| Show Superlative Inconsistency lIE hopes aud and be let best t wishes of the people of Utah will follow to 1 THE Washington those designated to plead with the thc Democratic eon eon- ere for the very verr existence of ci the lead ore oro producing hll iness I in iu this state The careful preparations made to present a most con convincing convincing nc- nc ing case indicate cate that the mining men wen of Utah realize the tho danger dauber in which their business s is placed and the injurious results that will follow tollow a readjustment of the metals tariff The Their r action in sending representatives I cs to Washington on is but hut a proper precaution hut but what they willbe willbe will willbe be able ahle to do 10 with witha a a ways and means committee of which Oscar W. W Underwood Un- Un Un Underwood derwood is the head bend is qt quite te another matter Of the thc committee that is chosen for tho the enterprise is is William illiam H. H King the tho well-known well Utah Democrat Those who observed Mr King Kings s act activity it previous to tho the recent election will rill probably be surprised that ho he should be bo selected as an nn advocate of o tho the protective principle As Asa a supporter of or the national platform of his party whatever arguments Mr King I may bring Ining to bear should be most interesting That platform specifically declares that tin tin- Republican principle of or protection is unconstitutional that the tho national government lacks const constitutional authority to imp impose c duties for foi protective PU purposes The Tho only principle upon which tariff tanH may bo be collected according to the platform winch Mr xii U. Kin 1 ur ntA cd irr upon n 41 Jim the i people f of Utah nt al the thu election is that of raisin raising revenue for fOl the thc payment of the expenses o of of government go I Mr LIi Kings King's mission and that of his ills colleague George W. W Yo Riter Utter isto is isto i to convince the Democratic tinkers tariff-tinkers that the imposition of an un iu ad I valorem duty on lent lend will wilI amount to practical free trade because of th tIl the 0 difficult difficulty attendant upon determining the lead content of ore I we hope his mission will b bo be successful since sinco we un understand to the thc full ful I the damage Utah will suffer from front free lead we confess inability t to a comprehend the thc position on of Mr King KlUg By his voice Ill his vote voto and his h in during the tile campa campaign he endeavored to induce the thc people of tin thi this S state to approve the doctrine which he be now goes to Washington to op oj 01 pose His chief dut duty under unde his Washington assignment is to to maintain the protective dut duty which tho the Republican can party part placed upon upun lead If he lie succeeds not only will ho have hac contributed to an absolute i reversal of his party's position but he will personally have repudiated I tho the very principles upon which he urge urged his fellow citizens to lift t to power his party in iii state and in nation Mr Ir Kings King's position while inconsistent indefensible and able squares happily with that of every cry other Democrat in U Utah ah Al AI I favor the protective principle except at election time for twenty twenty- three months of each two to years ears they are arc on the alert to prevent an any r reduction of tariff on the three great commodities which this state I produces and upon which its prosperity hinges During the months immediately preceding the biennial election of congressmen they are arc earnest proponents of If Democratic pol policies c es they insistently beseech the people to vote ote the ticket of the party that is not only pledged to low tariff but flatly declares the protective principle to be unconstitutional Following the election they are once more protectionists In Iii the past the they have ha been safe because a Republican administration at Wash Washington ington has merely smiled at Democratic vagaries and has given gi th them m what they want rather than what they thy have salt said they wanted There is IS to bo he a new order of tl things now however howe and we shall see what we vc shall sha 11 see tec cc I 1 I s |
