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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
A Merited Rebuke.

That was a well merited and manly re-
buke that Baron DE CoURcELLE admin
istered to Sir RICHARD WEBSTER on Tues
day, during the argument of counsel
upon the Behring sea controversy. The
English lawyers remark was in the ma
ture of threat, and before less dignifed
tribunal might be characterized as petit
Jogging. To say that Great Britain was
under no legal obligations to sanction by
legislation the decision of that tribunal,
was to. render the whole proceedings
puerile. 1t also covertly conveyed an i'm
pres sion designed to affect the decision in
the direction of favor to that country.
The Baron's sharp rejoinder that "nei-
Their country party to this arbitration can
break its word and reject any award made
by this tribunal both in manner and
matter was emphatic and to the point. If
the parties to the arbitration did not in
tend to hold themselves bound by its de-
cision, what was the use OF submitting to
it. And if the obligation to abide by the
ruling was moral, was it not also legal,
even if no express stipulation to that
effect was made part of the written agree
ment?
Arbitration, whether it be international
or merely local, is OF little positive value
unless it becomes legally binding upon
the parties If they can break its de-
cision at Will, The moral obligation sup
posed to exist will have small effect. Ar
bitration has been so much of farce
many times because of the absence Of this
legal obligation to abide by it, that it is
looked upon in many places as very much
of failure.
The Behring sea tribunal is very i'm
portant arbitration court. The President
was right in saying 'sWe are conducting
serious business" The eyes of the world
are upon it, and not only the settlement
of the particular dispute under considera-
ton is involved, butindirectly the princi-
pie OF international arbitration, and the
fate of great nations may be at stake. Ii
this tribunal proves successful, it will
encourage and promote arbitration In
future contentious, and may thus smooth
the way to higher conditions when the
arbitrament of the sword will be obsolete
and the nations will study war no more.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
Another New Swindle.

THE HERALD has exposed several
swindling schemes devised to entrap the
unwary farmer and others not SO familiar
with the wicked world as people are who
dwell in cities. The cloth peddler, the
lightning rod striker, the check passer
and other frauds who impose on the YER
dant rustic, have been held up to view
and their tricks ventilated. Some good
has been effected through the warnings
that have been given, but occasionally
we hear of people being victimized who
are SO smart that they do not need to read
or take notice of the newspapers.
A new dodge or more properly speaking
an old scheme revived, is the travelling
preacher swindle. 1t is worked in this
way: The victim selected is well to do
farmer of religious turn of mind in a
remote place. a respectable looking
man, passing himself as a minister OBJ
tains accommodations for the night, en-
tiers into religious conversation and
keeps it mp late.
A runaway couple come after dark TO
the house in hurry, and want to know
where they can get the services of a
magistrate or minister to join them in
marriage, as they are strangers in the
place and do not know where to find one.
A plausible story is told to account for
the haste. The farmer thinks of the
guest in the house, the preacher is intro
duced and a marriage ceremony is per-
formed.
The farmer and his wife are requested
10 sign the marriage certificate as wit
nesses. The fee is paid, the parties re-
tire, the preacher settles his bill, if a
charge is made, in the morning, and
everything appears to pass off satisfac-
torily.
After awhile the farmer receives notice
OF note of his for thousand dollars or
more, which is due az bank that has
discounted his paper. He hurries to OBJ
tain an explanation, and when he sees
his signature aud that OF his wife If
dawns upon him that the "certifcate,,
they signed was promissory note.
No prudent person will sign anything
without reading it first. BY following a
rule to that effect great deal of trouble
will be avoided. In signing notes or fill
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

lie, the tunnel scheme has never material
lied and continental tourists still have to
roll upon the deep to get from England to
France.
A daring proposition is now seriously
made to bridge the channel, and it is be-
ing favored by some of the very papers
which opposed the tunnel. If the French
and English governments can be induced
to support the project, the longest bridge
in the world will be soon under construc-
ton.
1t will be twenty miles in length and
rest upon ninety-two piers. The route
chosen is in direct line from South Fore
land on the English shore to Cape Blanc
Nez on the French side. 1t is to be very
solid structure and the estimated cost is
no less than S240. 200. COOS 1t win take
from ten to twelve years to complete 1t
with the aid of the latest inventions in
machinery.
The piers of solid masonry will have to
be of immense strength to resist the
pressure OF the waves and are to measure
one twelfth of the entire distance. In
the construction of the caissons COM
pressed air will be applied. and thirty-one
of the piers must reach depth of forty
feet. The spans will be all the way from
300 to / 800 feet and the hight above water
! level about 200 feet. It is to be of cast
iron and double track with walks on
each side protected by iron rails is pro-
posed.
! The Channel Bridge and Railway com
pany is the title of the association formed
to effect the enterprise. 1t means bust
ness and will push for concessions from
both governments. The advantages over
the tunnel project are many while the
cost will be very much greater. In case
OF war the bridge could be much more
easily blocked, there would be no diff
culties about ventilation and smoke, and
accidents would not be as terrible as in q
long tunnel. The obstructionsto naviga-
ton which the bridge would offer is
one of the objections urged against
it. But with modern means Of illumina-
ton danger at night could be greatly
avoided and the immense spans of the
larger arches would mitigate the evil.
Still il must be admitted that to sailing
vessels the bridge would offer some diff
culties considering the rough waters OF
the channel.
The company is reported to,be finan-
cially sound and it is believed that when
the concurrence of the two governments
is obtained the necessary funds will be
forthcoming and the finest bridge ever
built will span the space between Eng
land and France and render the now OBJ.
noxious trip veritable travellers de-
| light.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
An AudaciOus Project.

The little trip from England to France.
whether from Dover to Calais, Folk
stone to Boulogne or any other route, is
q terror to many travellers because of the
aggravated NAL dc nasr which comes from
the rolling OF packet ships on choppy
seas. 1t takes strong stomach and
ocean experience to resist the deathly
sensation.
A tunnel under the channel has been
several times projected, its feasibility
demonstrated and money subscribed for
the undertaking. But through an alb
surd fear of French invasion and other
obstacles raised to scare the British pub
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
RennhIican Sonhistry.

Republican papers are copying from
New York daily, which is trying to re-
pair the broken fortunes of the Repub-
ican party, some figures intended to
country, financially, and the evils result
ing from Democratic rule. Here is
sample:
The balance Of trade for the first four
months following the MCKINLEY act,
ssas result of Republican policy" was
S53, 546, 1886 in our favor. For the first
four months, of 1898, sas a result of
prospective Democratic policy" s36, 233,
91S against us.
Here are figures which do not lie, but
there also is some barefaced and
deliberate lying by the aid of those fig
ures. We will not dispute the accuracy
of the data, and it would seem to be
work OF supererogation to show the in
accuracy of the argument based upon
them. But these repeated bits of soph-
istry ought not to go unexposed, because
there are many people who do not stop to
think and swallow figures and falsehoods
at one gulp.
Now is it probable that ''the balance Of
trade'' would be Immediately affected by
the passage of the MCKINLEY bill? Is it
not more likely that the effects of that
measure would be felt and seen after it
came into full operation? and if
there are any evil results from
it on trade and commerce, will they not
now be apparent seeing that the measure
is now in fnll force?
On the other hand, as the only finan-
cial and tariff policy in operation is that
devised and imposed upon the country by
Republican legislation, do not the figures
cited for the first four months of 1893
show the results of Repu blican policy?
1t is shameful that the ingenuity ex-
hibited in this arrangement of figures
should be SO prostituted to an evil pur-
pose. And it is equally shameful that
papers purporting to enlighten the peo-
pie should lend themselves to the work of
deception for partisan purposes. 1t is
impossible to think they are so dense as
to be themselves deceived by such trans
parent trickery.
The idea OF the balance of trade being
turned to the tune of number of mil
lions, not by actual, existing, active agen-
cies, but by what is termed ''prospec-
tive'' policy! Here is the country under
the operation of tariff regulations and
the results directly traceable to those reg
ulations, which of necessity must be the
cause, and rational people are asked to
believe that those results are the effects of
something that has no practical existence.
the prospective policy" of the Dem
ocratic party is yet q theory, while the
policy OF the Republican party is con-
dition. The condition of today is the d.
rect result of the policy we are under,
which is Republican policy, not pros
pective or past, but present and operative,
bringing every day its natural and inev-
liable effects.
To charge these upon the Democratic
party that has yet been able to make no
change Of policy, but is simply carrying
into effect, as it is bound to do, the laws
and regulations established by Republi-
can rule and policy, is the very essence of
dishonesty and the acme of irnpudence.
It is Republican politics, and that ex-
presses the whole idea.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
The Plateau Difficulty.

There are at least two sides to every
question. The public have been treated
to one side of the Plateau trouble in Mesa
county, Colorado, through the Geographic
press reports. They ought to be made
acquainted with the other.
According to the dispatches from Colo
RADIO there is danger of war in that
county between the sheep men and the
cattle men and settlers. There has been
talk of sending troops to prevent the
sheep men from committing further dep
relations. Mormors from Utah were re-
ported as bringing in arms and ammuni-
ton and bloodshed was said to be inevita-
BILE. All this as the consequence of sheep
innovations and sheep mem s lawlessness.
a gentleman who has lived in the
Plateau valley for thirty years explains
the trouble in this way: That county
was first settled and improved by cattle
owners. For seven years they held the
whole region and took their choice of the
land. Horses and cattle were brought in
until the valley was overstocked. It is a
poor winter range. 1t became nearly
eaten out before sheep were brought in.
Many of the stockmen sold out and
bought sheep. Settlers were invited to
come in and help build up the country.
Some Utah men took sheep in there and
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them, purchasing all of their supplies in
the county and interfering with no set
tiers rights or property.
Much of Mesa county is mountainous
and rugged and is suitable for sheep graz
ing. The sheep men who live there find
no fault with the Utah sheep men. But
some of the stock raisers want to drive the
latter from the valley and they have re-
sisted those efforts. They are represented
as law abiding and industrious people and
merely standing up for their rights.
1t is an old story revived. There is a
perpetual conflict between sheep men and
cattle men when they try TO carry on
their business In the same region. They
cannot both flourish together. Sheep eat
out the ranges, there is no doubt, and
horses and cattle have to retire where
sheep take possession.
But there is no reason why the hills and
rough places unfit for cattle ranges should
not be occupied by sheep herds. This
antagonism between the two classes is
unnecessary. The country is wide
enough for both and each ought to be fair
to the other. When it comes to driving
sheep men by force from the country, the
dispute is being carried too far aud self
defence is natural and iustifable.
The matter ought to be investigated be-
fore any decided action is taken by the
civil authorities. Rumor is always an
unsafe guide. If anybody's rights have
been invaded by Utah men or Colorado
men, whether they be sheep herders or
cattle owners, the difficulty should be
settled by the law and anything like re-
sort to arms. should be promptly sun
,>-assed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
adjectiYes

Mr.. CLEVELAND is again adopting
measures to reduce his flesh. He weighs
$50 pounds, and has been taking prac-
tically no exercise since his Inauguration.
He rides little in carriage, but outside
the White House he is never seen on foot
in Washington. His constitution is very
robust, and he has strained it almost to
its furthest tension by his arduous seden-
tary labors extending far into the small
hours of night; but his work is now tell
ing on him, and although his health is
not such as to give serious alarm, his
friends feel that he should husband his
nhYsicaI mowers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

SEVERAL MONTHS ago some fifty lead
ing families of Evanston, ILL.,, organized
cooperative housekeeping association,
and had their meals cooked in one big
kitchen. The project did not work, and
all had to go back to the old system. But
the girls who had lost their places when
the scheme was inaugurated now refused
to return, and. besides, they are using
their influence to keep others from taking
employment at the boycotted homes. The
result is that ladies are doing their own
work, and husbands and fathers are ex-
tending their customary vocabulary OF
adiectiyes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22


which was supposed to be on the brink of
death, turns out to be full of spirit.
Hatchet: 1t is truthfully remarked that
the tramp probably puts more sole into
his profession than many men of even
higher aspirations.
Troy Press: You perhaps wouldn't
think so to look at it, but almost any
musician will tell you that the stick beats
the drum all hollow.
Troy Press: Ours seems to be about
the only nation OF any consequence whose
standing doesn't depend upon the main
tenance OF a war footing.
Washington Star: You may think that
the young man who is delivering the
valedictory looks pleased and proud; but
you ought to see his mother.
Yonker's Statesman: Now, he's
what I call an all round athlete, - said
Crimsonbeak when he discovered young
Splinter with his arms about his daugh-
ter.
Detroit Free Press: A steely blue eye
is said to indicate a covetous disposition,
while a black eye frequently indicates
that its possessor got more than he
| wanted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE BoLIvIANs are to have only to the
end of this month to change their cur
rency system. When bank notes were
first issued in their country, it became
customary to tear them into pieces for
small money, so that whole bank note
is seldom seen there. By decree lately
issued the fractional currency will not be
received after the above date, and the
banks in consequence are undergoing a
pressure OF business in the nature OF a
run
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE POSTMASTER at Dallas. n. c., is
named PAsoUR, and he has served three
years without any complaint up to this
time Now, however, letter has been
fled at the department in Washington
which recites that she wears neither coat,
vest, socks nor shoes at this season of the
year, This double discounts JERRY
SIMPSON. If PAsoUR is not an offensive
partisan, where shall one be found?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

ing up checks care should be taken to SO
make them ont that it will be difficult
matter to add to the figures, or the words
representing figures, in the body of the
document. This is an age of fraud, when
education aids the rogue and the sharp
ness of wit devises new ways to deceive.
Its never safe to sign anything one does
not fully understand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

READING THE accounts OF the snail-like
progress of the cowboy race from Chad
ron, Neb., TO Chicago, recalls the procla-
nation of Governor ALTGELD, declaring
he would "not permit the laws Of Illinois
to be trampled under foot" The pros
pect of anything being very hurriedly
"tromped on" by the crowbaits in this
undertaking does not appear to require
calling out the troops.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE RAILWAY now being built at Get
tysburg cuts through the lines of battle
on the famous field where so many soldiers
laid down their lives. The commission
sent by Secretary LAMONT to Investigate
the matter urges prompt measures to sup
press further vandalism until the govern
ment decides what to do in the matter,
and the power to interfere is now being
examined into.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
seem that now is good time to quit this
dangerous business.

LowLANDER's GREAT beat in the Sleeps
head Suburban races viii be the topic of
horse talk for some time. All the talent"
favored Lamplighter, which animal came
in third, whilst Tersifers selling in the
pools at 80 to 1. got place as second.
Lowlander was quoted at Is to l in the
odds. All of which shows that horses. as
well as white men, are mighty oncer-
tain >,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

SENATOR EDMUNDs unhesitatingly
declares that the operation of the SHEER
NAN law helped to bring about the
present financial crisis. In this he
differs sensibly with those Republicans
who claim that the hard times are due to
the election Of CLEVELAND.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

FEW PEOPLE know that a retired officer
of the U. S. A. who is still on the pay
rolls is serving life sentence in an Eng
lish prison for murder. The officer is
Capt. w. C. MINOR, and his quarterly
salary of $500 is paid to legally appointed
conseryator. So far as known no Ameri-
can has been permitted to see the convict
since he was placed in criminal asylum,
Anril. 1872.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
GET A move ON YOU,

Time isn't standing still, and you must
keep pace with it, or be out altogether.
It's summer now, and it's time to select
fashionable clothing. Our rightly made
clothes fit stout and slim men equally
with men of regular build. Our gar
ments are suits because everyone is ex-
actly suited with what he buys-suited to
d T in every particular. Our suits are
perfect fits, correct in style, and made up
Of light cheviots, etc., the very materials
most suitable for the summer season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

RHODE ISLAND is still in the throes OF a
legislative deadlock, the old system of
ruling in one house by the landed pro-
prietors, who apportion ont their real es-
tate under the property qualification,
still prevailing and producing political
condition in opposition 20 the popular
vote. Connecticut and New Hampshire
are governed pretty much the same way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

The LIZZIE BORDEN trial developed
only the well-known TACT that two
worthy and aged people were brutally
killed, but threw absolutely no reliable
light upon the subject Of who committed
The mnrner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

GEN. ALGER, whilstclaiming not to be-
iieve that many pension frauds exist,
expresses himself as not unwilling to
have the pension Office overhauled and
any rnismanagenlent there is in it sum-
marily corrected. That is sensible talk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

EUROPEAN NATIONS are grabbing for
slices of Liberia, and the government of
that country is too weak to protect itself
against the foreign aggessicns. A Mesho-
dist bishop is now in Washington to ap-
peal for American assistance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

LATELY THE adjutant general of Kan
sas shipped 12-pound cannon to Mime
apol1s in that state for some making
experiments. On the 18TH, in lombard
lug the clouds the gun was prematurely
discharged, killing one person and Sc
Yercly iniuring two others. It would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

SOME OF the English papers are COM
planning about pauper immigration from
the United States, but if any of our
trsmps are over there they have not been
missed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE NAwAB of Rampur has been to
the Yosemite valley and viii soon make a
voyage to Alaska, proceeding to Oh icago
over one of the northern railroads. lie
viii. therefore. give Salt Lake the go-by.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

TIE PRINCESS OF Wales has become SO
deaf that she has to use an ear trumpet.
This is an instrument, according to
THOMAS HOOD,
Anording the deaf at a little expense
The sense Of hearing, and hearing OF sense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE NEWS from Madrid of anarchist
dynamite bomb throwing is not likely to
hasten the departure from our shores OF
the duke ard duchess OF Montpensier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

GOVERNOR RUSSELL of Massachusetts,
actually went to the Worlds fair on Sun
day. We are not surprised to hear he is
not a candidate for reelection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

WOMEN ARE now admitted to the bar
III Indiana, and may vary their household
and nursery duties by addressing the
gentlemen OF the jury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
J0tted Bv the Jokers.

Boston Courier: When mau discovers
himself to be the father of triplets he can
hardly believe his census.
st. Paul Globe: The whisky trust,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE COMPLETE official returns of the
Chinese registration show that only 1S, 14O
out of 10, 900 registered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE MExIcANs are taking steps to pre-
vent prize fighting. They draw the line
at bull-baiting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22

THE GERMAN election returns would
perhaps be more Ineligible if accom-
panied by reliable set of war maps.