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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-06
Some Results I'm Iowa,

Dubuque. Ia. April 6.-1he Independ-
ents elected T. T. Duffy mayor, L. NJ.
Langstaff recorder. Henry Gniffke treas
urer. and two aldermen. The Democrats
elected T. II. Duffy attorney, and three
aldermen. Tee council will be controlled
by the Democrats.
keokuk. Ia, April 6.-The city elec-
ton resulted in favor of the Republic
ans. who elected the mayor, assessor,
judge of the superior court, and five al
dermen. The Democrats elected the
marshal and two aldermen. The con-
stituticn Of the city offices and council
is unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-06
IN THE BUCKEYE STATE.
Cincinnati Goes Democratic and So Does
Mckinley's Home Town.

Cincinnati, April 6.-The election in
Cincinnati yesterday was for mayor and
other officers. The Republican ticket
was headed by Levi c. Goodale for
mayor. and the Democratic ticket by
Gustav Tafel. the latter being elected by
a plurality of 1920. while the city gave
Mckinley plurality of almost 1000 last
November, and Caldwell, Republican for
mayor three years ago, a plurality of
6.155. The Democratic ticket had three
Republicans on it-for city auditor.
treasurer and corporation counsel-but
under the recently enacted Dana law it
could not be called a fusion orindepend-
ent ticket. There was a total vote of
over $780, as compared with $4,000 last
November. being an unusually large
vote for a local or spring election.
Canton, April 6.-The home of McKin-
ley yesterday went Democratic. Mayor
Rice for reelection carrying it by over
400. The remainder Of the ticket is di-
vided. the Democrats winning a ma
jority of the offices. The vote was light
er than last fall. but nearly up to the
average spring vote.
Springfield. O.. April 6.-The Demo-
Gratis carried the home Of Governor
N'Netiho Schii HOUu UldyOT
by COO majority. The rest Of the Repub-
lican ticket was elected.
Toledo. April 6.-Samuel NJ. Jones as
mayor, and the entire city Republican
ticket was elected in this city by ma
1orities ranging from 200 to 1000. The
fight was made against a liberal inter-
pretation Of the laws relating to Sum-
day. Toledo has been a wide-open town,
and Jcnes is supposed to represent the
restrictive element.
Cleveland, April 6.-The returns of the
municipal election indicate that Mayor
McKisson (Rep.) has been reelected by
majority Of $500 over John Farley,
Democrat. All the other candidates on
the ticket are elected by larger majori-
ties, some running up to 10000. The
Republicans elect all four candidates for
the school council and nine out of eleven
members Of the city council.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
THE LAKE HERALD: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1897,

n:hel Hamlin was speaker of the Maine
house of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES back in
the '4G's-there was in tina. body GER
tain gentleman whose hair was very thin,
and he was highly sensitive in regard TO
It To hide his approaching badness he
had a habit of carefully stroking with
bandoline or other prepai alton each par
ticular hair in its place
One day, while in the chair as speaker,
NJ Hamlin. in the innocence of good
and joke-loving nature, sent for this gen
tleman, and looking fixedly at his smooth
and polished pate, said, with a chuckle:
''Blani-. old fellow, l just wanted to tell
vou that you've got one OF the hairs OF
your head crossed over the other.
You insult me. sir You insult me-,
replied the member, with unexpected and
altogether unnecessary Indignation, and
then. refusing to listen either to reason
or explanation, he left the speakers desk
a21 returned to his seat
When Mr.. Hanlin became candidate
fo- the United States senate this gentle
man was a member of the upper house
OF the Maine legislature. Although a
member of the same party, and Only one
more vote was needed to secure Mr.. Ham
li.-'ss election, he positively refused to
vote for the man by whom he believed he
had been insulted. Hamlin was defeated
for a seat in the senate-by hair. But
w5e-, the next vacancy occurred he was
elected The story is we'll found, even If
Il be not true.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.

The New York Times says that a
school for teaching the theory and
practice of textile manufacturing has
just been opened in Lowell, Mass, the
first ever established in New England,
and the only one now in the country,
save one in Philadelphia This indi-
Gates, continues the Times, that the
manufacturers where this kind of in
dustry has existed longest are just be-
ginning to realize the necessity of i'm
proving their processes and the grade
of their goods. They have been con-
tent to devote themselves to turning
out the coarser and cheaper fabrics,
leaving to foreign manufacturers to
furnish the finer grades in which su-
perior taste and skill are called for
France and Belgium have owed their
superiority in the production of the
finest and costliest textiles to the tech
nical training of their artisans. es-
pecially in designs and the use of col
ors
1t does not speak we'll for American
enterprise that there are but two tex
tile schools in the United States. Some
OF the old countries have far out
stripped this country in this respect.
But we are not alone 1t is scarcely
a score of years since England awak-
ened to the fact that Germany was be-
ginning to invade the markets she had
always deemed her own, and was even
invading her own market. Investiga-
ton proved that Germany's great
strides were owing to the establishment
of technical schools of all kinds
throughout the empire. England prof
tied by the investigation made. The
United States must also profit by the
example of Germany and other coun-
tries. We are beginning to appreciate
the true value of technical schools, and
this appreciation will continue to in
crease. In nothing is it truer than in
the keen competition for supremacy in
commerce and manufactures that
knowledge is power
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
THE CAPE OF STORMS.

We may steer our boats by the compass
Or may follow the Northern Star;
We may carry a chart on shipboard
AS we sail Ger the seas afar.
But, whether by star or by compass
We may guide our boats on our way.
The grim Cape of Storms is before US,
And Wen Sc it ahead some day.
How the PROV may point is no matter,
Nor of what the cargo may be-
If we sail on the northern ocean
Or away on the southern sea;
1t matters not what is the pilot,
To what guidance our course conforms;
No vessel sails Ger the sea of life,
But must pass the Cape of Storms.
Sometimes we can first sight the head
On the distant horizons brim;
We enter the dangerous waters
With our vessels all taut and trim;
But often the Cape in its grimness
VIII before us suddenly RISE
Because of the clouds that have-f1id it
Or the binding sun in our eyes.
Our souls will be caught in the waters
That are hurled 'gainst the Storm
Our pleasures and joys. our hopes and
fears,
VIII join in the maddening race.
Our prayers, desires, our penitent griefs,
Our longings and passionate pain,
Be dashed to spray on the stormy cape
And fly back in our face like rain.
But there's always hope for the sailor,
There is ever a passage through
No soul goes down at the Cape of Storms
If the life and the heart be true.
If in the purpose the soul is steadfast,
If faithful in mind and in will,
The boat will guide to the other line,
Where the ocean of life is still.
Lizzie T. Green in the Philadelphia
Leader.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
SONS OF THE TARIFF SYSTEM

President Eliot of Harvard univer-
sity, has been called crank" manv
times during the last few years, but
always hits straight out from the
! shoulder. He hit out in this manner
the other day in Boston at the dinner
of the New England Free Trade league
The recent tariff hearings naturally
J came in for comment. He said that
! those grasping persons who recently
/ appeared before the ways and means
committee were the legitimate sons of
the tariff system which the protection
lists have been teaching since the war.
And this is true. Those who appeared
before that committee were as rapa-
cious a crew as ever was seen. The
demands of some of them were pre-
posterous in the extreme. Why should
they not be? Every time there is talk
of tariff tinkering the congress of the
United States cordially invites all those
who desire to profit by the tinkering
to come to Washington and make
known their wants, and they will be
promptly granted. OF course they go;
it might be said that they would be
fools if they did not go, for they have
everything to gain and nothing to lose
by going. 1t is all done under the
name of protection, but protection has
become plumber. The last thing thought
of is the interests of the government
If there were anything in the theory
of protection there could be no revenue
raised from a protective tariff, for there
would be no importations. Protection
says: Keep your home market and
keep your money at home" But the
home market is invaded to the extent
of the importations, and the importa-
lions must be sufficient to raise the
major part of the revenue for the gov
eminent; which means that an amount
of money must be sent abroad equal
to the amount raised by the tariff for
revenue if the duty is 100 per cent;
if so per cent, then the amount sent
abroad must be double the amount
raised by means of the tariff.
In closing his remarks, President
Eliot very truly said:
I'VE owe great deal to two Demo-
cratic we wait "
export the products of skilled labor.
We want to expose the absolute in
adequacy of the home market. So
long as we rely on the home market
we shall have unsteady employment Of
American labor. Therefore one of the
most promising fields for our mission
airy efforts seems to me to be the Home
Market club
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
IN JOINT SESSION.

There will no longer be any daily
joint sessions of the legislature for the
purpose of voting for a United States
senator. During these sessions the
public were. to a, very large extent, in
terested spectators, sympathizers with
one or the other candidates, and all
ardent, and it was not an easy matter
to preside over them, yet President
Nebeker, of the senate, presided over
them with becoming dignity, and great
fairness to all. His decisions We're
prompted by desire to be impartial
and he rarely failed in accomplishing
his desire. This is recognized by the
members themselves who commend
the fairness of his rulings. The con-
troll of the legislature in joint session,
under the circumstances, was by no
means an easy task. The adherents of
the various candidates We're active and
aggressive and ready to seize upon any
point in parliamentary law to further
their interests; still. all through this
the president maintained an absolute
impartiality towards members. This
was as it should have been. During
the last day or so of the joint sessions
the crowds became somewhat demon
strative in their eagerness but not to
an extent to necessitate the clearing of
the space back of the members seats.
This demonstration was inevitable, but
it was not permitted to go to I'M
seemingly lengths.
President Nebeker has made an en-
viable record for himself as a pre-
siding officer in this legislature. In the
past his reputation has been for great
force on the floor of the house, where
he was always regarded as an able
leader and legislator. The senate is
fortunate in its selection of a presiding
officer in the person of Mr.. Nebelzer as
the house is fortunate in having Mr..
Perkins as its speaker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
ANTI-HIGH HAT LEGISLATION.

There is now before the legislature
a bill to prevent the wearing of high
hats by ladies in places of amusement.
There should be no legislation on
any such subject by the legislature,
and we fancy there will be none The
Dill contemplating this legislation
should have been killed in committee
That the high theatre hat is a
nuisance, all will agree, but the way to
abolish it is not by law, but by social
condemnation. Already has public
opinion on the subject become so
strong that the high theatre hat is be-
coming very scarce in places of amuse-
melt. Then this proposed anti-high
theatre hat law is sumptuary legisla-
ton pure and simple; and nothing can
be more un-Democratic than such legis-
lation. 1t is on a par with the Kansas
proposition to prohibit the wearing of
corsets by women.
An anti-high theatre hat law on the
statute book would be such a monu-
ment to the capacity of the people of
Utah for elf-government. Every citi-
zen of the state would be so proud of it
that it might be expected to supplant
as notices, to be worked in bright
red or green wool, those old
familiar legends that were wont
to hang over parlor doors, God
bless our home;" What is home
without a mother?' Love one an
other" and the like. If we are to have
anti-high theatre hat laws they
ChO1I16 hp fn1IOTrraI hi crt,
dressing the hair laws. A magnificent
suite of hair (and our city is famous
for them) is often dressed high, and
then somewhat obstructs the view of
those sitting Immediately behind it.
This is an evil that should be
remedied by law if the other is to be.
In monarchY-ridden Europe social
custom is amply sufficient to regulate
such matters. There, no lady would
think of wearing a high or other hat
at the opera or theatre, but here in the
United States of America, here in
Utah, where we breathe nothing but the
spirit of liberty and defiance to Europe,
it is necessary to invoke the resources
of civilization, which means brute
force, to compel lady to remove a
high hat in a public place of amuse-
ment. Is not the very proposition to
enact such legislation a satire upon our
civilization? Enact such a law, and
Utah will be entitled to dispute with
Kansas and other Populist states the
supremacy for foolish legislation. The
state would deservedly become a mark
for ridicule and contempt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

1t is said that Senator Wolcott is
meeting with very Indifferent success
in France so far as furthering the in
terests of bimetallism is concerned.
When ne met President Faure his re-
ception was very formal and short, and
afforded no encouragement whatever.
Moreover, Premier Meline is reported
to have said that however favorable
to the object sought by Senator VOL
colt, nothing could be done unless
England and Germany would consent
to an international agreement. But
most important of all is the statement
that there is little confidence felt in
official circles in Washington in the
ultimate success of Senator Wolcott's
mission If there is no confidence in
Washington in the success of the sem
ator's mission, we may be sure that
nothing of an aggressive nature will
be done in behalf of silver by the in
coming administration. The mission
of Senator Wolcott will serve the very
useful purpose, for the Republican
party, of affording pretext for saying
that the pledges of the st. Louis plat
form have been carriedSout.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

Pev. Thomas E. Dixon. jr., of New
York has gained much notoriety dur
inc rhe past few months because of
his rather rabid sermons on current
tonics. His latest talk is about the
nroposed Bradley-Martin ball; and
there is much good sound sense in it.
Among other things he said: IF L
ebopid have s1,OOO,OOO and the public
should attempt to dictate to me how
should spend it, I would say, as did a
certain member of the Vanderbilt fam
;lv The public be ID Who is this
n,,blic that they should attempt to die
tate IN me? Who are these people that
propose to give this ball? Their ances-
tors were patriots, and they acquired
their wealth honestly. If 1 had mil
lions. would / spend all in charity?
No. Would you? No. Why the
aropositicn is nonsensical. If 1
mad millions 1 would build a
boat that could go around the world
ana spend solid years of my life in
rounding out my education that I
might perfect myself as a teacher of
men. A man would be fool to give
away a fortune"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
MURDERER BUTLER.
HE WILL ATTEMPT TO TURN
QUEENS EVIDENCE.
Says He Was Not Within a Mile of
Weller at the Time He Was Shot;
That Other Arrests Will Be Made
When He Gets Back.

San Francisco, Feb. 4.-Murderer
Frank Butler or Richard Ashe, as he
now calls himself, has formed plan
by which he hopes to clear himself
from the charge of numbering Lee
Weller. He says nothing, however, as
TO how he will attempt to save his
neck on the charge of numbering Pres
ton, Lecah and HARDWOOD, the mining
engineers whose papers the prisoner
stole and which he used in Sydney to
convince the innocent Drospectors that
he was fully capable of finding gold in
the Blue mountains.
Butler told one of his supposed
friends this morning that as soon as
he reached Australia he could easily
clear himself by turning queens evil
dence
Il was not within three miles of the
shooting of Captain Weller said But
ler "and how can I be guilty?
AS soon as l get back to Australia
there will be other arrests. Then l will
give my side of this whole affair.
Il am more than anxious to get away.
1 did not want my attorneys to OPP
pose an immediate hearing of the ex
tradition proceedings and 1 was dis
appointed in not being able to get back
on the steamer tomorrow.
Il do not wish to be freed here by a
legal technicality. for 1 am positive
that my innocence will be established
on my return"
The admissions already made by the
prisoner show beyond doubt that he
is well acquainted with the details of
the murder of Weller.
Captain Lees and the Australian de-
tectives, Roche, McHattfe and Conroy,
place no credence in the statements of
Butler that he can establish an alibi
or escape by turning queens evidence.
They believe the scheme was decided
upon to enlist the symDathies of the
public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

ment of it by diplomatic negotiations
failed long ago. how shall it be
settled if England insists upon settle
ment? This country could hardly
stand by and say to England, You
shall not undertake to enforce what
you deem your right even if Venezuela
Goes refuse to arbitrate the question:
The part the Washington government
has taken in the negotiations fer an
arbitration treaty would preclude it
from such a course. If England
settled the question i'll her own way
and seized territory that Venezuela
claimed was hers. there would come n
the Monroe doctrine again. The whole
thing is complicated. The solution
will probably be found in the final
agreement to the arbitration by the
Venezuelan congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
- -c~--c>-------
Good WaV to Get Through.

Washington, Feb. 4.-The senate
committee on military affairs cleaned
UP it's executive calendar today by
ordering a favorable report to be made
on every nomination before it.. The
only case in which there was any ques-
ton was that of Captain Thomas
Henry Barry, of the First infantry,
vice Major John B. Babcock. pro-
NOTED. No protest of any kind was
received despite the fact that Captain
Barry had been passed over the heads
of many officers his senior in the serv-
ice and in absence of a protest the
committee decided there was no reason
why the nomination should not be held
IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

The Boston Herald does not regard
Comptroller Eckels as a Sir Oracle on
finance by any means. 1t notes the
fact that Comptroller Eckels said the
other day in his address to the banking
and currency committee that there
ought to be legislation which would
furnish proper banking facilities for
the whole country. With all our heart,
Mr.. Eckels, says the Herald. Have a
bank in every village if you like, but
don't throw down the bars which now
protect the currency in some degree
from a dangerous expansion of bank
issues. Our worthy and well-meaning
comptroller labors under the delusion
that a country cannot have adequate
banking facilities and f1ourishing banks
unless it gives these institutions the
power to initiate the currency pretty
much at their discretion. 1t is a strange
delusion, and we are somewhat sur
prised that in Mr.. Eckels' case it has
survived the very abundant evidence of
its absurdity with which he must be
quite familiar. He has only to look
abroad to find sure proof of the utter
unsoundness of the idea. In England,
France and Germany there are gigantic
banking systems which furnish the
nest liberal and sufficient banking IA
cilities for the business of these great
countries, yet which have no power to
emit a single bank note, and no con-
nection whatever with the paper
money circulation.
1t is good to see a gold standard
paper that does not consider all of
Eckels' vagaries as the gospel of pure
finance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

The Venezuelans are said to be dis
satisfied with the Guiana boundary
treaty. Caracas papers declare that
it virtually means United States
protectorate over Venezuela. 1t is not
doubted that the treaty will ultimately
be sanctioned by the congress, but if it
should not be some very interesting
questions might arise. The boundary IS
still in dispute, and if the settlement
of it by arbitration is rejected (settle-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

The news comes from Washington
that at the request of Major and Mrs.
Mckinley no wine or other irtoxicants
will be sold at the inaugural ball. At
first this may seem to be a somewhat
Puritanic notion, but it is very proper
request when the character OF the in
augural ball is considered. 1t is by no
means a select affair." it being an easy
matter for any one who can raise the
money to pay for a ticket to procure
one. This fact alone makes the in
augural ball more or less of a mixed
affair, and when such is the case, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05

THE HERALD is n franchise mem
beg OF The United Press, and re-
ceives the complete Ieased wire
Overland end Pacific Coast news re-
ports OF The United Associated Press
es, embracing accurate intelligence
Of all current events I'm the whole
ssssid. With its special wire ana
operator in its own Office THE HER
AID is daily in Immediate possess
sion OF the 1ntest news MP Sill the
hour OF sSoirE to press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
ENGLAND's ARMY.
Landsdowne Explains the Scheme
For It's REORGANIZATION.

LaHUSuOWue explains the OCneme
For It's Reorganization.
London, Feb. An the house of lords
today, the marquis of Lansdowne, sec
rotary of state for war, explained the
governments scheme for the reorgan-
ization of the army with a view of
bringing the battalions at home to a
higher state of efficiency and augment
ing those abroad in respect OF fullness
of ranks and numbers of organizations.
The scheme which the government had
formulated, he said, included among
other changes, the addition of two bat
talions to the guards, making nine bat
talions in all, and the employment of
three of them abroad 1t was also
intended to add a battalion each to
the Highland, Malta and West Indian
regiments, and $500 men to garrison
artillery. The prince of Wales was an
attentive listener to the debate on the
lecture
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
Merely a Trick

London. Feb. A letter from Lee
Weller, one of the men Frank Butler,
now under arrest in San Francisco, is
charged with numbering, has been re-
ceived by Solicitor Donaldson. 1t is
dated Nov 26, 1896, and informs the
lawyer that the writer is going pros
pecting. A part of the letter is writ
ten in a handwriting different from
Weller's. Mr.. Donaldson is of the
opinion that this is Buffers handi-
work.
Solicitor Donaldson, who is the eX-
ecutor Of Weller's will. says the latter
left very little property