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Show uu SUDDEN CONVERSION OF A SALT LAKE PAPER. 7 he Salt Lake Tribune does not j think well of the Herald-Republican's I siicden conversion to B good opinion of Woodrow Wilson and in the fol-lowing fol-lowing editorial gives expression to; Mime ,- rho;ee Ihoughls on what It, calls The Parasite's Sneak." The desperate effort of the Smoot : organ to strike up a flirtation with j the Wilson administration is attract-I Ing some mildly amused attention! from innocent bstanders. Every da ! that Journalistic coquette, smiling and I r.mirklng through her coarse smudge ; Ol rouge, waves her glove-concealed dirty paws Washinetonward and blows cold storage kisses frantically to the newly risen sun People who recall the libels circulated circu-lated about Woodrow Wilson last fall, the slanders and insinuations ol the red-line gossip which were disputed bj .ill concerned and repudiated In every honest newspaper in the country, coun-try, are wondering now f thai were not some sort of political badger game" framed up by the federal off i -Ciall who control and operate the organ or-gan of the senior senator Since the doctor' whs elected president of these I'niied States, in bpiie ol his leputed aversion to education edu-cation of the masses and notwithstanding notwith-standing I'tah s adverse vote these federal hevers of graft and drawers of salaries are more concerned about thfir tenure ol oifice than thev are about the Republican party. Taft is forgotten Wilson is lorglven o one Is really hated save the men who want decent politics and the real public pub-lic service ol honesty and good faith in this boss-ridden Republican state Am! so it is that everj mornlng; as the firs( rosj streamers of the com-iug com-iug dawn strike upon the glistening snow w hite pinnacles of the Wasatch and the Oquirrh ranges, the turbaned devotees of self turn from the public crib, salaam and cry: "Woodrow is great' we hope he will be good " There are thos?. however, who would rather take chances with the organ's unreasoning hatred than with Its unnatural and deeph nauseating affection. President Wilson has doubtless read about "Greeks bearing giftf." He would do well to beware of federal bunch officials throwing kisses kiss-es for Hopes' rC |