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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

Our Washington correspondent wires
that the House committee on territories has
agreed to postpone action on the Mormon
acknowledgements bill until next session,
and that during the recess a sub committee
of five members will visit the territory and
make inquiries into the situation. All this
will be entirely satisfactory to the great
majority of the people of Utah. Especially
pleasing will it be to them that the commit
tee is to come. We wish the Congress
men could come and remain for weeks and
months, and that they would make
the inquiry as thorough as possible.
We wish they would visit every
city, town and hamlet in the territory, and
get at the true inwardness Of all the peo-
pie, without regard to religion or politics
The deeper tho investigation, the more the
Congressman see and the more they learn,
the less would be the probability Of any such
infamous legislation as has been proposed.
The Representatives would learn that Con
gressmen had been shamefully lied to ard
most grievously deceived; they would
learn that there was not the least occasion
for law such as is asked, and would BIZ
convinced that the enactment of the bill
would be an outrage upon justice, decency
and republicanism.
The sub committee will be heartily wei
come, and their coming, we feel certain
will be followed by report adverse to any
proposed law which will place under more
bondage the thousands of good ane
patriotic men who are doing their utmos
to live correct lives and prove themselve:
worthy citizens of the great republic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
SLANDERiNG THE WORkINGMEN.

''Those so-called workingmen,' was the
heading of the Tribune editorial reference
to the convention of the workingmen.
Further on the Tribune designatcs the con-
vention something too contemplate to ex-
cite even smile of pity" and insinuates
that the chief movers and speakers could
show no proof of ever having done an
honest days work in their lives"
Unless the workingmen of this county
are made of weak stuff, which we do not
believe, they will repudiate such SANDERS
of their men and methods from any source
whatever The workingmen comprise the
masses of the people; they are made chiefly
of the sterner stuff of human fibre; and
the sleeping lion in the power of the work
men will be thoroughly aroused by such
abuse as the Tribune gives vent to. The
organ of vice cannot run the workingmen,
as it will shortly learn to its cost. No men,
workingmen or otherwise, will tamely sub
nit to unprovoked abuse. And the work,
ingmen will rally to the support of their
comrades who are viIifed without reason
by the Liberal ring and organ. The work
ingmen mean business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
A JOKE.
If an article

The Tribune considers it rich joke that
the Liberal platform should declare for
non partison fairness in the public works,
while the Liberal party employs none but
Liberals on those works or in other
branches of municipal service. 1t is joke
on the taxpayers and citizens; and the
Tribune expresses its obligations to THE
HERALD for calling public attention to this
'ioke." 1t is quite welcome, and may
safely count on similar aid from THE HER
AID in the case of other Liberal Jokes of
this kind. 1t then demands the names of
any non-Mormons ever employed in the
public services by the Peoples party.
Well, in the fire department, out of a total
of twelve salaried men under Mr.
OTTINGER, several of them-W1LLIAM GIL
BERT, WILLIAM WORKMAN, HARRY BURNS
and CHARLES MILLARD-were non Nor
mons. A similar showing may be made in
the case of the waterworks, and, in a less
degree, the police department.
But it was the Liberals who raised that
issue. not the Peoples party; and of course
that Liberal war cry, of which so much
was made during the campaign, was, as
the Tribune says, simply "a joke.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

THE Liberal party has historic fond
ness for strange mathematics The Tribune
says the more it costs to make an article,
the cheaper the article will become; and
proves this by showing that when this
country makes steel rails at greater cost
than any other country does, the price of
the steel rails will continue to fall as long
as this country continues to produce the
rails at a greater cost than any other
country.
Colonel PAGE says the further a bullet
goes the faster it goes, and, it is supposed,
he will write work on coast defense,
which will entirely revolutionize modern
warfare. The further away from the
enemy you can get, the greater the destruc-
tion you can cause, is Colonel PAGES idea,
and it is not unlikely that he has tested this
favorite theory of his in battle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
AIR BRAKES.

AT their convention IN Hartford, Conn,
last week the railroad firemen adopted
resolution which should have been I'M
necessary, because the evil complained of
should have been cured long ago. The re-
solution was in the form of a request that
Congress would pass bill requiring rail
way companies to use automatic brakes
and couplers on freight trains. The right
of Congress to pass such bill may be
called in question, but nobody will say that
it is not the duty of railway
companies to provide the protection
asked by their employees. That it has not
been done can be charged only to the greed
of the companies which increase their divi-
dends at the cost of endangerng the lives
of the men who work for them The say
ing is comparatively trifing and ought not
to be taken into account when human life
is involved,
Ia Great Britain statistics are annually
collected and published showing the mum
Der and cause of railroad casualties. The
figures for 1887 show that out of every
29,000000 passengers carried one was
killed, while one employee out of 500 lost
his life. In the matter OF injuries, one of
every 200 workmen was hurt, though
among the passengers injury resulted to
only one in 100000 These figures prove
couclusively that in England much less
caro- is taken for the lives Of the employees
than for those Of the railroad patrons 1t
is probable that our roads are operated no
better than those of the old country. Au-
tomato brakes and couplers greatly lessen
the danger; indeed, a road which would
not use them on passenger trains would
soon cease to do any of the passenger car
ryIug business, if there were another line
in tue vicinity. The poor laborer has the
right to demand reasonable protection at
the hands of his employer, and the en-
ployer who refuses that reasonable request
ought not to be permitted to do business,
1t is doubted that the outcome of this ac-
ton at Hartford will be a congressional
law on the subject; but the railway en-
ployees have the power to compel yield
ing to their demand; they can refuse to
work for a railway company which will not
offer the relief sought.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

tons of iron. The Scotchman naturally de-
nornces our tariff: but the American loses
the most by it. II the Scotchman's profit
is 81 on each ton of iron he sells, our tariff
on iron will cause him to lose $40 in the
case mentioned. The iron being worth SO
a ton, the American will have lost $50 be-
cause of our tariff laws. 1t should there
fore be understood that while the Scot has
certain reason to grumble at our absurd
tariff, ct this complaint against the tariff
is distinctively an American affair and VIC
do not care particularly what the foreigner
thinks or how he is affected by our tariff
laws. 1t is to relieve Americans, not for
eigners from this Ubiquitous burden, that
the tariff is assaulted.
A little further on the same paper has the
assurance to intimate that the American
consumer does not pay the tariff tax.
Sugar is sold abroad at from to 5 cents
pound not foreign sugar only, but the ex-
ported American product. Sugar is sold in
this country at from S to Ii cents a spound.
There is tariff of 3l5 cents pound on
sugar. Who pays the tariff tax of 81
cents! Why, the American purchaser of
course; the foreigner has nothing to do
with it.
Pig iron is sold abroad at an average of
$40 ton. Pig iron is sold in this country
at ST a ton. The tariff on pig iron is nearly
81 per ton. Who pays the 81. Not the
foreigner, surely. No person on earth ex-
cept the American consumer pays this tax,
and how anyone could seriously question the
fact is incomprehensible.
An American buys 100 yards of cloth in
London at 81 a yard and pays another 500
at the custom house to get the cloth ad-
mitted. This is the tariff tax. Does the
London merchant pay that tax If he does,
he makes clear present of the cloth to the
American. Well, the American must pay
the tax, then he does so and finds he can
sell the cloth at $50 and make sufficient
profit. The middle man buys it and then
re sells tfor $780, Then the retailer sells
it for $3.50 to his American customers. Who
pays this $3.50 that has been added to the
original cost of the cloth? Any one can see
that the consumers, and they only, pay all
that is added in any way to the original cost
of an article.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
PROJECTIONS HEAVY GUNS.
The Chicago Il,ter. Ocean asks:

The Chicago Inter Ocean asks:
twill our free trade friends please answer
the question-if the tariff is a tax which the con.
sumner pays, in the form of increased price of
the tlutiable goods, why are the Sheffield cut
lers. the Welsh tin-plate makers, the Parisiau
modistes. the German plush manufacturers,
the American importers, bowling in pain as
they contemplate the provisions of the McKIN-
LEY bill:
The question constitutes protectors
heaviest artillery. We take pleasure in
answering it. The MCKINLEY bill will cut
off imports by cutting off American ex-
ports. Imports are the pay for exports ::
money does not enter into the transaction
at all. Naturally, the English, French and
German merchants do not like to stop
trading with Americans, any more than
they would like to stop trading with any
other people. But the complaints of these
foreign malcontents will be dwarfed out of
ali comparison by the just complaints
OF American exporters, who lose more
than the foreigners lose by having their
commerce stopped. One writer has illus
trated it in this way: An American farmer
has 600 bushels of surplus wheat worth, 81
per bushel. He sends the wheat to Scot
land and buys iron with it at $40 ton.
When his 100 tons of iron arrive, he finds
he must pay tariff of 45 per cent. before he
can land the iron. He must sell 45 out of the
90 tons to pay the tariff tax on the ir on
The next time he has LOCO bushels Of sur.
plus wheat to buy iron with, he will keep
back 45o bushels to pay the tariff tax and
win bring over only 50 tons of iron with
what is left The tariff causes the Scotch
man to lose the profit on 45 tons of iron;
but it causes the. American to lose the. As
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

great many other people who entertain
some very unpatriotic ideas.
Marriage does mot exist among certain
to marry might some day be regarded as
quite as much opposed to public welfare as
to marry too much.
There have been and are in short many
organizations and people who have enter
tanned and do entertain beliefs that are
prejudicial to good government, the public
welfare and the perpetuity of the United
States government, many of these have
not stopped short of resistance to consti-
tuted authority; but be it said to the credit
of this nation that in no instance have any
citizens of this country been disfranchised
for their beliefs, save in the one recent and
shameful instance of Idaho.
1t has always been thought time to act
when opinion breaks out into overt acts. 1t
has always been the proud boast of this ma
tion that men could think as they desired
without interference. 1t is the proud dis
tinction of Idaho that she consented to ad
mission to the union with a constitutional
clause DISTINGUISHING homogeneous Nor
mons, none of whom has ever believed in
polygamy enough to draw him into it;
many of whom, it may be, do not regard it
as essential; some of whom do not believe
1t at all-and w y! Because they are Nor
mons and some Mormons, not many, have
been polygamists.
! We have quoted MACAULAY's terse opin-
ion of such craftsmanship several times,
but 1t will bear repetition; "To punish a
man because he has committed crime, or
because he is believed, though unjustly tc
have committed crime, is not persecution
To punish man because we infer from
the nature of some doctrine which he holds
or from the conduct of other persons who
hold the same doctrines with him, that he
will commit crime, is persecution, and is
in every case, foolish and wicked"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

SUPERINTENDENT OF the Census PORTER,
in speaking of the census frauds in Mime
apolis, says: ''These fraudulent schedules
take all manner of forms. Families have
been swoolen to enormous size by the addi-
ton of children; the capacities of existing
houses have been taxed far beyond their
limits by the addition of families, and
houses with these contents have been in
vented by hundreds. In addition to these
palpabls frauds transents and mealers
have been enumerated at hotels and lodg-
ing houses, and employees have been emu
merated at their shops as well as in their
houses in large numbers" That describes
the registration here February last to T..
zone touch of nature makes the whole
world kin" even in fraud Which one of
the registers squealed:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
THE FORCE BILL.

When the New York delegates to the con-
stitutional convention ratified section 4. ar
ticle 1, of the constitution, they did so using
the following language:
In full confidence that the Congress will not
make or alter any regulations in this state re-
specting the times, manner and places OF hold
ing elections for Senators or Representatives,
unless the legislature of this state shall neglect
or refuse to make laws or regulations for the
purpose. or from any circumstance be incapable
of making the same, and that in those cases
such power will duly be exercised until The
legislature in this state shall make provision in
the premises,
The article of the constitution referred to
reads as follows:
The times, places and manner of holding cleo
tions for Senators and Representative shall be
prescribed in each state by the legislature
thereof; but Congress may. at any time by law,
make or alter such regulations, except as to
the plaches of choosing Senators.
This is the section which is supposed to
authorize the passage Of the LODGE bill,
which is measure aimed directly at the
south, in the interests of the Republican
party. 1t seems clear to US that the pas
sage of the bill will violate the spirit of the
constitution, as shown by the language in
which the New York delegation ratified
the section, though the letter of the con-
stitution implies that there may be cases
in which Congress may interfere. These
cases are only two in number, according to
the understanding of the delegates at the
time of ratifying the constitution. These
times are when the state refuses, fails, or
is unable to provide the necessary ma
chinery for elections. We, therefore, look
with apprehension upon this violation Of
the spirit of our Magma Charta
The main features of the bill are that in
any district or city of more than 5000 in
habitants, upon the application of one hun
dred persons "claiming to be citizens and
qualified voters,' Congress will take charge
of the election machinery in that district.
Three supervisors, only two of whom shall
be Republicans, will be appointed The re-
turns of elections conducted by the super
visors are to be canvassed by a returning
board, appointed for life, in each state by
Republican CT cult judges, also to consist of
two Republicans and one member of some
other party. No check upon fraud is pro
vided or intended. Tho measure is simply
one that, to use Speaker REEDS words,
will enable the Republican party to do its
own registration counting and certifcation
The bill is revolutionary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

One OF the reasons assigned by Judge
Powers for resigning the craftsmanship of
the Liberal county central committee was
iil-health, yet he appeared quite robust last
evening at the theater. Mr.. FRANK DYER
peremptorily declined the position also, and
refused to give his reasons. 1t is con-
fidently asserted that no decent man in the
Liberal party can be found to accept tire
place, so disguised are they with the rotten
ness of Liberal methods. 1t is barely pos
sible also they hear the workingmea's
slogan, which is sounding their defea: on
August 4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

IF CONGRESS will pass the bill which pro-
poses to impose fine Of S, 900 or inf1ict i'm
prisonment for one year on the person who
employs the mails for the circulation of lot
terry advertising matter, the company that
buys the lottery privileges from Louisiana
for million and quarter year, will be
glad to surrender its charter The adver
tisements make the dupes, and if the news
papers cannot insert these swindling an
nouncements, there will be remarkable
falling off in the lottery receipts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

DARE THE Liberals strike off the names
of men belonging to the workingmen's
organizations If they do, they will have
bull by the horns or tiger by the tail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

Parties reDtouq from one place 10 another, ana
dessfne papers changed, should atloays 9'oeJo'7'er
Gs aceiy as present address
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

Entered at the Postoffice at Salt Lake City,
Utah. for transmission through The mails as
second class matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27

Prices Reduced all over the house for
Adults and Children.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-11-22

Prof. Koch has given to the world 4
treatise on his new cure for consump
tion and kindred diseases, and flie Bis
d,ilies OF the United States published
It Saturday, simultaneously wi III its APP
,,earance in the German medical pub
LEGATION to which he furnished it. The
Germ .ns may I've step in advance Of
uS in some branches of the healing art,
In. VIC can hold our own wi Ii them in
newspaper enterprise. It is too soon
to pass an opinion on the valne Of the
great German scientists discovery, but
! evidently has faith in the efficacy of
the new curative discovered by him.
liz treatise on the subject is modest
and remarkably lucid presentation OF
cientifc,facts derived from his research
es md experiments, which coinrcls be-
liei in his great ability AMI sincerity.
II his remedy proves all that he claims
for II, he will rank Us one of the -bene-
factors OF tho human race whose name
will never de- llarlette Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-11-22
(First publication Oct. 25.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT MARourrrr, MI

LAND OFFICE AT MARQUETTE, Mich.
October %, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settlers have fled notice
of their intention to make final proof in
support Of their claims and that said
proof will he made before the Clerk of
the Circuit Court Of Houghton county,
ut Houghton, Mich, on December LIST
1890. viz: Andrew Ehler, Hid. applica-
ton No. 5710, for the nw4 SEQ Is tip 81
n 80 W. Also Henry II, Kruger. HID.
application No 5752. for the ea of ne4
southwest quarter of northeast quar-
ter and southeast quarter of north
west quarter sec Is tip 81 n r 35 W,
Also Michael Smith, Hid application
No. 5715, for the west half OF north
west quarter, northeast quarter Of north
west quarter and northwest quarter of
northeast quarter sec 81 tp5 r IS W.
Also Matt Minzgohr, D. s. applca-
ton No 1898 for the south half Of south
half sec Is tip 81 IS W,
They name the following witnesses
to prove their continuous residence up-
on and cultivation Of said land, viz /:
Matt Minzgohr, Joseph Keller, Michael
Smith, Andrew II. Krueger, Andrew
Ehler, and Henry r. Kruger. all Of
Lizard, Mich.
GEo A. ROYCE, Register.
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OF HEARING.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,

On
COUNTY OF BARAGA. 3d.
At session Of the Probate Court for said
County, held ut the Probate office, In the
Village OF EAnse on the nth day Of NOvein:
Der In the year one thousand .cight hundred
and p ninety Present Edwin {. Mason Judge
In. the matter of the estate Of Joseph
Gauthicr, Deceased
On r,,,ding and filing the petition, duly YER
flied, Of Joseph Gauthicr Jr. Praying that an
order Of the Probate court he made deterinin
Ing who are the lawful heirs and entitled to
the real estate Of said Joseph Gauthier.
ThcrcnpOn II Il ordered, that Tuesday, the
18th day Of December next ut ten O'clock in
the. forenoon, be assigned for the heOring Of
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Of said Decreased, aud all other persons inter-
csted in said estate, are required to appear ut
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thu. Probate office. IN the Village Of I'Anse
prayer Of the petitioner should not
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published IN the L'Ansc SENTINr.ls y news
paper printed and circulated In safd-tp!ilty,
tlirec successive wtcks previous 10 said day
IA frnsropya EDWIN l.. MASON.
lSEAI.J Judge of Probate.
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HOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between
Hngl, Nesbitt and John @. MCGOWAN,
dealers in hardware at Baraga, Baraga
county. Michioan. under the tirm name
OF Nesbi.t e. MCGOWAN, is this dav dis
solved by mutual consent. Said Nesbitt
is by the terms OF said dissolution to
receive and receipt for all sums due or to
become due said firm, and il also to pay
all debts and liabilities of the same.
Dated this 25th day,ot September, 1890.
HUGH NEsBIrT,
Et.. JOHN G. MCGOWAN.