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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
THE NATIONAL CREDIT.

In its comments on "the progress Of
The world" the Review of Reviews for
March, after apolo6izing for the use of
strong superlatiyes, which it employs
in critcisins the legislation of the past
two years, says: f"Fhere has been fritz
tered away the highest public credit
that any nation ever attained"
Perhaps that was penned before the
sale of the Government bonds in New
York and in London If so. the writer
will probably see that his remarks in
that respect were premature If not,
then he has blundered in a singularly
fabulous way. for the credit OF this
country has doomed up in the most
gratifying manner ana it has been pro-
nounced perfectly satisfactory by
financiers and politicians on both sides
of the Atlantic,
Although the bonds are redeemable
in "coin,' the Congress having refused
TO authorize the issue of gold" bonds,
there was such q rush for them in both
the American and English capitals that
the premiums ran up astonishingly,
netting a fortune to the syndicate that
secured them from the government.
This is universally conceded to mean
that the credit Of the United States
is first class. gilt-edged and away up
1T means that Notwithstanding the
"coiR' provision for payment. gold"
will be obtained on demand for their
redemption at maturity, as has been
the custom in the past. in preserving
the parity OF the two metals
The Herald is not now discussing the
right or wrong OF that custom estab-
hshed under Republican auspices and
followed as matter Of course by a
Democratic administration. We merely
cite the facts in the bond sale to show.
that the criticism in the March Re-
view of Reviews is unjust and that
the credit of the United States has not
been 'frittered away" but that it has
been maintained in both hemispheres
and stands today unimpaired and i'm
pregnable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
QUALIFYING ANp EEEs.

We have received a communication
from Cache County written, we pre-
sumo by one of the delinquent Off
cials:" that is. men elected to Offices in
the territory for which they have failed
to qualify and who have thus caused
a vacancy in each of those offices. Our
correspondent assigns as reasons for
this delinquency, first the hard times
causing scarcity of cash; second, the
exorbitant fees which are charged in
the process OF qualifications: third, the
division Of officials into two classes.
one with both salaries and fees and
the other with neither salaries nor
fees. He thinks that as he ana those
Of his class helped the others into Of
fee. they ought to qualify them for
nothing.
It must be clear to everybody inter-
ested in this matter that the gentle
men who ofieiate in this territory in
the Qualifying of officers are not re-
sponsIble for the scarcity Of money.
There are no exorbitant fees CHARGED
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

that we know of. They are all fixed
by law. There are no Offices that have
neither salaries nor fees for services
rendered If there are no services, of
course there are no fees To charge no
fees for services rendered would be to
relinquish one of the perGuisites which
make Office an attraction. The gentle
man himself would charge fees If he
had the chance, so would all public
officers if they rendered service, It is
not likely that if he were to change
places with them he would do any bet
ter than they.
We must remind the gentlemen who
have failed to qualify, that they knew
before election it was necessary to take
the oath Of Office and obtain the pro-
per credentials. If they did not intend
or could not afford to meet the ez-
pense Of those proceedings, they ought
not to have allowed their names to be
presented 70 the voters. The fees al
lowed by law are all for work per-
formed, The salaries also, where they
are allowed, are for services rendered
It would be unreasonable to expect
hundreds of commissions to be pre-
pared, signed scaled and delivered
throughout the territory for nothing.
Why should that work be left unpaid
any more than manual labor or other
public or private employment?
The Herald is opposed TO the fee
system as payment to public officers
but not as charges for benefits re-
ceived. Salaries should form fair re-
enumeration for services rendered
Where fees can be consistently ahol-
ished they ought to be- But when fees
are Just and equitable they ought to
be charged. and covered into the public
treasury. at present the law fixes the
fees that courts, clerks and other pub
lie officers may charge, and they form
part OF the legal enoluments Of office.
If they are too high the fault is in the
law But neither that nor the scarcity
Of cash is sufficient to justify the fail
ure of persons to qualify who have
been elected to public office
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
CRIMINAL LIREL.

The conviction Of William GIassman,
OF the Ogden Standard, for criminal
libel against L. R Rogers, may per
haps prove caution to others Of the
newspaper fraternity TO keep within
the bounds OF the law, if they will not
be restrained by the claims of truth
and decency.
When publisher is sued for DAM
ages for printing what he believes to
be facts and for the public benefit, or
as a matter of news, without nalic-
Ious intent, even if It is unpleasant to
some people and places them in a bad
light, the motive of the publisher
counts for much with the public and
should do SO with jury. But when
the purpose is to injure or blaekmail
the object of vindictive newspaper
spite, the crirninaLfor such q lbeller
is crinninal-ought to receive just
punishment
There are men who imagine the mis-
sion of journalism IS to "roast" some
body. They think it their prerogative
to hold up people whom they do not
like, to the seorn, derision and con-
tempt of the pubic. They do not
scruple TO lie about them They black
guard them by name. They accuse
them of vile motives and acts, and
use language in print that they would
not dare to speak with their lips in
The presence of their victims. Such
cowardly hbeIIers deserve the lash of
the law and should receive It, because
any other lash, however weN-deserved,
would be as unlawful as the libel.
The convict in this case. apart from
the crime Of which a jury has de-
clared him guilty. has accused a
brother journalist Of libell1ng him and
has pursued him under the criminal
Jaw. This takes away what little SYM
pathy for Glassman might be enter
tanned among the press fraternity.
Every newspaper is liable to error.
In furnishing its readers with the 90
ings and topics Of the times st may
do people inadvertently an injustice.
For that, when ready to make relnara-
ton as far as possible if convinced Of
The mistake, the publisher Will be
pardoned by all just persons and will
not be condemned by the public If he
is by a court But defamation Of chaE-
acter from spite ana with Wflful in
tent 10 injure and malign. is alto
gether a different thing. No suit for
damages then meets the demands of
justice a criminal prosecution comes
as near Go what is needed as the law
permits.
The Herald does not wish to rejoice
over the misfortune of any other paper
or its publisher. But in this case, it is
OF the opinion that the verdict is right,
and that the convicted person will per-
haps be taught q lesson which will be
beneficial to the public If not to him
and one that he ought to have learned
long ago. The personalities resorted TO
in his paper have been often entirely
unjustifable and as deserving of pun
i6hment as the wrong for which he
now stands convicted. Let the warning
be needed by others Of his kind!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The Rathdrum Post says that the
charge that Governor Mcconnell at
tempted to work scheme on the
southeast delegation whereby he was
to secure seven votes for the senator
ship in exchange for the college of ag-
ricnlture. which he promised to give to
Idaho Falls. is absolutely true and can
be proven by every member OF the
southeastern delegation; also by vii
liam E. Wheeler. editor of the Idaho
Falls Register. On Thursday night.
Feb. II. the members of the southeast
ern delegation held caucus to con-
slider the governors proposition. with
the result that they decided to stand
by Sweet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Economy Is an excellent thing.
Parsimony Is not. Often the latter Is
mistaken Cor the former THAT is the
case when a cheese-paring plan is
adopted in the payment of public Of
hcers. The state the county. the city
can afford to pay fair wages tor fair
work. There should be no e1orbitant
salaries. Neither should there be a
disposition to cut down mems pay
when a st Of retrenchment comes on.
As q rule Il viii be found that the
ecsnonizer always wants to shave the
other fellows. not his own emolu-
rents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Travel, The New Government Loan,
The Incapacity of Congress, The Flu
ture OF Gold Production, Engineers and
Public Works, Our Government, Archi-
lecture, Decorative Art in the Boston
Public Library, New York City's New
Administration, The Brooklyn Street
Railway Strike. Japan's Recent Vic
tories, The Trial Of the Hawaiian Con-
spirators, President CleVeland's Arbi-
tration Between Brazil and the Argen-
tine Republic, British Politics, London
Council Elections, French Affairs, The
Late M. de Giers, of Russia; Crispi and
the King of Italy, George Peabody's
anniversary, and the great names on
the months neurology roll There are
many excellent portraits of living and
dead celebrities, and illustrations are
given of the city halls of Vienna and
Philadelphia (by way Of contraSD, the
new Boston public library, the Putnam
house at Rutland, Mass. and other in
teresting buildings.
During the present revival Of interest
in Napoleon there has been some con-
fusion as to the use Of the names Of
the great emperor. Many people use
preference, or simply Napoleon, as
proper to apply to him at any period
Of his career. Professor William NJ.
Sloane, in The Century, gives logical
rule in the use of the various forms
Of the name. He called his work the
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte," as this
was the name finally chosen by the
man himself. IN the opening chapters
he used the form adopted and used by
the family as Observation-Disclosures
This form Of Napoleon kept Until he
joJ h Ooc cir 1ieJ
Gorsican Affiliations and became q true
son OF France, changing the spelling
TO Bonaparte. Professor Sloane uses
this form after that period, until his
hero becomes emperor, when he gives
him only his imperial title-Nap0leon.
Littelrs Living Age is the ideal mag
azine for the busy man and woman Of
today. One great advantage is its COM
pleteness. Covering the whole range
of literature it not only presents the
best thoughts Of the best authors but
gives them in full without nutilation
or condensation.
Recent issues present ali the accus-
toned variety, But are especially rich
in biographical sketches or personal
recollections, Two articles appear in
the early March issues on Christina
RoSsetti tRecolection5 Of James An
thony Froude," Count Moltke, Field
Marshal" oliver Wenden Holmes"
James Darmesteter,' "Rubinstejn,"
'"Tennyson at Aldworth," are papers
which viii be eagerly read. Other no.
table and timely articles are: "a
Change of Cars" THE Court of Fer
rara in the Fifteenth Century, Stony
Sinai" IAN Old Society Wit" "Single
Chamber Democrats, 'RecolectionS Of
the Chinese War" In addition are to
be found the choicest short stories and
select poetry. Litten & Co.. Boston.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

General LIE Prudhomme, Count de
Fontenoy, who died in Paris the other
day. was the last officer who had the
right TO use the single letter up" before
his name. This letter was used to dis
tfnguiSh the young men VINO had been
pages of Louis XVIII. and Charles x.
and afterWard became officers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The fight against the income tax
law now on in Washington promises to
be very bitter one. The opponents
have outlined their plan of campaign
their arguments being that the law is
unconstitutional; that it is class legis-
lation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Appointing The committees of the
convention is big Job on Its own
merits. But when 1t has 60 be done
TO suit the caucus it becomes a bigger
SOB than ever. Caucus Is King IN this
convention, and the King outranks the
President
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The streets of Toronto are sprinkIed
By . trolley water car. The city con-
tracts with the street car company to
sprinkle the streets, and with The troll
ley tank the company does it for e5
cents mile a yeaf. In the hot weather
The principal streets are sprinkled
every 20 minutes Here is a hint Cor
our own solcns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

That Buffalo Bill will not, perhaps,
be able TO trample on the Little-field
OF the ogden Press as fiercely as was
intended. now that the Rogers libel
has terminated so disastrously for the
drst-named. The Press viii most
likely be able to hoist the Standard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The Inter-ocean sagely remarks:
1.-THE Utah people ought to be able to
prepare an excellent constitution. They
have experience in the work, as this is
the seventh constitutional convention
that has assembled in the territory"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

They are now making paper cannons.
The guns are elastic and light and
have great strength. Those made
from Republican sheets will be dis
tfnguished by maximum noise ana
minimum effectiveness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Prince Louis Ronaparte. lieutenant
colonel of the Russian Dragon regiment
Of Niini-NoVgorod. has been promoted to
the rank of colonel by the new car. The
prince is the second son of the late
Prince Napoleon. and one Of the cleVereSt
members of the family.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The inquiry into the exact cause Of
The loss Of the ship Eibe IS about to
commence. Send the probe to the
bottom. Let the towards on the
Crathie explain their miserable actions.
if they. can.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
LITERARY NOTES,

The Progress of the Worldv in the
March Review Of Reviews is a chapter
OF running comment ON the important
events of the past month. These are
some of the topics treated. The Loss
Of the ElDe and the Safety of ocean
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The Portland Sun gives the three
greatest events in history. Napoleon
crossing the Alps. Washington cross
ing the Delaware '-Dolph crossing the
Willamette
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The recent raising Of the Union Pa
cif1c pay checks. which was so skill
fully done. has caused considerable
commotion among the sleuth-hounds of
the law throughout the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

and now Republican papers are be-
rating Cleveland because he insisted
on reading most Of the bills that were
presented TO him ere he attached his
signature. Impeaeh him!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Governor Atkinson. of Georgia, has
been plunged into great domestic trouble
by the pr0Strati0n of his wife who seems
tied the procliYities of kieptomaniac.
She has been taken to a private asylum
in the east. The lady's use of morphine
and other opiates, in connection with
nerve debility. conduced TO her unfortu-
nate state Of mind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

II q coat OF paint we're applied to
the body Of q human being death
would result in less than FIVE hours.
Why not substitute a pot Of paint for
The electrical chair?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The sale OF "Trilby'' is now we'll up to-
ward 100000 copies. 1t is needless to add
that Mr.. du Maurier is writing another
novel. II he had not waived his right to
royalties and taken $4,000 in cash he
would now have received between $4,000
and 500 0OO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
Dr.. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Si;dwinter Fai-. San Francisco
PROMINENT PEOPLE

Mr.. zansweIl is following NJ. du Maur-
ier's lead as q clronicler of art-student
Nfe in the Latin quarter He has lately
been making studies in Paris for a long
novel,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Lady Henry Somerset and Frances vii
lard will sail for England on Wednesday
of this week. Lady Somerset's first duty
in her native land Will be to preside over
a big meeting at Exeter hall, London,
to protest against the English opium
trade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

a dispatch received last eveains
states that Mrs. IS now in Cali
fornia, living with her husband. Well,
whose husband should she live with?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The lighting committee seem to be as
much in need Of light as the streets.
They cannot be called a lighting COM
nlittee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The Focateilo Tribune is f1aying Sem
ator Parkinson for his county division.
bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The secrecy maintained by Castenane
rs 10 the itinerary of the bridal tour,
suggests the idea that he may have
been headed for South Dakota,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Trouble in Cuba grows almost
hourly. It now begins to look as
though cannon would take the place
Of crackers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

VIII partisanship rule in the appoint
ment Of the convention committees?
We hope not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Poor Ben Rich! All his rehearsal of
the role Of Private Secretary has
gone for naught.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Some years ago Frederick Douglas ad
dressed convention Of negroes In Lou
isville, says the Buffalo Courier. He said
not mink an ama a1I5 aoatfon of The Wite
and black races desirable, the pure negro
being. in his opinion. the best Of the race.
While speaking his eyeglasses continued
mterpolated the speaker. I wish we
could get up some sort of an alloy for
the negro capable of holding spectacles."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
HERALD Calendar for March.

There is one good thing about China.
Coal is cheap there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

shoup's friends in Salt Lake grew
decidedly hilarious yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

''Ben Rich. Of Idaho" viii be at
homo" to his friends after today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Lent is described as the season Of
The year When Society sings to the
devil. ''Au revoir. but not good-byer'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

The late Ismail Pasha. ex-hhedive of
Egypt. Wag warm friend of the United
States, having his entire army organized
and of1Cered by military men from this
country. He was likewise the donor of
the obelisk which now adorns Central
Park. New York and when he instituted
the international tribunals, made a spe-
cial point that the United States should
have a seat on the bench, realizing that
1t was the only great power upon the dis
intereStedneSS of whose friendship to
Egypt he could entirely rely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

A woman may put on the trouser,
And Shun each kitchen utenSn.
But it's doubtful If you can arouse her,
And teach her to sharpen a pencil.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Giyer-Now I hope you wont spend this
dime for whisky
Lane U-slkerSGood. kind sir, want
you to realize your hope and Til tell Won
how you can do it: come into the saloon
and set 'ern up ard III save the dime for
a Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

There has never been any doubt but
party has been opposed to any financial
movement which would place the United
States on a gold basis. Many OF its
abIest leaders have for years been asi-
tating and struggling for silver aS money
of ultimate redemption In Wyoming the
party has for years favored silver and
has SO declared itself at the state con-
Ventions.
Il is true that It has been "a subject
Of contention in the party. but there has
never been any doubt as to how the
conviction has been steadily growing,
and in the last state election in Ohio the
Democrats opposed the election of Nc
kinley on a silver platform and the pe0-
pie of that state then decreed against
silver
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
IN SANCTUMs NEARBY.

Which one of Charley Cranes constitu-
tons viii be chosen? we don't suppose
it VIII much matter. When you come
to choose these ready made constitutions
You simply shut your eyes to the wishes
of the people and let hap-haZard decide
Provo Dispatch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

No one should advocate an appeal 60
sectionalism, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. Yet it is common thing to
read in eastern papers of the silver fan
atiCs Of the west and all that. In view
of such assaults the great west should
be justified in organizing to secure con
troll Of The House But the contest ought
It should be made, however, on the
money question, which, beyond all doubt,
is TO be the great issue before the Arneri-
can people in 1895. The party that allies
itself with the gold mon0metall16t5 and
the money power of the east will go to
the wall as surely as an election is held.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
WITH THE WITS,

The intelligent young lady looked over
her glasses at the average young man.
and asked suddenly:
How old would you take mo to be?''
I wonder said he to himself. ''Whetl-
er she wants to be rated five years
younger on the score of her looks, or I'VE
years older on account OF her brains7
Darn these advanced women, anyhovp'
Cincinnati Tribune
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Nell-Are you going to the opera to-
Bell-No; what's the use2 I have such
q friShtful cold ! can scarcely sneak
above a Observation-Disclosures Record
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Mr., Aston, am told, says Harold Fred
eric IS his London cable to the New York
his newspaper propertes-the Pail Mall
Gazette, Magazine, and Budget-selling
ClVeden and his London leases and re-
verify the report, but it comes to me
from source entitled TO confidence He
paid $4,000 for the Gazette alone. which
Was an excessive price. my informant
With the other two thrown in. for $500. :
200; but failing to find purchasers or even
Bidders at their own price, decided to rut
an end to them. Two million dollars is
mentioned as the round sum that his ex-
perience as a publisher cost him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08

Mabel-Do you believe that Nav mar
r1ages are less happy than those OF any
other MONTH
Mrs. LaheSh0re-No; / wasn't anV han
pier when I was married in October. Ian
,.ary, April, August, February or june
Chicago liner Ocean.