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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.


Dr. Lyman Abbott, the pastor of
Plymouth church, Brooklyn. is gaining
an unenviable notoriety through some
of his political sermons. The people of
New York were rather surfeited with
political sermons during the late cam
paign, but they We're upon the issues
Of the day. The central idea of most
of them was that the principles advo-
; Gated by Mr. Bryan were a direct con-
travention of the American theory of
government and his candidacy an at
tack upon the established order OF
things
It seems that DR.. Abbott is doing the
very things that We're charged against
Mr.. Bryan. He says:
We no longer believe in the declara-
ton that the consent of the governed
is necessary to government. We did
not ask the consent of the south when
We cOerced II back into the Union. The
rioters al Chicago were not consulted
when soldiers were sent to overawe
them. The theory that government
rests historically upon a social con-
tract was long ago exploded by the
researches of Herbert Spencer and Sir
7
four years of civil war.
This is an entirely new theory of gov
eminent in the United States. If the
governments of the nation and of the
states do not rest upon the consent
of the governed. it is time the people
knew it. Now they think it does.
What are all the elections for if the
consent OF the governed is not neces-
sary to government? How would DR..
Abbott explain the fact that Presi-
dent Cleveland win be succeeded by
President Mckinley? It is hardly a
private arrangement between them.
DR.. Abbott seems imbued with the
F German theory of the state as set
forth by various writers, particularly
Bluntschli, that the state is something
entirely separate and distinct from the
people composing it.
The doctor may he incapable of dis
tinguishing between theory and fact.
Half an hours reflection would have
shown him just how absurd his po
sition is when he talks about
the consent of the Chicago riot
tIS hot 4dNllS btclt DbAelA1AGO
before their lawless doings were
suppressed. The foundation. idea
Of all government is that Of protection
to person and property, and the Chi
cago rioters were violating it. As well
might man ask the consent of a
thug who was making an assault upon
him for authority TO repel it as to
first obtain the consent of rioters in
order to nut stop to their lawless-
ness, and cite it as showing that the
government does not rest upon the
consent of the governed.
When the people adopt constitutions
and frame laws in accordance with
them they make provision, to which
all agree, that the viii of the majority,
when expressed in accordance with the
constitution and laws. shall be obeyed.
What is this but the government de-
irving its power and authority from
the governed with their consent?
If DR.. Abbott's theology is as chaotic
as his theory of government, his par
ishioners must be in a spiritual state
of mind that is best expressed by the
slang phrase, Where are we at?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
TALES OF THE DAY.
He Drew n LOTTERY Prize.

New York Times: Jacob W-iegand. who
drives a coal cart, created considerable
establishment in the Even Street police
court. Brooklyn. yesterday morning. He
was there TO furnish bail for Daniel
Rooney, who was held for a petty Of
Tense.
How much property do you own?''
asked Judge Lemon.
Real estate worth over s1o,oco." was
the reply.
And your business?' asked the magis-
trate. in a surprised tone.
Why. II drive a coal cart answered
Wiegand
We'll. WE'LL said Judge Lemon, jocose-
iy. You must have found diamonds in
your coal. When you retire l wish you
would give me q job on your cart On
my honor, it pays better than the police
business
''Oh, 1 didn't find any diamonds" was
the smiling answer. II had better luck.
l drew $1,000 in lottery last year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
DIxGLEY on TARIFF.

Hon. Nelson Dingley. the Republican
has written to the New York World
giving his views on the tariff question.
As he viii probably have charge Of
any tariff legislation that may come up
in the coming session of congress and
direct it. whatever he may say on the
subject becomes of interest.
At the very outset he is careful to
state that it should be borne in mind
that the passage of the exigency tar
if bill this winter would not make any
the less necessary a revision of the
tariff on protective and permanent
lines. What protective and permanent
lines are he does not state. To deter
mine what protective lines are, from
his standpoint, is not a difficult mat
ter; what he means by permanent lines
it is quite impossible to understand.
He says that part of the wave of
confidence that has swept over the
country since the result of the recent
election became known arises from the
buoyant hope Of most of our industrial
concerns thai the existing tariff injus-
tees, dangers. incongruities will be cor
rected." We cannot say, but We very
much doubt If any of this wave OF
confidence" is due to any belief that
tariff injustices, danger, incongruities"
viii be corrected. The forces that op-
posed Mr.. Bryan and the Democratic
party succeeded in terrifying the people
with their idle tales Of the disastrous
consequences that would result from
the adoption Of a free silver policy. and
the subsequent sliding to a silver ba-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
WHO THE ILLITERATEs ARE.
Figures Show That They Are Not the
Supporters of Bryan and Silver.

supporters OF bryan ana silver.
To show how easy it is to construct
statistical tables to bolster up ones
theories. writes "A Government Clerk"
to the Washington Star, L shall make
some simple comparisons myself 1
spent ten or y years of my bOyhoOd
and early manhood west of the Rocky
mountains, residing a year or more, in
turn, in several of the so-called sill
yer" states and territories, and during
my residence among the inhabitants of
that region / became thoroughly con-
WINGED that they are. in all that goes
to make good American citizens, the
peers of their brethren in the east
They are in very large part the children
of eastern parents-the more intelli-
gent and enteTprising members of we'll
tO-dO families-whO went west to grow
up with the country. while their less
energetic brothers remained at home
with the old folks. perchance to inherit
the bulk of the family estates and thus
increase the per capita of wealth. To
say that they are lacking in education
and moral qualities is to charge that
their parents in the east failed in their
duty to equip them properly for the
struggle of life. For the purpose of
testing nv theory. 1 have taken from
the population tables of the eleventh
census the figures for five typical west
ern states-states in which the silver
prOpagandists have been most active.
and which must be recognized by all
as fairly representative of conditions
in the far west. These states and the
percentage of illiteracy in their white
population are as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
Deaf to An Eut the TeIeDbona

Chicago Inter-Ocean: A walking tele-
phone caused considerable nrerriment in
the business houses Of Oak Park yester-
day afternoon. ]. c. Chester of Glen
d:vr. Nom. was the curiosity. and the
speaking tubes and 900 yards of wire that
he carried upon his person caused no lit
tie excitement among the pedestrians. A
sign upon his breast which read. Yell
Hello and wait for a bell ring" made
him conspicuous as he walked about
Chester is an inventor and is deaf and
dumb He says he is on his way to
Washington TO secure a patent on his
c9ntr.vance. which assists deaf persons
70 hear and dunno persons to talk" He
needs money to get there and asks for
assistance he asks by means of a little
TN whistle through which he lisps and
brsethes az the same time The sound
thus produced is very distinct but re-
senbiss a Punch and Judy dialect He
receives the reply through a miniature
telephone transmitter. The telephone is
connected with the ear by four feet Of
insulated wire and receives its current
from q dry battery carried in the hip
~Ccket
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Famous Trinity church in New York
is slowly but surely sinking into the
earth. The walls are cracking and the
plaster falling off 1t is almost as
famous as Old South in Boston. Three
churches have occupied the site of
the building which now threatens TO
collapse. The first was begun in 1896,
and opened in the following year 1t
was small square building, furnished
with a gallery for the use of the gov
ernor and his family. The building
was burned to the ground in 1875. and
was not replaced for u years. In 17SS
a new church was erected, only to be
pulled down in 1887, when the present
building was begun. It was finished
in 1886
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
wlsgand was promptly accepted as a
NearIy a Tragedy.

Fire. "Fire,r' '.Fire,,"
The dwellers in the dense.y populated
tenement house rushed tumultously to
the doors. windows and landings.
Some tainted
Others, with more prudence of mind,
gathered together with feverish haste
their most valuable belongings. or what
ever they could first lay their hands on.
Ii was a thrilling moment.
one man snatched M his wife's tooth
brush and the linen bag and flew down
the stairs.
Another deirious with excitement.
seized calendar Of the preceding year
and the remains of a cold pork chop.
and made break for the fire escape
balconies, where he stood trembling wiki
emotion.
Finally somebody shouted. ''Where?"
In the midst OF the hurry and furry.
no one had thought 70 send in an alarm.
Which vas JUST as eel
As 1t was only 2 woman on the second
hoor telling her daughter 10 fire book
agent who was vainly endeavoring to
bring under her notice some colored
plates representing scenes in the battle
OF Gettysburg.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
Fashions For the Home.

Everything to be entirely new must be
oval in shape. The newest center pieces,
tables and mirrors are in this form. 1t is
claimed for them that they furnish bet
ter.
Stamped leather is the material par ex-
cellence for libraries. 1t is used for wall
covering, for covering cushions. chairs
and divans in this room, and edglngs of 1t
in scalloped patterns are tackled on the
edge of the open bookshelves with orna-
mental brass nails.
The glass knobs for furniture consid-
cred so desirable in our grandfathers'
day are in the height of fashion Some
of the handsomeSt ones are of very heavy,
deliberately cut glass. and from their
novelty as yet are held well up in price.
There is a very nice new idea in ban
quet lamps-a self-lighting one. By means
of a small dry electric battery stored n
the bottom it lights itself in most com
Portable and perfect fashion. Housewives
will appreciate them surely, as they know
full well the Inconvenience OF putting of
and on the large umbrella shades now in
vogue and with this lamp all this IS done
away with.
A very swell new dressing case answers
the purpose of a cheval glass as well
without taking up the space or two PIECES
of furniture. The glass in this is the size
and shape of an oval cheval glass. and is
adjusted; then there is a shelf at the foot
and on either side. Two-thirds of the
way uD there are three drawers and a
closet large enough to hold a hat
+
If you contemplate getting new din
ner set. by all means get gold and white
one. They are thought especially nice,
and they agree with any color decoration.
An old porch chair whose seat has gone
through can be rejuvenated at home by
having a lattice work Of ropes put across
the seat and a cushion placed on this.
BY the way. save the excelsior that comes
packel around your fragile goods from
the shops; it makes most excellent cush-
ions for piazZas or rustic settees or porch
or crctonne.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

THE HERALD is n franchise MEM
neg or The ted Press, and re-
ceiFes the complete leased wire
overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports of The United Associated Press
es' embracing accurate intelligence
OF all current events in The whole
world With it's special wire and
operator In its own Office THE HER
AID is daily in immediate possess
sion of the latest news up tiII the
hour of ssOfnE 10 press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

..Utah's new governor is a confirmed
opponent of the necktie- However, it is
recalled that a short period of Office
holding converted jerry Simpson to the
use of socks, and there is hope for the
Utah executive" says the Washington
Post. The Post is sadly off. Governor
Wells he's worn neclxties ever since he
ceased TO be a barefooted boy in blue
denims and hickory shirt and played
hide and seek in the old Lamb barn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The New York Journal is taking the
lead in enterprise among metropolitan
papers. 1t has just chartered the fast
and famous steam yacht Vamoose to
bring its dispatches from Cuba to the
American coast. This is done for two
reasons; One is 10 avoid the rigid
press censorship that exists at Havana:
and the other is to get the dispatches
to Key West sooner than is now pos
sible From Kew West thew will be
telegraphed Immediately to New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

! Cleveland Ledger: Unanswerable.-Pa.
! i tell you, the ould frinds are always
/ the best, after all, and L can prove ii.
/ Dennis-HOW?
/ Pat-Where'n you find a new frind that
has shtood by you as long as the ould
| ones have?
Boston Transcript: He-As our engage
ment is cancelled. of course you will re-
! turn that diamond ring?
She-Mr. Styles, you said l was a peach
the day you gave me this ring. Well, if
am, am a peach Of the cAngstone va
riety. Therefore, I'll keep the diamond.
Cleveland Leader: "Horatiusw said the
heard a word that I've said. and here
I've been talking for half an hour!''
Well said the bordering professor.
who would believe il? You seem just
as fresh as when you started"
Puck: A Rebuke.-Willy-I met our
new minister on my way to Sunday
ever played marbles on Sunday.
Mother-H' m-and what did you say to
that? -
SATAN and walked right of and left
him.
Argonaut: During one of his speeches
out IN Wisconsin. Eugene '. Debs threw
back his head proudly, struck his bulg-
ing chest, and shouted: I've been in
jailr' The shouts of pride and congratu-
lation had scarcely died out when a viii
famous looking man arose in the gallery,
and initiating the voice and manner of his
great compatriot. shouted: I've been in
Jail, too The audience went wild.
Chicago Times: Never say die" said
the Chicago girl.
Certainly not" remarked the Boston
girl, approvingly; SAY expire
Cleveland Plain Dealer: That young
Wilder is getting altogether too attentive
to Kate. He is here almost every
4 can easily dispose of him. dear. if
you viii sanction a resort to severe
measures"
Make 'em as severe as you please.
The fellow is absolutely no good What
do you propose doing?'
Il VIII encourage Kate to give him a
chatting dish luncheon every time he
calls
''AIerciful powersr'
Chicago Journal: Sergeant-But have
you any proof that the man is a vagrant?
Fatrolman-He consorts with aldermen
and other idle characters.
Detroit Free Press: Shelly tongue
fails me- darling, when I try TO express
my love for you.
He-Never mind. my own Money talks
more e,oquently than you could hope to
do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Chicago Chronicle asks what
would Sarah Jennings think of her sue
cessor, the doll-faced Duchess Consul
elo? She would probably say to the
young duke: Good boy. great head
for business
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The theosophists propose to found a
college for the teaching of oecultism.
If they could only have astral build
ings as they have astral bodies. what
an easy matter would the erection Of
? very university Of colleges be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

ocation for such outrages than for the
lynchings in the poor counties though
to be sure no part of Kentucky, has
had a monopoly of them. Their lynch
ings are not nearly so expensive as
good roads.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The girl students of Kansas univer-
sity INDUCED in football and boxing
matches the day before Thanksgiving.
Lawrence always was a storm center
and these games by the girls show that
the spirit of So still lives. The Kansas
City Times correspondent says the
whole affair was very recherche"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Boston Herald says: 1.-THE ofic-
ial vote of Nevada shows a total Of
1866. And this is an imperial state.'
That exceeds Aristotle's number that
should compose a free commonwealth
by Gas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Duchess of Marlborough is not
an American duchess, and it is wrong
20 speak Of her as such. She is an
English duchess; there are no Ameri-
can duchesses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Mr.. Cleveland has decided to make
New jersey his home after he retires
from the White House. Some may
wonder at this, but it must be remam-
bered that Mr.. Cleveland is more of
a foreigner than an American.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
worked tI,e Furnnce.

Detroit Tribune: Nothing shall part
us" she murmured An hour elapsed
Go" she said. In that brief hour she
had grown cold, through the machine
lions of a cruel father. You see he
machinated with the furnace cutting off
all the heat from the front parlor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
Very Fast bicycles, These.

Detroit Free Press: i've quit selling
bicycles on the ins.ailment plan" said the
dealer TO an applicant.
Why's THAR
our machines are of such a superior
quality that we are never able to catch
the fellows that owe US"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Kansas CITY Times says at is
impossible to know the people of Kan
sas and not admire them" The trouble
is that it is absolutely impossible to
know them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

stone & Kimban's lively little Tat
tier, which the7- started in New York.
has disappeared from the scene. What
it needed was a Guardian, being an
Idlar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

During the coming session Mr.. Cleve-
land Will have congress on his back.
During the extra session Major Nc
Kinley viii have It on his hands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Mrs. Cleveland is studying French
and is said to be making great head
way. Mr.. Cleveland has been urged
to tackle Spanish but he positively re-
f,1ess
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
The Vial Fits Your Pocket.
The Price Your pocketbook.

To break uD a cold You must have
remedy handy, SO as to take it regu-
larly. This is one of the advantages
OF II. The vial fits your vest pocket
is always ready at nand-not like
the big bottle of cough syrup that
you have TO leave at home and dip out
with a spoon. and can only take an
occasional dose.
DR.. Humphreys Homeopathic Man
ual Of Diseases at your druggists or
mailed free.
Small bottles Of pleasant pellets. fit
the vest pocket. Sold nv druggists. or
sent on receipt of % cents or Ave for
81. Humphreys Med. Co. Cor. Will
lam & John SITS. New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

And now Bourke Cochran is denounc-
ing the administration. Being a recent
convert to ReDublieanism he is dis
playing the fury OF the new convert.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Chicago Tribune says there is
10 room in Chicago Tor Herr Most. Yet
Chicago claims to b. a big city with
accommodation for all
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The reason why Emperor William is
SO mad n Bismarck for talking is
that he wants to do it all himself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

With the sultan the Armenian ques-
ton takes this shape: How long viii
it take TO clean the whole lot out?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

In its efforts to take the currency
question out of politics this country
has advanced no further than to take
gold out of the treasury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Does culture kip" asks an ex-
change. 1t does if the culture is of
diphtheria or smallpox germs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

IN CONCLUSION. / simply call attention
to the fact that Kansas and Nebraska
the latter the home of Bryan. and both
the subject of the jibes and jeers of
the superior intelligence" of the east.
show the lowest percentage of fI..eracv
Of any states in the union, the figures
being % and IS. respectively
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The ministers are discovering that
Ian Maclaren's books are rank with
heresy. This VIII make them more
popular than ever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Brooklyn authorities are the
only people in the world who believe
that Corbett and Fitzsimmons want to
fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

l now bring into comparison with
these five states the same number of
typical eastern states-states in which
most OF the wealth. brains and intelli
gence of the United States are said to
be concentrated, and which everybody
will recognize as being fairly repre-
sentative of conditions in the east
Their names and the PERCENTAGES of
nliteracy in their white population are
as follows
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Courier-Journal says that the
good name of Kentucky is contingent
upon the capture and prompt punish
ment of the turnpike mobs in the
Bluegrass; and that there is less prov
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Courier-Journal: Colonel Fred Grant is
frank enough TO say that he would ike
10 have pace in the cabinet. This sort
younger Grants. Didn't Ulysses say that
he joined the Populists in California be-
cause he wanted 10 go 10 the senate?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Caesar crossed the Rubicon and
Weyier crossed the Rubi. Is this a
coincidence or merely a happen so?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

If politics could be taken out of the
tariff it would be Just as good as TAX
ing the tariff out Of politics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The Paris Figaro has the Gaul to
say that if the United States fight
Spain they must fight Europe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

The lion has been bearded in his den.
Kansas may not send PETER back to
the senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Weyler seems to be meeting with
great success. but the success is Ma
coos.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Chauncey NJ. Depew is not a cabinet
possibility. He is nothing more than
a mentionability.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Kansas City Times: Other men besides
Elder Cannon of Utah have been beaten
by their wives Even some OF The para
graphers who are pol1ing fun at him may
have experienced the same sort OF treat
ment from their better halves differently
applied. Men who live married lives
should not throw stones at Mrs. Cannon