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The herald., 1896-10-11
Mr.. Montgomery for and against the

Mr. Montgomery for and against the
adoption Of the proposed amendment to
! the constitutions relieving mortgages
| from taxation it is of someanoment that
the voter should come to the right con-
clusion as to the vote he should cast
upon amendment No. l.
The purpose OF this amendment ex-
empting mortgages from taxation was
to benefit the borrower, upon whom the
lender saddles the burden Of paying the
tax that is levied upon the mortgage, by
charging the borrower greater rate Of
! interest so as to net the rate Of interest
desired by him.
The amendment being adopted would
exempt the amount Of the Indebtedness
secured, from taxation 30 far as the
mortgage holder is concerned and leave
the property itself covered by the mort
gage to be assessed in the ordinary way
and charged to the property owner. For
it would not do to attempt TO assess the
mortgage with the amount Of his loan
under the head of Credits" previously
provided for, or under the any other
head. So that the loaner, II he has his
loan secured by mortgage, is specially
relieved from taxation on account Of
such loan.
Whereas the man who makes a loan
without mortgage security must give In
for assessment under the head of "cred-
its" the amount thereof and pay the tax
thereon If at the time assessed it is a
solvent credit" would not the man who
owes 1t If he had the money with which
tospay ityat the exact date when the rev.
enue year commences also have to give
in the money for assessment, unless he
had unsecured credits enough to deduct
his said Indebtedness and thus show
instance Of double taxation?
Now, as to the mortgagor and
the mortgage. The formers land
and the latter's money are both
subject to taxation. The money
should be taxed, If taxed at all, to the
owner Of 1t, and the land to the owner of
it. After the loan Is made, the loaner
no longer owns 1t; he has simply his
note and mortgage as a promise for its
return at some future day. To whom
soever it belongs at the commencement
of the ficsal year 1t must be assessed.
And as the policy of our law is not to as
sess the money loaned and the evidence
of such loan, too, and as the mortgagor
always charges an increased interest to
sufficiently cover the mortgage tax and
sometimes q little more, so that the bor-
rover is not benefited at all, but fire.
quently injured, as when the mortgage
is not assessed to the loaner makes him
pay the whole interest just the same,
and when the mortgage tax Is more than
that levied upon the land, as has hap
pened to my knowledge, would say let
the amendment be adopted and the un-
profitable sand lotter's conception be
expunged from our code Of laws.
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The herald., 1896-10-11
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

Editor Herald: Touching the discus
sion started by you and continued by
The herald., 1896-10-11

pieces Fancy Silks leon,
etc; beautiful goods yard md
good Fl silk patterns The O/aC I
whole - -. ..fs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
REBuKED BY A PRAYER.

The blind chaplain's prayer in the
house of representatives on Friday for
the success of the battle for indie
pendence," now being fought by the
struggling Cuban insurgents, was a re-
buke to congress for its failure, up to
date. to recognize the Cubans as bel
ligerents. The eloquent prayer of the
chaplain provoked the applause of
members at the close of it, and the
demonstration ought to serve to has
ten the report Of the committee on for
eign relations. to which has been re-
ferred the several resolutions for the
recognition of the Cubans as belnger-
ents.
Had the heroic struggle now being
made in Cuba for independence been
made half a century ago, and attend
ed with anything like the success which
has attended Cuban efforts in the pres
emit struggle, such help as could. come
from their recognition as belligerents
would have been accorded long ere
now. But we live half century more
removed from the recollections Of our
own struggle for independence than
our fathers did fifty years ago. and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

friends of silver in the Republican
camp. 1t says:
1t must be, therefore, that the Her
AIDS allusion is to some other and
earlier congressional action-as, for IN
stance, that of June 5, 1890. when, IN
the house. on a motion to instruct the
committee on coinage to report free
coinage bill, 101 of the free trade mem
bers voted yes, and only 10 voted in
the negative. This episode would illus
trate most beautifully the vivid truth
of the Herald's remark about the
reciprocal intimacy betwixt free coin
age and higher protection
Or perhaps our disinterested and
veracious contemporary has its mind
upon the action of June II. 1880, in the
senate, when % free trade senators
voted yes and only voted no on q
distinct free silver proposition. Or
possibly it has in view that other il
Illuminating incident. when in the SEN
ate the Vest free coinage bill was up
for passage, and "a out of % free trade
senators voted for the bill, while 26
out Of 81 protectionist Senator's
party majority of 11-voted against it.
The records of the doings of Con-
gress make nothing palmer than that
the friends OF free silver have been
those who favor a low tariff, in other
words, the Democrats. In the west the
Republican members of Congress have
been the friends of silver, but there
only. But the people of the west seem
TO prefer high protective tariffs and
the demonstration of silver to low
tariffs and free silver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
CHEAP LEGISLATIVE NoroR1ETx

We notice in the account Of the pro-
ceedings of the state legislature Friday
that a resolution of censure Of Am
bassador Bayard because of his Edtn-
burgh speech is to come up in the SEN
ate on Wednesday. 1t also demands
Mr. Bayard's recall, which even its
author can scarcely anticipate. The
resolution is a faint and absurd echo
of Congressman Barrett's resolution
of impeachment of Mr.. Bayard. Even
that resolution and it's author were
laughed out of court How absolutely
ridiculous resolution of censure on
Bayard by the Utah legislature would
be. We cannot think that our first
state legislature will indulge in such
folly as to adopt the resolution that
is to come up Wednesday. The gentle
man who introduced it will no doubt
want to make a lengthy speech on it.
which is likely to be made the pretext
for an arraignment of the Democrat
&c party in general and Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Bayard in particular. The
result Of this, if given proper encour-
agement, will be a cheap local noto-
riety for the author Of the resolution.
No such encouragement should be
given, ard will not be if no one at
tempts to answer him, which would be
to merge a useless speech into a still
more useless discussion. Then moth
ing so takes the wind out of the sails
of those who think to make them
selves famous by a speech on some
subject that has attracted national at
tention as to let them talk, and when
they have finished to ignore them and
proceed to business. The legislature
has enough to do to put the affairs of
the state in proper shape without I'M
dertaking to regulate Uncle Sans for
eign affairs. We would not have it
understood that we do not look upon
the right to pass resolutions as being
as sacred as the right of petition. 1t
is often a great mental relief if of no
actual utility
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

it may be that the story of that strug-
gle has less influence upon us than it
had upon them.
Then again, it is just possible that
we are becoming less and less senti-
mental and more and more Influenced
in our conduct by the consideration of
sordid interests. The thing which pre-
vents our congress from recognizing
the Cubans as belligerents is not any
doubt of the justice of their cause, nor
doubt as to their having by their sue
cess earned the right Of such recog-
milton; but as stated in our dispatches
a few days ago. there are sugar in
vestments in Cuba held by citizens OF
the United States amounting to some
$50 900, 900, which have suffered enor-
nous damage at the hands of the reb-
els in their raids So long as the rev
olution has no recognized standing,
Spain is responsible for these losses,
and the owners of plantations hope to
be able to secure reparation from her
at some future day. When this gov
eminent formally takes notice of the
fact that state of war exists in Cuba,
its citizens will have no ground upon
which to base their claims. These con-
sfderations tend to retard recognition.
Whether they will defeat the movement
for recognition remains to be seen"
This question of American interest is
in all probability the block in the wheel
Of Cuban recognition; and it does not
speak we'll for American love of lib
erty, or American regard for repub-
lies as against the monarchical colonial
systems of government 1t is not
good omen to see consideration of sor-
did interests so far prevail over patri-
otto sentiment as to lead our national
legislators to keep silent in case
where speech-prompt, energetic
speech, and not guilty silence-is gol-
den.
Pray on, old chaplain of the patriotic
heart. Pray again for the success of
the battle of independence" until the
house shall not only applaud your
holy utterances, but moved to very
shame for their hardness shall act, at
least so far as to give recognition to
men struggling for enlarged freedom
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
YOU'LL NOT LOOK SHEEPlSH

Even in a sleeps attire if you purchase
your winter outfit from our stock Our
suits are about as comfortable as they
can be because they're all wool There's
no shoddy in sleeps fleece and our
suits are of exactly the same material.
Wool cannot be pnsde in finer suits
than we are offering at figures that are
a puzzle for cheapness. Genuine. dura-
bic. perfect in fit, artistic and stylish
in make-up-our suits are all the go In
Salt Lake nowadays. This week we
are selling underwear at prices that
cannot be beat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
LITERARY NOTES.

Henry NJ. Stanley, in an article on
the Development of Africa" which
is to appear in the February Century,
recalls the fact that troubles with the
Beers in southern Africa first induced
David Livingstone to travel to the
north, and so led the way to the open
ing of Equatorial Africa. Livingstone,
who was a missionary at the Kolobeng,
accused his Boer neighbors Of cruelty
to the natives. They resented his in
reference, and threa tened to drive him
from the country He published their
misdeeds in the Cape newspapers, and
his house was burned in revenge. This
led to his leaving southern Africa and
going to region where he could follow
in peace his vocation as missionary,
unmolested by the Boer farmers.
Dr.. John Williamson Palmer will
contribute a paper to the February
Century on Certain Worthless and
Danes of Old Maryland" Many of
the famous beauties and grave cava-
hers Of the colony sat for their por-
traits to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kneller
Peale and Sully, and their quaint pic
lures and miniatures are reproduced
No one ever thought of introducing
so expensive feature as photographic
color work in the days when the lead
ing magazines sold for 81 d year and
IS cents a copy. But times change and
the magazines change with them. 1t
has remained for The Cosmopolitan
sold at 81 a year, to put in an ex-
tensiYe photographic plant capable of
printing 100000 pages per day Zone
coIor.) The January issue presents as
a frontispiece a water-color drawing
by Eric Pape, illustrating the last story
by Robert Louis Stevenson, which has
probably never been eXcelIed even in
the pages of the finest dollar French
periodicals.
The real demand for a uniform edi-
ton of Mr.. Fields works has led his
publishers to arrange for the early pre-
paration of complete collection of his
writings in prose and verse. The vol
uInes will include not only the books
already published, but several contain
ing matter not heretofore issued in
| book form, with a memoir of the au-
! thor by his brother, Mr. Roswell M.
Field, and a number of tntroductions
of very great interest.
Three hundred thousand-it is hard
to realize the meaning of these figures,
which represent the present circulation
Of McClure's Magazine. Three years
'Harper's'' ''Scribners." The Cosmo-
politan" and "Munsey' apparently
occupied the whole magazine field. But
their total circulation was not over
100000 copies. The circulation of Nc
Cures is now equal to tllree-1fths of
the combined circulation Of all it's RI
walls at the time it started.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

A young woman of Boston writes to
the Journal Of that city complaining
of the rudeness Of Boston men, She
says: They accept hospitality; they
eat heartily and drink eagerly what
ever is given them at dinner; they are
glad to join a theater party, IL papa
pays all the expenses; but they never
dream Of calling after an entertain
mens, and they never send a bouquet,
even when flowers are cheap" In the
uncultured west this would be called
cumming his grub"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
THE NEW DIXIE.

oh, Dixie land is the land of honey.
Edght-cent cotton an silver money;
Work away,
Night an day
Work away down south in Dixie!
The sun-bright fields are green with
clover,
Colonies still but the war is over;
Work away,
Night an day
Work away down south in Dixie!
The roses grow an the birds are singin'
Whistles blow an the bells are ringin':
Work away,
Night an day
Work away down south in DixieI
The night was long but the daylight
breakin
Sugar in mine an'-what are you takin'
Work away,
Night an day
Work away down south in Dixiei
Atlanta Constitution
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
PROTECTION AND FREE SILVER.

It is amusing to see the anxiety
some protectionist papers display to
prove that those who hold to the
theory of protection have no sympathy
with free silver. Such a paper is the
Boston Journal. It has been having
some argument with the Herald Of
that city on the question, and produces
the figures to show there were few
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

The Republican caucus in Utah has
settled the question as to who will rep
resent the new state. The nomination of
Arthur Brown as Mr.. Cannon's coiIeaeue
also showed that the Republicans of
Utah propose to recognize both sides in
their old controversy by selecting a man
who has been more prominent as a non
Mormon than Frank Cannon has been a
Mormon: These two Utah senator's will
go to Washington to represent Utah and
the Republicans of Utah, without regard
to the religious divisions of Utah.-Chi-
cago Inter-Ocean.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
Need OF oonIing stattons.

The British government does not ex-
pect to night the United States, but Just
the same. 1t is storing large supplies of
coal in a location handy to Venezuelan
waters The United States is not replen-
sufficient reason that 1t doesn't own any.
But if all these threats of war at home
and naval demonstrations abroad do not
arouse congress to the necessity of pro-
viding a few coaling stations in different
parts of the world, its -sightedness
in that respect may have terrible conse-
quences some day.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

When botanist schombrugk wandered
over Venezuela plucking the wild 1ow-
ers and classifying them. he no doubt
thought his lines had been cast in
pleasant places. Such has not been
the experience OF. those who have
since pinned their faith to the line
he left.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

The Countess Fedora Gleichen, one of
Queen Victorias mothers German des-
eendants. who dabbled with sculpture,
has been commissioned by her majesty
TO make the bust of the late F. Clark,
John Browns nephew and successor as
Highland attendant, to adorn the cor
ridOr at BalmOral
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
The death is announced at Parma

The death is announced at Parma Of
Baron Achille Paganini, only son of the
but, not believing his end was near. he
refused to receive extreme JUNCTION, and
the then Bishop Of Nice consequently re-
FUSED 10 allow his burial in consecrated
ground. Accordingly his body remained
at the Nice hospital, and was afterward
removed to Villa Franco. Achille Pagan
mi. however, after five years appealed
directly to the Pope, and the remains of
the great performers were inferred in a
village church near Parma, where they
were recently removed to a cemetery
Baron Achille Paganini was an amateur
as profession
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Salt Lake City, Jan. II. 1885, E. L.
lie. L. will take the trouble to look
at The Herald article again he will
see that the figures are for the male
population above the voting age. They
are from the eleventh census volume
on population.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
SNOW AND sun.
written for the Sunday Heraldo

written Tor the sunday HeraId)
Snow-white atoms, hurrying, scurrying
over the desert vale and lea.
Sometimes drifting. wildly soaring,
Covering up both rock and tree,
AS it dashes
Thro' windy passes
In its wild, fierce revelry.
Now through thick and murzy storm
clouds
Comes a ray of beauteous light,
Glinting over silvery snow "shrouds,"
Making earth both fair and bright;
And it fingers
Like fairy fingers,
Turning to day the blectest night
WATKIN L. ROE.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 9, 1896.
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
WCrId' rair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
COMMENTS BY THE EDITORS.
TaImaee AND Armenia.

What did somebody mean by Offering
$4,000 to DR.. Talmage for Armenian re-
lief on condition that he would go to
Armenia and distribute it personaIIvq
Did somebody want to rid the world Of
the doCtor2-Boaton Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Governor Mckinley is now private
citizen. the proudest distinction an
American citizen can have, but he is
willing to become the chief servant of
the people if they demand that he
shall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

For the sake of euphony. if nothing
else. Utah would do well to elect as
her new senators Cannon and Trum-
DO" says the Boston Journal 1t
would have been euphonious but there
was great lack Of harmony.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
utah,s Influence

Utah will have as much influence in
the upper house of congress as New
York, and even more, if the legislature
at Salt Lake selects the right kind of
senators.-Kansas CITY Star
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Powell. once OF Texas, bur for many
years of Barnum's circus and the world.
is looking for a job as fioorwalker in
store in st. Louis Mo. He is "a years old
Ings. He says the show business was
firing and didn't pay. all things consid-
cred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
An Enternrisinr Som

George Q. Cannon wanted to be United
States senator from Utah, but the Re
publican caucus yesterday elected his
son, Frank J. Cannon. The young man
seems to be a pretty enterprising son
of a gun.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

lola. according to the Paris Figaro.
really stands chance of being elected
to the academy in Dumas place. A Sc
cret canvass gives him seventeen votes,
1t is sa1d-one less than half the pres
ent numbers; and there are three va
cancieS to be flied before the vote for a
successor to Dumas, which may give
him his majority.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
TRY 1T

These are unusually stirring times at
home and abroad.
These orders win be taken with the
understanding that the paper will be
continued until ordered stopped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

An exchange says: Make the red
cross the sign Of a new crusade" No;
let it remain as it is; a sign Of
humanity in the midst Of barbarism
and war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

Mr.. Daniel Gordon of Knox, Me-, has
been teaching school for sixty-sev en-
years. and is still in harness and work.
ing hard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

There need be no rush to secure
tickets for the -Fitzsimmons
fight. They and their managers have
begun TO talk. which makes the date
Of the meeting uncertain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

The youngest daughter of a revolution
ary soldier. so far as known, was dis
covered at Lebanon. Conn, recently. anc
mantle chapter of the Daughters of the
Revolution. She is Mrs. Augustus Avery
and is only So years old. Her father wa:
"A wears old at the time of her birth
soldiers in the war. There are only
eight other daughters of revolutionary
soldiers belonging to the order.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

nor of British Guiana, though 81 years
old, is an active cricketer. playing with
the Incognito club on its annual tours
When younger he used to play in the
Gentlemen VS.. Players" matches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

No NOEL ever had 50 poor sale
that was launched with so great
reputation for being bad" as Thomas
Hardy's Jude. the Obscure"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Henry Norman saws that Germany is
4he natural born enemy Of England.
Ard the DEVELOPMENT continues, being
under careful cultivation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

the Omaha platform demands gov
eminent control Of railroads, while the
railroads come pretty near having con-
troll Of the government.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
New southern Industry.

An Atlanta genius is said to be coming
money by selling to the negroes Bibles in
which all the pictures show the angels as
black.-Augusta (Ga.l Herald
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Governor Horton is opposed to a
snap convention. Dave Hill tried one
once and it was the worst snap he was
ever. En
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Jameson failed in his raid on the
TransvaaI. but if he ever decides to
go upon the lecture platform his ex-
perienee will insure him success there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

When Mrs. o. H P. Belmont took
UP with nlatrimony a second time she
dropped her aiimony.
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It must have been genuine surprise
To William to see how very Ready his
grandma was to go to war and with
what dispatch she put a feet in order.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

A Michigan man is coughing I'D
bullets. He is miner who was loaded
in the Upper Peninsula.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

A cold wave was predicted and rain
came. ANYHOW weather followed the
prediction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

Dr.. Jameson's exploit shows the
British South Africa conlpany's method
Of exploitation.