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Show i iii i ii 1 1) i ii 'rfr"1 '''Hi' " "' ' i i i nun H 1 jCImb Cjoocfwms IVqqAIzs I v . lrtirSi E wholesale conviction of Big Bill tf SBliMk Haywood and a hundred other I. W. m. J WSMm W. on the charge of conspiring to in- mBKw terfere with the conduct of the war is 0 " liiiTVi 'wmr a moral victory of tne nrst imPort- ffJjlr ance. It mearts more to America just now than the biggest possible success at arms on the west front. The government has finally got its hand on the throat of its most vicious internal enemies and it would seem that jjt the backbone of the traitorous organization is broken. Whatever the final disposition of these hundred fine fellows who now find them selves trapped in the toils of thelaw, it goes without saying that the peculiar form of sedition and sabotage which they and their countless followers have practiced in the past will not prove so popular from t . now on. The Chicago verdict, among other things, makes it plain that this is not a safe occupation for any person who would keep Ins neck out of the noose. We here in Utah are especially gratified over the outcome of this celebrated trial. This not alone for the reason that we have had personal per-sonal dealings with Haywood and his gang of cut-throats in times past, and sense the menace that they embody, but because a Utah man brought these miscreants to justice. It was no small task that Frank Nebekcr undertook a year ago, and while his friends here have long . held him in high regard as a barrister of exceptional abilities, it is but fair to say that he even surprised those who rated him highest by the magnificent manner in which fie directed the prosecution. Utah was honored when Mr. Nebeker was commissioned to take charge of this all important case, and she is doubly honored by the splendid record he has made. As for the successful prosecutor himself, him-self, besides enjoying the satisfaction of having served the government govern-ment in such telling fashion, he has likewise gained for himself a national na-tional reputation which will compensate him in more ways than one. Moreover, he has established himself as an authority on I. W. W. machinations, and the chances are that his work is not yet done. "MARSE HENRY" RETIRES. WORD comes that Colonel Henry Watterson has finally laid aside his trenchant pen. He has retired from the turmoil and strife of the editorial arena to seek repose in some secluded spot in the Blue Grass country there to pass the sunset of his life with old friends and pleasant memories. He well deserves the rest. He has been in the harness now for almost three score years, battling always for what his heart told him iS to be the right. He wielded a picturesque but most convincing pen, spoke with the silver tongue of eloquence, and it was given him to exercise ex-ercise a most extraordinary sway over the opinions of his fellow countrymen. In many respects the gifted Kentuckian has been one of the most fascinating and commanding figures of his generation; the career he carved out for himself has been uique, both in pattern and color; and as soldier, statesman, author and editor, he may well be called one of the crowning glories of his time. Had he been less impetuous, less hot-headed, and given more to honorable compromise, avIio knows to what heights of political honor and distinction he might have soared? n But it was in the field of journalism that he truly excelled. He ' was ever an inspiration to his contemporaries, and no man in his day did more to dignify and embellish the profession. He belonged to the old-fashioned school of editors and was not sufficiently mercenary to cope with the modern ideas that have unfortunately come into vogue to the detriment of clean and independent newspaper work. ( - . Money was of secondary consideration to him, and so it was that his H splendid creation, the Louisville "Courier Journal," which he founded H fifty years ago, finally passed out of his hands. Whether he possesses H enough of the world's means to care for himself comfortably in his H declining years, we do not know, but surely there is sufficient gen- H erosity and gratitude in the hearts of present-day Kcntuckians to H honorably gratify every wish' and want of their most distinguished H fellow-citizen and friend. H H LONG-DISTANCE CAMPAIGNING. H IT seems a bit Strange that Jimham Lewis should be strutting about H Paris, posing as the President's ambassador extraordinary to H somebody in France, instead of being out in Illinois fixing his pol- H itical fences which are sadly in need of repairs'. Surely he must real- H ize that he is up against the fight of his life this fall, and that be will H be in excellent luck if he can manage to get over the fence with a H single tail feather sticking to him. H Of Course there is one thing to be said in favor of the senator's H candidacy for re-election: The President desires his return, for he M has proved very useful to the Administration being in fact its chief M handy-man. There is nothing that he will not tackle at the mere nod M of his chief and there is always a certain amount of dirty work to H do, even in the best regulated establishments. But the people of M Illinois have their dander up this year ; they are warmed up over the M war and are standing superbly behind the President; but they pro- jH pose to handle their home affairs after their own fashion and are in H no mood to brook outside interference. H This would seem to place Jimham at a distant disadvantage. He H will be renominated, no doubt, but re-election will be another mat- M ter. The chances are that he will be opposed by Medill McCormick, M who hails from a popular and powerful old family in the state, and M who happens to be no slouch himself at the game. As against this, M Lewis is generally regarded by the old-timers as pretty much of a M carpet bagger and nothing of a statesman. During the Republican H split in 1912 he managed to squeeze into the senate, but it was alto- M gether accidental and has been so considered ever since. This year H he will have to stand on his merits, and his platform locks very shaky. M One is forced to wonder then, why he is wasting his time in M France. Is he really on an important mission from the President, or M is he merely posing in the role of a personal emissary, in the hope that M the people back home will be impressed with his importance and in- M dispensibility to the Administration? It is not to be doubted that his M chances would be improved if he could but convince his constituents M that President Wilson couldn't possibly run the war without him, for H the people of Illinois are loyal to the core and can be prevailed upon fl to make every sacrifice to win the war. This, then, seems to be the M scheme and it will be interesting to watch how it works out. Meanwhile, the incomparable senator appears to be very much at H home in the city where genuine fashion plates originate. Also, he is IV rapidly taking the French people into his confidence. He was hardly V there a day before he dramatically assured them that America was . in the war to the last dollar and the last drop of blood. All of which ; must have proved most startling to his auditors. But what we fear jfl most is that some curiou? Frenchman may take the trouble to look H up Jimham's record and discover how he was "too proud to fight" two W years ago, how he called his fellow citjzens all sorts of names at that H time for wanting to go to war, and how he never overlooked an op- jl portunity to join in the stirring campaign chorus, "I didn't raise my uM boy to be a soldier." Should the senator' from Illinois be thus ex- M H posed, he will indeed .present a sorry s.pectaclc in the sight of our gal- K lant comrades abroad'. Kj If President Wilson really was in need of a special emissary, he M, might have fared better by sending Colonel House. This for the rca- i son that the colonel had the good sense to 'keep his mouth closed two H years ago. And the chances are that Jimham will yet find that long- Hi distance campaigning, such as he is now engaged in, doesn't pay. HJf V B YATES' CANDIDACY. M jA S political rank is reckoned nowadays, "Dick" Yates is stepping l XX down a 'peg or two to run for congressman-at-large from Illi'- 1 nois. Surely the emoluments of the office do not attract him, for he 1 is well fixed financially. Nor can he possibly hope to gather addi- Hnl tional laurels for the family tree, for he was one of the Prairie State's Hj, most popular chief executives, and is still a power among the people, M , and his father was Illinois' great war governor during the trying days Mi when the state "was furnishing the bulk of the moral and military j strength necessary to save the Union. His family name has been one f, to conjure with for over half a century; a Yates has never yet gone I down to defeat before the people of that state ; then why risk it this year, and for empty honors at best? Ht The answer may be found between the lines of the ex-governor's K stirring announcement of his candidacy. He holds that it is every K American's paramount duty to concern himself with politics this year. M He asserts that Congress needs bracing, not only for the strenuous H war work ahead, but for the gigantic internal problems that will have H to be solved when peace finally comes. He feels that the time is ripe M for a revival of old-fashioned Republican principles throughout the m land, and for capable men to take a hand in the management of public m affairs, regardless of the personal cost and sacrifice entailed. He is a B candidate for congress, not for what he can get out of the office, but H for what he can give. H To the stranger this might seem like supreme assumption, but H Dick Yates is not that sort of citizen. Despite his heritage and the H honor to which he himself has attained, he is a red-blooded American, H common as an old shoe, and ready to fight at all hazards when he be- B lieves Tiimself to be in the right. If elected to Congress, he will stir H things up in Washington, for he isn't afraid of man, God, or the devil. H And lie will stand for America all the time. His candidacy is a clarion H call to other Americans of his type to get into politics this year and H give the people a run for their money at Washington. H r 1 ! p H McADOO WAKES UP. THAT was a most welcome order issued the other day by the big boss of the railroads, to the effect that employees would be ex- H pected to accord the traveling public courteous treatment at all times. H The situation had become almost unbearable, especially throughout H the East, and there was absolutely no excuse for it. The wonder is M that Mr. McAdoo did not take notice of it long before, since nobody B but a deaf person could possibly have avoided hearing the uproar of H complaints that were continually lodged against the railway admin- B istration. As for the West, it should be said that the courtesy and H consideration which were customary in the old days were not alto- H gether lost sight of, even under the new regime. H ' But the Director General was just a bit stagey in attempting to fl account for the uncivil attitude of many of the railway employees H i during the past several months. He would have the public believe H that there is a -well defined movement on foot to discredit the gov- M i ernment's management of the roads and make it unpopular. Which H I may be so, for all we know, but why the employees should become a H party to the scheme lies beyond all reason. Has lie yet to realize that m this curt, careless, don't-give-a-damn spirit that prevails among the m ' railway men today is the direct result of government control? Does M he not know that the minute the most ordinary citizen gets on a gov- M ernment job, that minute he assumes a superior aftitude towards his M fellow citizens outside the counter? If not, then he Has much to M f learn in the study of human nature. H B' tfr ..,. And it is this very circumstance that will eventually comprise one of the chief arguments in favor of turning the railroads back to private ownership at the close of the war. As for the "public be damned" spirit that he so tardily notes, is it not barely possible that this feeling was first encouraged and rewarded by the Administration itself, as far back as September, 1916. And does Mr. McAdoo really think for one moment that he can quell it so long as he continues to R curry favor with the brotherhoods ? SOMEWHAT CONFUSING. IT is apparent that President Wilson desires to accomplish the defeat of certain members of Congress who are candidates for re-election. This too, notwithstanding his assurance some time ago that "politics is adjourned" this year. Just how he can reconcile the one position with the other, we fail to see, unless it is that all the presidential favors are not to be bestowed on one party this fall, and all the presidential presi-dential frowns on the other. Thus far, it must be admitted, the lion- fl ors seem to be about even, with certain Democrats, perhaps, getting more than their share of disfavor. But that isn't the point in mind. The President is opposing certain cer-tain candidates on the ground that they have not been in accord with his administration. Which seems hardly fair, in view of the fact that his administration has changed face so frequently during the past few years that no one, save an acrobat, perhaps, could possibly have kept pace with it all the time. If he would be fair to all, he must fix a certain time or specific policy to judge these men by. And he ought not be too rough with certain Democrats because of their lukewarm attitude towards the war. They were elected, it should be remembered, remem-bered, on the issue that "he kept up out of war," and that we were "too proud to fight," and it is just barely possible that some of them were genuinely honest at the time. Hence their manifest reluctance to reverse themselves in so short a time ought not place them altogether alto-gether outside the pale of presidential favor. It seems, however, that the President is determined to have no one returned to Congress who is out of harmony with his war policies. pol-icies. In this event, if he would be at all consistent in the campaign, he should immediately write a letter to Champ Clark's constituents, opposing the Speaker's re-election because of his opposition to the selective se-lective draft measure. And then he might write a score or more of similar letters, all setting forth how this Democratic leader or that strenuously opposed his fundamental war policies at the outset. In fact, if he would be fair, and save time, as well, why not write jusf one letter to the effect that his war program has been chiefly and conscientiously and consistently supported by the Republican members mem-bers of Congress? If his only aim is to get the support necessary to see the war through to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion, he can make no mistake by making a sweeping endorsement of the representatives repre-sentatives of the genuine war party. This too, would relieve his own party members from the necessity of attempting a series of embarrassing embar-rassing explanations on the stump this fall. f T t DESERTED ROADS. fTMME was we sang of wanderers who trod the open trail X And roved about the merry world by foot or train or sail ; Who knew the wind-swept spaces and who braved the sun and rain, Oh, look along the battle line and you will find them there ; But now the roads are empty of the blithe and restless clan, And bats and owls are roosting in the idle gypsy-van ; For every true adventurer who never could be still Has joined the greatest game of all and found a keener thrill. They're somewhere in the trenches, and they're somewhere.in the air, Oh, look along the battle line and you wlil find them there ; But when the war is over and we welcome back our men, The rovers what are left of them will hit the trail again ! From "In Camp and Trench," by Berton TJraley. --MHIiaiHtHllBMHirHBHMHriM |