The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-23
S0TTO VOCE.

AFRIEND asks us to answer this poser
eff a polygamist cannot vote at
school meeting, how is it, he being
property holder, that he is expected t,
nav the pIO-rata of taxes voted for a
such meetings ?" We shall have to fol
low the example of the Commissioners
and hand it over to the Attorney
General
WE CONFESS that we can see no gooC
reason for inserting in any politica
platform an article to the effect thai
church and State should be separated
as we have never yet heard OF any or
ganizati0a IN this country that has yet
dared to pr0mulgate any such doctrine
We believe, however. that if any man
has strong religious convictions he will
very likely be governed mOre.Or less by
them, unless his convictions on political
matters are much stronger. Whenever
any attempt is made, or whenever
there is any prospect that it will be
made, we believe that it VIII be time
enough to cry out against the danger
and fight it, but we fear that this gen
Grafton viii have no such work to per-
form.
IT HAS been suggested by a number of
theatre goers, that the management
would do a great favor to many of its
patrons, if it would see to it that the
carpets which are sometimes laid down
during the course OF performance,
are thoroughly busted, so as to avoid
sitting "a good part of the audience in
the lower part OF the house, by the
cloud of dust that it usually blown out
from the stage whenever a carpet is put
down, between the acts.
NEARLY ALL the speakers at the De-
mocratic meeting On Wednesday night
declared that the party now about to
step into power would, within a very
short time, do more to put down polyg-
amy than the Republicans had done in
the past twenty-fOur years, but they
had the good sense not to explain how,
for the simple reason, we suppose, that
none of them had ever thought of it,
for if they had, we Candidly think, they
would have said nothing at all about the
matter. If any one can devise plan
by which the Democratic party can pass
any more stringent and unjust laws
than those already in existence, and can
carry them into execution with any
more partiality, we would like to know, |
Just for the sake OF curiosity, how it can
be done, under the present platform of
Democracy.
WE VERY seriously doubt that there
was even one of those who took part in |
the Democratic torchlight procession
last week, who had signed his name to
the platform of the few gentlemen who
got il up without any authority what
ever from the Democracy of this Ter
ritOry, and yet claimed to represent that
party At the very best it can be con-
sidered only as jollifcation of the few
gentlemen themselves, and we can see
no reason why it should have been
made a matter of so much public i'm
pOrtance, unless it was for the purpose
OF drumming up recruits; but from
everything we heard and saw there, they
displayed a sad ignorance of the meth
DDS to be used in order to raise them out
OF their present insignificance.
DURING THE progress of the Clawson
trial for polygamy the Tribune an
nOunced in faring headlines that Judge
Zane was learning something Of Mormon
methods in Utah. Since the Irons :
Fowler grand jury fiasco perhaps the :
Judge has learned something of anti
Mormon methods in Utah, though we
have failed to notice any announce I
ment Of the fact III the Tribune
SOMETHING MORE than a week ago, a q
certain attorney was examining a wit ..
ness before Judge Zane, when something
like the following occurred:
Attorney-How do you know that? I
Witness - Why, common sense
teaches it to me. !
Attorney Well I don't think vou are :
an expert on that subject {
Judge Zane-Mr.-,W Wait moment, {
sir; you must remember you are not in !
a police court. You are certainly old !
enough to know what conduct is be- J
coming in this court and what is not.
Ask the witness any question you wish,
but never mind any observations of
your own.
Something more than three days ago,
another attorney was examining
another witness before Judge Zane,
when something like the following oc-
Cured:
Attorney-How did you know it was
beer the man was drinking?
Witness-By the color.
0StOFuSy- w nat Color was II
WitneSs-A brownish color, with foam
on the top.
Attorney-Do you know of no other 4
drink OF the same cOlOr2
WitnesS-Ginger ale.
Attorney--Did you ever drink any
beer?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Attorney-How long before this time \
did you drink any beer?
WitnesS-It was about week ago.
AttOrney-But how long was it be- \
lore the time of this? l don't care TO
know anything about the matter since
then. You haze doubtless been educating
yourself on the subject eUer since.
Judge Zane conYUlsed with laughter.
Last Sunday we stated that Judge
Zane was a great stickler for propriety
u his court, and that we admired him
or it. We now move to insert the word .
sometimes" after the word "stickler,'
md Will withhold oLC admiration dur
ng the Judges good behavior. You r
must remember, Mr.. Zane, that YOU are
not in a police court. You are GER
ainly old enough to know what con
luct is becoming on the bench, and =
THAT is not. You may express your |