Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-19

4 the nelghbors who may themselves -,
called on some time to officlate eith ~
as killers or corpses--a feud no dow.
seems n very serious matter. Ever.
they read funny article after ff,,n,,.
article. and some one piled humornm,
comment on comment, the vast ma
jorlty OF them would probably find II
difficult < to see anything particulnr,,.
diverting in theNpersistence with whiri,
several generations OF one family cnnl
tlnue to slaughter the contemporaries,
generations of another family. But ,tha,
is the fault of propinquity. Being loo
close obscures the perception OF ira
ridiculous. People In New York, Chi
cago and other places more or less die
tnnt are free from this disability. They
SEQ the rousing humor OF the thine
In fact. they see so much humor In !,
that they haven't time or desire To sos
anything else. 1t NAV TIC affirmed,
without hesitation that nine out NJ
ten substantial citizens smile broadly
and uppreciatively when theyiread in
the morning newspaper that Asburv
Spicer for instance, has just shot Bud
Hatfield near Pikevlle, Ky, and thar
the killing was the outgrowth OF tho
old Mccoy Hatfield feud. They smile.
they just can't llelpSt. And when thev
read that Judge Hargis. or some other
well known figure in the fcud div
patches, narrowly escaped being kiled
in IN ambuscnde in the mountains. His
life being saved by the horse shying
the moment the gun was fired, the
righteousness of it and the hearty
laugh superinduced thereby arc likely
to keep them ina good humor for the
rest of the day. 1t has got to be so
in fact. that doctors might well give
hypocliondriac patients Kentucky foud
news to read. They probably Would
show an Immense Improvement In
spirits as a result. Moreover. office
boys would do we'll to observe that
the days on which the newspapers ara
full OF feud news nre the best days
In which to ask farors of the "boss',
He, Is nearly sure to be In n good hu
NOR. For a dramatist TO try to paint
a Kentucky feud as anything but lu-
morous to an Intelligent, reading nu.
dience away from Kerltucky2would he
as unwise as for the villain iii n, barn
storming play to appear in II blond wig.
The audience would not suffer 1t. Ken
lucky felids arc funny and villains are
brunettes. These are first principles
Chicago 1nter-Ocean. a
Gist NJ Whose is the Government
T0rifi The peoples? Not so long
Definite as tariff schedules are
madc-with wjokers' in So
Clcl ny IOllllu9NttfS---
in every way except openly ana
frankly. Here is the scandal Of the
private use of legislative power that
Will not disappear with any academic
or commercial discussion OF the effect
of rates on prices. The government
tho power to tnx-is used In private
ways for private ends: that's the scan
dial. 1t is not question of low duties
or Of high duties. nor OF protection nr
free trade. Yet people say. What can
you expect? The public doesn't take
the trouble to have It's point OF view
represented. and the manufacturers do
Can YOU blame them?' Tho public
doesn't have representation? Who are
the representatives and senators chosen
tn represent them? Here's the crux of
the whole matter. Men who are elected
by the people to rerrcsent them really
,rerrcsent private and corporate interests
That question transccnds all tariff dis.
cuseions. 1t strikes deep--to the very
bottom Of representative government.
The Worlds Work for November.