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i m 6 THE SALT 'LAKE TRIBUNE, SATURDAY MORNINCr, MAY, 13, 1911. , :A : V Issued every mornlriK by Snlt Lalco Trlhtino Publishing Comnnnr TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally and Sunday, one month 5 I.o Dolly find Sunday, three months... S.on Dallv and Sunday, one rear- 12.01 Sunday Tribune ono yenr 2.0" Sundav Tribune, six months 1.00 m5 -Weekly Tribune, one yetir 1.50 The "Trlbnn Is on sal In verv Im nortant city of the United Siotcs Rrndrs of the Tinner may ascertain the name of the loral nrnt In any city by telephoning thlf offlcP S. C. Beckwlth Spirlal Arwv Sol" Enatern Advrrtlslntr Atront. Extern of fice Tribune Bulldlnir Kcw Ynrlt: West ern office Tribune RiiH.ilne. Oilmen. Bu5ieR8 rnmniiinlcatlonj should br ad fressed: "The Trlbuno. Salt r.ako Cltv. Utah." Matters for publication to "Eltoi The Tribune. Salt T.at'o rftv . Utah " Telephones. Belt Private Branch Exrlionc. -rnncct-ins? all departments, call Main 5200. Independent Intercommunicating vtm conneetltie all rt'wtTnt' rn 31". Entered at the Postofflce at Suit Lake City as second-class njatter. I'll y SI Saturday, May 13, 1911. - , I Washington is said lo be now the hottest place in the country. Probauij' it i3j and in more senses than one. Dr. Owen ot Detroit z on the wrong track when he supposes that Bacon mur dered Shakespeare. It i3 the ham actors, not Bacon. In New York thej- are still arguing the twicc-a-ycar taxpayinjr proposition. But most tax-payers find that facing the tax-collector once a j'oar is enough. Tt is reported that Major-General Wood, chief of staff of the U S. Army, docs not favor economy in military ex penditures. It -would be miraculous if he did, for those in charge of public af fairs always wane big appropriations. Venezuela is trying to "get on the map" again, with a revolution. Which reminds us: what has become of that tempestuous little rascal Cypriano Castro, who threatened to "come back." Or, is this rumble his advent 1 On May Sth a monument was un veiled at Grain's Harbor, Washington, lo the memory of Captain Robert Gray, ' "who discovered and dropped anchor in that harbor in 1792. The honor was long in coming, but it will endure for ever. The newest suffrage bill in the House of Commons would prohibit a woman from voting in the same constituency as her husband. To prevent "undue influence" and cumulative voting. From the British standpoint, a cautious scheme. The first and second-class accommo dations on all available steamers for "coronation week" have been taken at New York- The rush of Americans fjor that ceremon3r is said to be so far ahead of all records that they are "no wlierc." Postal employees arc given sharp choice by Postmaster General Hitch cock j they may resign, but musn't go on a strike, lie hasn't said yet that if they go on a strike it will be con sidered a resignation; but the choice given practical!' amounts about to that. UucltJ Joe Cannon celebrated his seventy-fifth .birthday on May 6th; and the one request of the newspaper boys that he nuide was that they wouldn't sa' he was "seventy-five years young." Which shows that Uncle Jo soph is as shrewd and humorous as ever. ' The farmers of the East, stirred up by political jobbers and other standpat ters, are working themselves into frenzy in opposition to Canadian reci procity. But they have their answer from President Taft, and the Senate prides itself on never yielding to "pop ular clamor." If the Senate should join the Demo cratic "farmers' free list" to the Canadian reciprocity ' agreement, it will be easy to see that the House made a tactical mistake when it sent up the free list before reciprocity had been acted upon. It may give the sea ate a needed excuse. The talk of sending troops to Alaska to "put down resistance to the Federal authority" in the coal contentions is ex asperating. What a sight it would be to have soldiers standing over the freez ing settlors, to prevent them digging coal on the public domain to keep thorn warni! Even despotic Russia wouldn't be guilty of such outrageous oppression as that. A million dollars has recently been shipped out of Mexico to the United Statestwo tons of gold and specu lation is rifo as to what it meana. There are those who interpret it to mean the flight of Diaz, and who think that he is following the example of bo many other Latin-American despots, preparing a soft nest for himself to go to when the jig is up. It is contended by Governor Woodrow Wilson that fines are useless as penal ties on rich men convicted of violating the laws. There is a good deal of force iu this; for if the fine is made largo the rich man fights for its abrogation or reduction, usually with success; whilo rN s itfotferate, the rich man pays it ."fe L is not hurt, but is more cautious next time. The suggestion of Governor Wilson that ricli men be sent to jail is found in all the courts to be so diffi cult as to be impracticable. MADERO' S NEW GOVERNMENT, Events move fast these days in Mex ico. There is a radical change now. and one that puts the Madero cluims on an entirely different and morn ad vantageous footing from the situation as it was when the recent abortive peace negotiations were entered upon. At that time Madero was simply a guerrilla chief fighting against, the government of his country. Now he is a de facto ruler through his assumption of the Presidency of the Republic, and the organization of a provisional gov ernment. He is in possession of much uf the northern part of Mexico, and doubtless the other insurrectionary chiefs throughout .Mexico, wiio are fighti,ug Diaz,, will make terms with Madero and further his plans upon such recognition of themselves as they can negotiate or compel. It. is manifest that Madero 's success, his -assumption of the Presidency, and his organization of a government, put him on an advanced pluno from any thar, he has claimed heretofore, lie will now claim treatment as an equal with Diaz. He will doubtless demand the submission of Diaz, and it looks as though ho might succeed in forcing it. By his stroke in organizing a provis ional government, he gives notice to the world that he aspires to the Pres idency of The Republic of Mex ico, and he cannot be expected to abaic anythiug of that claim if his arms are victorious. He is now, in faci, President of. all that part of Mexico which he holds in subjection, and as he obtains moro territory, his actual Presidency will expand. Here tofore the question of the Presidency of Mexico in succession lo Dinz has been an open one. It is so no longer. The next President of Mexico will be Diaz or Madero, with the possibility of a disruption of the Republic, and the setting up of a separate dictotor ship or republic in Northern Mexico. A pressing question will immediate!' arise as to the supplies which Madero will seek to draw from this country. There is no obligation on the part of the United States to cause its citizens to refrain from selling supplies of any kind to Madero 's forces. If the Mex ican government can capture these sup plies, well and good; they will be con traband of war. But it is no viola tion of neutrality, or of international law, for American citizens to suppiy Madero with whatever he requires. The transaction will bo between him and those from whom ho makes his pur chases, and it will be no part of the duty of the United States to interfere between the buyer and the seller, no matter what the articles may be. This was a principle full' asserted by the European powers during the civil war in this country, when blockade running became a profession, as well as a com mercial enterprise. Such blockade run ners as the United States could cap ture they confiscated. Those that made their way into the Confederate ports made huge profits, but no nationality could be held responsible in either case. It is true that after the war closed, the "United States recovered .$15,000,000 damages from Great Britain, but that was on another, account; it was because Great Britain allowed a privateer for the Confederate service to be built in an English port, almost openly, in de fiance of neutrality. That Confederate cruiser inflicted tremendous damage upon American commerce, an injury from -which our deep sea marine has never recovered. But so far as the sell ing of: supplies of all kinds to the Con federates was concerned, there was never any bar to it, and never any re covery of damages on that account. Just so now in the case of Madero Js forces. He has a substantial basis close to the boundary Hue, and it is the duty of the Mexican government to pre vent his getting supplies from the United States, or from any other coun try for that matter, if it can. Ma dero 's position has been enormously strengthened within the past week. He, of course, will be conscious of the ad vantages thus gained, and will make the most of them. DISCIPLINING THE REBELLIOUS. Apostle .lohn W. Taylor was dealt with by the quorum oif the Twelve Apostles on March 2Sth for "insubordi. nation to the government and discipline of the church." The verdict of excom munication was pronounced upon him for that cause, and he is no longer, therefore, a member of the church, un less lie has been taken in since by bap tism. The official notice of this action was printed in the Deseret News, the official church organ, on the second day of the present mouth. Last night the same church organ contained the official notice of the action takon by the council of the Twelve Apostles against Matthias F Cowley on Thursday afternoon, May 11th. The action of the Twelve in his enso was unanimous, as it was in the case of John W. Taylor. The decision was that "Matthias F. Cowley, for in subordination, to the government and discipline of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, be and he is here by deprived of the right and authority to exercise any of the functions of the priesthood." It will be observed that Mr, Cowley is not excommunicated; he is not even disfcllowshiped; ho ia de prived of the right to exercise any of the functions of the priesthood. Those who are curious will naturally ask what causes the difference in the treatment of these two quondam apos tles. They resigned from the Apostles' quorum together, aB understood for tho same reasons; as expressed, on account of lnharmony with their quorum. This inharmony, it appears, has extended also ugainst. the First Presidency of the church. The erstwhile Apostles arc no longer in harmony with the church polity, and one is excommunicated and the other deprived of his right to exer cise his functions in tho priesthood. It is understood that the trouble ifj about polygamy; that neither Taylor nor Cowley consent to the rule that the practice of polygamy must be given up. Nay, even more; they refuse to agree that new polygamy must not be cutered into. That is, they reject the Mani festo altogether, reject the statement and ruling of President Joseph l' Smith, reject tho various conference addresses, explanations, and protesta tions, and want to keep right on in the same old way, without regard to anything since the full concurrence in and prevalence of the polygamy revela tion. But that stiffneckedness is now held to be a revolt against the church disci pline and authority. Therefore, the discipline. But, why is one excommuni cated and the other merely deprived of the power to exercise the functions of the priesthood 7 Tho Saints will natur ally bo much interested iu this, and certainly their interest is fully sharod by the general public. A statement -of just what these former Apostles have been guilty of, what their inharmony consists of, and precisely what they have been doing to cause this sudden action of the Twelve, would certainly be appreciated by the public. GALLINGER IN HARD LUCK. The progressive Republican Senators do not consent; to tho election of Sen ator Gallinger as President pro tempore of the United States Senate to succeed Senator Fryo of Maine, recently re signed from that presidency. It is quite natural that these progressive Senators should take this position. The standpat majority has been extremely oppressive on the progressive Repub lican Senators, treating them as party outlaws, and awarding committee po sitions with high hand, refusing to listen to the just and fair demands of the progressive Senators. The Demo crats in the Senate declined to come to tho aid of the progressive Senators on that question, but now, although in no sense assuming to aid the insur gents, they have a candidate of their own for the Presidency of the Senate, and they arc supporting him without regard to the split in the vole of tho Republican party Senators. Tf the progressives' ranks hold firm, as they did during the first day of the con test, it -will be impossible for Senator Gallinger to be elected; and, really, as long as Vice Prcsidout Sherman is in good health, there is no urgent need for a President pro tempore of the Senate. Senator Ifrye- of Maine was President pro tempore of the Senate for some fifteen years, a considerable portion of that time being the actual President of the Senate, through first the death of Vice-President Hobarfc, and then through the elevation of Vice Pres ident Roosevelt to the Presidency. This exalted position having been held by a New England Senator for so long, it would seem as though there ought not to be any great objection to the eleva tion of a Senator from some other por tion of the Republic for a while, to that position. New- England has great statesmen, to be sure; it continues its Senators in office for long periods of time in the U. S. Senate, whereby they get advancement iu position, in stand ing, ;ind in preferment of various kinds in that illustrious body. iBut other Sen ators also are deserving, and other Sen ators have had sufficient length of service to give them a standing high enough to make thoni eligible for the great honor now proposed to be con ferred upon Senator Gallinger. There is Senator Cullom of Illinois, for in stance, venerable in age, and worthy of consideration by reason of his personal character, his party standing, and his long service, whose elevation to the Presidency pro tempore of the Senate would be an honor to that body and would also be a fitting climax to his eminent services in that body. Sen ator Clapp of Minnesota, who is pro posed by tho insurgents, is also a worthy Senator, whose elevation to the Presidency of the Senate would be, not only fitting, but eminently appropriate, geographically as well as personally. It can hardly be contended, eminent as the Non; England Senators are, that they must be allowed a monopoly of tho Presidency pro tempore of the Senate. The appropriate thing, surely, is a change. Let some other locality have a chance, now that New England has had innings for so long. PARLIAMENTARY KANGAROO. There has come into use in the House of Commons a now form pf parlia mentary procedure. It is dubbedthe "Kangaroo," which is explained by saying that it Tefers to the fact that it is antipodal, moaning that it is in reverse of practice heretofore, and "so different." The process is like this: It is ap plied in the pushing through the House of Commons of the veto bill on the House of Lords. Thousands of amend ments have been offered to this lords' veto bill, and they are disposed' of by the kangaroo method. That is, the ministry groups together huudreds of these amendments, selecting them by classification presumably, that is, those that relnte primarily to the same order of subjects, and proposing them for vote in tho House ns a mass, so that hundreds of motions relating to a given subject or order will be disposed of by one vote in the House of Com mons. In that Tvay it is found practical to get on with the business of the House, and to dispose of by wholesale the Hoods of amendments that are offered. it is a new principle in parliamentary law, and will doubtless be adopted sooner or later in our own House of Representatives. It is conceivable, even, that it might be adopted iu our Senate, but not booh. It is a decided novelty in parliamentary procedure, and is an outgrowth of the necessities of tho time BILLIONAIRE HOLDINGS. That was surely a sensational docu ment which was presented in New York on Wednesday to the Interstate Com merce Commission. It was brought forth in the hearing of the rate discrim ination case brought by the Alpha Co mcnt Company, alleging injustice in rales as applied against that concern. Tho showing was iu the form of a eiiaii submitted by the company's coun sel to s-upport tho claim, that the vast iiiduumto oxerted uy the United States Steel Corporation, and the lirm of J. I'. -Morgan & Company, is effectual in establishing railroad rales, and in the control of tho industrial affairs of the country iu discrimination against the plaintiff company in the matter of its suit. The showing made by tho chart is, that tho concerns under the influence of tho moneyed interests cited, are in such a powerful position that nothing can resisL them. Tho companies and corporations, on whose boards the influ ences managing the Steel Corporation and tho Morgan concerns appear, amount in their aggregate capitaliza tion to nearly sixteen billion dollars, being about, one-eighth of the total val uation of the United States. If the showing is substantiated, it is certainly by far the most tremendous exhibit ever made of the accumulations and holdings of capital in unified relations such as are hero shown. A singular part of the showing made is, that the persons named as directors in tho companies representing this enormous ' capital are not commonly known to the American public as men of influential wealth. George F. Baker stands at the head, being a director in companies capitalized at almost five billions of dollars; Mr. H. C. Prick, a former partner of Andrew Carnegie, but now at bitter enmity with him, comes next, holding director's positions in companies capitalized at upwards of two billions of dollars; N. B. Ream is a director iu companies capitalized at over a billion; D. G. Reid, director in companies capitalized at almost eight hundred million dollars; Henry Wallers, director in companies capitalized at up wards of seven hundred and fifty million dollars; Charles Steel, director in companies capitalized at upwards of six hundred millions. These men, in their directorate capacity, represent companies capitalized al enormously more than all the companies represented by the directorates of J. P. Morgan, John P. Dryden, and E. H. Gary, who arc much more prominent in the public eye than thoso who appear to be so much more wealthy than themselves. If the showing is a correct one, it appears that the great millionaires of this country are not known as such to the public, and the tremendous influence of the -wealth which they represent is exercised in practical secrecy, and by men -whoso names even are not familiar to the American people. AUSTRALIAN GROWTH. The growth of Australia in the ten years from 1900 to 1910 was 736,746, the population of the six provinces be ing as follows in the enumeration: 1900. 1910. New South Wales 1,350.000 1.660,420 Victoria 1.201.50G 1,324,3S1 Queensland 4S4.70A HM.Mi South Australia. SG2.G04 -132.413 Western Australia 170.000 2S5.253 Tasmania 177,340 187,195 3,716,150 4.4S2.S06 3,746,150 736,746 This total of population for Austra lia compares -with that of Ohio, 4,767, 121, which State is fourth in popula tion of the American Union and nearest of any to the Australian figures. In every country the population of the cities is growing at a much greater ratio than that of the country districts. This is emphatically so in Australia, The four cities, Sidney and suburbs with 605,900 population, Melbourne 562,300, Brisbane 143,077, and Adelaide 184,393, contain more than one third of the total population of Australia. This is an enormous proportion, out of all ratio with that of other countries in tho preponderance of city popula tion compared -with the total. In fact, the two cities of Sidney and Mel bourne contain considerably moro than one-fourth of tho total population of Australia. Tho total population figures do not show the great growth that might be expected in a now country, the increase in the ten years being ma- terially under twenty per ceut. Germany has just completed a four months' battle against outdoor advertis ing on fences, trees, cliffs, etc., with the result that there is a very general ban on the practice. It is a battle that ought to bo fought and won in all civilized lands. There are sixteen thousand lawyers in New York, and it is said that their average earnings are not over $1000 a year. But isn't this raking together rather too permiscuous? Doesn't it include near-lawyers 7 The j.rogressivo Republican Senators protested against th? unfair treatment of them in the matter of committee po sitions, but of what avail is ever a lamb's protest to a wolf? A French actross is quoted as saying that for gayoty and wdekednesa Paris does ifijt compare -with New York. It's ten to one that sho knows, Gray s Tailored Hat SaleM The Event of the Season mji A BIG PURCHASE of the ' Jf?K 1 newest creations 01 risk j'M I hats at a saving of one-third to 'm one-half off the regular price. "" S.Pm Panama and sailor hats included. UkJ Advanced style hats received every "S jl weekj No old stock to show. ft ; K SEE WINDOW DISPLAY jE Gray Bros. & Cot I 258 and 260 So. Main St. Why We Celebratl "Hot-Point" Dal Monday, May loth, Avill"bo celebrated throughout the Nation as "EM POINT" Day in commemoration of the emanicpation of the American lioS wife from the slavery of ironing days. The "HOTPOINT" electric iron made her free. 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