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which called for tho elevation of
Smoot in particular, or any high ec
clesiast in general? Was there a
single reuson of any kind, special or
general, doraandlng Smoot's selection
for tho highest offlco in the gift of
Utah, except Smoot's own consuming
ambition to thrust himself forward
as tho Rlcholfeu of his church and his
party?
Common honesty anu tno sequence of
events can give but one answer to that
question,
The' unhappy consoquenco of this am
bition gratified needs no recapitula
tion. Every citizen of Utah knows it;
overy citizen of evorr faith and every
calling has had it ground Into him
whether ho has cone east or west or
' north or south, or Whether he has
. staid at home. Tho question for solu
tion, tho question 'chat will not down
is, what are we going to do about it?
Wo have had trouble enough; what
shall wo do to stop it?
It. is unnecessary to discuss Smoot's
individuality: that is not an issue, but
his political ambition is, and it will
be an issue just so long as he is al
lowed to Intrude his apostolic office
into political affairs here or in Wash
ington. The Herald has said, and it
ropoats, that Senator Smoot's individ
ual life is all that could be desired;
his business integrity is unquestioned;
his social and family relations are
above reproach. But and this can
not be emphasized too much his
political ambition has already injured
the state boyond calculation and un
less he is eliminated from politics in
this state that Injury will be trebled
and quadrupled and perpetuated.
If the situation were viewed only
from a partisan standpoint, the dem
x ocracy of Utah could afford to en
courage Smootlsm, since it offers
every hope of democratic success; but
as patriotic citizens of Utah, demo
crats and republicans alike owo this
state tho immediate and final repudia
tion at tho polls of Smoot and all that
Smootlsm means.
One way, and one way only, lies
poaco. One way, and one way only,
offers a solution of every perplexity
confronting tho political, the social
and the business interests of Utah. We
have had trouble enough, and one way
only will sottle that trouble. That
way is' in the election of tho demo
cratic ticket. Salt Lake Herald.
Mm. Wilcox Explains
(Copyright, 1904, for the Evening
Bulletin by W. R. Hearst.)
Here are some factsremember
they are not theories, but facts
which will be presented to the peace
congress soon to convene In Boston
One million dollar bills packed solid
ly likes leaves in a book made a pile
275 feet high.
One thousand million dollars, the
price which Europe pays annually for
armaments in times of peace, equal
a pile of dollar bills over fifty-two
miles high. This expenditure for the
supposed prevention of war represents
one thousand million days' labor at
one dollar a day, and, this every year
to enable each nation merely to hold
its own.
A second pile of bills, over fifty
two miles high, represents the annual
payment of interest and costs of past
wars.
Our war department, even with our
small army, just previous to the
Cuban war, cost over fifty millions
annually, while the total annual cost
for public schools for white and col
ored, races was less than thirty-two
millions.
We paid for pensions the year before
the Cuban war seven times the total
I Income of all our colleges.
Since 1850 the population of the
world has doubled.
Its indebtedness, chiefly for war pur
poses, has quadrupled.
It was eight billions fifty years ago;
it is thirty-two billions today.
It is silly and senseless to rail back
on the old saying, "Tho world has al
ways been at war, and always will be
at war, and in times of peace prepare
for war."
As well might our ancestors have
said: "Men have always been canni
bals, ana slavery has. always existed,
and cannibalism and slavery will al
ways exist; so let us build slave pens
and prepare the fire to cook our
iollowmen."
Cannibalism and slavery have be
come unpopular through the continual
protest of advanced minds.
War will become unpopular in the
same way. Men today feel less pride
in great achievements in war than ever
before.
At tho International council of
women in Berlin this past summer
the Baroness Bertha von S'uttrier made
an address on "Disarmament," which
called forth an enormous audience and
was listened to with profound interest
and great enthusiasm.
. Imagine this, in war-loving Ger
many!
Adelaide Johnson, the woman sculp
tor, speaking of this event in Berlin,
says: "It was here the great psych
ological effect was realized and evi
denced in the tremendous enthusiasm
of, a people proverbially phlegmatic
this evening devoted to peace in the
heart of the country notably devoted
to militarism
"Tho street was crowded, and it was
with difficult we tnado our way into
ihe packed hEll, an hour before the
speakers were announced to begin."
Here are' a few closing facts for all
'thinking minds to considor: The cost
of one great warship is more than tho
cost of the ninety-four buildings of
Harvard college.
Tho money 'spent in building ono
great cannon would irrigate acres ol
lands in the west Each discharge ol
one of these cannon costs more than
the entire living expenses of many
families.
These and many more statistics or
tho peace congress will help teach all
who care to listen why we should talk
peace in the midst of war.
Meantime, does it not seem a little
more than extravagant folly at this
juncture for our nation to be expend
ing thousands of dollars to show off
its militia in a sham battle?
Are there not worthier and more
needed purposes for the use of that
money and the employment of theso
men? Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A Bradley-riartin Wedding
Young Bradley-Martin, scion of tho
house of Bradley-Martins of New
York's 400, and Miss Phipps of tho
family of tho steel magnate of that
name, are to bo married soon. Tho
marriage will take place in a church
in the Scottish Highlands, and tho
bridegroom will be arrayed in garb
no bridegroom in modern days in this
country has been known to wear. Miss
Phipps, too, will wear Highland cos
ttime, and so will the best man and
the ushers .
The Bradley-Martins claim Scottish
descent, and this is the reason for,
tho S'cotch wedding and Highland cos
tumes. The doublet, which is the Highland
term for the coat, will cost at least
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