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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
WHAT TO DO WITH HANNA.

What shall be done with Hanna? is
getting to be question of national
interest if not of national Importance.
Discussing the question, the Cleveland
Plain Dealer says:
If Mr.. Hanna is anxious to be sena-
tor, as is now generally conceded to be
the case and Governor Bushnell will
not appoint him. about which there
can hardly be two opinions. the best
thing for Mr.. Hanna to do is to go
into the cabinet-for the present. Mr..
Mckinley wants him there and has
kept the place of postmaster-gener
open for him. With the senate still in
view it is the best cabinet position for
Mr. Hanna, and he will be unwise not
to take 1t.
Consider the situation. Governor
Bushnell appoints a Foraker appendix
until the Legislature elects a senator
in January next. Then the Foraker
the legislation that does the electing
for the remainder of the present term
and also for the full term of six years
following Foraker and his Me, Too. -
in the senate use the influence of their
position upon Mckinley to prevent his
interference in Ohio affairs during the
election of the legislature. Mr. Hanna
he will fight at disadvantage against
Foraker doubly intrenched in the
United States senate and fortified in
the state capital.
But should Mr.. Hanna go into the
postoffice department there would be a
change in the situation. Senator For
aker and his appendix could trouble
President Mckinley to some extent in
the confirmation of presidential ap-
pointees in Ohio, but the commissions
of some of these do not expire for a
while and in the meantime the sena-
torial pair would do little more than
make faces and suggest what they Will
do when the time comes. AS post
maSter-general Mr.. Hanna would have
the whole Ohio division of the army of
fourth class postmasters under his
command. They are not yet in the
classified service. Fourth-class post
offices can be made useful in the cleo
ton of a state Legislature, and If Post
master-General Hanna would not know
how TO turn them to account he is not
the skillful campaign general he is uni
versally taken to be.
When the legislature meets to elect
a senator for the remainder of the
present and the whole of the succeed
ing term the administration ship of
President Mckinley will be fairly under
way and the pilot can leave the COM
mander to his own resources. Then Mr..
Hanna can step quietly from the cabi-
net into the senate, pitching Foraker's
man overheard and giving Mr.. Foraker
himself notice that if he doesn't keep
quiet and agreeable he will be tumbled
to the bottom of the boat and sat down
upon hard.
This plan would effectually dispose
of Hanna and relieve Ohio politics of
a grave situation. Let it be done, for
the country has almost as much inter-
est in Ohio politics as in Ohio wool.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

decided 70 commemorate the birthday
of James Russell Lowell on February
% next, says the Philadelphia Record.
The inspiration is most happy one.
The distinguished American scholar
and poet, who would be IS if he were
still alive. boosted the same birthday
as the Father of His Country" 1t has
become too much the fashion of late
years to underestimate Lowell's genius,
and il is a good thing to behold pa
triotic group of American students
paying this tribute to his memory IN a
foreign land. 1t is most fitting, FUR
thermore. that this university celebra-
ton should honor university scholar
and the poet. too, who wrote the noble
"Commemoration Ode"
1t is doubtful if Lowell is really I'M
derestimated; that he is not so extern
sively read as once is doubtless true, but
those who do read him and reread him,
and there are some such, find their APP
preciation of him increase. He is prob
ably the foremost man of letters that
the United States have produced, taxing
the term in its strict sense. 1t is Wen
that his birthdav should be remem-
bered hy American students whether
in Berlin or elsewhere
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
PRIZE FIGHTERS AS HEROES.

All the country, including our own
state, was horribly shocked when the
Nevada legislature passed a law allow
ing prize-fghts. So great was the
shock that when the two fighters
started west their journey became al
most a royal progress. The theatres
where they exhibited were fairly
jammed. One of these fighters was in
this city yesterday and gave an ex-
hibition last night. During the after
noon the fighter could not move around
the town without being followed by a
large crowd of admirers, at least the
crowd did not act as though he had its
disapproval. Last night tie playhouse
where he exhibited was crowded. and
so eager were the people to see this
''depraved' man that prices were
doubled. And those who went to see
him were not the disreputable element
by any means. There were high state
officials and leading citizens in every
walk of life. 1t is safe TO say that the
great majority of those who saw this
fighter last night, including high state
officials and leading citizens, wished
they could see the "mill' at Carson
on the 18th proximo.
All this suggests the question
whether there is not quite a little hy-
pocrisy in all of the virtuous indsgna-
ton about the Nevada disgrace"
Most people in this world like to seem
and have people think they are better
than they really are. like to have peo-
pie think that their thoughts never
wander from the realm of the true, the
beautiful and the good.
Prize-fighting is condemned by law
in every state in the Union except
wicked Nevada, and it would never in
the world do for good citizens, the ex-
emplars of society. to admit in their
own hearts. where not even a Roent-
gen ray could reach, that they had
just a little, tiny liking for good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
TALES OF THE DAY.
Both Saw the Same Bear,

A few evenings ago little Eddie. whose
other name is not necessary to the pur-
pose of this narrative, as given by the
Cleveland Leader astonished his mother
by informing her that he had met a beal
while returning from the drug store
whittier he had been sent upon an err
rand.
why, Eddie" exclaimed the aston
ished mother. you know that isn't so
You didn't meet a bear"
Eyes. but did," Eddie persisted.
Eddie" said Mrs. Blank. Il am very
sorry that you are so naughty. You
know that it is wicked to tell such stories
This evening, when you say your prayers
you must ask God to forgive you
Next morning Eddie presented himself
at breakfast with a determined express
sion upon his face, and when his mother
asked him If he had prayed to be for
given, replied:
Yes. mamma. and God said he saw the
same bear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Occasionally one hears some criti-
cism of the legislature that it is not
doing much. 1t is really doing a great
deal 1t is steadily and persistently
refusing to cucumber the statute
books with unnecessary or bad legis-
lation- 1t is not permitting the pass
age of any bills that are a menace to
the welfare or reputation of the state
for conservatism, with. perhaps, the
exception of the foolish anti-high the
atre hat bin. Certainly this is very
much The legislature. is adhering
strictly to its declared policy of re-
trenchment; and nothing could be
more commemorate than this
One of the curses of almost every
state in the Union is over-legislation;
not state suffers from too little leg
islation. In nothing is it truer than in
the making of laws, as a rule, that it
is better TO bear those ills we have
than fly to others that we know not
Of" Utah legislatures have never been
actuated by the belief that all our
human ills Chow many of them there
areD can be cured by the enactment
l
legislature, and it is to be hoped it
will be true of all future legislatures
The majority of the evils that come
upon mankind come as the result of
mems own imprudent or reckless ac-
ton, and no law can cure them; their
cure must come from the personal
reform of those from whose actions
generally sensed this fact and acted
accordingly.
As to the charge that the present
legislature is not accomplishing much.
The test of that charge will come
when its work is completed and it is
before the people. 1t should be borne
in mind that there is the work of the
code commission TO be considered and
passed upon. That work appears to
have been very well done and it covers
substantially all subjects that require
legislating upon. The legislature is
giving this work thorough considera-
ton. Before the session ends the work
will all have been passed in review
and acted upon.
To have done that alone will be for
the legislature to have done a very
big work. 1t has certainly refused to
pass several obnoxious bills. The neg
ative work of a legislature is just as
important as its positive work. The
present legislature should not be
judged until it outs off it's armor
When it does that, let it be judged; it
will not be found wanting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

We had a delightful call last evening
from Gurdon W. Wattles, Esq, presi-
dent of the Trans Mississippi and In
ternational exposition; Gilbert Nj
Hitchcock, Esq, proprietor of the
Omaha World-Herald and manager of
department of promotion, Trans-Miss-
issippi exposition; John L. Webster
Esq, attorney, Omaha, and member
board of directors, Trans-M Mississippi
exposition, and Captain Henry E. Pal
mer, Omaha, member board of fire and
police commissioners
These gentlemen are members of a
committee of Omaha business men
representing the Trans Mississippi and
International exposition. Their object
in visiting our city at this time is to
urge upon the legislature the desira-
bility of having Utah properly repre-
scented at the Omaha exposition They
will meet members of the legislature
today and present the merits of ths
exposition. They are great, and will
be ably and persuasively presented.
1t is a real pleasure to meet these
gentlemen, and we feel sure they will
impress upon the members of the leg
islature the Importance OF their mis-
sion. May they be successful and may
the great exposition be successful. Let
Utah do what she can to make it sue
cessful.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
A RAINY DAY CLUB.

Some ladies of Baltimore have or
ganized a Rainy Day club. The motto
of the club is: ITO shorten skirts and
to spread the gospel of Cleanliness. "
A very good motto, if lived up to. One
lady. who appears to have made short
skirts on rainy days sort of cult, ex-
planned to a number of ladies inter
ested in the matter just what it was
expected would be accomplished by
the club
Doctors agree she said, that wet
and bedraggled skirts are a prolific
source for microbes of disease and drag
these germs from the streets into
houses When we go into our own
homes we may take off the wet skirts
but how different it is when we go to
a friends house and have to sit with
the wet skirts on and run the risk of
taking cold.
Rainy days are stipulated in the
pledge as the days when short skirts
are to be worn. because those are the
days when we most feel the discom-
fort of long dresses. We have no de-
sire to appear eccentric, but adopt this
wet-weather costume merely as a san
itary measure and with the hope that
the example thus set by the members
of the club may be followed generally
by the women of Baltimore, who will
readily recognize the advantages and
convenience of such a costume.
The pledge calls for the adoption
of the shortened skirts only for walk
ing or for shopping. If calls are TO be
made, or but a short distance is to be
travelled to a friends house, the men,
bers will not be required to don the
shortened skirts. However they viii
no doubt soon be glad to wear the cos
tune whenever they do any walking,
and in this way we hope to stimulate
interest in that exercise
All this is very sensible, but that
which is sensible is rarely the founda-
ton of popular fashion. If the Bal
timore ladies desire to wear short
dresses or long dresses it is their af-
fair and no one else's. This club is to
start operations March l, rain or
shine, rain preferred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
Settling the Argument.

Judge: Two booty companions were
wandering through the park few nights
ago when they drew near an object dimly
outlined in the semi-darkness. They had
reached that stage of inebriation in which
a mere shadow will provoke an argu-
ment Naturally they saw this object diff
ferently. One claimed ii was a statue
ard the other. was sure it was a mes
senger boy, and for several minutes they
held each other up in maudlin contro-
versy.
Easy dem-strate'' said one as he
fumblingly drew a pistol from his hip
.sWhatsh goin' t do?y queried his COM
panion.
''Goin' t shoot derned thing replied
the fellow with the gun as he tried to adj
lust his inverted brain IF it's stattoo
it'n jump. an if it's Eneshenger boy it'll
stan still"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

of A Day with the President at His
Desk" for the March Ladies' Home
Journal. The article is said to be
singularly interesting in the detail
with which it describes the wearisome
routine of the president. 1t is said
that General Harrison, in this article,
has delivered himself with great di-
rectness and vigor relative to the an
noyances that are visited upon chief
executive by persistent office-seekers,
and he suggests a unique plan by
which the presidents burdens in that
direction could be greatly lightened,
and he be enabled to devote more at
tention to more important matters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
A MODERN VIEW.

They say that Julius Caesar. in those far
of days of old,
Before he took that Roman punch which
left him stiff and cold,
Went out and fixed" the primaries and
nailed an Office down.
And then put up a grand stand play and
thrice refused the CROWN
Since Julius is extremely dead he now
can cut no ice.
But politicians up TO snuff don't miss a
good thing twice;
To me it's always seemed a shame that
in that Dago town
There wasn't a ward committeeman to
call that buffer down.
Frank S. PiXley, in Chicago Times
Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The New York Press quotes this old
Chestnut" about Lincoln and the steel
and the $40:
when an American paid $50 for
steel rails to an English manufacturer,
America had the steel and England had
the $40. But when he paid $50 for the
steel to an American manufacturer
America had both the steel and the
go"
Then it goes on to comment as fol-
lows:
Americans have paid 100000 times
$40 for steel rails this week. America
has the $780, 900 tons of steel bought by
the railroad companies in their rush to
take advantage Of the break in the
steel rail pool-a consequence inevitable
and long foreseen of the break of the
steel billet pool America has the
goo, 900 times 500 she paid for the steel
The great works are running at full
time. if at reduced profits. The iron
market is looking up. This is all be-
cause this industry was-by the efforts
of one man. the only senator from
Pennsylvania-partly saved from the
general wreck of the Wilson tariff. But
for the vestige of protection retained
for this industry all this money, all
this labor would have gone abroad.
England would have had the s2O.''
OF course, it was this sacred "vestige
of protection" that enabled Carnegie
to outbid all the world for the japanese
contract for 10000 tons of steel rails,
and to put the price for them down in
these United States to a figure below
which any foreign maker of rails could
not go. But how familiar this old
chestnut" and the argument based
upon it seem. They are so familiar that
one feels like saying: How are you.
old fellow"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
A STAR.

The public raved the critics praised;
She soon became the rage.
For twas agreed she didn't have
An equal on the stage.
Her stipend was. I've heard it said,
A thousand dollars per.
And every manager was glad
To fix q date for her.
And what. then. was this woman:
charm
What power did she possess?
1t was not histrionic art,
Nor vocal cleverness.
She couldn't act a little bit;
Her singing was a crime;
But the little dear had been divorced
The sixth or seventh time.
Cleveland Leader.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1897

social fabric would fall were the adj
mission once made. The ovation given
last night, it was scarcely less. to one
of the principals in the forthcoming
fight at Carson shows that there is
somewhere an incongruity between our
statutes and our sentiments in this
state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

THE HERALD in a franchise MEM
be< OF The United Press, and re-
cetves the complete leased wire
Overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports of The United Associated Press
es, embracing accurate Intelligence
of all current events In the whole
world. with its special wire and
operator in Its own ONCE THE HER
AID IS daily in immediate posses
sion of the latest news MP till the
hour of kOinE 10 pre1n.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Senator Hawley's report on increas-
ing the artillery arm of the army is
deserving of every consideration. The
completion Of coast defenses seems TO
require an increase of the artillery
men. It is the only arm of the
service in which any increase would
be justifiable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The San Francisco Examiner pub
fishes a picture of Claude Falls Wright,
who distinctly remembers his marriage
in Egypt five thousand years ago.
Claude, according to his picture, looks
his years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
on the IA

farmer. Jest you sit around till dinners
on the table,
Chicago Record: What character do
you take in the art carnival parade?''
We'll my leg has been pulled so often,
l think III go as the Torso.
Brooklyn Life: The New Necessity
The Governess-I know French and Ger
Mrs. Uptodate-That is not sufficient. I
want someone who can teach my children
Scotch
Puck: An Aid to Memory.-The SCHOOL,
girl-Weren't there nine MUSES.? 1 keep
forgetting.
Her Brother-Nine's right Can't you
think of ball game-nine on each side
and nine innings?
shentleman in de shop wants TO know if
dat all-vool nonshrinkable shirt viii
shrink?
Moses Senior-Does it fid him?
Moses Junior-No; id is too big.
Moses Senior-Yah, id will shrink.
Philadelphia Leader: Her Plan.-He-
Do you believe in long engagements?
She-Well it all depends.
He-I don't understand
Shelf he has plenty of money and is
inclined to be liberal. a long engagement
is the thing; but if he cannot afford
boxes at the opera and such things 1 al
ways make his regime very short.
Tit-Bits: An old Scottish woman had
gone on a visit to her soldier son at a
garrison town where an evening gun was
fired. When the gun doomed forth the
hour she was very much startled
"Whatna noise is that?' she asked, in
alarm.
"Oh. that's sunset" answered the son.
''Losh keep u.s." she exclaimed. Il
didna ken the sun gaed down wi dunt
like that
Chicago Tribune: II have been much
interested in your "reminiscences" re-
marked the passenger in the long gray
overcoat, as the train drew near the end
of the journey. You have been an actor
80 years. think you said
Yes" replied the elderly passenger,
with whom he had been conversing.
Excuse me for asklng, but can you
recall how many times ruffians and
thoughtless boys have thrown eggs at
your
Il have never had an egg thrown at
me in my life"
''Never?''
Absolutely never
The passenger in the long gray over
coat said nothing further but after he
got home he discontinued his subscription
for five comic weekly papers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Gomez has won another victory and
cut another notch in the handle of
his machete. He will cut the top
notch when Cuba achieves her indie
pendence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Pittsburg Dispatch: The violent oppo-
stion of the senators to Oscar of Sweden
as an arbitrator. because he is a mon
arch, suggests the propriety of selecting
some of those eminent republicans in
Central America who go into power by
force of arms and stay there until some
one else raises a bigger revolution than
they can turn out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The Omaha World Herald says the
Trans Mississippi exposition delegation
got royal reception" at Topeka
Can't the World-Herald distinguish be-
tween royalty and Populism?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Hats off to Representative Mrs. E.
ting the anti-high theatre hat bill
passed through the legislature and
signed by the governor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The whole western country is inter-
ested in the success of the Trans Mist
sissippi exposition. It's a good thing.
Push il along.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

st. Louis Republic: Boston has just held
the largest whist tournament on record.
and the two leading prizes were taken by
women. The satirist will now declare
that they held nothing but trumps which
rendered questions UNNECESSARY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

When finally settled in the White
House, Major Mckinley will find that
very often the post of duty is the
same as the snubbing post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The Congregationalists can't swallow
DR.. Lyman Abbott's Interpretation of
the story of Jonah and the whale, al
though they swallow the story.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Senator Wolcott is returning from
Berlin to London on his way home.
It is probable that the net result of
his mission will be that he is hope
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The powers seem to have put their
foot down on Greek and Turk alike in
the island of Crete. And it is a great
big foot with an iron heel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Michigan will not remove her capital
from Lansing to Detroit; Mahomet re-
fuses to go to the mountain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Thus far the steel pool has re-
NAMED collapsed. 1t may, like An
teus, arise from its contact with the
earth with renewed and doubled
strength.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

A snow melting machine has been
invented. Senator Sherman should get
one to take into the cabinet when he
enters there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Kansas City Times: A pretty and
wealthy young woman missionary of
Indiana has just sailed for Calcutta with
a splendid collection of party gowns and
other finery. If the heather are not in
stantly converted they deserve to be
ostracised by society.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Is Representative Lorimer's bill
against blacklisting an intended con-
gressional- recognition of Lilioukalani's
claims?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The great Russian bear is preparing
to come out from his hole. He has
seen somebody's shadow besides his
own
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Chicago Times Herald: Secretary Her
bert is entirely correct in saying that this
country has a good navy. For that
reason it should not be used on the over
land routes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

The atmosphere of Nevada agrees
WITH Corbett; at least, ne says SO, and
his volubility goes to prove what he
saws