The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03

1.-The Golden West and American In
dustries Exhibition to be opened at
Earl S court on May s, are nearing COM
pletion, and the grounds arc being re-
arranged and newly decorated, and the
buildings reconstructed, so as properly
to present a typical American scene.
The exhibition is intended to Illustrate
primarily the growth of the great West,
the products and industries of the cities,
farms, ranch hes, vineyards, forests and
fisheries of California, Washington, Ore
gon, Utah, Montana and the western
states, but it will also include many ex-
hibits from the eastern, middle and
southern states. In the Illinois build
ing, which will be in the queen S court,
will he the Chicago civic exhibit, show
ing some of the striking features and
developments in the public life of the
western metropolis. \ special feature
in the imperial court Will be successive
consignmeuts throughout the summer Of
the delicious products of the California
fruiC farms, and there will also be a
"Chinatown exhibit from the city of
San Francisco, illustrating the queer
blending in that famous district of the
east and the west. The imperial court
itself will be transformed into typical
California garden, with sub-troplcal
plants and palms, cacti and Towering
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On the lighter side Of the Golden West
exhibition is to be especially strong.
"The Midway Plaisance" will present
all the latest American amusement nov
elites from well lknown resorts like
Coney Island and Atlantic City in the
East, and San Francisco and New Or
leans in the West and South. The prin-
cipal "spectacle' to be held in the EN-.
press hall will be a presentation of
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and of the plains life today. One hun
dred and twenty Indians of the Sioux,
Apache, and Navajo tribes have been
permitted to leave their reservations
in the west for the purpose of this spec
taclc. There will be camp in which
Indians with their squaws and papooses
will live in exact reproduction of their
western home, showing their domestic
life. their industries and their tribal
cowgirls is also being brought over to
illustrate life in the cattle camp and
on the ranches. The performance in
the arena will be a reproduction of cpl
sodes of the frontier days, including at
tacks on settlers and the beginning of
the Black Hawk massacre. Chief Red
shirt, famous old warrior, who is very
proud Of the possession of scalp belt
adorned with some twenty scalps, will
be at the head Of the Indian band
"The Deluge," which was the prin-
cipal attraction Of Coney Island last
year, is being brought over, and an
other prominent feature will be a repro
duction of the destruction of San Fran
cisco on large scale with special eff
fects.
According to the organ of the labor
party a serious legislature deadlock ex-
1QfS n En- GLAND inn ~ fbo obstructive
tactics Of the House of Lords, which
is being blamed for the many evils from
which the country is suffering. The
legislative sterility is, it is said, not
due to any lack of enthusiasm on the
part of the government.
Never, proceeds the labor paper. was
there a government more deeply inter
pertains to the social wellbeing of the
people. In this matter a great deal Of
the increased interest in social legisla-
tion is undoubtedly due TO the labor
members, who have certainly created
quite new atmosphere in the House
of Commons. So far, good, but when
we consider the tremendous majority
with which the government entered
upon its career, the results are not at
all in keeping with the high hopes en-
tertained. There has been an abun-
dance of work, but Of an Improbable
kind. There has been plenty of energy,
but it has all too faithfully obeyed the
law of dissipation. Members Of Parlia-
ment have been subjected TO a legis-
lative treadmill, whore their powers
have been expended to no purpose
The man would have been written
down fool who, after the general elec.
ton, would have predicted that the
strongest government of modern times
"a kind of political Ssmson-would
have been in so short time sborn of
its strength. What is the cause2 In
all our rejoicings over Liberal victories
at general elections, it is always over
looked that the Tories are never really
defeated. They may be routed at the
polls, but 10 reserve, which is never
routed, because it refused to come out
into the open. The House Of Lords is the
arch -obstrugtor. At its door lies the /
blame Of the deadlock in the House of !
Commons. The Lord knows what they |
are doing when they passionately defend |
the gilded chamber. They know that |
the existing arrangement practically !
amounts to a. second chamber when the |
Liberals are in power, and n single |
cha mber when the Tories hold the reins |
of Office.
No matter how scandalous OF unjust |
tho measures passed in n tory honse
of commons, they are sure of iudorse-
ment in the lords, and no matter how
Just arc liberal measures they are sure
Of rejection by the hereditary repre-.
aeptatiyes Of class selfshpess. Here,