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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
NO SENATOR YET.

There has been no caucus on the
senatorial election question as yet;
neither has there been an election. If
one may judge by the large crowds
that attend daily the joint session Of
the legislature, the balloting for a
United States senator has come to be
''the show and gaze o. the time" The
constitution provides that the length
of the legislative session shall be 60
days. Already fourth of that time
has been consumed in balloting for
senator, and the election of one seems
as far off as when it began. How long
is it TO continue before one will be
elected?
There are CO members in the legislat-
ure, IS Of whor1 are Democrats. To the
public at large it seems that 80 of
them should be able to get together
and choose a senator; and the public
thinks it is time they did it, too. Is
the Democratic majority in the iegis-
lature so large and unwieldy that it is
breaking of it's own weight? Can any
one urge aIy good, or passably good,
reason why the Democratic members
of the legislature should not get to-
gether in caucus and settle the sena-
tnrial contest, seeing that they are I'M
able to get together in joint session
and settle it? In a caucus it would
be an easy matter for the members to
have free exchange of views and this
alone would tend to solution of the
present unsatisfactory senatorial sit
uation Let there be an election of
senator, or let there be a caucus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
SALT LAKE HERAID SATURDAY. JANUARY So 1897


realized in his election. No doubt they
built up too many hopes and their dis
appointment will be correspondingly
great We doubt very much if the
ante-election promises held out by the
Republican party can be fulfilled by
the incoming administration, but the
administration should not be con-
demned for what it can or cannot do
until it takes hold of the government
and puts its policy in operation; then
it must be judged by the success or
failure of its policy.
To say that those who supported
Bryan will never again be gathered
into the same aggregation" and that
perhaps most of them will be in the
greenback camp in 1900 fighting silver
as hard as they fought gold in 1896. is
surmise writ very large. The genuine
advocate of free silver will never
evolve into greenbacker; he is even
further removed from the greenback
than from the single gold standard. If
there is a contest on the money ques-
ton three years hence it will be be-
tween the bimetallic forces and the
advocates of the single gold standard.
Then Mr.. Depew may we'll have his
doubts as to the result of the election.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
ECONOMY IN SALARIES.

Everywhere throughout the state
there is evinced a desire on the part
Of those public officials who have the
fixing of the salaries of the various
officers to put them on a purely bust
ness basis. This is as it should be-
We all know that the great desire to
hold office is usually a great desire to
have a fat job. Theoretically it is all
very fine to talk about paying high
salaries that the highest ability may
be had. So far as the ordinary public
office is concerned, the high salary does
not bring the high ability. All public
servants should be paid what their
services are worth, and no more. In
the near past in this state the emolu-
ments attaching to some offices have
been so great that men who have been
so fortunate as to secure two or three
terms in succession to them have been
enabled to retire at the expiration of
their term with a fair competency.
Such a state of affairs will be no more
and it is fortunate for the people that
it will not be. Very few public serv-
ants do the same amount of s1ork for
the compensation they get that the en-
ployees of private concerns do for
what they receive; while very few en-
ployees of such concerns have an eight
hour day.
It speaks well for the state that Of
fetal salaries are being arranged on
business basis and not on the basis
that "a public Office is a private snap"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
IF THE ELECTION WERE NOW.

An exchange says: "Chauncey NJ.
Depew says he would be doubtful of
the result of the election if it were to
occur now. The majority of sane and
intelligent persons. however, are NOT
in any such uncertainty. If the cleo
ton were held tomorrow the prepon-
derance on the Mckinley side would
be greater than it was in November.
The elements which supported Bryan
can never again be all gathered into
the same aggregation In 1900 some of
them-perhaps most Of them-will be
in the greenback camp, and will be
fighting silver as savagely as they
fought gold in 1896. If there is a con-
test on the money question three years
hence it will be between the advocates
of fat paper and the adherents of the
gold standard, and many of the recent
silverites will be on the gold side at
that time"
If Mr.. Depew has doubts as to what
would be the result of the election if
it were to occur now, it is probably
because the hopes of those who voted
for Major Mckinley have not been
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
EASY ALL.

easy allr' rings out the order,
And the muscles cease to strain,
And the swing of oars in rowlockS
Stops it's rhythmical refrain,
And the sinking heart beats freely,
And the spent breath comes again.
"Easv alli'' Oh, joyous mandate
To the strugglers on Lies flood,
Be it but a passing respite,
For the brain, the strength and blood
Though far distant be the guerdon-
Fame, or Wealth, or-Livelihoodi
When the summer sunshine brightens
Grimy street and sullen wall,
From the strips of azure heaven
Seems to come the kindly call.
Rest awhile. we weary toilers,
Drop your oars, and Easy air
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Henry Watterson lectured in Balti-
more one day last week on Abraham
Lincoln. In the course of his lecture
he said: Lincoln was himself south
ern man. he and all his tribe. He was
the one friend that had the power and
win TO save it from itself During the
course of the long, bloody struggle not
one harsh or vindictive word fell from
his lip in censure of the southern peo-
nle. There was not a DAY in which he
was not projecting himself between the
southern people and impending danger
Let no southern man shake the finger
of scorn at me when 1 aver he was the
one friend we had at court in the hour
IF need. Lincoln was far in advance of
his party and of his time, and men are
slow to forgive where they cannot I'M
derstand. Perhaps that is why he was
not honored as was his due in his time
His proneness to the point and pith of
humorous parallel, his homely compari-
sons and simple directness, drew down
,non him the charge that he belittled
+he dignity OF debate, as if the dignity
of debate was mystification. Lincoln
was a common man expanded to giant
proportions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
TWO TIMELY TALES.
A Doubtful Benefactor.

Chicago Record: 1t was in the early
morning after the snow, and the Early
Bird was tramping down the muff1ed side
walks while yet all the street was asleep.
He was still blazing the path for Z
o'clock civilization, matchmaking the
fakv white which sqeaked and groaned
under his heels, when all at once an
oasis appeared before him.
He saw smooth stretch of stone pave
ment, scrupulously swept, in which the
polished tops of three iron coal holes re-
Elected the red dawn in the east.
AIR murmured the Early Bird. with
frosty breath. ''Ha, hal AT last fellow
man with a fellow feeling,''
The Early Bird quickened his pace to
reach the dry, smooth level of brown be-
fore him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

The Philadelphia Ledger says: 1.-THE
benevolent project of some Chicago
philanthropists to send a ship load of
western corn to feed the starving peo-
pie of India seems a little slow about
being realized, but there is reason to
think that it may not be very beneficial
after all, as it is feared the people of
India will not eat the corn after they
get it. Authorities on the subject say
the Hindoos would rather starve than
cat food which might defile their caste,
and it is recalled that in former fam
ines manv actually did starve rather
than eat rice brought from Burmah.
a shipload of American corn would be
wasted on such people, yet, no doubt,
there are enough sufferers who
would be glad to get it, even in India,
to make the enterprise a useful one.
Perhaps, too, hunger will overcome ia
naticism, and the famine will do more
to break down the absurd caste bar
riers, which are such a hindrance to
the enlightenment of India, than many
years of prosperity and moral effort.
There are signs of a great moral revo-
luton in that country, and this may
be one of the means of its develop
ment" The experiment of sending the
corn is worth trying. Perhaps the
Rindoos would think that losing flesh
was really a more serious thing than
losing caste.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
An Agreeable Mamma.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: How did
mamma act when you asked her for me-,
George?
Splendid
what did she decide to do?"
well. she thought over my proposition
for a little while and then said L might
marry you"
"Oh. dear, I'm so glad. 1 was dread
fullv afraid she wouldn't. How did you
manage it, George"
''Why. L gave her first choice"
First choice?"
Yes | told her that she could have the
first opportunity to marry me.
t"Oh, Georgel And what did she say?'
could marry YOU.
How did she happen to give in?''
"Oh. she said I'd be in the family any
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
AvnIuabie PRESCRIPTION.

Editor Morrison of Worthington.
Ind, Sun, writes: "You have a val
liable prescription in Electric Bitters.
and l can cheerfully recommend it for
constipation and sick headache. and
as a general system tonic it has no
equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2625 Cot
tage Grove avenue. Chicago. was all
run down, could not eat nor digest
food, had a backache which never left
her. and felt tired and weary, but six
bottles of Electric Botters restored her
health and renewed her strength. Prices
so cents and $780, Get bottle at u.
c. NJ l. drug dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

He was walking quickly, STILL when his
foremost foot struck the resonant stone.
One-eighth of a second later the other
foot rang upon 1t.
Then. with a great, stunning crash all
the world seemed to heave and fall
He was still sitting up on his left
shoulder-blade when the came to.
OFF walk mats already wor2 SMOOTH
exclaimed the Early BIRD.
But they will DO X.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

milks a cow, but it is probable that the
COW will not be well stripped The
company at Brook Farm was even
more impracticable in its aims than
Thoreau at Walden Pond was. He
only attempted to work out an individ-
ual scheme; those who were at Brook
Farm attempted to work out a scheme
for the whole human race. After seven
years they gave it up, by that act con-
Tossing their failure. Whatever the
failure of the experiment at Brook
Farm. it furnished the theme for one
of Hawthorne's most delightful works,
THE Blithedale Romance" The guar
anteed per cent never came to the
subscribers, but their work was not
in vain though it was a failure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

"By their fruit We shall know them"
The moral and intellectual standard
of the people of Utah will be judged
by the people of the United States by
the moral and intellectual standard of
the man the legislature elects to the
United States senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

'Mr. McKinley's Inauguration clothes,
it is proclaimed, are to be all of Amer
lean make from sheep TO thread and
button. We like that spirit and wish
we could see more of it in our domestic
manufacturers. They are too apt to in
sist upon duties which shall compel the
average man to buy their goods. and
then to get their own suits made up
from the best imported fabrics" says
the Springfield Republican.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
The best Why to Cure

D,sease is TO establish health Pure,
rich blood means good health. Hoods
earsaparilla is the One True Blood Pu-
rifier. 1t tones up the whole system,
gives appetite and strength and causes
Readiness. nervousness and pain to dis
annear. No other medicine has such a
record of wonderful cures as Hood s
Sarsaparilla-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

"When a Chicago man goes out at
night he takes, if he is wise, a gun and
q revolver and his faithful wife
buckles on his sword and sees that he
does not forget his slungshot and brass
knuckles,'' says the Chicago Chronicle.
If that is so. then the wise Chicago
man would be wiser not to go out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Senator David B. Hill has written an
article for a leading review on the
Future of the Democratic Organiza-
ton" One by him on the future of the
Percher of Wolferts Roost would be
far more interesting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
EDITORIAL SAYINGS.

San Francisco Examiner: 1t is hardly
fair in Dan Stuart to keep the proposed
location of the big prizefght so closely
concealed. Corbett and Fitzsimmons
might accidentally stray simultaneously
upon the dangerous ground.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The most
trying winter is one that is mild for the
first half and then suddenly descends
upon the country with raging blizzard.
1t finds the thoughtless unpreDared. and
the suffering is certain to be great. Such
a season is now upon us, and the offices
of charity should be correspondingly
promDt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Miss Maud Schumacher. the accom-
plished translator has not been trans
lated into the war department. 1t
might be well to translate some of the
officials out of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Mrs. Bradley-Martin will give her
bail Notwithstanding DR.. Rainsford's
criticism. In the meantime he will be
compelled to content himself humming,
in low tones, After the ball is over"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Detroit Free Press: why" asked the
incuiring one, why should they allude
to womankind as the fair sex?"
Probably said the cynical bachelor,
''by the same law of contraries that a
church hold-up is called a fair. Eh?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

OF course Ohio can take care of her
own affairs. The trouble is that she
thinks she can also take care of the
affairs of the nation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

A per diem of 81 is in no sense too
much for members of the legislature.
1t is no more than the average daily
charge at first-class hotels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

So much is being said about that
homemade Inauguration suit Major
Mckinley will wear that it bids fair to
become as famous as Williams blue
leans
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Whenever a recognized authority on
international law speaks on the pro-
posed arbitration treaty, he is not rec
ognized as an authority.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Chicago Record: Don't you think it
would encourage men if they could read
their obituaries while they are alive?'
No; they would get so conceited that
we couldn't live with them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

It is said Idahos senator-elect can
scarcely write his own name. But
then he makes his mark all right.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Charles w. Fairchild, the newly
elected senator from Indiana, was born
il Ohio. A clear case of born to great
ness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

The senatorial deadlock might be
unfastened with a skeleton key.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Tom Platt viii never take his chances
on another vindication. He was six
teen years in getting his first one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

can Sherman forget?" asks the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. He can change
front just as quick as anyone, and that
is Just as good as forgetting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Those who cannot get into the cabi-
net might be content to be first consuls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Detroit Tribune: Colonel Watterson
ought to be thankful, indeed, that his
star-eyed goddess has never broken into
that demoralizing New York society
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Saying, 1.-The worlds mine oyster, u
doesn't make it so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

It. is said the Usage Indians are be-
ing fieeced Have they come under the
operation of a new tariff law?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Atchison Globe: The new governor of
South Carolina said in his inaugural that
vain conceit is no more to be admired
!: q state than in an individual" lot
of Kansas people could use this observa-
ton with profit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Rainsford viii refrain from monkeying
with New York's social buzz saw.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Had Wyatt carp been the legislature
he would have rendered a decision long
ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Is Foraker ringing his fire-alarm that
there is such a stir in Ohio politics?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Hoods Pills are the best after-din-
ner pill; assist digestion, prevent con-
situation. 25c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30
WIT AND HUMoR.

Yonkers Statesman: Crimsonbeak-
There's a man who was congratulated by
his employer for being short in his ac-
counts.
Yeast-That's curious.
Not at ALL He's newspaper writer. 8"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Chicago Dispatch: 1t is Ga above zero
in Havana. Now will you quit opposing
annexation?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Omaha World-Herald: AS Lyman J.
Gage has never had any cabinet expert
ence, will he be called a green Gage plum
by the bresident-elect?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Boston Transcript: Funeral Director
Ito gentleman entering the door)-Are you
one of the mournerS, sir?
Gentleman-Yes; ne owed me $500.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Philadelphia North American: ''Well.
said the new legislator. Il performed m
first duty for my constituents today"
''What?'
II voted in favor of adjournment"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Washington Star: when I was your
age said Mr.. Comrox, sternly, Il earned
my own living.
His son looked uneasy but was silent.
well, have you nothing to say for
yourself in that connection"
''N-nothing, sir, except that [ sympa-
thize with you and congratulate you on
the fact that it's all over with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Detroit Tribune That cheerfulness can
be cultivated is well illustrated by the
story of a lady and gentleman who were
in q timber yard, situated by dirty, foul
smelling river
boards SMELL
pine boardsi' exclaimed the gentle
man. Just smell this foul river,"
No thank you" the lady replied; I
prefer to smell the pine boards
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Indianapolis Journal: II want to sc
tho lady of the house." said the wander
ing gentleman.
Il am she" replied the lady.
Indeed? You looked so perfectly happ
and Independent that I hope you will e2
cuse me taking you for the hired girl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-30

Chicago Tribune: Salesman-You can
see the original price marked here in
plain figures. Our price, you notice, is
less than one-third. We got the goods
from dry goods merchant that was en-
harrassed.'
Customer inspecting the figures)-He
wasn't embarrassed when he marked
these goods He had his nerve all with
him.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-10
IKE news M BRl1f.

Andrew Carnegie. who has bosn sor.
ously IN a. Greenwich, Conn. Is re-.
ported out OF danref.
Wallng and Iackson. the murders OF
Pearl Bryan ore both sick in tho iail %
Alexandria, Ky
Evoy union plasioror aud hoicarucr
90 Chicago D. on strike ior tho rosiora.
tlon o. ~ ola wage scale piastorcrs
want $3.50 per day and hoicaricrs
t220
james Blair, o0 years old, and one OF
tho woalthiost mgu IN ponuylvania. b
dying ai scranton.
Darlington Booth celebrated che dri
anniversary Of his American Volunteer,
az New York on Sunday
Two freight trains wcro wrecked In a
collision near birmingham. Ala THREE
mon wcro dangerously hurt
Tho citizona Of Grc,nyiue, Tex. an,
luhlant over tho prospects Of securing
tho FREQ delivery Of mails
Tho Nantonal Tube works oi Mc
kcospori, Pa, have snt tho wages Of
800 employees 10 per cent
The 0.year.old child Of II woidnci
was killed near New Brauniols. Tex.
BY being kicked hya COW
Pink Montgomery ana John Gontry
fought with pistols AZ Gurnec. Ala.
over same of craps Gentry wa, killa
and Montgomery dangerously wounded
There is no clew A. TO the party tina
lyuchcd Win Hughes, ooloroa. a. Elgln
Ter, last week