The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-10
ETC, ETC.

It is pretty hard to understand why some
men are allowed 20 live. when YOU can
buy baseball club for 10 cents.
The tir-horn tactics of the commanders
of the Britannia and Satanita in the re-
cent race with the Vigilant. will do much
to dispel the idea that IAN English gentle
man is a gentleman always, sirl'' Such
schemes might be tolerated on a cheap
race track-among professional sports
who lie and steal for a living. They would
have created no surprise there. But
among English gentlemen who are sup
posed to own and race yachts for the
keen pleasure there is in the sport, it was
hardly looked for and is anything but
the proper caper doncherknow?
There is one good thing about George
Gould. When the yachts that were to
compete with the Vigilant or Wednesday
failed to put in an appearance he was
told that he might run the Vigilant over
the course, and claim the stakes. Every
true lover of genuine sport, will applaud
the action of the American, when he re-
fused to accept the stakes that his boat
had not earned in a free and fair contesti
1t was a mild, gentlemanly rebuke to The
men who, but q, few hours before had put
up a job to beat or sink the Vigilant
All hats off to the representative of the
Stars and Stripes!
I have met some men who are willing
to wager that DIR. Daily will be con-
hrmed as health commissioner. This is
equivalent TO betting that the little ring
of physicians who have taken it upon
themselves to regulate the health af-
fairs of Salt Lake have either given up
the rather herculean task voluntarily, or
else have been called oft
The saloon men are UP in arms. I see.
all over the fact that they are compelled
to close their resorts on Sundays. In or
der to play even. they propose to close
the bars at Garfield and Saltair. I take
it that they will have merry. time if they
undertake any such a scheme. The
public, as a rule will hardly stay with the
saloon men on any such proposition.
There has been ?. good deal of talk about
internal dissension in the police force, and
Chief Pratt mas, very wisely, resolved
that it must be stopped-even if it is nee
esse1y to suspend every man on the force
That is right. If there is any man who
is responsible, in the slightest degree, for
the present lamentable condition of af-
fairs, he should at once be dropped. One
man who is inclined to be Gntractable can
soon raise Ned with those who are in
clined to be decent
know personally many of the members
of the force, in fact, the greater portion
of them, and about two weeks ago, mere
ly as a matter of curiosity at first, l took
it upon myself to investigate the cause
of the trouble.
Up to the time of the lamentahle death
of Sergeant Wilson matters were running
very smoothly. Since Sergeant Ford as
sumed the reins of Office. Hades has
popped.
ranks today, and capable man put in his
place, harmony would exist in twenty
four hours said patrolman but a few
days ago. Gut if every man now on the
force today were dropped and Ford al
lowed to keep his present position, there
would be the. same trouble at the end
of three months
Without adding anything further, save
that this is the universal opinion Of every
policeman 1 have talked with and that
the Amcrine idea is all bosh-and with
the best of feelings toward all the members
of the force. this is simply given for what
it is worth. DIR. FELL.