The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-25


DenireBtfa-y. Why the authorities
keen these good men locked up is
mystery.
Iris advertised shat the Chics go an
arshists are about to have picnic. Now
Is the chance for the colored ice cream
man 10 achieve immortal fame and an
embossed sheet-iron monument.
PAUL HAYvE Is said 10 have called
cyclone. which he saw from a safe dis
lance. "the uHtranslatad Iasphemies
of hell" If Paul had been out in it he
would not have needed a close transla-
ticn % get the drift Of the meaning.
CONGRESSMAN MILLIEEE of Maine,
says he has the assurance from MI.
Blaine's own lips that TIE people could
not force the Senatorship on his chief
Mr.. Milliken also adds that Mr.. Blaine
never will return to Washington to live
unless elected President.
HERR Mosr has been circulating his
tracts up in New Hamp, hire. He gives
full instructions how poverty may be
prevented by murder. and embellishes
the teachings with diagrams showing
the construction and operation Of IN
fernal nschines.-Eew York Nal.
It costs Sl4,Oo0 year to light the White
House. Il would cost vastly more under this
administration TO enlighten it-Philadel-
phia Press.
VIII not some good Republican phil.
anthropist, then, contribute, for the en-
Hghtenment of the White House, a
copy Of Mr.. Blaine's history and a
bound volume Of the Mulligan letters
The Senate has shown how petty it
can be by the rejection of the nomins-
ton of a son OF Henry Ward Beecher
as Collector Of the Puget Sound district
in Washington Territory. There was
nothing against the son. but the Senate
saw q chance to wreak a contemptible
revenge upon the father, and they took
I.
The refusal to confirm Nj Matthews
the colored Democrat, whom President
Cleveland nominated for Recorder in
the District Of Columbia, shows that
whatever rights we're conferred upon
the negro by the amended Constitution,
the right 10 be a democrat was not one
of them in the opinion Of the Republi-
can Senator'S.
FRox the frequency with which Sena-
tor Logan seems to feel called upon to
deny some rumor as to his doings or
utterances which he deems damaging
70 his reputation and presidential sspi-
rations, 1t is evident that the Illinois
statesman has been taking pointers"
from the political course OF his late
Presidential running mate.
CONGRESSMAN REID, OF Maine, is re-
ported as being very ang,y. BE was
interviewed the other day, and he said,
referring 10 the Presidents Vetces of
private pensions: The makers of the
Constitution never contemplated such
snextrsordinary use Of the veto power. "
True enough. They did not contem-
plate it; neither did they contemplate
such an extraordinary need Of its use.
ALLAN ". THURMAN, son of eI-Sena-
tor Thurman, said TO a reporter in Gin
cinnati that there was no truth in the
report that his father had been offered
the MISUNDERSTANDING. He would
not accept Cabinet position if it were
offered to him." Mr.. Thurman con-
tinued. He would regard such an Of
fer as complimentary, but there is no
political position that he wants. He
has done with politics absolutely.
NoBoDY will believe the story of the
New York sun TO the effect that David
Davis was q party to bargain in con-
nection with the electoral commission.
That he accepted the election TO the
Senste with feeling of relief at having
avoided the thankless Office Of a mem
bership on that commission is probably
true But that David DAVIS did. or
could. engage in s disreputsble bargain
is belied by the unbroken record OF 8
long and honorable life.
A STATUTE was passed st the last Gen
erAl Assembly to prevent boys from
fre1nenting public pool or billiard
rooms. The proprietor or keeper OF
such room s liable to q fine if he per.
mits boys under the age Of is years to
loitsr in or about his place. II the
authorities enforce q strist observance
Of this commendable law there will be
much less crime among the boys OF this
and other cites. L large portion of the