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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
PANAMA CANAL LEGISLATION.

The House Of Representatives, by a
vote of 147 to 126, expressed itself in
favor of allowing American vessels en-
raped in the coasting trade to pass
through the Panama Canal without
paving tolls.
The Repu blican floor leader, Repre-
sentative Mann, undertook TO make a
point with respect to the use Of the
Canal by the United States for passing
its war vessels through, that the argu-
ment is the same for free passage Of
the navy as for free passage Of Ameri
can ships But it is by no means the
same. The United States owns the
vessels of its navy; it does not own
the coastwise shipping. That shipping
is owned by private individuals and
companies or corporations. The United
States has nothing TO do with it except
10 regulate it by law. getting no beue-
iii therefrom save in the public hcne-
fit which acerues from the holding Of
tho coastwise trade for vessels flying
the American flag
For the United States to pay tolls
upon it's naval ships passing through
the canal would simply he 10 require
the Navy Department TO pay money TO
the Treasury Department, making a
mere bookkeeping account with no ac-
| inal gain or loss 10 the Nation. To re-
duire the coastwisc shipping TO pay
tolls would be TO collect an actual reve-
nuc. but al the cost of the people al
largA and to the detriment of Ameri.
can coastwise shipping. And so the
House very wisely concluded, by the
substantial majority of twenty one, to
allow American coastwise vessels 10
pass through the Canal without paying
tolls. American naval vessels OF course
passing free
This was the crucial point in the
Panama Canal legislation bv the House
and when this was settled. the bill foI
the Government OF the Canal aud IN,
| The current opinion in Washington is
that the Senate will agree to the bill
substantially as il was passed by III,
House.
II does not follow, Of course, thai
American vessels engaged in trade witt
the peoples OF South America can pas:
through tho Canal toll free; In fact
that would be an infraction OF ia,
treaty with Great Britain. Our Amcri
can vessels engaged in foreign trad
must pRv the same tolls As vessels o
other nations engaged in the like trade
- that the treaty being substantial,
met on the general proposition, Their
viii be no reason FOR anv faultfindinl
with the bill as passed, in the light o
the treaty.
The bill also provides for the estsb
; lishment of huge general department
Z. trading and industrial plant or plant
bv the Government on the isthmus. Tb
; necessity that vessels will be unde
that 6sss through tho canal OF gettin
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
HUMAN NATURE IN JUDGES.

Judge c. T.. Burke Of the Berkshire
District Court in Massachusetts, de-
livered from the bench the other day
(as we see in the Springfield Union)
a warm commentator OF the act OF
one John Parker, who shot and killed
a man whom he caught In the act Of
burglarizing his house in the night.
The iudce4 in commanding the act Of
Mr.. Parker. said: "It seems to me
that he merits great commendation,
both for his courage and the manner
in which he has performed public
duty. For he has performed a great
public duty. and while we must regret
that life had, to be taken in tho per-
formauce of that duty, nevertheless we
can all feel that the public safety has
been greatly increased by Mr.. Parker S
uluckv and persistent efforts"
That is certainly pretty strong Ian
puage 10 come from the bench; and
vet there is no doubt but that 1T Is
sound doctrine, based on immemorlal
LEGAL principles. The main thing In
such cases is to be sure that the man
to be shot is. in fact, burglar or on
criminal mission OF some sort. In
such case, the dweller in the house has
"A perfect right to kill the depredator,
But it is pretty strong doctrine to
COME in such undiluted form from a
iudpe in SO well settled and conserva
tive community as MASSACHUSETTS,.
Another case of what may be called
human nature court procedure is re-
ported from a New York court. Two
Young men were arraigped before that
court, and the judge told them to stand
no and listen to what habltual criml-
nal had to say to them. The Judge
then directed that criminal TO give 10
these Young men the result Of his long
experience in crime, and to say to
the two accused what their prospect
of comfortable life is if they pursue
the criminal career On this point,
the criminal said: "I should advise
them TO let .thieving alone and lead
honest lives we been at 1t thirty
wears, and there's nothing in il. Look
ar me- i 've let many opportunities TO
live right go bv, and have brought
only misery and unhappiness upon
mvself. We never known anybody
that made a real success of stealing
what belonged TO other people,
A lecture like that from a criminal
VINO has had large experience In law-
less ways ought 10 have n deep effect
mon those young men. II could hard
" be otherwise than that an cxhorta-
tion like this should strike in deeper
and become more firmly lodged In the
minds OF those to whom il was ad-
dressed than any possible lecture that
might have been delivered direct from
the bench.
These instances show that Judges at
times can profitably depart from their
rigid dignity and take course at once
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
THE CONFUSING PRIMARIES.

The pleas in favor Of the primary
elections sounded plausible and fair.
But in their practical workings it is
found, first of all, that the people do
not come ont and vote at these pri-
maries; so that no fair idea can be had
of the popular Cor even parjy's) de-
sire by the vote recorded at them,
Then, In order to add to the confusion,
it is found that the party vote at the
primaries is by no means confined 10
the party electorate. On the contrary
the Republican primaries are largely
dominated by votes not cast by Re.
publicans, but cast by Democrats and
members Of other parties, AS expressed
hv n gentleman from an Eastern State.
who was here recently on a visit. the
Republicans in his State have no op-
portunlty whatever to nominate their
own candidates at the primaries. For
the Democrats and members Of other
parties step in and vote for Repub-
lican candidates that most nearly rep
resent their own views, and defeat the
real representatives Of the Republican
party, even for their party's nomina-
tions.
There is absolutely no way to prevent
this because there is no possibility Of
holding any voter TO the proposition
that he must vote at the election for
the candidate ne voted for at the pri-
maries. His excuse that his mind has
changed, that the Developments Of the
campaign have convinced him that he
should vote for somebody else. is at
once so reasonable and so conclusive
that II is impossible to hold auv one
20 the candidate for whom he voted at
the primaries. And so the members of
| other parties than the Republican have
perfectly legitimate excuse for voting
at the election against the candidates
they voted for ar the primaries. This
| is an ineradicsble defect in all primary
laws. That vast numbers of Democrats
voted for Roosevelt in many Of the
States does not admit OF the least
! doubt. because the Democratic vote
practically disappeared, whereas the
| iN' P''f''Noh 'Nl' Nh0 III uduN NdSb=. H-
in Oregon, plainly sweled beyond any
legitimate vote that the party could
east.
Nor is this all. The resultS OF the
election are confusing beyond all an
/ ticipation. In Massachusetts. President
Taft got most of the district delegates,
and he carried the State by sub.
stantial majority over Roosevelt. And
( vet Roosevelt got the delegates at
large in the State thing that sny one
discussing the primary law would.
prima facic. have declared TO be i'm.
possible, In Maryland, Taft delegates
arc instructed TO vote for Roosevelt
and in Ohio Roosevelt carried the State
by a substantial majority over Presl
dent Taft. got three times as many dis.
triet delegates a. the President got
and vet the Taft men will probably be
in control of the State convention
which Will name the delegates az large
Results like these speak in clear con
demnation of the Presidential primary
elections. And yet We have been told
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
THE CUBAN TURMonS

The reported protest by President
! Gomez of Cuba 10 President Taft
against intervention by the United
States in Cuba, was needed even be-
fore 1t was received; for President
Taft is a man OF great caution, pru-
dence, and self-restraint. His course
with respect to Mexico has amply dem
onstrated his possession of these quail.
ities. Besides, he is man of judicial
mind, apt to act upon evidence and
slow TO act without il. So that Presi-
dent Gomez need be under no appre.
heusion with regard TO any hasty or
iiI-judged action On the part of Presi-
dent Taft. And he has given to Pres
dent Gomez explicit assurances OF the
most satisfactory character.
At the same time, it must he ad'
mitted that the advices from Cuba are
by no means rcassuring on the point
Bcfaimed by President Gomez. that he is
able 10 put down the insurgents. The
contrary, in fact, appears from the dis
patche IT, however, it turns out that
Gomez is right about this, and that ne
is able to suppress the insurrsctiou and
docs suppress it, no one will be more
pratified by this fact than President
Taft himself.
} In the meantime, the United States
authorities are doing what is clearly
their duty, IN preparing for instant
action in case action is needed. Under
the law, there is ample authority vested
in the President to act In such emer-
eency in Cuba Intervention has been
had there before, with beneficial re-
suits. Whether there shall be another
Intervention or not depends very
largely upon the Cubans themselves.
If it is found that the Cuban author
tiles have the situation in hand, doubt
less the orders 10 our naval comman-
ders will be TO refrain from interfer-
ence. But, on the other hand, If 1T
appears that interests of citizens Of the
United States are in immediate leo-
pardy, that lives are in peril, aud prop
erty of American citizens about to be
destroyed, 1t is altogether likely that
the authority vested in the President
of the United States by the law will
be exercised and orders Will be issued
to protect Americans and their prop
erty in Cuba, even if this requires the
landing Of sufficient fighting forces TO
put down the marauders.
1t is in a situation like this that the
United States can fclicitate itself upon
having for chief magistrate man OF
calm judicial temperament, Of equable
mind and Just habits Of thought and
action. President Taft is precisely the
man to use moderation, and to go no
further than the necessities OF the case
require in this crisis in Cuba, just as
he proved himself to be the right man
in the matter of non-intervention in
Mexico. The United States Is fortunate
in having such President when con-
ditions like these arise. And that
President Taft will do his whole duty
toward Cuba, as we'll as to his own
there is no room for doubt.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Topeka State Journal: "If noise is
the controlling factor, the best uom.
mating speech at the Chicago conven.
ton will be the one delivered in be.
half Of Colonel Roosevelt W. 4. Prem
dergast, New York City's comptroller,
who has been selected for this honor
has voice that would put the best ef.
forts Of fcg-horn 10 shame The
choice Of Mr.. Prendergast for this task
IS strictly in keeping with what has
been the paramount feature OF tho en-
tire RooseyeIi campaign NOISE
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

The word that the Cammorist trial
AZ Viterbo. Italy, is nearing its end. is
reminder that this wo.year. old trial
rs stiH on. 4 number OF the accused
have been discharged as having served
as long terms ia jail as they would
have been sentenced 20 IL found guilty.
But in spite of some sensational ont.
bursts reported in the dispatches, tho
uniform testimony OF American law.
vers who observed the case as tried. Is
that the court conducted It's procedure
with dignity aud decorum. aud an i'm
narfialitv and thoroughncss deserving
az the highest praise.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

81. Loui. Times: Roosevelt typincs
unressoning Opposition. Roosevelt is
"aGiu the Government. lie l. op.
posed to Taft. We concede that he
has q right 10 that position. 3ut we
arc not willing TO eoneedc that he Is
the only man in view who can set the
house in order. He spcu, two terms
in the executive chair in Washington.
and the result WAS aud Is political
chaos. President Taft has spent three
wears Of intelligent, patient, honest ef-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

The Smoot organ counsels the Ma.
bonal Republican committee to ''act
with prudent fairness No doubt
that committee, If it ever hears about
this. will ar once set aside its impru-
dent unfairness. mud get into line.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

IL is announced that Captain Amund-
sen. having reached the south pole,
VIII next wear outfit for visit TO the
north pole He seeks the unique cred
II of being the only man in the world
who has visited both,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

confusion left by Roosevelt. The po'
litical legacy he inherited at the be-
ginning OF his term has been the MAJOR
mart of his offending.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Charles W. Morse has either mi
rsculously recovered his health, or he
miraculopslv deceived the doctors who
pronounced him fatally i'll, He is in
70 make a fortune again.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

An ANONYMOUS scamp writes that IN
his ouinion The Tribune is in ga
rug with the board of education and
Mr.. Moran on the high scncol. Here
is richness and ignorant falsitv most
crudelv mixed Ask the board how
much The Tribune "cologues.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Uniform size for travellers trunks is
advocated. The advantage in conven-
ience of handling and stacking are so
obvious that it is a wonder transporta-
ton companies don Z insist upon it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Gomez, who thought for few hours
that he was provisional President OF
Mexico. must be glad that he got back
into the United States before the cy-
clone from the south got in its work.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Paris recently proposed 3-per-cent
bond issue Of 30O,000,u00 francs, in
denominations low enough Tor farmers
and gardeners to bid. The result is
that the bonds were ten times over.
subscribed. A hint to this country, re-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

The United States is reported 10
have advised Nicaragua to relieve her
financial stress by compelling graft
ers to disgorge for the benefit Of the
public treasury. Good advice for any
country
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Senator Crane of Massachusetts, an
noupces his withdrawal from politics;
and a news headline says that "a
small army is out TO succeed him.
The word "small' in this connection
is said TO be comprehensive.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
Tuesday, May 2s, 1912.

When President Havemeyer called
his sugar combina ton trust, why
should any OF his minor officials deny
that il In trnstf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

Alfred Henry Lewis is Of opinion
that Sn,oot has got the politics of Utah
into a mess. But there's nothing new
about that: only the country is just be-
ginning TO find out about IL.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28

ing delegates is the Republic to be
saved
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-28
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Our HOLIDAYS

81 q Memorial Day comes Thursday.
e Of the honored days, Christmas stands foremost.
= q Then follow Easter and Thanksgiving, which link
y frail humanity the Omn potent through divine
reverence and the offering of thanks.
B q Next in degree is the Fourth of July, which
a stands for independence.
u Follows next in Importance, Decoration Day.
b founded first as occasion for honored tribute
the memory of the brave boys in blue In wreath
81 ing flowers their graves broader significance
b was suggested--that of including the placing of
y flowers the mounds of our beloved.
B q Of course there is gay holiday aspect these
notable days, but the underlying motives--whch
b spring from the best within us--wll safeguard the
! perpetuity of our set-aside honored days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
For "clean Speech

Chicago Record-H Herald: A league,
it is announced, has been formed
against 'the current use of blasphem-
Gus, profane and obscene language III
public places" It's object is to OBJ
tain enforcement of the law against
users Of such language and to do any
thing else that may be necessary ito
check an evil in our public conduct.
Too many Americans are addicted
to foul and vulgar speech. Returning
travellers and visitors from foreign
shores notice an offensive profusion
of such language as soon as the home
port is reached. 1t has no parallel in
Europe and no proper place here.
Perhaps it exists because of the great
er nervous strain thai is on Ameri-
cans; perhaps it is result of free
dom from some of the restraints on
the individual that exists in an older
country. Whatever its cause, its re-
suits are bad.
Il is easy, of course, and dangerous,
TO 20 to extremes in suppressing pro-
fame and indecent language. But to-
ward real and sensible suppression
every decent American ought to be
willing to lend helping hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
Aun. neIia,s pies.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Nov. &c. Some OF
Aunt Della Torrey's famous mince
pie and a turkey from Westerly, will
grace the presidents Thanksgiving
table. Plans today for Thursday were
to attend two Thanksgiving church
services and a wedding. In the morn
ing the president will worship at the
Pan-American mass at ST. Patrick's
Roman Catholic church and in the
afternoon at services at his own
church, the Unitarian. He and Mrs.
Taft will later attend the wedding OF
Miss Alice Boutell, daughter of the
minister to Switzerland, to John Wood
Brooks Ladd.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
And the Cat Came Back.

Chicago Inter Ocean OOld Bill"
Finn of Pittsburgh whose 5000, 900
expenditure for messengers, was
such factor in carrying the Penn
syivania direct primaries or Theo-
dore Roosevelt, is reported to have
quit standing at Armageddon and to-
be negotiating for his own and his
Washington party's" return te the
republican ranks.
The decent republicans If the coun.
try at large had hoped that their par
ty was rid of this yowling tomcat OF
Pennsylvania politics, whose Pitts
burgh city contract odors are so pun
gent as to be offensive even in Penn.
slyvania, but whom Mr.. Roosevelt EN-.
braced without even holding his
nose.
However, the cat has come back
and is scratching at the door, and
owing to the peculiarities of Pennsyl.
vania politics there is too much rea.
son to fear that the decent republi-
canism of the nation may again be az
fronted by the spectacle of "Old Bill
in the high seats of the Pennsylvania
organization
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
SNEAD ON STAND
TELLS OF MURDER
"Then Hardly Realizing What Did,
Fired" He Tells
Jury.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
FORT WORTH, Texas. Nov. 20
John Beal Snead, millionaire Amaril-
10 banker, today resumed the stand in
his trial for the Staying of Captain A.
G. Boyce and told of the actual shoot
ing Of the aged rancher AS he told
of his movements during the evening
before the shooting, Snead spoke in a
loud, firm voice. But saying Then
hardly realizing what did, | fired"
his voice sank almost to whisper
Snead testified that he had just re-
turned from the sanitarium where he
had visited his wife and requested
that better attention be given her,
when he met Henry Bowman and w.
H. Atwell at the Metropolitan hotel.
They went to a nearby cafe for din
ner, and Snead continued:
At dinner Atwell suggested that /
write Captain Boyce telling him why
wanted Lena kept in the hospital.
Atweli told me that only a few hours
before Captain Boyce came to him
and said:
{ L have but few hours to live,
but l will spend them dragging Beal
and Lena through the slime they
have made for us ALL
Those We're his words, and as / en-
tered the hotel later saw Captain
Boyce and another man standing to
gether. Boyce said, there comes that
- now Then hardly realizing
4 what / did. fired
! The man Snead said was with
Boyce was Edward Throckmorten
who the next day was found uncon
scious. He died two days later
Throckmorten's only words were to
his wife. He said: Mary, they doped
me-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
Harvester Trust Case.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-Richard F.
Howe, a director in the international
Harvester Company, formerly Of the
Deering Harvester Company, today
testified before Special Grand Master
Robert S. Taylor that he was advised
by New York attorneys that the In
ternational company was not organic
ed in violation Of the provisions of
the Sherman antitrust law.
Howe said that through him, all the
Deering stock was turned over to W
G. Lane in July 1902 and that counsel
advised him the transaction was per
fectly legal and not in vocation Of
any law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-26
CHURCH AWAKENING.

Statistics employed in the nation
wide church extension campaign m
dictate that the church sends out 90
per cent of the associate charity
workers now engaged in this country,
IS per cent OF the social settlement
workers and II per cent of general
social workers. Thus it claims dis
tinction as The leader In the moral
reforms and uplift movements of the
day. 1t does not claim that all these
enterprises are carried on in the name
of the church, as, of course. they are
not.
In spite of this general awakening
to large responsibilities on the part
of the church, says the Omaha Bee,
census statistics further show that
the population of the Protestant
churches increased only X per cent
in the decade from 1900 to 1910. This
fact the churchmen fully realize and
view with much concern They are
exerting this great effort, which takes
the form of varied social uplifs. move
ments, because they realize it and
are determined to change results.
Undoubtedly the church has felt
its share of the general effect of the
recommendation OF the age, when
men are diverted from its pews by the
influx of material things. But the
church must face the conditions
brought about and appreciate the
necessity, however lamenfaahIa n nav
be. of competing with worldly attrac-
tons for men. Yet this is nothing
new. The ancient parable teaches
Just this in contemplating the neces-
sity Of going out into the highways
and hedges for men who hesitated to
come voluntarily to the feast. After
all what seems lapse OF religious
zeal may prove from the demand for
greater exercise Of religious powers
source of needed strength, therefore
blessing, to the church.