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Show j ' STRAIGHT TALK Tw. It. (Spinach) Wallace 1b now In control of H .the Salt Lake Evening Telegram and the acquls- H itive one celebrated his arrival in the journalistic H fleld by slashing the payroll in every department, H cutting off thirteen heads in the business office, H the mechanical department and the editorial B .rooms. Strictly speaking, this is not his initial H1 entry into the newspaper business. He was an M original stockholder in the reorganization of the M Telegram and since then has made various con- B tributions when the grass was a little short, un- B til now he is dictating the policy of the paper if m it has one, an a the original intent to make a fear- H .'less, independent journal dominated by no inter- H est or individual has been lost in the shuffle and H it is now merely the mouthpiece of Spinach and H those closely associated with him. In fact the concensus of opinion among those M who know how strong he is and who are also Hi aware of how he likes to spend his money is that H he is the straw and not the goods and that very H'1 probably the real producer of the money is some- H" one at present in the cellar whose identity is not H generally known. H Of course Wallace is the Democratic-prohibi- Hj tion candidate for governor and among his other H various needs preceding the time for nominations, H; is a newspaper that may be depended upon to do B his bidding. H It will not be surprising if within a short time H the announcement is made that the Telegram will H not receive liquor or tobacco advertisements junt H J as the News refuses some of them at the present H time, for Spinach is absolutely the whole thing H ' and nobody else has anything to 3ay regarding Hi the policy of the paper or any great question Bl affecting the city or state. B I You didn't notice anything (did you dear readmit read-mit t ers?) in reference to the work of the sneaks who m l control the university when they appointed a new B president the other day; you haven't noticed any-B any-B j thing appearing in the once fearless columns of B that journal which might reflect on any of the B J, men or the interests with which Spinach Wallace B is affiliated or who might harm him in his futile B , attempt to be governor. Furthermore, you won't B notice anything of that kind. ' The Telegram is no longer either fearless or B independent and it cannot possibly be so long as Bi' the present state of affairs continues with the B ( joker of the state Democracy in control and run-B run-B ' ning wild in a game that will finish with that Bl political card in the discard. IB The news of the Wallace dominance will be read' with sincere regret by the host of friends won by the Telegram and its manager in the past; substantial friends who flocked to its support sup-port in the belief that this city was to have one j daily paper at least upon which the people could H depend and which was to be conducted along fear- H), less and independent lines irrespective of who H might advertise and who might not, without fear Hv ' or favor, uncontrolled by petty politicians or af- H' i filiated interests. We fear it is going to be a sad H i year for Editor Wallace aud one filled to overflow- H ing with indoor sport for the newspaper men i'i H f, the town. Not only in the town, but throughout H the state for the toes that Spinach has trampled H i upon since he began to attempt to dictate to the H j I unterrified after emerging from years of hiberna- H j tion, still show the scars and their owners are I j i not forgetful and neither are their friends. H In the meantime, Editor Wallace has just as H f much chance of being elected governor of Utah H , as Fat Schuler would have of being president of a H Sunday school union. Bt i News comes from Seattle that three million- B res whose homes were recently raided by Sher- B ' Iff Robert Hodge under the new prohibition law of that state, have announced their intentions to move to California and make their homes in San Francisco. An excerpt from a dispatch from Seattle, reads as follows: "W. E. Boeing, whose fortune was acquired in lumber, and who has recently become an aviation enthusiast, is one of those declaring his intention to move to Callforina. From his cellars the Sheriff took $10,000 worth of rare vintages, some of which had been acquired originally by Boening's father. "D. E. Skinner, whose house was raided and ?G,000 worth of wines, taken by the sheriff, is another an-other who says he will not continue to make his home here, but will move to San Francisco. "Skinner is the owner of the Port Blakely mills, the largest lumber mills on the coast. He had made all plans for the construction here of two new lumber carrying steamers. He announced today that ho would not 'build the vessels here, but would take up the matter of their construction construc-tion at San Francisco. Skinner formerly resided re-sided in San Francisco, but more recently had built a $50,000 house here. After the sheriff's raid at his now home, he declared that he preferred pre-ferred San Francisco. "J. C. Eden is the third millionaire to declare his intention of moving to San Francisco. Eden's apartments at the Rainier club were recently raided and $2,000 worth of choice wines taken by the sheriff. Eden is the president of the Superior Supe-rior Portland Cement company and a man of high financial rating. "It is the claim of Boeing, Skinner and Eden that the wines taken from their cellars had been purchased long before the prohibition law went into effect in the state, and that their property waa taken from them without due process of law. "Sheriff Hodge has search warrants which gave him authority to enter the homes of half a dozen more men of wealth in this city, but he happened to hit upon those In his -first seizures who had no business ties which compel them to continue to live here. They say they had chosen to spend their money hero, tout that they are Independent and do not prefer to remain In a community which countenances such actions. "Sheriff Robert Hodge today filed suit for $100,-000 $100,-000 damages against William E. Boeing, who recently re-cently attacked the sheriff in a bill of claim filed in justice court after the sheriff had seized a largo quantity of liquor stored in Boeing's homo." The above is a splendid advertisement for Seattle and should serve as a warning to cities contemplating following the example. In spite of , its natural advantages and surrounding resources, it will not be long until the same death-like hush ' that has fallen over Denver, will characterize j Seattle's business district. , That a sheriff should confiscate vintage wines which were purchased long 'before the law was contemplated and which, should the European war keep up much longer, would be priceless, amounts 1 almost to a sacrilege and it is no wonder that j those who can get away are going. Personal lib- ! erty in this country is something enjoyed 'by very few, though unquestionably the beginning of a great reaction is noted in those states whe the lily whites have been holding sway. On the front page of Thursday's Teleg.am it was urged that B. F. Grant be named as judge in place of the late Judge McMaster, and the argument argu-ment was indicative of the fear that comes to some when the real editor is in charge of the payroll pay-roll as well as the editorial policy. To quote the article it said: "It was because Chief Grant had a longing to reform those taken before him instead of punishing them, that opposition opposi-tion first arose to his police administration." We have seen some weak and vascilating arguments argu-ments in our time, but to have a paper like the Telegram, used to be, making excuses for turning r tail in the way it has, regarding the possible ap- 'i pointment of B. F. Grant, is rather unique in western journalism and is a fairly good verification verifica-tion of the fact that "Spinach" Wallace is in control con-trol of the paper. We note in tho course of the article, that I "Chief Grant inveriably gave his time to tho counseling coun-seling of tho wayward instead of creating fear in the hearts of the dangerous crooks." All right, what do you, dear readers, think of that? You were lead to believe by that paper, following the exposes made in this, that Chief Grant was not the man for chief of police and the same journal, by the articles it published and by the testimony given by its main representative on the stand that Mr. Grant was not qualified to hold any office where he might pass on the status of an alleged criminal. s ThiB article is not written with any regard to the qualifications of Mr. Grant as a juvenile judge. At this writing he is not in an official position and personally, we have nothing to say about him, but the attitude of the Telegram is so transparent and the reason for the writing of it is so palpable that we cannot refrain from commenting com-menting on its change and wondering what the public thinks of it r When Dean Cummings employed his lister in a minor capacity to do some necessary work at the University, lie received a letter from the Board of Regents stating that the matter had been called to their attention and that they did not desire to have two members of the same family employed at the University at the same time, eo Professor Cummings was obliged to get another in his sister's place. Of course those sneaks who constitute the greater ipart of the majority of the Board of Regents, will be consistent in their policy pol-icy under the new regime and Insist that Profes-Bor Profes-Bor Widstoo at the head of the English department depart-ment be dismissed because his brother is president presi-dent of the University. If the rule applies in one case, it certainly applies all along the line, but nobody will ever hear of a letter going up on the hill objecting to the professor of tho English department de-partment retaining his position because of his relationship. When some Democratic friend of yours tries to tell you of the far-sighted statesmanship and steadfastness of Woodrow Wilson, put him to the test of specific facts. Ask him to enumerate the public issues which the American people deem important and on which Mr. Wilson has not changed his attitude since he was elected president. presi-dent. Try it, and see how short the list will be. |