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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

brotherhood have lived thousands of
years"
| We have seen Mr. Judge and heard
him. We have read some OF his lucubra-
tons. There does not appear to be
much of the "adept" about him in
any particular. He is rather an ordin-
airy person in all respects. so far as
can be discerned with the natural but
critical eye. And as TO his being the
chief of American theosophists. there
is a great diversity of opinion among
the fraternity themselves. There are
other writers. speakers and theorizers
among them who rank as high If not
higher than he. and there is quite a
split among the believers over that
very question.
The letter sent to us begins with
this startling query: "Have you ever
lived on earth before?" We are not
able to answer that question in a way
to put the matter beyond theosophical
dispute. But to the best of our remem-
brance we have to answer no. I'VE have
no objection. however. to other folks
thinking they have lived here before.
and hope the belief will do them good.
But though we have looked into this
question as closely as we were able.
we have not yet come across any proof
whatever on which 1t would do to fix
our faith
However. people who believe in the
existence of the Tibet folks. and their
power 70 live thousands of years in
mortality and appear in any form they
please. are possessed of faith that
may not only include the belief in hav-
ing lived on earth before. no end of
times. but ought to be strong enough
to remove mountains.
Theosophy. like politics is mighty
onsartin." It embodies a great many
wild ideas and a number Of truths.
with propositions that may be true and
may be only erroneous but are now
simply guesswork. One thing about 1t
that recommends it to many people
is. that it is not dogmatic. You can be-
lieve it or not. or anything else that
suits you or strikes you as right, and
it will not make any difference so far
as any salvation or condemnation is
concerned. For people who like to dab
BILE in the uncertain. and who revel in
mystery and do not demand positive
proof of propositions and assertions.
theosophy is a very diverting sort of
belief.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
SILVER REPUBLICANS.

Chairman Carter Of the National Re-
publican committee is a silver man.
That shows his good sense, if he is a
Republican. But what will his party
do with him? There is an indication,
however. that he is not quite so stall
wart on the question as is desirable to
the out and out silver men. When his
vote was needed at a critical time he
paired with a gentleman from Louis
lana. and thus it was claimed played
into the hands Of the goldites.
But on general principles Senator
Carter has been in favor of free COIN
age. and if his party understands that
to be his position. the question is, will
he be retained in the Craftsmanship?
The Republican party. nationally, is
opposed to anything more than San
enlarged use'' of silver and to any
step in that direction without the CO.
operation of the European powers.
In the coming struggle what will
Carter and other free silver Republi-
cans do? That will be interesting for
Democrats to take note of. The fnan-
cial question will be the overshadow-
ing issue. putting the tariff contro-
versy completely in the shade. Free
silver Republicans will be in an I'M
comfortable position and quite
sprinkling of them will have to go
over to the new Silver party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
PHILOSOPHICAL CONVENTION.

We have received communication
on the subject of theosophy. It's pur-
pose is to announce the holding of a
convention in Boston on April %, and
to Duff w. Q. Judge as ''chief of the
American theosophists. He is repre-
sented as "a very mysterious individ-
ual. and altogether credited with being
himself an adept and a member of the
great Tibetiaa brotherhood
Perhaps our readers are not all fam
iliar with the claims set forth by the
more credulous of theosophists in re-
gard to the alleged adopts. so we will
here insert what this communication
asserts concerning them:
"A secret brotherhood of perfected
men exists with headquarters in Tibet.
and has branches all over the world
All Of It's members are men OF the
Christ and Buddha type. They have the
power of assuming any form and of
transporting themselves to the most
distant places on earth at will, and
though they mingle constantly with
men are seldom recognized. They sent
Nine. BlavatsSy to organize the Theo-
sophical society. which they watch over
and protect. All the members of this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
WOMEN AND THE LAW.

Fifty young women, who were men,
bers of the Women's Law Club Of
New York, have recently received
Chancellor's diplomas for proficiency
in the study of law. Here is chance
FOR some of the opponents of women's
participation in pursuits supposed to
be exclusively the property of men, to
the "seclusion of home" into "the
broad glare of day." etc.
But to save them a fit of explosive
| heroics we will state that these young
ladies do not expect to engage in the
practice of law. Their course has been
educational, with a view TO qualifying
them to an understanding of the SCI
ence rather than the practice of law.
Why should not women understand
something in relation to law as we'll
as men? Do not women teach boys
as we'll as girls? And would a mother
be any less mouherly in giving her sons
| instructions concerning the laws of
their country which they are expected
TO obey, than if she was ignorant Of
Such things?
The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser has the following comments on
this matter, which perhaps will be
I better received by some folks than
anything we might say concerning it:
/ lone other purpose that is served by
the study of law by women is the in
telhgent direction of the efforts of or
CARNATIONS of women to influence leg
fslation. There is hardly state in
which the laws have not been changed
in the matter of property and other
rights of women through the efforts of
woman suffrage and other orga MIA
tions. The early laws of this country
were framed on the Biblical idea Of
the subordination and incompetence of
women. The man, as the sole arbtter
and master of the wOman'S destiny,
was everywhere endowed with author
fty which has no influence in justice,
but only in the teachings or the Bible
and the church. With an army of in
telligent women thoroughly instructed
in the principles Of justice and with
definite understanding of the Unequal
fty of men and women before the law,
successful war can be made on the
remaining barbarities Embedded in old
statutes. 49,
1t is of grave Importance, too, that
women in the possession of enormous
fortunes should themselves have an
understanding of the laws in relation
to property. Among the persons grad
uated by the university is Miss Gould,
the owner of vast millions 1t is in
evitable that the possession of great
interests should lead to litigation, and
a knowledge of the laws is almost in
dispensable if the owner is to escape
unnecessary annoyances and defeat eff
forts to dupe and defraud. There is
hardly a doubt that if the late Mrs
Paran Stevens had been we'll grounded
in the law she would have escaped
much of the litigation which irritated
her and absorbed so much of her
energy. A knowledge of the law does
as much to prevent as to advance
Mitigation"
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tion and supposed Intention was to fol
low that repeal with bona fide silver
legislation. The failure Of that is a
failure to fulfil the pledge of the party.
as then understood by the great body
Of its representatives There must
be no more Of that Plain language to
be honestly fulfilled is demanded by
the majority of the Democratic party.
We do not believe Cleveland looks for
another term of office. We cannot yet
believe there is any serious intention of
holding him up for a third term. But
Il there is. and he maintains the posi-
ton set forth in his Chicago letter,
the Democratic party win have to re-
pudiate him and his hackers. To fol-
Tow such a lead would be rushing to
a political grave.
The West and the South will have
to unite ard call to their aid all the
silver men of the party from other
parts of the nation. Blackburn's words
should be echoed or supplemented by
similar vigorous utterances for silver
by leading Democrats everywhere.
Clevelands Sound money and safe
currency plaititudes should be drowned
In rushing sea of Democratic argu-
ments for silver and gold as the money
Of the constitution and the issue in the
campaign for 80. In this there will be
victory for the party. Without it there
will be and should be overwhelming
defeat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
BLACKBURN AND SILVER.

The bold and outspoken attitude of
Senator Blackburn on the silver ques-
ton is timely and very encouraging at
This iuncture. 1t forms a fine contrast
TO the Cleveland letter Published in
the Courier-Journal, which has come
out as the yellowest kind of 9. gold
bug. IL will prove startler TO people
inclined to follow the lead Of that pa
per, which is very strong in the south
and yields a great influence in a very
wide sphere.
If Blackburn challenge should be
taken UP by Carlisle, as appears to be
fiie wish of the opponents of silver, the
fight will be made very interesting in
view of Carlisle's former well known
arguments on the other side, which are
matters of record and from which he
cannot escape.
Now is the time when every true b.
fnetallist should proclaim his princi-
pies. Blackburn's example is a good
one for them to follow. The crisis has
arrived The warfare is at hand.
CleveIand's letter is a bugle note from
the goldite ranks. Tt is not remark
kble for its strength, but its tone is
significant. 1t means a struggle to
rdaintadn the single gold standard,
and stamp out the rising hosts and
their demand for silver.
1t may make split in the Demo-
cratic party. But even if it does, the
silver men should make up their minds
ret tc be caught any more, and made
eu'bservient TO the schemes of the sham
birnetaalists Of the party, who are
gealIy god monometallEsts at heart.
The issue must be the free and unlin-
tied coinage of silver at the ratio of 1s
70 with gold, international agreement
TO Be acceptable and desirable. but not
70 hinder action on the part Of the
United skates. Anything less tsan that
tvoutd be no more value than the
ofank in the platform of 1892 The
repeal of the purchase clause of the
shermsn act. demanded on that plat
form. was all right. But the expecta-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
THE EDUCATIONAL CONTENTION.

The action Of uhe convention on
Saturday, in deciding to keep sepa-
rate the university and the Agricul-
tural College, must not be regarded
as a settlement of the vexed ques-
ton. The article on Education will
come up for third reading, probably
today, when it is very likely the con-
troversy will be renewed.
There is a great deal to be said on
both sides OF the question. If there
were not two institutions already es-
tablished it would be easy to settle
the matter. But the facts are before
the convention that the two separate
establishments exist and cannot be
united on the same spot without con-
siderable loss. The Agricultural Col
lege must and should be maintained.
10 accomplish the end for which it
was designed. So must the University.
analgamated. Both can be sustained
and in our opinion should be allowed
to remain separate.
But it is a question whether that
should be fixed in the constitution.
The only need for it appears to be to
settle the dispute between two sec
tions Of the state. That is small
matter in considering SO important a
subject The Legislature is the pro-
per body to attend to such matters
of detail.
Whether the convention or the leg
.slature fixes the location of these
educational institutions, we are of the
opinion that the sphere OF the Agri-
cultural College should he defined. so
as to keep ii within the limits of an
agri, .Itural and industrial establish
ment. II is not necessary to dupli-
cate the work of the University. The
college at Logan could be what its
name implies and what the govern
ment gifts intend it to be, and remain
where it is without interfering in any
way with the functions 90 the State
University.
The higher institution of learning
could be maintained in its more ex-
allied sphere, leaving the other to ill
lis mission in it's own place. The adj
" small. viewing the advantages that
viii accrue.
The sectional question: ought not to
enter into the debate over the mat
ter in the convention. That it has
figured there IS indisputaIble. Cache
county and Salt Lake county must not
come in as rivals, nor should the de-
sire of other counties in regard to
public buildings be allowed to affect
the result.
What WI be best for the cause of
education in Utah should be the
guiding star in fixing the education
al article. We look for broad, en-
lightened and generous action with
view to the general good, and not
sectional and narrowed attempts to
plaoate factions, today. Let the ques-
ton be decided without further waste
of timei
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
POLITICAL SLANDERING.

The custom of slandering candidates
for office, which is so very common in
the United States as to be expected
when any man lis put up for Office, is
not looked upon in England with SO
much federation. 1t is INDUCED in
there to some extent But it does not
proceed to the same lengths as in this
country and public sentiment now
favors its entire suppression.
A bill has been introduced into Par
| lament, imposing penalty for the
publication or mention of a false state
ment against the personal character
or conduct Of any candidate for cleo
ton to Parliament. 1t provides further
! that the seat shall be lost to the win
ming candidate if it is proved that he
was in any way responsible for SLAM
ders against the losing candidate.
There was a time in England when
| 1t was thought legitimate to win an
/ election by insinuations, if not direct
charges. against an opponent. 1t was
customary. too, to put questions to
candidates, or ''the hustings," of a
personal nature, which they had to
answer or be viewed in an unfavorable
light by the electors.
The writer remembers an amusing
occurrence in a country town when a
young Lord was a candidate on the
county ticket for Member OF Parlia.
ment. He was asked whether he
would answer personal question
directly, that is, Yes" or mo" This
he promised to do without circumlocu-
ticn or hesitation. The query was put:
Then. who killed your mothers
washerwoman?" The sprfg of nobility
was taken aback. He could neither
answer Yes" or mo" He hemmed
and hawed until he was hooted from
the hastings. and lost the election be-
cause Of the impression that he had in
some way been implicated in mys-
terious crime
In this country it is considered that
''all is fair in love and war" and
politics, that is, partisan politics is
warfare. 1t is a false and immoral
axiom anyway it is viewed, and no
thoroughly honorable person will adopt
it in practice. The idea that what is
wrong in other things can possibly
become right in politics, is so clearly
evil and Vicious that it is surprising
honest people will entertain it.
The slandering of political candidates
for the purpose of defeating them at
the polls is one Of the meanest forms
of libel. and it ought TO be made
specially punitive in the laws of the
respective states. But the real remedy
for it is the adoption of higher politi-
cal plane by candidates and their i'm
mediate friends.
Principles not personalities should be
the contention. If aspirants for office
will themselves repudiate the degrad-
ing methods which are resorted to bv
the professional wire-pullers, and un-
hesitatingly refuse to profit by them.
there will come a reform which will be
far more thorough and lasting than
anything that can be effected by legis-
lation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
NIGHT IN THE CITY.


The great sky bends above the silent
town,
It's distance brought close by tender
stars:
The twinkling lights that edge the dark
ening streets.
Athwart the gloom of night throw
golden bars.
The night wind pausing as it hurries by,
Is whispering sonnets to the stately
trees,
Whose bending boughs, with shadows
warm and deep,
Change days most common sights to
mysteries.
With weary brain but glad contented
heart.
Tolls happy child turns out his flick
ering light.
His hopeful thoughts merge into blessed
dreams,
While busy day. gives place to peaceful
night.
Mary L. Blanchard in Kate Fields
Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

The proposition to form a new and
homogeneous state out of northern
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan,
the new state to be called Superior,
is not likely to be realized, owing to
the opposition of the legislatures of
those states, which must each con-
sent before the state can be formed.
There are, however. several prece-
dents for the formation of one state
from another in our history. Ken
lucky was a part of Virginia, Maine
of Massachusetts, and West Virginia
of Virginia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.

newspaper writer does not always
agree with his readers. No item ever
suits all. No editorial writer can please
everybody. The independent man is he
who writes the news and sentiments
without fear or favor. We do not at
tempt to please every man or woman
who reads the Messenger. The paper that
pleases everybody is worthless and not
fit for publication. Do not expect that
this paper is an exception to the gen
eral rule.-Manti Messenger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
SILVER DELIBERATELY KILLED
IN 20.

Hon. r. G. Horr has been making a
thorough investigation of the charge that
silver was demonetized by a trick in
1873, and he finds that it has no founda-
ton. The bill was prepared, he says, by
men who honestly believed that the sill
yer dollar should be dropped and a SIN
gle gold standard adopted; and 1t was
passed with a full understanding of its
purpose. In other words, the greut
crime of 1872 was simply piece of
regular legislation, believed to be for the
good of the country, and nobody was de-
ceived about it in any respect.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

Salt Lake city has attractions as a
summer and health resort of a su-
perlative character. Sunshine, mod
crate elevation, a mild climate tenn
pered by large contiguous bodies of
water, delightful lake and mountain
resorts, valley and canyon drives, in
spring scenery, charming society, mu-
steal and dramatic attractions-every-
thing in fact necessary to furnish rec
reation for the weary and prove adj
vantageous to the physical health of
the invalid. Let the world be advised
as to our advantages.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
"souND MONEY COMMITTEE

About the largest piece of unadulterated
gall we have seen for some time was a
proposition from the Sound Money CON-
mittee." asking the privilege to furnish
us supplements, one side of which would
other sound money doctrine" OF course
we all know what this sound money doc
trine is. and the proposition went into the
waste basket quicker than you could say
scat.-Payson Globe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

Democrats certainly should not lend
any aid or comfort to the new silver
party as an Independent organization
with the prospect, almost certain, that
the Democratic party will in 1896 adj
vance the banner of free and unlim-
tied coinage by America alone to the
front as the shibboleth for the CAM
paign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

A contemporary attempts to quote
scripture at The Herald. Its quotation
is like its logic. There is no such a
'text" in the whole collection Of Bibli-
cal writings as our contemporary at
tempts to repeat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

There is much reason for believing
that several of the erstwhile great
men who are members OF the conven-
ton have had their political futures
MANNED and disfigured by the mex
orable harshness of the old maxim
that Familiarity breeds" etc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

Mr.. Sibley does not urge a new sill
yer party. The extent of his efforts
is to secure friendly feeling for sill
yer and promote a determination
among voters to follow that party.
whatever its name, that may prove
to be silver's best friend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

"All the symptoms, doctor. Won saw
OF hay fever? But how" asked an In,
dian army chaplain of pronounced &C.
clesiastical views, when returning to
England on long leave, "can one pos
sfbly get hay fever in mid ocean" az
don't know" replied the doctor. But
we have several grass widows on
board. and you have been a great deal
IN their society" London World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

Expert evidence has at last been
given that the gas meter, under certain
atmospheric conditions, cannot tell the
truth. How is lit that it always lies
on the side OF the companies New
York Recorder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
nucklen,. Arnica saIxe.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fee
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box For sale by T.
c. M. I. drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

=. Did You ever surrender yourself to
the police?" asked Flooding Pete. mo.
sir, said Meandering Mike at am a
hrm believer in the principle that the
orficer should seek the man, not the
man the OFFICER. ''-Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

The Kohlsaat newspaper rumor has
at last perched; the Times-Herald of
Chicago is the paper on which this
successful newspaper man will use his
energies. 1t is however saddening to
learn that the champion of tariff re-
form and incipient friend of silver will
now become high tariff and pro-
nounced gold organ.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

Rev. DR.. Prmly.-'I was sorry to see
you come late to church yesterday"
Miss Flutter-"But you'll forgive me,
doctor. You know a new bonnet can
only be worn once for the first time
Brooklyn Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22
AS TO SALARIES.

The salaries of state officers show some
inconsistencies. For instance the gov
ernor $3.50. and the superintendent of
public instruction only $1,000 A capable
superintendent could make a great deal
more teaching school.-Logan Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

den Linden, the city's principal ave-
nue., at a single point. Many an
American city would be sold out en-
tire by its board of aldermen for a
quarter the sum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

President Cleveland seems to have
decreed that his cabinet shall blossom
into noxious disquietude as advocates
Of pseudo sound money!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-22

Phoebe Couzins asserts that the late
Senator Fair came all the way from
San Francisco to Chicago to claim
one thousand Kisses" but leaves an
anxious public in the dark as to
whether he got them or not.-New York
Press.