE8. 25c, 50c, 75c, V Seats an Bale Grass Catchers vice, the pastor being In Park City. Sunday school at 12:15; Swedish even- Mid-we- Irving ROYAL t's Lutheran Church: O. A. Elmquist, pastor There will be no morning sering service at 8. subject, The Meeting." A cordial welcome. Isabel Making the Grass Fly Superintendent Menson of the Oregon Short Line at Pocatello came down from the north last evening. Hyrum Hayball of Lewiston, Utah, was a visitor at the Messrs establishment yesterday. Parley L. Williams, attorney for the Oregon Short Line, was a passenger oil the Southern Pacific this morning from the coast General Manager W. H. Bancroft and Assistant Superintendent E. Buckingham came In on a special car last evening and continued on to Salt Lake City. Chairman Frank J. Cannon, Judge Thomas D. Dee, Hon. T. D. Johnson and Hon. Dan Hamer of the Democratic state committee, went to Salt Lake this morning to attend a meeting of the committee. Mr. Hamers wife accompanied him. ADDITIONAL '"rssr- - . Mrs. Don Maguire. Scow-crof- Apri! 9th Orders carsfallv filled and Telephone GIRL Acknowladgsd Gem of All Muiiul Comedies. delivered promptly Church of the Good Shepherd, corHolbrooK Green houses MAX BLOOM AND THIRTY OTHERS ner Grant and Twenty-fourtAlfred 420-Phone Brown, rector; first Sunday after lugene Holbrook, Hgr 20 PRETTY HELLO GIRLS-- 20 Easter Early celebration at 7:80 a. school at 9:45, morning m.; Sunday' $1.00, 75c, 50c. PRICES prayer and sermon at 11, evening prayFresh Fish and Oysters er and sermon at 7:80. Morning topic, Received Every Day. Seats on sale .Monday. ' Resurrection In Prospect and Retrospect"; evening text, Jesus Stood In Onion sets are going fut Don't the Midst and aSid Unto Them: Peace 881 Street. 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