Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-08-28 | Page 4 | Press Paragraphs

PRESS PARAGRAPHS The sages of tho press believe ta a United statea marriage saw, ,. St, Paul Dispatch: "There le otnrloue-ly otnrloue-ly a line between what la desirable and right and what la wrong and undesirable undesir-able regarding marriage and divorce lawa. If the New York law la on the side of right It should be adopted In every elate. If It ta wrong It ahould be repealed. The question is one that very properly might be considered earnestly earn-estly at the nert conference of the gov-emora gov-emora of tho various statea." Omaha Bee: "Those charged with the solemn function of joining nvee together In holy wedlock should understand that the function le solemn and. lamentable as It Is. too msny of them, court officers snd sven mlnlstsre of the gospel, wholly ignore ig-nore the solemnity of It. Perhaps they can sccount to some extent therefore for the reason why m late yeara our divorcee In this country sre running up to one out of every nine or ten marriages. Chicago Tribune: "it le useless to talk of action by congress, ae hee been eug gested. The state have the sower to do ss they piesse and may he urged but not compelled. The contrariety of lawa well Illustrates the contrariety of dlepoeltton from South Carolina, conservative and opposed to divorce, to Nevada, wkleh encourages en-courages It." Louisville Courier-Journal: "The gentlemen gentle-men in congress who are agitating or pondering the question of a federal law regulating divorce, or an agreement of the sovereign states to form aa antl-divorce antl-divorce trust and make a uniform law to prevent legal eepa ration will not arrive ar-rive at results, and when divorce Insurance In-surance becomes aa common aa Ufa In-surancs In-surancs who'll remain permaaentlr mar- rSed In Americar; Terrs Haute Tribune: "TTnder the present pres-ent divorce system la thle country any man or woman may procure a divorce with ease, merely by establishing a residence resi-dence m eome other etate. Scoree of divorcee di-vorcee have been procured In thle way by men and women without even the for-mellry for-mellry of an appearance by the defendant party. Theee people have then married again and come back here to live as man and wife, a relation they have no legal right to undsr thslsws of their state." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Lack of Internet In-ternet le alwaya the one big obstacle In ths way of a great reform, but If the mass le to bo moved It Is well to apply the energy. There vrlu come a time when the need for uniform regulation of divorce aad marriage la recosnlaed, sven by etate leglelaturee. The sooner the oampeigB la started the sooner that time will coma. And congress has devoted Itself to many laea worthy causa a." By incuse Post-Standard: "A uniform divorce law by concerted action of forty-elx forty-elx statea seems next to Impossible. It should be possible te get something ap- 5 coaching a uniform remarriage law. New ereey, for example, might declare that no ettlaea of any ether etate ehould be ell- flbie for marriage In thst state who Is orbldden to marry In his own state. That would help some." Richmond Times-Dispatch: "After all. It Is not a uniform divorce law that we toed, ft, la a uniform marriage law. e e The stricter the low concerning marriage, the fewer the divorcee. We need laws thst will protect thoughtless young people from themes pres. Do make theee laws effective, they must bo ths same ail over tbo anion."