| Show I Why the Tribune Shivers Shivers' Shivers i which have hao obeyed the provisions provision of the newspaper statute enacted at l the last lasi session of Congress will take tako only au an academic I interest in tho attack upon the tim law now going forward for ward in the supreme court of the United States Slates by aNew a n L New York publication The Republican Herald-Republican has lia obeyed it in in every particular periodical publication L of our circulation details has always been our habit p and we have hae no objection to informing the public j as ns to the identities of our owners and those who hold I our obligations No honest newspaper need fear the operation of the statute statute- because none nona such will al allege allege al- al lege more circulation than it has m and l if its bills huh f payable are held by influences that exercise through tin I them control oC of the newspapers newspaper's editorial policy it I cannot be classed as ns honest t Tho The Salt Lake Tribune we fancy is watch watching ng the progress s of the litigation in fear and nud trembling ItI It ItI I I declined to comply with the provision of the thc statute I I which requires each daily newspaper to file an nn accurate act noI ac no- t I curate statement of its circulation with the postmaster I ter general and to publish the tho statement immediately I afterwards s in its own columns And in ill so declining I it risked exclusion from the mails Even Een those who I are totally unacquainted with the it vital a I importance I of mail facilities to a newspaper can understand that in risking deprivation of this the Tribune must have been inspired by somo powerful motive mothe must ha have e scented ome danger hinger more gra grave e even than having its circulation liar proven more expert and anti conscience less Jess than common The Tribune has been seeking advertising patronage patron patron- age for years with falsehoods in the tho mouths of its I It t solicitors It alleges to have havo circulation of or certain I 4 quantity and quality although it refuses all nIl attempts of those who ho buy its s space t to inform themselves as to toI I what they arc aro getting And now that a day lay of reckoning reckoning reck reck- toning i is at nt hand in in case caso the law is declared constitutional t I it forebodes disaster I Nor will mIl it profit the Tribune on that a awful ful day clay I t t. t to falsify its ts statement Si Signing ing ones one's name to an au J inflated circulation statement in iii order to impose upon an ad advertiser is not punishable by law in ini inthis inI I this state but swearing swearing- to a lie to deceive Uncle i S Sam m is not Dot without its risk since it amounts to p per per- rI r- r I jury E Even on tho the approach of tho the Christmas the period pet pe pe- pe- pe t nod of peace on earth and good will wiIl to men is not wholly rc responsible for the jO joy that pervades pen our ourI I being wo we are anticipating the day when the Tribune Trib Trib- I imo une is forced to publish a true and accurate state- state p of its circulation 4 I I 4 1 Two Pertinent Planks TEE THE President elect lect has hns reached Bermuda for a aA aI A I peri period d of ity before he begins servI serving I ing his sentence of four years at hard bard labor We WeI c ct I t trust he will enjoy himself and return refreshed and 0 1 ready for whatever er the future may have in store 1 Meanwhile wo we 0 hope he has with him no copy COP of the Democratic national platform the declaration of 3 faith upon upon which ho he stood during the campaign If I he lie has and gives es it that retrospective thought which 1 I goes deeper than the tentative reflection possible inthe in inI inthe I the hurly burly of a campaign it will not only spoil his his' vacation but will plant in his mind the seeds of ot suspicion against his Warwick Mr Bryan I Mr Bryan we recall was the tIle author of the platform plat pint I form farm and chairman of the committee that reported it to the Baltimore convention In that platform there is a u declaration for but one term for a President 4 a dent ent a provision pro which unquestionably looks much I more important to Dr Wilson now nov than it did before the election A candidate who had not DOt yet been elected to one term worried little about a second t now however it is different Also that platform I I contains a plank pledging ng independence t to the FillI Filipinos Fili Fill I I pinos promising autonomy to a conglomeration of races whose fathers were head hunters hunten and wh who I counted themselves es fortunate if a piece of boiled missionary mist mis mis- t came their way at the annual feast I There are other planks in the platform equally a as pregnant with thought for the tho President The Tho I two noted however will be sufficient to spoil his Vacation vacation va Va- i. i cation if ho he gives them attention I 9 f v I Direct Legislation F Fad ad 1 T THE THE HE way of wisdom for those who fa favor r t the ii initiative and referendum in Utah would seem to lie at this juncture in sawing saw saw- J I ing wood with mth its popular c corollary The Thet t 2 memory of the tho fate of the constitutional amend- amend amendments j ments mants beaten to death by popular ignorance and carelessness is still so fresh among the people asto as asto asto to prejudice sincere consideration of direct government govern govern- ment merit fads in any of their various forms It is not that the amendments were vere beaten but that so few of the qualified electors took sufficient interest to vote upon them at all Popular sentiment can secure from the Utah Legislature Leg Leg- statutes placing in effect the initiative and referendum provision of the state constitution but public opinion just no now is wary warr of anything that necessitates necessitates ne no- direct participation by the people in the tho business of government either lawmaking or something some some- thing else j I Meritorious legislation is much more pore assured of eventual enactment b by a representative legislature I f than by submission to the people since without I doubt enough electors would ignore the thc question al alI alI al- al I I together to render useless the action m of those who t voted for it even e if there were not actually a dissenting dis us' vote otc The exponents of this direct legislation legisla legisla- legislation I tion fad lack the saving saying grace grace of pra practical common commonsense commonsense I sense that is so common among idealists The control control control con- con be it much or little that is now exercised over o legislation in various states by wealthy an and corporate influence would be vastly enhanced under the initiative initiative and referendum for fOJ the publicist with the long long- It est cst purse and consequently the greatest facilities for I f publicity would largely influence and ancl in a measure II control lawmaking 4 Argument with an idealist however is generally f I futile Jf he hc were capable of being influenced b by J 1 J logic he wouldn wouldn't wul nt t be bo an idealist f r t Chafing dishes have hae been found in tho the ruins ruin of I Pompeii Now we wo know why the people of that city failed to be alarmed b by 13 volcanic upheavals S i I l The New York police ar are aie worried ried over the fin finding n of a n murdered man in a l bath tub tul Evidently the 1 l gunmen arc neglecting their business It begins to o look as though on Thanksgiving ne next t years year ari Europe pe will have lla to get along without day Turkey L. L L The Presidential Tenure T should surprise no one if future futuro chief executives IT of the United States are ure limited limBed to one ono term of or six years or perhaps seven ell Sentiment for suc such h an amendment to the tho constitution prevails large largely Lv in both houses of Congress President Taft heartily i favors ors it and his successor Dr Wilson ilson is pledged I to it in in his platform as well by hy hm having ng given gi his ye per personal I- I I word Joint resolutions which will clear ti the IC way for action by the lawmaking bodies of the v various va vu rious states stales are pen pending ng in both houses cs of Congress Congre and ancl will vill bo be fully debated if not adopted at the ti IC coming short session There is much of course courso to rc recommend this liE lim im- a- a The exigencies of politics unfortunately l launch a President into a struggle for n and reJection election before he is firmly seated for h his first term and anel in many instances his conduct of 11 the business of the executive c is thus department go governed gov go- by selfish impulses and aud actuated more b hy by 1 a desire lo to attach firmly to him the tho strong politicians whom he will need in his coming struggle straggle than i in administering the peoples people s business as the people would have it done If the executive incumbent we were limited d to one term terni his mind would be free from political political po po- p ambition and his acts from entangling political pout cal alliances For Fol the other side of the case it may be lie ui-ge ui urged that lin limiting ting the thc tenure precludes the p people ople fro from n continuing in office ono one whom they have ha found to 1 be ho o capable honest and 0 energetic prevents rewarding ig faithful service ice l by hy re-election re and removes from ti tho dishonest President the fear of punishment since I ho o already has all he lie can get For this side also it may bo ho noted that tI the suggestion sug to limit the chief executive to one ten term was debated in the constitutional convention that t wrote and c approved l that great instrument of government govern govern- ment ment debated motre fully perhaps than any oth other l' l I question question and and the wise men who sat at at nt that couns counsel table finally decided that the advantages of a repeated repeat repeat- ed cd conse consecutive utie term outweigh the dangers I 1 i I 44 i V A ij 2 1 Downward Bible Revision T THE HE editors of the revised Bible just published h by tho the American Baptist Publication society ha have made a tact tactical error is substituting the word 1 underworld un iii for that of H hell hell The former term h has come to have hac a definite and comprehensive meaning in modern language descriptive of a specific phase e c curban of urban life lifa that is interesting as a topic of private conversation in certain circles but bul not suitable for Lo miladis miladi's s 's A certain type of terrorized sinner threatened ci with permanent and compulsory residence in iii the underworld underworld un ur after death leath might easily exclaim with the inspired writer Oh Death Where is thy sting 1 p Reflection convinces u us however that the underworld underworld under under- world worM is merel merely a preliminary to that other whose appellation it has displaced and that those who frequent frequent fre fre- frequent fre- fre quent the ono one in this life are arc booked also for a taste of the other when they shuffle off this mortal coil 1 j 4 4 I Mr Johnsons Johnson's Fads f G GOVERNOR JOHNSON of California was was one o of oi the loudest exponents of industrial hal d democracy moc- moc racy and and social justice during the national campaign campaign cam cam- that recently closed and a desire for the thc appearance ap ap- ap at least of consistency will probably impel him to continue his campaign If he desires the people peo pea plo pie to lend him an attentive e ear two years from now no an object lesson in what he really means mean would be ad au- This ho lie should readily be n able ble to lo give since he is in full control of the California Legisla Legisla- ture President elect Wilson hol holds that thal sociological leg lea lea- tion of that sort is is' a matter for the states We wu agree with him and suggest that Governor Johnson prepare and present to his servile Legislature in the Gol Golden en state measures placing in operation such wheels of statute as will inaugurate this this industrial democracy and of which he lie talked so mu much mitch h and explained explain d so o little Should he launch this at once we would all know by the next national campaign whether his remedies arc efficacious Duning During Dur Dun ing our visit isit to the San Francisco exposition we could devote some time to studying the model industrial indus indus- trial and social life lifo of that state brought about in the original and only Bull Moose way And as an additional incentive there is the fact that California needs it as badly as s any state in the union That co commonwealth is a hotbed o Socialism Socialism So So- Socialism the tho cult of protest idle men and and women walk the streets of its cities When California gets the beam from her own eye eyo we will sit patiently while her governor removes the tho mote from ours 4 3 IA A Partisan Non Partisan Bi-Partisan C GEORGE M. M SULLI SULLIVAN AN is partisan bi-partisan gather rather than partisan non-partisan even though his nomination to the Board of Education by th the citizens of the First ward 1 is is under the Int latter tel guiso guise TIe lie is entitled d to congratulation too since he who could be a candidate can can- for judge on the Bull Moose foose ticket while serving ing as a n member of the board hoard of governors of ofa a Democratic club and still stin remain partisan non must have certain excellences even if they be not fully 4 4 1 0 c 40 U Ar As to Taxicab Service AMONG A MONG the needs of Salt Lake is sonic some sort of official official of of- supervision of taxicab service ser The rhe Her Iler- Republican aId is constantly in receipt of complaints from persons residents and transients who fre fre- use taxicabs that the fees assessed constantly constant constant- ly vary y for like service Among our correspondents correspond arc are not a few who believe helie that the charges made depend largely upon whether the chauffeur has bas had a profitable shift with de some somo dependence also upon the state of his liver The victims of overcharges arc generally women whose whoso repugnance for argument with the driver makes them profitable game and men who prefer submission to injustice rather than a a. debate debase in which the they could escape with their dignity even eve did the they s save savo o a little money moner The taxicab companies themselves arc probably not at fault ault hl but bitt L it is is upon them that the thc cit city administration should bring pressure The rhe percentage of hones honesty y common to mankind in general is no less in taxicab chauffeurs than sons persons in other othel avocations but the dishonest ones should be made to see the light and the cit city administration administration ad ad- ministration is the proper agency for t turning it on I |
