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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
CORRUPTION FUND.
Six Million Dollars viii Be Spent
to Put Mckinley in the White
House.

The following article is taken from
the st. Louis Republic, one OF the old
est and most reliable newspapers in
the United States:
Before it was finally agreed be-
tween the chief men of the Republi-
can party to respond to the desire OF
the bankers and the sentiment OF the
Etlst for the insertion of a clear de-
nand for the maintenance of the gold
standard in the platform, they cast up
accounts and reckoned what they could
d..
1T was agreed that, in view of the
unpopularity of the gold standard in
the western states, it would require a
canl-]algn fund of $4,000 900 to put Me
Kinley in the White House. The men
VINO were insistent upon the insertion
of the word gold" in the platform were
asked what they could do towards rails
ing this fund. The wires were kept
hot. Wall street was communicated
with, all the great centers of finance
were hastily interviewed; the represen-
tatives on the ground of the great
moneyed concerns were asked what
they had TO offer And the responses
were so satisfactory that Hanna and
his associate managers-if he has as
sociate mana rs-assanted 10 the inser-
ton of gold.
Mr.. Hanna is chairman of the ma
tional committee, and he is to conduct
the campaign on the same plane-am-
plihed, of course, that he has hereto
fore put in force during the campaign
for the nomination. The leaders figure
up that they could surely rely npon 155
electoral votes, coming from these
states:
Dalo NToir1
Massachusetts Is, New Hampshire 4,
New Jersey 10, New York Sc, Ohio "a
Pennsylvania 80, Rhode Island 4, Yer
mont 4, Wisconsin 12-Total, 155.
1t requires 224 electoral votes to
elect the president. 1t was thought that,
under the Hanna management, and
with plenty Of money, these states could
be captured:
Illinois "a, Indiana Is, Iowa IS, Mary
land s, Michigan IA, Minnesota 9-total,
ga.
These six states will be the battle
ground They have SO electoral votes
among them. These SO votes added to
the 155 surely Republican votes, make
total of 238. This would be IA votes
more than necessary to elect. The state
of Michigan could be lost and still the
Republicans would be successful; or
the states OF MlHneSOla ana DSihWdIe
could go Democratic, if the Republicans
held Michigan, and Mckinley could
win.
The managers concluded that, with
the probability of the Democrats de-
claring for free coinage at Chicago,
New York and New Jersey would be
sure for the Republicans Maryland
they regard as a doubtful state. AT any
rate, they put 'gold'' in the platform,
on the basis of the bankers and manu-
facturers raising the money 10 buy the
votes of the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Maryland, Michigan and Mime
sofa.
This is the Republican scheme of con-
quest This is what the managers had
In view when they concluded to commit
the party irretrievably to the gold
standard"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19

us a nice flask to bring luck. We
strolledJ down to about Darronvilles
place and caught several fine fish.
Then, upon celebrating, we found the
contents of Alberts flask rather warm
so stout line was tied to its neck and
the bottle thrown overheard to cool
Off
I'VE then headed over toward Echo
Rock, and had not been there more
than half an hour when we saw q
whopping big trout just APPLYING
horse on top of the water. He would
jump into the air ard shake himself,
roll over and over, and then shoot
about like a streak of lightning. We
could not guess the cause of his hilar-
ity until one of the crowd went to pull
up the bottle and found only its neck.
We then concluded that Mr.. Trout had
nailed the bottle and got clean drunk
on it's contents.
After trying unsuccessfully all the
ways we knew to catch that fish. we
had an inspiration. We steamed back
to Alberts, got another flask and tied
a heavy line with three treble hooks
onto it. When we got back our game
was still having his fun. We took a
circle around him and then dragged
the bottle close up. He saw it and
made for it, but missed it three times
before we got him. He weighed four
been pounds, and in his stomach we
found not only the remains of our first
screw, with which we opened the
bottle and drank to our success from
it's unchanged contents.
1.-THE bottle and corkscrew are now
on exhibition in Truckee.''-San Fran
cisco Call.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
HE AROUSED SUSPICION.
The Merchant Engaged in Bit of
Bluff which His Creditors Saw
Through.

"Tis true as the book" says a Maine
lawyer, that more crimes are discov-
cred through the efforts made to pre-
vent discovery than in any other way.
The mind Of the WTongdoer is not salts
fed with simply keeping still. Il is
uneasy and over-cautious and leads its
owner pretty surely to do some act
he would not have done if innocent. In
just the same way shrewd business men
read the minds of their debtors. Let
an apparently prosperous man become
seriously involved, and very often he
will try to screen his real situation by
doing things that imply a solvent con-
dition, all for the purpose Of deceivlng
his creditors.
"a quarter of a. century ago I was
practicing in a western Maine village,
and among my intimate friends was
young merchant who had apparently
been doing a very successful business
for several years. His credit was a.
good as almost anybody's in the town.
To my surprise there came to me one
evening the principals of two large
Portland firms. to whom my friend was
indebted and they requested an inme-
date attachment of his stock of goods.
/ protested that such a course was I'M
just and unnecessary. Then one of the
U1tTCIld4lS eADIdlneQ IQdI a cay OF Two
previous he had received a letter from
their debtor in which he casually men
toned some proposed action Of his
which would involve a considerable
outlay of money. He didn't believe the
man really intended any such outlay,
and he asked himself, Why has he
mentioned this?' Comforting with his
neighbor, he found the young man had
at the same time written him an ex-
actly similar letter. That was enough,
and they decided to sue. Feeling al
most sure they were wrong, / had the
attachment made so secretly that none
knew of it except those Immediately
concerned. The young merchant was
immensely surprised, and at once got
friends to become his security on the
Portland debts. But the developments
Of the next few months showed con-
clusively that the merchant had rightly
read the meaning of the unusual letter
and that their debtors affairs wessa ait
that time rotten to the core Only
their prompt action saved their claims,
which together amounted to something
more than a thousand dollars Lewis
ton Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
THE LATE FRANK HURD.

He was the bulwark of his party, an
honor to his country. his profession and
E4mseIT. and as such he left upon his
feIioW men an impress that will never
be efaced, and a void in the hearts of
those who knew him best that can
never be filled.-Toledo Rec.
Frank Hurd was the original free
trader. He lived to see protection force
the Republican party to destruction
He lived to see the Democratic party
take stride in the direction of q purely
revenue tariff, which circumstances
prevent from being retraced.-Utica
Observer.
Frank Rurd's decease at Toledo is
a sore grief to the Democracy Of Ohio
Indeed, to the party throughout the
nation. He was one of the truest and
noblest of the men whom the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio have delighted to honor
His public service has in turn reflected
honor upon them.-Zanesville Signal.
Such ambitions as he had were proper
cnes. If ever he longed for political
preferment Of the higher order, it was
because he believed that he could aid
the great cause of humanity better in
higher place. His superb talents
were at all times at the disposal of the
people, and for the people he used
them.-Toledo Bee.
Mr.. Hurd's democracy was of a type
sorely needed in these days, and no.
where more than in the buckeye state,
which he so ably represented in Con-
gress for years, and his services to his
party and to the country will be re-
called with pride SO long as Democratic
principles shall have an abiding place
in the hearts of the American people
Philadelphia. Record.
The great protagonist in Ohio of free
trade and enc of its most eloquent ad-
vocates in the country has gone TO an
other sphere. There is something pa
thetic, indeed, in the comparatively
early death of this brilliant man. He
was man Of culture. with strong con-
victions, endowed with gift of speech
which he used conscientiously in the
interest of truth and right, instead of
as a weapon against the people. Mr..
Hurd's work is done. but it is not for
gotten.-Louisville Courier-Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
CANDIDATE HOBART's DIRTY
SHIRT.
Left in a ST. Louis Hotel and Torn
to Pieces For MeTnentos.

Left in a ST. Louis Hotel and Torn
to Pieces For Mementos.
When Carrot A. Hobart, the Repub-
lican nominee for vice-president, left
the Planters hotel he also left his
shirt behind him. and thereby hangs a
tale. Mr.. Hobart will probably not
miss the shirt that he failed to keep
on during the excitement of political
turmoil, but if he should ever seek to
recover it or ask where it is, echo will
answer ''Where?" If the New Jersey
plutocrat was assured the electoral
vote Of every state in which portion
of his protective shirt reposes, he
would have a, clinch on the vice-presi-
dency for the garment has been scat
tered from Maine to California, and
from Alaska to the gulf, and even into
bloomin' British Canada
On the night of June 49, just after he
had been nominated as the tail OF the
Republican kite, Mr.. Hobart hurried
to the Planters hotel. He barred the
door, shaded the windows, looked I'M
Ger the bed, and then far from the
madding- crowd he took off his shirt.
He threw the shirt in the closet. The
next morning like a plutocrat he put
on clean shirt and later started for
New Jersey. A few days afteTward the
ciioHi peIHdlQ IOunQ the shirt in the
closet. She gave it to the head porter
and sent it to the laundry. In due time
the bundle came back. 1t lay urcalled
for in the office until a few days ago,
when Chief Clerk Charles G. Field had
it opened. He didn't try ON the shirt.
but he nearly had a fit just the same.
On the collar ban in indelible letters
were the words G. A. Hobart. A com
parison with the register showed that
the inscription was in the handwriting
of the presidential candidate.
The news that Charley Field had Ho
bart's shirt spread like wildfire. and
every travelling man in the house made
a raid on the Office and secured a
piece of the garment. The last piece
was given away last night and all that
now remains is the little section of col
lar band containing the name. Charlie
Field wouldn't take money for it. AS
sistant Clerk John Farris Smith sent
another marked portion of the shirt to
a friend in Toronto, Canada. Yester-
day the friend wrote him saving that
the fragment had been framed and
hung in the parlor of the Wanderers
club, the SWEETEST bicycle club in Tor
onto.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
THE cuT-rHRoAT TROUT.
He Can Beat an Ostrich on Feeding
and Has Swallowed a Flask of
whisky.

Talking about fish," said Billy Raw
linson, the well-known expert fisher
man of Truckee. 81 guess the cutthroat
trout has the most uncommon appetite
of any member Of that family. You
take a three or four-pounder and he
can give an ostrich or billy goat cards
and spades and then swallow the
whole jackpot.
II have seen them with woodrats,
watersnakes, cigar stumps and buck
skin crackers from whips stored away
in their insides. But what particularly
brings this subject to mind is a thing
that happened on Bonner lake re-
Gently.
1--WE had made rather poor catch in
the morning and were just setting out
again, after having had dinner at the
head Of the lake, when old Albert gave
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
RELIGIOUS NEWS
AND THOUGHT.
GATHERED FROM THE RELIGIOUS
AND SECULAR PRESS.
Words of Wisdom and Thoughts
Worth Pondering on Religious
and Moral Subjlct
THE IDEAL.

We are unsatisfied, and know not why;
We seek for the ideal of our dreams,
And strive to reach it guided by the
beams
high,
We struggle on; but when the prize is
nigh
We find that it eludes US, and it seems
To beckon onward, hooking with its
CLEANS
Like some bright mirage in the Eastern
sky.
With eyes blind to the glory here below,
Our thoughts forever turned away from
earth.
We see no beauty around US, and the
worth
Hidden in humble things we never know.
We grope and pass unheeding on the
way
The good that we are seeking day by
daY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
1T PROHIBITS soaEE.

The Park River On. d. Gazette very
clearly and forcibly shows the absur-
dity of the claim made by some that
prohibition does not prohibit in North
Dakota, not even a little bit, by re-
producing some very significant figures
from the Brewers Journal of New
York The Journal, of course, stands
firmly for the interests Of the brew
ers, and the interests of the brewers
lie in the largest possible consumption
of liquors, therefore when the Journal
fights prohibition and points out to
brewers wherein their interests are be-
ing harmed by restrictive laws lessen
ing the consumption Of liquor, it is
fair to assume that it is speaking the
serious truth. The Journal gives these
statistics regarding the sale of beer
for the year ending June 80, 1895:
Eleven low license under 5000
states, with a population of 1880, coo,
sold 15,7S0,725 barrels OF beer or 81 80
gallons per head.
Eleven medium license $500 to $500
sta ties, with q population of II ,199. 600.
sold 5,073,S42 barrels of beer, or 14O4
gallons per head.
Thirteen high license $500 and over
states, with a population Of 27,SS7, 600,
sold 12.390,29S barrels of beer, or 1877
gallons per head.
Eight largely local prohibition states
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Car
DINA, Tennessee-with population of
II, 475, 00O sold 202, $3.50 barrels of beer,
or .55 gallons per head.
North and South Dakota are given
ogether-one-half gallon per head.
Do not forget these facts, if an at
tempt be made a few weeks later to
repeal the penalty clause of our prohi-
bition law in this state.
The population figures as. given are
estimates by the United States actu-
airy.
1t is further worthy of note that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
EASY ENoUGH 60 BE PLEAsANr

1t is easy enough to be pleasant
While life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is the enc who
will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And always comes with the years,
And the Smile that is worth the praises
Of earth
Is the smile tina shines through tears
It is easy enough to be prudent
When nothing tempts you TO stray;
When without or within no voice of sin
Is Turing your soul away.
But it is only a negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire,
And the life that is worth the honor Of
earth
Is the one that resists desire.
By the cynic, the sad, the fallen,
Who hath no strength for the strife
The worlds highway is numbered today;
They make up the items of life.
Bur the virtue that conquers passion
And the sorrow that hides in a smile,
1t is these that are worth the homage of
earth,
For we find them but once in awhile.
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LOVE.

Love is the greatest need of the age.
Poverty causes many people to suffer
from hunger today, but they need love
more than they need bread. AS eager
as the intellect is for knowledge it is
not as necessary to it as love. We may
empty our purse in the hand of the
needy, but unless we give to him cur
hearts love and sympathy we have
not given what he needs. We may give
both time and money to aid the des-
titute, but unless we have been actu-
ated by love we have done nothing in
the sight OF God.-Rev. j. r. Boyle,
Methodist, Will1esbarre, Pa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
EDUCaTyoN AND MORALITY.

Thousands of the most intelligent and
learned men of the past were as much
distinguished for their wickedness as
for their wisdom. knowledge alone
cannot make US better men, for knowl-
edge is oftener an instrument Of evil
than an instrument of good. The
blacklist villainies in the worlds his
tory were planned by men who had
received diplomas from colleges and
universities. 1t is not true, then, that
education is the paracea for all the
moral ills of the world.-Rev. j. B.
Hawthorne, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
FIAT Jt5sTITT

Into this profession and into this era
[ welcome you, and, welcoming, I bid
you remember that not he who bends
the docile ear to every temporary shout
of the people. but he only who meas
ures every step, even in defiance of an
cry passions, by the unchanging scale
of immutable justice, will win the
crown Of immortality and wear the un-
fading laurels. In all your lives and
in all your acts bear with you the mot
to Of your profession, Fiat Jusititia.-
From Justice Brewers address before
the students Of Yale law school.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
THE SALOON.

The saloon is the focus of all that is
evil. Any definition and description of
the saloon must pe an Indictment. It
is the enemy of mankind, the enemy
Of the home, the enemy of the state,
the last ditch of municipal nlisrule and
the enemy of the church 1t builds an
impossible barrier between man ara
his God, filing his heart with hatred
for things good and pure.-Rev. A. c.
Ellis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
FOREIGN FACTS.

WASHINGTON. July 1S.-Minister Ter
rell today telegraphed Secretary ojna[,
mat mat IN accordance with his understarld
ing with the sultan that when a mission
airy left another should take his place,
MT Beard has gone to Bitlis to re-
Constantinople for trial upon a charge Of
encouragIng rebellion. United States
Consul Bergholtz is at Erzeroun1 with
partial recognition by the government The
sultan declares the report that he ever
ordered the expulsion of American mis-
sIonarles to be false
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
oyFmWORK.

I have learned from observation that
three things happen to a man who
works steadily without relaxation In
the first place, he becomes nervous,
irritable and hard to get along
with. In the second place, the
grade of his work falls off,
his services are worthless and he
is liable to err in his judgment. In
the third place he dies suddenly 1t is
an incontroverdble law of nature
Chauncey DepeW.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
WHY HE WAS SAD

Lord Ligonier's death was once errone-
ously announced in the newspapers. and
he was eager to- prosecute them. His
had no case, having suffered no damage.
There" he said, you are very much
mistaken. for L was going to marry
great fortune, who thought 1 was but "a.
The papers said 1 was so, and now she
will not have me-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
ALCOHOLICS SOLDIER .

Bishop Ireland-The saloon keeper is
alcohcFs soldier; he is Americas dan
ger and disgrace Do not, I pray you,
go off into the regions of the abstract,
and dream Of the possible saloon keep
er-the law-abiding citizen, engaged
in Illicit bartering, honest and honor
able in his dealings with his customers.
Study him in actual life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
TOE GOOD OF EVIL.

On trif1es that seem light as air. deep
and far reaching issues are hung. A
word, smile, d frown, a moments
hesitation, thoughtless step-wllo can
tell what destinies shall turn on them?
For this reason God has determined
that men shall give account in the
day of judgment fer every idle word
they shall speak. An idle word may
be d potent word for good or evil.-Lu-
theran.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
THINKING EyI, OF GOD.

1t is bad enough to think evil Of one
another, but it is worse to think evil
of God. and it is worst of all to think
evil of Cod while we think well of
ourselves, as, for instance, Whan we
think or feel or say, Il cannot under
stand why God allowed this distress
ing thing TO happen to SO good a per-
son as ] have tried to be"-Christian
Standard
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DOING GOOD.

To do good and communicate forget
not. The man who wants a chance SO
to act will soon find an opportunity.
No one need go with his hands in his
pockets for want of something to do
for God and the good of humanity;
there is work on every hand to which
he is lovingly invited.-Philadelph
Methodist
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
CcXTEN rSlENT.

Contentment does not come of ones
possessions or of ones position, but it
comes of ones way of looking at these
He who realizes that he is where God
want him to be, and that he has what
God wants him to have, will be con-
tented with his lot and his store, what
ever they are; but he who fails to
realize this truth would never be cor
tented. though he Wera the most favor
ed man in the world.-Lutheran.
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PREVENTION

To avoid malaria and fevers keep
kitchen sinks. closets, waste pipes, etc,
free from bad odors by using RED
SEAL I've. Being strictly pure, it re-
quires less than other kinds, contains
no salt and is conveniently packed in
sitting top cans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19

James A. Tying, the old Harvard
baseball pitcher, is playing golf at
present in such excellent form that he
IS attracting attention in golfng cir
cles. voe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
NOTHING ELSE
FOR IT TO Do
National Silver Convention Will
Support Bryan.
EVERYTHING GOES HIS WAY
GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS A
MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

There Are Enough Patriotic Men
and Women Yet Left in America
TO See That a Man Succeeds CIeve-
land Whose Motto is: Equal and
Exact Justice to All, and Special
Privileges to None"-Stetyart
Talks of Brynn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19

prohibition prevails more or less fully
in fifteen states and territories. the
population of which is 21.S1 per cent of
the 100000 coo composing the entire ma
ton.
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M'LEAN coNFEssEs.

Sequel 40 the Robbery of the JEFF
fersen Street Miser.
CHICAGO. July 1S.-With the excep-
ton of S12 600 in bonds. the proceeds of
the robbery OF the Jefferson street
miser," christopher schrage, which oc-
s..--re-d l-St March. have been recoy-