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Show It did not take William of Germany long to follow his uncle, Edward of England, to the Vatican. . The visit of the German emperor was attended with much greater pomp and display, but he has a much bigger political ax to grind just now. o The governor of Pennsylvania has signed the bill muzzling the press of the state, whose greatest honor is the record of freedom of worship and speech, granted to all at a time when bigotry and oppression prevailed in nearly all the other English provinces I of the new world. No doubt newspa- i" pers often go to an extreme and yel low journalism is a serious scandal; but the enactment of such, a law is a dangerous experiment It will be broken and it will fail when an attempt at-tempt is made to enforce it The first results will be to bring into still greater contempt the lawmakers and administrators of justice, an evil les- !: son for the rising generation. o A hundred million dollars a year is ' the tribute paid by the United States t for the privilege of marrying some cf 1 its fair daughters to members of the nobility of England; and this vast I sum Is certain to be increased as time goes on. England can well afford to look complaisantly on the great strides made by American commerce and industry when so large a share of the net proceeds falls to her lot without with-out expenditure of toil or the investment invest-ment of a single dollar. No wonder t the mother country Is growing richer year by year in spite of the fact, that the balance of trade Is heavily against her. We talk about absentee landlordism in Ireland, yet the sums collected and spent by these land- i y j ,- lords is insignificant when compared with the golden tide we are pouring into the coffers of a few British aristocrats. aris-tocrats. This is a great and rich country. It would have to be to stand such a drain. o On another page will be found an account of Dr. Browne, who will visit this city in June, and serve as the leading factor in the closing exercises exer-cises of All Hallows' college on June 15. Apart from the merits of the illustrious il-lustrious musician, the college commencements com-mencements have in the past been so popular that the seating capacity of the Theatre was taxed to its utmost; ut-most; this time with a new feature, which will attract every lover of m i-sic, i-sic, we may expect to see the large Tabernacle filled. All Hallows college col-lege is the great center of education for all the intermountain states. Tts growth is greater than that of any similar institution in the country. To meet the demands of its many applicants, appli-cants, its capacity has been doubled this year by the erection of a large wing. . The growth of the college helps the growth of the city, and materially ma-terially aids all our merchants. It brings not only boys, but their parents pa-rents and friends from adjoining states. These boys, with their friends, seeing the beauties and many attractions attrac-tions of Salt "Lake, are often induced to make it their home. The writer knows parties, who, visiting their boys in All Hallows' college, were so charmed with the city that they bought homes during their first visit. Merchants and all professional men should lend a helping hand to make the coming event, the opening of the new wing, a grand success. |
