The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-07

/ Denver Republican: Mr.. Bryan has as
/ stunned command of the Third Nebraska
regiment and Will LEAD them TO the Phil
| lppineS. That he will lead them to glory
II allowed the opportunity, no one VINO
mas watched his career will doubt Tor
| moment.
Denver Post: The fact remains that the
! dominant party IN the national senate
/ voted down the motion to tax the receipts
/ OF all corporations under the war revenue
! Dill. 1t taxed the people all right, and up
| tc the very limit, but when 1t came to
1 t.tilng corporate interests, that PROPOSE
| tio9 was voted down and insult was added
10 INJURY by the meaningless proposition
/ 10 tax the oil and sugar monopolieS.
Kansas City Times: The Standard Oil
company. announces that 1t intends to
/ fight an Increase in its taxes made neces-
| sary by the war. This is what might have
been expected. There is no patriotism in
| a corporation, and of all the corporations
in this country none is more sordid than
| the great oil monopoly that has ruined
thousands of honest men, and which holds
| all laws in contempt. The war with Spain,
! however, VIII not cause the people to for
! get the CORPORATIONS like that of the
Standard on company, and the day OF
/ their downfall is as sure TO come as is
| the defeat of Spain.
Chicago Chronicle: Counsel for the
Standard Oil trust promptly announce
that. the proposed war tax on the gross
| receipts of the refiners of petroleum Will
be resisted to thescourt of last resort. The
crucial question in the popular mind is
whether the aforesaid trust would not
| similarly resist any tax that the govern
ment might see fit to impose. While the
I constitutional lawyers are wrangling over
the legality of the proposed tax on pc
troleum, it nightsbe well for the revenue
trainers to consider some other method
of reaching the same result. The only
expression of patriotism we will get from
will h.a 1a> hn i1f1f Of
q stout club.
Kansas City World: The army is no
place for political favorites, sons of rich
men, and the nechews of their uncles if
they have no other recommendation than
their pull and the fact that they want a
job. The entrance of neDotism and po-
litical faVoritiSm in the appointment of
an insult to the intelligent men who vol
unteered in their country's cause. If a
man wants to be an officer in a volunteer
army let him show his ability to lead and
teach and win his shoulder straps by
comparative examination or work up to
II from the ranks, as others must do
This is the only fair way to treat the
volunteer soldier in free country and
the only way to preserve the morale and
esprit de corps of the army. If the pri-
vate has no hope of being anything but
a private he Wilt make no effort to ad-
vance and have no incentive to heroic
deeds.
Denver Post: 1t is not too much to say
that SO per cent of the people have grown
heartily tired of our so-called war and
wish it brought to as speedy a close as
is consistent with the honor and dignity
of this great nation whose people were
driven to desoeratfon weeks ago nv the
SureringS of the unfortunate reconcen-
trados and have since FASTENED their ex-
termination by a peaceful blockade which
must have rendered their condition. al
ready deplorables excruciating beyond
words to express.
Baltimore American: Persons who as
sumo that we shall end the present war
as DosSessors ofcCuba. Porto Rico the
Philippines, Hawaii. etc. forget that we
began it on purely Humanitarian grounds.
Our declaration of war expressly dis
claimed aggressive objects. VIII success
justify US in making il war of conquest?
A colonial empire may or may not be de-
s!rabie and beneficial to US. but can we
now in honor disregard the promise with
which we started out?
New York Post: Those who conduct the
war are in the position of men who have
set forth on what was advertised as a
life-saving enterprise. and suddenly find
that number of their companions are
determined to convert it into a piratical
voyage. They have let the fire be kindled
and it is theirs to see that it does not
spread. If they can hold the government
to its professions we shall. in novel and
E-ofIouS Way, secure peace Win nonOr.
Pittsburg Post: Senator Teller stated
the plain truth when he said that the su-
preme court, in the income tax decision
had greatly restricted the taxing power
Of the government. He was right in say
ing further that that decision was the
most serious blow AT the sovereignty of
the people since the government was
erected Justices Harlan, Brown, Jack
son and White. in their minority opin-
ions. said substantially the same thing
from the bench. 1t was the most unfor-
tunate decision that ever came from an
American court, and no amount of plead
ing can convince the American people
otherwise.
Nashville American. ''England's new
battleship ImDlacable will cost $4,000, co.,
of which 81, coo is for her guns. After
rejecting upon this statement for some
minutes our conclusion is the Anglo
American alliance should be consummated
as soon as possible.