Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02

Brewer and commanding hgurc
from American life. JUS
tiCc Brewer was an original thinker on
subjects of common interest not con-
cerncd with his work on the bench
While il is open To dissent most strong
~ from some Of the views that he held
and so freely expressed. IL VIII not DE
disputed that he always supported his
conclusions Ia the most forcible man
ner. II may be that some Of his opin-
ions, as for instance, in regard 20 the
income tax, were those of a class rather
than the whole people, but their for
Clble presentation was always welcome
as a contribution 10 discussion before
the forum OF American thought This
is the essence of democracy. To listen
with patience and appreciation to argu-
ment advanced in good faith and with
no selfish inspiration. The death of
Justice Brewer unfortunately leave7
the supreme court shOrthandcd at
critical time The whole country Is
waiting auXiously for the expected de-
Cisions in the tobacco and standard OIL
trust cases ON which such vast interests
hang. For one reason or another only
seven Justices remain 10 deal with
these great issues. and there is by con-
sequence a natural reluctance I'm the
court TO determine them at once. al
though the tobacco case was supposed
10 be due for decision In "A few days
IL would be most unfortunate should
IL be found necessary to rchcar thes.
cases and So continue a condition Of
uncertainty that has for some time
been the cause of commercial and in
dustrial disturbance.-San Francisco
Call.
Politics The times, then, are du-
In Great bious and confused. The
Britain. Liberals have majority
Of l2f But of these IA
forty are Labor men and eighty-two
are Irish Nationalist The latter, there
fore. are once more the masters Of
English politics. II they vote against
the Budget-and ten OF them, the ten
Independent Nationalists, are pledged
20 do so--thcu the government must
fall In the present state of parties no
ministry can endure without the good
viii or against the opposition of the
Irish Nationalists. They are in the po-
siton which they have always de-
scribed as the ideal position for extract
ing home rule. But nothing can be more
certain than that home rule win not
be granted by the present parliament.
The budget must first of all be passed.
Then must come the gaggng of the
lords on all future budgets-an under
taking which, though admitted to be
necessary by reasonable men OF all
parties-will assuredly prove difficult
and contentious. And after that the
Liberals mean 20 proceed with their
general campaign against the cOnstitu-
tlonal prerogatives Of the lords. They
mean TO deprive the upper house Of
the power Of rejecting any bill which
has been passed three times by a single
parliament. That Is a most hazardous
enterprise, II will be stoutly resisted
/ detect little feeling in the country IN
favor 81 IL. ! believe il viii fail and
viii drag down the Liberal party. The
opinion. lu fact, I'm England, as / write.
is that the recent election settled very
little and that another appeal TO the
country on the specific issue of the
house OF lords Is a certainty before
very long North American Review.
Some Wise / was not born TO under
Words of standing. / loved the
COnfucius. past and questioned II
earnestly. The best men
are born wise. Next come those who
grow wise by learning: then. learned,
narrow minds. Narrow minds without
learning are the lowest Of the people.
The people may be made 10 follow;
they cannot be made To understand.
The kings mind Is the wind. and grass
are the middle of the people; whittier
the wind blows, thither the grass
bends what Is Kingcraft?" demanded
a disciple. Confucius replied, Food
enough, troops enough and a trusting
people" Were there no help for II,
which could be best spared Of the
three?' Troops said the master.
And were there no help for H. which
could be better spared of the other
two?' Food" said the master prom
Of old all men die, but without trust a
people cannot stand" ENalt the
straight set aside the crooked. tho
people viii be loyal Behave with dig
nifty. they win be lowly; he pious and
merCiful they will be faithful; eXalt
the good, teach the unskllful they viii
grow willing Guide the people by law.
subdue them by punishment. they may
shun crime, but will be void Of shame.
Guide them by example. subdue them
by courtesy they will learn shame.
Gould good men govern for hun
dred years, cruelty would be vanish
ed, putting to death have an end. A
gentleman rs consistent not change
less. A gentleman Strengthens his robe |
and settles his face He rs stern and |
men look upon him with dread Few |
or many, small or great, all IS one to |
"a gentleman; he dare not slight any |
man. lie Will Danish from his bearing |
violence and levity. from his speech the |
low and unfair-Lyalls Compilation |
lOngmans.
Starving IL Is high time that the |
Instead science Of dietetics should |
or Eating. FREQ itself OF the horde Of /
parasitic fads which have |
fastened themselves upon a. IL Is the |
black sheep in the flock OF sciences /
which make up that greater science /
called medicine" and II has been UNI
der cloud long enough. Nothing Is
too absurd 10 be advocated, from diet
NJ peanuts TO one or raw meat. For /
many years the real science OF dietetics
was content with mere study Of what
people were eating In all walks Of life
In every part Of the world. IL was sad
enough 10 have the illogical conclusion
once thrust upon MS that these die
Iattes were necessarily correct. without |
regard TO the results as to vigOr and
from disease Indeed no one
seemed To think that tho coolie ate rice
because II was the only thing he could
get, and that he greedily ate better food
whenever he had chance. When tho
real scientists took up the work OF ex-
perimcntal dietetics, II was with keen
expectation that the medical profession
ooked forward 10 enlightenment--and
he enlightenment we got was the new |