The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-16
george w. Thatcher, as n Pony Ex-
press Rider, in Sundays Herald.
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
Speaking of the Senate bill just passed
by the House, the Denver Republican
says:
1t is much better bill for the coun-
try than the House bill was, for that
was an extreme radical measure, very
much in line with the Chicago platform
and Mr.. Cleveland's views of tariff re-
form.
Whatever it's defects it is a great i'm
provement on the Mckinley bill.
we appeal to the patriotic men of all
partles IN Congress to unite in the pas
sage OF the bill to restrict pauper, GRIM
to make the strongest provisions within
the powers of Congress for the deporta-
ton of all such disturbing people who
are in our midst.-Philadelphi Times.
The classes here mentioned should be
excluded.
What safeguard has the poor investor
If the directors of railroad can set up
figurehead as president and subse-
quently dlsclaim all knowledge of the
management of the property, all respon-
sibility for his acts? If directors do not
direct what are they for? Why not make
the president the over dictator instead
of Turing. the public with presumably
L.
Herald Qnd.).
A good safeguard would be the occa-
sional punishment of directors who al
low the trust reposed in them to be be-
trayed by their appointees. Directors are
too often but figureheads.
Speaking of Kolbs declared intention
to set up a state government, the New
York Times SAYS:
What he expects to do to maintain his
burlesque government and conStrain the
lawfully-constituted authorities to va
cate the field is not clear, but he and
his followers have been reported as
breathing threatenngs and slaughter in
their secret conclaves
Kolb don't seem to think very well on
political matters but he will think better
of his latest scheme.
Senator Whites reference to those ST.
lurian Epigrams known as the rules of
statesman agrees with the rest of the
country in the general contempt of the
Upper House-St Louis Star Sayings.
The Upper House is not the popular
house at all events.
For many years, however, the tendency
has been to make a popular representa-
tive a mere agent, without convictions or
conscience respecting measures about
which any large number of his constltu-
ents are known to have opinions. Every
day some legislator votes for or against
n measure and explains that his vote
does not express his own convictions, but
that he feels bound to vote as he be
lieves the sentiments of his district to be.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The consequence of such tendency is
to send inferior men to Congress and to
enact poor legislation.
Zeal in PROSECUTING to unionism may be
apDlauded: zeal in persecution of nom
union men is to be condemned The
right of workmen to deny work to non
union men implies the right of employers
to deny it to union men. and denial
in either case is shamefully unjust.-Chi-
cage Jnter-Ocean Rep.).
In all these matters the rights of the
one party are equal to those OF the other
party.
Senator Chandler did very proper
thing Yesterday in Offering his resolution
providing for an investigation by the
Committee on Privileges and Elections of
the recent election in Alabama. The cur
rent reports from the state indicate
condition of things calculated to throw
considerable light upon the question of
the necessity of federal supervision of
southern elections.-Mail and Express
Rep).
Mr. Chandler will find out that Kolb
was beaten fairly and isquarely.
Kolb. the defeated candidate for COVER
nor of Alabama, cries fraud as usual,
but the returns do not sun@ort his cen
tention in any way In 1892 the Demo-
Gratis had majority of 26.ooO in the
BLACK Belt" and Kolb carried the re-
naiader of the state by about 1900
Philadelphia Ledger (Rep).
Such facts usually have no weight with
a defeated candidate who takes the de
feat with a bad grace.