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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN vENE.
ZUELA.

AT a meeting of the Military Order Of
Foreign Wars of the United States in
New York the other day, Rear Ad-
miral Gherardi spoke. His topic was
the present dispute with England over
the Venezuelan boundary question. His
characterization of the South Ameri-
cans was harsh in the extreme. He
said they do not like US. This is no
doubt true. Their sympathies have
ever been drawn more to Europe than
to the United States. The admiral fur
Their declared that they have no more
use for US than we have for a robber.
No doubt there is much truth in all
this, though it must be confessed that
Admiral Gherardt seemed to speak
with a good deal of feeling.
The South American republics are
not republics such as the United States,
nor republics as generally understood
among those of the Anglo-Saxon race.
They have the form without the sub
Stance. For the past month the Ven
ezuelans have enjoyed prestige in
the United States that their merits
have not entitled them to. 1t CHANGED
that their quarrel with England in
volved the Monroe doctrine, and the
very high regard in which that doc
trine is held by the people of this
country caused them to hold those in
whose favor it was invoked in much
the same regard. These new found
friends are not so liberal minded as
we of the United States have come to
think of the citizens of republic as
being. 1t is safe to say that Ameri-
cans would put first of all in re-
public religious freedom. The Vene-
zuelans do not. There is a
state religion in Venezuela, the
Roman Catholic, but there is
liberation of all others. There is toler-
alton of all other religions in Vene-
zuela, but they are not permitted any
external manifestations. A trans
planted Spaniard with a state religion
is not the most tolerant person in the
world. All this has nothing to do with
the present Venezuelan boundary dis
pute, but the Venszuelaas would be
worthier Of sympathy and would ere
ate a firrner bond of friendship with
the United States if they would forth
with establish perfect religious tolera-
ton and equality.
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suN1c1rA1 eovEnNnfENr.

The problem of successful municipal
government is more difficult of solu-
ton than that of state government.
The citizens Of Salt Lake City have
had considerable experience with bad
municipal government, and if they
will reflect a moment and consider the
causes of it we believe they will come
to the conclusion that the great source
of trouble is politics, politics in the
bad sense of the term Hundreds and
hundreds of good citizens in this city,
men Of a high standard Of political
morality, vote for men for office whom
they know TO be unfit; and this is the
case in both the Democratic and Re-
publican parties. When they cast
their ballots they are conscious Of the
fact that those for whom they vote
will not heed their wishes in the mat
ter of making appointments to posi-
tons under the city government. but
that the very opposite of what they
desire will he done. Still they go on
voting for the men whom they do not
want. Why do they do this? Because
they know that the opposite party
will do the same thing and they think
that if "heelers" are to be provided
for (and that is what clean sweeps
mean, as a rule) it is better to have
"heelers" of their own political faith
in than those of their political oppo-
nents This in turn results in making
Of the city government a machine for
the continuance in power of the party
in control. And this means the ex-
plotting of the city by boodIers; the
plundering of the many taxpayers for
the benefit of the few Office holders.
1t is much easier to point out evils
than to suggest remedies for their
cure. But we believe that many of
the evils could be cured if city en-
ployees were employed because of their
fitness. and not because of their poll
tics, and if with each successive adj
ministration there were no changes
of employees except for the sole pur-
pose of lettering the public service
What the citizens want is an efficient
government; expenditures made to
come within the revenue; a policy pur-
sued that will reduce instead of in
crease the ctty's debt. All this the
citizens can have whenever they re-
member. and act on, the fact that
they possess the power through the
ballot. Let them be citizens first and
partiSans afterwards.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
THE AUDITORS REPORT.

The report of Territorial Auditor
John T. Game, published in yesterdays
Herald was a very complete document
To the people of Utah it will be of
great interest, and to the new state
officers, including the state legislature,
it will be very helpful.
According to said report the deficit
for the fiscal year 1894-5 is S196, 1851;
and this added to the state bonded
indebtedness Of 100000 makes the total
state Indebtedness 1896, 1881. In addi-
ton to this, according to the auditor,
there will fall due March 81, 1896, three
months interest in Utahs Worlds fair
warrants. $91017; March 81, 1885, dis
trict school fund, proportion of taxes
due from counties, if collected, $54,-
99087; July 1, six months interest on
territorial bonds, $17,5OO, total, $751;
34104. This amount added to the de-
felt existing at the close Of the fiscal
year, 1895, makes the total deficit on
the Goth of June, 1896, $210,05455; ad-
ding the territorial bonds. 100000,
shows the actual indebtedness at that
date to be S910,O54.55
While this is quite a large debt for
the state to assume, those good peo-
pie who are disposed to look upon so
large a debt with some alarm should
remember that while the state receives
this Indebtedness from the old terri
tory it also receives much more prop
erIy from it. The public institutions
and other property which the state re-
ceives from the territory amounts to
81. 679. sos 46.
The auditor gives a hopeful view of
the financial prospects of the state and
is Of opinion that taxes will only have
to be increased for the first year or
two He estimates that the mining
property which will be added to the
taxable property within the state will
increase the total amount of assessed
property to S11O.OOO.OOO; and then makes
the following interesting calculation:
"Supposing the assessed valuation of
the state for the year 1896 shall be
$Il0,0OU,000, the following will show the
amount of revenue to be derived at
different rates, after deducting the es-
timated pro rata amount for assessing
and collecting, and the probable re-
mittances and attachments as provided
by existing law: At mills on the
dollar, S510,000; at mills on the dollar,
$613,000; at mills on the dollar, S717,-
900; at mills on the dollar, $500. 900"
The auditor estimates the expenses
of the state government and the main
tenance Of state institutions for 1896
! 10 be $564,5s14S. 1t is not claimed of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

course that this estimate will cover
all the expenses which may arise. it is
only an estimate, but from the expert
ence and intimate knowledge of such
affairs possessed by the gentleman
making it, the people and state officers
will be justified in accepting it as APP
proximating the amount that will be
needed for the expense of state govern
ment and maintenance of our public
institutions for the ensuing year.
Accepting it as such, and also ac-
cepting the auditors estimate of the
assessed value of taxable property in
the state for 1896 to be $110,OOO,0 900, we
do not see that there will be any great
necessity for materially increasing the
rate of taxation over the territorial
rate. Every effort should be made to
keep the rates of taxation down. for
while it is easy to raise them, expe-
rience has proven that it is a most
difficult thing to get them reduced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
GOD AND THE NATIONS.

The mind that does not perceive the
hand of God in the affairs of nations,
has surely not given it's attention to
the subject. There must be some
meaning in their existence, and in the
mighty procession formed by their rise
and fall. Each. doubtless, performs
some mission; Just what may not al
ways be clear to our imperfect vision,
or observable in the very limited span
of time that human eyes have watched
the unfolding of Gods purposes. But
one feels aware of the general truth
of it as our astronomers feel aware
that there is a movement among what
custom has taught US to call the fixed
stars. It is vain that skeptics to the
theory Of movement among the said
stars point to the fact that so far as
may be discerned Pleiades and Orion
and Arcturus occupy the same places
in our universe that they did when
old Job watched and admired them
The answer to the skeptic in that case
is that so immense are the orbits in
which they move. so great their dis
tances and so brief the time that man
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
THE sTRANGEsF AGE.
written for the Herald1

written for the Herald.)
o come, We Oldest. wisest menE
o hear me every sage!
And write it down in history
I've found another agsl
OF modern ages ye have heard:
OF the age before the fall;
But 1 wish that We would kindly name
This strangest age of all
Not along ago 1 turned sixteen.
And kissed have never been:
Except by an uncle bachelor,
With a nutmeg-grater chin)
Now when I climb the garden gate.
And swing It to and fro.
Aunt cries. Young woman, get right
Young ladies' don't act so.
And when there is a village ball.
TO go | am SO wild,
That sister looks quite solemn-liks;
You're only just childt'
And when I write a little rhyme.
Pa glances Ger the page,
she viii get over that" he says,
You know she's just that age!
o come We Oldest. wisest men!
Your service I'll engage
Please put your heads together now,
And name this strangest agei
ANNIE PIKE.
Provo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
Makes Uncle sam Dictator.

It is fortunate that the lower house
does not take kindly to Senator Davis
Monroe doctrine resolution, and will
quietly side track it. It is a good deal
for this government to assume the role
of supreme dictator in the information
al affairs of the republics of this con-
tinent Senator Davis resolution
makes the United States the sole judge
of how foreign powers should treat
the Latin states. and. moreover, right
at the outset it denies the right of
foreign powers to acquire or a Latin
state TO release TO a foreign power a
foot of territory.-Sioux City Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
The Resolution Not Needed.
There was no possible need for th

There was no possible need for the
introduction of Mr.. Davis Monroe
doctrine resolution. No conceivable
good is to be anticipated from the COM
mittee's course in reporting it favor
ably. On the other hand some harm
is practically certain. if it be only an
increase of needless International fric-
advertises an aspirant for the presi-
dency, and in debating it some sena-
tors may succeed in making a little
political capital for themselves. But
the country will gain nothing from it,
New York World.
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pavts, Bngle Blast.

Senator Davis bugle blast of jingo-
ism has died away in the corridors Of
the capitol. and the solons are busying
themselves with the more important
affairs Of the nation. Nevertheless,
the blast has served its purpose, for
everybody now knows that there is q
patriot named Davis who desires
complimentary ballot in the Republi-
Times
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
Tone Thcn Down.

The senate resolutions on the Mon
roe doctrine will stand a little toning
down without impairing their good
sense. The United States has no desire
to constitute itself protector, guardian,
assignee and endorser for everything
that these Spanish-American states
may undertake to do That would be
a big Job. indeed. and it strikes us as
outs de of the legitimate scope of the
Monroe doctrine. Is the senate's rad
icalism due to the fact that it wanted
to advance President Cleveland's po-
sition ?-Pittsburg Post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
THE DAVIS RESOLUTION.
Better Leave it Alone.

If Senator Davis Monroe doctrine
resolution is the best that congress
can do upon that subject it would bet
ter leave it alone. The Davis resolu-
ton is open to many serious objections
1t is much too pointed. 1t is much too
particular. 1t seems to search the
whole field of interna tional activity
with a view to the inclusion Of every
manifestation of European interest II
the affairs of these continents as just
cause of complaint on the part of the
United States.-New York Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
A Piece of Partr Politics.

The resolution reported by Mr.. Davis
from the committee on foreign rela-
tfons in the senate at Washington yes
terday is so clearly a piece of party
politics that it cannot be considered
as seriously as a declaration of such
Importance should be considered. 1t
is plainly an attempt to go a little fur
Their than President Cleveland has
gone: to pose the Republican party as
the defender par excellence of the ma
tional policy.-Boston Post.
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must be 1.-The sole arbiter'' of all ques-
tons arising concerning the applica
tion of the principle. That would have
been an unwise and offensive assertion.
The resolution. as reported, contains
nothing more than an impressive re-
iteration of the principle on which this
country must stand, and it's passage by
congress will make that stand clear
PfttSburp DiSuatch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

That stanch Republican paper, the
Provo Enquirer. has this to say Of the
Republican legislature: 1.-The present
session of the legislature is disap-
pointment in the slothful manner in
which it is moving. There is 50 much
to do and so little being done that the
public has reason to murmur. Three
weeks of the session have passed away
and yet the law-making machine is
scarcely in motion. The ninety days
will have passed away. at great ex-
pense to the state, before our legislat-
ors are aware Of the fact" Perhaps
one trouble is that the legislature has
devoted too much time to the tariff and
The nations foreign affairs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

1t is often asked why Americans so
dislike England. One chief reason is
that no one has that certain cande-
eension in foreigners spoken OF by
Lowell, in such abundance as your
Englishmau.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Blacklisting is bad but it is no worse
than boycotting. If corporations and
employers generally are to be forbidden
to indulge in the one, unions and asso-
Citations should be forbidden to indulge
in the other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Senator Bakers plan to coin only
American silver is impracticable. When
the country succeeds in getting free
coinage Of silver. let it be genuine free
coinage and no makeshift
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
ANOTHER FAILURE

in the fur trade in New York Our Mr..
Fred Auerbach on hand with ready
cash. Result-A splendid line of fur
capes, scarft, etc, at so cents on the
dollar Come quick and profit. Real
seal scarfs 1926, worth $40 each at
f. AUERBACH & BRO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

One Of the very best measures intro
duced into the legislature is Condon's
bin fixing the age Of consent in girls at
eighteen. It should become a law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Ex-President Harrison seemed per-
feetly at home in the supreme court.
Why shouldn't he be as he has been
devoting most of his time to counting
Of late2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

European cables this week state that
when all the diplomatic cards have
been shuffled Germany viii be isolated.
And after Germany whose turn will
1t be?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

An envious press is trying to rob the
New York World OF its share in MAX
ing the popular loan popular. Sic tran
sit gloria mundi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Tolstoi has followed Gladstone's sx-
ample and become q chopper of trees.
Every afternoon, rain or shine, he goes
to the wood, axe in hand, to cut through
a big trunk and strip it ready for Inc
saws of his men. He has also a fondness
for bicycling. for in his siXty-seventh
year he has bought wheel and learned
to ride It, to the great establishment of
the peasants on his estate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
TRY 1T

These are unusually stirring times at
home and abroad.
These orders viii be taken with the
understanding that the paper viii be
continued until ordered stopped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

From the stir his words have made
st is very evident that to Ambassador
Bayard's mind Latin is not dead Ian
guage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Economy is the watchword Of the
new city administration. It is to be
hoped that economy will also be its
policy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Gath has stabbed Governor Morton's
boom in the back. He says: ~ think
the mugwump candidate is Governor
Levi P. Norton"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Rev. DR.. Talmage was asked to dis
tribute relief funds in Armenia, but de-
clined unless given q guarantee of
personal safety. Miss Clara Barton
has undertaken the work and asks no
guarantee. This is a case where an
angel rushed in when a fool refused to
enter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Congress made it warm for the sui
tan Friday, but he does not seem to
have been in the least disturbed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

The most interesting physician of the
present time in Europe is Herr Asst, the
sheperd doctor, who prescrbes for thou
sands of patients at Radbruch. He dag
noses disease by examining lock of
charge for advice is about a quarter Of a
dollar Clients wait patiently the whole
day to see him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

President Eliot of Harvard holds the
record for having had the last word IN
dispute with a woman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Little Princess Eva of Battenberg is
credited with rather a smart saying. Like
other small princesses, she has begun the
study of European languages early, and
already speaks French and German with
considerable fuency. But the other day,
when the patient governess began to
teach her some Italian phrases, her roy
al highness very nearly struck. Grand
mamma makes me say Thank you,
when she gives me anything" she ex-
claimed. land father, Ich danke Ibnen.
Then you used to tell me to say Merci,
and now it's something else. What a
lot of different ways there must be of
tal6ingi'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Consumption, complicated with fe-
yer. may be able to do what Campos
has nor, conquer General Gomez.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
Clear Reiteration of a Principle.

The senate resolution on the Monroe
doctrine as reported Monday avoids
the errors of the extreme declaration,
first rumored, that the United States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Senator Cush Davis resolution seems
to nave been sicklied Ger with the pale
cast Of thought,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Beggars should be choosers; they
have no worry over the expense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

schomburgk has left his mark en-
American history.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Durham White Stevens, the counsellor
Of the Japanese legation at Washington,
is an American who resided many years
in Japan and became thoroughly ac-
auainted with its language. history and
customs. Mr.. Stevens is thoroughly
American, but in diplomacy is Japans
right-hand man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

You don't play oWlsey right said
the manager, harshly.
In what regard?'' demanded the ira
gedian.
''Wolsey didn't get his frost until the
third day, while you
They spoke no more, but mingled their
bitter tears.-Detroit Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Frederick Denning, to whom the valz
astronomical prize Of the Academy OF
Science mas been awarded for his discoV-
cries of meteor showers and comets, was
a clerk in a Bristol merchants office
thirty years ago, when he took to study
ing astronomy. He still works as n pub
he accountant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

General Neal Dow. of Maine. says he
remembers distinctly the first elephant
ever exhibited in this country, the IA
nous beast. Old Bet. He went to see
her when a boy in Portland, somewhere
between 1915 and 1920. She was shot on
a highway, somewhere near Alfred. in
New York county, by a farmer who pro
fessed to be indignant because of the
amount of money her owners were taking
out Of the state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
Rich
Red Blood

Is the Foundation of the Wonderful Cures
by Hoods SarsapariIla.
That Is Why the cures by Hoods sar-
Eaparilla are CURES.
That Is Why Hoods sarsaparflla cures
the severest cases Q. scrofuls, Salt Rheum
and other blood dls.ases.
That is Why it overccmes That Tired
Feeling, strengthens the nerves, gives
energy in place of exhaustion
That is Why the sales OF Hoods sar-
saparilla have increased year after year,
until it now requires for its production
the largest Laboratory In the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

"She has heart of gold.''
'"That settles my chances, then. Sons
Englishmen will annex her, sure. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Potter Palmer. OF Chicago, who was
one of the most enthusiastic visitors TO
the Atlanta exposition, has sent a check
for $1,000 to Mrs. Joseph Thompson to
be expended in carrying out the plan OF
making some permanent use OF the
Woman's building for the advancement
OF women
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Prof B. L. Gildersleeve of the Johns
Hopkins university has been elected an
honorary member Of the Archaeological So
ciety of Athens. Prof Newcomo of the
astronomical department of the same
university has been made a foreign mem
Der of the Reale Academic del Science at
Rome.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
WorId'- Fnir Highest Medal aad Diploma.
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

A pickpocket robbed Mrs Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps Ward in Boston the other
day and when the thief was brought be-
fore his victim, she said: He doesn't
look like a criminal. He has a good face.
and perhaps he will give up stealing.
viii not prosecute him."