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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
sNEERING is NOT ARGUMENT.

Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, has been dis
cussing the silver question from the
standpoint of anti-free coinage. He
uttered the faHacies common to the
class with which he has allied him.
self. They are no better and no worse
than other so-called arguments against
Independent free coinage by the United
States. But our morning contempt
rary in its usual illogical style attacks
the speaker rather than his remarks
In one column, calling him bill
Bynum" it informs its readers that,
whether on sound money or any
thing else, his speeches do not amount
to anything and it does not matter
what he said. Then it devotes more
than a column to a TRADE pretending
to reply to what he said, and succeeds
simply in calling him names and run
ming around his points in wordy circles
that do not touch them.
When our contemporary repeats the
old silver arguments which it has
reiterated for many years, to the de-
light of the silver miners and to the
edification of people anxious to learn
something on the silver subject. it is
entitled to some respect for present.
ing facts and reasons which, however
old and threadbare, contain the ele
ments of truth. But when it drops into
it's congenial groove and filings mud
and slime, the respect which might
be entertained for its old time cham
pionship of the white metal is re-
moved, and in its place there is moth
ing but deep disgust in the breasts of
respectable beholders.
The cause of silver will not he as
sisted by personal attacks upon peo-
PIE who hold to opinions adverse to
those entertained by true IbimetaIlists.
You cannot convince a man who is
in error by calling him fraud" a
'sycophant," "sophist," or an
'ignoramus." Neither can YOU TINS
Others who join him in his
erroneous opinions. The proper thing
to do is either to leave him alone or at
tack his fallacies with the weapons of
reason and truth. But that is kind
Of warfare with which our contem-
porary seems to be entirely unac-
4uainted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
GIN BLACK LETTER,

When the silver conference was beld
in this city The Herald made commit
mentary reference to the gentleman
who was credited with being the
father of that conference" Our Re-
publican contemporary alludes to our
remarks concerning him, and states
that it fails to find any recognition on
our part of an alleged Very pertinent
talk of that gentleman on "the re-
vival of American industries
Very likely. We have no confidence
in purported interviews with prom
inent persons which appear from time
to time in the columns of our morning
contemporary. We have found ont
too often, that the words which it puts
into the mouths of gentlemen SUM-
posed to be interviewed by repre-
sentatives of that paper were never
uttered by them, and sometimes the
purported interview never took place
1t is not likely that The Herald will
make the recognition which our con-
temporary pretends to have been look
ing for, in view of the fact that we
have no evidence that the gentleman
made use of any of the silly remarks
which were attributed to him by the
Tribune.
Our contemporary seems anxious
that we should quote Sin black-faced
type" as the language of that gentle
man sentences which We're more likely
to have come from the institution on
the bench at Provo than from SO es-
teemed a source.
When it comes to putting sentences
from the speeches of public men "in
black-faced type" we suggest that
our contemporary follow its own ad-
vice. Not very long ago it was in the
habit of quoting Senator Stewart, of
Nevada, as one of the bravest, BRAIN
lest and most reliable among the fore
most silver champions in the United
States Now let that Republican pa
per print in black-faeed type" the
following remarks of Senator Stewart
at the Memphis convention. These
are not sentences concocted by an un-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
ENFORCE THE LAW.

A law which was passed at the
last session of Congress became effec-
tive on the first day of July. 1t re-
quires the railroad companies in the
United States to use automatic
couplers on all freight trains. The
reason it was not made Immediately
applicable was, that sufficient time
should be given to the railroad COM
panies to provide themselves with
such couplers and have them at
tached to their freight cars.
1t is reported that the law has not
been complied with except in a very
few instances. 1t is important that it
shall not be evaded or defied. The
lives that have been lost, the limbs
that have been mutilated, the horrible
accidents that have occurred to brake
men and yardmen on railroads are
awful to contemplate. The automatic
coupler, adopted by congressional law
during the last session, will prevent
such destruction and suffering in the
process of coupling cars The law
ought to be enforced.
Some of the New York roads have
applied for an extension of time,
stating that they are complying with
the law as fast as they can. Of course
when companies are doing this in
good faith proper time ought to be
allowed to them. But they have al
ready had three months at least in
which to prepare to carry out the
provisions of the law and they ought
not to drive it off to the last moment.
1t is important that. all the railroads
of the country should adopt this de-
vice for the protection of the lives
and limbs of their employees 1t is
also important that the officers of the
law should see to it that its terms
are fully executed. Railroad com
panies are very important bodies but
the welfare of the thousands upon
thousands of men who are exposed to |
danger under the old system is of |
very much greater Importance Let |
the law be enforced
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reliable interviewer, but appear in the
regular report of the proceedings of
the convention. They were tele-
graphed by the associated press and
appeared in the Salt Lake papers:
'.Siiver was demonetized by the
Republican party and, the lenders
of that party have Iabored, in
keep it demonetized. The ..reat
mass of the Democratic party,
previous to the advent of President
Cleveland, was in favor of the re-
peal of the infamous act of 1873, as
is shown by their uniform votes in
both houses of Congress. But when
the money powers discovered CIeye-
thwart the Will of the Democratic
masses, and they gained n valuable
ally for Sherman and Harrison and
other executive agents of the gold
standard"
Also the following from its own
columns, of which it now appears to
be particularly shy:
"The Republican party, by its rep
resentatives in Congress, has shown
itself baseiy idioticaIIy recreant on
the silver question, without sense
or party advantage, indeed contra
ry to both. The Republican repre-
sentntives could at any stage of the
vote have carried the day. They
could have forced free coinage mt
20 to L. They could have secured it
at 1G to T.. They could have defeat
ed the Wilson repeal biII.v
As to the notion that the prosperity
which is increasing in this country.
the activity in business, the rise in
wages, the exports of American man
ufactures, are nothing but a trick of
goldites to prevent the success of the
silver movement, we have already
classed it where it belongs. 1t does
not matter who uttered the nonsense.
it is so supremely ridiculous that it
needs no refutation. If that is what
our neighbor has been searching for
so anxiously and failed to find, it
must have been in a. much denser CON
dition than is customary to it, when
taking its daily pabulum from the
Salt Lake Herald on Tuesday morn
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
WHAT ROOSEVELT SAYS.

Thousands of citizens, many of then
thirsty, will ask tomorrow:
why does Roosevelt, who appears tc
be sensible and honest, devote himself
with such ardor 10 the closing of beer
saloons? What are Roosevelts ideas
about Sunday closing, anyhow"
The questions are answered here in adj
vance and for The first time by Mr..
Roosevelt himself:
L should never have framed the excise
law which l am now enforcing.
had to choose between closing all the
saloons and violating my oath of office.
l chose to close the saloons.
The American people will not ultimately
sanction the systematic violation of law.
1 would rather see this administration
turned out for enforcing laws than see it
succeed by violating them.
l am an executive, not legislative Of
ficer. l indulge in no theorizing about
the performance OF duty.
We suffer from over-legislation and
from lax administration of legislation.
The present excise law was enacted by
the party which is now hoWling against
its enforcement.
The law was enacted to be used as a
political club for machine purposes.
Discrimination in the enforcement of
the excise law has been at the bottom of
police blackmau and corruption.-New
York World.
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MORE TESTIMONY.

One of the industries which has been
set in motion with increased activity,
enlarged output, advanced wages and
higher prices under the operations of
the Democratic tariff reform bill. is
that of iron and steel manufacture.
The figures in relation to this have
been published in The Herald.
Our Republican neighbor either ig-
nores or tries to belittle them. Having
predicted that they would go to ever
lasting smash under reduced tariff,
of course it is not surprising, with its
lack of honest principle. that it should
seek to pooh-poo9 the Importance of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
GOLD Is APPRECIATED.

Silver men say that the average fall
Of prices. including the price of sill
yer, demons rates that we have not a
fifty cent" silver dollar, but two
dollar gold dollar. Gold men reply stat
ing that improved methods of produc-
ton and transportation with increased
output fully explain the fact that
prices are lower than they used to be.
If this be so, why has gold not an
swered to such influences? The produc-
tioI. Of gold has been much cheapened
by improved methods OF mining and
new discoveries for ore treatment. The
output Of gold was in round numbers
just double IN 1894 what it was in 1873.
Under such circumstances why has the
yellow metal not followed fhe rule in
voked by It's advocates? The expIana-
ton is found alone in the fact that the
demand for gold has been increased
by the demonstration of silver, and its
price has stsen CORRESPONDENCE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

AMONG THE causes of trouble to the
farmers of the United States which it
is alleged have come from the passage
Of the Democratic tariff bill, the Tri-
bune mentions the fact that 1.-THE BIZ
cycle and electric car have reduced the
number of horses in our city fifty per
cent" What connection there is be-
tween that reduction and the opera
toms of the Wilson tariff bill, or "the
German BILL" as our contemporary
pleases to call it, we fail to see. 1t
takes person with that peculiar men
tai twist that aflicts our morning con-
temporary to see the logic or the ap-
plication of its horse and bike argu-
ment. But perhaps its lucid remarks
en- this subject were contributed by the
horse editor and it takes horse sense
TO see through it. or maybe it came
from +he wheels editor, and only folks
with wheels IN their heads can appre-
ciate its meaning
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
WHERE ARE THE PROOFS.


We notice that many newspapers
are making the statement that ex-
Governor Stevenson, Of Idaho, com
mitted suicide. That is because the
dispatch announcing his death said
! he had taken an overdose of an
opiate.
1t does not appear at all conclusive
that the departed gentleman inten-
tionally took his own life. He was
suffering from sciatica, which is one
Of the most painful disorders to which
poor human nature is subject. The
only relief that some patients can
obtain from the incessant agony of
the disease is by the use of some
drug which will deaden the pain by
benumbing consciousness. He took
laudunum. The dose was too much.
Why should the conclusion be leaped
at that he suicided?
Why not give him the benefit %f the
doubt? So far as we have learned,
there is no proof that he intended to
shuttle off this mortal COLL The
latest news from him, just previous
to his decease, was received by his
son to the effect that he was better.
Without some proof of suicidal in
tent, we decline to accept the rude
announcement that the gentleman
committed suicide.
Edward A Stevenson was seventy
years of age. He was born in 1925, at
Louisville, New York. He. moved to
Michigan and later to California,
where he became alcade of FL Dorado
county, and later the sheriff, and was
subsequently elected to the legisla-
ture. He was appointed Indian agent
in northern California in 1910 and
fought several battles with the red
skins. He was in the Modoc war. He
was married to Miss Annie D. Orr in
1859 In 1860 he was member Of the
California legislature from Tehama
and Colusa counties.
He moved TO Idaho in 1863, where
in 1866 he was elected to the legisla-
tive council, being reelected several
times to one branch or the other, and
was speaker of the House at one ses-
sion. He was appointed Governor of /
the Territory in 1885, and was the
Democratic candidate for Governor of |
the State in 1894. He had much in /
fuence in political circles and aided !
greatly in securing statehood for !
Idaho. He was highly respected by |
his associates, and leaves a widow |
and a son with the proud record, in
dorsed by friend and foe, that he was
IAN honest man."
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this revival of industry and eyads
the fact of its own error.
The following excerpt is from the
columns of the New York Herald, anc
is but one Of the many comments o.
the press that show how great is the
boom of industry now on:
The Importance of the boom in iron
I is manifold, and it can hardly be over
estimated, as far as the benefits to rail
! roads is concerned. First, the raw ma
terial has to be hauled to different
/ centerS, which represents large ton
mage. Then comes the haul of steel
to manufacturing concerns, and finally
the haul of manufactured products OF
iron and steel, which represent large
proportion of the high class freight
/ This makes three hauls for iron ana
its products, yielding to many rail
roads profit second only to that de-
/ rived from coal. Of course, the re-
sumption of iron manufactures means
! the employment of much additional
labor.
The Denver Republican mentions this
and says further:
In the industrial world on this side
we have further evidence of the steady
rise in iron and steel. At the Holland
house, New York city, on Friday last,
conference of steel magnates oc-
Cured, and the decision reached was
that there should be a gradual increase
of price all along the line, rather than
violent change. They determined to
make uniform rate of $24 ton free
on board for Pittsburg, $25 a ton for
Chicago, and $27 a ton for Pueblo,
where previously the companies had
quoted from so to $24 a ton, and a sim
liar increase is exceedingly probable in
short time
On the same day, at the Waldorf no.
tel, the cut-nail trade held confer
ence. They came TO a full under
Vanced but not too suddenly to check
the growing demand.
The Chicago Times-Herald heads
long article detailing the many indus
tries which have opened up and given
Increased employment at advanced
wages, with the following paragraph:
Prosperity extends her hand, long
withheld, to the commemorative OF
the United States and bids them be of
good cheer a restoration of the natu-
raj relations of supply and demand to
each other has brought about, almost
1mperceptibly, the return of good times.
In the forge, from the Penobscott to |
Pittsburg, from thence to Birmingham, |
and westward to the steel works of |
Chicago the clink of the hammer has |
the doleful sound of the |
closing of doors. Cotton lifts it's soft |
face to the sun, blessed by the planter |
of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. |
Wool feels the magic touch of the hour. |
Bank clearings, reflections of business
activity. increase. In the yard of the !
shipbuilder, the office of the dealer |
in land values, by the loom where the |
stones hour in and hour out grind and |
grind the grain of the farmer, there
is confidence and hope
That will do for one day, and will be
more than our morning contemporary
will be able to stomach for a week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
MoRMONIsM OUT OF POLITICS


It is thought that the constitution on
WIlch the people of Utah will vote this
IAN WIN be adopted without serious OPP
position, and under it the Mormon cues
ton will disappear from national politics
Inc constitution provides for universal
suffrage, for free schools and d liberal
educational system, and for perfect free
dom or conscience. Under an ordinance
which is not to be repealed except by
the consent of the United States there
can be no state establishment of religion
and no sanction of polygamy.
=, Ihls ordinance when adopted will have
the effect of a treaty with the other
states of the union, and even if attempts
should be made TO disregard it the United
states courts would undoubtedly inter-
pref it as keeping in force in Utah all
federal laws against polygamy
1t is not likely, however, that there will
be any attempt TO disregard If. Mormon
ism is likely 10 be a local issue in Utah
for many years to come, but it will never
again figure in national politics as it has
done since Albert Sidney Johnston crossed
the great American desert to bring it into
subjection to the union.-New York
World
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
CUPID BARRED.

The average telephone company has
no sentiment and no sympathy for
lovers. In a spasm of generosity the
company operating the line between
Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, Wis,
has charged no extra toll, but for some
time past it has noticed that the
beaux and bellies of the two towns
have taken advantage of this conces-
sion to do their sparkling over the
telephone. Accordingly the manager
has announced that hereafter charge
of 10 cents will be imposed for every
call above certain number each
month. This, he brutally declares. is to
"cut off the sparkers." Great indigna-
ton prevails, but the order goes.-Ex.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
JOLLY JINGLES.

Oft in the Silly night
Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,
I think of jokes I might have sprung
When many were around me.
For all this wanton waste or VIII
Constructively l weep,
And often in the Silly night
l kick myself to sleep.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
And feebly hobble Ger the plain,
And overtake the nimble liar,
Who, soon or late, doth burst his tire.
indianapolis Journal.
In languid summer, when each tree
In lazy cadence rustles,
The blithe mosquito seems to be
The only thing that hustles.
Washington Star.
The man that is born to be hanged. It's
Will never, never be drowned;
But he shouldn't jump into the river s
flood
And expect to float around.
Detroit News.
She shuts her eyes whens'er we kiss,
This maid so sweet and good;
And from my Utmost heart l wish
Her mother also would.
She is in a. deal of trouble,
For she has lost her good name,
Twas engraved on her umbrella,
And somebody stole the same.
Washington Post.
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SOME LIGHT-minded individuals have
seen fit to make fun of the esteemed
Tribune because it says it is not a
Republican organ. Great heavensI
Are sinners to have the door to refor-
nation shut in their faces? Is there
no Christian charity left that Repub-
iican sheet should be discouraged in an
honest effort to live better life and
rid itself of some of the onus of Re
publicanism?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

THE FAILURE of McKinleyism has
left the protection movement in the
position of the donkey which is said to
be without pride of ancestry or hope
of posterity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

UTAH IS a commonwealth of the
most varied and inexhaustible resour-
ces. 1t has been called the PennsyI-
Vania of the west, but in point of ma
tural resources the Keystone State is
far less blessed than our own Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
IF ANY READER

IS unable at any time to obtain a copy
Of The Herald through an under-sup-
ply a. any news stand. or from any
railway newsboy, he is requested to
notify the publishers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

IT Is the pedagogues not the petty
fogues who are in session in Denver.
The lawyers held their convention some
time since
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

UTAH REPUBLICANS are worrying a
great deal over the distribution of cleo
ton prizes which it is the intention OF
the Democrats to capture.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

THE RIGHT of revolution is inherent
Therefore women will not be deferred
from riding wheels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

THE DEMOCRATS cannot fail to secure
the few hundred votes necessary to
carry the state and legislature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

WHEN Mr.. r. G. HoRR RECEIVERS from
the Harvey attack he will feel as
though he had spent those ten nights
in a bar room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

IT LOOKS like a severe case OF
doubtful Thomas"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

IL THE Hon. Thomas { ] Reed is doing
any communing it is with Nature in
the depths of the Maine woods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

A LARGE number of Senator Fairs
widows seem determined that Colonel
Phoebe Couzins shall not be left alone
with her grief.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

Phineas Moses, a Cincinnati merchant
who died a few days since, at the age of
81. was the son of an English Hebrew,
who also lived to be as old. Phineas
Moses used to boast that in his youth
he saw Napoleon d prisoner on a British
frigate, the boy having rowed out in a
boat to her side to see the fallen en-
perOr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

The ADOPTION of a voting machine is
hailed with delight as a blow at ma
chine politics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

TAAIsIANY COULD have done no better
in the way of suspicious jail delivery
than the reformers have done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11
A FEW PEOPLE.

Captain John NJ. Brooke, a professor at
the Virginia Military institute, is one of
the few survivors OF the Monitor-Merri-
mac fight. He served on the confederate
man-of-war, and has an additional
claim to be remembered as the inventor
of the deep sea sounding apparatus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

THE SOUND money" defender finds
his highest development in the pecu-
liar and illustrious genius of Eli Per
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

Is THE Republican party of this terri
terry a purchasable article? The event
viii show
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

PRoF. MOORE of the weather bureau
is not weather burro-so his friends
say.
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gone his vacation, and is holding court
night and day in order to try murder
cases. He rarely leaves the bench until
o'clock in the evening, and on Tuesday
he sat until nearly midnight and missed
his dinner, as he has done on several
other occasions, in order to finish an i'm
portant case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-11

"OLD Folks Day" Honor to the
men who make it possible.