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Show We respectfully refer it to the Supreme court of the United States, full bencli no other wiseacres wise-acres can , possibly solve the quibble. The question ques-tion is: Did Grover Cleveland "interfere to prevent"? pre-vent"? The word "interfere" must be considered as to Its quantity and quality, as the logicians say. It must also be considered as to its extension. The Roosevelt "message" and the McKinley "message" must also be considered in like phases. Was the "message" official, non-official, or semi-official? Is a friendly partisan counsel a "message"? The matter mat-ter belongs to the Federal Supreme court, though the. average Utahn pretty generally understands what a hint from Washington means The street railway committee which is investigating investi-gating the service furnished in thjs city, is hearing both sides of the case. No one questions the justice of this course. All the public desires is that the facta be brought out The truth is the strongest -indictment against the trolley magnates." The Legislature should defeat Mr. Larsen's bill which increases the membership of the House from 45 to 52. Just why seven more Assemblymen are needed is too hard a problem for the average Utahn to solve. The proposition to build a $200,000 customhouse custom-house in Salt Lake is among the first benefits this city will derive from the entrance of the new railroads rail-roads into the Utah capital. : ' . - i -j- ' , -;' c 1 1 r Provo has blossomed into a place of national importance. The Smoot case has made it a town In the public eye. WaOOB MKHM. . Jeffries and Fitzsimmons have left the city and now "Mexican Pete" may run his hot air factory without fear of competition. . . ' ii i i I. Sirs. Coulter has plenty of backbone. She proved this when she "bucked agin," the 231,000 clubwomen in the Federation. - Now that the clubwomen have started a row over the Smoot ease we may look for fur to fly i |