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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION.

The Democratic position in regard to
matters in Utah is, and always has
been, that there must be complete
separation of church and state. and not
merely an ostensible separation. The
latter will not do, it will not meet the
exegencies of the situation. 1t is idle
to say when people become alarmed
and apprehensive that there is no cause
for it. There always is a cause for
there can be no effe,.t without its
cause
The cause of the recent alarm and
apprehension was the manifesto, the
proceedings had in pursuance thereof
and most of all the revelations of Joseph
T. Smith at Logan of the double-dealing
of the past. Because of the free and
open discussion of these matters by the
press and the people what threatened to
become a SERIOUS situation has cleared
up very materially, while if such dis
cussion had not been had things would
rapidly have gone from bad to worse.
We were shown a letter yesterday
from a leading Democrat in which
among other things, he discussed the
present situation. The following is an
extract from that letter:
l am not the least discouraged with
the local situation. l feel it is time
for Democrats especially, to arouse
themselves to the fight that is before
them.
Our re-convened convention last fall
was the best convention in many re-
spects that l have ever had the good
fortune to be connected with. Its WORK
has been vindicated and every man in
the state will confess today that we
were right i'm our address to the people.
The spirit of that convention still lives
and is spreading among the people
do not want it understood for a sim
gle moment that ! would indorse the
unwarranted attack upon any church.
much less the church Of which l am
a member Neither would l indorse
the unprovoked assault upon any one
in ecclesiastical authority. l propose to
hold my membership in the church and
render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars and unto God the things that
are Gods. The line must be drawn be-
tween the church and the state. It
must be a dead line" across which no
man can pass except at his peril.
Excuse me for venturing upon this
ground. Ny politics in the present
emergency may be summed up in a few
words: Free speech, free press, free
thought. free political action of the in
dividuaf. and free silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1. Upon that platform 1 stand
1t matters not who or what stands in
the way.
Free speech, free press. free thought
free political action of the individual
and free silver at the ratio of 16 to ]
define the Democratic position very
accurately. The very foundation prin-
ciples of the Democratic party are free
speech. free press. free thought and the
right of the individual to be free in
his political action. It's whole history
has been a history of a fight for these
rights and the justifica ton of its con-
tjnuance is the propagation of those
fundamental doctrines. And in Utah it
will continue to fight for them, sit mat
tiers not who or what stands in the
way
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

hoisted are also armored Above the
belt, and extending from one redoiibt
to the ether, the side is protected by
inches of armor The main arraa-
ment consists of four 13-inch 35-calfore
guns mounted in pairs in two turrets,
one forward, one aft, protected with
17-inch armor, placed on an incline.
with a horizontal cover of 20-illch
thickness: and eight S-inch guns
mounted in four turrets. formed of in
clined armor from S14 inches to s
inches thick, and placed at the four
corners of the deck on level with The
top of the larger turrets. Her length
at the water line is 34S feet, beam 60
feet inches, and draught "a feet.
Such is the great battleship which
has just demonstrated that she is the
fastest of her class in the world. Mr..
Irving W. Scott, president of the
Union iron works, says she is absolute
~ unrivalled among the ironclads of
the world. She certainly is a great
triumph of American marine architec-
ture, and the country may well be
proud of her and her sister ships, The
Indiana and Massachusetts,. May the
country never have occasion to test
their fighting qualities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
RECIPROCITY AND REVOLUTION.

William e. Curtis, at one time secre-
tary of the Pan American bureau
and who has recently written a work
on Venezuela, which is not much
thought of by some able critics. de-
clares that the present revolution in
Cuba is largely, if not entirely, due to
the repeal of the reciprocity treaty.
Now every American is familiar with
the theory that all the wonderful PRO
gress and prosperity of this great
country in the past have been due to
the blessed doctrine of protection.
What protection could not do was not
worth doing. Then a great deal of
praise was bestowed upon the recipro-
city clause of the Mckinley bill. But
Mr.. Curtis is the first, so far as we
know, to declare that the cessation of
reciprocity relations with Cuba is the
cause of the Cuban revolution. The
general impression has been that the
revolution was due to Spanish oppres-
sion and a desire on the part of The
Cubans to be free and independent.
Even the congress of the United States
has had this impression and acted
upon it when it passed the resolution
requesting President Cleveland to &C
cord belligerent rights to Cubans.
According to Mr.. Curtis theory
what congress should have done was
to have re-enacted the reciprocity
clause of the Mckinley bill and so
put an end to the revolution, thereby
greatly aiding the commerce of this
country, saving many thousands of
human lives and Spain a hundred or
two millions of dollars. Had this been
done there would have been no Compe-
titor incident, no threatened rupture
of friendly relations with Spain. 1t
may be that the Virginius affair of
1873 would never have happened
There is no telling, for reciprocity and
protection move in mysterious way
their wonders to perform.
Why should this nation have been
deprived of the wise counsel of Mr..
Curtis in these trying and perllous
times?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
THE OREGON.

American shipbuilders have scored a
great triumph in the battleship Ore
gon. A little while ago the battleship
Massachusetts had an official trial and
made the unprecedented record Of
1915 knots an hour and earned for her
builders premium of 100000. The
whole country was exceedingly proud
of the performance, and well it might
be.
But now comes the Oregon and it
takes the laurels from the Massachu-
sets, making a record of 1913 knots
an hour and earning for her builders
a premium of s175000. The Massachu-
Delaware; the Oregon was built at the
Union iron works. San Francisco.
Both are American built, but we con-
fess we feel a little more pride in the
Oregon because Of the fact that she
was built on the Pacific coast.
The displacement of the Oregon is
10000 tons. She has a partial belt of
1S-inch armor, TX feet wide, extending
over Sc per cent. of the whole length
This belt rises feet above the water
line, and extends Az feet below: it is
capped by fore and aft armored
deck. At either end of the 1S-inch belt
are armored redoubts II inches thick
rising to Sl9 feet above the protective,
deck; these redoubts protect the turn
ing gear of the turrets and all the
operations of the loading. The tubes
through which the ammunition is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
PROTECTION is FUTILE.

In the first plank of the platform
adopted by the Colorado Republican
convention it is declared that bimetsll-
lism and protection are vital to the
prosperity of the country; that oriental
competition would render protection
futile with the gold standard.
If this declaration is the expression
of an honest belief instead of mere
platform buncombe, then any protec-
tive tariff the Republican party may
adopt, If it shall be successful this
fall, will be futile against oriental
competition. that is, the competition of
China and Japan, if this country has
a, gold standard. If futile against such
competition, why not against all com
petition?
1t is not believed by anyone not
even by the most ardent free silver
Republican in all the silver producing
states, that the st. Louis convention
will declare for free silver. On the
contrary, it is generally thought that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
Trusted to His imagination.

Nine. de Novikoff. in the Souvenirs
d Angleterre," which appears over her
signature in the Nouvelle Revue, tells,
apropos of Kinglake, a quaint anecdote
to show how some contributors to his
tory would have it written.
While at work on his History of the
Crimea," Kinglake received from a dis
tant colony a letter signed by a hus-
band and wife, who, broken hearted
by the death of7tileir son in the trenches,
begged the great historian to keep his
memory alive by mentioning him in his
work on the Crimea. By return, of mail
he wrote his promise to do what they
wished as soon as he was furnished with
the indispensable details. The reply,
jointly signed, contained the expression
of their gratitude, and in addition the
following astounding sentences:
What details do you require? He died
on the spot, like many others. We know
nothing more, but anything you can in
vent on his account will be gladly ac-
copied by us. We rely entirely on your
kindly imagination. London Chronicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

convention will declare for god
standard, with some possible straddle
like International bimetallism, which
every silver man comedies means
gold. If it does, what good will the
enactment of any tariff be? None
whatever, according to the Colorado
Republicans.
There is much glib talk about the
Asiatic peril, and that has become the
bugaboo with which to scare the voters
into favoring a high protective policy
in place of the rather worn-out scare
crow of European pauper labor. If 1t
IS the peril some say it is, then nothing
on earth can save this country except.
an absolute prohibition of all foreign
trade
The ST. Louis convention and the
great mass of the Republican party
will not take the view of the Colorado
convention, that oriental competition
would render protection futile with the
gold standard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

AT the A. P. A. convention President
Traynor. in his annual address, laid it
down as a tenet of his order that
the keystone of the A. P. A. is the
fact that a Papist, no matter how lib
eral nominally, is not consistent citi-
zen of the United States" And just to
think there are some six or seven mil
lions of these inconsistent citizens of
the United States! It does not dawn
upon the A. P A mind that there may
be some inconsistent A. P. A. citizens.
No one has right in this country to
say that all citizens shall be made
after one pattern and no other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
THE VOICELESS.


We count the broken Tyres that rest
Where the sweet Wailing singers SUM
Der;
But Ger their silent sisters breast
The wild flowers who will stoop to num-
Der.
a few can touch the magic string,
And noisy Fame is proud to win them,
Alasl for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in theml
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone,
Whose song has told their hearts sad
story;
Weep for the voiceless, who have known
The cross, but not the crown of glory.
Not where Lucad:an breezes sweep
Ger Sapphos memory haunted billow,
weep
But where the glistening night-dews
On nameles sorrows churchyard pillow
Oh! hearts that break and give no sign,
Save whitening lips and fading tresses,
Till Death pours out his cordial wine,
Slow dropped from misery's crushing
presses!
If singing breath and echoing chord
To every hidden pang were given.
What endless melodies were poured.
AS sad as earth, as sweet as heaven!
%. w. MOLMES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

The question is being asked when
notice for holding the primaries for
the purpose of electing delegates to the
county convention for the purpose of
choosing delegates to the state conven-
ton win be called. There should not
be much delay in the matter as the
time for holding the state convention
is not far off and at least a week should
intervene between the election of dele
gates and the meeting of the conven-
ton. In some Of the counties they have
already been called.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

It is all very well for the Republicans
free trade and the gold standard are
the cause of the destruction of values
one.flalf. There is no free trade in this
country, Democratic or other, while it
was the Republican party that gave
the country the gold standard
when it demonetized silver in 1873. The
Colorado Republicans are sadly "off
their base" when they charge the gold
standard to the Democratic party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Ohio delegates to the A. P. A. con-
vention declare that they will leave no
stone unturned to secure reconsider
alton of the ban" placed upon Nj:
Mckinley by the order. A ban is a
peculiarly Catholic thing. How is it
that it finds place in the A P. A
vocabulary?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

'Silverites are now threatening to
hold up congress until after the ma
tional conventions They say their OBJ
ject is TO make an attempt at legisla-
ton on the subject of the platforms. -
says the Chicago Chronicle. The sill
verites" are only trying to uphold Silver
while the goldites are trying to down
it. That is all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

The Kansas City Times puts the tariff
question in nutshell when it says:
The tariff has been discussed too much
from the SIDE Of the manufacturers
There is no reason why we should look
entirely at the manufacturers and not
at the farmers. The Wilson tariff is
the farmers tariff, but it also aids the
manufacturers. while the Mckinley
tariff aided nobody but the trusts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

The gold reserve is going out with
such rush that the treasury officials
are becoming anxious and there is talk
that the president may send a special
message to congress on the subject just
before it adiourns. If he intends to
send a special message the sooner it is
sent the better
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Chicago gives notice that in twenty
five years she will be treading on the
heels of London. 1t has always been
known that the Chicago foot was very
large but it has never been imagined
that it was SO large as that.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Ex-Chief Justice Merritt telegraphs
the New York Journal: Il favor the
gold standard and cannot predict the
.vagaries of the free silver people in any
event" At present Judge Merritt is
Utah's member of the Democratic ma
tional committee. Ii may be a free
silver vagary but we predict that he
wont be the member during the ensuing
four years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

ST aator Dubois and Representative
Mondell want condemned cannon for
the soldiers homes at Boise and Chey-
enne. Utahs senior senator wants no
condemned Cannon for his state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Colorado Republicans believe, and so
say. that the question of silver is
paramount to all others. They are
right. AS an issue protection must
take second place
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Seldom in the annals of prison life does
a convict preserve silence in regard to
Segers did for nearly ten years. Just
before his prison doors were opened he
talked briefly about his crime and in
tinated that the bishop was guilty of
and is generally settled only by blood
shed. What makes this case noteworthy
is that the man has been a model pris-
oner and that he preserved through
decade a proud isolation that reveals I'M
usual strength of character.-San Francis
CO Chronicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Rudyard Kipling has had his brother
in-law arrested for assault, not bat
terry. Rudyard appears to be a near
relative OF Tom Touchy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Narcissa, on a cruise-What is the mat
ter, Capt. Bobstay?
Captain-The fact is. my dear young
lady, we've smashed our rudder.
Narcissa-Never mind. It's mostly I'M
der water and nobody will notice it.
Household Words.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

The city will soon be lighted by the
moon, but that fact should not cause
any delay in making arrangements for
lighting it by electricity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

''Dah am sech err ting" said Uncle
Eben, 'ez too much concentration. Tain
er good idee foh err man ter study all
his botany in err mint-julep tumbler. y
Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Most of the habitual reading in general
literature is done by women and young
people. A male American generally con-
cludes between twenty-one and twenty
get on After that he reads a new
book occasionally, but as a rule he finds
all he can do in reading the newspapers,
supplemented by an occasional magazine.
read all their lives. They are apt, too,
to form their own judgments of what
they need without asking the advice or
consent of the cridcs.-New York World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Nansen may not have discovered the
north pole but he is far from the mad
ding crowd, SO that he is not without
his recompense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Must Have Had To-Bobby (taking his
first lesson in Latin)-Mother, does God
understand Latin?
Mother-Of course he does.
Bobby-Who made him study it?-Puck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

The fast diminishing gold reserve is
not calculated to strengthen Mr.. Car
isles boom.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

All that is known of McKinley's
financial views is that he lives in Can
ton. Q.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Bills to provide statues for eighteen
great men are before congress. The
eighteen great men are all dead.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

General Weyler likes good Americans,
not filibustering Americans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Cush Davis enjoys the distinction of
having withdrawn before the landslide
came.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Scott Jackson has been found guilty
OF the murder of Pearl Bryan. Off
with his head.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

A Monopoly of Silence Gone-"By Jover'
thought the Sphinx; IF the slver ques-
ton is not soon settled, my reputation
will be taken away from me."-Puck
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

The deadly parallel: McKinley's
views on the financial question and
Cleveland's on a third term.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Well Ahead-"Your wife seems anxious
to be up to date, Tugby.'
up to date? She's way ahead; she's
got lot of trouble borrowed for year
after Chicago Record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Thus far in the race for the presiden-
tial nomination the allied bosses have
been unable to pocket Ohio Boy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
| 2>ain or Shine


same
as for sunshiny
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

1t takes a thief to catch a thief.
Frank James, the famous ex-bandit, is
to be hired by one of the big express com
panies as a guard for trains carrying
large amounts of money. James insisted
upon a contract that if he was killed in
this service, the express company agree
to pay $4,000 to his family, and his terms
We're accepted. Frank James can still
shoot with both hands, though it has
been some time since he has had practice.
-Atchison Globe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
If It Rains Today

You will be sorry that you have not
bought one of those fine Mackintoshes
of ours. They are dressy and soft as
the finest Melton. They never get hard
or stiff, and they are absolutely odor-
less. Whipcord. new Worsted and
Tweed patterns as pretty as you could
wish, and everything about these rain
proof garments is up to the incest
tastes and the prices are just right for
your pocketbook.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Secretary Hoke Smiths paper the At
lanta Journal, is now trying 10 carry the
state of Georgia for gold by abusing the
free coinage advocates, whom it brands
as ..fatists, socialists, anarchists. ex-
tremists of all Sorts 1t would be inter-
esting to have the Journal tell to which
of these classes Hoke Smith belonged
when he was willing TO have the govern
ment issue money based on potatoes and
gram, as wild a fiat scheme as was ever
proposed in this country.-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

DR.. Coke, at one time chaplain of
Greenwich hospital, was (according to
James Payn) "a churchman of the
tawny-port- wine school" When called in
to minister to one of the patients on his
death-bed. and finding him perturbed as
to his ghostly welfare. he comforted him
by saving. Don't concern yourself about
that, my dear fellow, that's my affair"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Amateur Rider-I should like to take a
ride-but please give me a horse that
doesn't know me yet.-Fliegende Batter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
HUMoR OF THE HOUR.

He-My ears burn So"
She-Well, you must admit that you've
got ears TO burn,-Yonkers Statesman
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

A Special Case-The Doctor-You must
be very careful to take the medicine, Mrs.
Jones-Brown.
The Patient-But.I am always careful
to take my medicine.
The Doctor-Yes, but this time you
really need it.-Brooklyn Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

SPANS condition of mind may be de-
scribed as non Competitor mentis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

sILvER-sS.
LEAD-Brokers', $500; exchange, sos.
CoPPER-Brokers. 1O7s; exchange, 1886
1l1.25
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
If 1t Rains Today

You will need an Umbrella; why not
come and get one now. for if it don't
rain today it may tomorrow, and
then you will need it just the same. We
can suit you. we know. Can sell you
one from 75c to $40.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Hicks.-"Everybody buying bicycles
too, If you could raise the wind?''
Wicks.-'I think ] could raise the wind
all right, but it is the tires that go
around the wind, together with the other
parts of the machine, that trouble me"
Boston Transcript.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Watts-Well, some fellow has discover
ed now that early rising is provocative of
insanity.
Potts-In other words the early bird
catches the paresis.-Indianapoli Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16

Hail, gentle sprigg!
Thy praise I'd sigg,
But by cold wod't led be do a thigg.
Detroit Tribune.
A Difference in Terms-"She plays the
piano great deal, doesn't she?"
at may be play for her, but for us it
is far more serious. Detroit Free Press.