Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-13
LETTER FROM CHICAGO.
Several Subjects of Local Interest
Treated Upon by "Junins."

CHICAGO, Feb. :, 1899. [SPecia
Correspondence OF the UEsEsE1
NEws.l-This is certainly an age o.
surprises. After the late decision Of
. the United States Supreme CourI
one may expect anything from q
cataclysn to the millennium. Oh
course that great institution on
which is founded the perpetuation
and protection Of the American
Union knew what 1t was about
when 1t DISTINGUISHED 4 native
white Anglo-Saxon American for
religious belief. for one bow to
the decision. From it there is no
appeal. However, / can't help
thinking that ii has some strange
features about It. And one can't
well tell what it is until the full text
Of the decision is published. There
certainly ought TO be n difference
between belief and practice. a
man may believe in the real pres
ence Of the body and blood of Christ
In the eucharist, and partake Of CON-
munion after the faiths of the
Roman and Greek churches without
being guilty of eating human flesh.
But after the late decision | am pre-
pared any day TO see Pat Lannan
! disfranchised for cannibalism under
the name Of religion.
There is something almost as
strange occurring now in North
Dakota. A bill permitting the es-
Enlistment of a State lottery in
that province is before the legisla-
tnre. The State senate has passed
the bill by vote Of % to S, and IL
IS hkel y to pass the house by a SINH
Ear majority. The governor says he
will veto the bill; but what avails
that2 1t can be passed over his
veto. The advocates OF the lottery
enterprise, Immediately the bill be-
comes law, are prepared 10 pay into
the State treasury $1,000 in a
lump sum, and will pay suisse
quently S75, 900 annually for twenty
five years, and $4,000 annually
for twenty-five years more If the
law be maintained on the statute
books. The charter OF the Louis
lana State lottery expires in 1895,
and fears are entertained that a re-
newal will not be granted. It is
reported that the y. ID. ENTERPRISE
is engineered by old time lottery
men. And this is the climax Of our
religion, industry and morality
the ace Of SPADES has at last become
a revised New Testament.
In Wyoming a bill is before the /
legislature providing for the taxa
ton of bachelors and unmarried |
men after passing thirty years of I
age. The bill is receiving favorable
consideration. The annual tax is
small, only $3.50 per head per an
num- Ii is not quite clear whether
the bill is for revenue or 20 stimulate
anincrease in the native population.
1t can't be for revenue, because the
tax is rather low TO make an i'm
portant item in finance. And if for
population IL Is also too low, be-
cause $3.50 will not hurt the ex-
ehequer Of any single man. The
poorest can pay il and then snap his
finger at the women. In this Ter
ritory female suffrage exists. Prob
bly, the female vote has something
10 do with the matter Comment
ing on the bin, the Chicago Tribune !
holds that the tax ought 10 be made :
equivalent to the support of one wo-
man for each bachelor. 1t holds
that $500 annually for each single
man would be just the figure. Ifa
man can be compelled to support one
woman, why net compel him TO
support two.
Here at home in Chicago we have
some strange happenings also. In
January, 1852, a Mrs. Hogan was
killed on the track by 4 c. b. d q. |
train. Her husband sued the rail-
road for Sl0,099. After eight long
years the case came 10 trial last
week In this city. The jury rem
dered a verdict Of ONE DOLLAR for
the lonely Hogan. The verdict al
most paralyzed the judge, and Chi
cago judges are not easily disturbed.
The idea Of estimating a woman, a
iuI grown woman in life;s prime. |
the mother Of children, and perfect
IN mind and body, In wind and
limb, at ore dollar, was monstrous.
The judge set the verdict aside. and
Hogan Will have to remain single
Tor eight years more, waiting for a ,
new trial. The railroad cOmuany ;
hopes that Hogan may catch the ;
grip''and thus viii escape damages. :
Women are cheap in Chicago. They ,
will be sold three for quarter in a :
short time,
We have another case on hand !
which for sublime effrontery and :
poetic p3rsimohiOusness has scarcely
my parallel in criminal history, < :
awyer named Albert s. Cronk was y
convicted Of perjury and sentenced :
. one year in the penitentiary. =
The judge in pronouncing sentence =
expressed sympathy for Cronk, and :,
Entertained the possibility of a doubt
g TO Cronk's full measure of guilt :
On the strength Of this Sheriff Mat Z
on did not take Cronk Immediately :
o Joliet. Meantime Crork;s 4
riends secured a pardon for him :
rom Go-ernor Fifer. This PARTON !,
Fas addressed 10 the Warden OF ;,
oliet penitentiary. To comply ).
With the law Cronk was taken 10 v
ollet, turned over TO the Warden
nd by the Warden turned hack =
gain to his tCronk's) friends. The :, .
Illinois Legislature allows to every :,