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Show Thk silyer men of the west are about to commence an aggressive campaign of education on the silver question. That's the policy. Those at the head of the moye propose to raise $50,000 to place the book, Coin, in the hands of the people broadly. That's all right but it smacks a little too much of one of Harvey's little advertising schemes. A broad campaign which proposes tc Bend good speakers and legitimate pro silver papers to the south, east and the north will be all right and Utah could be, we think, depended upon for $10.-000, $10.-000, but not if it is contemplated only to circulate Coin. Make the matter a general move all along the line Tand Dtah will go into it with $50 0.0, whereas she wouldn't give $10,000 to any purely personal scheme. We agree with the Standard that the article on libel is a little severe. The truth of the allegation should be justification. justi-fication. But at the Same time we could udt be averse to a curtailment of the license ot the press. It stems to us that some of the meanest men on earth have broken into the newspaper business. These men cannot see legitimate le-gitimate opposition spring up without attacking the personal character of its conductor and they lefrain from nothing noth-ing that will tend to break him down or lessen his influence. It is the same with political opposition. This soit of unholy license should be taken away from the papers, but news, even of a personal character, should be permissible, permis-sible, if it is true. There is a very pretty chance for a big row over the parochial school question ques-tion in Manitoba. The imperial government govern-ment of her majesty,it-eeems, has taken a hand in the matter and" has ordered that the catholic schools shall share and share alike with the protestants. This is but a matter of common justice as one half of the population of Manitoba Mani-toba is catholic. Our interest in the the question eprings from the fact that the catholic priesthood in this country, in many places, insist upon maintaining maintain-ing their claim to the share of the public pub-lic school money, when it is a profound underlying principle that the public schools shall be entirely non-sectarian. If Li Hong Chang should die of his wound, we doubt if eastern peace could be attained for years. China is mortified morti-fied and chagrined, but she is not materially ma-terially weakened. She could fight for ten years, and if she were to part with her prejudice against modern war ways she would, in her turn, make it exceedingly ex-ceedingly warm for Japan. Her 400,-000 400,-000 000 of men against Japan's 40,000 -000 would ultimately win. Japan had better behave herself and close the negotiations at once. Secrstaby Cablislk's son must not violate the quarantine laws any more than John Smith'b son, and yet the racket made about the affair of Young Carlisle's landing last Saturday, is in excess of the importance of the thing. Mr. Carlisle did not intend to infract any law and should be held guiltless. William only honors himself by honoring Biemark. Of the weight of the two men in Christendom, Biemark pulls down far more than does his majesty ma-jesty of Germany, albeit William may hold other views. The minority report on the suffrage article wins character for its manliness and perfect frankness. "Suffrage" is nut yet a law of this land and it is not at all sure that it ever will be. The Salt Lake Lexow committee bo 'struck it rich." There is more of it in eight, and a probe-to-the-bottom policy will likely be adopted. |