The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08

The people of Utah county and every
person in the state should join hands in an
effort to make the Midsummer carnival
at Salt Lake city on July 2, and A.
grand success. We understand it is to be
a state affair, intended to show visitors
from other states the resources OF our
great commonwealth and the hospitality
or our people, as well as to afford a
pleasing entertainment and grand celebra-
ton for our own people. The fireworks
and other features being free no doubt
great crowds will attend, as is usually
What with its fairs, it's carnivals, gen.
eral conferences, state conventions of all
kinds and other general gatherings, Salt
Lake city is becoming more greedy each
year for the '.Spondoolicks" of the other
towns and cities of the state. Salt Lake
can get up a very attractive celebration,
ana almost enough money will be spent
by almost any of the cities OF Importance
IN the state to witness this grand carnival,
to have had a very creditable affair at
home.--Provo Utonian.
As appears to be the inevitable result
of all legislation looking to the lettering
regulating the time which shall constitute
days labor for mine and smelter en-
ployees which goes into effect today
seems destined to work hardship on
intended. Managers of mines and smell
ters are claiming, and with circumstances
pointing to the truth of their assertions,
that at the present prices of lead and
silver any material increase in the rates
now paid to employees would result in the
closing down of more than two-thirds of
the mines of the state.-Spanish Fork
American
The Mercury sincerely hopes that the
mi nd mil -NUyr ARG of m
adjust the difficulties occasioned by the
adoption of the S-hour law. Thus far all
parties interested have shown DISPOSE
ton to make concessions and 1T looks as
though everything would be arlicably ar
ranged. In our opinion. the mine owners
the miners and the people of the camp
would all be losers should trouble be
occasioned by the new condition.-Mercui
Mercury.
Two weeks ago it looked as though Nc
Kinley had clear field for the Republic
can nomination and that he would &c
through on the first ballot. Now, however
after the smoke has blown away and We
get down to actual figures, we see tha
Mckinley is about fifty votes short O.
an actual majority and that the fight il
the convention will probably be a lons
and hard one. This fact is encoura gins
for the free silver Republicans, as il
the closing contest or final roundup, a.
it were. our delegates may be able to ge
in their work for a silver candidate.-Tin
tic Miner.
That is a queer conclusion the Prov
Enquirer has arrived at, that those VIII
are opposing the manifesto are on tn
road to aDcstasy." That is as much a
to say that a man can not exercise hi
honest judgment upon a question and b
in good standing, unless he should b
in line with the popular side We though
it had always been rule in this churc
fln NIL h irlrrc
consent; that the majority should rule
We thought that the principles of Nor
monism taught freedom and indenendenc
in thought and action and gave all men
right to individuality. If a man canno
and must not think but upon given sid
of question, then he is not free an
4 has no use for manhood and individuality
-Payson Header.