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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-21
Chicago Cattle Market,

CHICAGO, November 20. = Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000; active; 10 a 10 higher
packers bought freely, heavy 1900 $50;
fancy AGO. mixed 40 "a 4.25; light
grades 40 @ 40.
Cattle--Reeeipts, $500; the supply was
largely range cattle; desirable natives
shade higher; common, weak. fair to
choice shipping 40 a 6.25, Texas 10
lower; steers 3.35 a 3.S5; western cattle
scarce, unchanged, quotable 3.75 a 5.25.
Sheep-Recelpts, $500; fairly active;
20 e $50; poor to choice.
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Chicago Grain Trade.

CHICAGO, November 20. = Wheat :
Nominally unchanged; - cash Novem
Der; 1254 727s December; 1871 January
801l May.
Corn-Easier; Az cash November
81 December; 367s year; 371I May.
Oats-Steady; 1874 November; 25L
December and year; 1875 May.
Whisky-l3
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Change OfFirnl.

Mr.. George Williams has purchased
the entire interest Of Mr.. S. RYAN in the
proprietorship of the Metropolitan
Hotel, and the firm viii hereafter be
BechtOl 81 Williams. Mr.. Williams as
sumes all the responsibilities as well as
the privileges and rights which Mr..
Ryan formerly held as one OF the pro-
prietOrS.
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AFTERNOON.

Wheat-Excited; 7134 November; 721s
December.
Corn-Lower; 4O2l November, 3611
December
0atsTEasier; 2556 November; 2525
Rye-Dun; 500.
Barley-NOminal;.
Pork-Easier; HOO year.
Lard-Easy; $50 November.
Bulk .MeatS-Fair demand shoulders
800 a 5.25; short ribs, 6.35 "a 6.40; short
clear, 6.35 a $40.
Whisky-I3.
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London Wool Market.

LONDON, November 20.-At the wool
sales to-day 9,707 bales of Sydney and
Port Phillip were disposed of.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-21

LATEST styles of Jerseys, Newmarkets
and Russian Circulars, at very low
prices, at
T. AUERBAcH d Bros.
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FurnituI e.

We have just received two cars. and
believe we have the best selected stock
Of Furniture ever offered in this city.
BARRATT Bros.
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New York, November 2O.-Money
easy. l "a ~, closed offered l.
Prlme mercantile paper, 5 a 6.
Sterhng exchange bankers bills firm,
F. Sterling exchange demand, 4.S4I.
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COMMERCIAL.
EASTERN MARKETS.
Money, stocks, Grain and Cattle
Bullion.
Sew York AIoney NTarket.

NEW YORK, November 2O.-Bar silver,
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Western Stocks.
SAN FRANc1sco, November 20.
British Quotations.

LIVERPOOL. November 20.-Bread-
stuffs unchanged.
Corn-New mixed steady; Is Sd.
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Petroleum.
The New York stock Market.

New YORK, November Petroleum
steady, 713l.
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syrup ofFies

OGDEN, November 20, 1884
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

that real estate. Banks, insurance companies
and all other corporations are taxed on their
capitals, and the taxes come out OF the profits
OF their stockholders. The only personal
property which receives direct and exclusive
protection from the state government Is mer-
chandise, furniture and articles in personal USE
and, under the constitution OF the United
States imported merchandise Is exempt from
taxation 30 long as 1t remains in its original
packages. The late Isaac Sherman, one OF the
soundest and most democratic political think
ers OF the country, made lifelong study OF
the subject Of taxation, and he always insisted
that the best method was to lay taxes exclu-
sively on real estate, exempting personal prop
erty entirely. The taxes on real estate, he
said, diffused themselves by the agency Of the
rentpayers throughout the community, and
were eventually collected from consumers In
proportion to their consumption of all goods
produced, manufactured and sold. We think
he was right, and, besides, we think it would
be better policy for this city, as well as for the
entire state, to invite the rich men Of the coun-
try to come here and spend their incomes, than
to drive them away by increasing their taxes
-NeU York Sun
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
A Card.

Mr.. Editor Il do not claim to be able TO do
everything that spiritualists claim that they
have seen done at Esprit circles" but do
claim to be able to do anything that really
takes place at any so-called spirit seance in the
world. Neither do | charge with dishonesty
the spiritualists who come to me, in gentle
manly manner, and state In plain, straight-for-
ward way what they have witnessed at seances
grant them my opinion that they simply state
to me what they really believe TO be true, and
grant that they are not willfully trying to de-
ceive me when they state the conditions under
which the tests they tell me about were done;
but do distinctly and emphatically say that
they do misstate the conditions; that is to say,
they leave out important conditions that are
absolutely necessary for the production of the
test, and, If they will produce their mediums,
will undertake to prove my assertion of this
fact to be true, and also will agree to allow any
medium on the face of the earth to accept my
challenge that publish and distribute broad
cast upon my hand-bills and advertisements:
to give to any charitable institution the sum
OF $500 IT, after seeing any so-called spirit man.
Hesitation twice. cannot fully explain it 30 as
to show that spirits of the dead have nothing
whatever to do with it, and my ability to teach
any ten-year-old child of ordinary intelligence,
who can read and WRITE to produce the same.
Very respectfully, G. w. STARR.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Senator Thurman's Letter.

Ex-senator Humans Intellectual letter in
favor Of Senator Pendleton reads as follows:
" have nothing to say against either Of the
candidates. They are men Of ability. My
personal relations with each OF them have al
ways been friendly and pleasant. But there Is
something that shocks me in the idea Of
crushing men like Pendleton and Ward, who
have devoted the best portions Of their lives to
the maintenance OF democracy, by a combina-
ton against them OF personal hatred and over
grown wealth. hear Payne men say: I'VE
can't support Pendleton because we disspprove
Of his civil-service reform BILL forgetting that
convention after convention Of the democratic
party, both state and national, have resolved
In favor of civil-service reform, and also for
getting that republicans now In office are just
as liable to be turned out as II the Pendleton
bill had never been passed. ! do not advocate
that bill. think that II ought to be amended
or repealed. but would not slaughter life
long democrat because in long public service
he happened to make mistake. But IL these
gentlemen cannot support Pendleton, why can
not they support Ward? He Ia not responsible
for the civil-service reform bill. Indeed, | have
always understood that he disapproves of it.
That he Is q man OF ability, everybody must ad-
NIT that he has performed immense labor for
our party, no one will deny. Why, then, pre-
fer Payne to him? The answer, fear, is per-
fecty plain. There has never been any
machine politics In the democratic party OF
Ohio. We have, as q party, been freer from
bossism than any party that ever existed But
some men seem to think that we ought to have
machine, amply supplied with money to work
1t, and under the absolute control of a boss or
bosses, to dictate who shall, and who shall
not, receive the honors and rewards within
the gift OF the party. To set up such a machine
1t is necessary, in the first place, to kill off the
men who have heretofore enjoyed the conf
dence OF the party-the men whose ability,
hard labor and principles did 80 much to keep
the party together In the terrible ordeal
through which 1t has passed. | am unwilling
to see this done. 1t does not concern me per-
sonally, for am mere private citizen, hav-
ing no expectation or wish ever to hold office
again. But, although have never sought for
revenge upon my enemies in the party, il
have had any, on the other hand, have never
deserted my friends, and / don't want to be
called on to be a pall-bearer at their political
funeral. | want to see our officers elected in
the good old-fashioned democratic mode, and
not by some new-fangled mode that to say
the least Of it, means an evil-omened and in
suspicious aspect | want to see all true DEM
ocrats have chance according to their merits,
and do not want to see a political cut-throat
bossism inaugurated for the benefit OF close
party corporation or syndicate"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Obituary..

ADAH ii. UPHAM, wife of Hon. Denslow
Upham, died in East Warren, December 30,
1883, at the age of eighty-one years, eight
months and sixteen days The deceased was
the Oldest daughter of James and Adah Hines
Richardson of Warren, where she was born
and married, and where, with the exception Of
five years, her long life was spent, surrounded
by family and friends Of youth and mature
years. Her husband still survives her, at the
advanced age of eighty-three years, after an
unusually long and happy journey of married
life, the sixteth anniversary of which occurred
on August IL, 1883. The deceased was by ma
ture endowed with strong mental and physical
powers and an unusually cheerful temperament,
gifts that endeared her to, and made her So
ciety and advice sought by, a large circle Of
friends, embracing the young as well as those of
mature years and the aged. For all she ever had
words OF cheer and comfort, and in her religion
ever found warm and cheerful supporter.
She early became a jealous advocate of the
cause of temperance and also an early and
praying advocate of the anti-slavery cause, be-
lieving slavery to be an incalculable curse to
slave, master, and the nation as well. There
are probably many now living who will recol-
lect her ability in maintaining her position by
example, and particularly by her incisive argu-
ments with opposers; and there are undoubt-
eddy those living who will remember her loving
kindness and care while travelling the under
ground railroad from the land Of oppression
toward the land of freedom. All movements
for reform having the elevation, education and
purity of humanity as an object, ever found in
her an active and outspoken supporter. She
retained her powers, physical and mental, in
marked degree, until about four years ago,
since when both have been gradually falling un-
til finally she quietly passed to that bright exis-
tence where her faith enabled her to hope for
happiness with the blessed Redeemer and re-
deemed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
The Taxing OF Personal Property.

Governor Cleveland is dissatisfied because
the valuation of personal property liable to
taxation in this state is so small in comparison
with that of real property, and he recommends
legislation increasing 1t. He suggests that no
deduction be allowed for debts, and that the
owners of personal property shall be made to
pay taxes ON everything, whether they owe for
1t or not, Taken by itself, this is a reasonable
proposition. Land and buildings are taxed
without respect to the mortgages upon them
why should not stocks and bonds be treated in
the same way? A man who buys house and
lot with borrowed money is assessed just as IL
he had paid cash, and it seems unfair that the
owner Of railroad bonds, also bought with bor-
rowed money, should be let of On the other
hand, the governors own assertion that per-
sonal property needs more than any other the
protection of the government, aud his inference
that the owners Of 1t ought to pay according to
the amount of that protection, point logically
to an enlargement OF the exemption he COM
plains OF. Nine-tenths OF the personal property
belonging to the residents Of this state Is not in
this state and receive no protection whatever
from the state government. 1t is invested in
western railroads, In mines, in manufactures
situated in other states, In vessels upon the
high seas, in telegraph cables under the seas,
and, indeed, is scattered all over the world.
Only by a fiction of the old feudal common law
Is II held by the courts to be here, and that tic-
ton Is gradually dissolving Again, what Is
called personal property by the law Is usually
nothing more than an interest in real or corpor-
ate property which is taxed already. Shares in
a railroad company get no dividends until the
company has paid both its local and state taxes,
Mortgages op real estate represent part OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

The Argus and Patriot gets after Citizen
Billings again with an array of logic and
arithmetic which must be really appalling
even to that much.discussed and long-suf-
tering individual himself. Now, in re-
gard to Citizsn Billings, it must be
remembered, even if the Argus show
ing is entirely correct-and it would be
safe to say that it may be taken with
few grains of allowance-that he has COM
mitted no crime, that he has availed him.
self of an express provision of the listing
law, that he has appeared before the court
which the law has created to hear cases
like his and has been given a clean and
an entirely satisfactory bill of health, and
the community affirms the decision of
this tribunal. But why does the Argus
and Patriot invariably play off Judge
Royce's case against Citizen Billings ?
Why does it so persistently keep the chief
judge of the supreme court before the
people in the role of tax-dodger ? Why
does it not vary the monotony of its cita-
tions of Judge Royce's case by now and
then adding the evidence of Senator Nor
rill's, or of Senator Edmunds', disrespect
toward the legislature which has once and
again SO highly honored each of these
public servants, and which may soon be
asked to confer upon the former the I'M
sc
election to the United States senate
This constant parading of Judge Royce,
in the character of a tax-dodger, before
the public by our contemporary, though
sometimes accompanied by honeyed words,
is beginning to attract attention. Is it
the purpose of the Argus to illustrate, by
the juxtaposition of the two cases, its own
beautiful consistency in making flesh Of
Judge Royce and fowl of Citizen Billings?
Or is it adroitly reaching out with feath-
er for the chief judges official throat? And
while this matter of alleged tax.dodging
in high places is under consideration, will
the Argus and Patriot kindly tell the
people, as matter of some interest and
pertinency in this connection, if it knows
of a republican judge of the supreme
court of the state who has ever made a
false inventory and sworn to it, and been
doubled therefor Does it know of a
democratic Judge of the supreme court of
the state who has made false inventory,
sworn to it and been doubled If it
knows of any instance of this kind has it,
"without fear or favor" exposed it ?
And if not, why not ? The alacrity and
righteousness with which our esteemed
contemporary has made an exhaustive ex-
posure of "the chiefs of the ring" encour-
ages us to make this further draft upon
its courtesy and its exclusive sources of
information.
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ment to weigh them, and wisdom to di
rect and execute. These are qualities
wanted in a governor who shall inspire
confidence among the people, and in the
legislature to which his recommendations
are addressed. It cannot be said that
executive messages have, to any reasona-
BILE extent, had such backing, and they
have in consequence fallen generally on
unheeding or Indifferent ears. Such a
backing the people should demand in the
governor, to reform state administration,
revivify it, and make it living, energetic,
progressive power. 1t is Of infinitely more
vital consequence to the interests of Yer
mont that it's state government should be
filed by her ablest men, and that they
should be kept in Office, than that she
should have brilliant and able represen-
tation in congress. The latter appeals
strongly to sentiments of state pride, the
former directly affects the existence OF
the state itself. But there is no need of
weakening the delegation in congress to
strengthen the state government. Only
let the state adopt with reference to the
state government the same wise policy it
has pursued in choosing, particularly, its
United States senators. The state has
ample material for governors who, if
called to the office, would change vastly
for the better Vermont's record in the
census reports of the nation. They would
come to the Office if called, but they are
the last men in the world to enter into
scramble for it. The real question which
the people have now to decide is not, Shall
this or that mans ambition to be gov
ernor be gratified 1t is, Shall the best
interests of the state be consulted in the
choice of governor The question is
entirely outside of personal ambition or
the schemes of this or that clique. This
matter rests with the people. 1t must be
said that they have been Indifferent about
these things. The papers of the state,
too, have been too apt to feed the people
on the dry husks of personal politics, to
the neglect of the substantial matters
which lie at the root of a states prosper
ity. When press and people wake up to
the real need of the commonwealth, there
will be less feverish anxiety about the
personality of the candidates, and the
state will begin to keep time with her
sisters in their progressive march.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Bad Political Customs.

The agitation of the matter of sue.
cessor to Governor Barstow develops the
old malady from which the state has suf-
fered so much, and to which is largely at
tributable its slow growth in population
and in the accessory elements of material
wealth and greatness. The mountain
rule and its younger brother in debase.
ment, rotation, have combined to enfeeble
the state administration and strip it of
the fruits of that peculiarly efficient quail
ity which even in the ablest of men is
born only of practical experience. In
obedience to these unthrifty and vitiating
customs one of the most promising execu.
tives the state has had for many years,
Hon. Redfeld Proctor, was compelled to
resign into the hands of his successor
the work which his retiring message
showed he was beginning more com.
pletely to understand, and which his brief
two years of service indicated that he was
peculiarly fitted to perform. 1t is no re.
Election upon his successor to say that the
legislature of 1880 and the people of the
state paid greater heed to the recon.
mendations of the retiring, than of the in.
coming, executive. Practical experience
will always gain the ear against the spec
ulations of inexperience. These arbitrary
rules are no respecters of persons. With
grim and reckless determination they TO-
tate into private life the good, the bad
and the Indifferent alike, when the sands
of their allotted two years of official life
have run out. The cure for this state OF
things is such conception by m 'jor.
ity of the people of the Importance OF
the duties of governor as shall lead
them to demand that the policy which
induces a great business corporation to
retain from year to year the services
of man like Ex-Governor Proctor, shall
also demand that his tenure of the office OF
governor of the state shall be invested
through reflections, with such reasona
BILE degree of permanency as is consistent
with the highest moral and material gooG
of the state.
The present idea of the governorshiI
seems to be that the Office was made for tn,
man and not the man for the office. Tn,
papers of the state are busy with the per
sonality of the candidates, but there il
very little said about the standard o
qualifications which should be sought il
the governor, and such governor as Yer
mont stands in need of at this time
Other than purely political and persona
considerations should decide the choice o
a candidate. The political influence
which have so often regulated the orde
of succession, without regard to the can
didate's adaptation to the duties of tn
office, should be put under foot. The
have had their day. Their fruits hav
not been beneficial to the state. Sh
needs now man adapted to business,
man with a head to conceive beneficia
measures, matured and practiced jude
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tility to monopoly than the New York
state officials have made. While the de-
mocracy of Massachusetts, and their invited
guests were singing the praises of their
party at the jackson banquet in Boston
and eulogizing democratic devotion to the
mass of the people "against the aggregate
and corporate power of wealth." the in6u-
enoe and money of the most conspicuous
and tyrannical example Of aggregate and
corporate power" the Standard Oil Com
pany, was crushing at Columbus, Ohio,
the one man in the party who has been
devoted to a popular reform, and because
of his devotion to that reform. The blow
administered by the New York state off.
cials was struck at an act of state reform,
but it showed the animus of the party
towards any reform, local or national, that
stands in the way of partisan success and
the enjoyment of the spoils of victory.
The defeat and disgrace of Senator Pen
dleton is a blow from the democratic
shoulder against the national civil service
act, and says, as plainly as words could
say, that il that party gains the power it
will repeal, or destroy by amendment, the
substance of great reform law, passed
after years of agitation, and turn out
all the federal office-holders and fill their
places with raw levies. Even ex-senator
Thurman, an exponent of the better ele-
ment in the party, though he denounced
unsparingly the movement to overthrow
Pendleton for his tone mistake" the ad
vocacy of civil.service reform, and to
build up party machine in Ohio, ex-
pressed his hostility to the civil-service
reform act. The defeat of Mr.. Pendleton
is also victory for corruption and monop-
oily. Mr.. Oliver H. Payne, the secretary
and treasurer of the Standard Oil Com
pany, was the leader of the canvass against
him. For many days before the caucus
a bitter and heated contest was waged at
Columbus. The lie was often given and
angry fists were raised when logic or Ian.
guage was too weak for the emergency.
Sunday was like the unsanctified days, ex-
cept that the battle ragged rather fiercer
then and personal animosities ran higher.
According to all accounts, the controversy
was disgraceful to the last degree, and
corruption, by the sheer force of its mill.
ions, slew Pendleton because of his civil
service reform bill and elevated Henry B.
Payne, the man of millions, to his place.
At two points, New York and Ohio, and
at time when it was in the power of the
democracy to conciliate the popular good
will and invite public confidence, it has
violently repealed both, and given the lie
to its public professions in manner and
with an emphasis that, for their grossness
and wickedness, must arouse adherence
in the breasts, even of the most reckless
partisans.