Show ri- ri If Abuse Had Brought Assassins Assassin's Attack Attach F Mr Taft Was the More Probable Victim NE wonders because of the statements made mado on Ott the witness stand O ONE in Washington by Mcdill McCormick and Perkins lerkins and the tone of the Roosevelt press generally just how little or oi how much Colonel Roosevelt Hoose s 's watchful attendants art are permitting him to know of the events transpiring in the wo world ld about about l him im It seems hardly credible that he should permit the thc splendid impression lOn he made mado in in the few v hours immediately following tho the a assassins assassin's attack in Milwaukee to be effaced utterly b by the the extent to wll which ch the Bull Moose l orators and newspapers are seeking to win Will votes voles for him through sympathy Even en a virile bundle hundle of inconsistencies such as the tho colonel daily exhibits himself to be le could scarcely permit such conduct of a campaign that he has alleged to bo lie one of principle cud from which should be bc eliminated The Thc degree in in which his friends are cl charging the wicked assault upon him to th tin tin- tone of opposing orators and antagonistic newspapers makes discussion of the subject necessary The simple truth is that i if th the volume of f abuse i th Li n nf n. n p r H. H in iii the present cam cam- 0 Vi VA Vii Vitt Ui VI IJU Can candi 11 dates because ot of th tho idea that he lie is is the sort of character his enemies allege the victim would certainly be V William lliam H. H Taft and not Theodore Roosevelt Tho The latter has constantly referred to tlc thc President as a thief thief crook It bur burglar lar pirate p r te pickpocket receiver cl of stolen goods He lie declared that that high and honorable would men re refuse re- re refuse fuse to accept delegates secured as Mr Ir Taft secured his lie He said that II again again und and again we have sent to the penitentiary election officials for deeds not one whit worse morall morally than was done b bv by members of the na flu- committee Roosevelt cIt declared that Mr Tafts Taft's attitude towards the presidency comes comes dangerously near being treason He lie declared that members of the national committee had earned Mr MI Tafts Taft's gratitude b by stealing steal steal- ing big for him him and that H a n majority of the national committee IH has practiced 1 InT political Tin TT rr theft r AN r in T mt every o ei form i. i v from r- r highway ft robbery to petit n 01 u LUU y OL Jj LA and referred to the President of the United States as a dead lead cock in ill the pit Abuse had nothing to do llo with the nt attack tack upon Mr 11 Roosevelt he lie has bas been the author and source not nol the object of abuse 1 1 a cNE c- c NE E of the most entertaining features of the The Reason O ONE OE present political campa campaign in Utah is jg the thc Wh Why y th the e consuming rape rage with which the thc Democratic Heathen and Bull Con Coit candidates regard The Herald Kc I All denounce it as unfit to read read Are Raging i then proceed Jo to quote copiously from front memory J j statements it has made for fot a period of several ml years year thus thins c evidencing their entirely laudable habit of reading it with each great care caie morning We Te are arc delighted to take note of ol the situation because it shows that our out opponents arc are rounding into their usual form fonn each two years the they make The Herald Herald- Republican the issue apply to it all the cp epithets of opprobrium of-opprobrium that a highly developed inventive genius can essay and desert aJ all other questions questions ques ques- in the joyful abandon with which they abuse this newspaper We Ye appreciate too their well well meant efforts since their anger angel i h is always in full ratio to our effectiveness as an exponent of the Republican party and we vc can always discern from the volume and nature of the howls the particular quarter in wHich our batting average is highest We can forgive them also because of the great service serice they perform perform per per- form in affording gratis a advertising for which we would otherwise be he required t. t to pay and because we can cnn understand the thc feelings that inspire in in- spire spiro them It is without doubt most irritating to them that thai the newspaper news news- paper which continually stands in the way of their political success and one which they would consequently wish to ignore if they could happens to be the newspaper which they must read if they want the news If they could get el elsewhere e Chat which they must read The Republican Herald-Republican to secure their indignation would be less Like the philosopher who was discussing the foibles and frailties of women and remarked Bless em I We e can t live li with them and we cant can't live without them our political find opponents this ns at t I I I n perating as ns it is entertaining and mid newsy ol However they continue to read it U during durinA campaigns between campaigns and all the time because the they find it profitable to do 10 so su The They abuse it constantly their calm caIrn and and deliberate opinion is that it ought to be suppressed But thc they continue to buy it and pay for it or if they cant can't do that flint they borrow v it or steal it and arc are corre corre- ent entertained instructed informed and edified OM t MARSHALL of Indiana has not noL had T TO Marshall Marshal Marshalla much much- attention fn dur during ng the present campaign a aCre Creature a ture He lie is the Democratic candidate for vice ice or of I. I Tom oi president and could be bc of importance only through the two improbable bable eventualities that eventualities that Taggart Professor Wilson should be elected President and die while in office In this latter event Mr l Marshall l would become President or rather he would drawn the salar salary while Tom Toni Taggart of Indiana managed the I job Nearly everybody knows knows' Taggart He is s the boss of or Democratic politics in Indiana and owns French Lick Springs where a few years ago ngo one could grapple any kind of a gambling game that looked good to him What Murphy is to New York and Sullivan to Illinois Taggart Taggart Tag Tag- gart is to Indiana Marshall was nominated for vice president because Taggart Tag ma made e that kind of a deal when he agreed to throw the tho Indiana delegation to Wilson Marshall is governor of Indiana he lie job a COt could 1 not have had without the consent and active assistance of Taggart who is the sort of practical politician who collects with interest the favors he loans How ITow would you like to have Tom Torn Taggart for President of the United States Take it home with you and think it over 8 l i II II WREN JHEN the Aul Automobile Club of Utah some II f I timo On n 1 IT 1 i L n I L 0 UJ U lU a sU la jaw mat Attitude I. I of jail sentences exclusively be imposed for Utah Utah's s violations of the automobile speed limit we found ourselves unable to understand its attitude But Auto Club we can comprehend and sympathize with its re re- adopted resolution which con condemns the continued policy of or the mere imposition of a fine and nothing more morein in in cases of persons found foun-a guilty guilt of excessive speed while intoxicated The Automobile club deserves es credit for its stand against tho the sort of undesirable citizen that tries to handle a a- machine and John Barleycorn Barley Barley- corn at the same time liquor and gasoline have never hover mixed to the satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction sat sat- of any of the parties concerned and never will The decent thoughtful automobilist who is as much the man while driving his machine machine ma mit- chine as he is is on other occasions is the proper instrument to pm punish sh those who become maniacs a as soon as ns the engine begins to cough 4 2 to eJ lQ 4 o. o GOVERNOR OH IL IIA having iIPP announced Two Souls Soul G that he lie is is both sane and sober Iobe and that he lie hoWth With 1 B But Buta U t has no o intention of appointing I. I l Fred ral T. T Dubois to the United States Slates Senate to a Single suc succeed Senator Hc burn Hoy-burn it would woul be lie a n bit like Thought threshing old dd straw to discuss the matter again had the Salt Lake Lako Tribune not attempted edi- edi tonally to deodorize and fumigate Dubois yes yes- Yes i T- T mi The Reams ul n always s suffers organ vicariously whenever er Dubois s set get et his due due since since the latter was of about the thie samo importance in ill the Senate as was the Tribune owner au and reflected as little credit upon Idaho as did aid his llis upon Utah It may be said saia to the cre credit tit of the Tribune however that it cat carefully l waited wailed until I Idaho's aho's governor gO had repudiated tie tIC Dubois idea iden thus making its when it knew them too t rd tardy to be bc of If service ic J. J T Jf r |