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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
DON'T.

When young man asked Horace
Greeley whether or not he should get
married, Horace answered Don't .
If the county commissioners who pro-
pose to refuse to issue certificates of
election to those who were elected to
office on the 3rd inst were to go before
the people and ask them whether or
rot they should continue in their pro
posed course of action, the people would
say to them Don't"
The people would say Don't" be-
cause they are fully satisfied with The
result of the election and that the
voting was absolutely secret.
They would say DON'T because
there is no pretense anywhere that
there was not a full. free and fair ex-
preston of the will of the voters. That
will being known, they would say that
it should be obeyed
They would say Don't" because in
refusing to do their plain duty under
the statute the county commissioners
are assuming judicial functions when
they undertake to deny the validity of
a statute on any ground whatever
Their duties in the premises are purely
ministerial and not judicial
Were the county commissioners TO
make inquiry concerning public opinion
on the motives that actuate them, the
people would not hesitate to say, You
are defeated officeholders who are seek
ing any and every excuse to continue
in Office after the voters have said they
did not want you You make pretense
that the ballot used at the late election
was not a secret one as contemplated
by the constitution. Whether or not
this is so il is plain to all that the sole
motive that actuates you in this matter
is your intense desire to hold over in
the offices you now fill. And this al
though it would thwart the will of the
people and might entail thousands and
thousands of dollars of expense upon
them In your fight for these offices
you propose to expend the peoples
money to defeat the peoples will. You
deceive nobody with your protestations
Of loyalty to law and great professions
of desire for a legal election that there
may be no question of the title of any
office-holder. Your motive is selfish and
personal and wholly outside The pale of
patriotism.
The county commissioners would do
well TO desis't in their proposed course
of action. Already they have been re-
pudiated by the people. Let them be-
ware lest the people execrate them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
A MODERN E,,IrLEsH1p.

1t is very poor compensation for the
to know that the plans for her were
English and not American. The plans
were approved by the navy department,
and of course only after they had had
the approval of our naval experts. The
millions that have gone into her were
Texas as we may there is small comfort
10 he had
The recent accident to the vessel, the
bursting of the sea cock, by which she
was sent to the bottom off Cobb dock
in the Brooklyn navy yard. is such a
one as might happen to any vessel at
any time. Sucn an accident at sea
would have sent the Texas. with her
complement of officers and men of
nearly four hundred, to the bottom and
the world would never have known
what was the cause. Some twenty
years ago the English battleship Cap
tain. with a crew of officers and men
of four hundred, went to the bottom,
but why was never known
If an untoward accident can send one
of the monster battleships TO the bot
tom the question arises, How would
they stand against the projectiles
thrown from modern heavy ordnance?
That is a question the answer to which
is largely conjectural The late Japan
ese-Chinese war did little to settle it,
The torpedo boat may yet prove to
be the invulneraible enemy of all battle
ships and cruisers. 1t would be better
for mankind that the efficiency of
battleships and cruisers in actual War
never be ascerta:ned.
The recent accident to the Texas is
not the first by any means. So numer
Gus have been the accidenE she has
met with that she is regarded in the
navy as "hoodoo," though this last
one is the most serious.
Constructor Bowles, who built the
Texas, says that the talk about her
being structurally weak has been
caused by jealousy on the part of ship
builders, VINO did not get the contract
for building parts of her. There may
be some truth in this. One thing Isl
beyond dispute, the vessel is i'll starred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

There is an article in the current
number of the Century entitled IAN
Object Lesson in Municipal Govern
ment," that should be carefully read
by all who are interested in the problem
of securing good city administration.
The article tells of the methods pursued
in Birmingham, England, and of the
results accomplished.
The article is chiefly notable for the
showing made respecting the character
of those comprising the council of the
great English city. the board being re-
cruited from the ranks of the business
men. Moreover, men are kept on the
board for a long time some remaining
in active service for 80 years. 1t
is evidently considered an honor 10
serve the city and thus the city Sc
cures the services of the most energetic.
public-spirited of it's people. These men
devote large portion of their time to
municipal matters, serving entirely
without pay. In this way vast i'm
provements have been carried through
without any suggestion of scandal or
corruption, and those who pay the
taxes have the satisfaction of know
ing that they have secured the best
possible results from the expenditures
made.
This is all in strong contrast with
the methods pursued in most of our
American cities In this country going
into the city council is about the last
thing that business man would think
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

Civil service reform" will be a sub
ject of perennial interest and fruitful
of instructive addresses until its prin-
ciple has become so established and
accepted that it will no longer be a
! matter of reform, but the common
| place Of all civil service. 1t is still a
prominent subject in the political ed
ucation" Of the time, for which it is
an advantage to enlist the interest of
women and of men who are apt to
| keep alOOf from the contentious of pol
itics.-New York Times.
Civil service reform is one of the
/ things the beauty Of which depends.
with some people, upon its applica-
ton The Times has long been a great
sticl1ler for this particular reform; it
has also been a staunch supporter of
President Cleveland, and. further, it is
particularly radical in its demand for
sound money" Since it combines all
those virtues it would be interesting
to know what it thinks of the action of
the Cleveland administration in dis
missing public officials who supported
the cause of Bryan and free silver.
The president has posed as a civil
service reformer, yet he has permitted
lot of heads to go into the basket
because the tongues of the sufferers
were used in support of a candidate to
whom he was opposed. AS the Times
is such a conspicuous advocate of civil
service reform it would be in order for
it to explain how a reformer can be-
come party to such methods.
But perhaps the Times is one of those
who believe that the rule should be en-
forced only in the cases of those who
adhere to its views on public questions
that those who differ from it are not
worthy of protection in their positions.
If that is to be the rule, then there can
be no such thing as civil service re-
form. The "spoils system is that
which dismisses all who do not agree
with the administration in power. 1t
was to abolish that system that the
reform was promulgated. But if men
are to be dismissed by an administra-
ton for disagreeing with it in its oppo-
sition to the policy of its own party, it
should certainly be permissible to dis
charge those whose disagreement arises
from their utilization with the opposi-
ton party.
The subject is one that does not seem
to admit Of any distinctions. and it
would be interesting if the Times would
explain how the reform is to be applied
so as to establish" it, if a reform
administration is to be free to admin
lister punishment to officials in the
manner assumed by the present regime
at Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
TALES OF THE DAY.
A Feeble Father.

Texas Ssftings: Father" he began,
after taking the old man orrt back of the
barn, your years are many.
Yes my son."
You have toiled early and late, and by
the sweat of your brow you have amassed
this big farm
That's so, William"
at has panied me more than l can tell
to see you at your age troubling yourself
with the cares of life. Father. your de-
clining days should be spent in the old
armchair in the chimney corner"
YES William, they should.
Now, father, being you are old and
feeble and helpless give me deed of the
farm and you and mother live out your
few remaining days with me and Sally
"William," said the old man, as he
pushed back his sleeves. Il think L see
the drift o. them remarks. When I'm
ready to start for the poor house I'll play
fool and hand over the deed. William
Yes, sir
I'm order to dispel any delusion on your
part that / am old and feeble and help
less I'm going TO knock down half an
acre of cornstocks with your heels!
And when the. convention finally adj
iourned William crawted to the nearest
haystack and cautiously whispered to him
self:
'And Sally was to breach the same
thing to ma at the same time! wonder
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of. Such bodies are generally of a
character that prejudices business men
against them, and the duties of NUM-
cipal government are turned over to a
second-rate class of persons. Those
who seek election to the council are of
class who know little of the problems
to be solved and who care less; they
too often want the places for what they
can make out of them. and, as nat
ural consequence, all kinds of corrup-
ton run riot The public is not only
badly SERVED, but its money is squan-
dered.
Again, if we elect a set of good men
to the council we are just as likely as
not to supplant them at the next cleo
ton with batch of bad ones. If they
are willing to serve again they are not
given the opportunity. But if really
good men consent to take such places
they are not likely to be willing to ac-
cept reelection. They are given TO
credit for what they accomplish and
are made TO bear a burden of annoy
ance that becomes uncomfortable No
body honors the office. and respect
able man is likely to find that he has
fallen into disrepute merely through
his connection with it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
TWO TRIUMPRs.

1t seems likely that the arrangement
Great Britain respecting Venezuela will
have the most farreaching effect. In
the first place it is a great victory for
political principle contended for by
this country; in the second, it is d tri-
umph for a moral principle that is Of
the most vital Importance to mankind
When President Cleveland interposed
the Monroe doctrine against Great Brit
aims plans in Venezuela. the British
government treated the idea with scorn.
There was no construction of the Mon
roe doctrine, it said, and no expressed
or implied rule of international law
under which the United States could
properly claim any right to interfere.
The arrangement made, no matter what
its details may be, is triumph for the
United States, as it establishes the
right contended for.
But of far greater Importance is the
victory won for the principle Of arbi-
tration When the United States first
proposed arbitration of the Venezuelan
boundary dispute, asserting the right to
interfere under the Monroe doctrine.
the attitude of the British government
was such that war seemed to many to
be seriously threatened. But now Great
Britain has given in her adhesion to
the plan; and, moreover, it is intimated
that the scheme is of much broader
scope than appears on the surface Ac-
cording to runors emdnating from Lon
don, settlement of the Cuban problem
is also contemplated, as well as any
other similar question that may here
after arise. 1t is said that the court of
arbitration is to be permanent and that
all matters relating to the status OF
American governments are to be ~e-
ferred to it.
If the plan arranged between our
state department and the British for
eign Office goes no farther than peace
full settlement of the Venezuelan ques-
ton with the attendant establishment
Of the Monroe doctrine. it will be a
triumph for the Cleveland administra-
ton of the most magnificent proper
tons; and if it proves that 2 perma-
nent treaty of arbitration has been ar
ranged the achievement will go down
in history as one of the most brilliant
and beneficial ever recorded in our
annals
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
and the increased assistance from

and the increased assistance from
abroad will be heartily welcomed.
But our prospectors and promoters
are admonished that they will not be
able-as they should MOTTO float any
thing that has not pronounced merit.
The character of the investigation be-
ing made by the Statist clearly indi-
Gates that English investors have
learned that there are mines and mines,
and that they are determined not to
launch money into anything that will
not bear the most critical examination.
And this disposition is one of the most
encouraging signs of the times. Moth
ing has hurt the mining business so
much as reckless operations; nothing
can benefit it more than their entire
elimination from the problem.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
MINING CAPITAL.

A. Mackenzie Hay, general manager
of the London Statist. who has been
in this country for some weeks with
Editor Lloyd of that publication, was
in Denver the other day. In an inter
view with the Republican he stated
that the principal motive for their visit
to this country was a desire to study
our mining conditions. While the spec
ulation in South Africa, he said, had
been disastrous to a great many peo-
pie, it had yet aroused an interest in
gold mining. Those who lost realized
that they suffered from poor judgment
fully understanding that money was
being made out of the really good
mines. AS a result, large numbers of
Englishmen were carefully studying
the mining fields. They have money
for which employment is needed, and
they are anxious to put it into mines
if they can find good property. For
many reasons mining in South Africa
is undesirable and there is an inclina-
ton to turn attention to the United
States. The intention of the Statist is
to give its readers information re-
specting American mines, and Mr.. Hay
intimated that they would be able to
make favorable report through their
paper.
All this is of very great interest to
our people. The fact that English cap
ital desires gold mining investment.
and is looking to the American field
is of the highest Importance. While it
is always better for home capital to
reap the benefits of any profitable in
dustry. there is always a field for more
than can be supplied at home. Many
really valuable properties are always
awaiting capital for their development.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Recently, While tearing off the roof
of barn in York, Pa, couple of men
found bag containing some $4,000
The money is believed to have been
hidden there during the war. probably
at the time General John B. Gordon
invaded York. No one appeared to
claim the money and it was finally
turned oyer to the men who found it,
they having handed it to the town con-
stable
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

THE HERALD is - franchise MEM
be- Of The United Press, and re-
ceiEes the complete leased wire
Overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports of The United Associated Press
es, embracing accurate intelligence
OF all curre.lt events in the whole
world. With its special wire and
operator in it's own Office THE HER
AID is daily I'm fmmediake possess
sion Of the latest news up till the
hour OF sOing to press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Springfield Republican: The Vene-
zuean commission is highly pleased at
the prospect OF not having to find a
boundary. The president and congress
gave them a large Joo and the prospect
was that they would never find one at
all. Under the circumstan the mem
bers of the commission viii be dismissed
with thanks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

According to the Milwaukee Sentinel
a special committee of the school board
of that city is now engaged in study
ing the question of free text books,
with view of placing all the facts
bearing upon it before the board. The
free text book system has worked we'll
in this city and nothing could induce
the school board to abandon it. 1t
meets with general approval.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Kansas City Times: a decision by
Judge Foster Of the United States court
against the wholesale liquor dealers in
Kansas City, who send whisky to
Kansas in jugs, will Interfere with the
present method of evading the prohibi-
tory law, but it will not DESTROY the
traffic. Even the courts cannot nullify
the great law of supply and demand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

The Boston Herald thinks the gold
reserve should be established at $780,
O5o, 600 The endless chain, when once
ser in motion, viii exhaust any reserve,
in a little more or less time according
to the amount OF the reserve.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

The Democratic club Of Omaha has
stricken the name of John P. Irish off
its list of honorary members. That is
right. He was neither an honor nor an
ornament to it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16


San Francisco Post: She was from
Boston, and was on her way to the
geysers She had rendered the stage
driver thoroughly uncomfortable. by
throwing great chunks of botanical and
geological information at his head, and
he had about reached the determination
to frighten her with stories about high
waymen till she would get inside the
caks attracted her attention.
DO you know how Old those trees are?'
she asked, and was preparing TO launch
whole row or figures at him when he
surprised her by answering promptly:
''Yes',n'
How old are they2"
Three thousand and six years"
How did you arrive at such accurate
results?"
'.Well. a smart young woman from Bos-
ton what knows all about ii told me they
were 5000 years old, an that was six
years ago, so they must be 3,o06 now
goin' on S.OG7''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Let the county commissioners do their
duty as a canvassing board and look
pleasant If they find it impossible to
look pleasant. and we confess the task
will be hard for them. let them do their
duty anyway.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Turn the rascals out'-the familiar
party cry-may be applied to microbes
as well as to men. The germs of dis
ease that Turk in the blood are turned
OUT by Ayers Sarsaparilla as effectu-
ally as the old Dostmasters are dis
placed by new administration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

The absurdity of the county board
of canvassers re sing to certify to the
election returns and issuing certificates
is shown when one thinks Of precinct
judge of election refusing to do his
plain duty and acting on the assump-
ton that the law is invalid
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

The New York World says that the
Silver trust. "a thing emanating from
the Worlds brain), subscribed $1,000, 0OO
TO the Bryan campaign fund. This is
exclusive information on the part of
the World, no one else having any
knowledge Of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

If the present incumbents of certain
Offices propose to contest the recent
election for The purpose of finding out
how popular they are they have fully
succeeded. There never was such a
silly and absurd proposition" is the
general verdict.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

New York journal: An Indian con-
car drew a bowie knife on some Young
rowdies the other night The next thing
we know the Broadway cable authorities
~, be hiring Indians to make the pas
sengers step up TO the front of the
car
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Geddes. Roberts and Christopherson
seem to think that because the people
put their X opposite the rooster and let
it go at that, that it was not a secret
Charlton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Commissioner Geddes' contemplated
action regarding a contest Of the cleo
ton shows that. given an opportunity,
he has the elements of a Caesar in him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Kind-hearted people are somewhat
anxious about the fate of little Thurber.
He has taken the place of Baby Mckee
in the present administration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Moritz Rosenthal, the Polish pianist,
who has Just arrived in this country,
hasn't so much hair as Paderewski, but
he is much hanGsomer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
WIT AND HUMoR.

New York Press: DO you dread the
ordeal?" inquired the sheriff.
oh said the condemned murderer.
- know it VIII just kill mer'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

A postofice inspector tells of Arizona
bandits and explains the seat of the
whole trouble. The seat of this whole
Arizona bandit trouble is the saddle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
Bucklen,. Arntca SAVE

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IT Is guaranteed 10 give perfect satisfac-
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dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

As big city IS the safest place in the
world for one to lose his identity, 50 it
is the safest place for the commission
of crime. And for the same reason
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Washington and Madrid are not
nearly so wrought up over the prospect
of war between the United States and
Spain as Wall street is,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Exchange: Friend-''Why do you warn
the public against counterfeits and imi-
tations? Are there any in the market"
The Man with the Patent-''No, but it
gives the public an idea that we are
making a tremendous success"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

Pictures in the papers Of the late
Napoleon Sarony show that he never
sat TO Ssrony for his photograph.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

President-elect Mckinley might offer
Mr.. Cleveland a place in mis- cabinet as
a recognition of his invaluable services
in securing his election.