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Show ThE LUKE AGENCY. M'ltord TlmPH. It looks as If tliu law-making power wuro Riving mora nttuntlou nml llio luw-piiforcltig )owcr n llttlu Icxs at-(entlon at-(entlon than tho situation actually rotitilros. It doca not look altogether illRnlllcri for u Htate to axpend bo much or Its force upon so luslgtilllcunl n subject, which in turn Is corro-spor corro-spor llngly illgtilllod beyond proper proportions. 11 any ordinary person violates tho law tho remedy is always nt hand ready inado, requiring hut tho uggresslvo action ot those who nro chosen lor that purpose to give tho violator tho needed lesson; but when It comes to it tusslo with the Luke gentry there Is n failure, right nlong anil tho legislature Is Invariably up pealed to for t remedy to lit tho case, 'lhls Is a commentary that is not pleasing to thu good citizen who gives It thoughtful attention. The predecessor of tho present county attorney for Salt Uako county had ns many us n dozen criminal complaints com-plaints on illn ut one time against tho notorious collection concern, unci not ono of them was prosecuted to n conclusion. con-clusion. Othorb beroro him did hotter and had tho culprit headed for Jail Uj ovaml times, from which ho was res- W cued through tho inlliienco of pre- jfl Hiimptlvuly reputnbtu mercantile cojt- corns; and tlio present prosecuting of-H of-H llclal has ;it least ono such case on H tils hands, which seems to ho sleeping H the usual Hip Van Wlnklo sleep. This Ih nil wrong. Kxporlcnco as well as M common senso show conclusively thnt HI with tho vigorous enforcement of tho J laws they will bo found ample ror all HJ emergencies. HJ bills aimed nt I.uko and his outposts Hj aro In tho luglslnturo, having passed J At this writing somo hair dozen J ono branch nni likely to becomo laws. J What good will they do ir thoy shall J ho treated ns ethers havo been? They HJ can't enforce themselves, and tho rec- HJ onl shows that tho celobrntcd defoud- HJ aril does not stand In nwo of any of HJ thorn: ho goes ahead In his own way, J defying statutes, courts nnd Indlvld- 1 uiinls alike, and In tho very Infrequent H case of n "show down" manages to H oacapo by some hook or crook usually M miggcstlvo of n loosening up of 111- H gotten money. Not only this, but ho H has tho effrontery to occupy largo H npacos in easily subsidized sheets set- B ting forth his vlows in Justlllcutlon of M his enreor, saying, among other H tilings, thnt no ono who does not lion- H estly owo lias over been compelled to M pay through his methods n brazen, 1 unmitigated He In Itsolf. Thoso who M novor owed, or having owed havo M paid, have been sued Improperly unci B without duo process, ami been com- H polled to go to serious trouble and H expense In order to save thcmsolveH H from unjust nnd outrageous Judg- M meats -which, being obtained, mean H furthor annoy anco 'and oxpeuso, to m avoid which tho victim frequently H elects to pay ns tho lessor of two m oviIb, nnd this Is ono or tho prima fac- H tors In tho Luko collection median- M Ism It Is n bad thing und ought to H bo BUunped out. Thoso who owo and H aro alilo to pay ought to bo compelled H to do so if thoy won't on any other M terma; but oven they havo a right to H tho protection of tho laws. |