The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-07
SOTTO YOCF.

Our STRONGEST Democratic sympa
thizers, basing their suppositions on the
principles to which the party ha.
pledged itself, have good reason to think
that our educational interests will be-
better looked after in the future, and
our chief educational institution, the
University, VIII be made to approach
more nearly that standard which
Its founders designed it to reach. The
people who pay the taxes Will be al
lowed, through their representatives., to
appropriate them for SO laudable pur-
pose as building and fitting up an edu-
cational institution of SO much import
ance as the University Is recognized to
be by all, without exception, who have
taken the pains to pay visit to it and
examine tor themselves the work that is
being done there. It is disgrace to
| our Territory that its chief educational
Institution should have been so poorly
! provided for, but when it made an effort
TO redeem itself that the Governor
| should come in with his absolute veto
power Is without the shadow of an eX-
cuSe.
! The TERRITORY from one end to the
other will have great cause to rejoice
when Governor Murray reluctantly
takes his departure from our midst, as
he has been the greatest obstacle to pro-
gress in education that we have
yet had, though ali the time pre-
! tending TO have at heart, especi-
| ally, the intellectual advancement
OF the people who have been so unfOr-
tunate as to have him foisted on them
as Governor, under the degrading sys-
/ tenn OF Territorial government forming
most inconsistency a part of our pol
ltlcal system. There are very few men,
| however ignorant. but are able to ap-
! preciate the benefits OF education, and
especially 50, if they have had Oppor-
tunitieS of moving in good society an /
| associating with people of some intellect
and refinement; but not SO with our
handsome Eli. He has had no educa-
ton, or perhaps, rather, has not taken
advantage of his opportunities, and like
the dog In the manger, IS unwilling to
allow anybody else to enjoy those priv
ileges. But there are some things be-
yOnd his puny and sp;teful efforts, so
that the cause of education has suffered
little, or not at ALL though incon-
venienceS have been thrown in the way.
How OFTEN the ludicrous treads upon
the heels of the terrible was forcibly IL
Illustrated during one of the recent fires
in this city. The flames had been dis
covered, women were shrieking, chill
dren were CRYING, and the neighbors
were dashing in and out, bent on saving
what furniture they could. Among the
saviOrS of household effects was well
known architect, who dashed madly
hither and thither carrying out the ar
ticles pointed ont TO him az being of
most value by the distracted lady of the
house
All of sudden he was horror-struck
to hear her scream.
ooh save nay mOther.up thereI'
Where 2" yelled the architect darling
for tire stairs door. with his blood run
ming cold even amid the heat and smoke
of that lurid atmosphere.
up there. that pictured" she gasped.
The architect turned, saw the photo
graph of the old lady hanging within
his reach on the wall. took it down,
walked sadly out and laid it beyond the
reach of harm.
TIE SEASON of the year is nigh when
that annual fraud and imposition-th
New Years Tribune viii be foiSted upon
an unoffending public. We wonder
whether the Gentle merchants who are
taxed on that dav Five. Ten, Fifteen or
Twenty Dollars for the privilege of
putting themselves through the columns
of the character besmircher-realize that
the New Years Tribune is less.rea9 than
the issue of any other day i'm the wear?
SUCH is undeniably the fact. The
stupid bundle of folded sheets cover
simply a wilderness of advertisements
and the man who ever did more than
To read his own article in the New
Years Tribune is yet to be found.
The Tribune as a general thing is I'M
reliable enough heaven knows. but how
much more irresponsible than usual it
becomes in its swelled condition on jan
uary LIST, most people may learn by
thinking over the facts. The way it is
done is this: The manager or u agent
goes around 10 the advertisers OF the
paper-or the n0n-advertisers either ii
they can be caught-and asks them to
write up a nice little article on them
selves for the grand New Years issue,
cost to vary according to length. a
good many allow themselves to. be per
Suaded, and on January lst is seen-not
q truthful reflex of the business
done by the firms mentioned
but a puff-and in some instances a
bolster-for the firm written by the
firm itself The business value of such
a conglomeratiOn of facts p wotid not
be very considerable at Bradstreet'S or
Dun's; as huge tickling medium for
the vanity of people who like to tickle
themselves the New Years Triblae is an
overwhelming success. x.g i
WE FANCY we can see the kind of
notice that venerable bloke-G. NJ. PIERCE
of himself for the Tribune
readers, deiectation (Peirce may not or
NAV have had q panegyric on himself
inserted on New Years day-at any
rate the illustration will suffice) IL
the January 1st issue; he was paying
10 per cent. per month, his bills were
being protested. the thunder was crash
ing all about him. but his business as
seen in the New Years Tribune, was
marvel of prosperity and prsgreSsi
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