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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
THE FIGURES N rlsE CASE.

The near approach of the legislative
election for this district. comprising the
whole of Salt Lake City. makes every
thing relative to the contest to come
of considerable interest to people both
within and without our municipal
boundaries. 1t is understood that the
struggle for the vacant seat will be en-
tirely between the Republican and
Democratic parties, the Liberals divid-
ing as they desire. OF course this de-
ponds on the action that will be taken
at the Liberal gathering on Monday.
The strength of the contending par
ties is a matter of much speculation,
and claims are made by the friends
Of each more or less in accordance with
their showing at the last election In
order to approximate at anything like
the correct situation. it will be neces-
sary to take the general election fig
ures to start with.
The following table shows the aver
age vote Of each party by precincts,
based upon the vote cast for members
of both Houses of the Legislature at
the election held Nov. z, 1898:
nor, ar,,NrDr-u- or, c.Ar->rf,rr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17


The suit OF George r. Peaty was
against Salt Lake city. Utah and Salt
Lake Canal company, South Jordan
Canal company, North Jordan Canal
company. and East Jordan Irrigation
company. Other suits are 10 follow.
Much was said in placing the case be-
fore the jury about wealthy and soul
less corporations as against poor farm
ers. The people who compose these
irrigation companies arc chiefly poor
farmers" who have redeemed the lands
in this county from sterility 10y hard
work thereon and taking out the water
to ilrigate them. It has cost them
at least twenty thousand dollars for
every acre irrigated. They only want
their rights and they do not want to
injure others.
Salt Lake city may be looked upon
as a rich corporation to be pluckcd
for the benefit of some poor farmers
in Utah county but that too, is COM
posed of large number of taxpayers,
most of whom are as far removed from
being wealthy as are the folks along
the Utah Lake shore.
Now The Herald does not wish to
see any settler deprived of his rights
or oppressed in any way. But the
facts in the case seem to indicate that
the lands acquired by compliments
against these irrigation companies. reach
down into the lake itself and that the
damage to them results more from
their natural situation than any over
flow caused by improper acts of the de-
PENDANTS. And further, that the amount
of damages assessed is largely in ex-
cess of the value of the land not natur-
ally submerged, and therefore an in
Justice has been to the Salt Lake
county companies.
We suggested yesterday Cancellation
and compromise il possible, not, how
ever, with the idea that the defend
ants were anxious for this but be-
cause they can, by contending TO the
last, make it very expensive for the
compliments who may fail in the end
to secure the large amounts which
they have started in to grasp. We
still think there should, if possible,
be some peaceful settlement of this
dispute, all parties desiring to main
tain the rights of others while contend
ing fairly for their own.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
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A SINGULAR VERDICT.

The saying You can never count
on a jury has received new exempli-
fication in the verdict rendered at
Provo in the Peary case. some particu-
lars concerning it will be found in the
report Of an interview with one of the
most prominent men Of this county in
Irrigation affairs, which will be found
in another column of this paper. His
statements can be relied upon, as he
is thoroughly familiar with the whole
matter and his word is as good as his
bond
1t seems strange that under the cir
cumstances related and the testimony
introduced, any jury could decide to
make the said companies pay $3.50
as damages to land that is said to be
not worth more than a tenth of that
sum, judging from valuations made
by Utah county people themselves.
There has long been a telling Of
friction between some people in that
and the irrigation companies in
this county. The former seem to re-
sent the folks on this side the divide
having claims on the waters Of Utah
lake 1t was hoped that the arbitration
settlement of several years ago would
entirely allay that feeling and promote
amity among all parties concerned. But
/ appears that this has not been perlna-
nent and the old animus is revived.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
FOR MEMBERS OF HOUSE.
AVERAGE OF TWO HOUSES.

There are different opinions as to
the probable proportions of the late
Liberal vote which will go to the two
regular parties Some Republicans
claim as high as four-fifths or eighty
per cent. Some Democrats think forty
or forty-fve per cent will come over to
their ranks. We look upon both guesses
as extreme. Probably one-third of the
Liberal vote may be expected by the
Democratic party if proper interest is
taken in the election and its import
ance is fully understood. Ccnceding
two-thirds of the Liberal vote to the
Republicans it will be perceived from
the foregoing figures that the pros
poets for the Democracy in this city
are exceedingly good.
The cleseness of the numbers how
ever, suggests that some lively work
viii have to be done in order to win,
and that the selection of the right
kind of man is of the greatest import
ance. He should be an able man, a
thorough Democrat, and one who will
be likely TO command the support of
the voters, whether new or old adher-
ents of the party. There is no lack
of men suitable for the legislature.
But as so much depends on this cleo
ton. though it is only for one seat. it
is necessary that a popular as we'll as
a talented candidate shall be nomi-
mated.
We believe this city is Democratic on
a fair test. Democratic principles are
naturally those of the majority of the
people here. But recent occurrences.
and misrepresentation as to their
causes, have been unfavorab1e to that
enthusiasm which ought to fire the
hearts of the supporters Of the party,
and work viii have to be done to re-
move incorrect impressions and to show
the Importance, at this juncture in
Utah affairs, of proving to the ma
tional party that Salt Lake city is
within the Democratic fold.
Every'Democrat should consider him
self under obligations to do his best
towards obtaining victory And III
the expected Liberal division takes
place as anticipated, every man who
entertains Democratic principles should
enter into the campaign with as much
spirit and determination as though he
had always worked for the party of his
choice in national affairs Thorough
organization. personal effort and per-
sistent determination will bring the
party in this city to glorious triumph.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

close at hand and the consequent
acquisition Of lands for educational
purposes, it will be prudent not to
launch out too far Immediately in any
direction. The Institutions now doing
50 well should be kept up. Of course,
but no great advances should be made
under the territorial regime. If the
bill passes the Senate within a
short period, Utah can afford to wait
until the state legislature shall as
semble before any radical changes are
effected in her educational system.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Kill or deInonctize silver by striving 70
repeal The bullion purchase law.
Now as TO killing silver as mar
ketabie product A sufficient answer
to that charge is in the market price
OF silver today. II is higher. now the
Sherman purchase provision is repealed
than it was during some time preceding
the repeal. Under the full action of
the Sherman law silver reached its low
est figure in the market.
OF what avail is it TO state other
than the facts concerning it, Is the
cause Of silver helped by berating one
party or the other? Is it injured by
telling the truth? And should not the
truth be told in the centre of the sill
yer region" as well as anywhere else 2.
The fact cannot fairly be denied, that.
whatever demonetizing has been done
as to silver was effected in 1873. And
it is only because Republican organs,
and papers that essay to speak for
Republicans without knowing what
they talk about, falsely accuse the
Democrats of killing silver that we
have to reply by showing that all the
demonstrating acts of Congress were
the work OF Republicans
No matter what may be said for or
against the repeal act passed by the
special session, this is plain PROPOSE
ton that no amount OF sophistry will
set aside: 1t is affirmed and has been
repeated thousand times that silver
was demonetized, or killed as money
in 1873. If that is true, then it was
dead before the special session was
called Therefore it could not have
been killed or .demonetized by the re-
peal act AS IA matter of fact, as we
have shown, its money status was not
changed by the repeal act one particle,
nor was its market value as a metal
killed. II it was killed in 1873, all the
cries of murder" claimed to have been
committed in 1893 will not alter the
truth or bring silver to life again
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
TE%Ns OF sUBscRIPTIoN

81 COMMUNICATION should be addressed to
THE HERALD, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Subscribers will confer a favor by for
wardiHg information to this Office when
their papers are not promptly received.
They viii aid us to determine where the
faust lies.
Subscribers removing from one place to
another. and desiring papers changed
should always give former as well as
present address.
Communications viii not be returned
Anonymous communications will not be
noticed.
THE HERALD reserves the right to
append the name of the author to any
communication, and accepts no manu-
script with a pi~-ge to withhold the name
from any person mentioned in the COM
municetion.
THE HERALD is on sale at the prln-
cipal news stands and on al morning
passenger trains leaving Salt Lake. Or
ders for city delivery to either residence
or place OF business should be made at
the counting room.
THE HERALD PUBLISHING co.
H. c. BROWNLEE. Manager.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Councilman Lawson of the First pre-
einet apears to be unfortunate in the
framing of ordinances. He has either
had bad advisers and poor legislators
behind him or some one is playing him
for anything but an embodiment of wis
dom. His printing ordinance was an
object of derision. 1t was sat upon
even by his friends in the Council when
its absurdities were pointed out. And
now he has a redistricting scheme in
hand which is worse than the printing
puzzle. The members elected for the
next council would not know where
they are at, or understand the combi-
nation of the Lawson complication.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

The gentlemen who are about to retire
had better leave those Important ques
tions which will materially affect the
future of the city to be grappled with
by their successors in Office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Send at once to John Sebastian, G.
T. A. C. R. L & p. r. R., Chicago, ILL.,,
deck of cards you ever handled. Only
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

Attend the grand concert at J. II.
Leyson Company's on each Tuesday
and Friday from TO $3.50 p. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
Worth Double the Money.

Suits to order from S25 Buckle &
Son, tailors. 235 South Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
Coal.

No difference how much or how little
you order. we send it quick and send
it clean. Miller & Miller. So West Sec
ond South. Telephone. So.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12
MR. BLOUET's SINISTER METHODS

The Hawaiian Islands are the
isolated habitable center of an
otherwise unoccupied waste OF
ocean as large as the entire conti-
nent of Asia. They form the nat
ural center of the future vast COM
merce of the North Pacific. They
are certain in the near future to be-
come the home of a population of
half a million souls. They are
the nearest land to North America
on the west. Mainly IN conse-
quence of that proximity they are
occupied and ruled by strong and
cultured American colony, which
has given laws, manners and insti-
tutions to the group, and which is
the only colony that the United
States has outside of its own juris-
diction. 1t might be thought be-
yond doubt that such a group
and such colony would receive
the most serious and considerate
treatment at the hands of the Presi-
dent of the mother land, and that
any inquiry that he should con-
ceive it necessary to institute into
the affairs Of a colony of such prom
iss and important location, when
asking for union with the States,
would be conducted with the strict
est care, the highest ability and the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12

innate communication. His report
makes much of the evidence OF
prominent men among them who
are notoriously persons to whom
no intelligent person would entrust
the care of any important interest,
or the conduct of any affair in
which integrity was needful, and
whose statements of fact would
usually be received with large de-
ductions. This is favorite class
of witnesses with Mr.. Blount.
1t is upon report made up of
evidence of this class, and collected
by such base methods of low Grim
inal practitioners, that Secretary
Gresham has founded his exposi-
ton of State policy respecting Ha-
waii. The testimony relied on is
of piece with the policy of advo-
Gated, of restoring a debased and
treacherous Queen, and crushing
out a noble American civilization.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12

miles; from Hawaii to San Francisco,
including slack, it is 2247 miles. This
latter route is therefore shorter by
AIS miles, and as the cable, when
laid, is estimated to cost Sl2OO a
mile, the latter route can be laid for
$4,000 less than the Vancouver route.
On the same estimate, the cost of'lay-
ing cable from Hawaii to Monterey
Bay will be S2,696, 400.
For this last section of the trans
Pacific cable, it is not necessary to
wait till the southern portion is com
pleted. 1t can and should be under
taken Immediately. The events that
have transpired here during the
present year demonstrate its neces-
sity. Had the line been in operation
since January last, the press and carl
Gus gouernment dispatches alone aoould
hare erceeded one hundred thousand dol
lars for the current gear. 1t IS thus
evident that the time is ripe for
cable to be laid, with prospect of
fair returns from the date of its
completion. No route offers greater
inducements for cable than this,
and the advantages may be briefly
enumerated as follows:
1.-The ocean bed between Homo
lulu and Monterey Bay presents no
obstacles. On the contrary, it offers
unsurpassed conditions, such as have
never been found for a cable on any
route.
2.-The fact that the ocean bed
consists of ooze and mud throughout
this entire stretch of 2100 miles, into
which the cable will sink and remain
and protected from ma
rine parasites, and from all external
influences, gives promise that it may
last for many years without calling
for repairs.
3.-It is the shortest, cheapest and
best route from Hawaii to the Amer
lean mainland, and will cost half
million dollars less than if laid to
Vancouver.
As an investment it gives
promise of a small income of three
or four per cent. from the start, with
q prospective increase yearly, made
more certain whenever the lines to
and China are completed.
H. NJ. WHITNEY.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12

THE subject of continuing in the
public service the employees of the
monarchy, who have been allowed
to retain Office till now, has been
taken up and warmly discussed
during the present week by the
Provisional Government and the
Supreme Court, which have been
spurred to this action by public
sentiment. 1t is argued that when
the Provisional Government was
established, it was expected that
the future form of government
would be decided within a few
months at the farthest. Instead
of which, nearly a year has passed,
and nothing decisive has tran
spired. 1t is said, and with
much force, that plans must soon
be made for a more permanent
government, and it will be unwise
to retain in office men who are
suspected of being opposed to the
present government, or are known
to be the avowed friends of the ex-
queen. Especially SO at this time,
when the strength of the Provi-
sional Government is likely to be
put to a crucial test, should a re-
newal of the orders from Washing
ton be received. The Provisional
Council very properly gave deci-
sive vote of II to 1 in favor of the
resolution brought before it to in
vestigate any cases which may be
reported to the Government as re-
quiring such action.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12
POLITICS IN HILo.
ROyalisfs Wanted to Ring Their
Bells Trife Too Soon.

HILo, Dec. 4th.-The general
topic of conversation and discus.
sion about town is the political
situation" Annexationists and roy.
alists alike are anxiously looking
for the good time coming" each
according to his hope, and the news
zephyrs have alternately blown hot
and cold on both sides of the fence
with the arrival of the late mails.
Outwardly the utmost peace and
tranquility prevails among all
classes, but, nevertheless, there is a
strong undercurrent of feeling for
and against President Cleveland's
policy of restoration.
All the citizens of Hilo who en-
dorsed the revolution of January
last and the policy of closer union
with the United States of America
land they represent a majority of
the best element), are still loyal
to the Provisional Government,
and glory in the firm stand
taken by them and their Honolulu
hackers in the present crisis.
Royalists were so confident that
the restoration programme was to
be enacted on independence Day"
that their leaders could hardly
restrain them; the jealous ones
wanted to ring the church bells on
Wednesday night in anticipation
of what the steamer Claudine's
news would be the next morning.
They appear to be on the inside
track regarding what the Admins
tration at Washington is or was
contemplating, and have been pa
tiently awaiting what they consid-
cred the inevitable. Why or how
have they known when annex
ationists have been kept in the
dark2
A Portuguese boy working for
J. R. Wilson at "Mountain View"
Olaa. met with a serious ac-
cident last week Wednesday.
He and a Japanese laborer were
digging gravel from a bank near
the road when a mass of gravel,
earth and the stump of tree fell,
knocking him face downwards and
covering his head and most of his
body. The Japanese gave the alarm
to the carpenters working on the
Mountain View house, who dug him
out as rapidly as possible, but it
was fully half an hour before the
stump and debris were cleared
away and he could be removed to
the house. DR.. LIE Blonde found no
bones broken, but his body was
terribly bruised. He is recovering |
slowly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12
About 10000 Acres of Ranch Land.
Stocked with Cattle. Given
to that Seat Of
Learning.

No citizen of Honolulu has done
more in a charitable way than has
the Hon. c. R. Bishop. And now
another of his princely donations
has been made, that almost eclipsss
his former ones. He has decided to
the Kamehameha School all of his
property on the island of Molokai.
This property, which extend
from five miles east of Kaunakakai
to the western end of the island,
and from the sea shore to the pail
back of the leper settlement, and
up to the mountain top, consists of
about one-half of the total area of
the island, or close to $50 square
miles of territory. This is, in round
numbers, $4,000 acres.
All this land has been newly
stocked and reftted with cattle.
sheep, horses, houses and all the
accessories that go to make up a
big cattle ranch. Itis to be held in
trust for the school, and is a great
to that already much
favored institution. The names of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop will always
live in the memory of those edu-
Gated at the school so greatly bene-
flied by them.
In addition to the above, Mr..
Bishop has also donated $4,000
towards erecting the buildings of
the Kamehameha Girls School.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12

THE reception given by Mrs.
Along on the occasion of the mar
riage of her daughter Henrietta to
Capt. W. H. Whiting, of the U. S.
Navy Dec. 5, is conceded by all
who witnessed it, to have been the
most attractive and most largely
attended ever held in this city. The
presence of SO many naval officers
in full uniform from the four war
ships in port, with full represen-
tatlon from the diplomatic and con-
sular corps and from the principal
dignitaries and residents of the
city, lent to it an air of elegance
unsurpassed by any of the royal en-
tsrtainments at the palace in years
gone by. AS was tersely expressed
by a well-traveled young lady, sit
was the 'swellest' affair ever seen
here"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12
Daluaiiiiall 6azette
l2-PA6E EDITION.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER u, 1898.
TUESDAY. DECEMBEB

AN interesting decision of the
Supreme Court will be found in
this issue, relative to the claim of
creditors of VIM. H. Aldrich, in
which the terms of the will of his
father are given, providing him a
share in the paternal estate, but
allowing only the interest arising
from the property. The father
formerly resided in Honolulu, and
it was here that he commenced his
mercantile career, first in the firm
of Aldrich & Bishop, and later
Aldrich & Walker. But the bulk
ofhis estate was made in Calf rnia.