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Show I Straight Talk B For half a week there have been pickets in f j front of the Grill on East Third South street. Bl According to the strikers the grievance Is that the proprietors, Sutton and Greeley, will not H' ' put in a union card in the window and it is H j stated that they insist that their employees work H' twelve hours a day, seven days a week, and will B j not listen to the demands of the union which H asks that they give them one day off. H I If this is true it is manifestly unfair to their H ! help. H i But Air. Sutton states that it is not true, and M that whatever controversy has arisen has come B of a demand from the union that no help shall H he hired or discharged without the consent of H the union. If what Air. Sutton says is true, and M : we have no reason to believe from hiB past per- M formances and good citizenship, that it is not, m that is just as unfair. M Irrespective of the merits of the controversy, M we should like to know why any man or set of B men are allowed to picket a place, and if there H is no law to stop picketing, why isn't there? In B the meantime, a threat has been made that if anything whatever is said about the strike it H will be extended. Because the dally papers are lacking in in- H testines some of the rest of us are not, and if m this good town is to be put on the blink by the H threats and innuendoes of certain characterless m floaters we will take a chance in its defense. M We think it is up to some one in authority, if H there is any one in authority in the town, to pro- M tect citizens and taxpayers. M The situation is most regrettable, particularly M in view of the fact that Butte and San Francisco H have not only had unfortunate experiences but B are continuing to have them, and it takes cour- H age to stop what is transpiring. It would seem B to us that there is an opportunity for someone in H authority to make good. We are more or less in H doubt as to whether or not there is anyone in m authority here, but are merely suggesting that in H case an official is found with a backbone he B should act. H We are saying nothing but good about union H labor, but we contend that this is too fine a city fl to be menaced by the sinister band that has VH caused so much distress elsewhere, and we sin- m cerely hope that there is courage enough among H those who are sworn to enforce the laws to rid M our city of the thugs who have drifted in. H M We noted in the Tribune, on Wednesday, that M Daniel Harrington is the latest Progressive re- H emit. That's funny stuff. Every time Daniel takes his pen in hand he puts his foot in the We dislike very much to be unethical, if that's H a word, but there must have been a great laugh M in the Tribune office when the story was written H about Daniel. lie quoted 'Senator Goar as say-H say-H ing that Mr. Smoot knew so little about gram-M gram-M mar that he would not know a nominative pro's pro-'s noun if he saw it walking down the street. Why m mention a nominative pronoun? No delegates H ever fell for you, did they Daniel? H We further note that you state another "un-H "un-H tenable phase of your canvass" (speaking of the H senior senator) "is that you and your supporter, H George Sutherland, are too much connected HB with big business, railways, and trusts." Some Cm of us would be rather happy if you were also, H Mr. Harrington. It might help us to keep the H wolf out of the parsley patch. We see further, H that you noticed "by" the Congressional Record H that .Senator Smoot voted mileage for himself and M others while the country was in distress. Wo H regiet for your sake as well as the people here fiHBHHWHSiBHHHHfiHI that you did not have a chance to vote for mileage mile-age for yourself one way. You are further quoted as saying, that "there are five hundred men in this state who, if given the prestige and opportunities of high office, would make excellent senators and do credit to the state." Why so modest Daniel? But, come to think of it, we are wasting too much time on you. You are somewhat of a joke in the community, but you are awfully funny and wo wish you would write oftener. The invitation of the non-partisan committee to the reception tendered Senator Smoot, which was sent to ono Ray Van Cott, seems to have given that esteemed gentlem n the opportunity ho was waiting for to displ y his amateurishness amateurish-ness resorting to question marks in parentheses paren-theses and other kid tricks seldom allowed In newspaper copy. He compiled nearly all the arguments used against the senior senator In an effort to do something to bring himself into the limelight, and his stuff speaks for itself; speaks so loudly that the quoting of it is enough to show him up. For instance, he is quoted as saying: "Would it not be stultification for any independent, liberty lib-erty loving, free-thinking citizen to join in a reception re-ception to one who would not trust his fellow citizens with the right to decide who should be their senators from the state of Utah to the United States congress? Possibly, if one knew what was meant. Further he asks, "would it not have been more Democratic to have included all of the people of this fair state of ours, instead of confining it to business men only?" evidently, meaning that during a Democratic administration there are no business men. Mr. Van Cott finishes with a tribute to ex-President Taft and states, as quoted, that the question before the people may be left to the intelligent people of the state. It is difficult dif-ficult to know, after having read his stuff, what he means by "intelligent," but whether he knows or not, we are perfectly willing to leave any political question to the intelligent people of this state. In the meantime, we are awfully sorry that Mr. Van Cott did not attend the Smoot reception he was greatly missed. (Somewhere we read "Twist the tiger's tail." Ah; boys be gentlemen, don't get your college spirit from "Polly and her pals." By the way, what was that score? |