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Show THE BEE. of principle for pelf. Claiming to be a Bryan supporter, it asks ' McKinley to support its friends. Sneering at McGrew it endorses Whit-temorAn avowed enemy. of the St. Louis nominees it requests them to aid it in securing revenge Published One Wek by The Bm PablUhlng Company. upon local enemies who supported that ticket. Application' ha boon inado for admisaioa to the Salt Lake Resting upon the cornerstone of matter. City IoMtollica a ancond-alitcounsels and advises the Mormon people like a patriarch. Having builded upon a foundation SALT LAKE CITY, .UTAH .APRIL a, 189S. of opposition to ecclesiastical influence in political affairs it seeks to arouse the leaders of the TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. dominant church to action against the party which Any part oftha United State, ('anada or Mexico, one refuses to do its bidding. It is the personifica$200 year, otai() paid tion of gall a mass of cheek, a colossal hypoEngland, France, Oermany, an! all countries embraced 2.50 in Uuirural Postal Union, one year, postage paid crite, inconsistency itself, arrogance unrefined. New Subscription may commutes at any time during the year. the Paper is not d lro! bemad the date ubseribod for the And yet the Tribune is; a great paper by iiahlishnr houll be notifl d by letter, two weok or more Iwfore the term expire. comparison. It is enterprising, aggressive and Hememlmr that the ruhIiiiora must lie not! DUcontlnuance conducted in a business way. .But it is changeable fld by letter when a subscriber wishes his paper stopped. All arrears must le paid- and diplomatic to a humiliating degree. It was PUBLISHING BEE THE COMPANY, i once opposed to a hierarchy it got over it. It Salt Lake City, Utah. , abused the Democratic party as an enemy of silTelephone 651. P. O. Box 6 jo. ver Then it advocated the election of the Democratic ticket. It favored the Republican party NOBLE WARRUH, JR., Editor. as a friend of silver then it fought the Republican nominees and denounced the Republican of in here In our system justice platform. It professed faith in McKinley after .Utah are two evils that are subjects his election then it called him a puppet in the of almost universal complaint. hands of the money power and turned his picture i9 to of the disposition One legislators express to the wall. It went to the administration in the their wishes contrary to their intent, as held by interest of Pratt first and Devine second, both of the Supreme Court ; and the other is the extreme whom failed to receive the marshalship. It reof court about that the diffidence intent. defining commended Whittemore for the position of disWhen legislators repeal a law, as they seemingly trict attorney. It urged Thomas for the post-officrepealed the statute under which our chief of It did these things in the face of its opto thus enforce holds over, intending it, position to McKinleys election. Any Democrat police they are putting the court of interpretation to or Populist was certainly entitled to as much considerable trouble; lendering it liable to a consideration from the president as was the mancharge of usurping and exercising the legislative ager of the Tribune, but none other had the function a power not conferred by the constitucheek to do more than write a letter, and only tion. This should be remedied in the very next then at the solicitation of some old acquaintance. assembly of law makers,, so that, when a bill The courageous political boss, the boss who becomes a law, its repealing clause should understands his business, who is full of energy, definitely set forth, in words, pictures or hieroschemes, and resources, doesnt need to bind himglyphics, underscored if necessary, the real intention of the legislature, whether the repeal self down to one political party. It were better was made in earnest or in fun. A great many for him to run them all if not in detail, in genjudges are apt to regard a statute as an abstruse eral ; if not all the time as much of the time as problem to be solved by technicalities, subtleties possible. He should be able to secure concesand translations, rather than a plain expression sions from other manipulators of machines ; he of the will of the people to be interpreted litershould be able to make contracts with the manaally, faithfully, and sensibly. The legislature gers of other papers, even if he has to agree to last winter apparently repealed the law by virtue leave them alone personally, provided they leave of which Pratt was reseated ; but the Supreme him alone also. This is a regular heads I win, Court of this whole state, a bady beyond crititails you lose bargain for a political boss to make with a political nonentity. He should have cism, has decided that no repeal was intended. Several men who voted for that alleged appeal his confidential adviser and professional employee as near the head of one party as possible. He (after consulting the attorneys about the matter) and rejoiced last winter that they had accom-- ' should have his chief backers in control of another party. He should keep the mayor under plished it, have since informed us that they had intended to wipeout, erase, efface, obliterate, his thumb, handle public patronage himself, abolish, revoke, cancel, annul, abrogate and thrust his henchmen into office and buldoze the otherwise repeal the fire and police law when He opposition majority in the city council. in ballots cast their that direction. should But to be always ready they cry stop thief or was for aim the Supreme their evidently bad, point out someone else as the boss who is tryCourt say they not only failed to hit the mark ing to run things. And then if his morning but had no intention of hitting it. And the contemporary allows him to keep this up, week Supieme Court certainly knows what it is doing. after week, objecting only in a milk and water way, he is bound to accomplish something in the The Tribune is becoming reckless In course of time, to injure those who oppose him, exhibition of continued its nerve. It to drive them before him, to put the public in does with the utmost sang froid his vest pocket. The real boss is not a partisan, that which it abuses others for doing. , It asbut a boss. , sumes privileges and rights which it denies to There is something pitiable, almost e other people. Inspired- by a typical political p6IJcy of President boss it points out some one else and accuses him emPe) and his attitude ' weak and wavering McKinley of bossing. The organ of a ring, it designates A patriotic all opposition as a gang of ringsters. Vouching policy in relation to the Maine. for the Democracy of a Democratic deserter, it people have patiently awaited the report of the naval commission, and the promised message of ridicules the idea of a Democrat vouching for the their president. And with mingled feelings "of Republicanism of a real Republican. Posing as a political patriot, it applauds the renunciation indignation and shame they have read them both. , e. anti-Mormonis- m a , . . . e. - con-Pre- . The responsibility of the Spanish government, the unmistakable guilt of Spauish officials, the deliberate massacre of two hundred American sailors while asleep, the wilful destruction of four and a half millions of government property, the sinking of a warship in a harbor of Spain these are the facts, this the crime. There is no question about the liability of Spain ; there is no doubt of her malice, no limit to her treachery, no extenuating circumstances, no one else to commit the crime. But the presi-denknowing, at least, the enormity of the offense, and well aware of where the responsibility belongs, submitted the findings of the court to congress without making a recommendation or a demand upon the Spanish government, until actually forced to do. How many ships is it necessary to lose in Spanish waters before the How many president deems it important? marines must die at the hands of Spanish soldiers before the eagle is allowed to rend the vulture? ;How many millions must Spain destroy before indemnity is demanded ? t, The president is surrounded by brave and patriotic men and women, but between them and him stands a little horde of money changers who :hold a mortgage upon his administration. Naturally he is not a coward ; he doe9 not tremble at the sight of Spain; but he cowers beneath the lash of Hanna; he hastens to obey the mandates of Gage; he allows the heroes of Wall street to represent this country rather than the heroes of national glory. It is a sad and serious spectacle. It is enough to make the people weep in very shame ; and when a ringing resolution, like that of Senator Rawlins, is read in congress and telegraphed around the world, it will cause them to lift their heads again and smile and gaze upon our old flag with pride and renewed pledges of devotion. It will reassure our sailors and our soldier marines and show them that they are not to be left entirely to the mercy of midnight assassins and the indifference of speculators. The president was upheld in his deliberation ; he was commended for his caution ; but he will be scorned for his cowardly policy in the matter of the Maine colder-bloode- d explosion. he mos remarkable, as well as one of the most touching speeches Methods. . ever made in the senate of the United States was that of Senator Thurston, who spoke by the command of silent lips, describing the situation in Cuba, in the course of which he remarked that Spain is a Christian nation ; she has set up more crosses in more lands, beneath more skies, and under them has butchered more people than all the other nations of the earth combined. But it is not necessary to go very far back in history for evidences of Spanish cruelty and treachery. Whatever Spaiu may say in protest against the growing distrust of her honesty, whatever claim as a civilized nation she may urge, is given the lie direct by her treatment of the Cubans. In her dealings with this destitute and desperate people she has perjured herself time and again. Her annals are stained with many an act of treachery as black as the massacre of the Maine. A government which will, allow or command the slaughter of defenseless men, women and children, the perpetration of outrages so dreadful that they can only be hinted at in print, a power that would be a party to the unmilitary betrayal and murder of an opposing; genera, is not to be trusted ; its denials are not worthy of belief. The Maine was not the first American vessel blown up in Spanish waters during this Cuban trouble. The Commodore was Spanish Military |