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Show THE CHANGE IN THE HEUALD-ilEPUBLlOAN. There is something in tho old cry: "Thd'king is dead. Lohd livo the king!" It means a willingness will-ingness to pass from the dominance of one to tho tyranny of another. Some people, to whom the wish is father to tho thought, pretend to believe that tho recent change in tho Herald-Republican internal economy, means a difference in policy. Truo, as tho public press has stated, Mr Callister assumes-tho duties o)tgone'ral manager formerly capably discharged by George Hale, who is pretty likely to blossom out as publisher of the Telegram Tele-gram bofore tho expiration of 'his option On that post-meridian possibility. But Mr. Callister will not bo any more general manager in future than he has been in tho past. Ho may sit at tho desk a little longer each day, and ho may meet a littb moro familiarly thosa-people and problems constituting con-stituting the general manager's scheme of troubles. But if any gentleman employed on the paper, from top to bottom,, shows signs of acquiring ac-quiring the idea that thero is any difference in the, quality-of the Callister "must1" -then the friends. of such gontloman should take a club, and. argue with him. Mr. Callister's hostility to Govornor Spry, and hisvdislike of tho governor's friends aro perfectly per-fectly understood in Utah. And there is a current cur-rent rumor to the effect that tho collcotor has seen a groat light since the return of Sonator Smoot and Sonator Sutherland to the state, pending pend-ing the coma stago of the tariff bill in Washington. Washing-ton. The rumor insists that the collector has agreed to reverse himself to tho extent of being for the govornor, and at least not opposed to his friends. Which position might prove important to him. Not even Sam Park cared to have the Horald-Republican against him. But tho hotter informed mon insist that Callister Call-ister is an irroconcilable, (and that, once having committod himself to an opposition, ho is to be counted on as an enemy entirely through the show, with the certainty of finding him under whatever may bo loft of tho tent whilo tho succeeding suc-ceeding concert continues. Which means that Ed is like God in at least the ono particular that ho is "tho same yesterday, today and forever." for-ever." Understand, I am not saying that tho resemblance stops there. To be frank about it, for tho past six years or so Ed has been speaking as ono having authority. TO one man ho has said: "Come!" and ho comoth; and to another "Go I" and he goeth. You can prove on paper no man can do tho things Ed has done. But he has done thenu Of course he hasn't gained any vantage ground by becoming general manager of a groat morning paper, and inserting himself in tho payroll, pay-roll, for lib has in tho phst fcnjoyed all tho power tho position possesses. ' But it hasn't changed his nature any. And, inddfcd, if a man has boon revenue colloctor as a profession, and power bo-hind bo-hind the newspaper managerial throne as a pastime, pas-time, and should hate another man whilo so hooked up; and then should cease to bo collector collec-tor and cultivato,tho austiro habits of a news-' paper general manager alone, I fancy ho would bo a bit moro hard to htfndlo in tho now relation than in tho old. It has no restraints, you see. It fools the chocking fnfluenoo of on official obligation. ob-ligation. It loaves a man so happily indifferent to any wishes but his own. You know, when Wayne MacVoagh wont out of President Arthur's cabinet by request; and whjoa some Garflold admirer asked him if he looked for reform in the newocqupontsQfjjJthe oxecutive mansion .the cgtutft. Mji Matfyejagh said: "No man changes his, ;njij,ure af terrji.c reaches'the ago Of forty .'V ,nd Mr. Cajlistor long "agOurepohad that ago.; ; v 5 ,;. - ; I look for tho Hegatd-RepubJiean'tOibp just 'as good as it can-.be. in futurea-tand mighty! little different in its likes ihud dislikes than 'lfrtihas .buomin tho past. - if. in ; - : jbso |