The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-30
TIE UTAH COMMISSION.


II the Utah commission is not made to
20, it will be because the Democrats in
Congress cannot have their way. In the
Senate on Tuesday snd "Wednesday every
Democrat, with solitary exception, voted
TO abolish the useless commission, and they
gave reasons for their votes. The excep-
tion.is JONES Of Arkansas. who has a per-
sonA friend on the commission. fanatic
who is played out physically and mentally.
and is provided for much az other
people when they reach a GER
tain condition CT mind and body
are taken care Of az the public expense. 1t
Is doubtful that during all the years that
JONES friend, WILLIAMS, has been a mem
Der Of the commission and regularly draw
ing $1,000 per annum for services which he
I has not performed has been within the
boundaries of Utah six months. II is not
to the credit of the Arkansas Senator that
he votes to continue the worthless board at
an expense of $4,000 year, simply that
his neighbor may draw 8 pension. 1t is
impossible to understand how Senator
JOKES can make his vote conform to his
profession Of belief in the principles Of
Democratic government The citizens Of
Arkansas would do well to ask Mr.. JONES
some questions and call upon him TO ex-
plain why it is that he goes against his
party on plain Democratic proposition
and one which is intended to save money
70 the treasury. Unless we are wrong in
our guess Mr.. JOKES will hear from his
vote one of these days
All praise goes out to the Democratic
senators for doing their utmost to free
this territory from the useless and in
famous commission. The good people of
Utah, without regard to politics or religion,
will be grateful to Senator'S FAULKNER,
VEsT and their partisan assoc ates for
their manly efforts in our behalf Whether
or not their labors shall prove successful
what they have done will be appreciated
here where the commission has ever been
unnecessary and where it has employed its
power to Cypress the masses in the interest
OF an insignificant minority whose bidding
the commission has gleefully obeyed.
But The HERALD still believes these eff
forts will be rewarded with success. Even
some of the Republican Senators virtually
confessed on Wednesday that the commits
sion was unnecessary. and they voted TO
cut down the salary from s., 900 to &, 900,
thus saving sl5,0OOa year. This is a con-
cession which intimates a further one, and
in our opinion may be interpreted as mean
ing that perhaps there are two or three
more Republicans in the upper House who
entertain some sort OF sense of decency
and propriety. If the commissioners are
worth anything, they are worth fair pay.
If their presence in the territory is essen
tial, their services should be paid for.
However, our hope is vet with the Dem
ocratic House. The bill now goes to a con-
ference committee, and we assume that
the House conferees will stand by the po-
sition assumed. that the commission should
go, in which event the Senate will be
forced to yield. The House is master of
the situation. and we have conf
dence that it will employ its power
in the interest Of the federal treas
ury and in behalf OF the peo-
pie who have been so long and
SO monstrously afa. ,ted by the un-Ameri-
can, un-Democratic, un-Republican board.
We believe the commission viii be made to
go, not ''in year o. two" as some of its
champions want, but at once. No argu-
ment in favor of its continuance for year
or two can be advanced which will not
apply with equal force in favor of it's pro
longation ten, or fifty years, or forever. 1t
is useless body now, and nothing can be
said in its behalf, except by such man as
Senator JONES who wants his neighbor to
\ be provided for. or Senator ALLISON who
pleads for the commission because it fur
nishes place for one Of his played out
political hacks.