The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-13

a, specie of petty larceny away beneath
the dignity of frst.class embezzler of
public fund
Yet with this acknowledgement Gov
ernor Brady had it---he went to the
home of George C.. Parkinson at Preston
and shared his hospitality and at the
bidding (of course) of this pachydermac
hlded vulture, the object being to aid
| him to regild a tarnlshed name, he
called the attention of tho young peo'
pie of the Preston stake academy to the
beautiful ''Christian character" of
George c, Parkinson. But now
Parkinson is out and injured.
He is exposed. He is over
taken by that specie of publicity which
serves to destroy the germs of secret
in him is gone from the hearts of his
parlshioners. He is without influence!
he is pointed out as tho burglar of the
funds of those who trusted him as an
ecclesiast, His sleek Shiny trail Of cor.
ruption, of falsifying public records, of
defiance to the law. and of political
Jobbery, is heading toward another eli
| mate.
The aims Of the governor In eulogiz-
ing Parkinson have fallen fiat 1t was
as ''soap bubble bursting on the
thin air. This effort will iniure him,
now that it appears that the day of
Parkinson IS power is past; he is gonel
His influence passed into the
IS, when $50 strong men and
true-Mormons OF the earnest. down
trodden stripe-marched down the aisle
of the assembly hall of the Oneida stake
OF Zion academy, and took their places
on the benches as the aggrieved people
Of the Oneida, stake of zon.. against
the crooked cushion footed' presi-
dent.
The governor had no sort of friend
ship for Parkinson. His were words
with the Judas ring which fell on tho
ears of those young children of the Pres
ton stake academy.
They were words devoid of sentiment
and full of craft. But they are alive
today to react on their exponent. They
serve now to dovetail as examples Of
the insineerity of purpose which guides
this shifty man whom the good folks
of this good state have seen fit to ele-
vatc to the executive chair of the COM
monwealtb
Comparison Invited.
Can the men of twenty years In
Idaho cast a backward glance at some
of the executives Idaho has had, and
measure them with some of the acts Of
d
moment at the state land board "cover~
up' at its secret session last spring; at
the postponement of the Fremont county
land matter of two months ago; at tho
betrayal OF the interests of the people |
living under the Big Lost River Land
and Irrigation company, and then think
of Ex-Governor Shoup. Steunenberg and
Morrisonl
Would either of these have permitted
the peculations of their associates which
he has permitted2
Would either Of these have allowed a
bonding company to violate the express
terms Of a contract for days. weeks and
months, which deficits meant the loss of |
crops and the danger of the loss of life |
and property of whole community
Should Be Above Suspicion.
In the office of state superintendent |
Of public instruction the people of Ida
no are entitled to one who is removed |
entirely from the faintest taint of sus-
piclon as to moral turpitude in the Off |
cial capacity.
In Preston, Ida, two polygamous
wives have been teaching school for sew
eral years at public expense The in. |
fraction of the rules of decencv and of |
the laws of Idaho-which requires |
. good moral character as prerequi.
site to teachers certificate, requires
Jhls thlng TO STOP lC is eOtlTely within |
the easy grasp of the state supern.
tendent to accomplish this end. Louella
Parkinson Cowley was one of these plu,
raj wives, and Mrs. Daley the other.
There are a hundred men in Preston who
will verify the accuracy of the state.
ment and none TO deny it.
Sincerity OF official action is re.
quirement in Idaho. a pure moral at
nosphere for the boys and girls of the
state is available at the August primar-
les and at the November election. Pol
itics must not be played with sacred
behests and with sacred morals of the
commonwealth.
In his endeavor to "slobber' all
over his audience. and surely because it
would serve TO tickle the ear drums of
the believers in the employment of these
an the Preston schools. thu
great (?) governor of this state eulo.
gized the schools of Oneida county as
q on a moral plane equally lofty with
the schools of the other counties of
Idaho,'
1t may be questionable whether the
voters of Idaho will settle these officials
in August OF postpone the ordeal until
November.
That they will settle it for the right
is my measure of the verdict of the
Idaho jury.