davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-06

STREET COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
Amount expended during the month
of October, $780, p, and due various
Transfers and laborers for same, dis
tributed as follows:
Independence streets 8 90
Spanish l 25
Middle IS. 90
Frederick $50
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-06

POLICE JUDGES REPORT.
Number of cases tried, five (5).
Exec ltions Nos. 1856 to 1860.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

The caucus of the Democratic mem
bers of the house of representatives
has come out clearly as to the party's
position on the retirement of the green
backs and treasury notes, the extern
sion of the privileges of national banks,
and the recognition of Cuban belliger-
ency. They are all important ques-
tons, and the position of the party in
congress on them should be clearly and
well defined and announced. All this
has been done. The Democratic men,
bers in the house are in the minority
and cannot expect to affect legislation
aggressively, but they can stand for
what they believe TO be right And
it is not at ali impossible that they will
find some in the Republican ranks who
will take the same view that they do.
On, the question of the enactment of
bankrupt law there was not the
same unanimity as on the other ques-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
HOW TO AVOID CONTENTION.

Yesterday we heard gentleman, who
will be a member of the next city. ad-
ministration, say he was fearful that
there might be considerable contention
in the new administration the same as
there has been in the present one. The
grounds for his opinion were not
given.
We do not believe that the disgrace
full contentious that have marked the
present administration will be wit
messed in the incoming one; they surely
will not if a few important facts are
kept constantly in mind. One of these
facts is that the people of this city did
not declare in favor of non-partisan
government, though some who support
ed the non-partisan movement would
have people believe that such was the
meaning of the election. On the gen
eral ticket the non-partisan candidates
for mayor and auditor were elected;
others on the general ticket who were
elected were Democrats. OF the city
council the great majority elected were
Democrats, and they were elected as
partisans, and on party platforms. I'm
doubtedly the -partisans 1--WE do not
mean the mayor and non-partisan
councilmen) will endeavor to have the
administration conducted as though it
were a strictly non-partisan affair and
have the partisan members submit to
have it so run. Any such attempt would
certainly bring on the contention that
the member-elect fears.
It would be just as bad a mistake
for the partisan members of the incom-
ing administration to act on the theory
that it is a strictly partisan affair." but
the people may be sure that they will
not make that mistake. The next city
government will be a mixed affair, and
the keeping of this fact in mind will
pretty nearly avoid all contention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
Driven to It By Necessity.

Detroit Free Press: "Betn a little
short of money" said the old sport, land
the chances of maxim an honest dollar
without workin' for it, way up there in
Wisconsin. bein' slim. l was put to my
taps. But you know how necessity is the
had put a time limit of just one more
week on me. They only had one regular
football team up there, and it was a
peach; big husky fellows that would go
through a stone wall. They had a stand
in offer at big odds that no team in that
part of the state could score agin EN-.
After dom lot OF thinkin' day and
night, had a talk with a young Teller
that was a crank on Electricity, and we
got up an eleven. We jest trained 'em
enough to take the curse off and keep
up appearances But we kept up an
awful noise through the papers, and my
crank friend was bettin' all kinds of
money that we would score him and me
bein partners.
'All the people in four counties was
and for 20 minutes of the second half
they scored about as fast as they could
count. Our boys didn't know anything
about signals, and each one seemed to
think that all he had to do was to make
a Single-handed dash for the goal They
got there half a dozen times. but didn
happen to have the ball with EN-.
Then our two half backs took sick
sudden, don't you see, and they let us
put in Big Dick an Zim Hemp. Both of
EN- looked like he had swallowed a bar
rel and couldn't have kept UP with an
ice wagon to save him. But they made
a touchdown without tryin'. Any one as
touched EN- went down like he was shot.
TWouldn't have made no difference if
they had walked. My partner had put
EN- in a cork underSuit. wire cage and
battery. He was the cutest cuss L ever
hooked to.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE RE
PORT.

The report of the national board Of
trade, which met in Washington Tues
day, devoted considerable space to the
was adverse, but it took into considera-
ton some things that are usually ig-
nored by those who are opposed to sill
YER Thus it is said that over-confi-
dence as the result of the presidential
election, so far as its Influence for
good" and the defeat of the silver
question are concerned, is a serious
mistake This is a distinct recognition
of the fact that the silver issue was
not settled once and for all in 1896.
The admission is made, most rare
from such a source, that the silver
question did not originate with hard
times. During last year the assertion
was made again and again by the gold
standard advocates that the cause of
the great spread. of free silver doctrines
was the result of hard times. In a
certain sense this was so, but not in
the sense that those who made the as
sertion intended. Free silver doctrines
spread as the result of hard times
simply because the people had become
better educated as to the effect of the
decentralization of silver. OF course,
the effect of the decentralization of
silver could neither be fully seen nor
felt at once. 1t was and is a continuing
effect but it had become so plain and
of such dimensions in 1896 that the peo-
pie could not fail to see it. When they
saw it they began to recall what they
had been told for years would be the
result of the act of February II, 1873.
At last they remembered the teaching
of their youth, that two and two make
four. Whoever will pause long enough
to consider why the doctrines of free
silver had taken such hold of the peo-
pie in 1895, will find the answer ex-
tremely easy.
The report of the board comes to the
conclusion that unless there shall be an
unprecedented degree Of national pros
perity at the time of the next general
and presidential elections the people
may expect to see silver again the
issue, the report using the term fiat
money as synonymous with silver.
Unprecedented national prosperity or
unprecedented national poverty, the
issue in the presidential election of
1900 will be free silver
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
THE Discounted TRIBUNE.

The chief ground of the Tribune's
continued rancorous assaults upon
Mr.. Dale seems to be that he has exer-
cised his great North American birth
right Of acting for himself in politics.
Had he chosen to join the mongrel non
partisan movement he could easily
have won the praises of the paper that
now so bitterly opposes him. In the
course Of an article on Mr.. Dale yester-
day the Tribune said:
Since his first had break he has been
adding to his own disgrace by personal
explanations which have not explain
ed, and worse still, by enlisting the
Salt Lake Herald to come to his de-
tense. If he can stand that he is
good one. That organ is sure that The
Tribune cannot point with pride TO its
course in the last campaign That
does not happen to be a matter of any
consequence just now, but considering
The Herald's achievements, one would
think it would avoid discussing that
business.
If Mr.. Dale has disgraced himself by
personal explanations and aggravated
them by enlisting The Herald in his
behalf. he has been unfortunate, but
how infinitely more he would have dis
graced himself, how irretrievably I'M
fortunate ne would have been had he
enlisted the Salt Lake Tribune in his
defense. Then might his friends have
deserted him, then might all have
pointed the finger of scorn at him.
The Herald may not have accom-
plished much in the municipal cam
paign, but it did it's part, and no small
part either, in electing three Demo-
Gratis on the general ticket and a Demo-
cratic majority of the council To
have done this was something in face
of the unholy alliance it had to fight.
The -partisans were confident of
electing their whole ticket by plu-
rality of at least 1900 How signally
they failed in their boasts even the
Tribune must realize, if it will not ack-
nowledge. The Herald is well satisfied
with what it accomplished in the mu-
nicipal campaign. 1t did great deal
to block a most nefarious scheme.
But people cannot understand why
the Tribune should have been so keen
and eager for religio- political alliance
III the munlclp2l campaign ana why IL
scented SO much danger from the same
religious source in the school campaign.
The two were but a month apart. How
does the Tribune explain it's position
that its religious ally was for good nu-
nicipal government in November and
against the schools, an essential part
Of good municipal government, in De-
cember? Its facility in explaining all
of Mr.. Dales actions and motives
should enable it to explain its own
change of heart within a month
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS,

remedy this, Secretary Gage has de-
cided, after consultation with the COM
mittee on appropriations and the COM
mittee on the reorganization of the de-
partments to recommend an amendment
to the legislative and executive appro-
priation bill providing that chiefs of
divisions shall report to heads of bu-
reauS on the beginning of every month
the condition of business under their
jurisdiction, and heads of bureaus shall
furnish summaries of these reports to
the secretary of the treasury, who,
whenever it may be found that any
bureau or division is behind in current
work shall authorize and direct the
head of that bureau to require his
clerks to work overtime as often and
as long as it may be necessary to keep
pace with the business of their Offices.
1t is probable that the heads of other
departments will join in this recon-
mendation. and the law will be made
general
That which the secretary proposes to
recommend should be done. The clerks
in his department are a pampered lot
whose hours are lar shorter ana WORK
much lighter than clerks in private
business concerns. Seven hours a day,
six days in the week, and a months
holiday every. year. with full pay.
Think of it! a newspaper man who
had a job like that would think he
had landed right in the public square
of the New Jerusalem.
/. It is such facts as Secretary Gage
has discovered that causes so much
discomfort with civil service reform.
The people see a highly privileged class
created and they do not like it. Gov
eminent employees should be made to
work the same as everybody else in
like positions; and when this is done
there Will not be so much envy of them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
TALES OF THE DAY.
Not to Be Cheated.

Lewiston Journal: Time was when
there was only one chaise in the town of
Mechanic Falls, and that one belonged to
an old man of somewhat eccentric ways
One day young man wanted to hire
the chaise to take his best girl to ride.
Inc owner agreed, but nothing was said
about the price. Toward nightfalI the
young man brought the chaise back.
How much is the damage?" he asked
Whered you go?" returned the old
man.
The young man named the place.
How far do you call that?"
Twelve miles"
ten
Il tell you it's twelve good long miles
and I've been over it times enough to
HIN I travelled the road before you
was out Of dresses. 1 tell We faint but
Both Of them were losing their tenn
pers rapidly.
Mover mind how far it is cried the
young man You tell me how much |
Catching his breath, the old man thun-
dered: Young Teller, We don't owe me
a cent. but by mighty, I'll be burned eff
you're agoin to cheat me on the dis
tance''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
SECRETARY GAGE AND TREAS
URY EMPLOYEES.

It is common knowledge that most
government positions are more or less
SNAPS" and that is one great reason
why so many people are always after
them. These snaps are found in
greatest perfection in Washington, and
in the treasury department are to be
seen the finest specimens. 1t appears
that Secretary Gage is determined to
remedy this state of affairs, and to
bring into the treasury department the
same business methods that he has
been used to as a banker.
According to the Chicago Records
WASHINGTON correspondent, the secre-
tary has found, in looking over the rec
ords of his department, that during the
last fiscal year two-thirds of the en-
ployees availed themselves of the
thirty days sick leave. This, be it re-
membered, is in addition to the thirty
DAYS vacation that each clerk is en-
titled 10 under the law. The conse-
ouence of this is that two-thirds of the
employees in the treasury department
got twelve months pay for ten months
work. The secretary proposes to stop
this sick leave business by limiting it
to cases where applicants for it are
actually sick, and have become so in
the performance of their duties and
not from ordinary exposure or acct
dents in private life.
Another reform that the secretary
wants to institute is that of hours.
Now the department opens at 9 a. m.
and closes promptly at 4 p. m. When
the hour for closing comes it is almost
an impossibility to induce an employee
to work a minute later, no matter how
badly behind the work may be. To
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
THE HOLIDAY HERALD.

The holiday number of the Salt
Lake Herald, to be issued December
26th, will be mammoth issue go or
40 pages, flled with carefully pre-
pared and appropriate matter.
Among the conspicuous features
viii be the following:
a review of 'SUtah's Jubilee Year"
by Judge Z. T. Colborn, secretary of
the Jubilee Commission.
The states growth, magnitude of
her chief industries and condition of
her material interests.
Brief review of the years progress
in the various counties of the state,
carefully prepared by corps of
special correspondents.
An entertaining story of the year
in Utah's sister state of Idaho.
Local sketches and holiday stories,
reminiscent of the pioneer holidays,
christmas stories by the most enter
tanning writers in the land, besides
the usual strong features of the Sun
day Herald.
The issue will be profusely illus
trated and the art and mechanical
features will be of the highest degree
c. excellence
The Holiday Herald will be just
such a paper as thousands of Utah
and Idaho people will desire to keep
rs a souvenir and to send to far-away
friends. Orders for extra copies
should be placed with agents at once.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
Balance of

The Statist takes the ground that the
great increase in imports over exports
is very largely due to the fact that
English capital is alarmed over the sill
yer question in this country, and hence
is being withdrawn from American in
vestment, and that the shipment of
American goods is to meet the demand
for money.
The explanation isn't sufficient to ex-
plain the facts in the case. There was
far more unloading of American Sc
curities held in England during the
panic Of 'e3 than there has been this
year. In the fall of 80 and the spring
and summer of 1896 there was a good
deal of unloading Of American securi-
ties, but that has not been the case
this year; American securities have
been strong on the London market, in
place Of being weak The figures show
ing the imports show a steady increase
no to 90 then a falling off for a couple
of years, then a very heavy increase
for 1861 The tendency in exports
has been the other way, and they are
less by. e5. loco. 900 in 1897 than they We're
in 1887. This shows one thing very
plainly, that the Wilson-Gorman law
did not hand the American market over
to the British manufacturer, as has
been asserted so many thousands of
times by those who opposed it.
These figures of the Statist make one
thing evident, which is that Great Brit
ain is This country's best customer. Is
it not folly to treat such customer as
though it were an arch enemy? Yet
such is the treatment that many would
have this country always give Great
britain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

They are very religious on Long Is
land. At a religious meeting at Green
port one evening last week a colored
youth, aged nineteen, was arrested for
flirting. The charge was made before
justice of the peace, by the Rev. S.
V. S. Gumbs, pastor of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion church of
Greenport village The latter is a
most Jealous worker for the religious
welfare of the colored population of
Greenport. At Tuesday nights prayer
meeting young Johnson began flirting
with several dusky damsels, and passed
candy around on which were stamped
such legends as do you love me?''
and Are you jealous?" The pastor
was shocked by this sacrilegious con-
duct, and publicly rebuked Johnson.
The latter, instead of retiring abashed,
announced his intention of doing as
he pleased. The pastor forthwith closed
the meeting and repaired at once to
the home of the police justice and OBJ
tanned a warrant for the young mans
arrest. He acknowledged his guilt and
was fined So. That young man left the
church a wiser if not a better man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

A bombshell has just been thrown in
to the camp of the Prohibition party of
Canada by the Rev DR.. Grant, princi
pal of Queens university, and the fore
most Presbyterian divine in the domin-
ion, who now unexpectedly comes for
ward and declares publicly and en-
phatically through the columns of the
press that there should be no prohibi-
ton for Canada. What will the mem
bers of the Princeton presbytery who
caused Professor Shields to resign be-
cause he signed the petition for a Ii
cense for the Princeton inn, say to
this?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

lions considered, though the sentiment
of the caucus seemed to be in favor of
the passage of such a law. There is
need of such a law, and the Democratic
party has so held for a long time.
The omission of all reference to Ha-
wall is little strange.
The number attending the caucus
was very large. 1t is a good thing
that it has been held Now the coun-
try knows where the Democrats in
congress stand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

Congressman John c. Bell requests
the News to announce that farmers of
The second congressional district of this
state who desire to have a copy of the
agricultural report of 1897 should write
to him at Washington for one, and it
will he forwarded" says the Denver
News. This only shows that the Bell
weather is looking after the interests
of his agricultural flock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
Under Mr.. cleveland's administration

Under Mr.. Cleveland's administration
the Republicans were wont to say that
there was nothing the matter with the
currency, that the whole trouble was
lack of sufficient revenue. The same
conditions exist today that did under
Mr.. Cleveland, so far as a deficit in the
revenue is concerned. Why, then, the
great demand for currency reform in
stead OF more revenue?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

The London Statist has prepared a
table showing that the imports from
the United States into Great Britain
will exceed the imports into the United
States from Great Britain some $780,
O00,O0O in 1897 The following table
shows how the balance of trade be-
tween the two countries has stood for
the past ten years, the imports and ex-
ports being into and from Great
Britain:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

a Topeka, Kan, dispatch says that
Editor j. j. Miller of Santa Fe believes
that nervous passengers have some
rights that railroad and sleeping car
companies are bound to respect. Fri
day night, on a west bound Santa Fe
train, Sheriff Bells of Garden CITY,
kept the passengers awake by terrific
snoring. Miller was on the train and
could not sleep. He will apply to the
courts for an order compelling railway
and sleeping car companies to keep a
porter on guard. who shall awaken a
passenger when he begins snoring. In
this proceeding Miller says he will have
the sympathy of the travelling public
from Maine to California.
Undoubtedly Editor Miller will have
the sympathy OF the travelling public,
and that is about all he will have. The
only thing that can stop some passen-
gers from snoring is a railroad COLI
sion in which they are killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

The person who would disabuse the
mind OF the little child of the idea that
there is g Santa Claus would destroy
one Of the greatest sources of happi-
ness in the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

That Berens river Indian who killed
his squaw because she had typhoid
fever. and who, he fancied, had become
3. wendigo, is quite as civilized as the
Chicago society woman who would kill
ali the weaklings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

The Republicans in congress do not
want any tariff tinkering at this ses-
sion of congress. In other words, they
prefer to bear the ills they have rather
than fly to others they know not of.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

High water mark for railroads, "
says an exchange. The real time for
high water mark for railroads is in the
spring when the tracks are under water
because of floods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

The Chicago Inter-Ocean talks about
sChicago's greatest liar" Where there
is such an embarrass de riches it must
be a difficult task indeed to name the
truly greatest liar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

That Cheyenne postal clerk who stole
$4,000 and only got q year and day
at hard labor as punishment for the
same. made a great financial invest
ment ct least.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

Provo Enquirer: 1t is really big honor
shown Utah to place her representative
on the District of Columbia committee,
which is the legislative body, virtually,
of the capital city. Mr.. King finds it no
easy snap. although position of honor,
as reports say the duties of the commit
qualified, by reason of public experience
in Utah while territory. to fill the place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

AS vet there is not enough snow to
call forth recitations of that we'll
known and ch-disputed-a
poem, THE Beautiful Snow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

A woman in New York gave birth
to triplets the other day, making six
teen children she has given birth to
IN sixteen years. Evidently the wom-
an believes in 16 to l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Chicago Chronicle: Max Nordau, the
student of degeneracy, figures out that as
we are going now all civilized humanity
will be crazy. by the year 1890. Mr..
Nordau is probably honest in his calcula-
lions, but, living in France, he has failed
to take into consideration the American
mania for celebrating schemes for cur
rency reform. which will bring the date
at least 200 years earlier.