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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
PETITIONS FOR PLACE.

Small reliance is to be put in nett
tons endorsing applicants for place
He ordinarily will have the best ne
tition who gets into the field first. for
the rule among signers of petitions is
"First come. first served" Petitions
should be an aid to the appointing
power, but they rarely are, if they are
not actually a hindrance.
We recall an instance in which 2. ne
tition was circulated among LEADING
citizens asking the appointment to a
most important office of a man totally
unfit for the place. Upon it were the
names of many men well known in the
community, and whose endorsement
was entitled to and did carry weight.
One man to whom it was presented
took it and carefully scanning the
names signed, saw that Of a fellow
associate in business in whose tudg-
ment he a the greatest c~onIdence.
Seeing this man later he spoke to him
about the matter. and asked him if
the person recommended were really
fit for the place he sought. He told
him no.. Asked why he had endorsed
him then, he answered that he did not
wish to offend the person seeking the
place, but had determined that if he
saw the official who had the power of
appointment to tell him that while he
had endorsed the applicant, still he
was totally unfit for the place.
This illustrates what occurs almost
every day in every state, and it viii
likely occur in the state of Utah. It
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

The question of good municipal gov
eminent is becoming more and more
q. subject of interest in the east, and
for that matter throughout the entire
country. 1t is time that the people
hogan to turn their attention to affairs
municipal. for there is need enough of
it. A short time ago DR.. Washington
GLADDEN., a distinguished sociologist
and reformer, who has made a spec
ialty of the study of municipal gov
eminent, delivered an address to the
Civic Federation and the Municipal
voters League of Chicago-societies
that are making an effort to organize
the best citizens of Chicago into an
aggressive force against corrupt city
government. The Doctors subject was
the Ideal Municipality" and one
thought advanced by him we commend
to the consideration of the good peo-
pie of Salt Lake. 1t was to the effect
that primarily the responsibility for
the mfsgovernment Of cities lies with
the people, especially with the moral
and well-to-do people, who refuse to
interest themselves in the affairs of
the city; who refuse t. serve the peo-
pie in any official capacity, and leave
the Offices to be filed with illiterate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

men and politicians who seek the Of
fees for the paltry emoluments attach
ed to them.
The course of the American people
in this particular is made to stand
out in marked contrast with that of
the same class of people in England
and many of the continental cities,
where men of high character and great
learning. scientists and men of letters.
consent to serve the people in the ca
pacity of mayor. or aldermen and
that. too. for the honor there is in the
position, as in many cases no salaries
are attached to the Offices.
The trouble with our city govern
ments in America is that serving in
the city council, or acting as a mayor
is looked upon too much as an occupa-
ton, they are Offices that come to be
more sought after for their emoluments
than for the honor attached to them,
and the result is that our municipal
governments fall into the hands of
professional politicians, and there fol-
lows liberation of evils that ought TO
be suppressed, violations of laws that
ought to be enforced, together with cor
rupt bargains in carrying on the city's
public improvements and other expen-
dttures of money. Their come endless
murmurings from the tax payers,
grumolings without number from the
good and first class citizens, but still
they take no steps to remedy the evil.
The people can rule in our city gov
ernments if they will. They can secure
the services of higher grade men than
those who usually manage municipal
affairs if they seek them; and such
men when sought ought to look upon
it as both a duty and an honor to serve
the people. Until municipal govern
ment is taken out of party politics, and
the best citizens take a pride in secur-
ing good and clean city government,
Improvement over the present scandal
breeding rule that obtains in American
cities for which the people are to-
blame.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
THE LOVE OF MONEY.

1t is a trite saying that a man will
do anything for money, even commit
murder. Furthermore. men will COM
NIT suicide for money, suicide through
the slow process Of deprivation and
starvation. There is no life so de-
spicable as that of a miser. He passes
among men. but is not of them, and
when known is loathed like the leper.
There died in Paris a few days ago
an American miser. He was walking
along the Boulevard des C%apuchins
when he fell in a fit. He was carried
to his miserable lodgings, where he
shortly afterwards expired. In them
he had lived for twelve years. His ex-
p%enditures were on the most limited
scale. He deprived himself of the
n-ecessaries of life. living upon a franc
and a half a day. Such an expendi-
ture 1 n Paris served to keep his body
alive. but would have been insufficient
to have kept the soul and body of an
ordinary mortal together. But misers
have no souls.
Upon the body of this man, in an
inside pocket of his coat, was found
an envelope in which. among a lot
of papers, was a check for 2 5000 francs.
The envelope containing this check
was post marked Boston. and when
the miser's apartments were searched
French bank notes, American securi-
ties and the like were found in var
ious places. The amount represented
by these notes and securities was 1,S0O.-
900 francs. The world is better off
without such men. whether they leave
little or much, as this man did. No
one can regret his death, while some
poor mortal may be made happier
thereby.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
NEW YORK IN THE SENATE.

A correspondent writes to the New
York World as follows:
The structures of your Washington
correspondent on the "sage-brush sen
atorS" from Utah are just n we'll de-
served, but
But how about the senators from the
populous, wealthy and cultivated state
of New York?
IF it should be discovered that the
Potomac vas on fire is there any one
who would suspect that it was Senator
Murphy who had started the confa-
grafton?
Utah may not make a good show in
the senate, but she should be spared
criticism from the state which sent
this Trojan senator to make laws for
this great republic WESTERNER.
New York, Jan. %.
It is a favorite pastime with a por-
ton of the eastern press to poke fun
at sage brush" senators and to, tell
how some ward in this or that city
has a larger population than this or
that state Of the far west. This af-
fords much innocent amusement to
them and does not injure anyone. To
this the World is particularly addicted.
In the matter of the New York senators
"Westerner' has attempted to take the
beam out of its eye. Is the Empire
state 50 we'll represented in the senate
that all others look mean beside it
there? That state has a population of
some six millions, yet from that vast
number the first state could not send
a better representative than Murphy.
Cuffs and collars beome him all right,
but not so the senatorial toga. People
who live in glass houses should not
throw stones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

is not the way to secure fit men for
official positions, and without such
men there can be no really good gov
eminent. Its effect upon an execu-
tiye's mind is to destroy confidence in
all men, and make him at sea in ap-
pointments. The written recommended
ton, followed by the verbal withdrawal
of it, destroys the influence of those
who do these things. No doubt their
honest, conscientious opinion is the
verbal explanation: and is the one by
which they should be guided in the
first instance. If a man endorses some
person for a position and afterwards
finds out that such person was I'M
worthy. it is his plain duty to with
draw his recommendation The sign
ing of petitions without consideration
of them is too common a practice, If
they were more carefully considered
they would be entitled to and would
have more weight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
SINCE

The mavis sang but yesterday
A strain that thrilled through autumn's
He read the music of his lay
In light and leaf and heaven and
The windfowers by the wayside swung,
Word of the music that was sung
In all his song the shade n sun
OF earth and ave seemed to meet,
It's Joy and sorrow were as one,
It's very sadness was but sweet;
He sang of ummers yet to be;
You listened to his song with me.
The heart makes sunshine in the rain,
Or winter in the MD of May.
And though the mavis sings again
His self-same song OF yesterday.
/ find no gladness in his tone;
Today l listen here alone.
And-even our sunniest moment takes
Such shadows of the bliss we knew
Today his throbbing song awakes
But wistful. haunting thoughts of you;
Its very sweetness is but sad.
You rave it all the JOY it had
Chambers Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Senator Villas is as blind as Ba-
laam's ass and in his speech yester-
day spoke with about as much sense.
This pompous senator from Wisconsin
is a coxcomb of the first water and a
goldbug about eight oarats fine. If the
argument he made in the senate yes
terday is all that the goldbugs have
to depend upon, their cause is lost.
Billingsgate and epithets are poor ex-
cuses for argument. The speech will
go down as the most lame and impo-
tent defense ever presented in the Uni
ted States senate for an absolutely in
defensible cause" So says the Cleve-
land Plain-Dealer. Such comments are
a reflection on BaIaam's ass
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
One Of the interesting items Of the

One of the interesting items of the
debate On the free silver substitute for
the bond hill was the tilt between
Senator Stewart and several others
in regard to the probable action of
President Harrison in regard TO silver
in 1890. Mr.. Lindsay was saying that
free coinage was pressed when Il could
not pass. and seriously pressed
when it could pass. Mr.. Stewart inter
rupted to deny that the question was
not pressed in 1890, for it was useless
TO press it when the president would
have vetoed it. 'FWVho said he would
have vetoed it7" exclaimed Mr.. Lind
say. "He said so himself" answered
Mr.. Stewart. ITO whom?" asked Mr..
Gray. Nj. Stewart did not immedi-
ately answer but Mr.. VOORHEES, re-
newed the controversy by asking Mr..
Stewart by what authority he stated
that Mr.. Harrison. who was president
in 1890. would have vetoed a free coin
age amendment. HE did not tell me. "
answered Mr.. Stewart. Z was not in
communication" Matters looked then
as if they had gone the wrong way for
Mr.. Stewart, that is, Mr.. Stewart
seemed to have made an assertion con-
corning which he had no immediate
nroof. just then Senator Teller came
10 his relief by saying that he had per-
sonsl knowledge OF Mr. Harrison's
proposition to veto free coinage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
World Fur Highest Medal and Diploma.
WOMAN AND HER WHEEL.

(After Tennyson, by an old-Fashioned
Fellow.)
Turn thy wild wheel through dust
Turn. thy wild wheel through dust
that's like a cloud:
Thy wheel and thee some love, and some
do hate.
Turn. woman. turn thy wheel, through
smile or frown,
and down:
Thy skill is little, but thy pluck is great.
Smile the rude boys and howl behind
their hands,
Frowns the great cit: the wording un-
derstands:
Woman is woman, and mistress of her
fate
Turn, turn thy wheel, amid the staring
Thy wheel and thee are loud, and yet
allowed;
do hate!
Punch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
The Hammond Cnse.

The Hammond case in South Africa is
still unsettled. and it does not seem pos
sible to find out in what the gravity OF
his offense consisted. Jameson has been
liberated. all Of the other raiders have
been liberated; none of the refractory UT
landers in the Boer republic have been
exception Of the American citizen Ham
mond. Whatever the gravity of his crime
LAY nave been it is incredible that he
could nave committed it alone and single
handed. If the others are allows to go
free there can be no good reason for de-
tanning him.. And especially can there be
nc Justification for such treatment of the
prisoners as is described in our cable dis
patches today.-New York World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
Thurston and Artcmus Ward.

Mr.. Thurston's maiden speech puts him
in the front rank of senatorial rator
It is perhaps worth noting hat the
senator seems to be willing to go Arte-
mus Ward one better. That cheerful phil
osopher announced his willingness to
sacrifice all his Wife's relatives on the
altar of his country. Senator Thurston
is willing to sacrifice his own. He de-
clared that he would vote for the reso-
eign affairs. though it might presage the
coming of a mighty conflict whose con-
clusion should leave him without a son,
as the last great contest left him with
out a sire.-New York Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
30 New pepartment Needed.

More mature reflection ought to con-
vince the national board of trade that
its demand for the creation of a depart
ment of trade and in the fed
eral government ought not to be granted.
The object MISREPRESENTATION of use
full information in connection with for
eign and domestic trade and commerce
sular division of the state department and
the bureau of statistics of the treasury.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
BY THE EDITORS.
pullman Helps cleveland.

IN NNWNNN
1t is doubtful if any friend in the SEN
ate chamber or elsewhere could have de-
vfsed a more certain means of stirring
UP the pride and patriotism of the u
than to have ~postualted Ben" Tinman
as his accuser and permitted him to let
out all the ~vulgarity and c~oarseness of
his character in his SenSeleSS diatribe.-
New York Commercial advertiser.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

When made, and if for economy, the
recommendations of the finance com
mittee Of the city council should re-
ceive careful consideration from that
body. They should be in the line of
retrenchment, It is possible to cut the
salary list almost in two without in
turing the efficiency of the city admin
istration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Could the congressional chaplains
have conducted the war for the sup
preston Of Satan's rebellion it is not
unreasonable to believe that they
would have captured him in one short
campaign and have compelled an I'M
conditional surrender.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
Decadence of Americnn Marine.

Up to the time of our civil war. under
a low tariff. the United States stood
second among the nations of the world
in her merchant marine and her foreign
commerce. Under the high tariff, per-
petuated by perjury since it was passed
as a temporary war measure, and under
Republican navigation laws. our once
splendid marine has been bdnished from
the seas.-Kansas City Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

To the aged. with their poor appetite,
feeble circulation. and impoverished
blood, Ayers S~arsaparilla is a boon
beyond price. Its effect is to check the
avage of time. by invfgorating every
organ. nerve. and tissue of the body.
See Ayers Almanac for the new year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

1t would be interesting to know if
the Louisiana sugar planters intend to
support Mckinley at st. Louis. The
major seems to have been successful
in the Pelican state in the matter of
delegates. His theories are in line with
the sugar planters demands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
Monroe Doctrine Vindication.

The best %vindication of the Monroe doc
trine just at the present would be for
South American republics to pay their
debts or TO give a note for the amount,
not to kick over the Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

The passage of a free silver bin by
the senate makes ii imperative on the
part Of presidential candidates that
they define their position on the fnan-
cial question clearly and unequivocally.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
No Republican Policy Wanted.

If ever another Democrat is elected
president it is quite certain he will be
one who will not thrust a Republican
policy upon the country.-St. Louis Post
DISPATCH.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

The chief complaint of the Uttlanders
against the Boer government is h
old which the American c~olonists
made against DISQUALIFICATION with
out representation is tyranny.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

The president very easily divorced
bond issues from the bond syndicate.
He could as easily divorce the treas
ury from the gold ring if he desired to.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

An expedition is going in search of
the south pole. When the pole is
found it is to be hoped it will not be
used TO stir up trouble among the ma
Inns
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

ate. is called ian estinable little bard
ling by the Saturday Review. and it
declares that Lord Salisbury. in making
the appointment. has fitted the FOOLS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
cRAvD REwyANT SALE.

Thousands of remnants have been
made during the last two weeks Of
our great clearing sale and must be
sacrificed at next to no price at all at
r. AUERBACH & BRO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

It IS a month today since Utah was
admitted to the Union. We shall know
better what statehood really means
when the tax notices get round.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

If Sullivan hadn't been drunk he
wouldn't have fallen off the train. but
If he hadn't been drunk the fan would
have killed him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Employer Ito office boy)-If any one
Half an hour later.) Didn't you hear
me call, you young rascal?
~James-Yes. sir: but [ fought yer
wasn't in.-London Tit-Bits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Lawyer Street got the ~judgship. Evil
IDENTIFY the vindication does not follow
the judgship.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Man-No; sir; I won't give you a sin
gle penny. I work for my money.
Tramp-Excuse me; L haven't n Hse
for money that is secured by such means.
Detroit Free Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
Juno OF THE DAY.

He-I am so afraid your father will OBJ
iect.
She-Don't worry. Papa hasn't much
influence in this family.-New York
Weekly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Undoubtedly it is a long way from
Calhoun TO Tilman. but so it is from
Webster to Lodge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

The necessity of doing all in or power to encourage the growth and
development Of Jul Home Industries is apparent to all We must find em-
poyment for u people and must keep u money at home"-Extract from
Governor Wells Message tt the State Legislature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Johnny, what is a maxim?"
cts something that tells how good il
is to do what you don't want to."-De
troit News.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Ben's enemies call him the Cyclops Of
the senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

On his arrival in Madrid, Campos is
to be given a reception. VIII it be
warm or cordial?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

An exchange is anxious to know
whether the leap year girl ought to get
UPON her knees when she proposes
Why should she get upon her knees, when
his are so handy?-Cleveland Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Harrison favors another issue of mat.
rimonial bonds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

The South Carolina senator not only
disregarded senatorial courtesy. but he
violated the anti-vivisection laws.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

A small daughter was taken TO visit
the museum of natural history the other
day. "Oh, mamma" she said, upon Ter
return. I've been to a dead circus. =
New York Evening Sun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Potter Palmer thinks he is well fitted
TO lead the German ct Berlin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Judge Ito Chinese pickpockeD-What's
your Christian name?
PriSoner.-Wing Wing.
Judge-Too fly. Two months.-New
York Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Boston drew the color line and never
even blushed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Senatorial courtesy has become an
1rf6iscent dream.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

do you think ne is after my rnnaey ?"
shouldn't wonder. lie tod me lie was
figuring on marrying you-"-Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

OF all things the st. Paul wants. i
is to get into deep water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

has sought popular favor more persist
emily and to better purpose than any
other chief executive of that republic,
and the latest sign that success has
crowned his efforts comes from a far
off corner of the world. He has graciously
consented to the request of the citizens
of a town in New Hebrides that he be-
come godfather and lend his name to
their tiny municipality.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

SLvER-s7m.
LEAD-Brokers' $3.50; exchange. S3.O7k,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

Professor Mark W. Harrington, late
chief of the United States weather bu-
reau, and now president of the Uni
versity of Washington, roposes to es-
of terrestrial physics and geography, n
he would be glad if authors and pub
fishers would send to the university pub
locations relating to these subjects.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

II is not believed that TillmaR favors
a third term.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04
MARIE HENRIETTE.

queen of the Belgians, who is the
daughter of the Archduke Joseph of
Austria. is about 60 years of age. She
vas married to King Leopold II on
August %. 1853.
The queen is now seriously i'll.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

On the Track.-First Detective-Have
you found anything yet?
whom the victim once sold suburban
property in Jersey.-Puck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-04

The consensus of opinion is that Till
mans ~pitchfork is a slx-tined affair.