| Show edh b T T TO 0 it RIALS I 1 A L S theet AND corruption a 1 4 0 neds nedI I 1 reached bedrock 13 ed addled indicted I 1 con cod convicted and other kindred ex eres pres Jons form oe the head lines to the aily ally telegraphic reports tha 1113 concerning some bome embezzling president presidents cashier or of some savings bank 11 su ra nce nee company or similar ansti ution lution I 1 not a day passes but brings iti transcript from the records of rascality lasu allty sometimes from the humbler walks malks of life ilfe but more frequently from the so called first circles of society public sentiment while perhaps not countenancing dishonesty and knavery fails to upon those fine distinctions held by b our fathers and the social p political political oli yit and moral status of a man i L li i directly nha fia i n proportion pro to the ine inc measure asure of his success che dominant party clinging to ethe old adage tp the victors b bei etho ng ing the spoils andrike and like all ali organizations having become notoriously corrupt through the poesy ion lon of power and patronage have suppressed all proof of official and misfeasance what wonder is it that public opinion has become depraved and that private defaulters default ers vie with their rivals in public pu tolli office in perpetrating the most 1 wholesale and dishonest steals rit whenever the people shall stall once more realize that a thief id ia a thief no matter hether whether he be steals a loaf ur bread e or millions of dollars w hether under the mask of the highwayman or the th a cloak of religion alid aud that the laws odthe land areas applicable appi appl kabie kable to lone one class cl ass as to the other theris then and not till then can we hope for a renewal and continuance of the vaten public rec titu 16 af dayi gone this discrimination in favor of wealth and political influence is Js productive of nothing ito thing but evil let a few of the more mure glaring instances with which nil are aro familiar suffice A certain aj 8 official removed t or r cause cause even under grants administration and against whom tile the gravest charges were pre berred ferre dand and is s low now in and with good prope proa pests its of suc euc c CS si to secure an appropriation of nie aie for hn hii relief an lo 10 t hee against whom similar 81 milar charges are arf oh 0 n file inu iri the department of justice md and by the themay way the truth of meny many of said charges has been incidentally substantiated before a committee of our present tue tn e is now reported to have a fresl fresh lease flease of office foran indefinite period 91 and aud d W why by simply because his frietas and backers are and inside insi dethe the ring again not long since the whole powerful machinery of the interior 1 lir ir department was put in motion to t erush crush out certain parties i in utah in the lumber business ou oil the ground of df trespass on the public domain ear par different was the tile result a citizen of salt bike like L ike confidentially called the attention teli tell tion of the secretary of the interior to the flagrant flig rant violations of law in that thit respect along the line lindof of the stating that not on only y were millious millions t of dollars worth of timber stolen annually from the public domain and sold to said company in the shape of spars bridge I 1 timbers ties and the like but a also niso iso that hat the contractors had established a system of peonage for their employees similar to that in vogue veigue in mexico and lu in direct violation of all our preconceived notions of personal liberty dirin teed by the constitution of tile llie united states to the humblest I 1 iw citizen in the lan ian landi laudi dand and that in several instances the direct ruit r uit milt of such practices had been teen murder ta T what use did govern anent put this in urination the elext next day after the receipt of said paid letter letten by the department the con enta thereof with name of writer tc te was telegraphed all over the united states thereby giving color w 0 o the general belief that the contacting ring and the department rn re in collusion ns na might be multiplied aad ad infinitum et ad nasseam nauseam nau seam lut but iut we forbe forbear tir what is the remd 0 evidently we must adopt a derani ani higher scale of private oid fid mid public mo morality allty and a more t standard etan dard of public senti benti ment went if we would avoid the rending scenes of s the last days of the theroman roman republic wd and the frightful excesses of the paris paria commune it has been well and truly gald said that history repeat itself Is it not likely to prove trpe true in the history of this tiie the proudest rep republic bublic that thit ever chesun the sun bun shone 0 on b 2 TARGET PRACTICE OR sile SILK CULTURE THE riflemen of utah want helb help hel hei p from the legislature to the amount of 1000 they ask the le legislative v 0 assembly ably to appropriate this modest sum in aid of the their fr favorite pastime we say pastime advisedly the sharp sighted and stead steady nerved gent gentlemen lewen lemen 1 who delli delight 9 lit in centre gentre shots and are enthusiastic over bulls bulis eyes 11 engage in this sport for personal pleasure there is no vital principle involved in the organization of rifle club cluba sand and no special public necessity at present for target practice we do not to deprecate this manly exerene ex ercie nor throw throy cold water on the burning of gunpowder boutwe but nut we merely submit that it is simply recreation and therefore ther etore elore in the present condition of our territorial finances scarcely a subject for the expenditure ot of public money if it target practice isto 1949 be en encouraged cour by legislative appropriations horse facing might claim equal aa as yi 81 stance from froni the public purse puree rhen uhe the ladies might demand an appropriation in aid of archer thus cupida cupids darts which are aru very potent in this territory would be made still further effective etl ell active by association with the literal bow and arrow then irben the base ball clubs would want an ad appropriation for dashing uniforms implements of field warfare and arnica and aud plasters for bruised shins and flattened demaud noses then the girls would demaud demand a croquet appropriation and finally the little boys would petition for a portion of the public funds to purchase peg tops marbles and a ad pop guns seriously we think thero are too many demand demands bou bon sou on the treasury for tor the support of meas measures ures urea for fur the public benefit to leave anything in aid of lot private pleasures if it there isad land iam laa dollAr ollir to spare aare after the appropriations already we would respectfully suggest that the important enterprise ot of beti seTi sericulture culture receive pecuniary assistance from me the assembly this region is admirably adapted for the cultivation of the mulberry the raising raiding of silkworms silk worms nud aud the man ufa uta cIure of bilk silk boys and girls are growing up in large numbers with little prospect for remunerative employment and ani the encouragement of ot theo the thes ilk silk interest would help to find work for many idie idle tidle hands to do dw ailta A q money in aid of this enterprise ter prise would be judiciously ampro pria ted and its expenditure wo would uld prove of far more benefit than if devoted to the encouragement ora orn of a pastime which however pleasant it may be to marksmen and profitable to gunsmiths gun smiths and carey carLy cartridge idge makers is one that could be allowed to go doulou alaxia without material detriment to the of the territory the petit petition ign is well aimed but we think the mark will be misled this time |
