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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
TOBACCO COMBINE MOVES.

IL has been evident for a good MANY
wears, aud The Tribune has commented
upon the fact from time to time, that
the vast combinations III production
and commercial enterprises must even
tusllv come TO International operation,
which will free them from restrictive
legislation in any one country. The In
torustiousl Steel combine. which Judge
Gary has fatbered, is in operation to a
fair extent. aud has rendered the L. :.
we have tariff in this country or not.
The division Of the world into spheres
of influence and supply so far as steel
is concerned, will probably he fixed and
inHcxible. aud the steel business will he
so conducted that it will he independent
Of all oue.nation legislation. The same
is true of the STANDARD Oil Company,
aud il is likely TO be made true Of the
Tobacco business. The dispatches in
form us that Mr.. J. +. Duke. head of
the Tobacco Trust. is about 10 estab.
Iish himself in London and take charge
of the British American Tobacco Com.
pany. which will be an international
concern. with the probable view OF
finally taking control of the tobacco
trade OF the world There Is nothing
TO prevent this. for as LONG as CONNER
cial treaties exist between civilized na-
tons, trust Of that Kind can cstab-
lish itself in country where 1T viii be
frcest from governmental interference
and can operate in any other civilized
country. under the treaty privileges
without interference.
This is. no doubt. to be the next
great development of combined busi-
ness. IL will proceed gradually. a. tho
steel combine has done. which. in turn
followed the international operations
and division Of tho world s trade by the
STANDARD Oil Company. international
combination is undoubtedly the thing
in view bv all Of tho great trusts. and
there il monev enough in this country
aided by tho money in other countries
TO establish these combines on such :
firm foundation that they cannot be in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
INSTRUCTION OF SENATORS.

The old question of the right of leg.
islature 20 instruct the e. s. Senators
from its State how hey shall vote and
what they shall do upon certain propo
sltions, has come mp again in mild
form. II Will he recalled that during the
stirring events of war time and imme.
diatciy afterwards, legislatures of some
Northern States. finding their Senators
out of accord with the popular scuti.
meut of their States. especially during
the Andy Johnson bitterness, demanded
that those Senators should change their
course IN the Senate or resign. This
was eonspicuously manifested in the
cases of Senator Trumbull of Illinois
aud Senator Doolittle OF Wisconsin. In
each ease the Senator refused, aud, Of
course. there was no way for the lcgis-
laturc TO enforce lis will upou them :;
but the incident ended both political
careers. For great many years it was
a burning question whether the lcgIsla.
ture of the State had the right 10 call
upon SENATOR'S to act in accordance
with the legislative will as against the
Judgment Of the Senators themselves
II WAS quite common for Senators. es-
pcciallv from the South, to accept such
instructions from the legislatures aud
obey them. la the North, this right of
instruction was generally denied, aud
there has been little heard of it for a
great MANY wears.
But this old question comes to the
front again through a recent incident
in Mississippi. The legislature of Mis-.
sissippi scut TO Senator Johu Sharp
Williams of that state communica-
,iuu containing a copy of the report Of
the committee that investigated and
cXoncratcd Senator elect Narlamlu Of
charges Of bribery. with instructions
.ressional Record. This word ''in-
strurtions aroused the gorge Of Scu-
ator Williams. aud he replied in let.
I ter TO the lcgislaturlc stating that he
would request the publication of tho
/ report in the Record. but would ncor.
porstc with that request his protest
against the s,c OF the words with in.
/ structions, so that thcy would not be
tortured into precedent for the fu
| turc Tie denies the right OF the
/ legislature Of Mississippi 20 instruct
MIN in ANYTHING, pointing out that the
/ right of legislature 10 Instruct sen
ator was always disputed, aud nc coD
formerly existed. has now been lost he
cause of the change of method oi elect
iug Senators The State OF Mississippi
nov practically elects its Senators bl
popular vote the question OF who shall
be Senator being decided at state
primary, aud the legislature being In
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
POWERS TO PROTECT CHINA.

The identical note sent by Secretary
Knox TO the various powers in interest
in Chinese affairs. indicates that the
five powers in special interest, the
United States, Great Britain, Russia,
Germany, and Japan, have been of one
mind aud one purpose throughout in
all the troubles in China. Secretary
Knox refers specifically to the con
cord of the five powers in this matter.
and congratulatcs them on their unitv
Of purpose and harmony Of ideas with
respect TO China.
He takes occasion also to mention
the matter of loans, in which. too, the
Governments are in agreement. and TO
insist that the banks and financial in
lstitutioDs Of the different nations shall
not proceed on Independent lines with
respect TO loans to CHINA, but shall act
in agreement with and by permission
| of their several governments in making
loans to China, apportloDing those loans
among the powers according TO agree.
mcuts heretofore eutered into.
All this looks we'll for China, and
succ the Chinese have been under good
restraint throughout all Of the reyolu-
tIon with respect TO refraining from
inurIng persons or property of for
eigners, the way is left open for the
preservation of the boundaries Of the
Chinese Empire intact, without Civ
ing any of the powers any interest or
real ground for prosecuting special
interest from that held by all of the
powers alike.
The note Is q reassuring one. aud
the fact that the Secretary has in this
iiDstauce, taken the precautiou to have
the backing Of all the powers in put
ting il forth, shows that Secretary
Knox is learning, and indicates that his
note will probably have the effect in.
tended. Doubtless the European powers
would like To pounce upon and divide
China, but the prey is so huge. the In
tcrests involved so tremendous, and the
difficulty of an amicable adjustment of
the spols so overwhelming, that each
ms afrsid TO make the leap. This is the
strength of Secretary Knox s position.
aud his note is well calcuIat ted 10 bring
forth that strength in all Of its effect.
i've operation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
AN ORGAN IN DISTRESS.


Tine Smooj organ Of this city rs IN
distress. II finds itself dscrcdited by
reason Of It's reckless publication q
falSehoods aud its anticipation oi
things that do not occur. Therefore,
il appeals 10 Mayor Park aud to 'hc
Dcscrct News to vindiratc 1t from
charges of disrcputablc journalism ana
Of falsiryinG current .cNcuis. 1t cspe'
ciaIv calls upon the Mayor and the
News 20 vindicatc il with respect 10
the resignation of Mr.. BHrrcttc as cor
pcration counsel, including, presum
ably. its claim that Mr.. Rarrctte, in his
letter Of resignation. had aTraigoed
the commission for Partisanship aud IN
sincerity in the prosecution of the
ci,y's business
Since there is no evidence that Mr.,
Sarrc.'tc ever made this criticism. and
since tho organ admits that it did not
print ANYTHING about the resignation Of
Mr. Rarrcttc until five days after 1t
had been sent in, Us appeal for vlndi'
cation receives "A well-meritcd snub
both from Mayor Park and the News,
while its plea of being an alert news
paper is hardly yindicated in its claim
that it WAS five days late in printing
its alleged "news.' - which was. in fact,
merely rumor when it did print u, a
rumor which tho organ exaggerated
into n political attack by Mr. Barrette
upon the municipal commission.
1t appears, therefore, that the organ
will have to stand the odium which 1t
has brouch.. upon itself by its false
publications, for even according TO It's
revised statement and appeal, it printed
what was not the truth with regard to
Mr. Barrettc s alleged letter.
1t is something. however, to find
that the organ has been made to sense
tho villainy Of its course, and the dis
reputable character of the false pre-.
sontations which it is continually max
ing in regard to public affairs here.
But an organ which seeks a public vim"
dicatiou should have conducted itself
with propriety and with at least some
degree Of honesty and dccorum. 1nas.
lacking IN this basis which would fur.
nish ground for its appeal, there is not
the least likelihood that any Of those
appealed to could possibly do other
then .hcy have done, viz, turn away
from its cry of distress. That cry is
evoked simply because its readers have
lost confidence in its statements. and
1t stands arraigned before the public
as a false, misleading, disreputable,
and altogether untrustworthy publica-
tion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

strlIcted and required formally to elect
the candidate who has won at the PR
mary Therefore, the legislature, IN
fact. no longer elects the Senators from
Mississippi except as q mere matter
of form and routine. the real election
having been made by the people. There
fore. the legislature has no right TO in
struct the Senators. since II has no
option lin their election. II any Iu-
structious arc 10 romc 10 the Senators,
accordingly. they must be from the
people of the State of Missi ssippi, and
not from the legislature, which merely
acts in formal and restricted chPac-
itv in the election Of those Senators.
There can bc no doubt but that Sen.
ator Williams has the right OF it in this
contention The fact of il is that the
claim Of right ia legislature TO in
stTuct Senators as 10 their course has
never been admitted a. n principle IN
American politics. although arccdcd 10
hv individual Senators;
the poiul made 10y Seuator WI
liams can fairly hc considered rs sound
inc the dealhkncll Of whatever re
NAMED OF the pretended right ol the
legislature TO instruct the |. :. Scna'
tors from IFS state.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
BRYhN'S Discomfort.

IT is not easy TO see what N.Y.
BRYAN expects TO gain by hlS con
continued attitude of discomfort The
caucus of Democratic Representatives
having decided 10 investigate the
Money Trust Mr.. Bryan promptly
dcnounccs that move as probably
farce. - He SAYS that the Money
Trust did not want any investigation
AT all Therefore, the investigation
i, sure 90 be "A farce, because ut "
the misfortune Of the party 10 have
some members who can he mislcd 10y
Wall street. and it is stiIl greater
misfortune to havc some members who
are as completely under the control or
The predatory interests as any Of the
Republicans,
Bu,. surely Mr.. Bryan will not con
tend that such is the attitude of the
majority of Democrats. lc... il he
docs not so contend, his remarks are
entirely inapplcable TO tho case, unless
he assumes that the particular Demo
crn.,s who arc subscrNicnt 10 Wall
street will have control Of this lnVcstl-
CATION Such an assumption as that,
however, is a direct attack upon the
Democrats who compose tho House
Committee on Banking and Currency,
of which Mr.. Puio of Louisiana Is
chairman. The members of this com.
mittce aside from Mr.. Puio, arc
Mcssrs Glass Of Virginia. Talbot of
Maryland, TAYLOR of Alabama, Moore
of Texas. Byrncs Of South Carolina,
korbly of Indiana, Brown of West Nir-
GINA, Bulklcv of Ohio. Doughton Of
North Carolina. Stephens Of MSsis-
sippi. Doughcrtv Of Missouri, Kindred
of New York, Democrats; and Vrec.
land, McMorran, McCreary. HAYS,
Mckinney, Guernsey, and Heald, Re-
publicans 1t will he noted that
the most of the Democrats on
the committee are Representatives
from the Sor.-b. There would appear
to he no reason why Mr. Bryan should
assail these as under the control of
predatory interests or as at the DIS
posal of the Money Trust. and as will
ing 10 make the investi cation which is
entrusted to them, farce.
We arc inclined 30 the belief that
Mr.. BRYAN is getting TO be a good deal
Of a common scold, and is assaiing
the membership and control OF his own
party largely through spite and
jealousy. 1t seems impossible that
there could be any substantial basis Of
brings agaiUs,. the House Committee
on Banking and Currency We are
fully persuaded that this committee
will pursue the investigation entrusted
TO il with perfect candor aud with a
thoroughness which will leave nothing
to he desired.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Col. Roosevelt denies that he told
Mr.. iuraun of Kansas that she d
serve if needed - And he coutemptu-
ouslv adds that lit is an absurditv
TO suppose th?.. ] would select such a
Which is harsh on Mr. Yurann: but the
Kansas man might fairly retort that
it would be no more absurd TO use that
means than 10 keep his purpose hid. as
he is doing. Br.' that sphinx-ike atti-
tude is wearing out tho Roosevelt en-
thusiasm, and making any real move
for him impossible.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
LA FoLLETTE's COLLAPSE.

The collapse of la Toilette IN his
energetic campaign rs candidate for
President. makes a material alteration
in the present adjustment. especially
~ regards Roosevelt. In the cud. per
haps. il will not nc important but lust
now IL is inlportar.. There has been
an ilca studiou>lv inculcaicd hv the
Roosevelt boomers hat la Toilette was
merely Il stalking horse Tor Roosevelt
20 keep delegates away from President
Taft. We think that This idea. by
of Senator Cummins of Iowa Of his
candidacy prettr cffccinaIv disposed
of The rumor that la Toilette was n
stalking horse for anybody. Senator
Cummins concluded that the la Fol.
lette campaign was a failure on the
Ia Toilette account. and ,hcrcforc he
announced his own candidacy. Eut II
la Toilette had been stalking horse
Tor Roosevelt, there would have been
no occasion for Cummus to get 10
the front at all
But. even so, The La Toilette cam
pagp must NOW Ice regarded as = Tail.
urc. Is long as La Fole'tc could rc
main IN tho race, he. Of course, wa. in
II; but. when he .lrops out. he j. out
tie has BOW dropped out, and therefore
As u positive force the La Toilette
csndidacy is removed from the field
What viii be the effect of this on
the Roosevelt shoutcrs' As long as
La Toilette was in the field there was
plausible reason for Roosevelt remain
ing quiet. There was reason. indeed,
10 suppose that his influence might be
stcaltEily cXcrtcd for LA Toilette;
any more. aud Roosevelt Will certainly
not 90 30 Cummins Ills declaration
that he will never desert the insurgents
is rubbish. But il looks as though
he would lac forced out into tho open:
and ii would lac tho graceful thing for
him now to come out and announce
himself As out of it. and absolutely
clear the course for President Taft. ''''
Undoubtedlv, the Taft strength has
immensely increased since the first OF
the year; in equal proportion, the
Roosevelt chances have declined. There |
Is no heart any more in the Roosevelt |
clique, while all the time President |
Taft is gaining. so that his nomiua.
ton may fairly be assumed. without
any concerted opposition.
1t would evidently he the graceful
thing for Col Roosevelt TO come for |
ward TO Taft $ support; this primarily
because he gave Taft TO the country
As President four years ago. It was
the Roosevelt influence that nominated |
and elected Taft, beyond amy question.
Shall Roosevelt, therefore, proclaim |
now that he was mistaken That is |
not his way. Therefore, there could he |
no more appropriate thing for him to
do than to drop his sbammiug aul |
clear up the situation by coming out |
fairly and squarely for Tart That is
clearly the honest thing for him to |
do, the consistent thing, and the thing |
that would go far TO redeem Roosevelt |
from the contemDt into which he is fast |
sinking by his obstinate refusal to de- |
clare his position in this Presidential |
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Egypt has cotton crop OF over five
million bales of 800 pounds each. but
The growers are discontcntcd with the
price. and are holding back the staple
add this staple is pronounced TO bc
markedly inferior since the abundant
pletiou Of the Assouan dam. 80 lar as
cotton is concerned, therefore, irriga.
tiou is not a success in Egypt.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
THE TRIBUNE SATURDAY AIRY 10 1912

tcrfered with by any legislation what
ever The world grows, and the tai.
Of getting back to the old days of com
petition is pretty sure 10 Inc thwartcd
bv the great business combines in some
way or another. The most evident way
is bv intcruational combination. just as
We see beginning in tho Tobacco Trust
aud in progress in the business of OIL
.t,,l
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

The Democrats Of tho House have
adopted a resolution declaring against
q third tcTm for ANYBODY in tho Prcsi-
Dental chair; Republicans lodged the
vote. But why dodge! Tic Republican
House passed Just such resolution
when there WAS talk Of Grant for a
third term, after an interval of four
wears. That resolution is good Rcpub.
lIcan doctrine. So why should Rcpub-
licsus fight shv of Il!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Wa Tiug.fang, it appears. has the
drawing up of the constitution for the
now Chinese Republic. He is a compc.
cent man, and has the best model on
Garth to adopt from, to wit .hc Con
stitution Of the United States So that
his work may fairly be assumed 10 be
good and sound
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

The plea of Mir G. J, Blanchard.
statisiiciau of the reclamation ser
vice, Tor moro land for tho settler is
not in accord with the times. For
what is tho use of providing more land,
when the pnblie is forbidden TO sct-
tic on the public laudl lie would drain
the swamps and irrigatc the deserts.
But TO whs.' purpose l.aUd lcft in a
state of nature, uuoccupicd and un-
titled, rs the conservation fail requires,
Is Of no advantage to the people or 20
the Nation. Why should money bc spent
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Cleveland Plain Dealer: "a woman
over nine feet high anl weighing some.
,hing in excess of 400 pounds. was
married in Missouri the other day. One
wonders if she objected TO the word
obey in the marriage ceremony. \
woman like that can afford TO take her
chances on which of the two would do
he oboViup
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

And now Mayor Gaynor has volun
ieered Instruction TO girl, gradual
ing class in tho public schools Of New
York. lie tells thcm TO pay special
attention to cooking. aud Being spc-
ciGc. said they must boil eggs Just
four minutes. no more, no less. \
Young miss said SIX minutes. which
caused clash. but after all IL is nc
cordinC 10 tho taste, and two minutes
suits some tastes. y dangerous thing
is to make exact rules about boiling
eggs. as the Mayor found
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

\ San Francisco girl, arrested for
smoking on a street car, pleaded in her
own defense that. as she was Obliged 10
breathe tobacco smoke everywhere she
went, she preferred to make her own,
as being less offensive. And who shall
say that her plea was not good!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Rockefeller is a much afflicted man.
lie likes young men, he says. and would
be glad TO extend his acquaintance with
them: but. he SAYS. Just as he begins
to like new acQuaiutanccs. "tbey hit
me in tho hack with n contribution
box. But "a long as the stroke rs on
the back, and not on the pocket. II
ouchtp I 10 hurt SO very much.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

''1hc situation is not grave, says
President Madcro in Mexico. But that :
exactly what President Diaz used To
saw about Madcru s revolution; and he
kept saying it almost right up to the
dav that he fled from Mexico.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Mexican troops, unarmed, are TO pass
through portion of L, 5. territory to
get to strategic point where they
can get at the insurrcctos. Their arms
are to DC sent as coal consignment.
II would nc a grim joke il the insur-
rectos should capture that coal and
catch the Mexican troops defenseless.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

The report of the death of Pere
lvacinth. whose revolt against Cstho
Inc discipline WAS not fruitful, viii re-
Nive recollection OF what at ono time
was world sensation. Pcrc iyacinth,
in the course of his worldwide travels.
visited Salt Lake and delivered lee.
turc here
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

The Philippine government has ap
propriated f250.000 FOR an exhibit at
thc San Francisco canal exposition
That ought to do the thing up hand
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

80 provide more tillsble or usable land,
when VITA, We already have is so
largely withdrawn from entry and use
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

When in n crush on the sidewalk
don { persist in going TO .'be left, but
20 TO tho right ana be happy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10
Saturday. February 10, 1912.

This is the last business day till Tues
iav next.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-10

Have YOU picked out that valentine
for her yct7
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that a special
meeting OF the stockholders OF the Car
bon County Land company. d Utah cor
poration. Will be held at It's office room
i25 Newhouse building, Salt Lake CITY,
Utah, on the 18th day OF February, A. D.
1872 at . O'Clock p. m OF said day, for
the purpose Of electing q board OF djrec
tors. TRUTH \. MiLNER
Director.
CLARENCE T.. M1LNER.
Director.
II. e. EDWARDS.
Director
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-26
SP |OERS READY
FOR FIRST GA NJ {
Coach Mcneil Drilling Men in
Offensive Play, Anticipating
Game Thursday.

In spite OF the cooler weather. tho
spider baseball squad had one OF tn,
best practices OF the season yesterday
afternoon. a feature OF the practice
was the base running Coach McHeiu
believes In taking chances. anu he was
drilling his men in the or. OF stealing
bases.
There mas been marked improve
ment In the hitting and fielding OF the
Individual members OF the squad In In !,
last few days, and with the Improve.
ment continuing the Colts Will have
their hands full when they tackle the
Spiders Thursday In the initia! game OF
the season.
In thu practice yesterday, among
those who showed UP better than usual
were Dick" Vaughan. captain of the
1872 track team. who Is trying for
catcher He is 4 good, heady catcher
and VIII make Clarke hustle II he ok
poets to MAKE the position over him
stevens is showing up very well at
hrst base. and more than likely he VIII
play that position on Thursday. Captain
Meredith IN that case playing In centre
Held Ryland, freshman, is hitting
and fielding far above tn. average. and
viii no doubt be given a tryout in right
field.
Woodward is playing star ball. and
1t Is hard to say whether he or Lewis
will be found covering third when the
umpire calls play ball" on Thursday
Coach Mcneil is very well pleas I'd.
with the outlook and says that the
Spiders team Is the best ,hay have
had for several years