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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. TUESDAY. OCTOBER u. 1893.

his brief address. Not once in his
speech did Mr.. Reed mention Mr.. Nc
Kinley's name or make any plea for
his election.
Perhaps the Dispatch colors the case
a little on its side; but that paper has
shown itself to be reasonably reliable,
and its statement shows beyond ques-
ton that the Republicans did not make
such a great success of their meetings
as they have claimed. In other words.
Misrepresentation has been resorted to
by the local gold papers; but misreRre-
sentation does not count in the ballot
box. and we are warranted in assuming
that those who base their faith on Re
publican claims respecting the result
in that city will be disappointed.
So The Herald feels justified in say
ing this morning, one week before cleo
ton, that all is we'll.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27
APPEAL TO RAILRoADERs.


When Secretary Carlisle made his
address to the workingmen's delegation
from Baltimore he dwelt particularly
upon the interest of railroad men in
the question at tissue, making the as
sertion that, under free coinage, their
wages would be cut Materials, he
said, would cost more; the companies
would not be able to advance rates,
and they would have to even up by
reducing the pay of employees. The
argument has been seized upon with
avidity by the gold press, and railroad
men are implored not to vote for a
programme that would have such re-
suit. The Providence Journal, for in
stance, says: ftIf there is one class
in the country which is surer than
another to be injured by free silver it
is those who work for wages in the
transportation business. The railroad
companies are practically prohibited
from advancing their rates and must,
therefore, recoup themselves for the
higher cost of material by reducing
wages"
The railroad hands whom it is at
tempted to beguiIe know far more
about railroad business than the gold
men suppose. They know that profit
depends quite as much upon volume of
business as upon rates. If business
can be increased at present rates, the
profits will increase in much greater
proportion 1t is possible for all profit,
all hope of profit, to disappear if bust
ness falls off continually, no matter
what rates are charged; while, with in
creasing business, profits will flow in if
the rates are fair.
Railroad employees understand all
this; and they also understand that,
under free coinage, railroad business
would rapidly increase. They further
understand that, with increasing bust
ness and increasing profits for the
roads. their employment will be far
more certain and continuous and their
chance for increased rates of pay much
more tangible. They cannot be de-
ceived by arguments put forth in the
interest of a class who do not care a
snap of their fingers whether the men
who toll night and day amid all the
discomforts of exposure to the ele-
ments have work for ten days or thirty
in month, whether they make $25' or
s1OO, whether their families have plenty
or are in want, whether their children
are well clothed and in school or in
rags on the street
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SHOULD DROP 1T.

The Chicago Record started a postal
card ballot for the purpose, as il de-
clared, of deciding in advance what the
result of the election was to be, SO that
business could proceed to adjust itself
to future conditions This ballot has
shown astonishing plurafties for Nc
kinley and the figures have been tele-
graplhed all over the country and
widely published under haring head
lines as evidence of overwhelming SEN
timent in favor of the Canton candi-
date.
But the ballot has no significance
embraced by Mckinley men but the
silver advocates wisely determined to
refrain from participating in it. While
some free coinage supporters have sent
in their ballots it is evident that the
vote is a farce
According to the Records own state
ment it sent out cards to 1927, 1854 voters
in Chicago. To have any value the vote
should be reasonably full, but up to
Saturday last only quarter of the
cards had been returned. The count
began on October and after nineteen
days the total had reached only 1854
for Chicago. There then remained only
ten days for THE count to continue, and
it does not seem likely that more than
half of the total vote will be covered.
1t is apparent that the free coinage
advocates have followed the advice of
the Democratic committee and let the
ballot severely alone. Since the Record
started 1t in the interest of business. to
determine the result in advance, and
since it has become apparent that it
will determine nothing at all, the pa
per would better drop it. The Record
has had high reputation for fair deal
ing; but If it keeps this vote going in
its columns it win lose the confidence
of multitudes, as it cannot avoid the
charge Of attempting to mislead the
Dublic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27
TWO srASDARDs.
Speaking at Salem. Ind, the other
day, ex-President Harrison said:


Speaking at Salem. Ind, the other
day, ex-President Harrison said:
/ want to know how you can main
tain two standards If they are not of
the same size or length. Can you have
half as much as the 0rher2 Can you
have Two standard yardsticks when
one IS only half as long as the other?
You cannot maintain a double stand
ard of weight or measure or value IN
less each one OF them is the equivalent
Of the other. We make a dollar a
dollar a legal tender to pay debts, but
how much it viii buy in the market
you viii have to find in the market If
the merchant says ne will give you
two yards Of calico for a gold dollar
and one yard for a silver dollar. that
establishes the relative value of your
two metals, no matter What you have
in your law books.
No one proposes to maintain two
standards of unequal size or length, SO
far as we know 1t is true that those
who, like the ex-president. oppose free
silver, are constantly asserting that
such is the thing the advocates of free
silver desire. but the free silver men
repudfate the charge.
1t is true that a double standard of
weight or measures or value cannot be
maintained if they be not equivalent.
Their equivalence is an essential of
their quality as standard. General
Harrison having laid down some sound
principles and having made application
of them to the issues of the present
campaign, he should have endeavored
to have cited some single instance in
our history to prove his contention;
but this he did not do. probably be-
cause there is no such instance in
American history to be cited, so far as
gold and silver are concerned. Those
who favor free silver point to the fact
that so long as the United
States had the double standard,
from 1892 to 1873, the two
measures OF value, always of them
selves and without the aid or consent
of any other nation, maintained their
equivalence; and they have no doubt
that if the double standard were re-
stored that silver, and gold, at the
ratio of 16 to l, would maintain their
equivalence. If the country will but
take care of the units, or minutes, the
equivalence, or hours. will take care
of itself. Surely the experiment is well
worth trying.
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STILL INCONSISTENT.

The Tribune says in one paragraph
that "in case of Mr.. Bryan's election
it is quite possible there will result a
complete realignment of parties, with
all the Clevelands and Shermans on one
side and all those who believe in the
majesty and power and spiendor of
native land on the other. In another,
it declares if Bryan is not elected
there must be as much as possible
saved from his defeat"
That sounds much like saying 1.-THE
people should make a little show Of
fight now, but if they are beaten in
this campaign they must be prepared
to lie down and give up the contest
The attitude of bimetallists, as The
Herald understands it, is that they
are in this fight to win, and that they
propose to continue it to a successful
conclusion.
Moreover, The Herald believes that
now is the time for people who believe
in the power and glory of. native land
to get on that side-not with one foot,
but with both.
If Bryan is elected, he must have a
triumphant party at his back in con-
troll of both branches of congress
otherwise the victory will be barren.
If Bryan is beaten, the fight must
be carried right on-and what position
would Utah be in for doing her part
in the future if she had given notice
to the world, through the election of a
Republican congressman, Republican
senator and Republican local officers,
that she adhered to the anti-free coin
age party?
The Tribune further says, in effect,
that Bryan is wrong on everything but
the financial question, and its argu
ment amounts to this-that we should
send men to congress to watch him, to
antagonize him and to tie his hands.
Does any man believe that Bryan,
as president, could accomplish any
thing for silver, or for anything else,
if he had such congress to deal
with?
And it is also to be noted that those
who are supporting Mr.. Bryan, whether
Democrats or Republicans, do not mis-
trust him AS rule they indorse
nearly every plank in his platform;
they have unbounded confidence in
him; and the natural thing for them all
to do is to give him and his party the
fullest possible support.
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THE BUILDERS.


The following are stanzas from Rev
DR.. Henry Van Dykes ode delivered on
the occasion of Princeton's sesquicenten-
NAL celebration:
Into the dust of the making of man
a spirit breathed when his life began,
Lifting him up from his low estate.
With masterfu passion, the wish to
Out of the dust of his making, man
Fashioned his works as the ages ran;
Palace, and temple and tomb and
tower
Filling the earth with proof of his power,
The clay wherein God made him
Grew plastic and obeyed him;
The trees, high-arching DER him,
Fell everywhere before him;
The hills in silence standing
Gave up at his commanding
Their ancient rock foundations
To strengthen his creations;
And all the metals hidden
Came forth as they were hidden
To help his high endeavor,
And build house to last forever.
Here is another stanza:
II music led the builders long ago,
When Arthur planned the halls of
And made the magic city swiftly grow,
Like some strange flowers in that for
saken spot:
What sweeter music shall we bring,
To weave a harmony divine
III prayer ana HOLY tllOuBut,
Into the labors of this loftier shrine,
This consecrated hill.
Where through 50 many a year.
Our mothers faithful hand hath
wrought
with toll serene and still.
And heavenly hope. to rear
The eternal dwelling OF the only king?
Here let no martial trumpets blow,
Nor instruments of pride proclaim
The loud exultant notes of fame;
But let the chords be clear and low
And let the anthem deeper grow.
And let it move more solemnly and
slow.
Like that which came
From angels lips when first they
hymned their
Makers name;
For only such an ode
Can seal the harmony
Of that deep masonry
Wherein the soul of man Is framed for
Gods abode.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27
SUGAR BoUNTIEs AND SUGAR d.
TIES.

The San Francisco Chronicle says
that the free trade plea that the build
ing of beet sugar mills and the sue
cess of those now in use show that
beet sugar can make it's way in the
United States without bounty need
deceive no one; that whatever beet SUI
gar boom exists, has, like the advance
in the price of wheat, a temporary
cause which will, when removed. leave
the industry as much in need of spec
ial assistance as it ever was.
The tariff of 1890 (the Mckinley law
deemed it necessary to encourage the
beet sugar industry by admitting ma
chinery for the manufacture of beet
sugar free of duty for certain period.
The same law admitted all sugars not
above No. 16 Dutch standard free Of
duty That was done to permit the
Sugar trust, which is engaged in the
refining of sugar and nothing else, to
get it's raw material free of duty. The
admission of raw sugar free took from
the producers of sugar in this coun-
try the protection of cents pound
given by the tariff law of 1888. To
compensate the producers the tariff
law of 1890 gave them
bounty of cents a pound on sugar
testing not less than ninety degrees
by the polariscope and upon sugar test
ing less than eighty degrees, a bounty
of IL cents pound
What was the consequence? 1t was
to deprive the government of 1000, 600
revenue annually, and to increase the
burdens of the people some $S,0O0,OO0
a year.
When the wilson Gorman law reim-
posed a slight duty on sugar a great
howl went up, started and encouraged
by the Sugar trust interests, that the
Wilson-Gorman law made sugar dearer
for the people. The protectionists threw
the principle of protection overheard.
The beet sugar industry fiourishes IN
Utah without any bounty, and not be-
cause the Cuban supply of sugar has
been materially reduced by the rebel
lion down there. The great enemy to
the industry in Utah is the Sugar
trust. Were it not for fear of that
octopus there would be other sugar
factories in Utah besides that at Lehi.
good revenue duty on sugar would
permit those engaged in producing it
to advance the price of it to the
amount of the duty and would at the
same time furnish the government with
some much needed revenue. To grant
sugar bounties would be but to fur
Their deplete the public treasury.
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Here is something for Biographer
John G. Nicolay to deny:
From McClure's Lincoln" July, 1879,
Pages 114-115.)
Mr.. Carpenter, the artist relates that
the bill empowering the secretary of
the treasury to sell the surplus gold
had recently passed. and Mr. Chase
was then in New York, giving his at
tention personally to the result of the
act. Governor Curtin referred to this.
saying to President Lincoln:
Il see by the quotations that Chase's
movement has already knocked gold
down several per cent"
This gave occasion, Mr.. Carpenter
continues, for the strongest expression
ever heard fall from the lips of Mr..
Lincoln Knitting his face in the in
tensity of his feeling, he said:
Curtin, what do you think of those
fellows in Wall street, who are gam
bling in gold at5such a time as this?"
They are a set of sharks, returned
Curtin. as
For my part,p continued the presi-
dent. bringing his sclinched hand down
upon the table, 7 wish every one of
them had his devilish head shot off"
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made apparent. !. notwiths standing the
charge that none but tramps and out
casts go to hear Bryan, that the audi
ences greeting the Democratic candi-
date are composed Of people who carry
valuabses. We do not hear of any or
ganized gangs of thieves operating at
Harrlson's meetings; nor is it reported
that such ia.wless bands have fastened
themselves upon the Canton pilgrim
ages. Yet. If Republican authority is
to be believed, those crowds have been
the only ones composed of persons
having anything about them worth
stealing.
1t is not kind of evidence to be
proud of, but still the statement made
by Mr. Pinkerton indicates very clearly
where the crowds have been during
the canvass.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Secretary Francis has written letter
to Attorney General Walker of Mis-
souri,. in which he says: This is
time, however. when no man can afford
to remain silent. The welfare of the
country is imperiled; the perpetuity of
the republic is at stake I believe the
sober second thought of the people will
condemn and repudiate those who are
trying 10 array classes against each
other and lncite the disconnected to.
violations of obligations. if not to law
sSssness'' Has David got snakes?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

THE HERALD is a franchise neII,-
be- of Tho United Press, and re-
cetves xhe complete LEAKED WIRE
Overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports of The United Associated Press
es, embracing accurate intelligence
OF all current events in fhe whole
world. With its special wire and
operator in its own office THE HER
AID in daily I'm Immediate possess
sion of the latest news up till the
hour of hoirg tp press.
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straining 1T n. Gnat.


Washington Star: Nicotine" said the
moralist. SIS a terrible drug
I sometimes think that it doesn't hurt
q person who INDUCES in moderation .
responded the Star reporter, who was
smoking cigar.
That's the danger of it. It is the
more pernicious because of its many in
sidlous phases. If l had my way I'd
abolish every leaf of tobacco from the
markets. It's a constant temptation to
waste. and am thankful that | never
sduandered my resources in any such
way"
You never smoked?"
Never"
Nor chewed?''
Certainly not"
Nor used snuff2'
'The idea is preposterousr
Il suppose you must have saved a
great deal of money, then. These small
expenses count up very rapidly. But of
course a man must invest his money to
get as comfortable an income as YOU
appear TO enjoy. A friend OF mine was
telling me about how you laid the foun-
dation for your fortune. 1t was a small
speculation, was it not?
'Um-yeS. 1t was"
Would you mind telling me Just how
you managed it?''
why. you see, a friend of mine who
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bushel more than yesterdays price and
very likely Is cents more" AS there is
no question of McKinley's election, if
we are to believe the goldbug press,
there should have been no reaction in
wheat at all and the predicted advance
should have arrived.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The visitor enters. and, with a sigh of
awful volume. the fair Elsie casts her
self into his arms and softly murmurs:
o.. darling, l. am so giad you have
comet / have so wanted TO make il up
and settle"
And he of the embrace remarked:
ell, miss, it's very nice of you, and
I'm very glad too, that you're going to
settle up at last
II was the gas collector.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

New York Tribune: Joe" Blackburn
intimates that if he is called on to exter-
inmate the Carlisle family he will not
begin with one of the kids leaving the
impression that If worse comes to worst
he will boldly move on the outposts of
the old man and reach for his scalp in
the succinct and single-minded manner of
Geronimo. The row ought not to be be-
yond composition. Both the senator and
the secretary are ornaments which Ken
lucky can i'll spare. After the campaign
is over the best thing they can do is to
take the Ratchet out and bury it, and
smoke the calumet over it's place of
sepulture. After that they can adjourn
for a drink in the bluegrass manner,
the dove of peace fluttering above their
reconciliation, instead of the lean-headed
eagle of discord above their strife.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

DR.. Van Dykes ode should have been
called a hymn, as these lines show:
THE clay where in God made him
Grew plastic and obeyed him;
The trees, high-arching Ger him,
Fell everywhere before him"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27
TALES OF THE DAY.
An Unexpected Greeting.

Spare Moments: The gentle Elsie sat
drearily in the cleaning in the front
room.
She was very miserable, for on the pre-
vious night she had words with her own,
and now she fears her naughty Harold
will not call
e She hears a step, a ring. a voice she
knows, and some one speaking TO the
servants in the hall.
She will not wait until a light is
brought, but gently calls, Come in:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

A Cincinnati Enquirer dispatch from
Piqua. Ohio, says tnaft Congressman
Clarence ". Allen vi Utah spoke there
last Friday evening. The opera house
where he spoke was crowded. The dis
patch says that he made mastery
address in favor of free silver that was
enthusiastically Received
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The McKinleyites We're getting the
notion that their standard bearer was
the only one who had any right to
carry the American flag. They have
discovered their mistake.
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NOTES ON MAGAZINES.

The Engineering News and American
Railway Journal of October %. 1896,
has as it's leading article The Water
Supply System of Salt Lake City.
Utah. by w. P. Hardesty, c. E. The
article, which is illustrated, is very
full and complete, and with its dia-
grams (Which are by ex-City Engineer
A. F. Doremus) gives a good idea of
the various works. The writer of the
article reaches the conclusion that con-
sidering all the possibilities in the way
of supply, Salt Lake city should never
have any serious trouble in obtaining
sufficient water even with a population
of 100000 or more He places the value
of the present water supply system at
100000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

knows all about the market gave me a
tip and l bought some stock In the
tobacco trust
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shall the Democratic party live?"
asks the Chicago Chronicle. Not if the
Chronicle and the boilers can have
their way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Theodore Roosevelt is a good author
ity on 1.-The Winning of the west,'' but
not when he says the west will be won
for Mckinley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The goldbug papers have promoted
w. K. Morrison from Horizontal Bilr'
Morrison to Hon. William r. Morrison.
They have raised him to their stand
ard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Grover Cleveland has grown to be so
good and great that he doesn't even
register any more. Politics is too base
business for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The spirit of orthodoxy seems to have
crowded the spirit of poesy out of Rev.
Dr. Henry Van Dykes Princeton
sesoui..centennial celebration ode.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The ST. Paul Pioneer Press of last
Friday says; little election was over
and Mckinley elected by an over
whelming majority, wheat would un-
doubtedly comm and at least 10 cents a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Those pilgrims to Canton seem to be
going as well as coming men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The New York World has got anti
free silver on the brain. Most likely il
has been trepanned and had a silver
plate inserted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Of course the rise and fall in wheat
has much to do with the lightness or
heaviness of the dough.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

The first snow Of the season fell on
the mountains yesterday. How like
a Mckinley frost it loolSsi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

One week from today and it will all
be over. And then only four months
more of Grover.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Mr.. Morrison was a very long time
making UP his mind which way to
jump.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

In the Bryan lexicon of youth there
is no such word as Fail"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Mckinley looks more and more like
Napoleon on the eve of the battle of
Waterloo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

If anyone thinks figures can't lie just
look at the claims made for both can
cidates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-27

Tom watson's letter might be called
the lost discord.