Show CONCERT OF LIES LIHS ABOUT TIlE THE GOVERNOR Sunday morning both hoth th the Herald and the tho Tribune screamed a statement that lint Governor Go Cutler hall had slapped organized labor abor In the face Tho The stories appearing In Inthe f 11 the two papers paper were so so similar In their treatment an and 1 t spirit as to to leave no conclusion other than that both had been inspired from flom one source And that source is not nor S at all creditable who creditable who ever or whatever it ma may happen to tobe be c Governor Cutlers Cutler's alleged offense In tho the present case 0 t is a ct failure to issue a n proclamation designating Labor 1 da day Both papers speak of or the thc governors governor's going away r to California an and neglecting the issuance of or this state 1 paper and both declare that such issuance has been always always- alwa S observed In the past both hoth by hY W Governor Cutler I and b by Governor Wells Yells ever er since Labor day was made madea hoUa a holiday C i I And both Herald and Tribune dwell with emph emphasis 1 t on the statement that tho the omission was Intended ed n as a t deliberate insult to laboring men In the first place no proclamation is necessary The Ther r law Sixes fixes the date an and a proclamation naming Labor LaborI I da day would be wholly holly unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary-it If not ridiculous t ii In the second place no such proclamation has ever f. f been Issued in Utah Governor Cutler never has lias issued f such a paper Governor Heber M. M 1 Wells states that he hc v t. t never issued such a paper and adds ads that the law renders rent ren ren- L t ders such pronouncement unnecessary t That leaves leans rather a small hol hole for the concerted concert L. L i liars to crawl out of 7 fi fit The Tho governor issues an nn Arbor day lay proclamation because because be be- 1 cause the law absolutely and positively cl requires it See Seeb b t 2 section 1116 1146 Revised ed Statutes St of oC Utah 1898 And he d doesn't es issue such state paper unless either J law Jaw w or custom cus cus- r tom torn requires It H. An And iid neither law nor custom does reI re require ret re- re re- re t quire a proclamation for Labor da day That is fixed b by byk k- k statute on the first Monday 1 In September I In some Lome ome states tho the law provides that the governor sh shall ll name a day a to bo be observed as Labor da day In such t states tho proclamation would be bo necessary But it l would be as sill silly for the governor to proclaim Labor f lr day In Utah as to pro proclaim laim the Fourth of or Jul July Just exactly I r f j. 5 The law Jaw is different as to La some other days lays days as Arbor Arlor Arborday da day and Flag da day These are required by the terms of 1 the law to be named b by tho the governor in on And the tho governor complies with that and all other ether laws t f The case has a parallel in national affairs Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving is not placed on any certain da day of th the month Long Long- custom has fixed It for tho the lR last t Thursday In Noi November No No- vember ember and the President of tho the United States and th the i t governor of ot ever every state makes proclamation perhaps a u. 1 4 month in advance naming the month and the da day for or 4 Thanksgiving da day And it always is the last ast Thursday I. I 1 in November But nut that action by the national and the I state executive is necessary because tho the annually recurS recurring recur recur- ring date Is not fixed by law f. f S V. V Here Herc are tho the essential s points in the concerted lies of Herald and Tribune J tf That heretofore Labor day has always boon been marked t by proclamation In Utah A That Governor Go Cutler purposely and with intent to lo insult laboring men neglected a and d refused to Is issue ue the he her r proclamation this year ar Both noth fall faB together iI Utah has never had such a proclamation Governor Go Cutler did ld n not t insult laboring mc men n nor any r other men 1 1 I The Herald and the Tribune have insulted the Intelligence intelligence Intelli intelli- f gence sence of t their readers j That is about the flie case |