Show THE NERVE For some time but only since tho election the has been telling the people how high the price of coal is The Stand ard and and Examiner however handled the coal barons baronn without gloves glove s before the election but now comes the and says the Standard and Examiner are arc falling in line To be exact it says I Glasmann Glas mann gets in meaning that we are getting into the Herald Republicans band wagon The facts are the Standard and Examiner had led off in the fight for the common people fully ft ly a year before the publican showed of any saneness in fact within nine months mont hs the has shamefully abused Roosevelt and those e who believed in him and has hIlS road the Insurgent J r r I i I cans including the Standard out of the Republican party for preaching preach preaching pre ch I ing that which the Herald Republican now espouses It requires nerve to make such sudden changes and we congratulate the Herald Republican on its sudden change which has been brought about by bythe bythe bythe the overwhelming victory of the insurgent Republican Republica over the Regulars in every part of the land It was the tho insurgent victory that caused even President Taft Toft to say that Insurgent Republicans will hereafter be recognized by him as REAL Republicans The foregoing are the facts and it appears appears to us that it would be bethe bethe bethe the part of decent journalism for the to recognize the tho Evening Standard as the pioneer of the Progressive Republican move in Utah and in particular recognize the fact that the Standard and Examiner were exposing the coal trust when the can was battling with the Hon B H Roberts on the issue as to whom was to be awarded the championship so long held by Ananias The still persists in calling for an investigation tion by the legislature as to whether the price of coal is too high Everybody knows that the price is too high Why have the legis legislature legislature legislature lature waste its time in proclaiming what we all know Everybody knows that there is a combine between the coal companies Why doubt it Let the help the Standard and Exam Examiner Examiner iner ker urge the legislature to create a public utility commission which shall set the rate rata on freight and coal as has been done in other states The says a week or ten days is all the time required by the legislature to investigate the coal situation The is dreaming for each coal company and each railroad company will take tako more than that much time in presenting evidence and the attorneys will take tike twice that much time timo in trying to fool the legislature As to the statement that Glasmann is off wrong as usual that is for the public to decide It has so happened however that every step the tho th e said Glasmann has taken on this great question has been taken by the only the latter sheet always has been about six months to a year behind the i Standard I We Wo hope however the will get in line for forthe I the tho railroad or public utility commission before the usual six months elapses because we believe with the tho help of the the legislature can be bo persuaded to give Utah the railway commission |