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Show UTAH STATESMAN Liberty Educational Editorial Comment - Contributions - at present between Tampico and Mexi- of hat which M. Bulsaon and hie circle co City in a plane, with preached. They sought to realize it in GOVERNOR SMITH AND THE KLAN Sh t Utah istatraman single-moto- r New York, who had written to complain the Salt Lake City, Utah ference with a parade and to ask the intervention of police the governor. Said Smith: FREDERICK L. BAQBT, Editor C. S. QODDARD, Business Manager So far as it lies in the power of the governor directly to protest the rights of individuals or groups of individual citizens, I have alAltho I subscribe to no ways stood ready to exercise that power. Entered as Second. Class Matter, July 18, 1922, at the Postoffice at Salt lake tenet of the Socialist party, I protected its equality before the law City, Utah, under the act of March S. 1&79. when I vetoed the bill that would have made it possible to deprive that party of its proper representation on the ballot. Recently an endeavor was made to strike from the jury list ADVERTISING RATES the name of a man who entertained doctrines like yourself, and the appellate division of the supreme court in the first department wrote : Per Column Inch $1.00 A man cannot be removed from the jury just merely because of LEGAL NOTICES bigotry that runs counter to fundamentals of religious toleration Notice of Assessment, 5 times. $5.00 and freedom. American liberty extends the protection of law even .50 Delinquent Notices, per column inch. to those who are false to its principles. 3.00 Probate Notices, 2 times. I subscribe unreservedly to that declaration of principle. I re4.00 Notice to Creditors, 4 times. gard the purposes of your organization with abhorrence and I consider 5.00 Summons, 5 times them subversive to the fundamentals of American democracy. NevPhone Wasatch 852 ertheless, insofar as it lies within my power under the law, I would d accord to you exactly the same justice that I would give WHAT IS EVIDENCE? to anybody else. Denver News. well-lighte- the county auditor submitted to the county attorney, a reof a special audit of the county road department showing the port use of county material, county labor, and county time, which mean taxpayers money for the private benefit of county officers, favored friends and even public aud private corporations, the county attorney is reported by the press as saying there was no evidence upon which to base legal proceedings. We are forced to wonder what the county attorney considers is evidence sufficient to justify action on his part in behalf of the pub- WOMAN VOTER'S DEPARTMENT BERLIN. The boys and girls of the labor classes of this city protested against the drinking of alcohol recently in a large demonstration held in the hall of the municipality, known aa the "Stadthalle. More than a thousand had come after a hard day's work in the factories from all parts of Berlin, sacrificing a free evening to support temperance. Every chair of the huge hall was taken, and many were compelled to stand in the aisles. With eager faces they listened to the speakers and thanked them, with the spontaneous and hearty applause youth alone can give. Some might think alcohol gave strength and energy. Dr. Juliusbur-ger- , one of the speakers declared. But this was one of the treacherous effects of the use of alcohol. While it created the feeling of greater energy and strength, in reality it lessen them. Work might seem to flow more smoothly, but it also became less accurate; the hand might appear to move with greater ease, but this lightness often Involved great risks when working in the factory. Dr. Juliusburger .also warned against the belief that only heavy intoxication was to be despised but that moderate'' drinking did no harm. It is not the heavily intoxicated person, but the one who has just drunk a little more than he ran endure, who is most open to temptations he said. Special stress Is laid on this point by the Workmens Temperance union. Our Slogan: interest. When a county auditor finds that public material, public labor and public time, paid for by the taxpayers, is used by county officers, or with their knowledge and consent, for private benefit, it would seem that this should be sufficient evidence of misconduct to warrant action by any law enforcement officer in keeping with his oath to uphold the law and protect the rights of the people. Does the county attorney proreed upon the theory that public: officials, like kings of old, can do no wrong! Every Reader a Contributor carry out his Ideas with regard to the education of young men in all branches of political literature and in acquiring knowledge in the theory and fundamentals of political government, Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of the university, in accepting the gift, A Happy New Year! Even though It may be a bit late, the readers of this column a Happy New Year. After all, what Is better to wish one than happiness. If mere wishing would bring happiness, what a revolution we might bring about in this life so rilled with sordid crime and the race for money. This makes us wonder If we really wish hard enough. Might we not trans. late our wishing into a little more action? Just now we personally are filled with remembrances of the aml-jab- le hospitality of California, where we spent our Christmas. Life is In we wish There is weeping and wailing ami gnashing of teeth in the ranks ge nlba nded" toget her to make the visitor welcome. No matter what of the Sevens. It is due to the utter failure of the organization to gain control )ou?,LTBumedUplhaUtist, in of the city political machine. the air. It comes from waitresses. b, and When Burton, Fehr and Finch formed an unbreakable combine rlvr"; asr conductors from the dear policemen . that forced Mayor John F. Bowman into the waterworks department,; rtah friends. The rush and bustle or ,bebiK f,,ies are softened by consid-- . that galling word defeat was inscribed above the door of political eratenoss and the trafric problem is opportunity through which the Sevens had confidently expected to handled with little friction. Moving with the throngs into a boat inarch to triumphant domination of the. citv political machine. soon to cross the bay was a woman Ernest, (icorge and Ned, the political triumvirate of the Sevens, Hnj her boy. The lad was had expected Finch to join with Moran ami Bowman ami thus give inclined to be impatient and gave a push when the mother reminded him. the gang complete control of city political affairs and open the way -- h,. member, son, you are a Callforn. to a successful formation of a powerful citv machine that would:" Anr ta,e mht well adopt a . . . . certain pride in daily deportment function effectively m the coming senatorial nomination campaign. which shows better than words that j we rea'ly wish our fellow men a hap- for Ernest. But, Finch refused to play the game and like the best laid plans of mice and men that gang aft aglec, the little political-senatorischeme of the Sevens was knocked into a cooked hat. No wonder there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in the ranks of the Sevens. And, there are other reasons, with upon Fehr who spurned their support and refused to "tie-up- " them in the recent city campaign. The Sevens had set out to disci-- 1 ' "np An Interesting program has been ar pline lehr by removing him from his department. They wanted to, ranged and membership cards for the 1928 w be issued show him the power of the Sevens. They did hut, this vaunted 'er Reservations should be made with power proved a minus quantity. the president, Mrs. Ernest Holmes, or The political haekors, responsible for Bowmans change of front with any or the following committee after election ami sudden demand for the finance department, wanted "sJ'rs. George Mavcock, Bowman in that department because it offered the best indium forj Mrs. T. T. Burton. Mrs. Byron Nebeker, forming a political macliin. This department controls the law de-Mrs. Ken Thomas, Mrs. Lavinia Jackson. machinery of the city, partincnt, consequently the of the club are invited the pat nuiage of the court departments, the warm springs, the city to All friends join with us. and especially are forcemetery, the treasurers office, the city recorder. In fact, it ent- - nier members asked to be pr. gent braces more important appointive power titan any other department of MRi4in the city government. A New School Then, too, the water department is already filled with Republicans only one known Democrat holding a position of importance in of Goverment. the entire department. So Bowman has no list of Democrats to make The Supreme Council of Scottish Mawtts has recently given to the walk the plank, no opportunity to pay flection obligations with pat-iR- i' 'Va"hinK,on university at IVor?T without li. ronaire , removing publicans to do it. Washington. I). C one million dollars No wonder, we repeat, there is weeping anti wailing ami gnash- - for the establishment of a school of This is to be a memo-fou- r .government. ing of teeth ill the ranks of the Sevens .rial t0 the flret prea,ient U( will e. ; ; ; al j : i - j ! ' three-motore- d at subcommittee Chairman is s recent hearings r B,cono1 , . Essays Found not Worthy of First Prizes. ' jyvv.T , , The Nobel Peace Prize for 1927 has been divided between Professor Lnd . wig Quldde of Germany and Professor Ferdinand Buisson of France, men from opposite camps in European politics. who each in his camp has preached the gospel or humanity above nations. The formal award took place on December 10 In the Nobel institute in the presence of the ging. the crown prince, the diplomatic corps and a number of distinguished persons. The chairman of the Norwegian Stortings Nobel committee. Professor Fredrik Stang. in his address recalled the Nobel peace awards of 1925 and 1926 to the men responsible for the Dawes plan and the Locarno treaty. Charles G. Dawes, Aristide Briand. Sir Austen Chamberlain and I)r. Gustav Stresemann. This year it is another kind of work for the cause of peace which Is honored by the peace prize award. The danger of war threatens not only lroin the states it la also contained in the mentality of human beings, in the thought of Ford monoplane. 1 nation-wid- 'on German Share in Peace Prize. These planes have already proved their merit, and it Is said that their construction is to go ahead with renewed vigor after January 1. On this subject, Mr. Stout, chief designer of the Ford company, said: We need but bring ine American border within five hours of Mexico City to establish rapid revolution in the development of Mexiro through adequate air transportation service. Such a movement once begun would bring rapidly to success both mail and passenger service. Our flight proved this, as it was accomplished with ease. We carried a party of eight with an extra load of 9000 pounds and still had room for persons mora without overload-Ing. Although It Is rather risky to fly Washington has awakened to the fact that political appointments have been one of the chief hindrances to In other prohibition enforcement. words lame ducks are not suited to dry land work. An Old-Fashion- ed Woman. woThere was an man in town Tuesday. She had on high shoes, white cotton stockings. Her dress was barely above her shoe tops, while her head covering was not in keeping with the hats In the show windows. She had a happy face, denoting a fair degree of contentment, and with her husband she swung along absolutely oblivious to the stare in the eyea that beheld her. No doubt but what she Is a perfectly good woman, as well as a good mother and a helpmeet to her husband, for he, too, looked as if he was happy and ronient. It is a sure thing that clothes do not make the man. while the masses. To popularize peace Professor Buis- - it is freely acknowledged that keep-soand Professor Quldde have taken ing up appearancess Is essential in a prominent part, in spite of a good some lines and among certain claases. deal of opposition in their respective This couple does not expect to visit countries. Germany and France, where! the offices in the skyscrapers, but it it has been most difficult to carry on.! is a fair presumption that this woman but where it has had an especially with the high shoes can milk the cows, great mission. When the Nobel coni-- make butler, help gather the corn, mittee this year awarded the prize to 'drive the when necessary. Professor Buisson and Professor; as well as do many oilier things to Quldde. it did so in order to empha-- assist her husband. It Is never the size the happy circumstance that a clothes that makes the real man or public opinion has arisen in France woman. and Germany which supports peaceful All Join In the refrain I want a co operation between nations. girl Just like the gill that married Speaking of M. Ilulsson. rrof.ssor denr old (lnd.) Be- Stang said: "It was the disarmament publican. n j ; i j ! self-bind- er 1 : . : rx Fr,;r, e the essay contest What Woodrow Wilson Means to Me." None of the 10,000 essays submitted were considered worthy of a major prize, but 32.C00 was distributed to 44 essays as serond and third prizes. 11(0 In t m. rrenchman and Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh's flight to Mexico City to Join her son on his Christinas visit there has caused an increase of Interest in the whole subject of the establishment of regular air mail service between the capital of Mexico and the larger American cities. She traveled with s party of seven in a huge appro-propriatlo- bill. On the basis of testimony given the -- By Airplane to Mexico. ' Women I States. The establishment of such an In stitution at this time is not only fitting but peculiarly appropriate and timely. In these days when pernicious influences are at work to spread throughout the land subversive types or governmental Ideals; when false social and political Ideals are being engendered and fostered by partisan organizations, and when our own prosperity tends to make us careless of our sacred trust or American ideals, mere theoretical tearhing of political science and mere exhortation to good citizenship do not and cannot achieve such purposes. Young men and women must not only study political theory hut they must also study our governmental procedure and know how it really works .to realize the fundamental principles of the constitution. i WASHINGTON cost the government ten much as do males, it has been learned by a house sub committee which reported the justice department PennShreve, Republican, sylvania, found a cost of 3275 annually for males and 52750 each for the women prisoners. Seventy-seveper cent of the women prisoners are being held for violation of the narcotic act, a chart submitted by Mr. Conner showed. Of the 105 who have been committed to In Alcohol every form is harmful, the institution, 72 were violators of weakening the strength, paralyzing that act. The largest number of oththinking. This does not apply merely er offenders in one classification was to heavy intoxication, but much more j njne violators of the to omedate drinking of many years and 0Ur tfa( b for postal regulations grand larceny and standing. it is said in one of that murder. -union's pamphlets addressed to the' young folk, who are admonished not to make exceptions and drink alcohol on festive occasions. No man was born to drink alcohol said: intended to George Washington endow a university within the limits of the District of Columbia, and set aside certain securities for that pur-KsFrom what we know of his ambitions and aims we can only conclude that his desire was to see a great institution would exert a strong influence in developing fundamentally M"TheC sunremLP' council now makes thst ambition possible by offering an endowment for a school of govern ment that will meet the scope and in purpose the great principles enunciated in the constitution of the United i nt t : Mrs. D. M. Draper y German Boy and Girl Workers Fight Alcohol. Sponsored by thej3alt Lake Womens Democratic Club Edited by d two-da- even-hande- "When action. In the midst of the Ruhr conflict they tried to build bridges of friendship between France and Germany. They invited German peace friends to Paris and went themselvea to Germany in order to speak to the German people. Even M. Bulsaon himself took part in this trip, concluding his address to the German people with these words: 'There is something which stands above France, above Germany, above any nation, and that is humanity. But there is one thing which is above humanity. That is justice, which gets its most perfect expression when developing itself In human brotherhood." Turning to Ludwig Quldde, Professor Sting refers to him as "a student of history. In his youth he was eagerly occupied by historical writing and research. He was soon, however, driven into international politics and into work for peace. His first publication was Caligula, a little pamphlet of 15 or 16 pages in the form of a historically correct description of the Emperor Caligula and the Caesar obsession which possessed him. In fact. It was a lucid and piercing ridicule or emperor Wilhelm II. Herr Quldde has taken part In a aeries of peace conferences, has been present at Interparliamentary conferences and has written a number of pamphlets. His activity as a whole expresses two qualities which are of great value, independence and courage." Professor Stang ended by saying that the Nobel committee this year gives its prize to two noble and Illustrious personalities within the peace movement. The work for the cause of peace is identical with the work which prepares the way for honest and Just thinking between the peoples, for recognition of the equal rights of nil races to live in the world, for realization of the greatest political idea which has occupied the peoples: war replaced by peace. craft carrying several engines similar to ours it can be done easily. "Our flight was wonderful. The conditions were about perfect with a clear ceiling of 2000 feet the entire way. The women in the party enjoyed the trip greatly, as did the men. We had a cruising speed around 100 mllea an hour, never once getting off our course. When we left Brownsville we dipped low, skimming the surf almost from an altitude of only 300 or 400 feet When we passed Tampico we hit cloud banks and rose 5500 feet, finally to 11,500 feet." Mr. Stout said that flights from Mexico City could be made in the day. time while the night flying could be done along the routes in the United States. "Passenger transportation would be high but not prohibitive. It la entirely practical and establishment would see regular air service between Mexico City, Washington and New York. Our trip was npt made for publicity, as Mr. Ford furnished the --plane for Mrs Lindbergh merely as a courtesy accommodation." Some of Governor A1 Smiths friends have been complaining behe has remained silent on major issues. They contend his camcause (Endorsed by the Democratic State Central Committee) paign for the presidency would be assisted if he would make his posiA Democratic state newspaper, published every Saturday at Salt tion clear. This may or may not be true, but the eomplaint certainly cannot Lake City, Utah, devoted to progressive ideas and to promotion of apply to Smiths attitude toward the Ku Klux Klan. the progress and prosperity of the state and party. The governor spoke plainly in a letter he sent to an officer of Office Room 111 Atlas Block, of inter klan in lic Justice - I ilad."-Shelby- T BUT fO HATE TO AM OLE TURTLE, 7 VIOULOWT YOU 0E; 1 vllle |