Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23

Near Veto
For One
Measure.

Near Veto Some OF us may stu
| For One think that the best thing
Measure President TAFT could
have done with the River
| and Harbor bill was to veto II, but
we are bound TO concede that If he
didn't do the best thing he did do the
! next best. Current slang proffers q
| characte rizatlon OF his course which we
will not decline lie resorted to a near
veto" At one timo. he frankly declares,
he had made UP his mind TO apply
the real veto; but there We're appro-
priatlons In the bill which he finally
considered 70 correct and needful that
ne thought IL unWise to Kill them In
order 10 XIII others that were thorough
~ had. His message, however makes
II wholesomeiy plain that he mean.
Congress 10 understand that II must
not do this sort of thing again II
shows too. such a thorough under
standing OF the way the thing was put
together. and such a vigorous disgust
with the 'piecemeal" plan OF appro-
priating the peoples money--the plan
namely of spending a little here and
little there, TO satisfy aJoiity OF the
senators and representatives, instead OF
providing fully for improvements Il is
really intended to cOmplete--that there
can be no doubt as TO whore the presi-
dent stands or as to his competence to
deal with this kind of log-roling. His
power 10 serve and protect the public
interest In the matter would. however,
be greatly Increased il reform that
has often been proposed could be car
tied through. The President ought 10
have the right to veto specific Items
In an appropriation bill. instead OF he
ing forced either to accept the obIec-
tionable with the unobjectionable or
else reject both-with good prospect
that his veto win be overridden. Il l.
interesting to recall that the trainers
~ h. T..f
Of them men who had served in tho
government az washington and studied
Il cNsely.r give the Confederate Presl-
dent TINT privilege Several OF the
states also have In this matter shown
a wisdom which the nation has falle
TO exercise.-Harper's Weekly.
Warning To the army Of young peo-
From the pie who. without real act
stage. ing ability, are lured to
the stage and dramatic |
school with futile Illusions and to-be- |
blasted hopes, Miss Henrietta Crosman
IN AN article in the August number OF |
Hampton,s Magazine, utters a sincere |
ana Startling warning.
BESIDES exposing the methods OF |
swindllng dramatic schools, which ac-
cept the fees of hundreds and turn |
them adrlft, the celebrated actress cites |
many pathetic cases of detention and |
man document-which Miss Cosman re-
ceived from a girl friend
II did night work on a newspaper
six years ago. Six years, II only all /
girls who are crazy 10 go on the stage
could know what those six years have |
done to my life. they would keep away
from everything that has TO do with
the footlights-and they would keep
their homely, simple. little ideals. and
be happy. / used TO go to a great
many plays with the dramatic critic
of that newspaper and-well-I sup
pose | became 'stage-struck'; yet that
Is such a silly little word to express
the tragedy I have been through
IF ! had even the slightest bit OF
talent as an Dtress II wouldn't have |
been 50 bad, 7 know now that I never
rad any talent at all But I didn't
know II then You see ! went 10 the
proprietor Of a dramatic school. and he
old me I had wonderful possibilities
took his course for six months, still II
<eeping up my night work on the news
1aper Then tried 10 get n part.
You probably know thousands like me-
! really was no good. 7 had no right