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Show run 4 THE BEE. Entered at the UontOfflc ut Salt for tranmlvIon through the mail. dans mutter. Kates Any port of the or Mexico, one vifogland, Franco, City, mtoihI of Subscript Ion: United States, CumnU year, itostage paid - fMV Qermany, and all countries embraced In Universal 1'ostul 2 ,'o Union, one year. istus.' jmUl New Subscriptions may commence ut utiy time during the year. If tlie Poper Is not desired the date suh- scrllsHl for. the publishers should !e nut by letter, two weeks or more before theterm expires. Discontinuances that the publishers must Ik notified by letter when a subscriber wishes his paper stopjasl. All arrears must Is paid. Address all communications to BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 307 Auerbach Block, Salt Lake City. J. were In the van of civilization In that the sheriff will help the men. First, he Is not a reformer the west. Their industry developed tht p nubilities of thl region and theii and again, he will take the advice 01 determined renfstaiun to the inroads ol the shrewd politician who railroaded who have, from leader In populism, savage and wild beast- caused the re- him to hlH present position, and dc became exponent of Socialism, And clamation of alt the valleys. What- nothing ho Impolitic. they made 0 little attempt to dis- ever their mistakes, from a religious It Is well known that guise their motive that even the sim- standjHlnt, they have nevertheless renJudicial the judge of the plest among the deluded follower have dered civilization and their country a Robes. Court of the at last become able to recognize them service which deserves reverent recog.! In their true character. Two year ago nltion. The history of tills country 01 United States, while on the bench, the populist were fused with, the Dem- the st cry of the development of the west wear gow ns. This Is also the practice g without duly record-- j In many of the state, and it has ocrats, and every populist, rank and cannot file, did hard "heeler" work for Dave the part played by the Nauvoo le- - cently been adopted in the state of New York. In Great Britain this has Dunbar and his clique, ami the popu- glen. list organ lauded the ticket and always been the custom. But the tenclaimed all was for t ho interest of sll- dency In tin United States has been Apropos of the many vcr. Time passed. Dunbar was elected, In theory ut least toward democratic on tie slot maraid hut In the distribution of legal adver- simplicity. It stems to the ordinal y chine In this city, it is Using, the populist organ was forgotmortal a matter of little importance, iidt resting t note a new adoption ol The ten, and then "what a changer"! how a Judge dresses. Clothe do not now in use in the eat. t lie apparatus glories of fusion and the Interests of make a judge any more than they is nothing more or less than .1 This silver were forgotten. Because that make tin men. Neither do tiny add an founded by scheme, hanking to the natural dignity or tin legal advertising was lost, the princi- In passing one ol anything company. pics of democracy' and populism, of free or integrity of the man. An machine a person can drop a learning tlu'se became absorbed silver and able, hoiust, upright man, whether he in the slot an in return receives in the person of Dave Dunbar, and was penny he a judge or not. will command remachine a certificate showing the from "roasted to a light brown." Thus it no matter what may he the cut he lias become a depositor of that spect that was plainly apparent that the fforts of his clothes. If he lack these quali-tit- s Savin the amount of the populists for the success of the he is not entitled to respect ami is said to be scheme hank. The ings fusion ticket at that election was die- m silken robes lie may year can take In popular favor with tated by personal interests on the part rapidly advancing the place of them, saloon men. Every one know? all except of the leaders. how infatuated an intoxicated man be We believe that when a man sets or a fireman and in other public coirns with a slot machine, and it wasJinan himself up as a leader of a reform it is necessary that the ofli- for this reason principally that the cru- capacities movement, lie should show, as far as sade was begun against the machines in he reform believes to judges. It is said that the that that possible, for many nun addicted to drink wasted apply waiters in select social functions in by making where he can a practical the major portion of their earnirgs demonstration in his own life. New York are often mistaken fur through the medium of the machine?! A man who believes that corporations receiving in return checks good at the! guests, hut no one has ever heard of are soulless and should be legislated bar only' for drinks or cigar.-- An east-- a court officer being mistaken for a out of existence, should not accept ern exchange, in commenting or. this judge or vice versa. We doubt if the gowning of judges work at less than living rates and give new scheme, says: Of course, a strong-- j it to a corporation to do. A reformer minded person can save his pennies! will ever become popular in this coun- should he consistent or he will find his himself quite as well as this miniature try. It seems too much out of har mission suddenly cut short in this vale bank can do it for him, and the prom-l- mony with our institutions. It may he t.Jf of tears. dividend is rather a shadowy in- - nc'ssar5 um,lT snmc fr.ns of one stops for a little arith-- j me,lt "l,ere 'llnrent classes and recognized, hut Hut we like to do our savings Rriu,es of humanit metlc. notThere will be a as we like to be in the United States, where every man able gathering in this by easy methods, just is supposed to he the equal of every fooled into being good, and with the of on the night city man- il FOems nut "f Cac-eThe or other coin safely out of the penny of be should one which 7, interest April to the point: With or we are spared the necessity foi following is to every resident of Utah, irrespective way without a gown, the highest and most of party, religjon or nationality. On distinguished decoration that any judge that occasion will he gathered togethei can have is a justly merited reputaNau-vnof all the surviving members the Many slot fiends in this city will be tion for integrity, ability, and entire Legion. Outside of the significance glad when the new machine makes its devotion to duty. Without such a garthat body has had in former years in appearance here. The- old ones that ment of spotless honor and pure charthe dominant church of Utah, the fact have been abolished by the police only acter, no gown can make him respectremains that it was through them that brought money to the owners and sa- able; with it, he is the peer of any the long journey across the plains was loon men. In this connection we un- man, be he called baron, chancellor, or made in safety and to their watchful- derstand the owners of the slot ma- by any other title, or he he attired in ness became the safeguard of the set- chines recently used, threaten that un- the costliest ermine. tlers in this valley. From among these less the police allow them to run their The final ratification rugged men came the brave company of machines, they will take steps to close men who fought for our country in the all rooms where gambling or kindred of the treaty of peace Mexican war, and many of their de- business is carried on in this city, and by Spain was the last scendants are now bearing arms in de- they say that Sheriff Howell will aid act of the Spanish-America- n war. It fence of "Old Glory in foreign lands them in this effort. We hardly believe was a short war, but decidedly sharp their own aggrandizement In the political world and their Intercut In u financial eense. Thee trait are especially' marked In one or two of those The view u N. POWERS Editor mu-- : slot-machi- ne Su-PD'i- j j re-In- en j j incur-porate- d j SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1899. anti-trust- Whenevor a seeming1 reform is ' advocated appears for a while to occupy the minds of the public and gain popularity, a number of hypocrites invariably connect themselves with the movement and, either by thor folly show the true ridiculousness of the move, or, by their selfishness endanger the success of the true advocates if the reform he needed. Such has been the fate of the populists. Early in the history of the party' a number of shysters became identified with it, and they, by their radicalism and selfishness, soon estranged the better element of the party, and the organization descended into a party of eager for spoils filling the same place in the political field that the buzzard does in the animal kingdom. The principles of the party which X office-seeker- s, became only excuses, by means of which incompetents could obtain office or dictate the patronage of some officers. Two years ago, hyr the means of fusion, the populists subordinated nearly every basic principle of their party in order to combine with the Democrats, and in a hope to thus obtain some of the federal patronage. This movement of the party' leaders disgusted the true advocates of populistic tenets, and they deserted the party to its fate, convinced that no reform could be accomplished through a party dominated by' a class of selfish spoils-seeker- s. The history of the national organization has been the history of the party in Utah. With one or two exceptions, the expounders of the dogmas of the party and, therefore, its leaders in this state have had but two points in s, 1 e IVnny-in-tho-sl- ot J . 1 ' i goverr-.lucemen- - self-disciplin- o e. . m |