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The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Conceded.

MT. CrimsOnbeak-I don't believe a man ever stole anything but he lived to regret it.
 Mrs. Criusonbeak-YOu stole my heart once, John
 "Yes."-Yonlzers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

Reading of that Chicago whisky duel one cannot help feeling that there are times when the angel of death must be ashamed of the job he has to tackle.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Correct,

Rural Teacher-What current event of great interest can you give me this morning?
 Small Cir (eagerly)-My ma has just made twenty tuLnblers Of jell.-Judge
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

Edison declares that ''horseless car riages at S10O already are in sight" |" Yes; but how about the S100?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

They say now that poor MT. Have meyer left only S4 ,OOO, 600; but there is come satisfaction in the thought that be left all he had.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

class will be held this morning u, :t o'clock instead of at half-past 9 as usual"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

We don't know whether Edwin c. BrIce can make gold or not; but Calvin s. Brice has done 1t for many years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
THE HOLIDAY HERALD.

The holiday number of the Salt
Lake Herald, to be issued December
goth, win be mammoth issue (52 or
40 pages, filed with carefully pre-
pared and appropriate matter.
Among the conspicuous features
will be the following:
a review Of ''Utah's Jubilee Year."
by Judge Z. z. Colborn, of the Ju-
bi1ee 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
t-ated and the art and mechanical
features will be of the highest degree
Of excaI1ence
The Holiday Herald will be just
such a paper as thousands of Utah
and Idaho people Will desire to keep
as 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, 1897-12-24
wEyLER ON AUTONOMY.

| General Weyler is quoted as saying
that there is no hope for the success
of autonomy in Cuba He is also
quoted as saying that if the Spanish
government persists in autonomy
| Spain will lose Cuba in a. few months
/ We are inclined to think he is entirely
right, but solely for the reason that
the policy of autonomy was inaug-
urated long after the time for it had
gone by. Had it been tried under Cam
pos it would have had fair chance
of succeeding; but it was not. He
failed to suppress the rebellion and
was supplanted with Weyler. His was
the policy of repression by any and
every means. AT his disposal was put
the military power of Spain, and he
used it as another Alva. He as sig
nally failed as did Campos. Now Gen
eral Blanco is trying the policy of au-
tonomy and Cancellation. 1t will meet
with the approval of the civilized
world, but it is doomed to failure the
same as the others. And why? Be
! cause it is a confession by Spain of
powerlessness to suppress the rebellion.
The Cubans have not only demon
strated to the mother country their
ability to carry on q war that she has
been unable to terminate, but they
have at last become thoroughly con-
scious of their power, and this fac
strengthens, as nothing else could,
their determination to be satisfied with
nothing less than absolute independ-
ence. The policy of autonomy will
probably have the effect to quieten
discomfort among the classes that do
not belong to the insurgents, but were
concentrated in the towns, but it will
not have much effect beyond that.
Naturally, Weyler will condemn any
policy, even his own, undertaken by a
successor. 1t is altogether likely that
he is criticising the present policy for
the purpose of making political cap
ital for himself. He must do something
to prevent himself sinking into disre-
pute and finally into oblivion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
AMERICA IN THE EAST.


This government will hardly care to
become involved in the threatened i'm
b1oglio in the orient. It is true that
geographically considered, it is nearer
to China than is any European coun-
try save Russia: but if China is to be
partitioned or some extensive lodge
ments made by the various powers,
they are all matters N which this gov
eminent has no concern, other than to
see that American interests are con-
served and respected 1t is not at all
improbable that China herself would
welcome q movement by the United
States to prevent aggressions against
her; she would welcome such a move
ment from any powerful source. Eng
land also would most likely be glad to
see this government interest itself in
the impending change in China, for her
Interests there are far greater than
those of any other country's, while the
countries that are now seeking to ac-
quire portion of China are all hostile
to English interests. The United States
cannot possibly have any interest in
territorial acquisition in China, and
they viii not permit themselves to be
drawn i2to any controversy over such
acquisitions by any power so long as
established American rights are not in
terfered with. Our traditions and pol
icy have been against any such inter-
fering in the quarrels of Europe, and
Will continue to be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
THE ADMINISTRATIONS
DILEMMA.

a washington special to The Herald
says there is considerable trouble brew
ing in Republican congressional cir
cles; that Secretary Gage having de-
clared for the single gold standard,
continues to reiterate his declara-
ton, while the president says nothing.
a prominent senator tells our CORES
pendent that the president is greatly
troubled over the situation. The east
ern goldbugs are demanding their
pound of flesh, and the general opinion
in Washington is that the administra-
ton will be in line with the Gage plan.
Western Republicans. are to be given
to understand that there is but one
Republican party, and that those who
are not for the administration without
reservation are against it. There is to
be nothing of Importance done until
Hanna is elected senator from Ohio,
and then. it is confidently asserted,
that the administration viii abandon
silver.
One who is familiar with the inner
workings tells our correspondent that
the Republican leaders who are in sym
pathy with the Gage plan are urging
the president to cut loose from the
Republicans who are friendly to silver.
They admit that the next house will
be Democratic as a result, but they
say the sentiment of the country will
change by the time the next presiden-
tial election rolls around
That sums up the situation in Wash
ington as it is, and as everybody is
beginning to see it. Nothing could be
more certain than that the eastern
goldbugs will demand their pound of
flesh, and they will insist on taking
it from nearest the heart
The decision to inform the western
Republicans. which means silver Re
publicans, that there is but one Re
publican party and that those who are
not absolutely for the administration
are against it, is a logical one. The
administration will not have to go out
OF its way at all to abandon silver; all
that will be necessary in this direction
will be for it to throw aside its inter-
national bimetallic agreement mask,
and the thing will be done That the
next house will be Democratic is quite
probable
The way things are shaping at pres
ent it doesn't look as though the presi-
dent, politically speaking, were going
to have a happy new year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
TALES OF THE DAY.
Her Suggestion.

Detroit Free Press: It was at a Jeffer-
son avenue residence, and the young man
in the case had been going often and
staying late until the maiden fair felt
the monotony of it. Last Thursday even
ing about Il o'clock the conversation
dragged so that it almost pulled the car
pet out by the tacks, and for a moment
or so he sat in a cogitative mood. with
his hand to his forehead.
Il was just trying to remember some
thing he explained.
''Yes?" she replied
81 had something pleasant to tell YOU
'Ah, what was it?' and she frightened
up q bit
"Um-um; let me see," he said, rubbing
his head. Il can't just think what it
was
The light faded out of her face, then it
came again.
Perhaps it was good night, . she sug-
gested, quietly.
He looked ct her for a full minute;
looked at her as if she had said some
thing by mistake; looked at her as if she
might have an explanatory remark or two
to add. But she never fiinched. Then
he got up and went away and he never
came back.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
ANOTHER
WREcKER
PARDONED.

The president has pardoned another
national bank wrecler; how many this
makes we do not remember, they have
come so thick and fast Of late. A bank
wrecker is not a common thug or burg
lar but his misdeeds affect far more
people. He does not sandbag his vic
TINS or enter their houses in the night,
but possessing their confidence and
moving in good society, he steals their
savings and ruins many a family
financially. Man must earn his living
by the sweat of his brow, yet the bank
wrecker robs him OF the savings of
many years, the savings that are to
be his means of livelihood in old age,
in the days when he can no longer
work. Very little sympathy is be-
slowed upon those who are robbed, but
there is any amount given to the rob
Der. It is usually said in his behalf
that he is such a nice man, and has
been very unfortunate" It may be
that his manners are very pleasant in
fact, they usually are, but when it is
said that he is unfortunate that is
merely USING a phrase to cover up an
ugly fact, which ugly fact is that he
has been a scheming, thieving rascal.
There are bank failures that are the
result of depreciation Of securities or
of the failure Of other banks or of Gus
toners; they are unfortunate and no
blame is to be attached to their Off
GERS, but the bank official who embez-
zles is not of these, and his punishment
can hardly be too severe. And when
such embezzlers and wreckers are con
victed and sentenced, they should be
made to suffer the penalty imposed
upon them and not be relieved of it.
But the president does not take this
view. What IS needed in the case of
bank embezzlers is less maudlin senti-
ment and more stern justice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

viii not see on Decoration day wear
ing proudly the badge of his old corps,
They are Americans. to proportion
greater, far greater than in the east,
native born American citizens. The
views they cherish are held with prac-
teal unanimity.
So universal feeling as that which
perVades the great west cannot all be
wrong. You cannot dispose of a con-
Vlctl0n held by millions of intelligent
people by calling it a craze, and some
day you may find it worth your while
TO look for the truth where it is usually
hldden-someWher between extremes.
The tribute here paid to the west is
just. and it is well that it was paid
where it was; not that the west needs
it. but that the east does. Senator
Wolcott is by birth and tradition
New England man; by his experience
and life, those things which really de-
ternine what a man is, he is a western
man. He knows that part of the coun-
try from which he came and likewise
that where he has made his home,
and he realizes that his old home does
not comprehend his new one.
The senator says that conviction
held by millions of intelligent people
cannot be disposed of by calling it a
craze. But that is the way in which
the east has endeavored to dispose of
the silver question, one of the most
important that has ever confronted the
country. Not only has it been called
a craze, but those who have held the
conviction that silver should be re-
habilitated as a money metal have been
denounced in the most unmeasured
terms by the very east that would not
take the trouble to comprehend the
conviction it cond emned nor to under
stand the people whom it denounced
When the various sections of the coun-
try will take the trouble to under
stand all other sections, all will be
more liberal and it will be much better
for the whole country.
Those who listened to Senator VOL
colts address will have a juster APP
probation of the section of the coun-
try from which he comes and it's peo-
11lo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
SOME EDITORIAL coMMENTs.

Chicago -.ecord: 1t may be regarded now
as serious question whether the admin
lslrAt.on IS not to be conspicuous for its
inability to hold the party forces in line
tnere is prospect that PRESIDENT Mckin-
ler Will De unable TO redeem the prom
lses which formed the most noteworthy
part OF the Republican campaign platform
OF last year.
Milwaukee Sentinel: Senator Hoar of
massachusetts has revived the proposition
to increase the beer tax. He mas no re-
gard whatever for the lacerated feelings
OF the brewers which have not even had
Tune TO heal since the last agitation on
this same subject.
St. Louis Republic: Senator Chandler
is out III another ardent defense OF the
republican .party's attitude toward BIZ
metallsln. IhiS time he pleads with ap-
parent earneStneSS for Secretary Gage TO
be restrained. Chandler is an amusing
statesman. The only way to restrain
men Ike Gage is 10 restrain the Repub-
mean party with Chandler thrown IN, ana
the American people are now ready to do
that in 1900.
Chicago Chronicle: Mr.. Wolcott regard
ed the creation Of this commission as an
act which fully committed the present ad-
minlstratlon to international bimetalllSm
ana against the single gold standard. He
also regarded the language used by the
DIeS-ueHl Ii MS annual message on IIliS
subject as confirming this committal.
When, therefore, Mr.. Gage goes before a
committee of congress and deliberately
proposes e measure to commit the country
more firmly to the single gold standard
he at1ronts the commission, and espe-
cially its head.
San Francisco Call: If General Lew
Wallace is determined to discipline Con-
FRESHMAN Hilborn he might corner the
Californian and read some of the Wallace
style OF blank verse to him. However, it
possible that Wallace, even though an
cry, does not wish to go to extremes.
Nashville American: The Democratic
policy should be to insist on the simple
conditions that prevailed prior to 1860;
prior to the coming of the Republican
party into power, and before John Sher-
man began TO try his fine Italian hand at
regulating the finances. There were no
greenbackS in those days, no gold reserve
and no bond issues The government con-
fined itself to the power delegated by the
constitution of coming money, and the
banking business was left to private cap
ital. Old Hickory never heard of a green
back and neither did James x Polk.
None of the Democratic fathers ever
thought of paper money issued by the
government and their opposition to pater-
nalism N government would have made
Gratis of today should follow their exam
do away with the gold reserve.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
SENATOR WoLcoTT ON THE
WEST.

In his address before the New Eng
land society of New York. Senator
Wolcott, of Colorado, said, among other
things:
The west is not decadent; its views
are the views Of men virile, industri-
Gus and genuine, and their beliefs are
honest. They would scorn any sort Of
evasion Of an obligation. They are pa
triotic men. There is in the whole far
west hardly a northerner born who was
old enough to so to the war whom yon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The st. Louis Globe Democrat says
that Canada is collecting a percentage
from the Yukon miners, and the con
gress of the United States has voted
$4,000 to keep them from starving.
When other nations impose a tariff on
goods going into their country, it is
collecting a percentage" But in this
country the same operation becomes a
matter of patriotism, and is called pro-
tac+io-,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
OUR NOBLE GAME.
They piled upon the PROSTATE youth

Iney pied upon the PROSTATE youth
With yell demoniacal;
They broke his ribs, but all the crowd
Reared: What a splendid tackled"
But see here" said thu man at the
table; that won't do. The word
You say that because you didn't write
it yourself interrupted the visitor, the
smile suddenly fading out of his face
Not at all. [ am willing to acknowl-
edge [ couldn't write anything like it to
save my life but that ism the point. The
rhyme and rhythm are faulty. The last
word of the second line is not pronounced
demoni-ackle, as you seem to think it is.
The accent is on the nj ~
"Oh, it is, hey?"
That is the opinion of the men who
write the dictionaries. So far as [ am
personally concerned it wouldn't make
any difference but in matters OF this kind
1t is well to defer to the acknowledged
authorities
But how about poetic license?
We'll, that expired several years ago.
Still, if you will take this and work it
over
Yes, I'll take it!' savagely interposed
the caller, grabbing the sheet of paper
and crumpling it in his hand. 'Ill take
it.. he repeated, tearing it in two and
I'll work 1t over" he went on. tearing
it into shreds, like this"
WheEeupon he stamped out of the office
with something of the manner of a man
again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
II.

Flow gently, sweet Atom" o could I
once more
Lie under the naples that shaded the
door.
And see their boughs lifted by each pass
ing breeze.
Entranced by earth's music; the hum of
the bees;
The call of the lambkins; the warbling of
birds:
And away on the uplands the lowing of
herds,
While sweeter voice thrilled me whose
memory abides-
THY crystal stream, Alton, how gently it
glides."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
ga Wonderful Change

Has been produced in the condition Of
my health by a few BOTTLES of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t has given me a good
appetite and enabled me to sleep better
than [ have for years. 1t has purified
my blood and my skin is cleared OF
imperfections. Mrs. N. E. Moore, 1016
Tiiden ST, East Las Vegas, New
Mexico.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

New York Evening World Arizona
good many queer bumps on his own head
Deadshot Dan.-Yes. he attempted ter
tel the character of Three-Fingered
Steve, an made a mistake.
Arizona Abe.-What was his mistake?
Deadshot Dan.-Why, he told the truth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
SWEET ALTON.
Written for The HERALD

Flow gently, sweet Atom" come back
to me
Wild Arabys daughter; The Banks. O. the
Dee:
With many a ballad now carolled no
Forgotten and wrecked on obliviohs
shore.
AS mother once sang them: No more
shall hear
Her accents, now silent this many year;
Yet lives in the memory of boyhoods
bright days,
Flow gently, sweet Alton, along thy
green braes.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
Unappreciated Genius.

Chicago Tribune: The caller drew from
an inside pocket a folded sheet of paper
and remarked with a persuasive smile:
I've got something here that's right
wrote it myself It isn't often I drop into
poetry, but this seemed to write itself.
If you want to publish it you can have
it,
it on the table. 1t contained the follow
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The holiday number of the Pocatello
Tribune consists Of twenty-four pages.
all filed with interesting and instruct
i've matter. Our congratulations to our
Pocatello contemporary on its enter
nrise
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The Chicago Times-Herald falls foul
of Senator Chandler in this manner:
Senator Chandler is not the kind of a
statesman that needs to be regarded
when great questions are at issue The
fact that he espouses one side is a very
good Indication that the other side is
the right one, as it Enthusiastically is in
the present instance" Poor Chandler!
The only person who seems to be per-
fectly satisfied with his course in all
things is the senior senator from New
Hampshire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

Chairman Dingiey insists that the
tariff law bearing his name will pro
vide ample revenue for all purposes
Still it must be confessed that it
moves in mysterious way it's Won
ders to perform.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

Secretary Wilson is very much in
terested in securing postal banks legis-
lation, as he thinks such banks need
full for the 2rmers. Isn't the secre-
larry getting little too ubiquitous?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
III.

Flow gently, sweet Alton to hear it
again ~
Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds
through the glen
AS in summers long ended when roses
were nigh,
Or wild autumn's tampests wrung tears
from the sky;
When fierce down the valley the wintry
winds blew
The simple old ballad that ever was new;
Though the numbers and rhythm in mem
DRY live on
Flow gently, sweet Atom" the music is
gone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The president has pardoned another
national bank wrecker. He may con
tinue to pardon them, but he may rest
assured that the people will not pardon
him for doing it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24
w

GLOW gently. sweet Atom thy waters
could be
to me,
Or to her who beside them her loved ones
to cheer,
Child, maiden and mother sang many a
year;
In carolling measures when joy filed the
air.
But softly when anguish and sorrow were
there:
Her ashes repose by the clear winding
stream
GLOW gently. sweet Alton, disturb not
her dream"
n. ALBERT SHERMAN.
Salt Lake City. December, 1897
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

A wealthy real estate dealer of Har-
lem committed suicide in preference to
undergoing q surgical operation. He
unquestionably made money by pur-
sning the course he did
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

An Indiana physician reports the
case of a man who is sweating sand.
They are probably golden sands, as the
sweating Of gold is well-known prac-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

In Hawaii justice. is swift, following
close upon the heels of the crime At
ter the islands are annexed all that
will be changed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

Have you seen the lettuce waist?''
asks the Philadelphia Inquirer. Ger
tainly; and 1t seems to fill long felt
W.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

Young Letter has no beard. Yet he
went into the Chicago wheat pit and
successfully bearded Mr.. Phil Ar
nour.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The administration is much more in
tent on providing places for its faith
full followers than revenue for the COY
eminent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The Hudson river steamer New York
is being spliced. which win make her
so feet longer. This is a different thing
from splicing the main brace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

Like the nations of the earth, the
board Of education has gone to quarrel
ing about geographical matters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-24

The New York World has been de-
voting considerable space Of late to the
question, What books should children
read?" We have followed the discus
sion closely and not one contributor
has suggested that they read the Good
Book.