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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27
A LIST OF FREE TRAVELLERS.

Under the above title, the New York
Sun of the 22d has an article on the free
pass system. The DEMOCRAT has spoken
of the acceptance of railway passes by
public officials at divers times. We pub
lish the Suns article to show what a
leading Democratic journal thinks of the
matter:
Criminal laws, if wisely framed and prop
erly enforced, may do much to lessen evil
conduct by deterring men from the COM
mission of forbidden acts; but laws of any
kind can do very little to make men honest
If statute were enacted In this State pro.
hibiting the use of free railway passes by
public officers, it would prevent a repetition
of the spectacle presented in the Assembly
Chamber at Albany on Wednesday, when
the Clerk publicly distributed passes to such
members as were willing to receive them;
but it may well be doubted whether any real
reform in the character of the peoples rep.
resentatives would be produced by it.
The true remedy is in the hands of the
voters throughout the State.
If they want to be represented in the Sem
ate and Assembly by men who accept favors
from the great railroad corporations whose
lubcIcStS dIo always lldUlc W Ue duoCUeu Dy
legislation at Albany, they cannot justly
complain of the results of their choice.
If they do not want such representatives
they need not elect them.
In order, however, that they may be in
formed on the subject whenever member
of the Legislature presents himself for re-
election, it would be well to amend the Law
relating to reports by railway companies Sc
as to compel each company in its annual re.
port to give list of all persons by whom
free passes had been held during the year.
This list could be printed by the Railroad
Commission, and would be most useful
and instructive guide to voters.
We would guarantee it the largest circu.
lation of any public document printed un.
der the authority of the State.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27
TOO MUCH LAW.

The Herald this morning makes the fol-
lowing just remark in commenting on
Governor Murray's veto of the Bail Bill :
Very few laws are required. The books
are full of laws, and with such as we have
the community has existed and maintained
order, and with only these it will continue
to grow, thrive and prosper.
The remark-"Very few laws are re-
quired-" should be well needed by the
Legislature, and mature and thoughtful
reflection will convince them that this is
true. Not only Utah, but every State
and Territory in the Union, and the
United States themselves, has too much
law. The result is that great quantity is
given in place Of great quality. This is
the common complaint all over the coun-
try. 1t became so great in New York
State two or three years ago that the
sessions of the Legislature were changed
from annual to biennial, and with the
result that the laws that were enacted
were better in every respect than those
enacted under the annual system, and
they were fewer in number. Take our
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27
THE BAIL BILL.

Governor Murray has vetoed the bill
introduced by Representative West max
ing bail a matter of right, pending ap-
peal, in all cases where the punishment
is not death. The two cases instanced
by Governor Murray, murder and rape,
it might be well to except from the oper-
alton of the bill, and we trust that the
bill will be SO amended as to include
these crimes and then presented to the
Governor for his approval. We do not
think that Governor Murray's reasoning
justifies his conclusions. 1t may be said
that the grounds upon which an appeal
is allowed are a sufficient reason
for allowing bail. Governor Muir
ray refers to the Rudger Clawson
case to show that the present law
has been fully sustained. That it has
been sustained is very true, but there is
a wide difference as to the validity of a
law and the policy of the law. Suppos-
ing it were the policy of the Legislature
to abolish capital punishment and bill
to that effect, having passed the House
and Council, were presented to the Gov
ernor for approval, what kind of reason
would it be for the Governor to say, as
his reason for refusing to approve it, that
the statute imposing capital punishment
had been fully sustained? Near the
close of the eighteenth century, the num-
Der of crimes in England punishable by
death was very near fifty and the laws
Furnishing these crimes with death had
been fully sustained for some centuries.
What would the world have thought of
the British Parliament had that august
body refused to modify the criminal laws
of England on the ground that the said
laws had been fully sustained? Society
seeks to protect itself by Furnishing those
who violate its laws, but society fully
recognizes the fact that when
it Furnishes any violator of its laws out
side of the form and sanction of those
laws, it transcends its powers and tres
passes upon the rights of the individuals
composing the artificial body known as
society. What is the reason for granting
an appeal at all? The reason is that So
ciety is organized primarily for the pro-
lection of the individual and it deems the
liberty and protection of the individual
where he is on trial for an offense against
the laws of primary importance, be-
cause it thinks there is a rea-
sonable likelihood that the law has been
transcribed by the courts of law Now
is not this ample reason for granting bail
to defendant who has taken an appeal
in criminal case? The law holds de-
fendant in custody after conviction that
the law may have control of his person,
that it may impose its penalty upon him
in case his conviction is said to have been
legal in all respects. The law retains
the custody Of his person merely for the
purpose of executing the penalty of the
law upon him when the highest tribunal
to which an appeal is allowed declares
that all the forms and requirements of
the law have been complied with, and
not for the purpose of furnishing him.
If the law can have possession of the
body of a person convicted when it de-
sires to impose the penalty of the law
upon snch person, what interest of So
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27

own Territory as an illustation. at
every Legislature bills are intro
duced on every possible subject of
legislation and in almost unlimited
number The great majority of these
bills as Grade Ia form, bat cruder still in
thought. They may very aptly be termed
confounded mess of confused nonsense; /;
and this criticism will apply to the major
ity of bills introduced into the Legis-
latures of the various States and Terrific
ries. The consequence is that the super
abundance of laws brings the laws into
more or less disrepute with the people.
Laws should only be made to correct
some wrong, change some condition, or
to facilitate the execution of some law
already in force. The great mass of the
legislation introduced into the local Legis-
lature is introduced in disregard of these
three things indicated above as iustifying
legislation. 1t is an old saying that
"haste makes waste" and nowhere does
this find a truer application than in the
passage of ill-advised and ill-digested laws.
1t is not the abundance of law that makes
community happy or prosperous, or
gives it protection, but the enforcement
of wise and just laws, which enforcement
is brought about by the spirit of law and
order dominating community. Its the
prevalence of the spirit of law that makes
the law respected, and not the mere
presence of laws upon the statute book.
The present Legislature is apt to weaken
their work by making it superabundant.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

GALANTHE LODGE NO. 5, K. OF P.-REG-
~ ular conventions every Monday, at Castle
Hall, Walker Opera House at 7:3O n m
Visiting Knights madewelcome
J. F. TAYLOR, &C.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27
DIDN'T THINK OF IT.
Another Yarn ON Governor Hauser
of Montana.

Some time after his appointment, Mr..
Hauser was passing along Main street,
Helena, on his way to the ban k, when
from doorway a friend accosted him:
"Good morning, Governor.
No response.
GOOD morning to you, Governor"
Salute unnoticed.
''Good morning, Sam,'' shouting after
him..
A quick stop and turn.
"Good morning, good morning." step
ping back and shaking hands heartily.
Nobody getting stuck up, hope?"
"What's that?"
81 spoke out loud and several times be-
fore you deigned to notice me-"
"Well, we'll! Let that pass. Thought
some one was speaking to some one
else."
"You're Governor remember"
"I'll be hanged if l can think of it.
Just you holler Sam I'll answer to
that every time, and don't you forget itH'
Helena Herald, Esd.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-27

Miss Phoebe Couzins says that the
woman suffrage movement is not sleep
ing, although little is being said about it.
Susan B. Anthony wrote to Miss Couzins,
requesting her to take care of the cause
in Washington this winter, but ill-health
forced her to decline.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
Unde.irabie Immigrants.

A gypsy is by himself an interesting
personage; even whole family of them
ia tent in woodland lane--provided
you don't go into the tent--forms an at
tractive picture; but gypsies wholesale
and for expectation are a very embar-
RAISING commodity. A band of no less
than 100 of them, from Greece, bound
for the United States, were disembarked
in consequences of some dispute with the
captain of the ship near The Millwali
docks, England, the other day, to the
great inconvenience of the neighbor-
hood They had no occupation, no visi-
BILE means of livelihood, and no inter-
prefer. Their encampment, it is true,
has been visited by thousands of sight
seers, but all that they seem to have be-
slowed upon them were showers of old
shoes for luck" AS the gypsies do not
seem to wear shoes, even this very linn
tied species of benevolence was of little
use TO them. By some m;sapprehension,
most fortunate for Milwall, these
amazing settlers were invited to Liver
pool, and there they have now ssquat-
ted" in the Central Station, with ''dis.
nfectants literally strewn about them. "
Nobody can understand what they say,
nor what they want, nor even what they
are, though liberal steamboat company
was induced to carry then across the
Atlantic by their being described as
"Greek emigran;s." No steamer is like.
ly to risk it's reputation by asking its
passengers to associa. with persons who
have neither comb nor shoe among
them; and, moreover, the Government
of the United States has telegraphed to
say that so undesirable cargo of live
stock will not be permitted to land.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
Tnrce ytoiets.

We walked in the garden, she aud l.
As fair maiden as ever was seen,
| With form such as poets see in sleep,
And face like Proserpine.
The viole.s ambusbed deep in the leaves.
Peeped up in her eyes as she passed
And the roses thought the queen OF the
Had come to their court at last.
She looked so pure and she looked so sweet
Forgive me. o Virgin Mother. in Heavenl
felt as 'ho' could kneel at her feet
To have my sins forgiven.
And three of the violets ambushed there
Iplucked from their stems. Hereare two,
said,
That are lovingly twlned like man aud wife,
The third, you see, is unwed.
She took them terderly from my hand,
While her delicate, dainty fnger-tips
Blushed scarlet, al tho they knew l longed
TO press them to my lips.
And the two entwined she put to sleep
In her pure young bosom, in peace TO rest
And the third at her throat, where only the
ripples
Came up from the heave of her breast.
And thought as | looked at that lonely
flower,
OF the Peri whose error was unforgiven,
Who stands in her beauty, desolate,
At the sapphire gates OF Heaven.
And know the two in her virgin breast
Will pass away in beauty and bloom,
Dying In youth on the bosom OF love.
Embalmed in their own perfume.
While the other will live in the eyes of men,
But all alone on her breast of snow,
And far too high TO feel the warmth
OF the heart which beats below.
But better to die on the breast of Love,
Like those disunited flowers,
Than live alone on Glory's heights
In this desolste world Of ours.
IL L. FL sh
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
Orange Items.

Ga Wednesday we went up to Mr.. j.
B. Parker's place, to look over the re-.
suits of his work in the "bug. killing
line, ard were highly pleased with the
appearance OF his orchard. We shall
have an extended notice of his success.
full operations next week, q crowd Of
work having taken our time since
Wednesday. Mr.. Parker is now posi-.
tive that he has the red scale under con-
troll, and it certainly looks as though he
is right. Orchardsts should 60 mp there
and inspect his work.
A bet was made in town the other
day, that man would not gain in
weight by eating meal. The man who
took the bet was weighed carefully be :
fore breakfa fast. He then weht to the
table, engulphed two big bsef-steaks,
seven or eight potatoes, half dozen
biscuit, and few other eatables, drank
five cups of coffee, and then found that
he had gained exactly four pounds. The
hotel-keeper is slowly recovering.
We are happy to say that it is now a
fixed fact that Orange Is to have bank.
We are authorized by Mr.. w. S. Bart
| lett, cashier of the Commercial bank, of
Santa Ana, to say that the papers are
now being prepared for the organization
of the Bank Of Orange, to be incorpor-
ated under the laws of the s ate OF
California, with capital stock of $780,.
600. The promoters of this enterprise
are citizens OF Orange and Santa Ana.
The bank will be located ON the lot adj
joining c. NJ. Woodruff's on the south,
which was recently purchased for this
purpose. As matters progress we will
keep the public Informed. We are
heartily glad to be able to record this
good news for Orange. The need of a
home bank has been strongly felt, and
the business men here will be glad to
ee the institution open its doors.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
ontario Items.
(Ontar.o Record.)

Work on the tunnel was resumed
Monday, the cave at the end having
been timbered. Three men are en-
ployed; one digging at the face, one run
ming the car, and one hosting the shaft.
There is large amount OF water now
and we have every reason to expect
magnificent flow as the result OF the de-
velopment now to be carried on. we
shall report progress with interest.
Grape picking has commenced in good
earnest. and many of our fruit growers
are rejoicing in the first returns from
two and three-year old vineyards. We
expect to be able to give some figures
after the Muscat crop is sold that will
be gratifying in high degree. ID. A
Shaw and Thomas Holmes have an ex-
perienoed raisin man from Riverside tc
initiate them into the best methods oi
picking and drying.
N. w. Stowell's pipe camp on Eighth
street presents lively appearance and
the display of cement joints is good in
dication that the colony is growing and
the pipe system being extended. The
line on the avenue, starting at Thr
teenth and ending at III street, is nearly
all in, and the short cross line at Ninth
street is finished. We shall endeavor tc
give some account of the process of pipe
making at an early day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
Tho Matlon seconded.

The Los Angeles HERALD is guilty of
the depressing and iconoclastIc remark,
destructive to all those ideas of beauty
and poetic imagery we have been accus-
toned to indulge in when we bring to
mind that favored and lovely portion of
the State, that there is more money to
be gained by growing the common ple-
bian cabbages than oranges and other
semi.tropical crops that I'LL the air Of
that vicinity with fragrance and clothe
the soil with the rich and luxuriant
foliage SO ravishipg to the eyes of the
northern tourist. This prosaic statement
is no doubt true. A crop of twenty
five tons TO the acre of this vege.
table may be raised here, as well as
there, at season when it does not grow
at the east and put in the market there
when it is bare of it as far as the home
product is concerned. The price is then
good and the sale ready. netting far
more to the producer with less trouble,
expense and risk than the best crop of
oranges ever grown on the same space
of ground. The nutritive qualities OF
the cabbage is universally recognized,
and it finds buyers among all classes.
1t is bought largely by those who never
buy oranges, and its consumption is
vastly greater. In view of the eastern
market it is decidedly safer and more
profitable crop.-Kern County Califor-
| nian.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
Staining Woods.

Brackets, mouldings and many articles
of furniture may be made of light woods,
and then so stained as to closely resem-
BILE the most expensive articles of their
kind. Dyeing and staining make the
soft woods tougher and harder. Many
of the so.called mahogany, cherry and
ebony articles sold are made of some
common wood, and stained the exact i'm.
itation of what they are supposed to be.
l have seen cheap poplar, pine and other
woods turned into fine walnut, niahoga-
ny and ebony corner cabinets, foosstools,
writing desks, wall pockets, holdings,
etc., with little stain and varnish, and
snid 200 per cent. above cost. Stained
wood is very simple, aud in short time
any intelligent person can learn.
To stain walnut color, procure the
common furniture stain sold at all the
furniture and most drug stores. Di-
Lutte it; with turpentiLe until the
required shade is obtained. The wood
can be darkened by second and
third application, if desired. For
mahogany color. brush the wood with
a hot solution of two ounces of madder
and one ounce of fustic, boiled few
minutes in one quart of water. The
stain may be light or dark, as desired ;
the more madder the deeper the color.
To ebonize wood, wash it three or four
times s-allowing it to dry between each
application-with boiling hot prepara.
tion of strong logwood and water.
Then, when quite dry, wash it with q
solution of acetate of iron. This ace
tate of iron is mixture of iron filings
and vinegar. This is very valuable
stain for ebonizing articles of furniture,
mouldiugs, brackets, etc. 1t sinks sc
deeply into the wood that bruises OF
scratches will not expose the original
color.
A little practice with these stains viii
enable the person to give the wood
beautiful mottled, grained or shaded ap
pearance, and suadruple the selling
value of the article treated. Painted
surfaces cannot be stained. All stained
fancy articles are improved by varnish
ing. Pine and other light colored woods
may be stained a light buo and given
rich, glossy appearance with equal part.
of turpentine and linssed oil mixed an{
laid on evenly and smoothly with a sof
brush. This is excellent for such ligh
| woods as have beautiful natural grain
-Prarie Farmer.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
An Acre Of Rananas.

Scientists claim that al acre of banan.
as produces vastly more nutritious food
than an acre OF wheat or potatoes will.
Cattle, horses, goats. pigs and poultry
join the man in his liking for this fruit,
without which many family would be
on short commons much of the time. 1t
is to dwellers in the tropics what the po-
tato has become to the Irish. No won.
der that belief was accorded to the
story that the plantain was the forbid.
den frui. Eve invited Adam to share
with her, and that it was the grapes
that the spies brought away from the
Promised Land. Ii plantains grew in
Canaan the eagerness of the Israelites to
gobble the whole country is satisfact-
orily accounted for.
The usefalness of the plant does no.
end with the feeding OF man and beast.
and the stalks supply large quantity
OF fiber OF great strength and varying
degrees of fineness. Some of this fiber
is so exceedingly fac that an entire gar
ment made of it may be hidden in the
hand. But, Notwithstanding the many
uses to which the plantain may be put,
and it's almost incalculable value as
food, not one person in ten thousand
who would probably become consumers
ever buys banana or has ever seen a
plantain. There is plenty OF room for
the expansion of the business of grow.
ing the fruit and some reason for think
ing tnat it will increase, for the business
is said to be fairly profitable now that
the refrigerator cars and cold storage on
steamers have made it possible to carry
the most perishable tropical productions
to most remote parts of the United
States and to Europe.
The cost of preparing a plantation OF
plantains or bananas is said to be almost
SIS per acre. Nine months after the
shoots are stuck into the ground the
first crop is ready for shipment, and
from that time on lunches are continu-
ally maturing. New plants spring up to
take the place of the old stalks, which
die after producing q single bunch each
of fruit. The punches weigh from thir-
ty to eighty pounds. Stems having less
than six "hands' or half.circles of fruit
are rejected by the bayers for market
as being too small to be worth the thir-
ty.five to fifty cents they pay on the
coast. The vessels in the trade can car
ry from 10000 to 10000 lunches, and
the lunches sell in New Orleans for
about dollar more than they cost on
the coast. Tie plants are set about six
teen feet apart. and receive little or no
care after the planting, until the time
comes to cut the larger punches, and
to cut down all the young plants not
wanted. The dead stalks, with all their
valuable fiber, are left to rot on the
ground.-"E. w. P.," in Chicago
Times.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
ACondensed Historr.

The Pomona Progress has condensed
the history of Pomona into the follow
ing terse sentences: Pomona is a thriv-
ing settlement located 81 miles east of
Los Angeles on the line of the Southern
Pacific and Atlantic & Pacific railroads.
1t is exceptionally well situated on a
gently sloping mesa facing to the south
and west, at an altitude of about 1000
feet above the sea level, and midway be-
tween the chilly fogs of the coast and
heat of the interior. The temperature
is modified by the gentle breezes which
daily reach the valley about 10 a. m.
Being almost surrounded by an amphi.
thea.er aof hills and mountains, it is
sheltered from all harsh winds, while
the scenery is very fine. 'Old Badly"
TO the north looming up nearly 10000
feet--anow capped during ee-fourths
of the year, and sending down its cool,
sparkling waters through San Antonio
canon, q favorite resort of camping
parties during tho summer.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05

The soil is rich and deep, the water
abundant and Of most excellent quality.
Some 40 artesian wells are in successful
operation.
The town was laid out in 1875, but
the real growth did not begin until 1882,
when the title to the land was finally
settled, and the present Landand Water
Company organized. Since then lis
growth has been rapid and steady. 1t
now contains nineteen brick blocks and
some eighty business firms, including
two banks, two newspapers, four no.
tells, brick yard, lumber yards, nurseries,
etc. There are four school buildings
and nine church editices. The popula.
ton of the town proper is about $500
Land is still cheap--unimproved land
with water right selling from S75 to 5000
per acre. Oranges, apricots, peaches,
pears, plums, olives, figs, guavas, vines
and small fruits are successfully cult.
waited.