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Show Judge Smith, in Ogden. on Tuesday last, rendered a decision in the Himer case which is ot vast importance, It is to the effect that the school tax in cities of the first and second classes iB illegal and cannot be collected. This of course, Is equivalent to declaring that the schools of the cities of these classes are destroyed. There is not the shade of a doubt of this until some relief legislation is had. So grave is the situation that the opinion is freely given that the governor should call an extra session of the legislature to rectify rec-tify tbe bungling of the last legislature. It remains to be seen what action will be taken by his excellency. It would be, however, a heavy burden upon the tax-payers of Utah if this should result. re-sult. The Logan Journal generously praises Judge J udd. Judd is a democrat demo-crat of the oMen tchool and devoted to the party. He has just a slight leaning lean-ing toward Cleveland. But then it should not be forgotten that he is an appointee of this administration and it is but natural that be should attempt to Boftea its asperities. Uowever, the judge is a soatherner and a democrat and be could not be anything othe than a free silver democrat if he tried, but it is morally sure that he isn't going go-ing to try. Judd is sound to the core. The Bait Lake Star is very bitter and hard upon the editors of bo h the Herald and Tiibune on the silver question. ques-tion. We have found no fault with the Herald's silver policy since it commenced com-menced to urge one, and if the Tribune could wipe the Ik-nver league clubs convention from the memories of the people, there would be little fault found with its eilver work. That was a bad break for Goodwia to make, to t;e sure. The Euquirer is nursing mother to the factious, one cf which wants to Eee Crjne governor and the other don't. Trumbo has joined Crane, and the battle for the prize i to be a fierce one. The old Enquirer's En-quirer's feathers stand at every angle but the Ciane forc-s do not seem to care a cent for its minilest perturbations. perturba-tions. As we are serving. a wyrse grade of slavery now to Euglaud than we were in the old colonial d.iys, the necessity for another declaration is far greater than that of 177t. When will we make the declaration and how? Congress could htlp us to a suggestion if it would a free coinnge bill is all we want, or need in this shape. Ogden is called the junction city. Grand Junction is the injunction city, because of the number of injunction suits brought by the water company to defeat the mountain water scheme. The mountain water people now seem to have it all their own way, however, and the pure mountain water will triumph. The Standard is still wild over Crane's chances for the nomination as well as the resuiting election. The Standard is enthusiastic if nothing else. If the Standard lives to see Charley Crane of Kanosh governor, it wiil be the oldest paper in the west, if not in the republic. The Standard's estimate of Mr. Graham's ability to send six republicans re-publicans from Utah to the legislature will have to be revised. If he had said six democrats, it would have been nearer the mark. The Colorado democrats who staid away from the convention, did far better than those free silver republicans republi-cans who went to Cleveland and were afraid to fight for silver after they got there. The number of failures is gradually decreasing. So too, of the amounts connected therewith. Times are gradually grad-ually improving. |