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Show M "MUM IS THE WORD," NOW. WE havo been watching to see m the Salt Lako press featuro the H open letter recently addressed by H Senator Scegmlllcr to Senators Col- H ton and Eckcrsley, as they did the Hj Senator's letter to Governor Spry, H but they havo grown "wise" now and B are too foxy to make another such Hj foolish break. When thoy published H the first Scegmillcr lettor it was with H the abiding conviction that full deni- H als would bo forth-coming by tho gov- M ernor and tho two senators named as H participants in tho interview, but H their absolute silence or faint denials, H which amounted to a confirmation, H havo shown tho Salt Lake papers H which way tho wind blows, nnd that H thoy aro injuring their fellow-plotters B rather than tho plucky senator from H tho rural districts, whom they had H hoped to put in a trap. Under these H conditions it is not strango that thoy H ignore this latter letter, which is nl- H most as interesting as its predecessor, H and will bo found in another part of H this issue of Tho Record. H Wo havo a very excellent circulation H f for a country paper, but we regret H ' that wo haven't 100,000 readers in H order that we might havo an oppor- H tunity of getting the facts, as mado H public by Senator Scegmillcr, before H the people of tho entire state. It is H certainly refreshing in these times of H diplomacy and scheming, trickery and H "unholy political alliances," to find a H man who dares to stand forth boldly H and honestly for what ho knows to H bo right. Compared to him, such H craven, gumbooted politicians as havo H been brought to light tho past win- H tor, aro as pigmies, whose small, crav- H en souls dry up and shrivel away like H a plant in hot summer when its root is H, severed, in the strong light of truth H' that is being poured in upon them. M Wo care not what their political K faith may be, nor what their religious H pretentions aro,'they are unfit to rop- M resent the people of this soverign m state, and they should bo shown a seat B away back in the hall at tho next elec- H tion. Tho first requisite of a public H official, and particularly of men sent m to our law-making bodies, should be H honesty and steadfastness of purpose. H Without these qualities, their pledges H are as naught, and the will of the H majority will bo thwarted by a few H dishonest, scheming politicians, H But only think with what avidity H tho Tribune and Telegram would H seizo upon such material as tho Seeg- H miller letters under different circum- H stances, when their fellow plotters H against tho will of the people were H not compromised! |