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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
THE CONVENTIONS.

The official call for the municipal
ward and city conventions appears in
foday's Herald. This. may be put down
as the official opening of the campaign
on the part of the Democracy.
Every voter in the city. who Is pre-
pared and willing to fight under the
banner OF Democracy for an honest,
economic administration of the city
government. should begin now TO pre-
pare Cor tina coming election.
The election in this city will, so far
as the Democratic party is concerned
be fought out in the open, and no ques-
t1onable methods win be employed.
Every citizen who is interested in good
government should take part in his
party primary; because it is at the pri-
mary election where the effective work,
in the way of choosing candidates for
cfffce, is usually done 1t is right and
proper that every person interested in
the success of the party should take
an active part in the primary. because
the primary comes nearest to the rank
and file, and the people can give ex-
preston to their wishes in the most
effective manner.
We believe a ticket selected by the
voters. who are interested in the cause
of good govrnment, will come nearer
giving general satisfaction, than any set
Of candidates selected by a committee
of non -Dartisans, as proposed by pro-
motors Of the non-partisan scheme.
In order that the Democratic ticket
shall be composed Of reputable and
representative citizens. who nave the
confidence of their fellow citizens. it
viii be necessary to choose the hast
men and women to be delegates to the
ward and city conventions Just as
much care should be exercised in the
selection of delegates as in the choice
of candidates: therefore, 1t is necessary
that all the voters who propose to sup
port the Democratic ticket should at
tend the primaries.
Doubtless many candidates will be in
the field, seeking nominations for this
or that Office. II Will BE wei for the
voters to consider well the claims of
each one aspiring to a place on the
ticket. and in the choice of delegates it
will be an easy matter to avoid the pos
sibility of unworthy aspirants securing
nominations because. if representative
men and women are selected as dele
gates, there will be no danger about
the kind of candidates they will Sc
lect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
ARTIFICIAL PROSPERITY.

While the good crops have had a re-
viving effect on business because it en-
ables the farmer 10 pay his debts or
spend a little more for Injuries, it is
amusing to pick up Republican news
papers and find out what caused all
this prosperity. Some of them have
the good sense to admit that the de-
mand abroad for American bread stuffs
has brought back enough money we
sent out Of the country TO relieve the
congestion at home; that this money
not only moves the crops. but finds its
way through every channel OF trade.
Others, and by far the largest por-
ton of the Republican press. lay it TO
the settlement of the financial ques-
ton" the dropping of the tariff dis
turbance," or the imposition of pro-
tective duties" So pronounced is the
belief of the lesser lights Of the met
ropolitan press that the defeat of the
silver heresy had its influence on the
laws of nature, that 1t finds expression
in cartoons, in the hope that these
sorry substitutes for the logic Of cause
and effect win prove better than ar
guments.
The Chicago 1nter-Ocean (Repubh-
cam is honest when it says that "if
the crops had failed no doubt the times
would have remained hard, for With all
our varied industries agriculture is the
great underlying factor of American
Prosperity. If the crops should fail
there would be no offsetting factor. But
ii must be remembered that we had
good crops. as a whole, in 1898, and
every year thereafter. The crash came
when the earth was yielding bountiful
supplies. In some places there was a
shortage. Drouth or flood came to de-
prive the farmer of his crops, but the
hard times extended to every section
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
LAFE FENCES IDEA.

So long as silver has only a bullion
value in the worlds markets, there
may he something in that theory
which LATE Pence advanced in his in
terview with a Herald reporter at the
Knutsford, something to think about.
at least. Mr.. Pence says the great
financial interests have it in their pow
er to put the white metal at any price
they wish, but that after hammering
it down to their hearts content. the
world will wake up to find that the
men who all along have discredited
silver now own the most Of it, or in
other words have a corner on it. and
viii then turn and advocate free coin
age in order to re-establish its former
value at s1.29 per ounce.
That theory would hold good if We
could regard silver in the light we re-
gard wheat or any other article of
domestic consumption whose price is
regulated by the law of supply and
demand. Because wheat is high and
silver is low, the Republican press and
such rump Democratic newspapers as
the Louisville Courier-Jou try TO
fix upon the mind of the people the
idea that this is because there is a
demand for wheat and no demand for
silver; hence the value of both is es-
tablished by the same law
This is not true, nor was it ever
made true in the worlds history. Gold
and silver were ordained for money!.
and have performed these functions
from the beginning of civilization
Silver is not perishable like wheat 1t
cannot be eaten. nor worn. nor does it
come with the harvests.
Therefore. while it is easy to con-
ceive of a corner on wheat and how a
combination of that kind might sue
coed in initiating its price, it is hard to
realize that a commodity like silver
could be gathered together in one cor
ner of the world by men conspiring to
raise it's price from a bullion to a coin
value. But any attempts of this ma
ture would have the effect of arousing
suspicion and creating a demand for
that which is sought to be displaced,
and through this means establishing a
better value for silver defeat the ends
of the conspirators.
It is not within the nature of things
to remove silver from the domain of
money no more than it would be for a
workman to go about his employment
with one arm tied behind his back. The
world needs bimetallism az much as a
man needs both hands, and this law
Of nature viii lead to the restoration
of silver before the conspirators Mr..
Pence speaks of have time to hatch
their plans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Of the country. Western Nebraska and
western Kansas were worse off than
the average, but right here in Illinois,
where the yield OF everything has been
bountiful every year. this no more than
others. the pinch Of poverty was felt"
The Inter-Ocean should so little
further and ascertain the cause OF this
pinch of poverty" Notwithstanding
the abundant crops in spite Of the fact
that our land o'erflows with milk and
honey, men are starving in New York
Gold is coming from abroad, it is true,
and the farmer is made happy by its
distribution, but in q short time the
effect Of the endless chain will be ap-
parent. Gold VIII again cross the sea
in payment of cur obligations ~ ma
ton and our debts as individuals, and
what remains Of it in this country viii
be owned by those who use it to OPP
2rcss debtors.
Tie philosophy of hard times and
good times is My comprehended by the
masses. What gives the farmer joy
in this country causes distress in other
lands. In the drauth stricken coun-
tries where the harvest is inadequate
to feed even those who gather it. the
people are obliged to sell their labor
for deprecated currency and pay the
American farmer his price in gold. Next
year, perhaps, the harvest in Europe
Will be as bountiful as it is now in
America. There will be no such de-
mand for American wheat, and the
price of all farm products will be gov
and supply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
THE MATTHEWS RESOLUTION.
Salt Lake City. Aug. IS.

Salt Lake City, Aug. IS.
Editor Herald:
Was there at any time joint resolu-
ton passed by congress, saying that
should the government pay it's
coin obligations in silver it would not
be violating its obligations nor it's
pledges? If so. is this still On the rec
orcs. or when was action taken to re-
verse it? Kindly answer and ob!ige.
BIMETALLIST.
The SO called Matthews resolution"
q concurrent resolution. was introduced
in the United States senate in 1878. by
Stanley Matthews, Republican senator
from Ohio, who was subsequently APP
pointed TO seat on the supreme bench.
The preamble Of the resolution set forth
that the faith OF the United States was
solemnly pledged to the payment lin
coin or its equivalent" of all the inter-
est bearing obligations of the United
States, except in cases where the law
authorizing the issue Of such obliga
lions had expressly provided that the
same might be paid in lawful money
or other currency than gold or silver.
The resolution was as follows:
Resolved. BY the senate (tl1e house of
representative corcurring tllerein) that
all bonds of the United States issued
or authorized to be issued under said
acts of congress. hereinbefore recited
are payable, principal and interest. at
the option of the government of the
United States. in silver dollars of the
coinage of the United States. contain
ing 4121a grains each of standard silver,
and that to restore to it's coinage such
silver coins as legal tender in payment
of said bonds. principal and Interest. is
not il violation of the public faith, nor
in derogation of the rights OF the public
creditor.
This resolution. after a debate of two
months. passed both houses of congress
in January 1879, receiving more than
two-thirds majority in each house
Among the members of the lower house
who voted for it was William McKin-
ley. Eow president OF the United States.
who. after his abtect and complete sur
render to the money power last wear,
discovered that the restoration of silver
coinage would be an act of reputation
Cther members CT the house who voted
for it were Charles Foster. ex-secretary
OF the treasury. and ]. G. Carlisle, both
of whom nave also Welded to the gold
standard influence since voting for this
resolution.
It will be observed that this resolu
ticn declares the bonds payable in sill
Yer coin. and that such payment was
nc. in violation of the public faith
nor in derogation of the rights of the
public creditor" No subsequent leg
islation has reversed this declaration of
policy; it is as binding today as when
it was adopted. but it has been violated
and trampled by every secretary of the
treasury. from John Sherman down to
Lyman Gage. with the single exception
of Daniel Manning, who was at the
head of the treasury during Cleveiand's
first administration. The last secretary
of the treasury under Cleveland ne't
onlv violated this resolution, but delib-
eratelv nuIlified an act of congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
Something IN This Name.

Said an old traveller recently to a rep
resentatiye of the National Hotel Re
porter:
whenever L travel between the east
and the west it is with a very decided
sense of relief and satisfaction that
reach the four-track system of the
New York Central railroad at either
end of the route. The four parallel
tracks of this great line give one a
feeling of security and safety quite un-'
like that which may be experienced on
any other road. In addition to this
feeling of safety there is the added
satisfaction of the knowledge that
everything possible is being done for
ones comfort as we'll. The locomotives
are the finest ever turned out, the cars
are models of comfort and elegance,
and the employees are invariably polite
and attentive. The title of America
Greatest Railroad which one often
sees employed in its announcements,
is no misnomer The New York Central
is lust what it claims to be."-National
Hotel Reporter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
PENNSYLVANIA SHORT LINES.
The Pan Handle Route.

The Pan Handle Route.
From Chicago
To New York, first class, $500
To New York. second class, $500
No. 20--The Keystone Express,
Leaves Chicago 1920 a. m. daily,
Arrives New York $3.50 p. m. daily
No. 1G-The New York Express,
Leaves Chicago 800 p. m. daily.
Arrives New York 7:90 a. m. daily
The Fort Wayne Route.
From Chicago
To New York, first class, $4,000
To New York. second class, $500
No. S-The Atlantic Express,
Leaves Chicago 800 D. m. daily,
Arrives New York $40 p. m. daily
No. 2-The Pennsylvania Limited,
Leaves Chicago $3.50 p. m. daily,
Arrives New York $50 p. m. daily
The Finest Train in the World,
-Four dollars extra fare to New York
No. 4AThe Eastern Express,
Leaves Chicago 1880 p. m. daily,
Arrives New York 7:4o a. m. daily
For particular information
Call upon or address
H R. Dering. Asst Gen'l Passenge
Agent,
Pennsylvania Lines.
24S South Clark Street,
Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
PIRATES BOARDED A VESSEL.
Stole Everything Needed and Carried
Off the CAPTAIN and Others.

Valetta, Island of Malta, Aug. 70
Information has just been received here
to the effect that the Italian bark Fidu-
cha, Captain Rzetob. from Pascougala,
on June 4, for Marseilles, was spoken,
Aug. 16, in latitude 1904, and reported
having been boarded, Aug. Is, abreast
of Cape Bahia by IA pirates, who fired
into the crew. ransacked the vessel
stole the papers, charts, instruments.
provisions and the clothing Of the crew.
cut the running gear and carried off
the captain boatswain and seamen.
The Fiducia was supplied with provi-
sions and instruments by passing yes
sells and thus enabled to proceed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The other day young couple rode
into Milwaukee from the country on
tandem, in the --latest bicycle costume"
(whatever that may be-, and presenting
themselves before the Rev. A. P. Chris
tan, asked to be welded. But the good
parson concluded that their dress was
"a little too odd to comport with the
solemnity of the marriage ceremony"
and he refused to perform it. What a
sensitive conscience this parson must
have. 1t makes all the difference in
the world with him when a woman
presents herself in a boomer entirely
covering her person and when another
woman presents herself en- decollette.
The latter is not odd" and he accepts
the marriage fee without further ques-
ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The assassin of Canovas was gar
roted - checked to death = yesterday.
Rejecting on this cruel method of pun
ishment, some newspapers will doubt
less say that Spain will never cut loose
from the harbarities of the Inquisition.
Choking to death is not so barbarious
as burning negroes at the stake down
in Dixie land, and there is very little
difference between garroting by the
Spanish method and hanging from the
scaffold in the American way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The visit Of Secretary Wilson to this
state was not altogether in the inter-
est of the sugar beet. He was the
gentleman connected with the admins
tration who took more interest in the
visit of the committee to invite the
president ito come to the Jubilee than
any one else. He was with some of
the members OF the committee when
they called on the president to talk over
the political situation here in Utah.
Before the committee reached Wash
ington Mr. Wilson made special inquiry
about political standing and influence
Of members of the committee and it is
money to marbles that the secretary is
heartily in favor of Republicans going
ITO the non-partisan movement here
Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
People's Savings Banks.

Mount Pleasant. Mich, Aug. 2O.-The
Peoples Savings bank of this city
closed it's doors. this morning, and is
now in the hands of the commissioner
of banking. No statement has been
given out. According to the last state
ment. made in January, the capital
stock of the bank was 100000, with
$50. 900 in deposits. George b. NeWali
is president and C. A. Carnahan the
cashier
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
Teachers Examination.

On Thursday, Aug 26, beginning at 8
o'clock. an examination of teachers for
Salt Lake county schools will be held
in the University building. a meeting
of the Salt Lake county teachers will
be held in the city and county building,
room 1873. on Friday, Sept. 8. at 10
o'clock OSCAR VAN COTT,
County superintendent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
WILL BOSS ITSELF.
Texas Farmers Alliance an indie
pendent Body.

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 2O.-The Farmers
Alliance held three conventions yes
terday and did not adjourn until late
last night The sessions were behind
closed doors. The national and state
bodies have been at loggerheads for
long time. The usurpation of power,
imposition of duties upon females,
abandonment of the initiative and ref
erendum principles in government, are
the main grievances held by the lead
ers of the. state organization. Yester-
day the gordian knot was severed and
henceforth the Texas state alliance will
boss itself. 1t will not tolerate national
bosses, so the leaders asserted last
night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The negro people are rapidly filling
the trades in the south to the exclusion
Of the whites. and the reason given for
this is that the negro schools are teach
ing the pupils more of the practical
needs Of life and better fitting them to
earn livelihood than the white schools
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Josiah Quincy refused to shake hands
With John /. Sullivan, and the refusal
viii cost him the mayorahty OF Boston.
Sullivan is an independent candidate
for the Office himself, just to defeat
Quincy. Should the chance of politics
elect the pugilist, well might Boston
cal upon the mountains to fall upon
and hide her,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

If you would have an abundance of
dark, glossy hair, if you would have a
clean scalp, free from dandruf and ir-
ritating humors, or if your hair is
faded and gray, and you would have
its natural color restored, use Ayers
Hair Vigor. 1t is unquestionably the
best dressing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The Chicago, St Paul & Milwaukee
Railway company has discovered and
is successfully using a cure for hog
cholera. Who can now say that cor
porations have no souls, no compass
sion for-hogs?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The brokers picked up more than half
q million last week in Wall street Klon-
dixie on their regular one-eighth COM
mission. Last weeks sales averaged
S.4s100o shares. Champagne for break
fast is now the order of the dav.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Arthur L. Pearse of London, famed
as the most experienced mining engi-
neer living. gives 1t as his opinion that
the Siberian gold fields offer a better
opportunity for investment than all
Others. Klondike does not begin to
compare with them, he says. and in
year they will create a greater SEN
sa ton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Brother Rosewater of the Omaha Bee
rises to Sav that with the British gov
eminent adverse to silver. the holding
of an International monetary confer
ence y ,uld be sheer waste of time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Strange as it may seem the people
VINO are doing most of the talking
and exhibiting the greatest anxiety
about the non-partisan movement are
an Republicans and Mckinley Repub-
licans at that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The train robberies of late have been
perpetrated by residents of the neigh
borhood. ana are such bungling affairs
that the ancient robber will regard his
old occuuation with contempt, and per-
haps live an honest lie.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
BUSINESS FAILURES.

Manufacturer seiberling, of Akron,
Ohio.
Akron, O., Aug. 2O.-John F. seiber-
ling, a formerly prominent manufac-
turer, assigned to Francis Soldering,
his nephew, today. His affairs have
been in an unsettled condition since the
failure of the j. S. Soldering Mower
& Reaper company.
Failure to realize in silver mining
property helped to bring on the failure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

If pugilist is elected mayor of Bos-
ton, Grover Cleveland should revise
the speech he made rejecting on the
undesirable citizens of the western
frontier
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The non-rartisan scheners are terri
bly, worried about the treatment the
silver Republicans will receive at the
hands Of the Democrats in this city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

A wealthy Chicago syndicate pro-
poses to corner barley in Milwaukee.
No better place could be selected. John
Barleyeorn always did a thriving bust
ness in Milwaukee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The president of the Boston Humane
society says that Morally, the horse is
better than almost any human being
that ever lived
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Until he reached Europe, the king of
Siam never heard of Adam. What fun
Ma:'il Twain would have in giving him
Scripture lessons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

It is estiIpated that there viii be Co.
600 Office holders in Greater New York.
No estimate is placed on the number
of Office seekers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

kissing by telephone has been dis
covered in ehe east. The western girl
prefers the old way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Now the Arnenians are throwing
bombs. If one strikes the palace, civil
ization may rejoice that good bomb
is better than bad sultan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
Fall Hats.

Our stylish Miller" "Warburton, =
Denny" and Schoble derby hats we
place on sale Saturday. 21st inst;
their shapes and productions are cor
rect Notice window display.
BROWN, TERRY & WOODRUFF CO.,
l66 Main Street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Canovas was one OF Spaln's best
scholars and writer's. He bequeathed
the bulk of his library. a priceless one
Of 10000 volumes. to the nation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Innoculation Of horse blood is the new
cure for drunkenness. Horse sense is
q better cure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
Wheat is up to a dollar,

Compressed air as a motor for driv-
ing elevated railway trains is now sue
cessful.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Vassar college girls are agitated over
the report that one of the students in
the senior class Of 81 is of negro par
entage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

The fake gold bug interview with
Senator Stewart might have read safer
il it had been with Horace Boies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

We know the great cures by Hoods
Sarsaparilla are genuine because the
neople themselves write about them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21

Journal Amusanf: why, Mr. Emben-
point. yi3n look I'LL What's the mautsr?''
Bicycle Bicycle? But you don't ride
bicycle," mo. but the wretch that
knocked me down did