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Show iJHB Goodwins IVqqJcIi I Q frr T last our boys at the front are in ac-jpfjlk ac-jpfjlk tion in force and what a splendid ac-yjfjfflB ac-yjfjfflB count they are giving of themselves. JwNm Our hopes were high when they set ' r - wBW sa across the sea, but we must con- SSSMKihK fess that we did not look to see them 0: get into decisive action and deliver 11 such smashing blows against the enemy in so short a time. And how ) I it stirs the blood to hear that our men are now in the very thick of 1 ' the fight and meeting the brunt of the big battle in traditional Amer- lil' 4 ican fashion ! Since the suspense which followed the news of the ' 1 starting of the big drive, each new bulletin grows brighter than the 4 former and altogether, the dispatches during the past few days are ft ft the most reassuring and inspiring since our declaration of war. , t As to the immediate outcome of the stupendous struggle now raging, one can only conjecture at this long range. But what encourages en-courages us now and gives us confidence in the future is the knowl-Iedge knowl-Iedge that our boys have stopped the Boche in his tracks and fought . v him off his feet. Or better still is the description contained in a cer- tain American officer's report from the front: "Met Boche on his line of resistance. Sharp fight. Boche turned tail and ran like hell, pur-f pur-f sued by our troops." That, in our opinion, is the most eloquent and 1 incisive description of a battle ever penned. And it goes without say-i say-i ing that, whatever the military advantage gained by this severe test at arms, the moral effect will be far reaching. It is bound to-cheer our allies as nothing else has done for four long years, and steel their hearts for the final stand against the enemy, whether it is to come this summer or next. And one fancies that it will have a decidedly opposite effect on the other side of the line. Another dispatch aptly illustrates the temper of our boys when they come face to face with the Boche. It was during the first day's . J dnVe that a certain American unit, after having been forced to retire y for a distance, was preparing to launch a counter-attack. The French a ' commander upon learning of the plan, hastened to inform the Ameri-x Ameri-x i can general that there was no great hurry about making the counterattack counter-attack and that, besides, the men had earned a rest. This was the reply : "We regret being unable on this occasion to follow the counsels I of our masters, the French, but the American flag has been forced to retire. This is unendurable, and none of our soldiers would under- L ' stand their not being asked to do whatever is necessary to re-estab- t lish a situation that is humiliating to us and unacceptable to our f country's honor. We are going to counter-attack." And then they if started and fairly swept the Huns off their feet. Some day the name j of the soldier who gave utterance to these inspiring sentiments will j be made known to his fellow countrymen, and it will become a name i that will strike fire in the hearts of Americans for generations to - come. ,,,$. But, notwithstanding the encouraging reports that are coming M L across the sea, we must not allow ourselves to grow overconfident or & jL forget the tasks that confront Americans here at home. Rather, the W good news should serve as an inspiration to us to emulate the splen- M? did example set by the boys at the front and face what lies before us $ with the same fighting spirit. The struggle is not yet ended. There , W are long, hard days ahead for every American, who is worthy of the IP name, and let us firmly resolve to henceforth cast all personal consid- erations aside and make every minute count for the war. 1 'K -T -T 5T ) Prussian junkers are now demanding $45,000,000,000 from the allies. Washingtonians not pleased with the terms can buy a thrift I stamp on any corner. Washington Post. OUR WAR MOTHERS. H i JM THIS afternoon it is planned to found the Utah Chapter of the War B Mothers of America. What a stirring contemplation the plan in- ( H vites ! It is intended that the organization shall be helpful as well as HH honorary ; that the mothers of the boys in uniform shall be given every , H care and comfort and consideration possible during the while that , H each one patiently and prayerfully awaits her boy's return. The move- B ment is the most worthy that has yet come to our attention and it will ' ' B be so regarded. j The thought comes that thus far, perhaps, we have been so occu- ( B pied with other matters all of tremendous importance, to be sure B that we have for the most part overlooked the brave-hearted women B in our midst who have made the greatest sacrifice of all. Who knows I B the anxieties that prey upon their minds, and the heart-aches that ' come to them in these uncertain hours, while they fearfully await the news from the front. Was it not Colonel Robert Ingersoll who said H in his memorable tribute to the soldiers of the Grand Army of the Re- B public, that every bullet tliat strikes a soldier on the battlefield speeds M onward unchecked in its wild flight until it finds final lodgement far M away in some sorrowing woman's heart? i H And so it is today, and so it ever will be, as long as brave women ' M send their sons forth to battle for the right. In the wonderful days H to come it will be glorious to be able to claim membership in any of our splendid war organizations, but to be revered as one of the War Mothers of America is bound to be the crowning glory over all. M THE REAL REASON. j M HpHE President's veto of the agricultural appropriation bill because ' H J- of the rider to the measure increasing the minimum price for fl wheat to $2.40, provoked Senator Gore of Oklahoma to indulge in a H bitter arraignment of. the chief executive, during which he ventured H the prophecy that "if the next House is Republican, I shall believe it H is due to this veto. Wisdom and justice prompted Congress to raise H the price of wheat." And then he grew delightfully sarcastic, observ- j H ing that "in so far as fine phrases can compensate the farmer for BB losses of $700,000,000 in 1918, that compensation is the farmer's." ' BB Now, as it happens, the blind senator from Oklahoma is a Demo- H crat, but he is also the farmer's firm friend. Also he stood sponsor for B the measure. He has had just one hobby this session and that is to B fix the price of wheat at $2.50. His colleagues finally forced him to M agree to a minimum scale of $2.40, but below that point he would not ,B yield a cent. And, strange to say, he succeeded in putting his pro- B gram through both houses, only to have the President decapitate the B whole measure. Which leaves the senator just where he started scv- t B eral months ago, and it is small wonder that his feathers are ruf- B fled. The Congressional elections are coming on and the great farmer - B vote has been antagonized. So Senator Gore and his partisan associ- I M ates view the situation, and they are fearful of the outlook. J w l But there is a better way to view the prospect and the President seems to have his eyes fixed definitely in that direction. He differs " H with the senator in this respect : the $700,000,000 in question he would H classify as extra and excessive profits, and not as "losses," as the Ok- lahoma statesman would have the farmers believe. Let us see if the President is therefore running as big a political risk as his critics H would have us believe. At $2.40 per bushel, the price of flour would IH jump about $2.00 per barrel. Now, as it happens, the farmer is doing fl very nicely indeed, with wheat at prevailing prices. He is in better H shape now than he has been in a half century, and with this year's H bumper crop already on shock or in the bins, he finds himself face to fl I ' -l2JB H face with unparalleled prosperity. And so, by the time that the fall Hj elections roll around, the politicians in power should have nothing to H fear from the fellows whose pocketbooks are the fattest. Hf On the other hand, with every wage earner taxed an additional M $2.00 a barrel for flour, there would have been all sorts of trouble in M store for the administration. Due to the high cost of living, the au- H thoritieS are hard put to the task of keeping labor satisfied and at H - work. An appreciable raise in the price of wheat would have pro- H ' vokcd a clamor for a corresponding raise of wages all along the line. H So it would seem, as a purely economic proposition, that the Presi- H dent acted wisely. And the politicians who hope to hold control of B Congress will be sure to figure out some argument that will make the H President's veto work both ways for votes. The farmer will be re- L minded of his unprecedented prosperity, and the laborer will be told B How their interests in this respect were conserved. And in case the Vj two great voting elements cannot be welded together in support of H the administration candidates this fall, then it is a foregone conclusion H that of the two classes, the President and his party will have the H preference, in point of numbers. H So, as we view the effect of the veto, Senator Gore is ovcr-esti- Hf mating the amount of political damage done. On the other hand, it H would seem that a rare political stroke has been achieved. This does Hfl not attempt to say that the Republicans cannot gain control of Con- H gress this year; their chances are good, but they will have to swing H considerable more than the farmer vote to carry the elections. The H issues that will invite the chief difference of opinion among the people H during the campaign are yet to be defined. H H I JOSEPH HOWELL. HE A NOTHER distinguished Utahn has gone to his reward. When Hfi jLx. last seen about the city the late congressman seemed in rare Hft good health and spirits and gave every promise of living to a ripe old H age. So it was that the news of his sudden death came as a distinct H shock to countless citizens in the community and state, who were H proud to claim him as a personal friend. His loss will be felt keenly V " everywhere among the people whom he had served so long and well. m Joseph Howell was in many respects a most extraordinary man. m He was a keen student of men and had an apt appreciation of the m needs and desires of his fellow citizens, and it is to this faculty more j than any other that his phenomenal rise in the councils of the state V and nation must be attributed. Also, he had a strong mind and a stout M ' heart and possessed those elementary qualities of rugged honesty and H , integrity that commanded the confidence and respect of friend and H foe alike. He was marvelously successful in political ventures, yet in 1 character and conduct he differed vastly from the average successful , politician. He was a statesman whose opinions and counsels were H. constantly sought and carefully weighed, and as such, he set a high B mark for his successors to shoot at. He was not radical in his views ; H, he was not even brilliant in action; he was just a clear-headed, con- H scientious representative of the people, disliking the limelight and H content to serve the state and nation in simple and substantial fashion. H That was what made him solid with his colleagues and constituents H alike. H Wherever he was and whatever he did, Joseph Howell reflected H credit on himself and his people. 1 1 his dignified but unassuming H' manner he did much to break down the old prejudices and set his H; state aright in the estimation of Americans everywhere. It is for Hj this achievement especially that his fellow citizens ever held him in Hh high regard. B I THE DAY OF RECKONING. WORD comes from the coast that the notorious Tom Mooney, ,, upon .his consignment to San Quentin prison to await execu-ition execu-ition on August 23, sullenly threatened that "there will come a day of reckoning if I am not granted a new trial." He doubtless has .in mind the "bright red morning of freedomy when the followers of the red , flag in America hope to arise en masse and take possession of the gov- Hj ernment and everything else in sight. Or does he mean to say that his HI Bffi jaaffi , Hlmjlgl CI),. . - lmjalmmmmM-mm execution will excite his sympathizers to make some special move in JJT retaliation, or simply hasten the day of their anticipated general up- jL rising? lfiti But, it doesn't matter. Mooney and his kind are given to big 'jr talk. Surely they must realize that the citizens are in no humor at m present to permit them to stage a Roman holiday. The day of reck- .qra oning will come, all right, but it will be a big surprise to some of these fine fellows when it does come. Meanwhile, if Governor Ste- r jJi phens of California is man enough to do his duty, and we believe he is, Mooney's day of reckoning will come first. What will follow may vj- be open to speculation now, but there is no cause for alarm, notwith- d standing all these ugly threats. 'p Mooney stoutly maintains his innocence of the charge of partici- M pating in the bomb throwing at the preparedness day parade in San $$k Francisco two years ago. The courts of California have found him ffi guilty. The case has been given every consideration possible. He has taken advantage of every possible means of delaying the course of justice. In no sense of the word is he being railroaded to the 5- scaffold. The very best that can be said of Mooney is that he was Jl found in bad company, company that he. did not deny and whose W fortunes he shared. Now he insolently defies the majesty of the law. X As we view the situation, he has forfeited all right to further regard. - Jg All other considerations aside, his defiance constitutes a crime which g, deserves a similar penalty to that already h store for him. It is high 5' time to make an example of Mooney, and the sovereign state of Cali- fornia will make no mistake in proceeding with his execution. Jfl Hl General Foch is a living demonstration of the fact that a man jf sometimes can worry along without a press-agent. Emporia Ga- "ffiftg-zette. "ffiftg-zette. ;w 1M Von Hindenburg's promise of peace by August is evidently given Js as a promissory note with right of indefinite renewals. New York WM World. 'tgB jjffl Fighting has begun between Bolsheviki and anarchists in Moscow, vm and you can't tell the players without a score-card. Chicago Tribune. JfW JH LABOR OMINOUS, VINCIT. j "OTRIKE!" Cried Uncle Sam, beleagurcd, S O "Help me ! Strike with all your might !" mBI "Aye !" Cried Labor, "Soak it to 'em !" Tffi So they struck that very night. t 'J Struck a blow, not at the Kaiser, llW But a blow at Uncle Sam. Wmi "What if boys lie bleeding, dying ,fllt What do we care? Not a damn!" h "Work !" Cried Uncle Sam, appealing, ' Ti "Let your efforts not abate. ' ' 'Jj " Do not lose a single minute. "I Let us reason. Arbitrate." "" ,u II "Work?" Sneered Labor, "Nothing doing$ IR Don't talk nonsense. Raise your hands ! im All the world can stand by idle Till it meets with our demands." 'JMj "Shorter hours ! Higher wages ! fli Raus mit duty! Get the dough! 4lB! What if soldiers work unceasing? 'H-'5$jR' We should worry. Out we go !" v&9H "Stand behind me ! Build me shipping ' ifflgBH Freighter, Transport, Cruiser, Sub !" wfiK Pleaded Uncle Sam. Said Labor, ffm "We're behind you with a club !" Ft By W. M. Bayliss, in Bridgeport Life. 1 1 ,-jMJMgj |