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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

court of Tennessee had to decide. and
he decided that they could saying:
1T is next assigned as error that
counsel for plaintiff, in his closing ar
gument, in the midst of very elo-
quent and impassioned appeal to the
jury, shed tears, and unduly excited
the sympathies OF the jury in favor of
the plaintiff, and greatly prejudiced
them against defendant Bearing upon
this assignment of error we have been
cited to no authority, and after diligent
search we have been able to find none
/ ourselves. The conduct of counsel in
presenting their cases TO juries is a
matter which must be left largely to
the ethics of the profession and the
discretion OF the trial Judge. Perhaps
no two counsel observe the same rules
in presenting their cases to the jury
Some deal wholly in logic-argument
without embellishments Of any kind.
Others use rhetoric. and occasionally
flights of fancy and imagination. 9th
ers employ only noise and gesticula-
ton, relying upon their earnestness and
vehemence instead of logic and rhet-
oric Others appeal to the sympathies
it may be the passions and pecullari-
ties-of the jurors. Others combine all
these with variations and accompani-
ments of different kinds. No cast-iron
rule can or should be laid down. Tears
have always been considered leglti-
mate arguments before jury, ana
while the question has never arisen out
of any such behavior in this court, we
know of no rule or jurisdiction in the
court below to check them. 1t would
appear TO be one of the natural rights
of counsel, which no court or constitu-
ton could take away. 1t is certainty,
if no more, matter Of the highest per-
.sonal privilege. Indeed, if counsel has
them at command, it may be seriously
questioned whether it is not his pro-
fessional duty to shed them whenever
proper occasion arises, and the trial
nudge would not feel constrained to in
terfere unless they were INDUCED in to
such excess as to impede or delaV the
business of the court. This must be left
largely to the discretion of the trial
Judge. who has all the counsel and par
ties before him and can see their de-
meanor as well as the demeanor OF the
Jury. In this case the trial judge was
not asked TO check the tears, and IL
was. we think, an eminently proper oc-
casion for their use, and we cannot re-
verse for this.
Those are not idle tears. by any
means; in fact, by the size of the fee IN
the case, though the envious and spite
ful might say they were such tears as
old Chairman spoke of. Surely tears
are a good thing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
THAT DINNER AS A DINNER.

The great Reform club dinner is FIR
nishing food for much comment as well
as for those who were there assembled.
But the comments have turned from
what was said to what was eaten at
least 70 the price of what was eaten
There have been some merry ouins
about the price, chiefly to the effect
that So plate dinner was rather in
consistent with Jeffersonian simplicity
The New York Times takes exception
to these quips. 1t remarks that some
of our esteemed free-silver contempo-
raries are a good deal disturbed by the
fact that the dinner of the Reform
club on Saturday evening cost S12 a
plate" Why does the Times, usually a
very excellent paper, so far as it's Ian
guage goes, talk about esteemed"
contemporaries? The sarcasm. what
there was, was taken out of it years
ago.
The Times says that the speeches
seem TO afford more proper material for
public comment than the dinner. Per-
haps, but still a good dinner is a good
thing to discuss. We agree that. what
was said is proper matter for discus
sion. but still there is much connec-
ton between what was said and what
was eaten. If a S12 dinner could pro-
duce so much pessimistic talk, it is
not at all improbable that a 81 or So
dinner would have produced anarchy
Now, we cannot entirely agree with
the Times when it declares that the
dinner seems to be matter between
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
DEMOCRATS AND NATIONAL
DEMOCRATS.

detection from party, no matter
how small, is always to be regretted,
and where possible those who sever
their connection with the party should
be induced to return. But in making
efforts to induce such return there
should be no surrender of principle.
Is it possible to induce those Demo-
Gratis who refused to accept the Chicago
platform and went off and adopted an
other platform and placed an independ-
ent ticket in the field, to return to the
Democratic party? Mr.. W. D. Bynum.
the nominal leader of the National
or pseudo Democracy, apparently
thinks not He says: I'VE cannot go
with the silver Democrats, because We
do not believe in free silver. There
can scarcely be any compromise on that
line" Asked if he thought there would
be a compromise on any other line, he
replied that the National Democracy
would advocate currency reform, and
that might be an inducement for the
free silver men to join them. But he
was particular TO state that by cur
rency reform he did not mean free sill
yer or anything of the kind. He said
that as a party the National Demo-
Gratis would go ahead and keep their
organization, while he secuted as pre-
posterous the idea that they were in
significant in number. And then he
gave some figures to prove that they
were not insignificant in number,
which, if they showed anything,
showed that they were insignificant.
When it was suggested that it had been
remarked that the National Democ-
racy was in the position Of the tail that
wished TO wag the dog, Mr.. Bynum
said:
Our vote will be so large it will be
part of the body of the dog. AS
said when the Democrats who voted for
Mckinley join us, as they surely will.
then it will be seen how strong we are
and whether we are insignificant in
numbers" This certainly shows a won
derful confidence, but it would be hard
to find what foundation there is for it.
Mr.. Bynum says there can scarcely
be any compromise on the silver oues
ton If that is so, and the silver ques-
ton should be the main issue in 1900.
as now seems probable, then there
could be no reconciliation between the
regular Democracy and the pseudo
Democracy. The maintaining of a. SEN
arate organization would be no bar to
reconciliation were there no other oh
stacle. The National Democrats will
be welcome back whenever they choose
to come, for the latch string to the
door of the long house of the Democ-
racy always hangs out, but there will
be no running after them, neither will
the fatted calf be killed if they return
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
TEARS. IDLE AND OTHERS.

Tears are a good thing; they are a
proper thing; they are a moving thing.
That this is so is proved by the lachry-
NAL ducts. which the economy of ma
ture so wisely provided. There are
tears os sorrow and there are tears of
joy; and sometimes the tears of sor-
row and of joy mingle, and when they
do they are the outpouring of the very
soul. Il water my couch with tears, -
says the psalmist. And few there are
in this world who nave not watered
their couch with tears. Such tears may
be called idle, because they rob one of
sleep and do no good, while they make
the pillows look Just horrid." Lovers
frequently find tears very consoling,
though lovers tears are very apt TO
wash love away. Demagogues such as
Antony End tears very handy to use
upon the tickle multitude. How he did
weep (weeping is far more dignified
than crying) over the dead body of
Caesar. He even told the people if
they had tears Che knew they had) to
prepare to shed them; and they did.
Then what a fearful creature Amelia
Sedley was. So copious were her tears
and so often did she turn them on, that
Thackery was forced to say les grands
eaux would now play. II David. An
tony and Thackery could employ tears
to effect their purposes, why may not
lawyers use them before juries to effect
their purposes? That was the question
that Judge Wilkes of the supreme
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
WILL SHERMAN REs1eNp


1t is a rather curious story that
comes from Washington that Secretary
of State Sherman probably will be
superseded by Assistant Secretary of
State Day The assigned cause for
this change. if it comes, is the very
precarious condition of Mr. Sherman S
health. 1t is said he has been de-
tanned at home several times by i'll
health when he should have been at
his office busily engaged, while it is
asserted that signs of collapse have
not been wanting. 1t is also said that
the work he has performed in his de-
partment has been very slight indeed,
and has consisted chiefly in giving at
tention to personal and important
matters. All this will be somewhat
surprising to the public generally,
though it is said that at the time of
the selection of Mr.. Sherman to be
secretary of state Major Mckinley was
warned by some Of his friends about
the inadvisability of asking Mr.. Sher-
man to assume the duties of secretary
of state. They were not needed, but
now it is said the secretary has such
lapses of memory as to make it very
embarrassing at times.
All this about the secretary's health
may be so, but it is matter of remark
that nothing was heard of it until very
lately. This story about the secre-
tarys health and his probable resigna-
ton is bound TO give rise to a thou
sand coniectures and a. world of gos-
sip. The people will take small stock
in the story, at least until the fact Of
the secretary's i'll health is absolutely
established. Such rumors as above
generally precede the true story of
cabinet discussions. They may exist
in President McKinleys cabinet or they
may not. If they do. it simply means
that the Ohio wrangle has been trans
ferred to Washington and that some
very lively times are ahead. 1t may
also mean a repetition of the scenes
witnessed during the Garfield admin
istration. If Secretary Sherman is
being forced out of the cabinet it is
quite plain that he was tricked into
resigning the senatorship. Indications
are that there are breakers ahead.
Development will be anxiously awaited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

the diners and their fdi-estions. We
upon this point. and we readily I'M
dertake the defense of the dinner. and
this upon two grounds: "a The din
ner was satisfactory TO those who ate
it and raid for it, and t2) those WHO
neither a.e 1t nor paid for it are not
entitled to express any discomfort
either with the quality or the price,
whereas it is only from such that ex-
pressions of discomfort are heard"
Not so fast, not so fast. It is a
pleasing assurance to know that the
dinner was satisfactory to those who
ate it, but it does not follow that those
who neither ate it nor paid for it are
not entitled to express any discomfort
with the quality or the price. 1t is
said that the chief guest at the dinner
would be Caesar. If this be so then
surely the people have an interest in
knowing on what meat this our Caesar
doth feed. Ali must, on reflection, ad-
nit that the interest is both natural
and legitimate.
The Times remarks that there was
every reason why the dinner should be
good dinner, and it was. The guests
of the Reform club were distinguished
men from all over the country, who
had made personal sacrifices of time
and money to attend the dinner and
testify to their faith in the sense and
honesty of the American people,"
Taking the sentiments of the chief
guest as being those of the gentlemen
present, the manner in which their
faith in the sense and honesty of the
American people" was expressed was
the most remarkable possible. Over
$1,000, 900 American voters were charac-
terized as dupes, knaves and traitors.
This may be accounted for by the fact
that the richer the dinner the poorer
opinion entertained of those who were
not at it. 1t was a magnificent exam
pie of high living and plain thinking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
MY ROSE.

She gave me = rose.
Just . fair, white rose.
That morn when sun was coming
From out of the cloud
OF the nights gray shroud
And awakened life was hurming!
1t was fair and white
AS it lay that night.
On sweet. soft bosom swelling,
With thoughts all aglow
Under veil of snow
OF song and triumph telling!
Just bit before
Rng the dance uproar
OF fiddles blithly playing,
And the bright eyes flashed,
While the music crashed.
And the challenging looks went straying
For her perfumed hair
From it's silken lair
In frolic pride and tumbled.
And her cheeks red rose
Was q fire in SHOWS,
The pride OF the garden humboldt
And her eyes were bright
With a glorious light
That shone for meme only;
The red of her lips
Did all flowers eclipse-
The moon looked on so lonely!
She gave me a rose.
Just a fair, white rose,
That time has withered sadly.
But the gift that went
In its petals blent
Still makes my heart beat madlyi
Hamilton Jay in Jacksonville Times
Union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

Many stories about General Grant
are going the rounds of the press at
the present time, but one of the verv
best is sent from Washington to the
Chicago Record, and is as follows:
Joseph Jefferson is here and tells a
story of his own modification some
years ago. He entered the elevator at
the Fifth Avenue hotel one day and
found it occupied by an unassuming
gentleman. who looked at him a sec
ond and then greeted him quietly:
Good morning, Mr.. Jefferson"
Good morning; how're YEP" respond
ed Rip, carelessly.
You don't remember me?" observed
the unassuming gentleman. MY name
is Grant,
'oh, yes; Grant; yes. indeed, how
are We, Grant; nice day."
It's some time since we met
Yes, so it is. to be sure; where've
you been?"
In Washington, L believe, 1 saw you
last" persisted the quiet gentleman.
so 1t was; I'd forgotten. Living
there yet?"
mo, Pm living here in New York"
Moved over, Ell? Lots of people do
that. New York's a great place. fleet
lots of old friends here every day." re-
sponded the actor, searching his mem
DRY for identification. Grant, Ell;
what's your other name?"
Ulysses S. Grant"
s.rrba dax-i x-O,, I,oc-
your pardon. I'm an awful fool about
forgetting faces. but if you'll forgive
me I'll never forget yours again."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

Treadwell viii be the defendant in Pc
culiar suit as soon as the papers can be
prepared. Some time ago he gave
client the following order on local
tailor:
Please deliver to the bearer a suit OF
clothes rot to exceed $40 in value. If he
refuses TO pay for them, l will
Yesterday the order was presented to
Treadwell by the tailor.
What's this?'
THAT order of yours for a suit of
clothes for that friend of yours"
well. what of it?
He won't pay for them.
''Well?"
You will pay for them. then. won't
your
Not much.'
We'll. you said you would"
mo. | didn't"
why, isn't this your order?"
Yes: but you read it wrong. said
# he refused TO pay for them l would
Then, why don't you pay?'
81 didn't say 1 would pay If he didn t.
That order says if he refuses | will. He
refuses to pay, don't he? Well so do l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
THE CANADIAN TARIFF.

/
So enamored of a high tariff have the
American people become that it is not
at all strange that the Canadians
should desire to try it. Their imitation
hatters US, though it seems at times to
nettle us. The chief features of this
new Canadian tariff bill are as fol-
lows:
Upon all goods coming from Great
Britain and other countries which, in
the opinion of the governor-in-co council,
treat Canadian products with fairness,
a rebate of one-eighth of the duty eS-
tablished by the revised tariff shall be
allowed from this 23rd day of April,
and after July l, 1898, the rebate is to
be increased to one-quarter of the duty.
These reductions. however. are not to
apply to spirits, ales, beers, tobacco or
-~~,--t.
Protection shall be removed from, or
lowered, by order-in-council, upon in
dustries IN which there are trusts or
combinations TO increase prices.
Iron and steel duties are reduced by
from 81 to $3.50 a ton. and the bounty
is increased by 81 a ton.
The general effect is to remove spe-
ciflc and substitute ad Valorem duties;
classifcatfons are very much reduced
Binder twine ard barb wire are re-
duced until Jan. l. 1898, and will after
that be on the free list.
Corn is placed on the free list.
Duties on spirituous liquors are in
creased by Is cents per gallon.
Rice-Uncleaned, unhulled or paddy
is increas ed. while the cleaned is left
as it was.
Wheat is reduced from Is cents to II
;e
duced from rs cents to cents per bar
rel
Coal oil is cut from cents a gallon
to cents: fuel from cents to 212
cents.
Duty on refined sugar is reduced
equal to about % per cent on present
protection.
In manv cases the protective duties
on goods from the United States are
materially increased. as on some cot
tons.
The most important provisions of the
bill are the % per cent reduction made
in British imports and the reciprocal
clause. which is the olive branch" of
fered to the United States. The text
of this latter is:
That when the custom tariff of any
country ADMITS the pr0ducJS or CANADA
on terms which. on the whole, are as
favorable to Canada as the terms of the
reciprocal tariff herein referred to are
TO the countries to which it may apply,
articles which are the growth, produce,
or manufacture of such country, when
imported direct therefrom, may then be
imported direct into Canada or taken
out of the warehouse, for consumption
therein at the reduced rates of duty,
provided in the reciprocal tariff set
forth in schedule D.
The reductions provided for in sched-
ule D amount to a rebate of one-eighth
Of the DUTY established by the revised
tariff. and. after July l, 1898, the rebate
is to be increased to one-quarter of the
duty. These reductions. however, are
not to apply to spirits. ales, beers, to-
bacco or sugar.
1t has been objected that this dis
elimination in favor of British imports
is in contravention of the most IA
vored nation clause" of our treaties
with England and Canada. But GER
tainly not any more so than the reci-
procity clauses that have been inserted
in our tariff laws. What a difference
it makes whose OK is gored.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

Now is time for practical We
cost by the halfyear month;
boys, they may hear if they will.
We have good store, and want you
forP and what does it doP Are getting
Where do your clothes? you payP
long do they wearP
able in body and mind? you money to
What is good place you buy right
without danger of loss
correct mistakes whether yours
you it mistakes
to make them.
What sort of stuff do wear?
How do you feel and lookP And you afford It.
No with living buying
neighbours stingy
Clothes yet by
feeling and look
we amt cruel No. if it hurts it'll do good Drop
misfng tailor; your
remedy is clothes
1t is a good store Come in. will mistake
Your money back if you it. further
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02
TALES OF THE DAY.
Hiram Cole Was "Took In

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: AmaZement
was pictured on the sunburned face
which he turned from side to side as his
L es devoured the iuxuriousness of the
Planters hotel lobby. Walking to the
cle-l-s desk, he stroked his long beard
and addressed Manager Weaver, who
happened to be standing near.
BE you the boss?" ne inquired
The manager modestly admitted that
he was not in politics and could lay nc
CLAIM. TO such a title.
perhaps you can tell me, though
where III find Mr.. Morgan of Great Falls
Mont. I'm to meet him here.
Clerk ChidSey examined the register
and found that no such man was stop
ping at the house.
Well III be burned exclaimed the
gentleman from the rural districts. Il
guess old Hiram Cole has been took in.
lived in New Hampshire 40 years, and
have been to Concord and Bosting, but
this beats me. Wonder what Mirandy II
sav when / get back home.
The old gentleman gave his name as
Hiram Cole. and told Clerk Chidsey that
nc had met a stranger at the Union sta
ton and loaned him $25. and had an APP
pertinent to meet him at the hotel and
take dinner with him. He was advised
to confer with the police.
Paying For a Suit of Clothes.
San Francisco Report: Judge A. b
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

The Kansas City Times says: AS
might have been expected, the million
aires of New York are certain that the
inheritance tax law in that state is a
scheme to drive out capital and unset
tie the fabric of society. In the eyes of
the very rich any attempt TO make
wealth bear its proper share of the cost
of government is reactionary and akin
TO anarchy. The great money kings
of the east are as 10th 10 have their es-
tates taxed as they a.-e TO make proper
returns to the assessors during their
lives. They want everything their own
way, and when public sentiment de-
nands that taxes shall be assessed and
collected in proportion to the ability to
pay them, there is a howl from the mil
lionaires that is Just as unreasonable
as the clamor of the anarchists for an
all around "divvy."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

The Chicago Times-Herald very per-
tinently asks why ex-President Harri-
son was not present with President
Mckinley and ex-President Cleveland
al the great ceremonies at Grant
tomb. WAS he overlooked by the COM
mittee on invitation it asks. IF so.
it is an intolerable shame to them.
Did he decline their invitation. if such
was sent? What excuse did he render
for so remarkable an act?" Would it
be at all strange if in ceremonies at
tendant upon the dedication of tomb
a skeleton in the closet were discov-
cred?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

A contemporary picture of Laramie
Peak, by it called "On May Day they
hunted the buffalo drawn from the
sketch made on the spot by Fred
Piercy. the English artist" has a
great many more buffaloes in it than
Piercy's sketch has. Then in the orig
inal sketch one buffalo was dead. There
isn't in the reproduction, probably be
cause the laws Of Wyoming forbid the
killing Of buffalo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

President Mckinley has kept his
word and started the wheels of indus
try. He opened the Tennessee Cen
tennial exposition yesterday. All that
was needed was a little push.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

| 1t is said Senator Hanna is not wor-
rying over the Ohio elections. Neither
is he growing over them; in fact he is
maintaining the silence of true states
manShin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

The Republican members of the SEN
ate finance committee are putting the
finishing touches on the tariff bill. The
real finishing touch will be when the
bill gets before the senate and some
Democrat hits it IN the solar picks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

Springfield Mass. Republican,: If the
rumor is true that De BlowitZ is to resign
his position as Paris correspondent of the
London Times. it is very sad. There
never was a time when there was such
need of an European correspondent who
knows everything and is not ashamed to
confess it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

There are two Switches" in ogden
now. This will not seem so strange
when it is remembered that Ogden is
a city where four great railroads meet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

SO the county authorities are going
to see that the laws against Sunday sa-
looms are enforced. They will have
much to do. To have laws and not at
tempt to enforce them is parody on
i,.-+ioa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

The Boston Herald says only eight
editors in the country think. This is
what the editor of the Boston Herald
thinks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

Rigid bank inspection needed" says
a Chicago paper. The trouble with
bank inspections now is that too many
are made by old stiffs.