The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-11
SHARP ATTACK ON
MUCK RAKE HABIT
Chancellor Day, in Sensational
Sermon, Defends Corpora
tiOns and Trusts.
SAYS THE NATION HAS
BECOME SCANDAL MAD
lntimates That Government by
the People Has Already
Passed Away.

SYRACUSE, June 1o.-Chancelor Day.
In his annual baccalaureate sermon to-
Gay. reaffirmed his attitude toward the
large corporations, saying they were the
logical result of the great stride that the
world is making. He again Issued a
warning against the assumption of too
much power by the President, and In re-
ferrins to the reports OF conditions OF
Packingtown slaughter houses. said that
II one-hundredth part of what was
printed was true. people would be dying
by tens OF thousands.
The sermon, In part, was as follows:
Monarchy Without the Name
When Senators and Representatives
receive orders from the Executive; when
appeals TO popular passion are made to
force them to action to which their sound
posed. the government by the people and
for the people becomes n msnomer and
deception. In that hour We arc a mon
archy without the name
1T Is TO be hoped that we are not so
dazed and so daft by an Office that has
grown great with our greatness that 1t
may be permitted to set aside courts,
Scnates and Congresses.
Appeals to Prejudice.
Recently pressure was brought by
tors instantly understood and which evil
IDENTIFY was Intended to appeal 10 long
prepared prejudiccs Of the people.
rs this the method OF legislation to
which this great Nation has descended
Is this new way the best way TO make
our laws? The people should awaken to
the danger that threatens representative
government.
Scandal-Mongering Epoch.
''We have fallen into u scandal-mon-
gering epoch. The foul harpies OF SLAM
der have created a condition and all OF
the civilized world is nauseated at the
millions OF money and the respect Of
mankind IT Will and should cost our
self-respect II we do not burn out with
the caustc of a hot Indignation this sort
OF Slander.
Investigators Dangerous.
The scandal-mongers who drag the
people through slaughter houses 10 ex-
hibit in lowest forms the food of their
tables. by eNaggerations and stories OF
things that always must be offensive at
best. are mistaken agitators and espe-
cially dangerous TO us as a people at
thil time.
"A man writes book or publishes a
series of magazine articles and makes
frantic effort to have a condition of
frenzy created that will sell his foul
smelling pages TO a people delrious with
the fever Of sensationalsm.
Do Not Stop to Think.
But there are hundreds of thousands
who never ask a question or apply the
eimplest analysis to any charge. A scare
line In a yellow paper Is equivalent to
the verdict OF a jury. and the people
upon this verdict. pronounce sentence OF
damnaton.
Says Outlook Is Dark.
This Is the epoch we are in. Nothing
is right Everything Is wrong. Every
body Is bad except the accusers Every
body seems to be on the verge of being
drawn into the filth and slime OF damna-
tion or the deadly nre damp of sus-
picion, Committees are sent out to bring
back shocking thnge and IL they come
back without them. others are sent with
moro sensitive powers. Those whose ju-
dicial temperament UNFIT them for hys-
terra are threatened with dismissal or
branded as remlss In duty. The people
who walt for both sides Of the case are
tools OF trusts.
How long can nation endure such
action Of things? They threaten the sta
billty of all forms OF business and create
universal distrust."