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Show , An Independent Paper Published Under k :; tfie Management of J. T. Goodwin :: f EDITORIALS B Y JUDGE C. C. GOOD WIN f ' If It Must Be W ttHP HE dogs of war" are at last "let loose" S at Vera Cruz and at this writing no one H can predict the outcome. Because of his abso- I lute want of knowledge of Mexican character, the President has bungled at every phase of the Mexican situation. The statement at the beginning begin-ning that nothing would induce our intervention , in Mexico, until every other means was exhausted, j only caused Mexicans to believe that our gov- j ernment dared not interfere. His refusal to i recognize Huerta was another bungle for it only encouraged every other Mexican chief to press his individual revolution. Most humiliating of all was the warning to Americans in that coun- l try to get out, instead of serving a sharp notice , that the killing or despoiling of Americans, or, ! under the Monroe doctrine other foreigners, would invoke swift and fierce retaliation, was an- other encouragment to the rough riding and rald- 1 ing bandits there. The president had ample ? , cause for interference when the Mormon colon- Ists were robbed, many murdered and the re- mainder driven out for they were there by the I invitation of the president and government of a. Mexico, and ample protection had been guaran- 2 teed them. Again when Villa drove out the Spaniards, I many of whom had been in Mexico all their lives, under the Monroe Doctrine there was a real de- j mand for Intervention. But the President waited until a messenger ' from a warship of our country was arrested and Insulted by a minion of the power which the Pres ident all the time had refused to recognize. Then Mr. Wilson was ut last aroused and from $ the man he has always refused to recognize, de manded an apology, on threat of war, all the time professing his love for the Mexican people, peo-ple, which leaves him In the position of virtually holding that American lives taken by warring bandits could be expected, but to Insult a blue ' jacket in American uniform was an Insult to the 4 American flag for which ample restitution must be made. 1 , The above Is history up to date. It is not edifying. There are people who believe that the final play was but a bluff to quiet a growing - distrust In the policy of the administration and P to Influence public opinion, but that may all be -A put aside. There is a reasonably well founded impression that Huerta planned to have things happen as they have, to either consolidate Mexi- can opinion and rally soldiers to his support apalnst a foreign foe, or if that failed to either 4 t slip away as Diaz did or surrender to the Amerl- cans rather than to Villa. f But all the time Mexican murders have been going on In the name of war, and all the time the IHHHHHHBniHHHB prayers of the women of Mexico have been as-conding as-conding beseeching for peace, and now the first guns have been fired in what is liable to be a real war, despite all the efforts to stop, on its threshold, its onward march. This being true with all real Americans, political polit-ical consideration will be silenced, and the great Republic will respond to the call. All the men needed will bo forthcoming, all the money, and the only cry will be, "No more temporizing, no more delays, no rioting, but swift and terrible war until peace and order in Mexico Is assured!" It will cost many precious lives, more bonds will have to be issued, a new pension roll will have to be made out; many a mother, wife, daughter and sweetheart will bo in mourning, but the scales of justice must finally balance, and the great Republic has yet much to do before' the time comes when her flag will be a symbol of peace to all the world. Indiana Progressives THE Progressives ran over in Indiana last week. We did not. expect it until a ship from the antipodes' pul'ed into her dock with the scalps of more wild beasts in a certain bolt and the plumage of strange and beautiful birds waving over a certain helmet. What is the play of Hamlet without the Prince? But, we are bound to say the supes filled their respective roles with much credit. They either received their program by mall, or they are mind-readers, for they seemed to know what the substance of their party wanted. We say substance for without the master magician magi-cian there would be no party. Two years ago the rule in this country was changed. The 6d reading was changed. It was no longer, "All men are created equal and endowed with certain Inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and was made to read: "There is but one real man, and he is so endowed that it is his right to expect that all other mpn shall minister to his lust for power and display, to insure his liberty to call those who do not agree with him liars, in the pursuit of his happiness. And the supes made a platform to suit him. The party that suited him exactly six years ago, they stamped In the ground because he has changed his mind since. Formerly he was opposed to the recall and referendum, but the supes Included It in the platform plat-form for the restless and incendiary host In this country .want it and they all when out of the penitentiary vote. It is not long since he opposed op-posed women suffrage, but that was favored, because be-cause as state after state is giving women her right to vote, who knows but In 1916 she will be the deciding factor? " Then there was an open plea for more centralization cen-tralization of power in the federal goverment. This has been the party's central idea since he was fist elected president. "I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse." Mr. Pinchot must have drafted that resolution; H that has been his idea over sinco ho drew that H first $18,000,000 to use In setting the west off as a H government preserve. H The strange feature of that convention was H the dissolving view of it. Mr. Boverldgo was H named for U. S. senator and the glad nows was H heralded that ho would accept. As though there H were oxen enough in Indiana to draw him away H from that acceptance. H We have given a little space to that convon- H tion, because it was evidently intended to set H the pace for the rest of the states and we shall Bfl no doubt see it in substance repeated frequently H in the coming three months. The cheeky feature about them all will be the ( likening of their work to that of the stately ones 71 who organized, originally, the Republican party. M They call over the high names of those men M of fifty years ago and liken thomBolveB to them. M They frame their catch as catch can platform M to lure unwary and impressionable voters and then M file their affidavit that it embodies only holy M principles. Alas! No stream can rise higher M than its source, and all the voters of this free H land will need will bo a sight of a composite pic- H turo of those rounded together with a sketch of M their records. M After Occupation, What? H XV7HEN in 1898 the American army entered H Cuba there was a "patriotic" army that H had been in existanco two or three years. When M the assault was made on Santiago a largo detach- H ment of this army was in the woods a few miles H outside of Santiago, but not one of them come to H help the Americans who were fighting their bat- H tie. But when Cervera went out to sea and his H fleet was destroyed and the Americans occupied H the city these scalawags came In and began loot- H ing the city without stint or mercy. The Amerl- H can in command, we think it was General Joe H Wheeler, ordered a regiment of cavalry to drive H them out and pursue them for enough to prevent H their returning and to keep shooting while they H chased them. This was done and it finished their raids and looting. H Many people think that when Mexico shall be H whipped to a standstill the war will have but just H begun, that the Mexican soldiers will disperse In H guerrilla bands and Infes the mountain fastnesses H for years. Wo think this will bo done by a few; It has been that way for years. Ol'T man Diaz ran down and killed lots of them, but while Mexicans Mexi-cans are better stock than Cubans, they none of them like an enemy that shoots and keeps shooting. shoot-ing. So while there may bo individual bandits and sometimes squads, there will be no organized military bands of them. Then with peaco established no doubt the first thing will be to order the people to meet, nominate nomi-nate and elect their own state officers, and what American soldiers will bo left will bo there merely mere-ly to sustain the state officers until they can go their governments Into working order. H Manly And Generous H -V.KEN tho groat hurricnno struck the harboi- H W of Samoa some twenty years ago and the H ships were dragging their anchors and it was Hj clear that they would be dashed to pieces, a Brit- H ish cruiser, tho Caliope, the only craft with mod- H em engines, got up steam, cut adrift from her an- H chors and steamed out' against the storm into the H open sea and rode out the hurricane. As she H passed our frigate Trent on which was drifting to- H ward tho rocks, and which was finally torn to H pieces upon them, her crew chpered the British H ship which was slowly breasting the seas called Hj up by the storm. H The compliment was returned when tho Brit- H ish tars cheered tho blue jackets who in open H boats went to capture Vera Cruz. H It was one of those acts which tie the hearts H of nations together. H . McKee Rankin SO old man McKee Rankin, who had explored the whole earth and "in his time had played H many parts," has gone to explore the unknown. H He went out "naked, but that was nothing new H for him, he had done that often from many a H 'town, but his cournge never failed. His belief H was at such towns that a more enlightened com- H munity would enable him to make up his losses. fH And he generally succeeded. He dared to defy fate H' repeatedly, and as a rule,( won out. We hope it H will bo that way where he has gone. If the jH judgment angel will stop to hear him explain- H the situation and to show that it was mere want H of patronage that had caused all his shortages; H that it was not his fault if a sordid world could Hj not assimilate his genius, and caused him to H shake the lower dust from his teet and try an- H other sphere, ho will be given another chance. H And what a company must have awaited his H coming on the other side to welcome him. Mc- H Cullough, Barrett, tStark, Adams, Booth, Murjflock, H Forrest and a hundred more, while the old min- H strel companies furnished the music. And the ' H scenery must have looked as though all that new H world was a stage and only the ghosts of men H and women were players. And up there thi Hj lights are clearer; the scene painters have im- H mortal dyes to tint the scenes with and the flowers H that adorn the stage are immortal flowers. The H voices, too, are filled with music and the accous- H tics of that temple are perfect. The soul of the H old man must rejoice exceedingly at the transi- H Monoliths INCLUDED in a private note from Col. E. F. Holmes is a little dissertation on monolith col- H umns which we copy, only adding that the col- H umns proposed for our capitol are all to be pol- H ished, which, as we understand the matter, none H referred to by the Colonel are, unless those in H Chicago are an exception. The Colonel says H ' "I have been greatly interested in the discus- H sion going on concerning the monolith columns H for our new capitol building, and would like to H add my voice in favor of that proposition. But H what a splendid advertising scheme it would be it B we could have them. Ej "And while monolithic columns are by no H means so very rare, still in our country they are H most unusual. I was stopping in Chicago four Hj years ago when they were putting up that Peo- pie's Gas company building which has about a H dozen of su 'i columns, and wan Interested in H seeing them placed into position. The size was H about that of those proposed for tho new capitol H building and the man told mo that they cost H $3,800 apiece placed in position, and which was 9 done by an inside derrick using the window open- H Jng to roach the column, and tho steel cable that was used was run by the usual donkey engine. These columns wore placed into position after the building was otherwise completed, and the main walls of the building had an overhang of five feet at the top of these columns. It all seemed so simple when one could see the whole operation. "There Is a church in Russia that has one hundred hun-dred and twelve granite columns .that are six feet in diam er, and each sixty feet long, each column a single piece of stone, and of all the sights in t. Petersburg this stands out in the mind's eye, as about tho most impressive. Such columns would weigh considerably more than four times as much as those proposed for the Utah state capitol. "Speaking of large columns, there is a single column in St. Petersburg that is eighty-four feet long and fifteen feet in diameter. This column stands upon a square base that rises forty feet above the ground, and is topped by a plinth six feet thick and twenty-four feet square. Upon the top of all this is a bronze figure of i Victory anchored an-chored upon and resting on the too of the foot, which is some column all right. "I thought this the greatest work of the kind in the world until I saw "Pompey's Pillar" at Alexandria, Egypt, and which is ninety feet high and sixteen feet in diameter, one single piece of stone transported some six hundred and twenty five miles down the Nile. "The "Alexander" column (at St. Petersburg was erected during the last century, that in Egypt more than two thousand years ago." Should There Be War WHAT then? Some battles fought; some more mothers' hearts wrung; some young men dead who dying felt the kisses of sweathearts on their parched lips and forgot the pain; some more proof that when God works his reforms His instruments are symboled by the earthquake, the pestilence and cyclone; some names not now known beyond the narrow circle of friends all at once becoming household words, to compete for honors for a generation to come with a thrilling war record for a backing; perhaps an empire soaked with blood and tarnished with rapine and robbery, to be redeemed; new cares; new work; new dangers to face and new problems to solve who can tell what destiny has In store for us for nations, like men, must earn their places on the world's map? To be a world power brings Its responsibilities which must be met and in the dim light whi- h yet clouds the eyes of wisdom, nations still can but resort to the methods of savages to work out their problems and on the chess-board of fate most men are but pawns, not many knights or kings. Let us hope that this cup may pass and meanwhile mean-while let us repeat Kipling's inspiration, "God of our fathers, known of old Lord of our far flung battle line Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kingsdepart Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice. An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of hosts, be with us yet. Lest we forget lest we forget! If drunk with might of power, we lboso Wild tongues that have not thee in awe Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds Avithout the law Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget lest wo forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust , In reeking tube and Iron shhid ,. All valiant dust that builds on dust, , . And guarding calls not Thee to guard For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy mercy on thy people Lord." See To The Mining IN the earlier days it was a habit with business and professional men in Nevada to fit out prospectors pros-pectors to go in search of new mines. It would be good to adppt more generally that custom in Utah. There are many prosperous industries in-dustries in Utah. We are told that the product of manufactories in the state last year exceeded those of the mines, but, nevertheless, mining Is the paramount industry of the state for the other industries all depend upon the mines for a market, save such as are sent away, which are limited in number. From the first the prosperity of Utah has rested rest-ed upon the mines. Without them, this city would still be a village, the highest building not more than three stories. Without the mines the temple tem-ple would still be unfinished. There would have have been no Utah hotel, no Kearns building, no Walker bank building, no Newhouse buildings, no Alta or Commercial or University club buildings; build-ings; the Deseret News would not have been more than two stories in height; there would not have been two miles of paved streets; there "would not have been half the present population. It is mining that has made the work and the payrolls, and then, while making a market for everything, has supplied the finances with an ever-increasing leaven. Despite what has been done, the state has not yet been half prospected. Just now copper is king, but there is not one deep shaft on all the iron deposits of southern Utah, though oxports believe that many of them are underlayed with copper ore. The first commercial copper of Bingham Bing-ham was encountered when the owners of the mine were searching for other minerals. The old camps have still many happy surprises for their owners, and new camps, not yet named, are waiting for explorers. It was a law in Spanish American states, it may be still, to pay bounties to men who found precious metal mines, for it was realized that the basis of prosperity rests upon the volume of money in a country and that the best way to insure peace and order in a state is to find means to give employment at fair wages to all who need work. It is good to build roads and to work enterprises that will bring more land under cultivation, but the great paramount para-mount interest of Utah is her mining, and It should be encouraged in every possible legitimate legiti-mate way. A Needless Excitement THERE has been a great deal of unnecessary clamor in this city for the past few days. Tho vote which has caused so much fury was merely a vote of disapproval of the President's policy toward to-ward Mexico. A great many Americans have been killed and a great many more despoiled of their property In Mexico during the past year. j When told of this the President has said he was "pursuing a waiting policy." But when a private messenger wearing the United States uniform went ashore after a ship's mail he was arrested, held a few hours and then released. That was too much for the President. The messenger had no flag, but he ha'd on a naval uniform and hence the honor of the flag was besmirched and the President demanded of Congress authority to go ahead in his own way. Moreover, what he wanted want-ed was authority to kill people if necessary whom he declared that he, loved a sort of vicarious atonement, so to speak, in order to punish a cul- prlt whom ho also declared ho had never recognized recog-nized and never would recognize. Tho vote, after a hot debate, was carried, but " a few voted no. Those who did meant their votes, we presume, as a want of confidence in the executive exec-utive and state department in tho policy proposed. pro-posed. We think our senior senator and two represen tatlves made a grave mistake because it is so easy to misjudge motives and start a clamor. If the present chaos swells into a real war, as now seems inevitable, and a swift call comes for men and money, we anticipate no hostile votes by Utah's representatives in congress, thoughwo are not in the least in their confidence. Utah's loyalty and readiness to do her part was shown clearly enough in tho Spanish war. It was accentuated by the tender made by our Governor to the President. No noisy protestations are needed. Handicaps To Our Shipping CAPTAIN DOLLER is the head of tho Doller Steamship company, which owns a line of freight steamers that ply between our west ports and China. They go over mostly in ballast and bring back Chinese products coal, pig iron, wool, tea, rice and many other products of the Orient. He writes to the New York Evening Post that Americans own 2,250,000 tons of ships which fly foreign flags, but not oneof them has taken advantage ad-vantage of the opportunity to register his ships under the American flag since that privilege has been accorded them. He explains that the reason is the added cost which would at once follow, in the added force required in the engine room by our laws, which on an 8,000-ton ship would amount to $8,736 per annum, the increased tonnage ton-nage amounting to 24 per cent in registering our ships, which increases the wharf, port and inspection in-spection costs in foreign ports; also the cost of ' boiler inspection, altogether on an 8,000-ton ship ( a total increase in annual cost of $17,236. But one thing more is needed; that is to kill i our coast shipping, between eastern and western 1 ports and that seems to be the present pro gram. The Oregonian thinks that our coasting ships will never be able to compete with Canadian Cana-dian ships when that time comes. This seems reasonably clear. Tho Canadian ships will have cheap coal at either terminus. They will sail from St. Johns or Halifax for Vancouver or visa 1 versa, stop at an American port on the way, take on a cargo for some port on the other side, stop and deliver the cargo and then proceed to the home port, recoal and then return in the same 1 way. Of course English ships will do tho same thing. Then the Tehuantepec route will be a strong rival of the canal. We will not believe that Mr. Hay or Mr. Pauncefote had the slightest idea of interfering with our coastwise commerce, com-merce, to furnish the canal to the world and by it kill our own shipping, when they formulated that treaty, until better proof is furnished than has yet been supplied. Legal Larceny THERE is a case on flle in this state where a man bought a section of school land from the state, on which there was no mineral. But some sneaking sleuth from Washington found a spring on tho land and under the conservation law has had the land "reserved." Tho owner will be forced to bear tho expenses of a suit to recover his own and under the terms of the law, he has no positive assurance that ho over will recover it. If such laws as that have not a tendency to Mexicanize a people we do i not see why. And all this came from the work J of Gifford Pinchot whoso intellect and honesty 'i arenas narrow as his rapacity and obtuseness are broad, ! |