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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
WILL NOT ACETATE.

Chairman Hanna has come to the
conclusion that the plan Of agitation
mapped out by the Republican leaders
is not a wise one. He was in favor of
it for some time, but is not now. "I
am in favor of stopping all agitation
says Mr.. Hanna, land permitting the
verdict of the people of the country to
stand upon it's merits"
1t is said that a potent factor in the
final decision Of this question was the
belief that active political work On
such a scale as was mapped out by
the Republican leaders would be a
menace to the return of prosperity. It
certainly would have induced a counter
agitation by the friends of silver, and
the effect would unquestionably have
been to retard business enterprises;
and it would also have had a bad eff
feet upon any prospective return of
prosperity. Then. again, it would have
been a confession of fear and mistrust
of the cause that had triumphed by
those who had brought it about
But the adoption of this non-agita-
ton policy is not going to be ac-
quiesced in by all the Republican
press Thus the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser is very strongly OPP
posed to this policy. 1t says that
neither Major Mckinley nor Mr..
Hanna can afford to indorse ''this prof.
ect of silence, surrender and retreat
for one moment" 1t goes on to say
that all who opposed Mr.. Bryan expect
the warfare against dishonest money
and socialistic doctrines to be waged
with unremitting vigor''
These issues cannot be smothered
or shelved or ignored" continues the
Commercial Advertiser. They were
brought before the country last sum-
mer by the Populistic convention which
nominated Bryan, which declared for
national Reputation and which de-
nounced the courts upon whose fear
lessness and integrity the fabric of our
civilization depends. The champions
of honest dollars and impartial justice
won a sweeping victory in November
but this triumph did not end the war
In face of the fact that more than
6.OOO, 900 American citizens voted for
free silver, for Populism and for gem
eral assault on the federal judiciary,
it is worse than folly to talk of stop
ping all political agitation on these
questions. The thing cannot be done.
In the past few days the band of silver
highwaymen in the senate have de-
family announced their purpose to con-
tinue the fight for. unlimited coinage,
and have introduced amendments
which would make the bill providing
for an international bimetallic con-
ference nothing more nor less than a
declaration that the United States
proposed to go on a silver basis be- 4
fore the year was out. Everywhere
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
A BARMECIDE FEAST.

The great dinner given in Albany in
honor of Senator-elect Plat was not
altogether a great success. Intellectu
ally and politically it was a success,
but as a feast, a feast for the inner
man, that man who must be taken care
of before all others, it was a dismal
failure.
The district attorney for New York
City, Mr.. Olcott, attended this dinner
and the memory of it will doubtless
last him for a long, long while To a
reporter Mr.. Olcott, on his return to
New York, said:
why, nobody could get anything to
eat. We actually left that dinner with
the most ravenous appetites. We were
half starved. 1 never heard of such
miserable dinner. 1t was preposter-
ously bad. 1 can't think of adjectives
severe enough TO describe it. The little
food that occasionally came my way
wasn't fit to eat. 1 saw, by chance, a
piece of bread. and that looked very
tempting, bur that seemed to be all
there was that was fit for man to eat.
Besides the scarcity of bad food, there
was no one to serve the little there
was. The talking was most enjoyable.
but the eating was a farce. 1 brought
home a terrible appetite. L suggest
that the next time the Republican party
has a great dinner to give that it be
held in New York, where it can be
suitably accommodated.
He had no criticism to make about
the feast of reason or flow of soul;
these seem to have been all that could
be desired, in fact more than was de-
sired, but they were not fully appreci-
ated because of that terrible gone
feeling" 1t may be-who can say?-
that this Albany feast is typical of
what Mr.. I'latt. as senator, will do for
his admirers. He will likely give them
lots of fir talk but will continue to
whet their appetites for spoils, letting
them scramble for a crust of bread
now and then. Poor hangers-on.
ShrewG Platt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
AN APOLOGY FOR LYNCHINGs.

THE lynchings that have occurred in
Louisiana and Texas recently were
not only indignant protests against
brutal crimes, but against the slippery
and slovenly administration of Grim
inal Justice in the courts. There are
criminals with whom the public feel
they cannot afford to take chances in
the courts" says the Houston, Texas,
Post. This is nothing more or less
than an apology for lynchings. Perhaps
lynchings cannot be denounced in
Texas as they should be- and while
they can scarcely be openly defended,
an apology or excusing of them has to
be made to save the reputation of the
states where they occur.
If the criminals were such thai the
public did not feel that they could
afford to take chances with the courts,
the question naturally arises: What
kind of courts have they in Louisiana
and Texas? If they are such that the
very worst kind of criminals will re-
ceive no punishment at their hands
and the law will not be vindicated.
those first citizens who feel this way
should take the courts in hand and
administer some speedy justice to
them. And who are responsible for the
kind of courts they have in Louisiana
and Texas, if not the people them
selves? If their courts are imbecile
or corrupt. it is because the people
themselves do not demand anything
better These Louisiana and Texas
lynchings cannot be excused on the
grounds that the Post would excuse
them; such excuse merely throws the
blame back on the people themselves.
More respect for the law is one of the
things needed in the states where
lYnchings are common.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
TIE LAKE HERALDs TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2.

conscious of all this in the one brief sec
ond of his hesitation
Then he looked up. resolved.
"Of course. did,
CHAPTER IL
He had lied. weakly One sharp, swift
glance she had cast upon him-a look
of mingled distrust and doubt
Then the clock licked on remorselessly
Who could read his thoughts? He
covered there afraid of himself and OF
her.
Coward conscience was written in every
line of his face.
Sphinx-like she sat far into the night.
And only the clock licked
CHAPTER III.
Two o'clock in the morning.
Ere the stroke of it had died away from
the resonant housings of the little ormulu
piece a white figure glided noise
lessly into the deserted dining-room.
Hist
Then it moved on again to a coat-rack
on a~door Then the figure glided toward
the dull, red glare of the base-burner.
1t was the woman. In her hand was a
coat AMI with nerveless fingers she
delved in an inside pocket. Then some
thing white flashed in the semi-dark-
''Ahar'
Even the clock seemed to be listening.
CHAPTER ".
"And he thought he had deceived me-
she muttered between her teeth.
But he hadn't.
In her hand was the very letter which
she had charged him to post is hours be-
fOrai
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
THE BRADLEY-MARTIN BALL.

Stitch, stitch. stitch.
On doublet and nose and shoon,
From the rise of the rosy sun
To the rise of the SilEer- moon.
Work, work, work.
In the workshop dusty and tall,
For the scads that will come cavorihg in
From the BradleyMartin ball.
Work. work. work,
For the shekels of silver and gold
From the gown of russell and button and
gusset
Sew, sew, sew,
For the big financial haul
That will come in floods for making the
buds
For the Bradley Martin bail.
Cook, cook, cook,
Till the day gives up the ghost,
On ruffies and quail and terrapin
And nightingale's tongues on toast;
And the cash comes rolling IN
To the stocking upon the wall
For preparing the dainties ahead of time
For the Bradley-Martin ball.
Snap, snap, snap,
Will re-echo the cabby's whip,
As he fetches the equine on
The auricular a clip
And the horses will prance and fly,
Though they stumble and slip and fall
And the stablen.an's nags Will recoup MS
bags
At the Bradley-Martin ball.
Stableman tailor, COOK,
Look forward serenely now,
Like the dance musician and waiter OF
The Chesterfieldian bow,
For the night of the festive tenth
OF February to fall,
While they work wide awake 1or the
cash they'll make
From the Bradley Martin ball
r. K Munkittrick in New York Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

in western and southern legislatures,
in newspapers in all sections of the
country, even in New York state it
self-there is unmistakable evidence
that the socialists and regulators
mean to keep on lighting against law
and order and sound currency. The
Republican party cannot leave the
field to the opponents of constitutional
government, or compromise with the
advocates of monetary dishonor. There
has been too much of compromise in
the past. If there ever wa3 a time
when this was justifiable, it has long
gone by. What is wanted now is
continuous, aggressive campaign of
education all over the land in behalf
of righteousness, of sound finance and
of the great principles which underlie
the institutions of this republic
The Commercial Advertiser is GER
tainly very agitated, over-agitated,
agitated almost to the point of apo
plexy. 1t speaks of the 100000 Ameri-
can citizens who voted for free silver
as devils of anarchy" That is pretty
strong language. Surely all these
Americans who voted for free silver
are not devils of anarchy If they
be. then American institutions are
doomed to speedy destruction. Such.
language can do no good, and should
cease. Mr.. Panna has made a very
wise decision, Politically, for active
anti-silver agitation. could only mean
active pro-silver agitation. What the
country now wants is that the policy
declared for last November shall have
a fair chance to prove itself; and con-
tinued agitation of the issues of the
campaign would not allow this chance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
TO AID THE NEW ADMINISTRA-
TON.

1.-The National Business league" is
that will lend its aid and advice to the
incoming administration to make it a
success in every respect, particularly
in a business sense. The objects of the
league are fully set forth in the pre-
amble to the constitution adopted by it..
This preamble is as follows:
Whereas, The incoming administra-
ton and congress were elected under
circumstances inducing the general
hope and expectation that they will
devote their best and earliest efforts
to the relief of the business condition;
and
Whereas, There is an earnest desire
among business men all over the
country that legisla ton in this direc-
ton shall be prompt, shall be along
business rather than political lines, and
shall foster general rather than special
interests, and that its benefits shall be
spread as nearly equally as careful ex-
animation and prompt action shall per-
nit; and
Whereas, We believe that to ac-
cOmpliSh these ends there should be in
vestigation by competent and disin-
tereSted parties into all matters con-
corning which legisla ton or any action
affecting business interests is proposed,
so that facts and statistics calculated
to assist the legislators and the eXecu-
tive in the performance of their duties
may be furnished them from impartial
sources; therefore,
We hereby form ourselves into a nom
partisan business mems association, for
the purpose of furnishing the proper
instrumentalities and doing the work
above indicated, and for the general
purpose of keeping ourselves in touch
with congress and the committees
thereof, and of using our influence for
forwarding what we believe to be good
bills-from business standpoint-and
defeating bad ones.
The objects are all worthy, but the
league seems to be little presump-
tuous. Thus one Of the organizers says
that facts about the tariff, the currency
and other business and economic ques-
tions will be investigated, and when
ever legislation is thought to be needed,
1t will be sought on the basis of relia-
bic information that will be submitted
to congress. This is all very good, but
will congress act or refrain from acting
at the behest of the league? 1t seems
to have constituted itself a sort of
guardian ad Item to congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The Kansas City Star grows face
+io,,s If not sarcastic in speaking of
Idaho's new senator. 1t says: Kansas
scores another formerly in Mr.
Henry Heitfeld, just chosen United
states senator by the legislature of
Idaho. Mr. Heitfeld is a native of
Missouri. having been born in st. Louis
in 1859. but he passed the most import
ant and formative years of his life
those from his eleventh till his twenty
third vears-in Nehama county, Kan
sac where he worked as a farm hand
and learned the stone mason's trade.
In these twelve years in Kansas MIR.
Heitfeld must have acquired that thirst
for distinction which has resulted in
his taking a big drink in the shape of
?. limited States senatorship. MIR. Heit-.
field is described in his telegraphic BIZ
oerapby as "a man of limited educa
ton This cannot be said truthfully
,,f any man who has resided for twelve
wears in Nehama county, Kansas. Mr..
Heitfeld has received sufficient educa-
tion to enable him to be a Democrat,
Alliance man and Populist, and to be
elected United States senator in his
thirty-eighth year. Mr. Heitfeld will
do" Pretty severe, all this.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
sUccoR1Ne cH1CAGo's POOR.

When the late excessively cold spell
came or in Chicago the people of that
city acted generously and promptly in
giving aid and comfort to those in
distress; there was a manifestation of
public spirit and Christian fellow feel
ing of which Chicago may we'll be
proud, of which the country may be
proud But all this is not without it's
drawback, and a serious one, for Chi
cago. The Times-H Herald of that city
says that the advertisement of its
generous response to calls for charity
will doubtless attract a large army of
Migrants and chronic tramps to the
city. 1t says already there are evil
dences that the vagabond hegira has
begun. The Times Herald goes on to
say that the distressing feature of this
class of mendicants is their constitu-
tional aversion to anything that has
the slightest resemblance to industry;
that they will tramp hundreds of miles
to get away from section of country
that gives dangerous evidences of in
dustrial activity; and the sight of
placard, MEN wanted" will drive
them into hurried night marches to a
land where work is scarce and public
bounty is large.
That is all very true. The very last
thing that the class here referred to
want is work What they really want
is a free support and to hang around
and discuss the affairs of the nation,
plentifully interspersing their discuss
ion with growing, grumbling and
curses. Such as these are not in any
sense the worthy poor. 1t is the lat
ter class who were so promptly sue
cored by the people of Chicago, but
this prompt succoring has sent to
Chicago those who are not deserving
of it.
The Times-Herald, speaking of this
succor. says that while the response
was highly imperative in order to pre-
vent starvation and great suffering,
it is a species of generosity that could
not be permanently maintained for the
reason that it's ultimate effect would be
to paralyze industrial endeavor. Any
system of bestowing aims that does
not finally include some practical plan
for enabling the poor to help them
selves IS lrrdIlOUdl humanity - 50
constructed that it cannot Withstand
the enervating effects of continuous
bounty. The best benefactors of the
race have been those who, like Peter
Cooper, have recognized this fact and
have used their means and their ener-
gies to dignity and exalt labor by In
creasing the opportunities for human
usefulness The most successful plans
for ameliorating the sufferings of the
poor in the large cities tave been de-
vised with this idea constantly IN view.
The plans should be carefully perfected
and put into practical operation before
the rigors of winter are felt by those
who are out of employment.
If work could be provided for those
who would work. it would be much
better than any system of alms-giv-
ing Work would increase self-respect
and diminish discomfort. 1t would also
diminish the tramp nuisance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

THE HERALD is a franchise MEM
De- OF The United Press, and re-
ceres the complete leased wire
overland and Pacific Consf news re-
ports OF The United Associated Press
es' embracing accurate Intelligence
OF I'll current events in the whole
world. With its special wire and
operator in it's own Office THE HER
AID is daily in Immediate possess
Sio1 of the latest news up till the
hour of EOirg to press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
WIT AND HUMOR.

New York Journal: us your new pony
fast?'
'Yes. So fast that I've named him
What Ma Says
That's queer name"
Eyes. but what ma says goes
New York World: She-Courting is said
to be the intoxication of love.
Howell. then, marriage must be the
delirium tremenS.
Philadelphia Record: Fair Skater-Will
this ice support me? :,
Iceman (owner of the pond)-Well, 1t
ought to- It's going to support me and
my family all next summer
Life: Moss-What do you think would
be the greatest evil of another civil war?
Foss-The plays that would come after
it.
Commercial Advertiser: Scribbler-Does
your wife laugh at your jokes IN the
Punster-Yes, but only on payday.
Cleveland Leader: Miss De Cosh-I say
that if the women must take on their
hats the men should be prohibited from
going out between the acts.
Miss La Touches, or else from COM
ing in between the drinks.
Detroit Free Press: Shell hope you
were polite TO papa, GEAR. -,
He-Indeed, / was. 1 gave him
cordial invitation to make his house my
home"
Chicago Record: I'VE have been trying
to decide what is the tenderest thing in
the world
What do you say?"
Love"
What does Hobbs say?''
Honor"
Pooh. I can beat both of you
We'll what is the tenderest thing in
the world?"
"A silk umbrella"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
One Domestic Drama.
CHAPTER I.

Chicago Record: Did you?"
The black eye of the wife seemed to
be looking into the depths of his soul as
she uttered the question.
Would he answer?
The clock licked drearily; the fire in the
crate snapped and spluttered. He was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

1896. Probably there is no man in the
world who would recognize a fifty-cent
dollar so soon as Bynum, unless ne
CHANGED to be in Colorado and became
cOnYiViaI
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The Nebraska legislature has asked
Senator Thurston to vote for free sill
yer and he has refused. The legislature
should have asked the Union Pacific
To ask him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The supreme court of Ohio has de-
cided that the adulteration of whisky
is a violation of the pure food law OF
that state. 1t is most probable that the
kentucky supreme court will cheerfully
follow this decision
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The entrance Of Billy" Mason into
the United States senate is expected
to add to the storytelling capacity of
that august body, and this in turn
will add to the gaiety of the nations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

LYMAN J. Gage, who will be Presi-
dent McKinley's secretary Of the
treasury, voted for Mr.. Cleveland in
1854 and against Blaine, and says he
would probably do the same thing
again under the same circumstances.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

A New York clergyman advocates
"tbat the physician be allowed in
hopeless cases TO kill the patient" The
real question IS how to prevent them
killing the patient in ordinary cases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

There is movement on foot among
the gold and silver Democrats of Ken
tucky looking towards an amalgama-
tion of the two wings of the party.
They will no doubt be able TO amalga-
mate if they can agree upon the ratio.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

''Nevada's shame!" exclaims the
Chicago Record over the prize-fght
law. Nevada's shame, no matter how
great, cannot APPROACH Chicago's board
of aldermen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The proposed Bradley-Martin ball
offers a splendid opportunity for the
interstate commerce commission 20 ex-
tend its field of operations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Already Nevada has drawn much at
tention to herself through enacting a
prize-fight law. Her resources will be
investigated later.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Iowa will get the secretary of agricul-
ture. Let her erect a corn palace for
him to live in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

All that can be definitely said regard
ing the senatorial contest is that it
will be either a dark horse or a horse of
another color.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

It is said that Mr.. Cleveland will
veto the immigration bill. How he will
miss that favorite pastime after the
4th prox.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Senator Sherman says he thinks
Hanna should be appointed as his
successor What says Governor Bush
nell?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

"At first you don't succeed. try. try
again." is a good motto for the legis-
lature when balloting for senator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The extra session is to allow the
protected industries to present a bill
for extras.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

VIII Senator Wolcott return to the
ark without having gathered in any
olive leaf?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Voting for senator has become a
continuous performance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

The Office seeker never grasps the
real situation until he finds that he is
left
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Theater hats come hieh but the
ladies must have them-off.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Bill Bynum has got an appointment
at last He has been appointed
commissioner to test and examine the
weight and fineness of coins reserved
at the several minis during the year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Right beside the senatorial toga
hang several punches of sour grapes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Rev. DR.. Rainsford has made him
self so notorious that he is entitled to
rank with Sam Jones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Alger was born in Ohio. That ac1.
counts for his selection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Chicago Times Herald: The appoint
ment of Mr.. Gage to the treasury port
folio indicates that President Mckinley
recognizes the fact that, financially. the
western boundary of the United States
is not Jersey City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

Courier-Journal: We are in receipt of
a communication from the American Pro-
tective Tariff league asking if we can
continue to use the publications of the
league. We can, we CAM There is still
a market for waste paper.