Show THE FREE LANCE The hide and seek game which the polices police-s playing with the public in raiding and releasing gamblers and prostitutes is cur ou sly complicated end it would give the u nsophisticated mortal the headache to learn the details of it Heaven knows the p olice of Salt Lake is about the most wretched parody of aforce that was ever maintained at public expense for public aggravation ag-gravation Still the police Is not alone to blame for tho farce tuat alternately encourages en-courages and arrests vice for it is ubject to a great many conflicting nfluences Not the least of these is exerted by the owners of buildings I n which the degraded wretches ply their vile vocation They pay exorbitant rents for housesthat would otherwise be vacant I the names of the gentlemen who thus thrive upon sin and crime were published publshed what s sensation it would make in the community It would bo found that pray ing in church on Sunday and preying upon misfortune the rest of the wear is not considered wholly inconsistent by some not of our leading citizens ttt A large city and especially one in which t tourists and visitors are numerous cannot clunot be conducted on the Sunday school plan We believe even Dr Iliff by his political work in the August election subscribed to Judge Powers sentiment that wo I must not be too good but just good enough Yet what an effective check upon vice it would be if renting i houses for immoral purposes would be made illegal and subject to severe punishment punish-ment Or i such a law exist i it were strictly enforced I iii Congressman Cannons I mouth is not the first nor the last that got its owner 1 into trouble Wampler Is another victim to the ill discipline of that organ and he has besides a disagreeable habit of reinforcing his profanity with blows It was there fore with u degree of satisfaction that the people read in THE HERALD on Friday morning tint Governor West put a temporary tem-porary quietus to the proclivities of VVamplers mouth and muscle by knocking him down I served the bully right And yet we think a great deal more of Wampler today than we did J a week ago however little that may mean for he has had the manhood to apologize to Governor West and the public for the as 1 sinine exhibition he has made of himself himself While the lamp holds out to burn the vilest sinner may return and if toe Salvation 1 Sal-vation army knows its business here and now is a chance to show it In aoplying the cans to Wamplers neck so stiff was tho latter that the former broke into pieces Someone immediately presented 1 pre-sented the oxgovernor a new cane warranted war-ranted to fell without breaking Was It Arthur Brown l t t I t Now let somebody present a mace to the city connei and a serjeantatarms be appointed ap-pointed to wield it The office will not be a sinecure if the present administration continues in power and it might be tho moans of saving sometime a public funeral 1 We dont know for instance what would have become of Pickard last Tuesday i instead in-stead of the peaceable Mayor Scott some Brawny fellow like old Vulcan Pendleton bad been in the chair when tho councilman accosted him with billingsgate That Wampler might have found his West ftI City Father James is another turbulent member of tie present council who offered nght l to a fellow father and was licked Ihat happened duringan executive session I name more euphoncons but just as odious as dark lantern session which the Liberal party said must be abolished That was before the Liberal party got into power however fit None of these exhibitions of rowdyism though occurred during a regular session The distinction of raising a rumpus in such a meeting was reserved for Councilman Anderson He challenged another city official to walk half way across the floor of tho council chamber whore ho would meet him The other city official didnt walk in which he showed considerable wisdom and selfrestraint fit A gentleman discussing with the FreeLance I Free-Lance the changed conditions of politics in Utah said it was pa singly strange how some people shift their positions to suit the circumstances Four years ago Judge Goodwin was in favor of accepting tho offer from the Peoples party to place four Liberals Lib-erals in the city council A meeting to discuss this proposition was held in the chamber of commerce and it was one of the I stormiest of all the stormy meetings ever j held in Salt Lake and the gentleman wno was the loudest in advocating the plan was I i the editor of the Tribune while the mo ti vehement opponent to it was Judge Bennett j Ben-nett Truly coniiMf have changed I ttt I Governor Vest stOOl then with Judge I Goodwin and he stands on the same I ground only more advanced today One evening he appeared In the federal courtroom I court-room while tho Liberal kickers were holing hol-ing an indignation meeting His presence created a storm and when he stepped upon the platform he was fair hooted down But ho weathered the tempest and finally secured the right of everv American the j right of free speech The proposition or 1 I the Peoplos party was accepted So j fickle and capricious is public opinion I Truth is strong and must prevail and it is but a question of 0 moment more or less wtien in the present movement tho leaders will be gloriously vindicated t t t I What a wonderful climate we have in 1 I Utah Here on the 3th of November a lady I sends us a bunch of chrysanthemums i plucked in tho garden and they are just afresh a-fresh and lovely as though it were the 4th of July I t I t t I Everyone knows George A Meears as c t aI successful mining operator but it is net everyone who knows that he is j one of tho best rifle shots in the world Should he ever be luckless enough to lose his fortune in mines he will still b > able to keep tna wolf from the door by giving exhibitions of his wonderful marksmanship I is doubtful doubt-ful if there is a fancy shot performed by the professionals which cannot be aoiio just I as easily by Mr Meeara when ho is in practice |