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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
THE VAIN SPELL.

'"The wind is quiet, the moon is white,
The fields are all gray with dew;
Oh. will you not come TO me, Love, to-
night?
have waited the long night through;
For | knew
o heart of my heart, L knew by my
That the night of all nights is this,
When lead and wood asunder shall start
And like wax shall your stone be riven
To let you through to my kiss"
So spake she alone in the lonely house
And watched for him, knowing well,
By dreadful and dark and unheard vows,
BY the strength of a nameless spell,
That this was the night, the only night,
When the grave might be riven apart,
When the living and dead in the dead
moonlight
Might clasp each other once more Alright
For the price of a living heart.
But out in the grave the corpse lay white
And the grave clothes were wet with
dew;
ooh, will you not come home, Love, to-
have waited the long night through.
For 1 knew
That 1 dared not leave my grave for an
Since the hour of all hours is near,
When you may come like a living flower
With Love to triumph despite Deaths
power,
And kiss me and clasp me here"
The house is quiet, the house is still;
"Ah. God. do the dead forget?"
The grave is white and the grave is still
But a guest may be coming yet.
But the hour has come and the hour is
gone
That never will come again,
And Loves one chance is over and done,
And the quick and the dead are twain
not one,
And the price has been paid in vain.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
THE RIGHT TO KILL.

At little town in Idaho the other
day a tragic incident occurred that
was of a kind frequently recorded. A
man got off a late train and repaired
to friends house. He ratified a shut
ter and afterward started around the
house to seek some other way to
awake tie inmates. His friend heard
the noise on the shutter, got his pistol,
went out in the yard and shot him
dead.
1t often happens that man, in too
great haste to kill supposed robber,
as in this case takes the life of a
friend, and thus gives himself cause
of remorse throughout the remainder
of his days.
The law gives man the right to
protect his property and to kill thief
breaking into his house. Even in cases
in which such great mistakes are
made, the law and public sentiment
are lenient, as everyone realizes that
the persons concerned are punished
enough.
But Notwithstanding that the law
authorizes the use of force and that
such mistakes are condoned, it is
nevertheless true that there is too
great willingness to kill intruders.
When robber has actually entered
house, the householder is no doub>
fully justified in killing him, for it is
reasonable to suppose that the cor
nered burglar will take the life of the
man whose place he has invaded; but
there is no necessity for a man to kill
prowler who is simply trying to eff
feet an entrance. 1t no doubt has a
salutary effect for evildoers to knew
that they take their lives in their
hands when they undertake to invade
houses; but the person whose place is
selected for attack would far better
confine himself to an attempt 30 cap
ture his visitor if he is not satisfied
with simply soaring him away. To lie
in ambush and coolly shoot the bur-
glar to death does not accord with cur
rent conceptions of the sacredness OF
human life Moreover, these terrible
mistakes would be far less frequent if
the privilege of killing were not so
readily embraced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
DIsGRAoEFuL MUD SINGING.


When Coin Harvey wantonly de-
nounced Generals Howard, Sickles, AL
ger and their associates, The Herald
condemned him as he deserved to be.
When the South Omaha Daily Sun
terms these same men "a lot of old sec
ond-hand, run-down-a t-the-heels bum
mers, living off the people and still try
ing to keep up a strife for the pay they
are getting from the managers of John
Bulls American Office" it deserves
nothing but condemna ton and reproba-
ton. Such talk CRATES harshly upon
American ears and offends against
American ideas of decency and pro-
priety. 1t is unwarrantable
But General Sickles and General AL
ger have put aside their dignity and
trampled under foot all sense of de-
cency and propriety in their assaults
upon Mr.. Bryan and his supporters. At
Columbus, o.. the other day, General
Sickles characterized the free silver ad-
vocates and supporters of Mr.. Bryan as
"shif2ess, idle, unwashed, good-for-
nothing rag-a-muffins and band of
tramps." And General Russell A AL
ger, of Michigan, at the same meet
ing said: When you find a man who
never combs his hair, never puts on a
clean shirt or washes his face. you may
count that man as supporter of that
tramp, Bryan, for he is a trampr'
BY such talk these same generals for
felt the respect that is due them and
bring upon themselves the just condem-
nation and reprobation that Harvey
and the South Omaha Daily Sun
brought upon themselves. The whole
business is disgusting and disgracefIl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

the assessed valuation; they cannot
issue warrants excepting on account
of ordinary and duly audited claims
against the county, and they cannot
issue bonds, excepting to fund certain
indebtedness, until authorized by
vote of the people
No form of evidence of Indebtedness
can be issued by the commissioners ex-
cepting warrants and bonds, and these
can be issued legally only in the man
ner and for the purposes expressly pro-
vided. The commissioners cannot
pledge the credit of the county in any
other manner. There is no provision
in the statutes for issuing notes, and
the authorities are very explicit in lay
ing down the rule that such boards are
possessed of no implied power in the
premises. The commissioners are
given authority to perform acts that
may be necessary to the full dis
charge of their duties,'' but this does
not change the limitations specifically
placed upon them in the r,atter Of in
curing Indebtedness. They can issue
no legal evidence of indebtedness that
is not authorized expressly by the
statute; they cannot raise money or
disburse it in any way other than those
distinctly enumerated.
The theory and purpose of the law
are perfectly plain. If such boards
were not hedged about by specific
limitations it would be possible for any
reckless, careless or corrupt admins
tration to plunge a county into hope
less debt. The people would be power
less against an extravagant or venal
board if the raising and disbursing of
money were left to its discretion.
Nor can even partial discretion be
left with the board, for one gate left
open might easily prove as disastrous
as a dozen. For instance, if it were
within the discretion of the Weber
county board to borrow any indefinite
sum in the manner that has been fol-
lowed. it could run the county in debt
to any extent that it saw fit.
For these reasons the powers of such
officers are limited to those expressly
defined, and, TO protect the public
against the consequences of their
authority being exceeded, it is pro-
vided that obligations incurred with
out authority shall not be valid All
that officers have to do is to discharge
their duties as prescribed by the
statutes; they are not responsible for
what may occur because of their in
ability to resort to other methods than
those provided. They can neither sup
plement nor amplify the law: and if
they attempt to do either the law steps
in and nullifies their acts, no matter
what the apparent necessities of the
case may have been-no matter what
the merit of the purpose they may have
had in view.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
TALES OF THE DAY.
A pnInahIe Mistake.

Washington STAR The elderly man had
nodded approvingly now and then at the
poem which youthful friend was read
ing The title was Twilight" 1t seemed
TO give satisfaction until the reader came
to these lines:
Might waits by the shore with a heart
that is cold,
Till the sun has sailed west with his
burden of gold"
Hold on said the elderly man. That
won't do"
why, those are among the finest lines
of the composition"
ing west with a burden OF gold.''
TITS only a figure of speech"
Il know that. But you've got TO show
some respect for the probabilities in a
figure of speech the same as anywhere
else The idea of the suns taking chances
on getting into Colorado with a cargo of
that kind is too irrational even for
poetry"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
LESSON OF HISTORY.

There has not in this generation been
were so interesting as now-when such
multitudes of men were so moved by
sentiments tending to lead them away
from former. party Affiliations and thus
cause them to hesitate between
promptings of duty and considerations
of party loyalty
We have vast number of men in
Utah, for instance, who have been
affiliated with the Republican party
but who cannot follow their party in
support of the gold standard. They
believe in the free and unlimited coin
age of silver independent of the action
Of any other nation; they know 1t is alb
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

One Of the dispatches issued from
Republican headquarters in the last
few days was to the effect that a great
change in sentiment had occurred In
Michigan and that the state was safe
for Mckinley. Two months ago it was
just as confidently stated that silver
sentiment in that state was an unin-
portland quantity and that the Repub-
Iican ticket would sweep the state. 1t
IS now admitted there was a dangerous
silver feeling-but it has changed. AS
they admit they were wrong in the
frst ms nee, we are justified in as
su;ning that they are in error in their
latest claim.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
A Painful Exhibition.
all: Their ewes bulge Out.

Truth: Their eyes bulge out.
Their teeth glisten in the light that
pours through the windows.
Their lips are covered with foam.
They snort.
The sight is enough TO curdle the blood
of the stranger within our gates, but to
us, Injured to all forms of living, it ex-
cites not even a passing remark.
We would even join them in their hor-
rid revels.
The large restaurant is filled with the
finest men and women in the land.
Carefully dressed gentlemen, fresh from
the hands OF their obsequious Wallets, and
richly appareled and beauteous ladies fill
the comfortable chairs, and in the in
tervals of consumption discuss in gay
tones the gossip of the day.
Society people.
But no better than the rest of us.
Look at them now.
Again their eyeballs roll round, their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The Tribune holds that Mr.. d. c..
Dunbar is unfit to be county clerk be-
cause he was clerk Of the Third district
court when Senator Brown brought his
suit for libel against the Tribune and
recovered $500 damages, it practically
charging that Mr. Dunbar packed the
jury. which is pure nonsense. That
verdict is also the ground of its hos
tility to Senator Brown as a candidate
for reelection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

THE HERALD ia n franchise mem
bee OF The United Press, and re-
ccives rke complete leased wire
Overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports of The United Associated Press
es, embracing accurate intelligence
of all current events in che whole
world With its special wire and
operator in it's own Office THE HER
AID ia daily in Immediate possess
sion OF the latest news up till the
hour of going to press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The death of ex-Speaker Crisp win
come pretty near giving ex-Secretary
Hoke Smith clear field in the sena-
torial race in Georgia. Since he has
stood by his party and is supporting
Bryan and Sewall, he win stand a
very fair chance for the senatorship,
and he wouldn't be a bad choice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

A gentleman of this city has just
recovered from the Pullman Palace
Car company the sum of one dollar, the
amount Of an overcharge. 1t is the
only case on record, and the gentle
man feels that he has scored a greater
victory than as though he had been
elected president Of the United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The Chicago Times Herald says thar
Mr.. Bryan misQuotes great men. and
then says he misquotes Mckinley and
Nurat Halstead. If he misquotes this
twain al the days of his Life he still
wouldn't be misquoting great men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Secretary Carlisle deserved better
treatment at the hands of his fellow
Kentuckians when he spoke at Coving-
ton that they accorded him. The dis
selves and brought reproach upon the
silver cause. Secretary Carlisle is adj
vocating a bad cause, but there is no
use to popularize it by according him
bad treatment. No one will disavow
the treatment accorded him at Cow
ington sooner than the true friends
of silver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The Boston Journal prints a story
Of which Ben T. Gable is the hero, and
in which he is put down as a graduate
of Harvard. He is not He halls from
Che University of Michigan, where he
was far more famed for his sprinting
tnan his learning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The Hannacrats charge Mr.. Bryan
with a new treason because ne has
requested tnat the American flag be
displayed on the same day thar Hanna
requested that it be displayed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

New York World: There is a great
deal of genuine sympathy for the desti-
to this country, but at the same time the
law against the entrance of alien paupers
must be upheld. The best plan of meet
ing such an emergency would be to pro-
vide for the refugees by collecting a
ings now clamoring for a war with
Turkey. The sympathy for Armenia
which is willing to plunge the country
into war might well afford to take
care of few ruined Armenians thrown
on our hands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

teenth shine shimmeringly and the breathe
broadly with gutteral gasps.
What dread rite is it?
The worship OF some ungainly god, or
fierce fetch?
Nay, nay.
They are eating corn off the cob.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

When Bryan got through with Har-
ri.son in one of his Indiana speeches,
the ex-president was considerably
dwarfed. 1t did not require many SEN
fences from the free coinage candidate
to show the absurdity of Harrisons
telling the people that this is bime-
tallic country, while the Republican
platform, in support of which he
spoke, pronounces in favor of main
tanning the present gold standard y
Perhaps Harrison can try again in
some other campaign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

David B. Fiji will descend from his
Roost November 8, not waiting until
November 2s. when the other birds
win come down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

To Mr.. Cleveland is due the credit
for the metaphor about the endless
chain" Mr.. Tom Watson claims credit
for the endless chin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

And how delighted Utah people would
feel over Mr.. Holbrooks vote for
Thomas B. Reed for speaker, especially
If his vote should elect the Maine man!
They would feel certain that their mem
Der was right in line for the chairman
ship of the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, and that we
were to have free coinage right away
nI,ick
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

1t is said that Mr. Condie can lift
pos pounds. That is more than his
voting strength.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
National Democratic Ticket.
For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska

For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska
For Vice President.
ARTHUR SEWALL
OF Maine.
Democratic Congressional Ticket.
For Congressman
WILLIAM II. KING.
Democratic Judicial Ticket.
For Judges of the Third Judicial Dis.
trict-
ALBERT G. NORRELL.
a. N CHERRY
Democratic County Ticket.
For the State Senate
JOHN T. GAME,
MARTHA H. CANNON.
DAVID o. RIDEOUT. JR.,
GEORGE A whitaker
BENJAMIN A HARBOUR.
For the House of Representative
EVERETT w. WILSON.
MRS. EURITHE LA BARTHE.
GEORGE ROMNEY, JR.,
JOSEPH Z. TAYLOR.
HEBER BENNION,
ROBERT W. SLOAN.
SCIPIO a. KENNER.
RICHARD B. SHEPARD.
JAMES THOMSON,
DANIEL MANGAN-
County Commissioner
FRANCIS ARMSTRONG.
JOSEPH S. RAWLINS,
LUCIUS z. HALL.
For County Attorney
wALDEMAR VAN COTT.
For County Clerk
DAVID C. DUNBAR.
For Sheriff
THOMAS P. LEWIS.
For Recorder
JAMES c. JENSEN.
For Auditor
MARGARET a. GAME.
For Treasurer
STEPHEN H. LYNCH.
For Assessor
BARNEY B. QUINN.
For Surveyor
CHARLES S. WILKES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The whisky market is said to be
very sight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

The price of leather is to be ad-
vanced. This IS because the trust is
strapped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Z This Sunday and next win be any
thing but days of rest TO Mckinley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
SOME EDITORIAL CONTENTS.

Philadelphia Times: Whatever the re
port, it's likely the Venezuelan line bust
ness will not be SO tangled that the sworC
will be needed to cut it..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

There is a natural disposition on the
part of men in general to favor the
debtor class in the way of any proper
Tightening of its burdens; but the free
silver method of relief is not proper,
1t is not just, it is not honest. This is
the fatal objection to it, the reason
why good citizens can not indorse it.
The manner in which it proposes to
help debtors is such as the debtors
themselves can not vote for, even to
secure the offered advantage. 1t is a
great mistake to suppose that a will
lingness to cheat creditors is an Ameri-
can characteristic.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Tie Globe-Damocrat is perfectly cor
rect in saying that willingness to
cheat creditors is not an American
characteristic; but there is a DISPOSE
ton in America-imported by and in
dulged in by those who adhere to Eu-
ropean ideas-to cheat debtors. They
have cheated the debtor to the extent
of 100 per cent. and the American love
of fair play is going to see that justice
is done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Los Angeles Herald: 1t will be per-
fectly proper to give Mr.. Reed a grand,
great and enthusiastic reception, for he
is the ablest Republican of them all; be-
Sides southern California will give
Bryan such a splendid majority that
Reed ought to have something more
comforting than the election returns as
a reminder of his visit to Los Angeles,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

New York Journal: Mr.. Cleveland has
removed an Alabama district attorney
because he is candidate for congress.
Yet it is not recorded that Mr.. Cleve-
land ever resigned an Office when he was
running for the next one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
WIT AND HusloR.

Cincinnati Enquirer: House Hunter
me location is all right, but don't ike
the idea of living on the first floor
Agent (blandly and contidentially)-If
was you ma am, it is the very floor
would take. If the house should ever
catch, afire. l don't think no one else
would ever git out of it alive.
Texas Sitter: An exchange announces
on the death OF lady that ''she lived
90 years with her husband. and died in
confident hope of a better life
Farmersy5ise Times: a Kansas man
has discovered that brandy can be made
from wet elm sawdust A discouraged
temperance advocate asks what chance
the good cause will have when a man
can go forth with ripsaw and get drunk
on a fencerafl.
Baltimore Life: Mothsr-"Georgie. have
you been playing football AGAIN."
Georgie-tNo ma am"
Mother-"But your trousers are tornr'
Georgie-''That's from running home to
see if you had any errands for me to CO.
Boston Globe: Wife (drearily)-"Ah
mel The days of chiyairy are past
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

No minis opened. no mills opened.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Pittsburg Chronicle. Dukane-'I saw
Soker order drink yesterday. He merely
raped on the bar and the bartender
served him without any delay"
That's way he has, you
know"
Does he always rap when he orders
drnks-'
only when he wants whisky. They are
spirit raps, you know"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Wife-"Sir walter Raleigh laid his cloak
on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to
walk over, but you get mad simply be-
cause poor, dear mother sat down on
your hat"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Chicago Dispatch: We beg to counsel
moderation in Mr.. Mortons case and as
sure him that nobody is going to rebel
this year. We do not blame him for his
protests. for they are essential to his
health, but, really, he ought not to
bother the neighbors too much with
them. Perhaps soaking his head would
him in better attitude before the public.
Or If that fail he might frank package
of fax seed from his Washington office
to his Nebraska home, and try poultice
en- the place where his brains ought to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Pittshurg Post: The postal card vote
taken by Chicago newspaper is one of
the biggest fakes of the Jay, and bears
no more relation to what the outcome
will be at the polls than a straw vote
at a goldbug meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

"The wind is quiet, the moon is white,
The fields are all gray with dew;
Oh, will you not come to me, Love, to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25

Boston Globe: Wife (drearily)-"Ah,
me! The days of chiyairy are past
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-02-26
AN OPEN FIGHT.

Besides several anonymous attacks
on Hermann, the Salem Statesman
has this in a long article by "Repub-
lican;"
l have no hesitation in declaringm my
belief that the next congressional
election in this state will demonstrate
the fact that three out OF four of our
national law makers from Oregon are
today openly miSrepreSenting the
sentiments Of the Republican party in
Oregon on the question OF silver coin,
age.
win the Statesman say who il
wants for congressman and senator,
and who for the legislature,
The public understands who it don't
want.
WIN it please tell who il does want.
or Is il ashamed to advocate what il
wants openly9
A little eandor is good for the soul
brother,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-02-26
OREGON AND DAKOTA.

The per capita indebtedness OF
North Dakota was s2l.O o. In 1890. OF
South Dakota Il was SOIL. or Ore
gon In 1890 In 1890 il was $3.50. While
oregon's state debt was nothing each
OF the Dakotas owed about n million.
oregon's assessed valuation per capita
In 1890 was S1s9.l4, North Dakota
s4S2.7S South Dakota s496,s5. We
have no figures as to cost OF govern,
ment In the Dakotas, or the tax levy
there, or basis of assessment but W,
believe Oregon win compare fayorabl,
in these respects, II Editor Fletcher
Who is rather sever on Oregon in hi
criticisms at times, would print tn,
tac,s We viii copy them.