Show never cost tho deseret news with singular political sagacity favors the investigation proposed by the onti church legislators bat it says gentlemen of the leg slatary sla tare count the cost of the work in its expense to the state and if ayou decide upon it remember that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well wo say never mind the cost the legislators are only spending their per diem some four hundred dollars a day when playing at politic and the expense to the state is much greater when they are trying to make laws the latter is a lasting expense and will live after the legislature has adjourned but the per diem will be discontinued when the legislature adjourns sine die it was the fact that the legislators were loss expense to the state in spending half their session trying to elect a senator than they would have been had they been making laws that made us comparatively silent on what would otherwise have beau a most disgraceful waste of the public funds when ic comes to choosing between two evils mankind is always prone to choose the lesser now on this principle wo are decidedly in favor of the investigation we are glad the thatcher gengol the republican publican Ee support in passing the resolution through the lower house it is said they have strength enough to pass it through the senate and if possible let the investigation bo made so broad and thorough that it will consume the rest of the session about all the democratic legislation the state needs is high hat bill the manner in which the resolution finally passed the JEi onse letting republicans be tho arbitrators is all right the governor the supreme judges ana the attorney general are requested to conduct the investigation that suits us they are all disinterested parties and beang all nun except the governor there will be no fear of church influence in the investigation we aro pleased with the provision to havo the investigation include newspapers we want to know what moses thatcher bed to pay if anything for that cartoon in the last issue representing the ex apostle as the crucified it will be a very interesting investigation throughout and while it will cost the state nothing will be a real pleasing diversion |