Show ft o THE HERALD IS STRAYING G AGAIN I I t j- j Patrons of or the Herald herald and and there arc are some must some must j- j havu have been doub doubly surprised Sun Sunday a morning at tho the v t editorial expression found fount In that paper Impel There was jJ ti f j Indeed a double reason for the surprise y One was the abuse of or E. E H H. Callister and anel William K Spry and Thomas Hull because two of or the tho r ic s Hull floes does not even e seem seeni to have been offen offending In I M br person have have Influenced thu tho Utah legislature It f I The other othel reason was the Heralds Herald's argument In Ini i j 1 favor Javor of oC a centralized government i 1 Mr 11 Callister Is Internal revenue collector for this district Mr 11 Spry Is United States marshal and Mr Ir Hull I i Ig i fr II Is surveyor general Two of or these men wont went Into tho the City ant and County Count 4 building and anti talked with a a. number of ot men the they met t there Some of those with whom the they engaged in ion con con conversation ij 1 cr a are arc c n members of or tho the legislature The legislature I il was was' ac not In ses session lon There was no federal Invasion of Or tho tile hou house e no rio armed Intervention r with the rights of or tho ti-io I 4 people no cannon In lit the corridors and no bayonet rule I anywhere It Is IR alleged b by the Herald that thal these gentle- gentle tJ mon mon we We still till do not understand why Mr MI Hull HuH waRs was waR s dragged into the tho accusation since ho IK Is not even oven alleged i to to havo have been present are opposed tl to tho the lull bill for tor forS 1 I rr L r. 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I S chan changing the tue gO governmental form torn of the thc cH city of if Salt Snit LakeIt Lake Lalie It Is stated It by the tho Herald that thc they used marvelous m political powers powel'S to lo kill J the bill Wo Vo don't dont dont know whether or not they did The Republican Is for tor the bill and has hns repeatedly so 0 declared cd has repeatedly advanced what seemed scorned to lo be reasons in ln favor of oC the bill blU and of or tile the proposed propose 1 form of oC govern govern- ment Wo We 0 would like to have all sorts of oC 11 help ell to lo effect tile the enactment of oC that measure neasure But Dut we cheerfully concede concede concede con con- cede to Callister Spry Hull nn and 1 all aU and the other holders hoMers of or official position In city city state and nation to go Into the tile state whenever when the they wail want to and anti there here to talk with an any men the they ma may mc meet t. t These men are citizens of or Utah The They all aU own property properly They all have ha an Inter Interest st in the tho state an and In Inthe Inthe intile the tile form of or government go administration of which will wll certainly affect them as ns It will an any one else It is arran arrant fol folly for the Herald or an any ono one else to pretend the they have Ilave no rl right ht to express 8 themselves on matters of or public importance The contrary contention Is Intolerable Even en if JC the proposed Galveston eston plan wore Were a a. partisan measure we do not hot see why the they could bo be excluded from speaking their minds to lo to their fellow citizens on the tile matter But Dut It is nothing of ot tho the kind It Is a nonpartisan non non- partisan measure supported 11 by men In all parties an and oppose opposed b by mno rune In all aU parties It may Inay be ad added ed too that it Is chiefly Indorsed by men inca in the political party to which Mr MI Callister Mr Spry and Mr r. r Hull Hun belong But Dut passing that phase of oC the tho case ca in which we I believe e that even the Herald Horald will vill wf realize it I has Ilas made a a foolish mistake let lct us ask what tho the Herald means by I clamoring for tor a n centralized That is its Is chief argument in favor tavO of ot the Calveston Galveston Galveston Gal Cal veston plan that plan that It I gives gl us a n stron strong central l power The he Herald pretends to believe that the tile centralization of ot tile the power of the city government In tho tho han hands s of or three men would be he better beter for the tile public than to permit a larger representation of or the people In the n administrative offices This rIds Is Js not a lit fit f doctrine for tor the Icrael Herald to promulgate gate It I Is directly opposed to all an tho the tra traditions lons of or the lie Democratic tc party It runs counter to rhetoric of ot that hat venerable organization from tho the days ays of or lr Brick cl Pomeroy down through l the days of oC Charles Charls Sumner even on to John Sharp Williams and Ju Judge ge King Democracy Is antI and of con consistency must bo ho opposed to centralization And here Is the tile Salt SIt lal Lake ralo o I Herald rl arguing In favor of or It I I Serious Seriously we do not think that Is tho the point that should bo he urged In favor of the Galveston Calveston plan It I ila has hns seemed to us the great groat argument In favor of or the scheme Is that lint the tile business of oC the corporation can be managed on Oil business principles and that it has not been and will vili wl not he be so managed 1 under tinder th the present system We e believe e that three mon men carefully selected and ad adequately paid for their time will wi get the needed work of oC tho the cl city done one at less cost than lyan can the mayor anti and ef city council nail and a n corps of ele cle elected ted officials It I isn't the centralized system which seems attractive o to us but the fact that b by our present system we are aro at the tue mercy of an army of graft grf grabbers who haven't time to attend to the tho public business with wih which the they are aro charged And the business suffers from flom the taint of politics everywhere But Willie while we wo want that plan Illan adopted we c are not going to close the doors of the sta stale e house e to any citizen of or Utah even en If he does docs differ lifter with wih tho the 11 policy I C of The Republican Ever Every elT man here Is a freeman an and has a aright aright aright right to lo hl Ills his say This is a n partisan non nOI measure anti and we se believe It I I Is for the good of all lint But others may maysee see sec differently and anti the leg legislature lature will wi decide the matter matur maturon on In the lie basis of the consensus us of the thc publics public's opinion and the P I 1 h I j judgment U d' d 1 W r U ST- ST V 3 1 I We believe e this position can not be bo assailed We know It can not b by a Democratic journal which argues in favor or of a plan because e that plan llan makes males for centralIzation centralization central central- of government go The Hem Herald II reminds us of or Luther Bensons Benson's story of or orthe the In Indiana Democrat When hen asked how he Ile stood on the subject of prohibition this son son of the sycamores said sid I am in favor of oC a prohibitory law Jaw but agin its Is enforcement enforcement It I Is this If tills If we VC may bo he pardoned pardoned for reopening an anold anold 01 old 1 woun wound wound this this tendency to lo straddle even en to the tile point of splitting which keeps keep the Democratic party out of oe power They are arc on both hoth sides Ides of oJ too man many questions and in favor of so much that the they do 10 not lot desire That may seem a paradox It I Is not not It Is a Demo Democratic cratic cratie photograph |