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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Immunity Some American officials,
it Is thought, whose sworn duty 1t Is
to maintain the law, have violated their
oath OF office and consented to the
pollution of the West Side.
That consent has not, 1t may be pre-
s,ined. been given in writing. 1t is
not embodied in any charter or other
document. How was it obtained? What
is the story of the "red-light" district
from the beginning? Who authorized
1t? Who invested money In 1t? BY
all means Investigate.
And while investigating do not for
get that there are some questions that
have never been answered. About SEQ
00O was spent ON Especial auditors"
To What extent was that money honest
" earned? What benefit did the City
derive from the $4,000 paid to the
Party organ for alleged advertising?
Arr who profited by the peculiar
transaction by which the public funds
were transferred from an interest-pay-
ing Eank to one not paying interest on
the deposits? 1t has been claimed by
some who are familiar with the City'S
finances that about $50. 900 was lost to
the community By that transaction.
Who got that money? These are only
u few items Of general interest.
1;y all means, let US have an inves-
tigation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
COMMON SENSE, THIS.

The following sensible suggestions
we find in an article contributed by
Rev. Elmer |. Goshen to the first num-
Der Of The Salt Lake Outlook;
1T will be impossible for us 10 at
tract capital to our city; quite i'm
possible for us successfully to attempt
TO LOCATE factories and great industries
here, unless We first establish the at
mosphere that is conducive to growth
What Salt Lake City supremely
needs; what Utah supremely needs, is
that fairness anu harmony shall dwell
within her borders and radiate from
center TO circumference.
That many unfortunate and deeply
wrong things has transpired in Utahs
history i am we'll aware; that there is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
DOG AND MAN.
Manchester. Union.

Manchester Union.
The newspaper reading public was
struck with passing interest some
time ago by the announcement that
Frank NJ. Weller, president of the In
ternationai Finance & Investment COM
pany of Newark, New.Jersey, had made
his dog, Tassels, a member OF the firm
and had the animals name officially
recorded in the papers of the co-part-
norship filed With the county clerk. as
required by law. Possibly some read
ers may have recognized the possibili-
IS of selecting q less trustworthy part
rar among human animals. Be that
as 1t may, member Of the firm is now
In ian for failure to file an inventory
of his assets IN insolvency proceed
ings growing out of a Judgment for Sl0S,
the original trouble being non-payment
of a note for that amount in connec-
ton with a painting contract-and the
partner who Is in iaili not the dog.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
INVESTIGATE. SURE,

The organ of crooks, appealing to tho
passions In order to get votes. promises
an investigation into sundry alleged
,runsgressions BY all means investi-
gate, and, lest the investigation should
be one sided, here are few sugges-
tions:
In 1904 the Taxpayers of Salt Lake
were appealed to for u bond issue. They
were told. in All address signed by the
then Mayor. and members OF two sne-,
clal committees that s95o,0oO would he
neeGed for a conduit from Cottonwood.
On this representation the bonds We're
voted. and the contract for the conduit
was let for u sum considerably less
than estimated by the city engineer.
Then Americans" got hold of the
gnyt rllment. And, according TO the re-
port certified to by their special audi
tors, they spent S443,655.sS on the cons
duff that should not have cost over
1000, as pledged in the address to
the taxpayers, Who got the $50. 6a3.93?
by eli means, investigate, There are
these who are convinced that y large
portion Of that money was spent UNI
lawfully, not to say stolen.
Then there are some paving prob
lens that should be investigated. to
ascertain to what extent Rev. Elmer
I. Goshens charges. made some time
ago, are founded on facts. A special
Investigation of the work on the streets
has proved beyond the possibility of
contradiction that the specifications for
misunderstanding have been flagrantly
violated in almost every section. The
impression IS that immunity from
Keeping contracts could be secured only
By sinister means. Investigate, by all
means,
The Salt Lake Herald. during the
last bond issue campaign very candidly
said:
1.-THE Mayor and the chairman of the
iinance committee, MI Ferry, are both
pledged to execution OF specific works
ard the specific application of the bond
me ney to certain purposes. and no
Other. Both of these men have the
confidence of the people regardless OF
patty, but they are confronted with a
rapacious band of grafters within their
own party Who would not hesitate to
break any promises If 1t held out hope
of personal profit"
And then there is the West Side pro-
position for d ''red-lght'' district, The
Z laws and City ordinances expressly pros
hthit the establishment of such resorts
of infamy. But some American Off
Gals, it is supposed promised the pro-
q meters of that laW-defying enterprise
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
REGISTER.

There arc two more registration days
Z before the ELECTION, and we take the
liberty Of urging every voter to gee tc
it that his. or her name is on tho
registration lists. it Is at the present
time Il most important duty. The enc
mites of the people who have publicly
announced their designs upon the liber-
a ty of innocent men and upon the prop
erty OF the Taxpayers, are Well or
ganzed. They have worked 4 long
time to get their forces In order. If
the people want to save themselves
e from persecution and serfdom aud their
homes, erected to shelter their wives
and little ones, from intolerable tax
burdens; IL they want to save their
children from tho temptations of red
1 light" districts. they must meet the
5 enemy at the ballot box and vote for
s free, honest, and CAPABLE men who are
not the slaves of corrupt political dem
agogues, but free to serve the people,
Every man and woman must do his
duty, and the first step to take Is TO see
that your name Is on the registration
list In your district.
5A Good men and women have too often
felt Indifferent about their civic duties.
They have even been adverse to doing
their part at tho polls, No matter to
what party they belong they have felt
that they were without Influence and
therefore without obligation.
There may have been reasons for this.
American politics have very largely
been the politics of the border ruftian.
1T has been the politics of the man with
&self-assertion, the man with the hand
on the trigger. who is bent on 'gettins
there, no matter by what means and
4 how. zero was little puce in the
game for the citizen with a conscience.
But this Indifference should not con-
tinue. A man cannot claim to be a
good citizen or a desirable one. simply
because he is rich, because he has great
A man is not good
5c' zen because he is slreWder or i
stronger or more interruptions than his
competitor. a good citizen is he who
gives time and thought to the welfare
OF the community in which he lives
and who is willing to do what he can
toward the prevalence of honesty and
purity In public life The affairs Of
community will not conduct themselves
such affairs demand the expenditure OF
energy and time and the sacrifice OF
personal inclinntion. If tho honest citi-2
zen has not sufficient patriotism to at
tend to this himself; II he turns over
the government of his city or county
to the deinagogue who commands he
services of the alien the ignorant, the
corrupt--then he must expect to sutf-
fer,
Y Let every voter see to it that he is
registered and then turn out to vote.
Do not wait for carriages or automo-
tbiles-for which the Taxpayers. in the
last instance, are compelled to pay an
3exorbitant price-but turn out and do
your duty. DO not sell your vote for
an automobile ride.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Philadelphia Bulletin.

There is little doubt that the spread
Of the free delivery system has had
n potent effect in carrying Il greater
degree of enlightenment among hosts
of voters. The rural carriers now num-
he. approximately 10000, or the
strength of full army corps; and their
vehicles are III evidence IN all the
thckly populated states Of the Union.
The aggregate influence OF the prompt
dissemination of the news, which Is
made practicable through their agency,
is bound to be both lasting and import
ant.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

desire and an intention In the minds
OF The majority of citizens to turn;
from the past and discharge the duties
Of the present, is my full conviction
and belief.
,'And 1t ought to be the desire OF
every one Of us to let the past die,
and to make the present and the fu-
ture what 1t ought to be.
I'VE can't advertise Utah as u pest
house before the nation and then ex-
poet people to come here and live"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Every one will be perfectly willing
to have his neighbor assessed for tho
construction of a storm sewer provided
he himself Is not assessed, It is one
OF the ways of loving your neighbor
as yourself.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

An exchange says that the cure for
the tramp evil is to take the tramp
and make him work. 1t is q very
easy matter to lead horse to water
but an entirely different matter to
make him drink.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Judge Whitaker holds that in a way
janitors have police powers, The judge
puts it very mildly. Janitors have
absolute power, and never let day
pass without using 1t. 9:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
Nothing for Him to Brar About.

II didn't see you at sabbath-school
last Sabbath" said the good man.
Didn't your" replied little Johnny.
We'll you needn't think you're so
blamed smart on that account. There
was a whole lot more people didn't see
me there, ither."-Chicago Record
Herald
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

A Minneapolis clergyman has preach
ed his own funeral sermon into a
photograph and filed it away for future
use. 1t is a splendid example of tho
dead burying the dead.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Governor Haskell proposes to bring
President Roosevelt to time on the
Usage Indian land case. With what
nonchalance the governor bites off q
chunk bigger than he can ever pos
sibly chew.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Senator La Follette's now journal
wRll have this advantage over the
Congressional Record: he will not
have to ask leave to print.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

The advance agent of prosperity
and the advance agent of politics are
generally separate and distinct per-
sons.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Senator Elkins says he knows abso-
luteIy nothing about the engagement
OF his daughter to the Duke Of the
Abruzzi 1t may be that the young
lady is planning a surprise for him.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

The only danger to the American fleet
now at Yokohama is that our friends
the japanese will kill the officers and
men with kindness.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Omaha is to have a university. The
language doesn't afford better word
with which to conjure q college yell
than Omaha, Its possibilities are in
finite.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
JUST FOR FUN.
Hard to Beat.

THE sweetest word in the English Ian
guage,'' says the st. Joseph Gazette,
after considerable thought. are En-
closed find check KANSAS City Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Yes he said, the gentle spring is
the SEASON particularly adore. oh. the
ar, the sunshine. the hazy hills! Where
do you find such tender greens and
whites as the spring perdure discloses
to us?" IF you really wish for an
answer she ratd II think you can flnd
them in a well-made salad. -Clere-.
land Plain Dealer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

There is nothing Of the doubling
Thomas nature In either Judge Taft or
Mr.. Bryan, Each Is confident of cleo
ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Some. people burn the midnight oil so
that they can find the keyhole when
they come home.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

New York being pivotal state,
the campaign there is.a regular merry
go=round.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Tho fault Of our modern educational
system is too much cramming and too
little reflection.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Even the pipe lines will yet be deny
ing that they ever had any connec-
tion with Standard Oil.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Hearst has shut UP ever since he
was shut up in that bath room.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

The Outlook for President Roosovelt's
future is all right.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
Getting in Line.

You never have won a medal for
bravery, have you?" she sneered.
No" he replied. but I'm going to
earn one right now. Will you be my
wife Chicago ReGord-Herald.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
High Diplomacy.

out.
Mrs. Park-No wonder. It's so trying
to find out from your friends what
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

The snow, as the rain. falls upon the
just and upon the unjust alike.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

The concert Of Europe has not pro-
crossed any further than the, over
sture.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

What would Judge Taft give for MI.
Bryan's voice?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21

Few things come to those who wait
for the waiter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
DEsERET EVENING News WEDNESDAY OCTOBER q

they'd like to have for Christmas with
out conveying the impression they may
expect ii from you, The Smart Set.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12

posing Hopkins for elec. ion to the
United States senate, carried Hopkins
district He carried Hopkins home
county, his. home city Of Aurora, and
even carried the precinct in which
Hopkins lives.
If the issue had been made fairly
and squarely at the primary between
Hopkins and Foss, or between Hop
kins or any man worthy Of election to
the federal senate. SAID vote to be
binding as to whom the nominee of
the party should be, Hopkins would
have been beaten elsewhere as he was
in his own county and prscinct where
he is best known.
The people should be given the same
right to select their United States SEN
ators by direct vote as they have to
select their governor
Democracy will carry on the fight
to give to the people this right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12

all comes back to me. i recall the SEN
sation as / fell Thought what an ass
l had been never to have told you that
1 loved you and that now maybe 1t
was too late
Its q darled sight too late for n
healthy brute like you to be lying in
bed" cIiimed in Billy as he and Mrs.
Comstock returned at this inopportune
moment "Come along. Charlotte.
Aunt Dora and 1 are starving for Our
luncheon. AS for you, old slippery
elm, I'll be back this afternoon and
read alCud TO ga extracts from
Pipes, the Grca.c.t Dream Book of
the Age"
Charlotte extended her hand to the
invalid. He gave it q significant little
squeeze
''Am too late% he demanded in an
undertone.
You're just in time" answered
Charlotte, blushing to the roots Of the
soft brown hair above her forehead.
What did Charlie mean about being
too late?" asked Mrs. Comstock as the
trio reached the street.
"Ah, don't pay any attention to him.
put in Billy. HE was. dreaming
that's ALL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12
Tax the Middle West.

Chicago Journal: Now that cleo
ton is over the railroads are
supremacy happy. To show their
faith in Taft and their contempt
for the people they propose to in
crease freight rates on so cOmmodi-
ties going west from Chicago by from
s per cent to 10 per cent, and the
rates going east from Chicago by about
the same amount.
Fruit, canned goods. beans, hides
and feathers, wool, sugar and other
necessities are on the list This is
the thanks the farmers and merchants
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and the
other middle states get for voting to
continue republican rule and railroad
immunity.
All through the campaign the New
York press agents of inc railroads
sent out columns of matter about
orders for thousands Of cars, contin-
gent upon Taft's election and the con-
scquent revival of business. High
prices for the farmer, pig orders for
factories, good wages and plenty of
work in car shops, plen'y of cars for
the vast boom in freight. all this and
more they promised.
The day after election tic Illinois
Central let out 700 men in one shop,
less than a week afte: election the
transcontinental railroad combine an
nounces a tax of from per cent to
10 per cent on goods shipped from
Chicago to either coast.
Two years ago these lines paid div
blends with the present rates. What
right o. justice is there III raising the
rates, now that Judge Taft promised
four years of boom business?
1t is simply one more discrimination
against the west. The railroads know
Washington will not Interfere. The
industries of the west nave no other
outlet than these lines.
Tariff barons of the east gloat in
security ever millions filched from the
west, and the railroad barons calmly
add 10 Der cent to our freight rates
Their answer to complaint is simple
It contains eight short words:
What are you going tn do about it:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12
In the Field of Literature

The Century of 19o9.-Mrs. Alice
Hogan Rice's new novel. Mr.. Opp"
which is to run serially in The Cen
fury during 1909, is rich in the humor
and pathos which made Mrs. Wigs
such a joy and in the human quality
which touches the heart. Plain-spoken
neighbors call Mr.. Opp {, fool, he does
talk too much, and his business sue
cess is always lurking il some Spanish
castle; but the reader sorgives all and
loves the quaint character for the he
roism that gives up chearily the plans
of life and the woman he loves, to
care for and make happy day by day
the pathetic little nalf-sister whose
mind is clouded from babyhood. In
MIR. OPP Mrs. Rice has created an
other character that will live.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12
MOUND BUILDERS FANS.
Chicago Professor Says Their In.
closures Were Baseball Fields.

Chicago Professor Says Their In.
closures Were Baseball Fields.
Baseball is not modern game, and
all credit for the invention of it should
go to the mound builders" said Pro-
fessor Frederick Starr of the Univer-
sity of Chicago in recent lecture
on prehistoric archaeology. Professor
Starr declares that through the south
ern part of Ohio and Indiana he has
found geometrically perfect mounds
or Enclosures closely resembling the
modern baseball diamond. These are
generally believed to have been built
for purposes of protection. Professor
Starr, however, says:
"They are nothing mere or less than
old baseball fields of the mound build
ers. The game as played by these old
people resembled our modern game
closely. The most essential difference
is that our game calls for only nine
players. while in prehistoric times as
many as a hundred men were neces-
Sary"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12
The Argus Daily Short Story
A DREAMER OF DREAMS-BY JANE LUDLUM LEE.
Copyrghed. 1908 by Associated Literary Press:

Forget it, Charlie" sung out Laugh
ton between the puffs of his cigarette.
"Was it finding money in the stree!
or burying your relativesT' suggested
Laughton, but without sarcasm.
At this moment Hall entered bearing
a tray with steaming hot coffee.
1.-TWO ladies TO see you, sir" Hall an.
nounced as he put the tray on table
at the bedside.
"Impossible.' exclaimed Darlington.
Probably Aunt Dora and Charlotte"
suggested Laughton as he rose. Then,
turning to Darlington, he added: "Quiet
down, old man. It's all right. You're
dreaming, that's ALL"
Charlotte and her mother We're stand
ing in the doorway, and Darlington
stared at the two figures.
zone minute, Billy. said Darlington
as he put forth very stiff arm. "If
I'm dreaming, and l believe l am,
for the love of humanity don't wake
me-
sis he delirious?' Charlotte inquired
Of Billy
Not any more so than usual as
sured Billy, with friendly brutality.
did you bring those flowers for him!'
continued Billy, nodding in the direc-
ton of the bed, whereat Charlotte
glowered at him and Mrs. ComstOciS
said something about "unseemly lev
ity."
"Will you ever forgive me, Mr.. Oar
lington?' Charlotte was saying. "Ill
never forgive myself; but, You see,
thought it was safe for me to cross
and
Darlington looked at the girl closely.
He had loved her for many months
but had never had the courage to tell
her so. She had always impressed him
as serious minded girl. Could she be
up to some trick now with her cousin
Billy Laughton?
when that horse knocked you down
and kicked YOU" continued Charlotte
"well, just thought l never wanted tc
| speak again. but you're only just badly
bruised. not seriously hurt, they tel
me- You're not, are you?"
A sudden CLEAN as IL knowing
| whereof she spoke came to Darlington
81 remember" he began as he took
| Charlotte's hand
Good Lord, deliver u.s." cried Billy
Hes going to 'reminisce.' Come on
| Aunt Dora. I'm afraid this ordeal
would be too much for a woman OF
| your years. I'll take you in the sitting
room and show you Charlotte's collec
ton OF mugs" and. taking Mrs. Com
stock by the arm, he led her into the
adjoining room.
Don't you remember" continued
Charlotte, unheeding Billy's irrelevan,
remarks and his kind departure
"when you and l were coming out OF
Balston's and were crossing the street
l darted forward, and you started t.
draw me back. Then the horse SHE'D
at something and kicked YOU
"And all the time" cried Darlington
II thought it was drecI.. But now 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12

Tennessee should 2venge the muir
der of Senator Carmach. That it was
an assassination there seems no room
TO doubt, and the fact ,lIat Carmack
died with a pistol in his hand and had
himself fired a shot makes it none the
less so. He had been threatened and
had reason to fear death 1t the hands
of the men who finally secured his
blood. He was a victim of the con-
stitutional guarantee Of free press.
What he had editoliai!y said of the
Coopers was in the way of political
rivalry ard controversy, but in it there
was never warrant 90" violence or
death in return. Carmac.s was mex
cusably slaughtered, and the state OF
Tennessee should not fail to mete out
proper punishment to shc assassins of
a courageous editor.