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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08
VINO WE'RE rng rRAIroRsl

VIZ have proved by the returns Of
the election published In All the papers,
that n considerable number Of profess.
ing Republicans, while voting for
former Liberals" who were on the
Republican ticket, scratched the "Nlor'
NOM names on that ticket and voted
for the straight "Libefals."
The lowest vote cast on tho Repub-
llcsn ticket In this city, was SsS for
Harrington, mormon" and the high
est, Az for Kimball, ex."Iibefal'
Here II n difference of7i How many
former "Llbcrals" who Joined the l,c-
publicnns went back ON their loalty
entirely and voted the whole "Libcfap
ticket, we do not know, bat have no
doubt there was quite number. We
believe this because that Is an Old
"Llbcral" method. The figures Of the
municipal election at which four
"Gentiles" were put on the
fusion ticket, with tho understanding
that tho whole ticket was TO b. sup
ported by both partlcs, proved beyond
contradiction that hundreds u "Lib'
erals" voter for the four "Gcntilcs"
and scratched the fest OF the ticket In
favor Of "1iibcals."
IL cannot be proven that any "Mor.
mon" Republican was untrue to his
party or voted for men Of his own
faith and rejected others. What bad
faith there was Ia the Republican
ranks was displayed by former "Llbcr.
ais, I" aud the figures prove II beyond
truthful contradiction.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08
THE McKISLRi BILL

J. r.. HuSsoa, of Macon, Ga, In the
New YORK World, discussc. tho Me.
Kinley bill ln new light While ho
admits that It has been productive Of
much Injury to The country, lac con-
tcnds that " II IL maintained, and pro.
lection made n standing policy Of the
nation, tho result will be good. lie
says that tho vast q Quantities Of goods
purchased In Europe by American i'm.
pofters imm, diately before the bill was
passed, added TO our foreign remit.
lance, and these affected adversely our
trade balance. However, he holds
that It Is problematlcal question
whether this contrlbu ted In any way
10 the financial string ency prevailing
since last winter.
MIR. Hun-on contends that tho eloc.
tlons last fall did more than anything
obe to discourage capital, and TO un.
settle the trade OF the country. He
Gays that whether protection IA to DO
the policy Of the country or not, no
prudent man Is willingto make invest.
ments hasvd upon given policy In u
country that does not know its own
mind two years at time. lilo thinks
the charges made against tho Mgltin-
ley bill last fall for partisan purposes,
did much TO disturb tho popular mind
about industrial aud economic Issues.
Now that many OF these charges have
been diaproyud, n react on Is likely 10
set In which may urge 10 tho other
extreme.
The reciprocity feature Of the bill he
states meets with the appreciation Of
both freetraders aud protectionists, and
adds.
"if we can soil To Spanish. America as
much "a. we buy from her, this change la
our trade balance will, OF itsoli, solve the
question Of a permanent supply Of gold.
oar FREQ trade friends arc telling tho
people daily that We can never soil to for.
olgn nailonsunloss We buy from them, aud,
by inference at least, maintain that our
foreign snlo, are In proportion to our
foreign purchases from each nation. As
maitor Of fact, for ten years past, We
hayo bought from Spnniah.Amorica one
hundred millions annually moro than We
have sold hor, consequently, We have
been compelled to take annually during
this period ono hundred millions OF
gold obtained from manufacturing
Europe and send It south In settlement
Of our excessive spani,h-Amerlcan pur-
chases."
T.. G. Cheney, OF New Hampshire,
writing ON the same subject, also In
the World, explains that the three
hinges on which the Mckinley bill
hangs arr tho timed plate, the sugar
aud the reciprocity clauses. They
were tho subject Of the most violent
opposition while the bill was under
discussion. Even the bi,terest OPP
ponents Of this measure admitted at
that time that n these three clauses
brought the results promised by IL
friends, the bill would be accepted by
the people at large as both wise and
benencent.
TIN, sugar aud reciprocity are now
on trial, and before another congress
sioual election takes place something
definite will be known as to the 10.
suit The opinion prevails among
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

party. That was Intended from the first
that was expected from the Commission
by the administration"
That Il an admission OF n great
wrong and an assumed disgraceiul
policy to Justify II. The Commission
appointed MI the registrars from among
n very small minority Of the voters.
This, no doubt, was Expected from
the first" by the 7rDune gang that has
run the Commission, hut We deny the
charge against the government, which
IL not responsible for the sbameiully
partisan policy pursued. Neither is the
law responsible ioF IT,
"Propcr perons" are not bitter, I'M
pfincipled, lmpuduni aud defiant par
tlsan-. The law Is not complied with
by their appointment II the Terri
tory had been hunted over for improper
persona 10 be- entrusted with the work
required, no worse selections could
have been made than some Of tho per.
sons picked out.
The Tribune says that our complaint
II that the Commission DID not appoint
"Mormcn" registrar. Of coune we
do not expect the N 5iHo ever TO tell
the truth, except by accident Our
complaint was that instead Of public
officers who were responsible 10 the
people aud under heavy bonds a. the
law provided, tho Commission ap.
pointed private persons, responsible 10
nobody, who did as they pleased. That
body could Just a. well appoint
public officers whose position isa guar.
Anty Of good service and who are under
bonds TO do their duty.
Sowith tho officers 10 hear aud de-
tefmine objections 10 voters. The law
provided that Justices Of the
Peace should decide such cases.
From their decisions there Il
m appeal 10 tho higher courts. The
Commission made their irresponsible
and pariian registrars courts 10 de.
termine matters Ia which their own
conduct was In question and from
whose decisions there Is no appeal.
The 7ribuHo wants 10 charge all this
10 the law, when Il IL a violation Of
the law. There are some defects In
tho law, but these owls are not charge.
able to the law but TO the Commission
In falling 10 DO governed By the law.
Non."Mormon" officers could be
found 10 do the registration work and
other nom" mormon" oiiiccr, TO hear
the objections, n the Commission dc.
sired 10 ind them, who would not be-
tools Of tho "LlbcTal' faction and who
would be properly appointed "undor
the laws Of the United States and OF
this Territory" instead Of under Glib.
rral" regulations and "Libcral" die.
tAiion.
What we want, and all we are after,
IL n roflrph In these things 20 that, for
once before tho Commission goes out
Of power, We may have a fair aud free
election In this city. The manner In
which cur election affairs have been
conducted since they were manipulate.
ed by that body, has been n burlrsquc
upon the popular voice aud mookery
Of tho rights II the people.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

There was a queer case ofhold.up the
other night In this city. A young
man WAS going home late when within
half block OF his house hc was held
up by aman with a pistol. The young
man had pistol OF his own In bis
hand aud pointed It at the Vould.bo
hold mp, in turn asking him what ho
wanted. The hold.up lowered his
weapon and said, "would you please
give mo MY cents to find nights
lodgingg" The young man was badly
frightened, and gave him the flity
cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08
TnE ONO CONTEST.

No MORE important or closely
watched State campaign has ever oc-
Cured la tho United States than will
that bc which IL about to open IN Ohio.
II Il, In fact, the compression Of a IN.
tlonal battle Within the lines Of a sin.
gle State, not only as relates 10 ISSUES,
hut IN the matter Of the personnel Of
the contest also; Tor the result, what.
ever II may be, will probably make a
Presidential candidate on one side aud
unmAkcono on the other.
The Republican candidate, Major
William Mckinley, Ia one of the beet
known aud most talked Of men In the
Quilted States. His name has perhaps
been In every mouth, capable Of pro.
nouncing II, In tho country within the
present year. As the author Of tho
now famous tariff bill which bears his
name, ho has sprung into a position 10
conspicuous that not even his defeat
for Congress last fall could overcome
the pressure which made him tho
standard bearer Of his party In tho
Ohio campaign.
That measure has also earned for hlm
the sobrlquet Of the "Napoloon Of pro.
lection" designation which
derives additional appropriateness
from the fact that, with tho
exception OF physical proportions,
there isa decided resemblance between
the Major and the Little Corporal"
1.-The should win tho goyernorshlp--
aud y mighty effort win be- put forth
by his party aud himself to that end
his chances for the Republican Pres.
dental nomination next year viii hold
a place no further down the scale than
third. President Harrison aud Srcfe-
tary Blaine might, even with n sue.
ces-ful outcome TO the Ohio contest,
hold the vantage ground as against
Mr.. Mckinley; hut n their forces
should be - irreconcllably divided
that they would defeat each other,
and the taking up OF some other man
thus become necessary, that MIR. Me.
Kinley would with tho prestige stated
be- that other, there seems no reason.
able doubt.
The Democratic nominee Is the pres.
eut Incumbent Of the gubernatorlal
chair James T., Campbell, Two years
ago lac defeated Governor Foraker after
the latter had been elected anI r.. elect.
ed anu nominated for q third term. II
Is only proper 10 any that the third
term Idea did not operate against Mr..
Foraker rs 1t did against President
Grant aud that he went down ia a
straight party fight for supremacy, in
which the great popularity Of his oppo.
nent figured largely,
Whether this popularity remains in
the same degree or not, II Is hard to
tell, for, while the GOVERNOR adj.
ministraliun has been admittedly
clean and free from all faint
otjobbery or political pcttiogging, It
should DO borne in mind that he has
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08
KANSAS AND HER CROPS.

MIR, MoLNRR secretary OF the State
board OF Agriculture In Kansas, has
Issued avery catering report OF tho
crop situation in that state. lie e..
Inmates the total product OF wheat Ion
the current year at 55,0ll, 900 bushel.
corn,at 10000, 900 bushels, ana oats a.
80 OOo,OoJ, After deduc,lng Tor seed,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

Captain Lawler and Captain An.
drcws, the gentlemen who aro now
bmvlng the brcozos Of the Atlantic In
little dories, have been heard from.
Both met the steamer "Quecnmore" In
the Atlantic, and both forwarded let
tes TO friends 10 Boston. I.Awlct was
10 miles ahead Of Andrews. He ex-
pceted to reach England IN iorty.nyo
days.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

Mexico Is to have a new coinage.
Tho metals to bo used are gold, silver,
copper and brass. The monetary unit
is 10 be the silver dollar OF y grammes
ani ~ mlllignmmcs, 1881 900 fine.
The fractional currency will consist OF
silver coins Of the denomination OF 8,
10 aud 20 cent plucea.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

Owen CLARK. aged slNty.Ave, Of
Cleveland, o., on the eth Inst. sum.
moned lawyer and dictated to him a
viii, bequca,hlng his fortune OF 100000
TO Mrs. Murphy, Clark ncSt visited
Mrs. Murphy, aud both went to
clergyman TO get married. While the
ceremony was being performed Clark
dropped dead. II Is said that he antici.
pated his death, because he promised
his first wife on her death bed he
would never marry again.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

Marshal Bazainc was appointed to
the chief command Of the French army
at Metz, August sth, 1870. ON October
eth following he surrendered to the
Germans with $4,000 men.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

Reports Of the most savage kind Of
barbarity come from Chill. Tho
toFtures Of the lnquisitlon are being
prac,iced by Balmaceda and his agents
In order obtain information. At
least this is what one says who Tough,
on the opposite side.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

. Charles A. Dana, Of the New York
Sun celebrates his seveuty.second birth
day today. lie was born Augu,t sth,
1919.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

General Miles Of the U. \. Army
was born August S, 1899. This is his
finy.second birthday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

Il is said that senators Quay and
Cameron are ready to turn the Penn
sylvania delegation over to Blaine In
fguu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

1t is reported that decided shock Of
earthquake was felt at Charleston, ;.
g., on Wednesday nirht, the 18th.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

John schaner died at the Indian.
apolls poor farm on the 9Th Inst. lie
was once well to do, but differences
between him and his family caused
him To leave them aud 20 TO work
around tho city an a labcrer. His
property be lott In the hands Of his
wife and sons. Though property
owner he has been In the poor house
for several months, hut not recorded az
rauper. Monday he was taken seri.
ously III, and his wife and sons were
notified, but they refused to 10 near
him. They were notified Of his death,
but still refused to take any interest In
him. Yesterday the undertaken made
three trips to the house, but each time
he found the door locked against him.
As sohatler is not paupor, the county
refuses to bury him and the under.
takcr will not perform the office be.
cause schaner's family win not bear
the EXPENSES.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

An interesting item Of news Is In
circulation relating 10 ox.President
Cleveland and his beautiful wife. For
several months the Kodak flend has
been trying TO get n shot at Mrs.
Cleveland, but No far has absolutely
failed. She Ia not visible Mt bathing
places nor at fashionable resorts Of any
kind. II is, however, confident stated
thatsone now acquisition In the shape
Of n baby carriage aud other trinkets
viii soon grace the Cleveland house
hold. Perhaps those indignant Demo
Gratis and cynical Republicans who
commented on Cloyeland's refusal 10
stump Ohio, win nos sec tho error of
their hasty criticisms. Grover Is all
right. His head and heart are both In
their proper places. And notwith.
standing Charles a. Danaa repug.
nance to the Cleveland family, there ia
a possibility OF Grover Jr. to mortify
the New YORK Sun.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

George Canning, English states-
man, died Augusts. 1881.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08

The production OF oil In Russia Is
said to have been 2s,s22,O 900 BARRELS
last year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-09
Mexican Stupidity.

On the tramway between the towns
of Zacatecas and Guadalupe in Mex
leo, which are few miles apart, the
way from Zacatecas is down grade.
The cars go at great speed by their
own gravitation; no animals are at
tached, for the descent is as steep as a
toboggan slide. It requires six mules,
however, to draw each car back again.
The animals are harnessed three
abreast, like the horses in the Paris
omnibuses. Even the projectors of
the tramway had no fixed idea as to
how it should be operated, and an
American overseer has been in charge
from the beginning. The cars were
ordered from Philadelphia, and while
they were being built, the steel rails,
which came from Liverpool by way
of Vera Cruz were laid down from
one end of the route to the other.
When the cars arrived, it was found
that they would not run on the track,
as the rails had been laid on a gauge
three inches narrower than that for
which the cars were designed. The
Mexicans, in their ignorance, saw but
one way out Of the difficulty; that
was, to rebuild the cars, make the
bodies narrower, and cut off the axle
trees to fit the gauge of the rails. The
present superintendent, a practical
American engineer, was in Zacatecas
at the time, and took in the state OF
affairs at glance He offered for
five hundred dollars to show the
owners how to get over the trouble
without altering an article on the cars.
The money was paid and with twenty
men and proper tools the American
took up few rods of the track. made
gauge for the rest, and in one day
had the cars running over the short
distance. The managers of the road
at once put the American in charge.
and he has held the position ever
since
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who was in his clutches, apologized
and conducted the reverend gentleman
through "the bad bit Of land;" of Mac
donald and Jamison, the chiefs who long
defed the law, but at length were taken
and hanged together, and at whose exc
cution all the military in the country
were paraded for fear of a rescue; there
was no rescue, and finding themselves
doomed to certain death, they bribed the
hangmen "to make q good job" of Jean
Gordon. who sheltered in her barn and
preserved from all harm gentleman
who had once been kind to her; Of Matt
Baltic, who, reproved by a woman of his
tribe for plundering d gentleman who
had given her sixpence, invited the in
jured person to his tent, placed twenty
or thirty stolen purses before him and
asked him to pick out his own, then
counted the money TO make sure the
count was correct, remarking, "See
among what honest people you have
fallen:" of Charley Graham, who gave a
poor widow the money to pay her rent,
and robbed her landlord of it as he was
taking it home, and, returning, gave her
a receipt in full for the money he had
loaned her
We know the English and Scottish
gypsies better than any other country.
for, although the gypsies have no litera-
ture of their own, more attention has
been given them in these two countries
than elsewhere The persistence of this
remarkable people in their habits of life
for 400 years at least since they ap-
peared in Europe is one of the strangest
incidents in history. They are now
found everywhere; it is believed that not
less than 100000 are in Europe alone,
to say nothing of those in the United
States, in Canada, South America AT
riea, and Australia. They are abundant
in all parts of Asia, are found even in
China and Siam, and are everywhere the
same. Wherever the climate permits
they live in tents, are always wanderers,
always outcasts, and the preservation of
their language, of their habits, of what
we may call a certain national individu
ality, is nothing less than a sociological
miracle.
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GETTING SUPPER.
themselves hard pushed, res orted to this |

themselves hard pushed, resorted to this
tract as a refuge. and in considerable
numbers banded themselves together,
both for their own defense and for pur-
poses of robbery. They formed for
many years the wost class of outlaws,
having regular organization, with
chiefs. pass words, pickets, detectives,
and spies in all neighboring towns and
villages. They even granted passes for
travellers. who often secured immunity
from foot-pads and highwaymen by cul-
tivating an acquaintance with the gypsy
chief and obtaining written pass or
some token which was at once respected
It was also a popularity of gypsy life
that the wanderers adopted the manners
and language of the people amoeg whom
they settled. This was The case in Scot
land also. and manifested in a curious
way, for while the Scottish gypsies spoke
in the broad brogue of whatever country
they lived in, they also adopted the
Scottish clannishness. and the bands of
rival chiefs soon became as hostile as
any set of clans in the Highlands. so that
their feuds and battles made them I'M
comfortable neighbors. Many of the
Scottish gypsy chiefs were men of I'M
daunted courage, and with their thievish
dispositions were also characterized by
occasional curious fits of generosity.
In their way they were notable char
acterS, and in the annals of South Scot
land are many gypsy stories-of Will
Faa, who was about to rob the minis
ter OF the parish, but on learning
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black art, their pretended gift of proph-
ecy, all made them dreaded by the coun-
try people, who were afraid to complain
of them to the authorities and thus ena-
bled them in many districts to enjoy a
comparative immunity. Nor were they
entirely without their uses, for they car
ried many, though humble, arts to Sc
cluded parts of the country, and for this
reason, too, were protected or at least
not prosecuted in the remoter rural dis
tricts Near the cities and towns. how
ever, they suffered severely. Hundreds
were arrested, the men were hanged, the
women and children drowned, for no
other crime than that of their birth, as
in not few instances the sole record is
something like that made in Norwich IN
1882: "III men were hanged and one
woman and two children drowned for be-
ing Egyptians.
The seventies passed upon them had
the effect Of driving them north, and in
Scotland for long time they found
shelter Even here, however, they at
length fell into disgrace, presumably on
account of scandalous adventure OF
James Y This monarch was fond OF
proving about at night among his sub
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you are certain to never get its full
value.
1t is even believed that the abode of
the gypsies in Eastern Europe long an
tedated this worthy father and some
writer's on the subject do not scruple to
state that among the wanderers and
Migrants expelled at almost regular in
tervals from Rome. Constantinople, and
other large cities of the Roman Empire,
we may recognize the gypsies by the
description of groups Of men black as
Tartars, who worked at the forge, were
good dancers, were skilled in music, and
were accompanied by thievish women
who looked into the palms of credulous
persons to foretell their future" The
description is toIeraDly true to nature,
and makes it almost certain that the
gypsies came from the East, perhaps by
the way of Egypt, long time before
they made their appearance in Western
Europe, and also that they always eX-
hibited the same character of feature,
and practiced the same employments
which have ever since distinguished
them.
On their first coming into Western
Europe the wandering folk were almost