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Show HIGH IDEALS IN PUBLIC OFFICE CUFF'S PLEA Utah State, Official Ad- dresses Annual Convention Conven-tion of Attorneys General! at Minneapolis, Minn. LAUNCHES ATTACK ON FREAK LAWS False and .Extravagant Standard' of Dignity Among Executives Is Blamed for Heavy Taxes MINNEAPOLIS. Minn, Aug. V. Attarneya tvntrml af tha varleue atataa wn naked tday by Charlaa . Griffith and 6orp F. Short, attorney tc"' mn Oklahama. reepeoiJvely, ta atari a natianwida Invwtifatian af th Induatry ta datarmina "If Standard Oil aampany la manlpu-kiting manlpu-kiting tha o""" market t put 4000 m idoeunt ry praduoara aut buaineea." ' MINNEAPOIJS, Minn, Aug. T. -What wa need In publlo affair la mora almpllclty. mora attantlod to duty, mora appreciation of th fact that a public office la a public truat, not a public graft a aacred tAiat beatowed upon th officer by the people who bar a right to expect ex-pect from their publle eervant actual, unatlnted, unaelflah, wholehearted whole-hearted aarvlc and attention to duty." . Tble I one of tha utterance a of Attorney General Hanrey H- ClufT of Utah In an addreee which he da' llvered before lb fourteenth annual an-nual convention of the attorney general of the aeveval atataa, which convened here today. . i ' "SU"REMC POWER." Hit topic waa "Th; prem Power In Government." He aalu, la aart: "I am convinced that congress and the laglslaturea 'at tha reepec-tlva reepec-tlva states hava In recent year paid too much attention to th agitator agi-tator and the organised minority, with the reault thet many treakiah and obnoxloua lawa have found their way Into the atatute.- cer-tain cer-tain claseea, by mlntalnlng powerful pow-erful lobbie and;ailrrlng up agitation, agita-tion, have eecured the enactment of law. which In many Instance, either promot th welfare of a special Class, to the Injury and detriment of tha great ma.eea, or tend to curtail and Infringe upon Individual rlghta and Hbertlee. Such condltlona are J due a plrit of unreet. discontent and even contempt for the "Whenever any form ot avr--either local or otherwise, under-takes under-takes to legislate morale Into .the heart of m.n. and to say what they .hall do personally regardln thing, which only affect selvee and not their neighbor or society, it I aura to be an un-wleidly un-wleidly and unproductive effort. Tou may. by law. regulate the affaire af-faire of eoclety, the conduct of men ".their relatione with their feHow-ro.nyou feHow-ro.nyou may regulate corpora-uona. corpora-uona. create bureaus, fix theur. ot labor for each day. and the minimum wage to be paid but jou cannot force honeaty and moral into an Individual by law. Teach the people correct Jirln-elole Jirln-elole and leave them to ovrn Themee've.. wa. the P"'cr pted by the great author of all law In Hla advlos and Inatruetlon to the "rat man In Eden. Tbia I. a much aa government or and by publlo opinion a It la a govera-Snt govera-Snt of. for and by JJP': Law that ara th outgrowth of eXconeldered, thoughtful public opinion, that come aa the wii 1 and popular expreeelon of tha great masses of the people, are ueiial.y Ich law. aa ar. Just aad right, and which th. people will respect and obey. TAXATION HEAVY BURDEN. The people today ar galling under the burden ot taxation. The high cost of government has gone beyond all reason, due largely to tbe fact that In recent years we hava created so many new bureaus, commissioners and other departments depart-ments la government, and have passed, and ara trying to enforce, so many reform lawa affecting individual in-dividual liberties . "Another Jergely contributing factor to thle high coat of government govern-ment ia the falee and extravagant standards that hav been t up. Men charged with admlnletering the affaire af government too often get tba idea that because the people peo-ple cava elected them to office R becomes their duty to maintain a very profound, slaborats snd extravagant ex-travagant dignity, paying more attention at-tention to social function than to actual detail business of their office, of-fice, ependlng the people's money lavishly In profuse show. -What wa need in publle affiire ht mora almpllclty. more attention to duty, mors sppreclstion of the fact that a public office 1 a public pub-lic truat. not a publlo graft a sacred truer TTeetowed upon the officer of-ficer by tha people, rwha. have a right to expect from their, public servants actual, unatlnted, unselfishly unsel-fishly whole-hearted servlcs ard attention ta duty, a that tha affairs af-fairs of government may be administered ad-ministered and the law enforced with the same efficiency and economy econ-omy aa a good business map wojtd uae In handling hla tea private business." . .... - . . - - '. . |