Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-02

/ Nilturr hoW would the voters OF inc
Driftlnrf up some morning in June ~
a presidential year. 60 go to-
I primaries Co Indicate their preference
FOR The nominations of their respective
/ uariiosf Either states or districts
might be nude the units The candi-
/ date getting the largest amount of
such state and district support would
/ then become the party choice the MAJ
uonal conventions nlllng into second
any Importance useful chiefly for draft
| ing the platform and Tor formally re-
sistorng the DEGREES already made hy
the people. That presidential nomlna-
! lions VIII some time be- made boo fhis
way De- not wholly unlikely. q. Eu-
ward Merriam. tho author uf o. work
un Primary Elections" recently pub
llshod by the University of Chicapo
Press. makes the prediction that this
method Is coming. as the culninatiou
~ our direct primary developments is
IL not already under uayf This author
recalls that this last year Wisconsin
and pennsylvania chose their delegates
hy direct vote ON the presidential is-
sue. Tho next step. he believes win
be a definite provision FOR "a prefer
entail vote on the presidential nomina-
ton everywhere. with the understand
ing that the delegates selected shall De
direct vote system VIII be carried so FAR
as 10 provide for tho nomination of
President by the popular vote or the on
tire purity Is problematical But at least
states are likely to choose their dele
gates 20 tho national convention BY di-
rect primary. and these delegates win
be Instructed by tho popular vote upon
the question OF the presidential nomi-
iiation. That would mean about the
m fhInr u Ia al Mo Of
direct presidential preference. expressed
By the voters Ia the primary booths
Good Laws As the number of the
To Prevent country's blind has In
blindness. creased, physicians and SOC
cieties under whose care
these unfortunates come. have been
doing their best not only TO solve tho
problem Of their welfare, but eradi-
cate come OF the causes OF tho affiic-
ton. Many Of them are found In COM
mon ailments whose careless or ignor-
ant treatment brings irritation or
weakening Of the sight. and neglect at
such a time is followed later By seri-
Gus results. This Is particularly true
10 the case of Infants Experts de-
clare that easily one-third of our blind
thus lose their sight In early youth,
and they have so well prove their
case that several states are looking to
AtN|AffN
come the share they are contributing
TO the percentage OF those doomed to
live their lives in awful darkness.
pennsylvania already has such a law.
For three years 1t has lain dormant on
the statute books. State Health Com
missioner Dixon has brought IL TO
light, however, and intends to have Il
put into force Immediately The law
provides that should one or both eyes
OF an infant become inhamed or swol-
len or Redeemed at any time within the
two weeks after birth. IL shall be the
duty Of the nurse or other person hav-
ing the care Of such infant 10 report
IN writing within six hours after the
discovery thereof to the health officer
or legally qualified practitioner OF tho
city, town or district In which the
mother of the child resides, the fact
that the ailment exists. When the sig
nificance OF this law has been brought
home II is improbable that there win
be any disposition on the part of par
ents TO disubey 1T. II Is a provision
that an states woU DO wen to adopt
with an possible haste. for il not only
VIII prove a blessing 90 humanity but
VIII greatly curtall expense and
simplify the problem of the care Of the
blind-Worcester Gazette.
Brewers The relations between the
Own the brewer and the saloon
saloons. keeper are close and COM
plicated IN looking at a
number Of saloons, with an eye to
purchase, = had found that every one
OF them WIS really owned by a brewer.
The syst sm Lnder which / became the
Man Friday n my brewery IS prac-
tically universal in New York The
saloon is ieased, the fixtures are sup
piled, and the license is paid by the
brewer When I bought my place. /
a fa1fHI fsf.fI haaHI
mortgage OF 81 900 on its fixtures These
fixtures, wien they were new. had cost
perhaps $1,000 The fact that the mort
gage was SO much larger than the
value Of the property II covered made
IL practically certain II would never
be- paid OF, and that the saloon would
remain the property Of the brewery.
Another peculiar fact about this mort
age was that Il was a dead one
that is, I paid no interest directly on
IT, To all intents and purposes, the
fixtures that II covered constituted
part OF the brewery. / paid my rent
TO the brewery. but. although 70 was
high for the locality 81 600 year,
paid no more than was stipulated In
the lease held by the brewery from the
owner The brewery cleared 5000 a
year from advancing my 900 license
and receiving back from me S2j a week
Tor As weeks in the year. But the In
leleaL on the NhtufeS was apparently
charged I'm the profits on the beer
where II could undoubtedly be well
cared fOr--since, I have good reason 10
believe they made $50 per cent gross
profit on the beer al the price they
sold 10 20 me.--From 1.-THE Experiences /
OF a saloOnkeeper' m the January Nc
Clure's.
Result OF Al one time / contributed
Artists to the illustrated London
Picture. News and other porlOdi-
Gals Illustrations seriously
treating OF passingk events, such as
are now supplied by the camera II
was my lot 20 act as special artist. and
70 sketch scenes and events week by
week, and ! Travelled about 10 get
material, constantly Eketching crowds
and bits OF character IN order 10