Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-13


VIII need no other recommendation than
such as may be incidentally offered by
way OF reminder In other portions OF
This message, and IN the various reports
winch VIII be laid before you | am not
aware Of the need Of any great num-
Der OF new laws. II has been apty
said that while prosperity may be des
troyed by mischeviOus enucments, L
can never itself be created by law
alone. The strength Of a state exists
not In the multitude and completely Of
It's statutes. II Is their clearness, con-
glsency, and justlce--in a word their
harmonious erfection--whoh gives sta
bility to the social system. Such crudi-
ties and errors as experience may have
shown to exist in our present laws
should, with care and calmness be cor
rected without delay Much further
| than this, however we may well hes-
| tate to go, save where at wisdom's
prompting the enactment Of new and
wholesome legislation win promote the
| general welfare as well as give 10 In
| diydual capacity the fullest scope, for
Upon this latter, after all, depends the
| prosperity Of the whole. In these labors
| you may rely, not only upon my most
cordial aid, but also upon my endeavor
IN giving to the laws honest and intell-
gent administration.
| ASSASSINATION AND ANARCHIsM.
II comes but seldom to a people to
| experience such depth Of sorrow as
that into which this nation was plunged
! when the news was flashed abroad from
Buffalo on the 9Th of September, less
| than year and a half ago that the
lOyable and beloved chief magistrate.
William Mckinley, had fallen under the
red hand Of the assassin. The third Of
| our presidents 10 be the wearer Of
martyrs crown this pure and lofty
gentleman seemed least Of all TO de-
serve his cruel fate. No wild passions
SIN survived as a consequence Of the
stormy pillows Of fratrlcidal war. No
anger born Of political feud seethed in
the maniacs distorted brain. A fresh
ly cemonted union of great common
wealths, whose patriotism and sacri
flee had lately brought them into thu
bonds of closest brotherhood; q mighty
republic enjoying the supremest pros
! perlty the world had ever seen, with
the fair prospect Of profoundly greater
achievements in the future; a festal
occasion Of grateful Joy for what had
been and what was still 20 be accom-
| plished; a statesman twice honored
| with the expressed confidence OF his
fellow citizens for the most exalted Of
| earthly Offices q man whose purity Of
| life and bonefcence Of purpose alike
| lifted him above even the breath OF
| Islander or Representatives, the clrcum-
| stances, and this the victim OF the foul
crime which that fatefu autumn morn
Ing shocked the civilized world. Wheth-
er as the gallant youthful soldier Of the
war for the Union or as the prudent and
conscientious lawmaker or as the sa-
gacious and far-seeing chief executive,
or rs the devoted husband and the gen.
tie Christian who truly loved God and
hie fellowmen-in whatsoever light we
may regard him his character was
equally admirable, his example and in
fuenee equally benign. His life and
work won for him unqualified respect
and reverence wherever the record of his
career was read; while to be personally
beloved more as a brother than friend
he needed but 10 be known.
We are now no longer stirred by the
hot anger ond revenge which filed the
national mind Immediately after the
dreadful deed which resulted In his UNI
timely taking Off The murderer has
gone to his account the law has been
indicated And yet there possibly re
! mains duty upon us which should not
be postponed. II the divine mandate
be ample that he who sheds mans
blood, by man shall his blood be shed -
then every requirement in this case has
been satisfied Indeed, no penalty can
further go. But peoples and nations
sometimes scotch evils instead Of ex-
terminating them The wlckedness of
anerchism, as shown in some Of It's
opponents and results, is hideous and
damnng Freedom Of speech and Of
the press Is q sacred safeguard bull
wark Of our institutions which none
would he so senseless as TO assail. Yet
there Is a plain, broad line between
liberty and license. which legislators
and judges should be competent TO de-
fine The one means all good the other
may meen untold harm / am OF the
opinion that unbridled eXhortation 10
laWlessness and conspiracy is clearly
outside the luminous boundary which
encircles the right Of free speech, and
therefore should be the subject Of quick
and effective restraint, Not less inn
pressed am I with the view that so
atrocous a crime as conspiring 10 kill
or attempting 10 kill the president or
any official In line Of presidential sue
cession. should subject the guilty to
condign punishment II is the intent
which constitutes the essence OF the
crime and there is poor logic and weak
Justice I'm liberating after a brief con-
fnement a criminal who. seeking the
life Of another and especially OF the
president, only fails in taking II because
opportunity or accident comes In the
wav. | shall therefore be pleased 10
cooperate with YOU IN strengthening
our code in any direction in which-noi
N bitterness or indignation, but with
calmness and wisdom, and as one OF
the lessons Of this great calamity you
mPy see NJ 10 propose amendment
PROTECTION TO MINERS.
Two years ago II was my painful
duty to report one OF the most appall-
ing coal mine disasters in the history
of the ,Norld--the scofeld horror which
occurred May /, 1900; and to recon-
mend as a precaution against the re-
currence Of such calamity. measures
for the most rigorous inspection Of coal
mines, coupled with the severest penal
lies for the violation OF the law, The
recommendatlon was adopted, and our
statute books now contain provisions
calculated to reduce to a minimum the
possibility Of such a catastrophe in the
future. While there have been but IA
fatal accidents In and about our coal
mines since that time-an exceedingly
small percentage considering the
number OF men employed-the biennial
term has not passed without a sicken-
ing mine horror approaching in magni-
tude to Carbon county disaster. re-
Ter TO the dreadful explosion in the
Daly-West mine, Summit county,
which occurred on the 18th OF July.
1902 through which "a lives were lost
directly. besides four others, through
the herolsm which prompted attempts
al rescue. Though not required by the
law 10 do so. the state coal mine in
specto- visited the scene OF the caias-
trophe at my request and SUBMITTED
report which will be found appended TO
his annual report for 1902 To this in