The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

in circulation by the gamblers proper.
To be sure, both horns of the ques-
ton as here stated sprout from 'mef-
cenary ground. The great moral ques-
ton involved is not considered But it
has become quite popular in this neck
of the woods to wink at wickedness of
the kind referred to whenever there is
long green TO be gathered. That's pre-
cedence, and in this state precedence
has oftentimes proven more potent
than law.
The religious element. for the sake of
argument, VIII concede loss of business
and increase in direct taxation; then
they place morals on the other side of
the balance, and point to the passage
of the good book which says something
about only the good entering the king
dom of heaven, and that you can't take
your wad along in your winding-shee
So it is a case of morals VS.. money,
and morals has very decisively won
the first heat. The second heat is to
be run very shortly, for an attack has
been made in the courts on the law.
and the supreme court will very soon
pass on its validity. No one but
newspaper man has a right to antici-
pate a supreme court decision. so l Will
venture the notwithstanding. as l
do, the feeling of the individuals who
sit on the bench-that the attacking
party Will nave 10 uTlNS d lOui -HOl sc
coach through the anti-gambling law
before it will fall by judicial decree.
From the taxpayers point of view.
the question comes home strong. 1t
is estimated that the licenses from the
games have averaged over 100000 a
year. This money has gone into the
school fund. If the schools are all
maintained as before, of course, that
money will have to be raised by direct
taxation.
The question uppermost in the minds
of Idahoans today is the trouble in the
Occur d'Alenes. AT this time United
States troops have the situation COM
pletely in hand and nearly 1000 strik-
erS are under arrest Still, the people
see the wreckage of the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan property and the terrible evil
dences of violent death. and they de-
mand that justice be meted out 1t
cannot be denied that the officers of
Shoshone county were in open Sympa-
thy with the strikers. 1t would be go
ing too far to say they countenanced
violence and mob rule, but they are
charged with having contributed to
condition that inflamed the minds of
men beyond the power of any influence
to control. Their position has been
such that Governor Steunenberg, who
has mapped out vigorous course, feels
called upon to take steps to remove
them from Office. The governor has
kept his own counsel, but l learn from
an authoritative source that it is his
intention to remove from office every
county officer who in any manner has
shown sympathy for the strikers.
That step will be part of the pro-
gramme of punishment for those i'm
plicated in the recent outrages. With
a set of officers who are in complete
sympathy with the chief executives
ideas. it is felt that a jury can be OBJ
tanned that will bring in verdicts in
keeping with the facts, and that will
make it possible to inf1ict punishment
commensurate with the crimes that
have been committed. Murder. arson
and destruction of property will be the
main charges, while many of the rank
and file will come under the head of
accessories. Under our law, an access
sorry. either before or after the fact, is