Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-21 | Page 16 | The Anti-Pass Platform Pledge

I t te r F Q I The Pass Anti-Pass Platform Pledge U UTAH'S TAH'S J Legislature e is entering upon the closi closing g weeks reeks of its ils session ses ses- sion Sion Tile The record upon which the party that dominates it will willbe willbe willbe be rewarded or punished at the thc polls by the people has reach reached d the advanced chapters But Rut one of the pledges lias hns been redeemed There are arc many others of equal importance concerning which the p people peo peo- o- o pie pIc are going to tn inquire one year from next fall fail and nud chief among these is the antipass measure which the thc Republican party part promised the tile people peo ICO- Pie pic in the following language In lit line with legislation b by a Republican Congress Congre 8 an and believing beUc that wholesome le legislation is il hampered b by tho system in o vogue ue of or passes to public officials we pledge OU our Legislature laturo and Governor Governor Gov Gov- to pass an all adequate antipass measure for Or the tile correction of this ev evil II 11 Most written instruments arc are capable of or varying constructions the whose for the this tills one is iS nol Even ell talented Macaulay respect value of words was so great that he rarely wasted one of them could scarcely have improved ed upon it it so far as regards pungency clarity and comprehending all brevity The Tile pledge it gives is inescapable none may repudiate it on the ground th that t its irs meaning is obscure that it is ambiguous that it lacks coherence that it i is not specific or definite It plc pledges the Republican members member of this Legislature who were elected upon it to enact a law to prevent the railroads from granting passes to public officials it makes no exceptions exempts none Iti It Itis is the duty ditty of or tile the Legislature to write such a n statute upon the thc law books for enforcement The party that docs does not keep its ils promises is is' no more respected no more worthy of respect than the individual who breaks his word like an iii untrustworthy person a party may mav exist for a time in spite of its lack of honor But the day aay of j judgment cannot he be evaded or lon long deferred 14 1 V. V