Show ETHICS OF A CONTRACT When n political caucus la agreed upon by tho members of a party the unwritten law that no loaded dlco are to be used that no skin game or bunko game is Intended governs Among gamblers the rule is e believe that when a man bets on a dead thl gand wins the loser Is not In honor bound to pay For instance if I A agrees to meet B at a certain point at 10 a m next day and dies that night and C hearing of hla death goes to B and bets him that A will not keep his engagement B knowIng know-Ing nothing of As death gamblers would decide that he could not collect tho wager So j the members of n party in a Legislature go Into caucus to nominate a United States Senator should they find that one candidate had negotiated for the purchase of a majority ma-jority of the members of the Legislature Legisla-ture If there happened to be n few honest members or members who had not received their fair per capita quota I of tho purchase money manifestly It would not be 3 square dcaltor it Is truo that if Senatorships I are to go to the highest bidder hen on tho principle that there ought to be honor among thieves there should be a square division I I I thoro is a1 promote 1 who has a I i bond on 0 Legislature J with a power or1 f 1 attorney to sell even It he Get that I power of attorney from God It is clear that the members of the Legislature have an equitable Interest the pro v I cecds for Legislatures arc like mines In this respect at least the promoter for his commission Is not Justified In taking the entire proceeds of the property prop-erty This rule Is just as binding when the property Is worthless and is being sold on a bogus report as when It Is valuable Then certainly no promoter would be justified in selling out and giving a clear title to the property of others on a mere promise for mens memories are often faulty and human life Itself is uncertain It Is necessary to reduce this business to n business basis for avarice like a wolf grows on what It Is Ced With 0 Senator purchased tho courts might I be put under the hammer neSt after that the Governorship and so on for there is nothing like character and titles behind the directory ot a great corporation I used tobe said in California Cali-fornia that Leland Stanfords great influence in-fluence In obtaining needed assistance for the old original Central Pacific I company was due not to 1 his preeminent preemi-nent abilities but because he had been I Governor of the Gojdcn Stale That Is nothing In the world succeeds like success suc-cess and there is an awe that hedges kings about eyed though the kings fl themselves may not personally he entitled f titled to especial consideration Finally I Final-ly 1 there is a little formality which legislators leg-islators are expected to heed before they assume official duties That is the matter of taking San oath to perform per-form their duties for the best Interest of the I State as God gives them tc sed the right Some of the Utah Legislature Legisla-ture ought to keep that in mind I |