The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-09
Communication



Per Tor a few comments on the meth /
DDS and the apparent objects of the bull |
lcrin writer's
While these bulletin articles are |
made to appear as championing the |
cause OF the Dear Old Public they |
seem to lack the ring Of sincerity and
honesty OF purpose. They sound as the
voice OF the hireling. crying In the po-
litical and Industrial Wilderness. with |
slander0us appeal. that they may seem
70 be worthy OF their hire, and at the
same time dictate the personnel and
control the actions OF the next legisla-
turc and the Governor.
These official statements OF the traf-
Tic bureau hired men bear on the face
an evident desire and yearning on the
part OF the writers for easy money and
position or vantage, while they evident
~ seek 20 obscure these. the real OBJ
1ects sought behind the time-worn
and much abused preteuce and cry of
doing great and patriotic deeds, for the
Dear Old Public"
Evidently. the bulletin writer's have
IN their own opinion added greatly
TO the sum total OF human knowledge
BY discovering and publishing the fact
that in the constitution Of the state OF
Utah there is an article XII and a sec
ton Is, which provide that the legis-
lature shall establish maximum rates
OF charges for the transportation OF
passengers and freight, etc. How
strange and yet unfortunate for the
people OF this state that these patriots
Of the traffic bureau did not make this
startling discovery some few years ago,
MAfn one OF NnEAT nufmntE served LWE
eiSht years as member OF the state
senate, and four years OF that time as
ITS president. what lasting benefits ne
could have secured for the state, by
virtue Of these Influential positions.
had he but known of this hidden article
MI. but alas. his knowledge came too
late, and with these golden opportuni-
ties. TO serve the dear old public gone,
/ there seems to be nothing left for him
| 10 do but TO apologize for not knowing
/ of its existence in time, and to SANDER
Hn aHHHH HHna
/ and the Governor. and TO pledge the
next legislature, even long before the
/ members have been nominated to do the
| bidding OF the traffic bureau hired
men. by reOrganizing the railroad
companies. so TO speak. and incidental
/ - placing the original discoveries OF
I article XII in positions OF power and
| influence. say as members OF state
/ railroad commission. for instance.
| The trainers of the constitution in
/ writing article XII in common with
| other provisions Of that instrument. left
/ II TO the wisdom OF the legislatures that
/ should follow to enact its provisions
/ into law, when the need for such legis-
i lation should become manifest, but so
/ FAR. the need not being apparent. no
| session Of the legislature has considered
4 NJ necessary to pass such a law. Even
I ex-senator Love over whose name these
| bulletins appear. did not seem to rec
! ognfze any necessity for such a law
/ TN ne went out Of office and the re-
/ bate industry was done away with.
N the bulletin men will stop TO con-
slider for a moment and be honest while
y they are considering. they will see that
Z there are other provisions Of the con-
1 stitutiOn which have not yet been COM
piled with; for instance. Article TX.
section 2. provides that the legisla-
ture shall provide by law for an enum-
Grafton Of the Inhabitants Of the state.
A D. 1905. and every tenth year there
after. etc. but 70 was not done. Then
gence and bribery. There would seem
20 be no tangible prospects for substan-
tai and material returns from such a
howl. hence the silence. In the last
instance. the constitution specifies the
time when the legislature should enact
the law. while in the other case 70 does
not. Consequently It would appear that
. TT there rs any criticism TO make on the
members OF the legislature or the Gov
/ ernOr. II should be where the time and
|. act were made definite and explicit.
and not where the evident intent OF
the trainers Of the constitution was TO
leaNe the whole matter to the wisdom
. OF the legislatures having &c in hand.
Out the howl Is in the reverse order.
while the reason for 70 seems obvious.
As member Of the legislature which
winch FAILED TO pass the enumeration
act in 1905. I will just say that it was
not passed because Of the great expense
% would entail on the state. and Il IS
my opinion that the expense Of this
act would have been very modest in
deed by the side OF the expense caused
by the enactment into law OF the pro-
visions OF Article XII. as the traffic
I NNNFAN Noulu nave ". and especially
N such men as the traffic bureau howl
crs should have their fond hopes era L
ified by becoming members OF a state
railroad commission IL should also he
! remembered that Mr. Love was mem
Der OF the 1905 legislature. which failed
20 comply with Article TX OF the state
constitution.
The following IS a quotation from the
bulletin and just note the eIevatine
language used by these moral and i'm
dustrial retormers. The only apparent
a. H.
railroad company's interests was that
dcadhcad excursion for the members OF
. me last legislature to enthrall their
delighted senses with the pntranciuo
scenery eXemplified in the stretches of
salty desert along the line Of tho
. western Pacific. with free lunch and
: tree drinks accompaniment. The net
results OF the tunket. 50 far as could
DE discovered, were the thickeniuq of
the already luNuriant bush OF cObvehg
over the eyes official and the smooth
ing out OF the rusty wrinkles in the an
TOO eager bellies Of the near Statesmen
ana incidentally costing the people Of
} sne state hundreds Of thousands OF dol
lars annually through their almost
criminal neglect I'm not devoting their
time. paid for by the state in erfa ~
ii5 5d1 reasonable rates on COAL
How disnified and gentIenanly
these hirelingS are. 10 say nothing ~
ne base falsehoods they utter in
charging dishonesty. bride taking. etc.
IN public officials and others who a.
not care 90 be dictated to i'm their sc-
lions by any person or faction havin~
TOT It's object the tearing down OF one
class OF people for the building uD OF
anotner- Then they inform us that
there are no politics in this movement.
now. IS this true2 why. then. 40 fbev
try to dictate as 20 who shall become
members or the next legislature and
pledge ttem In advance to do their bid
ding. and why do they feel called upou
10 SANDER Insult and vilifv members of
ne iasL legislature and the Governor
m not Tor the express purpose OF die.
laung the personnel ~ the next lepfs-
lature and 10 infimidate the mem hers
INTO doing the biddinr Of these would
DC rcformers2 But they saw. ct ie
intended solely for the good Of our peo-
pie. and they often use this benign ev-
preston In their bulletins: and for
what purpose2 ~ may be as one OF tho
men interested in this Dear old Pub
nc farce put IL the other day when
asked MIN why they should SANDER and
pear false witness against Innocent
parties. HIS answer was. we must ere
n n ~