The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-20

/ lli1uenJia1 members can nave lHeiI
way. an ordinance will be passed for
bidding the use of any sidewalk by
bicyclists..
In this connection the following from
an English paper makes mighty inter
esting reading:
Criminal liability for the reckless
riding of a bicycle was visited with a
sentence of four months hard labor in
the recent English case of Regin
against Parker, which was tried al
Lewes assizes. The defendant was
charged in an indictment for man
slaughter and also for furiously driv-
ing a carriage or vehicle contrary to
section 35 of the offenses against the
person act of 1851. The sentence was
imposed upon a. plea of guilty to the
second Indictment. This plea was &C
cepted, although the prosecution con-
sidered that a. conviction for man
slaughter would be supported. The
Law Journal quotes Mr.. Justice Haw-
kins as saying that the counsel for the
prosecution had very mercifully asked
only for a conviction on an indictment
to which the prisoner was ready to
plead guilty, and that he was glad that
some one had thought fit to put the law
in motion and let those who are care
less and reckless of the lives of others
know that they were punishable by the
law. The justice also said that a man
OF woman who rides a bicycle is bound
to conduct it with care and caution,
and no more entitled to ride recklessly
and furiously than to drive a cart at
a furious pace through the street.
Laws or ordinances on this subject,
as on all others. are made only for
those who are either mentally or NOR
ally deficient, and not for those who
are intelligent and conscientious enough
not to need them The interesting and
innocent party who, for time whereof
the memory of man r1lnneth not to the
contrary, has been carrying a gun and
did not know it was loaded has now
exchanged it for a wheel. and his
works do follow him. His victim is Of
ten a fellow-w heedman, but more often
it is an elderly lady or small child.
Pusillanimous municipal authorities
have in many places failed to check
the increase of these crimes. In other
places the authorities have been more
effective. To make the law of the sub
ject plain to the limited comprehension
of scorchers a few convictions of man.
slaughter will probably be necessary" "
An eastern paper has a two column
article ON How to Avoid the Light
ning's Stroke" Arthur Brown should
collab orate with Ex-Governor Thomas
and Louis Hyams and send a marked
copy to Mckinley.
The airy manners of County Attorney
Wlhittemore since he returned from
pressing on'' are explained. He saw
Mckinley and the man whose circus is
being managed by Mark Hanna spoke
to him Whit is now whistling: Just
Tell Them that Saw Mckinley"
Later-Whittemore denies the state
ment made by the News. Probably
what Whittemore did say was: Bill,
cid boy, you go ahead; if you are elect
ed, III have silver remonetized within
ten months?'
Quien sabe?
s16 to l." as viewed by the Durango
Democrat, means 16 days work for 1
gold dollar.
The avaignment of Mark Hanna by
Alfred Henry Lewis in the New York
Journal and published in the Denver
Post of the Sth inst. is the severest
most explicit, and at the same time
courteous happening of the foe of hui
man labor that ever appeared in pub
lie print Hanna is unquestionably a.
bloodless scoundrel, an open insult to
range Democrat
In a speech at the close of the war
Abraham Lincoln said:
LAS a result of the war corporations
have been enthroned and an era of cor
ruption in high places will follow, and
the money power of the country will
endeavor to prolong its reign by work.
ing upon the prejudice of the people
till all wealth is aggregated in a few
hands and the republic is destroyed.
feel at this moment more anxiety for
the safety of my country than ever
before, even in the midst of war. God
grant that my suspicious may prove
groundless."
Yet there are those who will deny
him the title of prophet
The Nephi Republic, which came out
as an independent paper, seems to be
one of the most dependent that ever ex-
listed. Roe appears to be endeavoring
to be "all thirgs to all men" He
wants silver, and he doesn't want it;
believes protection to be a good thing.
but still has his doubts.
The New York World, in a recent
issue, slaps Mckinley in this manner:
ct seems to be impossible for Mr..
Mckinley to acquire the habit of can
did. fair and honest speech. In his
talk to the Foraker club he spoke of
the Democratic party as having de-
stroyed business and confidence by a
free trade policy Mr.. Mckinley
knows that so far as having a free
trade policy in force we have a tariff
averaging AZ per cent, which is so per