Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

What ono The graft Investigations
Mayor BOO pittsburg have
Has Done. brought into promiu-
ouCe Mayor Guthrie, the
Democratic mayor OF that city The
GuthrIes like the QuInCys OF Boston,
have been represented in the office
oft mayor Tor three generations. Writ
Ing about him ln the February Pitts
burg Survey issue of Charities and the
Commons Robert a. Woods says
"Ho has introduced business methods
in the awarding of an contracts I'm
Guiding the banking OF the citys
funds In "a city where only few
years ago perpetual franchises were
given To- street railway covering
every section, Mayor Guthrie has. 50
far as the situation allowed. put In
force the strictest new conception OF
tho public interest in relation TO public
service corporations. He compelled tho
Pennsylvania Railroad TO cease NOV
Ing its trains through the middle OF
what is potentially the best down
town street in the city. The railway
company was required for the first
time TO clean and repair the streets,
To- meet tho cost Of charges required
by the work OF city departments, and
to pay bridge tolls. Loose and costly
business methods in the city depart
monts were radically checked. and ac-
counts with long urrearages involving
heavy interest losses TO the city, we're
brought up 90 date. The cost Of electric
lighting TO the city has been reduced
from ninety-six TO seventy-twO dollars
a lamp Economies have been effected
through having the city do some Of
IT'S own asphalt paving and water
pipe laying"
Mr.. Roots Euhu Root is a striking IL
splendid lustratlon OF the fact that
services. zone man In his time plays
many parts" for, In the
course Of a career which IS not yet end
ed. he has not only succeeded as
lawyer but has led the bar; as secre-
tary OF war he reOrgani1ed the war
department and the army, making them
worthy Of the respect and admiration
Of the country, and as secretary OF
state he infused a spirit and vigor into
the foreign relations OF the United
States which viii not only survive his
secretaryship but win undoubtedly
mark an era In the diplomatic history
OF our country. Upon his resignation
from the department Of state the pO-
lItical world lay, as 1t were, before him.
The legal profession desired TO see him
chief justice Of the United Stdates. The
incoming administration urged him to
remain at the head OF the cabinet. and,
without any ntimation, official or per
soual, much less a request on his part
the state Of New York insisted that he
represent It iu the United States senate.
Tho ties which bind him to his native
state proved stronger than the allure
ments Of position, While Mr.. Root is
not protested paciher and while he Is
not ln favor OF disarmament as an in
dependent proposition. he knows and
believes that wars between nations viii
Cease when the causes have been re-
moved and when nations settle their
disputes I'm accordance with the princi-
Piles Of justice. Therefore, instead Of
making disarmament a condition pre-
cedent he has viewed Il as a conse-
quence Of the settlement OF interna-
tional controversies according 20 the
principles Of justice In view. there
fore Of the various measures which he
has proposed and carried to completion,
10 is an exaggeratiOn 20 say Mr.. Root
as secretary OF state has contributed
more than any single man TO the cause
of International justice, and, therefore
of pcaoe.-James Brown Scott I'm the
independent.
Fcrrcro Americans, according TO
DisikcS SiEu0r Fcrrero are con-
America. sWcuously lacking In gen
oral IDEAS His conception
of a general idea is the French con
copti0n. Paris 30 him is paradise.
II ls choice to which he is entitled.
This country, like others, has It's faults.