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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
REASONS FOR THE RESULT.

1t is remarkable how many people
seem pleased at the defeat of the bond
| ing proposition. The lack Of conf
dence in the ability, economy and in
tentions of the county authorities,
| seems to have been the controlling
influence in producing the result. Mis-
apprehension as TO the whole matter
has held sway with some. but the
overpowering impression on the minds
of most Of the opponents of the bonds
is, that the money would heve been
spent for other purposes than paying
off the county liabilities.
The Herald has not shared in these
fears or estimate of county officers.
Nor must it be thought that because
this has swayed enough voters to give
majority against the bonds, it re-
fleets the views of the majority Of
the citizens. The total of the vote
shows that the mass Of the voters re-
Trained from going to the polls. AS
it was, the city gave a small majority
for Bonds Yes 1t was the country
districts that downed the proposition.
anu l44SlGS We dIc sure, l4lS QuGSllO1l
was not fully understood in a great
number of instances.
In our opinion, if there had been a
little more time for explanation and
little more interest awakened, the
bonds would have been voted and the
county authorities relieved from the
difficulties that confront them. 1t is
bad reflection on the great body of
citizens who stayed away from the
polls on Monday, that they had not
sufficient interest in so important
an issue to induce them to express
their views by casting simple ballot.
We believe that many who apprecia-
ted the business proposition that pay
ing five per cent. interest was vastly
better than paying eight, yet remained
neutral for lack of interest and energy
enough to go to the polls. They will
have to pay their share Of the increase
that will follow on the public debt,
and so will have to suffer somewhat
for their failure. Another time they
ought to do their duty. He who will
not use the suffrage is unworthy of the
franchise,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
NEEDS AMENDING.

In the Declaration of Rights pro-
posed as Article One of the State Con-
stitution. the following is given as
Section "a:
Private property shall not be taken
for private use unless by consent of
the owner, except for private ways of
necessity, and for reservoirs, drains,
fumes or bitches, on or across the
lands of others, for agricultural, min
ing, milling, domestic or sanitary pur-
poses, and in no case shall ouch pro-
perty be taken without due compensa-
ton.
The taking Of private property with
out consent of the owner for private
purposes needs to be hedged about
with safeguards which do not appear
in that section. due compensation
looks to be all right on its face, but
that compensation ought to be secured
to the owner before he parts with it's
possession. We direct the attention of
the watchful men of the convention to
this section. 1t has the look of a loop
hole through which wealthy corpora
lions might gain advantage over poor
land owners. in the litigation which
the former might be able to employ to
the wearing out Of the latter. I'VE are
of the opinion that Section q needs
amendment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
A DIsGRACEFUL ACT.

The display of partisanship in the
convention on Tuesday was most in
opportune and regrettable The letter
sent by Hon. Moses Thatcher to Presi-
dent John Henry Smith was not ad-
dressed directly to the convention, as
may be seen from its contents. The
President was requested to make to
to the honorable members of the Con-
vention the necessary explanation re-
quired by the rules governing such
matters" The President chose to
have the letter itself presented, which
was quite proper, and it was on mo-
ton of a Republican delegate that the
letter was spread upon the minutes.
If it was subsequently thought that
a mistake had been committed in maxi
ing the letter a part of the proceedings,
and motion had been made, in proper
order, that it be stricken from the
minutes on the ground that it was
improperly placed there, it is possible
that there would have been little If any
objection. But the insulting manner
in which Delegate Coray of Juab re-
ferred to it was disgraceful to him,
and the disposition of the matter was
disgracefuI to his party.
Hon. David Evans took manly attf-
tude in relation to the attack so I'M
generously and viciousIy made by the
member from Juab, and the latter
should have been required to with
draw his remarks or give reasons for
making them. The vote against Mr..
Evans resolution was an endorsement
by the Republicans Of the mean and
malicious language used by one of
their number. The strict party vote
cast on either side shows the partisan
spirit that is still present in the con-
vention, in spite of prayers and
to the contrary.
There was positively no excuse for
calling the letter in question piece
of political buncombe.'' The phrase
was a falsehood. There is no bun
combe, political or otherwise, in the
letter and nothing of a partisan char
acter. 1t may have been out of place
in the minutes. That is matter of
rule and of taste. But the Coray at
tack was a piece OF low polltlcaI black
guardism. which his Republican asso-
ciates would have repudiated if they
had been governed by courtesy and
decency instead of blind and brutal
partisan feelings. The people will en-
dorse the position taken by Mr..
Evans; they will despise the course Of
Coray and his party associates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

The House of Representatives to
contain about forty-five members, one
from each county and the remainder TO
be elected according to population,
with senate elected by counties or
groups of counties, each senator repre-
sentin gabout $1,000 inhabitants, is a
scheme much favored in committee.
This would give a group of six of our
southern and southeastern counties,
six representatives and one senator,
while the wealthy county of Cache
would have one senator and two re-
representatives.. Such a scheme as that
is subversive of the underlying prin-
ciples of government of the people,
by the people and for the people. 1t
is revolutionary. 1t will subordinate
the will of the majority to that of the
minority. 1t will open our constitution
to the charge that it is not Republican
in form.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

wooden goods in the very mart of the
cloth manufacturing trade in England.
Switzerland is not a carpet making
Germany, England, France and Bel
GUM America is now competing with
those countries for the Swiss trade.
Protectionist papers remark:
"Of course, the advocates of free wool
/ find in these instances of the sale of
American woolens and carpets abroad
the vindication of that policy
Well. why not? Is it not fiat con-
tradiction of the predictions of the
high tarifites? Is it not a demonstra-
ton that free trade has not ruined
the wool industry of the United States?
Is it not evidence that the manufac-
turers have been stimulated to new
efforts. and are able to find an opening
for their goods in 1.-THE markets of the
world under the benign influences of
tariff reform? The facts are too strong
for the protection theories.
One Republican organ remarks:
Every step of progress that our
manufacturers may make in introduce
ing the products of American mills and
factories into European markets will
be gratifying; but it is easy to over
estimate the significance of such trans
actions as those reported by the con-
suls at Bradford and Zurich.
Certainly. 1t is easy to over-estimate
anything. 1t is also easy to underesti-
mate the Importance of this extension
OF American trade, and the significance
of this movement under what have
been called free trade" auspices The
same paper goes on to say:
I'm any event nobody of practical
judgment will believe that our cloth
manufacturers can proftably compete
with those of England in the British
market, for American wages are still
higher than wages in England, al
though the difference is not so great
as formerly"
People of practical judgment will be-
lieve what they see and what is DEM
onstrated to be an existing fact.
Skepticism as to what is and what
may be. will accomplish nothing and
disprove nothing. And the protection
representation having failed, it is
probable that the impossibility of the
same authority will turn out to be
the possibility and reality of actual
events.
The wages question is not all there
is to the manufacturing question. The
difference between English and Amer
lean wages is largely if not fully made
up in the increased product of the
higher priced artisan. Then the inn
provements in machinery and the
quicker methods of the American
worker, all aid our wide-awake manu-
facturers and traders and give them
advantages which will overcome the
low wages factor in the contest.
AS claimed by the advocates of tar
if reform, free wool puts the American
manufacturer in a great degree on the
same plane of opportunities as the
British manufacturer. The modified
tariff is a sufficient barrier against the
flood of cheap goods" prognosticated,
and if it is a fact that the American
wooden manufacturer can, not only
hold his own in this country against
foreign competition, but actually meet
European manufacturers on their own
ground and beat them in their own
heretofore exclusive markets. it affords !
an invincible weapon wherewith TO
knock the stuffing out Of the bugaboo |
of Republican protection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

municipal. county, state or national
government. as the case may be. o
provide the means of subsistence for
those who need it, either by giving
them employment or by appropriations
from the public funds.
That this is erroneous in theory and
| improper in practice ought to be per-
ceived without the light of lengthy ar
gument. 1t is not the province of gov
class of the people. 1t is the duty Of all
classes of people, in proportion to their
ability. to support the government.
When citizens who are out of en-
ployment and are willing yet unable to
obtain it are reduced to condition Of
poverty. it may appear very natural
for them to appeal to the government
tai authorities for aid. The spirit and
usages of monarchial governments lead
to that idea, and are responsible for
much of the tendency in that direction,
among people in the United States who
have come here from abroad. But it
is foreign to the genius of our insti-
tutions and should not be encouraged.
The protective and bounty system
that has grown up under Republican
ism also leads to the socialistic heresy
to which we offer these objections. IL
fosters the idea that one Of the func-
lions of government is to promote
the development of a given class OF
industries. To devote funds derived
to- IN T1riUa
poses. To benefit selected sections. To
protect capitalists in ventures that
may afford high wages to operatives.
To prevent competition so that prices
may be kept UP for the enrichment OF
the protected class at the expense OF
the mass of consumers. If govern
ments may do all this, they may also
furnish employment or pay out public
money to INDECENT laborers.
The Coxeyism of 1894 was an express
sion Of the idea that the government
owes laboring people living. The
same notion crops out in the demands
made by working men upon the local
authorities for employment. And the
danger of this lies in the leaning to-
and office-holding politicians who look
to what is called the labor vote for
their support in their intrigues for
place and power.
Public works, of course, should be
carried on to the extent of the public
ability and the public necessity. Fair
prices should be paid on them for labor
performed. Eight hours for a days
work on public institutions is all right.
The public interest will be subserved
by the employment of men who can
reasonably be put to the public service.
But the idea must not be acceded to
for moment that the government,
national or local, is in duty bound
either to furnish employment because
hands are idle, or donate money to
private enterprises that labor may be
sustained.
Paternalism in. government is the
very antipodes of the democratic prin-
ciple on which this republic is founded.
If it is permitted to grow in the d.
rection which it is taking it will result
situations. The thoughtful and con-
sistent among the citizens of this
country should set their faces against
1t, and stand fast by the spirit of the
constitution and the great axiom of one
of it's most distinguished supporters:
Equal and exact justice to all; special
privileges to none"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
THE HAWAIIAN CABLE.
From the Boston Herald.

There will be several months now in
which to settle the question whether a
cable is needed to Hawaii There is a
large amount of American capital lying
idle. and, If business interests require the
use of a cable to these islands Of the Pa
cific, 1t may be expected to be employed
TO such an end. AS a government matter,
we see no reason why the government
should lay this line more than any other
connecting our country with a foreign
power. Our relations with Hawaii are
purely business ones, and business takes
care of itself in all other cases of cable
connection. The most consistent advo-
Gates of government intervention here are
the Populists, who look upon the enter
prise as a concession to their claims that
government should own all the tele-
graphs and all the railroads as WELL.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Hon. Moses Thatcher stands con-
victed of political buncombe" because
he advocated true patriotism, regard
for the rights Of the governed sym
pathy for the laboI1ng masses, equity,
iustice and economy in public expen-
dirures, and a state charter under
which all men may feel equally pro-
4ected. An unprejudiced observer must
admit that the charge is well taken
such suggestions as these are Demo-
cratic propositions of the rankest and
most characteristic kind, and deserve
the instant and unconditional condem-
nation OF every good Republican. Cen
1lemea oe the majority, you have acted
as becometh your principles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
ART ALA FRANCHISE.

Is an artist ever perfect? Nobody
ever is.-Eugene Fromentin.
There is really beautiful only the
useless Theophile Gautier.
To create a commonplace is to have
genius.-Charles Baudelaire.
Certainly to copy with exactness is
something, but to invent is better
Paul Manzt.
You are not an artist if you have
not earned the hatred of fools.-Theo-
dOre de BanVille.
The moment an artist thinks of
money he loses the sentiment of the
beautiful.-Denis Diderot
Never has virgin, young or old,
produced a work of art The beautiful
IS what your servant instinctiyely
thinks is rightful.-Edmond ct Jules
de Goncourt.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Who ought to be friends should so seldom
agree.
My strength is exhausted. my energ,
dead,
From the volley OF blue pills discharged
at my head
1t is not strange that nature should
demonstrate against the use of those
gripping and drastic blue marbles, with
which old fogies of medicine persist
IN dosing their patients. They are not
revolving in appearance, but oftimes
actually injurious in their effects. Yet
nature needs some help in overcoming
obstinate dyspepsia, constipation and
liver troubles. and fortunately she las
a very valuable assistant in Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which, small
as bird seed and sugar-coated, never
fail to act effectively though sooth-
ingly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
RHODE ISLANDS OPENING GUN.

The following is the currency plank of
the Rhode Island Republicans. The state
is now on the eve of a general election:
I'VE protest against cheap money, the
destruction Of our banking system, the
establishment of state banks, and all
other Democratic and Populist theories,
by which it is sought to make something
out of nothing. and to use that something
in the payment of labor and of indebted
ness. Safety to business demands a cur
rency every dollar of which is equal in
value to every other dollar throughout
our vast territory and in the marts of
the world"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
socIAL1sTIc TENDENCIES.

In framing constitutions and enact
ing laws, great care should be exer-
cised to avoid pandering to the social
istic tendencies and demands of the
times. Governments are instituted and
laws Should be enacted, to protect the
citizen in the enjoyment of those
rights and privileges which belong to
all who obey the law.
There is growing disposition among
certain classes of working people and
labor organizations to depend upon the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair. San Francisco.
TEZLA'S LOSS.
From the WASHINGTON Star.

From the Washington Star.
1t may be that electrical science received
q. serious setback when a New York fire
la, the wonderful young Servian, who has
made such astonishing discoveries by
means of his experiments with the cleo
trical fluid. Tesla's ambition has been to
perfect the system of electric lighting
without wires, which he claimed he had
discovered, and he says now that he was
within reach of the goal when the fire
swept all of his apparatus away. Tesla
is undoubtedly one Of the geniuses of the
century. and electrical progress will be
retarded if he should be discouraged by
his loss from continuing the work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
THE EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE.

The educational article reported to
the convention on Tuesday contains
some very good provisions, but it is
too lengthy and embodies too much
legislation. 1t seems strange that
popular educators do not cultivate
brevity in the documents which they
prepare. Nearly all bills presented on
educational matters to the legislature
have to be cut down, and trimmed Of
redundancies, until scarcely half is left
of them. We do not say there is ex-
cessive verbosity in the article pre-
scented, or provisions that are not well
expressed. We think it too long to be
placed entire in the Constitution, and
that some of it's details might properly
be left for the Legislature to act upon,
without specifying them in the Consti-
tuition.
Section one IS entirely superfluous.
That, however, is small matter. The
provision that the University,-%vith all
its appurtenant colleges and institu-
tions, including the agricultural col
lege, the normal school, and such
branches and departments as may be-
come necessary, must all be located
at one place, with the sole exception
of agricultural experiment stations, is
too restrictive and ought to be ex-
plunged. 1t is tying the matter up too
tight.
The provisions as to the organiza-
ton of the University and other and
kindred clauses are superfluous in this
instrument, and ought to be left to
the laws. AS a whole it is well con-
sidered and there is nothing vicious
in it, the greatest objections being the
Limitation we have mentioned and the
excess of legislation. With some pru-
ming it will be acceptable and its
spirit is to be commended.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
THE MODEL HUSBAND.

He rises every morning,
Just at the break of dawn;
He lights the kitchen fire
And he puts the kettle on. "a;
ss
He washes all the dishes.
Puts biscuit in to bake;
And calmly as a cyclone
Beats to tenderness the steak.
Then he dresses all the children,
Hears 'em say their morning prayers,
And let's 'em go TO take the air,
Or tumble down the stairs.
He sweeps the house all over
Knocks the dust from every shelf.
His wife-she runs for office,
And he just can't help himselfi
Pen and Scissors, Toronto, Canada.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Mr.. Thatcher urges that PARTISAN
snip, local demands and individual in
+erests may be subordinated to the
general neutrality-suspicious. so ut
4erJy indefensible from the point Of
view of the party of sectionaism and
class distinctions. that Mr.. Thatcher
is accused of political buncombe."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

You are too young, no matter what
your age, to lose your hair. Save it by
the use of Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t re-
moves dandruff, prevents badness, re-
stores gray and faded hair to it's orig
inal color, and makes 1t soft, glossy.
and abundant. No toilet is complete
without it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Mr.. Thatcher urges that the conven-
Hon draft a constitution that shall
never bring a blush of shame olefeel-
ing of regret to us or our children
n accomplishment so far beyond the
capacity of the Republican majority
that Mr.. Thatcher is accused OF poll
teal bunco1nbe."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

The Missouri legislature is consider
ing the advisability Of taxing bachelors
"a monstrous piece of class legisla-
5ion that would not stand five minutes
in any third district court in the
ferritorY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

The proposition TO givecounty courts
limited common law and criminal jur-
ssdiction is an excellent one. Tt will
render justice more speedy and less
expensive. In the language of some
forgotten nnguist, it viii bring litiga-
tion to the door Of every citizen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

With bacteria and other shelled fish
fn water, diphtheria and cholera in
milk and prohibition in the constitu-
tion there appears TO be nothing left
for the thirsty soul but ink or the
electrical fluid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Mechanics liens are proper in stat
uses, but there is no more reason for
providing in a convention that me-
chanics shall have lien than that ven
doris, lawyers. innkeepers and other
classes shall have one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Judging from the amount of snake
bite antidote consumed by Col. J.
Lawrence Sullivan. we infer that he
believes the snakes that pursue him
TO be of a poisonous variety.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Ignatius Donnelly. the discoverer of
the Shakspearian cipher, is cipher mad;
the latest cipher he has found is the
Populist party, of which he is now
leading ornament in the northwest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
SUFFRAGE IN NEW YORK.
From Philadelphia Ledger.

From Philadelphia Ledger
The women have scored a success in
the New York assembly. that body hav-
ing passed the resolution providing an
amendment to the state constitution Civ
ing women the right to vote. The vote
showed that the friends of the movement
outnumbered its opponents more than
two TO one. The senate must yet pass
upon the measure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
Slaughter Sale

Fancy black dress goods; best
French and German makes; most
stylish designs. at 45c., CSC. and Zoe.
Don't fail to see them, at
T. AUERBACH & BRO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

Mr.. Thatcher urged harmony and
neutrality-suspicious. so ridiculous
10 the Republicans as to deserve con-
domination as political buncombe.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

The capital controversy has deter
snined that after all the so-called
''twin" cities, Minneapolis and st. Paul,
are not brothers-no relation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20

The proposition that the misappro-
priation of public funds should be a
felony is tip-top-in a criminal code,
but should be kept out of the funda-
mental law.