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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
DEMOCRATS WILL BE APP
POINTED.

Mayor-elect Van Wyck of Greater
New York has stated that in making
his appointments to Office he will APP
point none but Democrats. And those
who opposed his election would have
the people believe that because Mr..
Van Wyck has made this announce
ment it is his purpose to loot New
York as though he were some Black
Beard Can anybody give any good
reason why Mr.. Van Wyck should
make appointments from the ranks of
the parties that opposed him, rather
than from those of the party that sup
ported him? Had Mr.. Low been elected
does any one doubt for a moment that
his appointees would have been Sc
lected from the ranks Oh the Citizens
union? Not, of course, because they
supported him, but because they IA
vored good government. Had General
Tracy been elected would not Repub-
licans have been chosen?
The fact that Judge Van Wyck viii
appoint none but Democrats doesn't
mean that he will not select honest
and competent men; honesty and COM
potency will be conditions precedent to
all appointments Could anything
more be required? There is no ground
for assuming that Judge Van Wyck
viii not be as ambitious to give Greater
New York as good and economical a
government as Mr.. Low or General
Tracy would have been. And he will
have just as good material to choose
his assistants from as any of his OPP
ponents would have had.
One great trouble with many would
be reformers in politics is that they
assume, and act on the assumption,
that all who do not see and think as
they Go are dishonest and that their
only aim is plumber. The consequence
is that they become intolerant, narrow
and bigoted. three things that unfit
any one for the control of public af-
fairs 1t is the intolerant, the narrow
and the bigoted in New York who are
denouncing Judge Van Wyck and
charging him with all sorts of evil
intentions because he has simply said
that he would select his appointees
from those who are Of the same politi-
cal faith as himself. rather than from
those who are Of an opposite political
belief 1t is all very well to love our
enemies as ourselves, but it is a fatal
political blunder to choose them for
ofioa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
THE PRESIDENTS DUTY TO CUBA


Hon. Hannis Taylor, ex-minister to
Spain, has been more or less criticised
for his article in the North American
Review on the Cuban question. That
he stated things as they are nc one
doubts, but since that article he seems
TO have entered the lists against Spain,
and has assumed a very aggressive at
titude. This is bringing more criticism;
It is doing more: Mr.. Taylor is in
curing the charge of talking too much
and weakening what he has already
said by a too frequent repetition of it.
Nor is that all He is being censured
for saying what the duty of the presi-
dent is in the premises. This censure
is based upon what the ex-minister said
on the Cuban question in a, lecture at
Cornell university a few days ago. His
reference to the president was as fol-
lows:
[ regard the presidency Of the United
States as one of the noblest of human
institutions, and the first duty of every
citizen is to render perfect personal re-
Spect to its incumbent, regardless of
the question of party We should be
CRITICAL
in our diplomatic history the direction
of our foreign affairs is in the hands of
d conservative, experienced and pa
triotic chief magistrate, who, by his
conduct in peace and war, has won
the right to the confidence of us ALL
Our foreign policy should rest upon
a purely non-partisan basis; when the
moral dignity OF the nation as a whole
is involved in its relations with foreign
nations all party differences should
stop with the shore; we should then
only remember that we are all Ameri-
cans. Il we regard the presidents atti-
tude to Cuban affairs from that point
Of view, we cannot fail to perceive that
he IS now doing his entire patriotic
duty.
His position must be one of great
difficulty and embarrassment The Sa-
gasta ministry certainly deserves at his
hands great consideration. At the
queens call, they have undertaken to
face a desperate situation-to revive
the fortunes of fallen cause without
they could to remove the more revolving
aspects of 2 method of warfare that
has shocked the world, and with that
effort their power of good has come to
an end.
1t is no fault Of theirs that Canovas
lost Cuba to Spain forever, before they
came into power, BIZ the substitution
of Weyler for Campos. That fatal step
made reconciliation impossible; there
fore. all pending negotiations now look
ing to that end are the veriest moon
shine, hopeless Illusions, that should
nlislead no one. But true as that is.
it would be very hard for the president
to say so in so many words to the Sa-
sasta ministry without giving grave
offense; he should not be e--pected to
60 so.
But If he owes that kind Of courtesy
TO the present Spanish ministry, he
owes in a great degree perfect candor
to the congress OF the United States.
For his own sake and for that of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
THE sA1r LAKE HERALD: THURSDAY NOVEMBER

country, he should not try to make
them believe that he is the victim of
illusions; he should not attempt to
longer tie their hands by assuming or
asserting that pending negotiations
give any hope OF a peaceful solution
whatever. Events are moving fast.
and no man, not even the president,
can stop them. No real statesman ever
tried to avoid q crisis by turning his
back upon it or by self-deception. If
the president makes the fatal mistake
of attempting to muzZle congress by
putting his imprimatur upon false
hopes and empty Illusions, before the
ink is dry upon his message, events
wiil discFedit all his predictions.
], therefore, do not believe that he
viii attempt q policy Sc dangerous to
his personal fortunes and so contrary
to the business interests of the country,
that now demand q prompt and peace
full solution of q crisis that hangs like
81 pail upon our reyiving prosperity.
The president owes it to himself and to
the country to submit the whole ques-
ton, without prejudice, and in an i'm
partial spirit, to congress, the body to
which it rightfully and constitutionally
belongs. Congress knows all the facts
of the case and can deal with them
without any diplomatic eInbarrasS-
ligerenc,r or it may cut the Gordian
knot, once and for all, by q prompt re-
cognition of Cuban independence.
1t would be very hard to find any
thing in that which could be construed
into the least disrespect for the presi-
dent. What is considered the presi-
dents dut.r is stated in plain terms,
and while such language would be con-
sidered highly improper under a Euro
pean monarchy, this government is not
a monarchy. and the president is only
the foremost citizen, whose every act
is q proper subject of comment by the
humblest citizen, if he chooses to offer
comment.
In his latest utterance on the Cuban
question, Mr.. Taylor has not laid him
self open to criticism by his reference
to the president, though it may be that
he is weakening his influence on this
all important question by his practi-
cally constant discussion of it. If such
is the case, he alone is suffering in con-
sequence Of the discussion. It will be
less than a fortnight before the coun-
try will know what the president
views and recommendations on the
Cuban question are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY.

In the United States Thanksgiving
day has come to rank along with
Christmas as fete day. 1t is not the
day Of rejoicing and gladness that the
great natal day is, but there is some
thing in which it appeals to the heart
and imagination Of the American as no
other day does. 1t seems 4 part Of
American history, ard with each re-
curing anniversary there seems to
loom I'D the forms and faces of the
Pilgrim Fathers; and it is a good thing
that those forms and faces be recalled
at stated intervals. for the lives and
aspirations OF those Fathers had a
deep lasting and most wholesome effect
on the destinies Of the country.
While Thanksgiving day has lost
much of its early religious character, it
has become sacred as a day specially
dedicated to the home circle: and as
each year the family gathers together,
perhaps from all parts of the state or
the nation, or, it may be, the wide world,
and is seated around the fireside re-
calling the past. paying loving tribute
to the memories of the dear dead ones.
wondering what the future has in store
who can fai! to see that it's prototype
was that Holy Family Of Bethlehem? 1t
is on this, in a measure, day of days,
that the gray haired grandparents and
the prattling babe are seated around
the family hearth. And SO it is that all
hearts are full and tears unbidden flow.
Some are there who are just beginning
life, and some are there for whom life
is fast drawing to a close. On this day
all will have something to be thankful
for, and likewise all will have some
thing to regret. Well may that which
was said of the Sabbath be applied to
Thanksgiving day: Remember Thanks
giving day, to keep it holy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
HE BELIEVES IN LYNcHzNe.

Colonel Benjamin N. Blackburn Of
Georgia has announced his candidacy
for congress from the Fifth congress
sional district of his state, to succeed
Leonidas Livingston. The colonel runs
as a Democrat, and stands squarely
on the Chicago platform, but he de-
clares for some things quite aside from
that platform. In announcing his can
didacy, he says:
l believe in q Democrat having some
ideas of his own, ard I favor a great
many things that I believe to be fruit
full or good results to my people that
are not to be found in any platform.
For instance / am in favor of lynching
bruteS for the usual crime, because
believe that it is our religious duty to
keep southern homes pure and unde-
filed. First of all, I am a southern
Democrat, and 1 don't want Maine to
dictate principles to me. [ never have,
and, so help me God, I never will,
lieve the south was right in the Cos,
and 1 believe the sentiment of her
people will sustain me today.
After reading that, no one can doubt
that the colonel has ideas Of his own,
but one cannot be so sure that they
should be commended. 1t is a duty to
keep all homes pure and undefled, but
that duty does not require any lynch
ing. The colonel most probably echoes
the sentiment of the community in
which he lives when he declares as he
does, but it is a wrong sentiment,
nevertheless. Those who are guilty of
the usual crime" may deserve death,
but if it is to be inflicted, it should be
according to law.
The colonel says that he believes the
south was right in the SOS. That is a
matter that has been settled beyond
dispute. and that the colonel is I'M
reconstructed in his heart isn't a mat
ter OF any Importance; and no one
will hold his belief against him. But
the south was not right in the CO.'S.
Should Colonel Blackburn be elected
he would probably serve his constitu-
ents we'll
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
MORE LIGHT.


more light! more light when sunset
hues are stepping
All heaven and earth in waves of liv-
ing light;
And Silence. DER creation calmly creep
With lifted finger whispers her good
night.
More light! more lightr' when Dawn's
soft golden tresses,
Brown through the sky, proclaim the
vigil Ger
And rosy to the zephyr's sweet caresses,
Aurora smiles through heavens half
open door
More light! more lishtr' when Doubt,
with iron fingers,
Has Fastened on the ardent living
soul;
More light" to cheer the heart where
Love yet fingers,
And point the way chat Faith may find
the goal.
More light! when from the rugged road
The TemDter with his lures would lead
astray;
More light!'' to sweep the mask of joy
and beauty
From promises which vile but to be-
tray.
More lightr when from the heart the
hope most cherished
More light!" to live when LIES desire
has persisted,
prayer
More Hght!' upon the page so full of
wonder.
Which Gods great gracious love to man
has given;
That through the veil which Christ has
rent asunder
The light may stream to show the path
to Heaven.
More light for dying eyes when sun
And ali creation quivers TO the sight;
more light!-O God, Thy light alone
aVails them,
And Thou wilt give it, for Thou art the
-Tenple Bar Magazine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Every one will remember what Mark
Twain said about the great number of
nails from the true cross that he saw
in Europe, While everybody knows how
crop Of bullets is sown on famous
battlefelds every fall that tourists may
gather them the following summer;
but story that equals all these comes
from Mount Vernon, and is told by
William E. Curtis in the Chicago
Record.
He says that on the posts of one of
the old beds in the mansion at Mount
Vernon are small glass knobs with
sockets drilled into them, which fit lit
tie spikes, but do not fasten on 1t is
perfectly natural for visitors to place
their hands upon the knobs, and those
who do, Immediately perceive that they
can be taken off The next step is to
slip them quietly into the pocket and
carry them away as relics of the sacred
place. Although an attendant is en-
ployed to watch this room, there are
so many visitors that it is impossible
for him to prevent such offering. and
the glass knobs have to be replaced
two or three times week during the
busy season, but that costs very little
trouble and expense. A factory near
Pittsburg turns them out for 80 cents
a gross, and Mr.. Dodge is in the habit
of ordering a barrel of them every
spring. There arc several thousands OF
these glass knobs scattered over the
world, in museums and private collec-
tions of mementos and historical rel
les. Many more are doubtless con-
cealed for reasons of conscience and
fear of discovery, but the guilty persons
need have no concern. The original
knobs that belonged to the bed are
safely laid away in a vault, and if they
need more of the same kind they can
order them from the factory at Pitts
burg.
Those who possess these knobs are
very happy, if not too conscientious, q
rare thing among most people and es-
pecially tourists. and surely this is a
case where if ignorance is bliss it is
folly to be wise
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
METHODIST CHURCH MUSIC.
Denunciation of the Present Style o.
Revival Harmony.

Pittsburg, Nov. 24.-Dr. Charles F.
Bradley of Evanston, Ills, presided at
the third days session of the Methodist
Episcopal church congress.
DR.. II. 3. Atchisoa of Wilmett, His,
who spoke or church music. in the
course of his remarks, said: 1T is a
pity that the cycle of popular sacred
songs inaugurated by the early Metho-
dist church should have suffered carl
cature. but we all know the style of
music tolerated by the average revival
meeting, camp meeting, Sunday school
and Epworth League convention. is I'M
worthy of the history and genius of
Methodism. Because Of the vast mar
ket which they have offered to the pro-
ducts o. mercenary trash writers,
Methodists have many musical sins to
atone for. We are suffering from the
lack Of an authoritative censorship of
the religious musical press
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
AN OLD SOLDIERS GRIT.
Walked From New York to Frisco
Tor Ills Pension.

San Francisco. Nov. 24.-Daniel Nc
Connel aged 65 years, received shelter
in the city prison last night, after hav-
ing walked from New York to this city.
He is veteran of the civil war; and
served L. New York regiment under
Captain George Hines, who is now a
resident of this city. Recently McCon-
mel sought for a pension, but was re-
fused on the ground that Captain Hines
had rot certified TO his identity As
Captain Hines could rot make the iden-
tification desired without seeing Nc
Connel. the latter being without means,
walked TO this city, spending six
months on the journey.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

city says: What a generous lot those
Kansas people are! The jack-rabbits in
that state having come to be so great
q. nuisance that several counties offer
bounties for their scalps, the farmers
propose to devote Thanksgiving day to
killing them. and then to ship them to
Chicago and New York TO be made into
rabbit pot-pie for the poor This re-
calls the story of the young woman,
who, after her conversion, said she had
made up her mind that her jewelry was
dragging her down to the pit. SO she
pulled It al off and gave it to her sis
ter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

There is some little talk in one or two
precincts of putting UP independent
candidates fer members Of the board of
education. Any citizen who chooses
has q right to be a candidate, and citi-
zens have q right to put up any man
as a candidate and to urge his claims,
and such a candidate would have the
same right to fair treatment that any
others would. But if there are any in
dependent candidates and they are not
in favor Of the high school and OF main
tanning the present high standard of
efficiency in the schools, we are firmly
convinced they should not be elected,
as their election would be a direct
menace to the public school system
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Every anarchist in the United States
voted for Bryan. The silver cause will
die, but the leaders will remain. and
under the banners that they raise that
vast army viii form. Under their ban
ners viii rally every man who is dan
gerous to the government of this free
republic. If any man raises the red cry
OF anarchy. ! say shoot him on the
SPOT said Senator John n. Thurston
in Chicago a few days ago. What a
great man Thurston would be, if the
country would only take him at his own
valuation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
STATE PRESS coMMENTs.

Ogden Press The Utah State Journal
says that the Democratic party needs the
that the Democrats cannot hope to win
without their aid. 1t appears TO us that
the editor of the Journal was one of the
promoters of the Silver party in Utah
last year and told us through the COL
urnns of the paper he was running at that
time that the Silver party would sweep
the state. but it appears to us that the
paths cleanEtakins ali the Offices of
whatever kind. If the majors reasoning
is good and the people have not changed
their views since that date, there is real
yer Republican" party in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

j. c. Berry, Ole of the best known
citizens OF Spencer, No, testifies that
he cured himself OF the worst kind of
piles by using a few boxes of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. He had been
troubled with piles for over thirty
years and had used many different
kinds OF so-caEed cures; but Dewitt
was the one that did the work and he
will verify this statement if any one
wishes to write him. A. c. Smith, C.
D. Swift. 142 Main.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

The New York Journal calls the ap-
proach to the trolley. cars on the Brook
Ign bridge the door TO death" Would
one expect to pass through any other
door when going TO the City of the
neado
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

IF it be true that there is any scheme
to do away with the Democratic ma
tional convention and have the national
committee make the presidential nom
ination. il viii be found to be a scheme
that viii sang a glee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Detroit Journal: THE new woman, .
remarked the observer OF men and
things, is nothing if not religious. She
advances Bible in hand Often, to be
sure, the Bible is bound to match her
gloves. but that is another story.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: Mrs.
Birmingham-A1rs Manchesters favor
lite exclamation is: The idear
Mrs. Northside.-Yes, and I don't
think she would recognize an idea if
she met one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

REV. MIR. Carter CT Ponca went gun
ming last week. and bagged an eagle
measuring seven feet from tip to tip, -
seys the Omaha World-Herald. The
event occurred too near Thanksgiving
for anyone to swallow that kind of a
story.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Life: Miss Kittish.-"Dear Nelly. I
am your slave" said young Mr. Dolly,
in a sudden avowal of love.
Consider yourself emancipated, Mr..
Dolly" replied the young lady.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

John D. Rockefeller has made a hand
some gift TO Vassar college. That is
the kind of q fener the Vassar girls
like
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Princess Kaiulanf is in Honolulu, and
it IS said that she has her eye on the
throne. She must have an X-ray eye If
she has got 1t on the throne.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Richffeld Advocate: Panguitch is full
of resources and such things. Recently,
the Progress tells US, q couple intent on
marriage. found the county clerk out of
warranty deed, conveying unto him and
his heirs forever the bride, together with
all her appurtenances. hereditaments,
rents, issues and profits
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

w. D. Bynum says that the result of
the recent elections was in no way dis
couraging. Bynum isn't whfstling to
keep up his courage so much as to keep
up his salary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Charles w. Yerkes has become con-
WINGED that the pen is mightier than
the street railroad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Spain's sea of troubles is amply large
to float her navy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Governor Bradley's Thanksgiving
proclamation was Just six lines. The
governor has the gratitude of those to
whom his proclamation was addressed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Provo Press: Commission men who
have been securing the country for sew
eral miles around Provo report that it
pies to make a respectable shipment
They are all worm-eaten. Not enough
care is taken of the-apple orchards.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Durrant has succeeded in perfect
ing another appeal If he had made
the same effort to perfect his life. how
different all would have been!