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Show Y HE THE Week by The Bee Publishing: Company. Applirntinn lias been made fur adrahsioa to tbo Salt Lake matter. City Postollice as 8econl-clftn- Publlthed Ones I s SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MARCH 5, 1898. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Any pait of the United Stat:, Canada or Mexico, ono $2.00 jtur. postage paid afar all countries embraced Enjr'and, Prance, Oerma-sy,- ' 2.50 in Universal Postal Union, one year, nstKe.paid New Subscriptions may commence at an) rime during he the Paper is not desired bevond tbrt date subscribQiJ for tfie publishers should bo notified by letter, two weeks or more before the term expires. Discontinuances Remember that the publishers must bo noti llftil by letter when a subscribjr wishes his paper stopped. All arrears must Io paid- - Telephone 651. P. O. Box 6 jo. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Salt Lake City, Utah. NOBLE WARRUH, Editor. JR., BE& eyo to advautago. After a minute examination of tbo hillside and the formitiou of the district, the News concludes that the Mirface croppings indicate tho presence of machinery a crushing machine. Whether this is a ten or a twenty stamp mill the evening prospector neglects to state, but the discovery is one of importance nevertheless. Tho benefit to science and to the mining ia lustry cannot ba over ejtimiteJ. Many a poor prospector has examined surface croppings for nothing but indications of ore, l1i9h, haying found, ho could uot handle for want of capital ; he never thought to look at those croppings more closely for the purposeof detecting the presence or machinery. The News does not, as yet, reveal the secret by which its discovery was made whether accidentally by the naked eye, or designedly by means of an assay. The natural supposition is that the Xews made an assay of itself," i. e., without external assistance. But the Xews cannot keep anything like that concealed from the public. Its secret, like murder, will out. -- dent of political or other extraneous inllnem-which may be seeking to foment discord a n j strife. That sounds well, but has anybol ever yet found P. H. Lanuan or Arthur Prit; mixed up in anything but discord and strife I j as tc Clark claims that . lawyers disagree how the statute relative to fire and police depart! ments should be construed. The mayor been consulting Pratts attorney a well as the attorney of the municipality at tb! head of which he stands. And he pretends tc be a business man, desirng a business admiti! Men who stand at the head of busi! istration. ness corporations do not usually go to the attor, neys of men who are liligating with those ccn cerns for counsel. Mayor Clark had the advice of an official who represents the people as w as the mayor does, who was elected by a much larger majority, who is an attorney of unques tioned ability and integrity, whose record as an official will shine out in contrast against tb tecord Clark is making but hej ignored it and published his unbusiness-likconduct in his message to the council. Talk administration ! about a business-liky 1! Pratt-begrime- d e The Tribune says that Mayor Clark has been trying to place the city on Busings Bisis." and that the a Business basis, council will not permit it. The Xews says that it was pleased after the election, to hear from nearly every member of the city council an expressed desire to harmonize that body with the chief executive of the city, to exclude partisan issues from the business affairs of the municipal corporation, and to give to taxpayers a businesslike administration of the concerns of the municiBut that pleased expression on the pality. wrinkled face of the Xews changed to a look of rage when Pratt was not confirmed, and the conviction forced itself upon organ Xo. 2, of the party that the eouncil would not do all the harmonizing and might therefore prevent Mayor Clark from doing business along the lines laid down by his business manager. It is very evident that the Xews and Tribune are agreed that the only way to put the city on a business basis is to make Pratt chief of police and Devine chief of the fire department. It does look like business ; and each organ of the nonpartisan party has an eye to business, which, plainly, the council majority has not. Business includes bargains and sales and some tricks of trade like the one with which the Tribune fooled the people last fall when it gave them to understand that Clark, if elected, would not nominate And the business. Pratt. Xow that was Xews and Tribune want the transaction completed, the trick carried out, the bargain mated, the business done. What do members of the council mean by obstructing business as they have been doing? Why have they persistently refused to do business with the Mayor and his Xo wonder the Xews business manager? and Tribune despair of getting the city on a In the meantime Mr. Clark is business basis. building for himself a business reputation unlike that to which his former years were devoted. He ja now making a reputation for funny business and every day he tags around after P. H. Lan-naasking what to do next, he is adding to his later reputation. non-partisa- n n The Deseret Evening Xews observes that ie 8Urface croppings all over important Discovery, the ground of municipal affairs indicate that a political machine has been constructed for the purpose of crushing This shows that the Xews has been doiug a little prospecting on its own hook. It gives out over the the impression that it has gone ground carefully and that it has used its other The religion of a supreme court justice isnt worth considering as a rule, and shouldnt be made a testof his eligibility. The duties of the office are secular aud the requirements need interfere with no mans devotional exercises. But a judge, particularly a member of the court of last resort, should be qualified for the position by nature as well as by training. A knowledge of the law is essential, but many a judicial failure has possessed it. The ideal judge is a man of learning, a man of probity, a man of strict integrity, sound judgment and common sense. He should be free from professional entaglements, political bias, religious prejudice and paternal preferences at the bar. He should be able to forget that his nomination was due to a particular faction or his election to a certain party ; he should be able to lay aside his religious differences from men who are compelled to seek justice in his court ; he should be able to lose sight of ties of consanguinity; he should be able to decide questions that come before him in a way to preserve public confidence and respect, without which the power of the judiciary is weakened ; he should not compel litigants to select a certain firm of lawyers in order to guard against his indifference ; he should not. force associate consul upon attorneys who are able to manage their cases in every detail except the important one of enlisting the consideration of the court. In short, the ideal judge should be a man equal to his calling, a man of with a judicial independence, knowledge of the law and of men. It doesnt matter about his religious belief or whether he attends this church or that. broad-minde- d, ! e Mayor Clark was elected on his pledges of He economy and non partisan independence. was going to reduce expenses, he was ; and he was going to make appointments with only the qualifications of appointees in view. Let us ex amine the mayors record up to date. . He removed two policemen because they were not taxpayers. This is the only explanation he has vouchsafed. But he appointed a city engineer and a city physician who are no more taxfj payers than were those policemen. He has made no effort to reduce expenses, and, as the Xews said in January, it neednt be expected. His appointment of a police clerk was manifestly the result of something besides a civil ser vice examination. I And all down the list there is an appearance! of partisanship, not political, but the worst form, of personal partisanship. Here is one manap? pointed because Mr. McCornick demanded it there is another because Mr. Lannan asked it still another as a result of an understanding witkj Councilman Romney ; and John T. Caine will be, named for the position of watermaster on account of his activity last fall. j Xor will the mayor contend that Kelsey was! entitled to any consideration whatever over Geo.l W. Snow, who, besides being well qualified, is an" old resident and taxpayer ; that Keough was the; best possible selection for city physician ; that. Simmons had any recommendation other than1 his bishop furnished ; that Devine has ever dem j J onstrated his ability, except in the bach fire, or during the Jubilee last year; that; Pratt is the only man in the city capable of being, chief of police. The mayor is making an awkward record, and. The Bee will publish some interesting facts next week touching upon the real character and thr daily conduct of men who profess to despise peli j! tics and politicians, yet who are continually play ing the game in. a way to make Tammanyfi ashamed. Scott-Auer- great deal has been said in the press and on the streets about the Appointments, mayors message to the council. There was nothiug remarkable in it besides the exquisite literary style of Judge Powers. The grim determination of the mayor to have Pratt at the head of the police department required no emphasis. It has long been suspiciously apparent. The council know all about it. The public realize it. And they see the hand that holds the lyre as well as the man who fiddles amid the smoke and sparks of disorder and dissentiori, while the peace, the growth and the good name of the city are in danger. A . non-partisanis- Mayor Clark is said to be a regular visitor of the Tribune manager and so is Arthur Pratt. And yet the mayor assures the council in his message that he desires to aid them indepen , , The. careful, painstaking investigation pursued in reference tp the sunken Maine, the even temper of American newspapers in general, the cool readiness of, the average American for any emergency, tbel deliberate preparation for the worst while hoping for the best, are all characteristic of this nation It has suffered an injury at the hands of a re - j j ) |