Show What We Know of Free While no other paper in as far as we is saying a on the subject of the real principles of tariff the Independent makes free to declare the belief of its editor on vital No other editor in this state has yet ventured to tell the readers of his columns what he really thinks of this great question and the usual dull platitudes and conventional partisan humdrum is being in me papers of Utah and This de-clares its Its stand scares the so-called Democrats and enrages the so-called who let the party organs do their thinking for but it pleases men of all parties who think for whether or not they agree with the stand taken by this And it is for thinkers not for party slaves and ring-ridden that this paper is Anyone who will not think for himself will be offended at what this paper for it never will be a mere echo of party platform twaddle no matter by what party the stuff is set But this paper will try to hold parties to the platform pledges which they were and i will remind traitors to the people i election of their promises be- i fore a correspondent frankly asks us about free as one does in this we tell him just what we know about We do not go to some platform and palm off our read- ers what certain bosses have said the people should be made to believe on this but we sim- ply tell them the and the fac's concerning anyone wishes to not what the Republican or the Democratic platform says upon this but what we know for he may read our answer to an esteemed correspondent in another part of this any of our readers wish to know what the party bosses would like the voters to think on this we can get for a mere nothing all the plate matter that we will give space and while our readers would be devouring these columns of prepared the beneficiaries of our present tariff laws would continue to pick their pockets as they are really in many at this very It is all a question of which the people prefer whether to be first deluded and then or whether to be first enlightened and then protected from robbery in the guise of secret taxes hidden away under the prices charged for certain lines of trust-controlled manufactured any of our readers think that our stand on the tariff question is not right we will be glad to publish any communication that will enlighten us on the May never lady press his His proffered love Who makes a furnace of his And keeps it's chimney May each true woman shun his For fear the fumes might choke And none but those who smoke Have kisses for a i i i A humorous fellow being subpoenaed as a witness on a trial for an one of the who was notorious for frow-beat-ing asked him what distance he was from the parties when the assault He answered thirteen feet eleven inches and a came you to be so said the I expected some fool or other would ask said he and I just measured |