Show TRIBUNE EDITORIAL flis IS SENTIMENT IT OF PEOPLE the following appeared as an editorial in the salt lake Tri tribune bline of sunday last and is reprinted so that the lie people may see sec for themselves just what it is all about as well as the att altitude tude of the legislative committee Il toward joward the constitution when it conflicts with their personal de desires cires I 1 Ill members embers of the utah press assi ass chamion cia cha tion display righteous indignation as the committee on elections of the i lower house of the utah legislature indicates it will take no cognizance of tho complaint of the country editors as it pertains to a member of the house holding two public offices some days davs ngo ago the press association pro tested the he seating of W 1 P hammond ammond II of moab until such time as lie he had relinquished ed another public office which he holds mr arr hammond ammond II is a member of the grand county board of education comes now the committee on n olec clec s composed of george W lebarron lW william illiam C horsley and mrs MM leonard cahoon caboon to declare that the full authority ns as to who is entitled to sit in the house is vested in the house itself the answer of the press association to this quite naturally is I 1 six of article six of tle the state constitution which specifically sets forth no person holding any public 0 office of profit or trust under authority of the united state shall oe a ni member of the legislature we do not know what the court band and clever attorneys mai might do with deenis arthis his declaration but its meaning acorns to bo be perfectly clear as to the intent of the people it seems to dinean dinean just that and nothing else and an lawmakers am akers of course should be models tn ir law observance it is not surin ing ng that the answer of the elections election 0 committee should arouse the ie he i e of the press association to the stent 0 totsc ek a an n initia mj action nc 6 t tion ii n to 0 pi prevent event the seating of the rot botteman tiit teman fian from grand the press association no doubt is moved more by inherent respect for the law of the state than by any do desire sire to display persona personal I 1 ananius animus toward mr hommond hammond for it must appear that there can be little public cuhlic respect when the lawmakers themselves refuse to be bound by b aly it |