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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

unScrupulouS enemy and they inStinc-
lively feel that they can gain nothing
by such a contest. And in refusing to
participate they will show wisdom
Notwithstanding that the vote may be
fair, the information that it would fur
nish the McKinleyites might be danger
Gus. This is a point which the Record
may have overlooked, or which it
thought the silver men would not see,
when it invited the supporters of Bryan
to indicate their choice.
Suppose it should be shown that in
some state the silver men had slight
lead-does anyone think that ire
mendous efforts would not at once be
made by Hanna to stem the tide? The
same would be true in any congress
sional district The knowledge fur
nished by such a test might lead to the
loss of a state to Bryan and to the loss
of number of congressman.
1t must be remembered that the
knowledge gained would not be of as
much advantage to the silver men as
to their opponents, the superior re-
sources of the latter enabling them to
fully utilize the information. The
Democrats are handicapped in the
matter of means; they are straining
every nerve to cover the field as the
case is now presented. The Repub-
licans, on the other hand, have un-
limited resources, and on days notice
they could concentrate effective
agencies in a score of districts without
weakening their campaign at any other
point. An individual would probably
be effectually protected from loss or
inconvenience arising from the manner
in which he had voted but it is practi-
cally certain that special pressure
would be brought to bear upon work
ingmen as a body in every section
where Hanna should see a hope of
changing the result.
The Herald hopes the voting will con-
tinue to be so disproportionate that the
ballot will be recognized as a failure.
The silver men can better afford to
wait until November than to give the
enemy any possible advantage.
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A DEsPICABLE PLOT.

If the charge made in an affidavit by
Daniel L. Van Meter. a candidate for
presidential elector on the Bryan fusion
ticket in Wyoming, that State Audi
tor William o. Owen offered to bride
him to decline a nomination On the flu
sion ticket, and to allow his declination
to be sent to the secretary of states
office one minute before midnight on
the night Of October s. when it would
be too late for the Democrats to fill
the vacancy, and thus thwart the flu
sion electoral ticket, be true, and there
is no reason to doubt its truth, then a
very grave crime has been attempted
against the commonwealth of Wyom-
ing. Had Mr.. Van Meter been elected
an elector and been offered a bride to
cast his vote for Mckinley the actual
crime would have been no greater than
the one attempted.
This is really an indirect attempt to
corrupt the electoral college. That
means an attack upon the very integ-
rity Of the government. If candidates
for electors can by any means be bribed
before election so as to thwart the will
of the people, they can be after cleo
ton. Had this attempt succeeded, part
of the people of Wyoming, majority
perhaps, would have been robbed of
their right to vote for electors of their
own choice. AS we'll deprive them of
the privilege of going to the polls at
all as to make it impossible for them
to Vote for any but one set of electors.
This is plain; A very serious assault
upon the most sacred rights of the
people of Wyoming has been attempt
ed. If in the state there is any law
providing for the punishment of those
who make such attempts, it should be
enforced to the very utmost. This at
tempt shows what desperate risks those
who make it are ready to take to fur
Their their cause. 1t also shows how
totally discovered that cause is from
the true interests of the people.
Mr. Van Meter has done the people
of his state a signal service in expos
ing this despicable plot.
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A DANGEROUS SCHEME.

A mammoth straw ballot scheme has
been undertaken by the Chicago
Record. The paper has sent out postal
cards to all the voters in Chicago and to
10 per cent of the voters of half a dozen
Of the central western states. These
cards are to be returned with the name
of the individuals choice for president.
Prominent men, representing all shades
of opinion, have been selected as
canvassing board, and from
day to day the result of the
count is to be published. The
Record processes to believe that it can
thus determine how the states affected
will vote in November and it claims
that it will be advantageous to the
business community to learn in ad-
vance what the result of the campaign
is to be. 1t has made every possible
provision to preserve secrecy as to how
individuals vote and proposes to give
an absolutely fair deal in every respect
But notwithstanding the precautions
and the papers reputation for honesty
it is not likely that the scheme will be
a success. The working classes dis
trusted it from the start and their
leaders have in many cases advised
against participation in the ballot. The
only silver paper in Chicago has warned
its readers not to send in the cards.
and many of the silver clubs have
taken the same ground respecting the
matter. Some of the silver leaders
have Endorsed the scheme, but it does
not seem probable that anything like a
full vote will be drawn out from the
free coinage men. The result of the
first days count bears out this view.
This was from the city of Chicago en-
tirely. It gave Mckinley 4,249 and
Bryan 1919. The Record itself states
that the figures cannot be taken as an
indication of prevailing sentiment. mo
possible estimate it says. "can include
such a disproportionats Bryan and
Mckinley vote" Judge Mcconnell,
who represents the silver Democracy
on the returning board, says the result
of the first days count tells nothing
of the real situation
Possibly the real SITUATE will be
developed, but The Herald has no idea
that it viii. The silver men know that
they are coping with powerful ard
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.

1t is a rule Of law that when a party
in interest makes an admission against
himself it is to be accepted as true. II
is the same in politics.
Mr. Bynum, who is the general man
ager of the indianapolis movement, the
movement intended to aid Mckinley s
election by putting Palmer and Buck
ner up as straw candidates to draw
votes from Bryan, has been talking to
the New York Journal about politics in
Indiana and Illinois. And what he
says shows that he deems the prospects
there very gloomy indeed, considered
from his point of view:
Anybody who talks about what In
diana or Illinois will do does not know
what he is talking about. In the south
ern part of Illinois I know that the
whole country is for free silver. know
from gold Democrats that men wearing
Mckinley buttons are visiting Demo
cratic national headquarters in Chi
cago every day and securing free silver
literature, which they are distributing
to their fellow worknen. The Repub-
licans have perfect organization
They are sending out about three car
loads of literature every day.
In Indiana many Democrats will vote
for Mckinley, but many Republicans
are going to vote for Bryan. OF
course. the Democrats lack organiza-
ton, but anybody who thinks they
have no votes is badly mistaken. No
body knows Just how the farmer vote
and the workingmen's vote is going.
A friend of mine. a gold Democrat
but who has stayed in the organization
talking to me the other day. said that
he addressed a meeting of 800 men. The
meeting was a secret one of railroad
men. The 300 were for Bryan. Of that
number more than half wore Mckinley
and Hobart buttons.
met a man whose brother is rum
ming for congress in one of the dis
tricts. He himself is a gold man. but
naturally. wants to help his brother
who is running on the silver platform.
asked him how things were going and
where he had been, and he told me he
had been around in three counties and
he had never had such an experience
in his life. He said that nearly every
other man he had met had changed his
politics one way or the other, but from
what he had heard he thought the sill
yer men had the best of it. The stu
alton all over the west is just the same,
so far as l can learn.
All this is confirmatory of what
Chairman Jones has been claiming; it
is all confirmatory of what the silver
press and orators throughout the coun-
try have been claiming, but it is not
confirmatory of the charge of the gold
bugs that the "silver craze as they
are pleased to term it, is dying out.
What does this mean? Colonel A.
K. Mcclure, the veteran editor of the
Philadelphia Times, and who has a
continent-wide reputation as an ex-
perienced political observer, says: AS
Illinois goes in this fight the nation
will go. Do you understand it? If Nc
Kinley carries your state he viii have
enough of the western states more or
less infected by free silver to make his
election absolutely sure
And how is Illinois going? Every in
dication is that she is going for
Bryan, Sewall and free silver.
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ton of free coinage. Judge Powers
pointedly discusses the lines of the
present political contest, and Congress
man Allen portrays the injury that
has been inflicted by the gold standard
upon producers. There are contribu-
tons by Hon. Charles W. Stayner,
Hon. Thomas G. Merrill, Hon. Allen G..
Campbell and many others, all being
terse presentations of one or another
feature of the subject. The booklet is
handsomely illustrated with pictures of
the contributors and win be both an
attractive and a valuable addition to
the financial shelf of the library.
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IN THE SOUTH.

Within a very short time many of
the Republican authorities insisted on
putting Georgia in the doubtful col
umn. They know better now. More
over, they should know that the result
of the state election means that the
south will be solid in November. In
the Georgia state election last Tues
day all the opposition was combined
against the Democratic ticket; yet
that ticket was elected by a
largely increased majority. The
Populists will vote with the Dem
ocrats in November and the ma
jority for Bryan will be overwhelm-
ing. The absurdity of having placed
the state in the doubtful list becomes
so glazing that the Republican prog
nosticators will be glad to burn their
tables and forget what they contained
Nor is it likely that Republican pre-
dictions as to Georgia were any less
heard respecting other southern states.
Because Bradley scratched through
in Kentucky last year, the Republicans
profess to believe they have chance
to carry the state for Mckinley. In
1894 Bradley got 17243 votes, Hardin
163.524 and Petit PopulisD 1871.
That gave Bradley a plurality of S,912.
This year the Democratic and Popu-
list vote will be combined If it
should be of the same proportions as
last year the total would be 1SO435,
giving a majority of 5000. But some
of those Democrats who voted for
Bradley last year on the financial issue
will vote this year for Palmer. The
loss to the Republicans will be greater
than any possible gain from among
year ago.
Since the last election, free coinage
has been made an article of party
faith, a circumstance that will influ-
ence thousands of those who voted
against the Democratic candidate for
governor. The Democrats of Kentucky
are loyal. When the issue was raised
in advance of the PRONUNCIATION of the
principles of the party by national au-
thority, it was far easier to shake them
from their allegiance than it will be
now. Though Buckner may lead a few
away, far more will return to their
old positions in the ranks. There is
no way of viewing the question that
does not involve a large majority in
the state for the Democratic ticket.
If Georgia and other southern states
that have held state elections had
followed the pirate banner raised at
Indianapolis, there might be some
doubt about the result in Kentucky
and West Virginia; but the results of
the state elections accord precisely
with the logic of the situation and
clearly indicate Democratic success
throughout the entire region south of
the river
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

THE gold production of Colorado last
year was $17,5Oo,oOO and silver produc-
ton $14,25O,O 200. Why that state should
want to strengthen the Populist idea of
dispensing with both metals as money
is not Ineligible. The avowed Popu-
list doctrine is fiat money, and plenty
of it" says the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. This greater output Of gold than
silver in Colorado should convince all
that the people of Colorado favor free
silver for the sake of principle and not
for the sake of pelf.
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PRosPGCE.

Fear death?-to feel the frog in my
throat,
The mist in my face,
When the SHOWS begin, and the blasts de-
note
1 am nearing the place,
The power of the night, the press of the
storm,
The post of the foe;
Where he stands, the Arch Fear, in q
visible form.
Yet the strong man must go;
For the journey is done and the summit
attained,
And the barriers fall.
Though a battles to fight ere the guer-
don is gained,
The reward of it all.
I was ever a fighter, so-one fight more,
The best and the last.
I would hate that death bandaged my
eyes, and forebore,
And babe me creep past.
MOI let me taste the whole Of it, fare like
my peers
The heroes of old,
Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad
lifes arrears
Of pain, darkness and cold.
For sudden the worst turns the best to
the brave,
The black minutes at end,
And the elements rage. the fiend-voices
Shall dwindle, shall blend,
Shall change, shall become first peace
out of pain,
Then light, then thy breast,
o thou soul of my soul! shall clasp thee
And with God be the restl
Robert Browning.
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THE HERALD ia q franchise MEM
DEE OF The United Press, and re-
cekves the complete leased wire
overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports of The United Associated Press
es' embracing accurate intelligence
OF ali current events I'm che whole
world. With its special wire and
operator in tts own Office THE HER
AID is daily In immediate possess
sion OF the latest news up siII rhe
hour of going TO press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

On his deathbed Du Maurier declared
that he had met with too much pros
perity. He had long had heart trouble
ana the influx of checks aggravated 1t.
The case may be regarded as warn
ing example, but there are great
many people who would be entirely
willing to take the chances of heart
failure arising from such cause.
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~GrvE Us BACK 1892.

Such is the demand of the New York
Press. That means that the Mckinley
tariff is wanted back. That tariff had
a four years run, lacking two months,
yet all was not lovely under it, all was
not prosperity. If there was such
efficacy in that tariff, why did its vir-
tue cease before its expiration? Why
was not its virtue equally potent during
all the years of its existence? The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Max Pracht, an Oregon politician,
yesterday in this city ran up against a
corporation manager with whom Mark
Hanna's credentials would not go down.
Captain James Morgan is manager OF
the Straits Steamship company, which
operateS a line of steamers between
Seattle and the Straits of Fuca. Pracht
presented the credentials from Major
McKinley's manager, requesting free
transportation to Port Angeles and re-
turn, in which city it was proposed TO
organize Mckinley club.
ut won't pass muster here, Captain
Morgan answered, and Pracht reJoined,
saving, I've travelled over the coun-
try, and this is the first transportation
company, either by water or rail, that
has refused to honor these credentials
and give me pass"
Cant help it." Captain Morgan re-
piled. eve are not 'deadheading' any
of Hanna's politicians" Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
1t is not to be assumed that all
transportation companies honor Han
mas credentials. We know there are
some, at least in the west, that treat all
sides alike: but it would be interesting
to know just how much transportation
has been furnished on Hanna's re-
quest. Of course, if road that honors
his request extends the same cour-
tesies to the other committees, there IS
no ground of complaint; but there are
strong reasons to believe that, in many
sections, the arrangement has been en-
tirefy one-sided.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

If the Republican candidate for con-
gress was SO cut up and placed in
such a deep "hole" by an ordinary in
terview, what sort of a figure would
he cut in the halls of congress with
some of the keenest intellects in -he
country questioning him?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

THE suspicion is abroad that Sena-
tor Hill is devoting himself &c the ac-
QUESTION of the deaf and dumb Ian
guage," says the Kansas City. Star
The suspicion is i'll founded. Senator
Hill hasn't given a single sign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Weyler begins to find life burden
in Cuba. They are putting dynamite II
his coffee and storing it under his bed
in a manner that indicates a determin-
alton to ticket him out of the island
over the aerial route.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
I0 rHE D1srRrc.r cn1rRr pRnRArE,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. PROBATE
division. Third Judicial district, in and for
salt Lake county. state OF Utah. IN the
matter of the estate of James Mantripp,
deceased. NotiCe--NOt.ce is hereby
given that Orson A Wooley, admins
traitor, with the VIII annexed, of the
estate of James Mantripp, deceased, has
rendered for settlement, and flied in said
court his final account Of his admins
tration of said estate and petition for
final distribution of the residue of said
estate among the persons entitled
thereto. and that Saturday, the
It'll day of November, A. d. 1896,
at 10 o'clock a. m, at the court room OF
said court, in the county court house.
Salt Lake city and county. Utah. has been
duly appointed by the judge OF said court,
for the settlement of SAID account ana
hearing said petition for distribution. at
which time and place any person inter-
ested in said estate may appea4. and show
cause. if any there be, why said account
should not be settled and approved and
final distribution made as prayed for.
Dated October 3, 1895.
C. e. STANTON. Clerk.
By Fred w. DENNIS. Deputy Clerk
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An exchange says that Democrats
and Populists insist upon monopolizing
tie lowdyism Of public meetings" Was
il Democrats and Populists who broke
up that meeting at New Haven when
Mr.. Bryan was addressing it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

A booklet entitled SILVER" published
by Mr. Wilson, OF this city, has just
made it's appearance. 1t is collection
of articles upon the silver question by
leading men of the state, and is most
interesting and instructive symposium
upon the subject. Judge Goodwin con-
tributes an article on Free Silver and
Labor in which he lays down and
elucidates the basic principle upon
which the advocates of bimetallism
rely. Alfales Young writes upon why
the demonstration of Silver is Desir-
able showing the manner in which
benefits would accrue from the restora-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

There is no escape from the logic of
this remark by Mr.. Bryan: eff the
gold standard will bring blessings to
our people, we ought to maintain it.
If it brings cursing. we ought to aban-
d,o,, 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Goldbug papers are saying that 1.-THE
silver trust is the greatest of them
ALL" We beg to differ; the greatest
trust of all is tilat found on American
dollars: I'm God we trust
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

''Why does Mrs. Plumper ride the BIZ
cycle so furiously?"
"She is trying TO thin herself down SC
she can stoop over far enough to lace
her new bicycle boots. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Mrs. Jabber (to Mr. Jabber)-''Are you
aware that you talk in your sleep?'
Young Jabber (who had just been
other chance does he
get ?'-Tit-BNs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

The Yelled Prophet has full sway
In ST Louis now. He is the prophet
VINO is making predictions for the Re
publicans of Missouri.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Secretary Carlisle talks about re-
deeming silver dollars in gold, but we
haven't heard of anyone talking about
redeeming the administration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

'Dah am one ting bout some 'er dis
here self-made man." said Uncle Eben;
lack er industry on his paint in boomin'
t."-Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Can any goldbug point to time in
this country when silver was depre-
ciated currency?
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"Bumptious Bynum" is what the
Cincinnati Enquirer calls him. And
he viii come down with bumpety-
bump-bump-bump.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Chicago does not seem to have gone
particularly wild over Palmer and
Buckner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

1t is as entertaining as circus to read
the efforts of some of our Republican CO.
temporaries to explain why Mr.. Bryans
audiences are so large. They say that
curiosity is the motive of those who at
tend the meetings, and tell US that
Greeley, though he attracted multitudes
to hear his speeches, was defeated. We
are informed through the same channels
that the attendance at the meetings in the
Mckinley corral a Canton is enormous
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Henry Watterson writes from Gen
eva that he is going to enlist for the
war 1t is rather late in the cam
paign to make the announcement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Its the hardest thing in the world,
said Bins, to eat corn on the cob with
out getting it on your mustache."
Il never found it So returned the Bos
ton girl.-Harlem Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

After the Observation-Disclosures suppose
her father wanted to know all about your
income and prospects," Bob-"Oh, yes!
He was just as inquisitive as Lii Hung
Chang. Puck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

If all reports be true, Chauncey NJ.
Depew is in a doubtful state regard
ing natrimony.
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Jinks-"See mere, old boyl You ought
to do something to reduce your flesh.
You are becoming fearfully stout
Minks-"Say, links, you are about the
sive remark today, and I'm getting tired
of it. 1t worries me-"
Jinks-"That's ali right. Worry re-
duces flesh. Nuggets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

Corporal TO soldier)-"Why is the blade
of the saber curved instead of strajght?'
Private-"It is curved in order to give
more force to the blow
Corporal Humbug The saber is
curved so as to fit the scabbard. If it
was straight how would you get it into
the crooked scabbard, blockhead?"-
LarlSS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10
HrMoR OF THE HOUR.

What fatterer you are to tell her
she speaks French without the least ac-
cent" "Why, of course, dear-without
the least French accent."-Truth.