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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
THE HOLIDAY HERALD.

The holiday number of the Salt
Lake Herald, to be issued December
Goth, will be mammoth issue (32 or
40 pages), filed with carefully pre-
pared and appropriate matter.
Among the conspicuous features
will be the following:
A review of s'Utah's Jubilee Year."
by Judge E. f. Colborn, of the Ju-
bilee 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
of excellence.
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, 1897-12-19
One of Lincoln's Pardons.

Washington Post: Senator Mills has a
new story about Lincoln. 1t was told to
him by a son of John L. Helm of Ken
tucl1y. who lives in Corsicana.
"Old John l.. Helm, said the senator,
was famous character III Kentucky
lie was. if [ remember rightly, gov
position was most prominent one. When
the civil war came on Helm was a rabid
secessionist- He could not praise the
south too highly and he could not heap
enough abuse on the north. He was too
old TO go into the war with his sons, and
remained at home, doing all he could to
help the confederate cause and harasS the
Yankees wro invaded the state. Finally
he became SO Obstreperous that the feder-
al general who was in command near the
home of Helm put him in prison. The old
mans age, the high position which he
occupied in the state, his wide connection
and especially his inability to do any ac-
tual harm. were all pleaded in his eXtenu-
alton. and he was released. Instead of
profiting by the warning, the old man be-
came more persistent than ever in his
course. Once more he was clapped into
Jail. This happened two or three times,
and finally, while he was still locked up,
the matter was brought to the attention
of the federal authorities Even President
Lincoln was appealed to- and asked to
commit the ardent southerner to an in
definite confinement in order that he
mi ght be curbed.
Lincoln listened to the statement of the
! case with more than usual interest. Then
ne leaned back and began to speak with
q smile upon his face. You are talking
about old man John Helm? Well did you
know that l used to live, when 1 was a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

dan, president of the Stanford univer-
sity. enters a strong protest. 1T is
scarcely necessary to point out that
this course of action would not accom-
plish the desired end, says he. las the
animals are never all present at one
time on the islands, a remnant would
be left, which, in time, would revive
the herd. and with it the whole ques-
ton. In the meantime every objection
which has been urged against Delagic
sealing would be justly chargeable.
against such slaughter. It would be
necessary to lie in wait for the females
and kill them as they came ashore on
land to give birth to their young, or to
provide them with nourishment. The
young must be slaughtered wantonly,
or else left to starve. The proposition
IS an abominable one, without single
redeeming feature.
ITO slaughter the fur seal herd our
selves because it's preservation is beset
with diplomatic difficulties, in which
the fault has not all been on one side,
would be confession of impotence I'M
worthy of a civilized nation. 1t would
transfer to the United States alone,
and for all time. the odium for the de-
struction of the fur seal herds
There is a manly ring about this Ian
guage that should make Representa-
tive Johnson blush when he reads it.
The course he suggests reminds one of
the disputes that the Indians used to
have among themselves over the di-
vision of caotives after a successful
raid, when, being unable to agree
among themselves, they tomahawked
their prisoners. The Johnson PROPOSE
ton isn't one whit more civilized. For
| congress to authorize such a thing as
Representative Johnson recommends
would be to authorize the putting of an
indelible stain upon the country S
name.
Professor Jordan's protest, he being
a recognized authority on the seal
question, cannot fail to have much
weight. Decency. if nothing else,
would forbid favorable consideration of
Johnson's proposition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
GOV. ADAMS COMMITTEE RE
PORTS.

The committe appointed by Governor
Adams, of Colorado, to investigate the
recent Indian troubles in the vicinity
of Lily valley, Routt county, has filed
its report. The report is a complete
vindication for the game wardens and
a correspondingly complete condemna-
ton of the Indians.
The report says the Indians were the
aggressors: that when they learned the
game wardens were looking for them
they dropped their game and in turn
started to look for the wardens; that
had the game wardens not dropped
into the Indians camp before they
were aware of their presence, the ward
ems would have met with disaster at
the hands of the Indians, and the
story of the conflict would have been
that whites instead of Indians had been
killed. This may all be, still most
people will take it with very generous
amount of salt. The presence of
squaws in the camp is sufficient to re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
FOR AN ANTI-PoLYGAMY
AMENDMENT.


1t is a long time since an Nor
mon petition was presented in congress,
but one was yesterday. 1t came from
West Virginia and was presented by
representative Dorr Of that state. The
gist of the petition is that the Mormon
church is engaged in an active propa-
ganda and that it's missionaries are
making good many converts in West
Virginia; that the victims" Of this
conversion are mostly families of girls,
and the petition takes this as prina
facie evidence of the .snefarious inten-
ton" of the Mormon church to secure
political control in the western states;
that such an institution, protected by
the state constitution, would be as
much of a standing menace to the in
tegrity of the Union as was the slave
power Of a former generation. The
petition closes by asking congress to
propose an amendment to the consti-
tuition, declaring the practice of poly
gamy a felony, punishable by the laws
of the United States.
1t is a pretty safe prediction that, SC
far as congress is concerned, nothing
will come of it, though it win probably
cause some comment in the press and
may call forth some remarks from
some of the pulpits of the land; moth
ing more will come of it.
The old issues that racked this state
for near half a century and that more
or less disturbed the nation for the
same time, have been settled; Should
there be a revival of them in one form
or another, they would be state issues
not national. That the question oil
church influence in politics will come
up occasionally, everybody in Utah eX-
poets, but that the church has any
grand scheme to control the inter
mountain states, will receive no ere
dence in Utah. And if it had any sucl
scheme, how would an anti-polygamy
amendment to the. constitution prevent
it? This West Virginia petition show:
that the people OF that state who
signed it haven't advanced nearly ST
much in the past decade as have th'
people of this state. The non-M Mormon;
of Utah are not worrying in the leas
about polygamy; why should the PEG
pie of West Virginia?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

But he added, Eve got conun-
drum. Why are we southerners like La
Zarus?
The guests-they were all union men,
by the way-suggested many answers.
The southerners were like Lazarus be-
cause they were poor; because they ate
of the crumbs from the rich man table;
because because of everything anybody
could guess.
No" said the bishop, you're all
wrong. We're like Lazarus because" and
he. smiled blandly, because we've been
licked by dogs.
A roar of laughter went round at that,
for the bishops utter unrecOnstructedness
was always one Of his charms Every
body laughed but one mottled-faced man,
who became very indignant.
Well, he snorted If you think we're
DOGS, why in-not earth-have you come
up here TO beg. of our money-for the
money of dogs?'
The bishop chuckled.
My notified friend, said he, the hair
of the cog is good for the bite. That 3
why I've come"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
PROFESSOR JORDAN PROTESTS.

1t is really amazing that any member
Of congress is so small and mean spir-
tied that he could seriously propose
that this great government should
enter upon the task of DISCRIMINATING
the fur seals. simply because it has
thus Ear been impossible to arrive at
any understanding with Great Britain
for the prevention Of pelagic sealing.
Yet Representative Johnson of South
Dakota has made a proposition look
ing to the immediate killing of all seals
on the seal islands, as the readiest way
in which to prevent friction between
this country and Canada. Against this
proposition Professor David. Starr Jor-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
SENATOR RAWLINS AND AN
NEXATION.

The other day the New York Herald
placed Senator Rawlins among those
who would vote against the Hawaiian
annexation treaty According to a
Washington dispatch to the San Fran
cisco Examiner of the 18th inst the
senator was wrongly classified. He is
reported as saying:
Il favor annexation. The islands are
capable Of f-government. I have
seen the evils of territorial govern
ment. I do not want to see the islands
governed by policy similar to that
followed by the powers of Europe
Now is the accepted time If we miss
the golden opportunity today, we are
sure to be thrown into a war in the
future. We need the islands. The peo-
pie of this land are of a colonizing
disposition. The islands do not lie SO
far out in the Pacific but they can be
reached by this influence. We are
stretching out now We must have
them. l have no fears on the score of
annexation. It is best for the islands
best for US
we DeueNe lLlIS is the HFSC PUBIC an
nouncement Of his position on the
question Of annexation that Senator
Rawlins has made. Democrats are di-
vided on the question, the party not
having made any official declaration on
the subject; and it is to be regretted
that there is no such declaration. The
senator will not. have arrived at any
conclusion on the subject without first
having given it full and careful CON
sideration. We trust that when the
time for considering the treaty by the
senate comes he will insist on having
/ it debated in open session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

boy, in Helms town He was kind to me.
he seemed to like me as boy, and he
never lost an opportunity 10 help me. He
seemed to think, said Lincoln, with an
other of his almost pathetic smiles, that
1 would probably make something of a
man. Why, when [ went down to Illinois.
poor and unknown, that man gave me the
money to pay my way and keep me until
| got start. John Helm? Oh, yes, L
know him. And l know what l owe to
him. 1 think / can fix his case.
And then" said Senator Mills, Lin
coin went to a desk and wrote a few
words. The bit of writing is treasured in
the Helm household to this day. This is
what the president wrote:
:" L hereby pardon John l.. Helm of
Kentucky for all that he has ever done
I against the United States and all that he
over will do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
A BALLAD OF BLUNDERs.
Bis Du Maurier.


The Blunder of Long Speeches. Thou
shalt burn
thick.
And ali thy wine shall rise and make
thee sick;
And short swift sobs shall take thy
And in thy skull be much emptiness,
And in thy stead, the likeness of
stick.
The Blunder of Much Music. Sit thee
Nay, stop thine ears and sleep. For
verify,
She that is playing heedeth not thy frown,
And she that singeth takes no thought
And song Shall follow song till thou
smitten and bitten with fierce restlessness
To bite and smite in turn, or turn to
fee;
The Blunder of Much Rhyming. If thou
That once again that should be once for
These market-nen will buy thy black and
white
Till thy keen swift full fesvent ways
On stated ears: thy singing sweetness
And barren memories of thy bright sue
cess
Shall burst in thee the bladder of thy
gall;
This IS the end of every mans excess.
MORAL
Poets, who tread the fast and Powerful
Heed well the burden these sad rhymes
Pleasure IS first. and then the time to
This is the end of every mans success.
CHATOUILLARD.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Price Advocate: Glen Miller, of post
office-appointing fame. is overlooking a
bet. George Washington Atkinson OF
Green River so far as we are able to learn
is the only Mckinley goldbug Republican
in Grand county, and up to date he ~
had no offer of a position under Uncle
Mr.. Miller is deplorable and viii, we fear,
have the result of driving this faithful
one out OF the ranks of the 8. o. y,
otherwise known as Hannaites. TO avoid
such a catastrophe. we hasten to call MIR.
Nlillers attention to what appears to us a
gross negligence ON his part.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

flute any testimony to the effect that
the Indians had started to hunt the
game wardens.
The report may be regarded by the
game wardens and their friends as a
highly satisfactory vindication, but to
others it will have very much the ap-
pearance. of a whitewash, if for no
other reason than that it is so lauda-
tory.
The report of the government officers
on the reservation will now be awaited
with much interest. That it will differ
very materially from that of Governor
Adams committee goes without say
iOer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Louisville Dispatch: The popularity Of
the Hon William ]. BRYAN extends be-
yond the limits Of his own country. 1t is
rare, indeed, for private citizen or sub
ect OF a foreign nation to be received
with such honor and such enthusiasm as
have been accorded to Mr.. Bryan during
his visit to Mexico, all of which goes 10
show that the leader of the Democratic
party in the United States has, by his
own magnetism, his own ability and his
devotion to popular interests, truth and
justice, won place among the foremost
men of his time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Comptroller Eckels has been telling
the people what a great nations
weakness is. Why does he not supple
ment this information by telling what
great mans weakness is?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

1t looks as though the day of Prince
Bismarck's dissolution were not far off.
He has been one of the forces of the
century When We shall be no more it
can be said of him that yesterday he
might have stood against the world,
but it will not be said that there is
none so poor as to do him reverence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
TALES OF THE DAY.
The Remedy For the Bite

Soon after the close of the civil war
Bishop Wilmer Of Alabama, who was an
unregenerate rebel. came to a northern
city to ask aid for a confederate orphans
home he was interested In. He hadn't
been north for several years. and his old
friends gave him a hearty welcome. There
ner the bishop was begged to tell a story
or two. The bishop said he hadn't
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

If the importation of sealskins is to
be prohibited by law, wives and sweet
hearts will understand Why they don't
get seaIslzin sacques on Christmas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Houston. Tex, Post: The ineffciency OF
one or two state boards of health in the
south is not sufficient reason for turning
over the whole matter of quarantine tc
the national govern ment. Let the people
of the state be left to deal with derelicl
they are amply able to do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
soME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

New York Observation-Disclosures: The
proposition that deposits OF the contemp-
lated postal savings banks should DE
used in cons tructing public buildings sug-
gests how long it would be before these
FUNDS were employed TO exc out river and
harbor appropriations. The postal bank
ing scneme is worth great zeal OF sober
renection before it is finally adopted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Prince Constantine, of Greece, is suf-
fering from nervous prostration. 1t was
nervousness but not of the prostration
kind that he suffered from during the
Greco Turkish war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Ogden Commonwealth: Ogden was, ac-
cordlng to the daiies dlsgf aced by a pTlz,
t~ht few days ago. When men make
beasts of themselves it is about time that
they be put in the cooler. The place
time and parties are all said to be known
What were the officers doing? What kline
of police service do we have, or what kinC
of a city government do we have that al
lows such scandalous proceedings?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Indianapolis Sentinel: Mr.. Dingley has
discovered the explanation of the deficit
There is no deficit. 1t is just shortage
caused by people importing too much last
wear. and not enough this. Bravo! Now
MIR. Dingley should tackle Secretary
Cages estimates for next year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

The Maryland horse siaoers are pre-
pairing a bill to be presented to the
legislature of that state to prevent the
unskilful shoeing of horses. A similar
bill to prevent the unslilful shoeing
of men and women wouldn't be a bad
idea.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Secretary Gage says that his bill
would not make silver subsidiary coin,
cnly subordinate. What beautiful
illustration of a distinction without a
difference.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

1t is two years ago Friday since Mr.
Cleveland sent his famous Venezuelan
message to congress. That message is
the guarantee of his permanent fame
in American history.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

William c. Whitney denies the turf
stories being circulated about him. Still
he may be grooming Mr.. Cleveland for
the presidential stakes in 1899.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

So far as currency reform plans are
concerned it begins to look as though
Chairman Walker would be nothing
more than new floor walker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

A seven-year-old boy has been adj
,nitted to the bar in Kansas But there
is a difference between admitting a
boy to the bar and the saloon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

water is our only true beverage -
saws Mrs. S. t. Rorer Which simply
shows that Mrs Rorer doesn't know
ANYTHING about beverages.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

1t does not smack of war because a
number of Spanish fishing smacks have
been captured for illegal fishing in
Florida waters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Croker wants to convert Senator Cor
man into a Tammany brave. Ii he be-
comes one he will whoop things up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

The Cramps not only will not dupli-
cate their ship building plant at Seattle,
but they will not even implicate it in
such a scheme.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
STATE PRESS COMMENT.

Mt. Pleasant Pyramid: Bank wreckers
are q class of people with whom the
masses have very little sympathy, and
even his most ardent supporters VIII not
endorse President Mckinleys many par
dons of those criminals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

If Emperor William ventures very
far into China. he would be wise to go
loaded for (Russian) bear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Already Kid Mccoy has begun to
talk for d worlds heavy weight cham
pionship. It is very largely matter
o. III
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

The New York Tribune calls Platt
"the lost boss" But the lost shall be
found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Pittsburg Dispatch Senator Hannas
compulsory retirement to temporary rest
on accouaI OF weakness of the heart may
be- taken as an indication OF the strain
and shock to which he has been subjected
during the past two years. He was never
troubled with weakness of the heart IL
former DAYS,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

kid" Mccoy is from Indiana. This
fact viii do something to redeem the
state from the black eye that Bynum
has given it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Secretary Gage probably calculates
on making a scoop with his currency
measure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Chicago Times-Herald: The Chicago
ponce have a hard customer but no puzzle
IN 1G-year-old Jacob Lrb, VINO conIeSses
to more than a dozen felonies The boy
mas been entirely without the influence
of a home since his eighth year, and has
been an outcast among thieves ana
tramDs during the formative period OIL
his life. 1t is a tragedy; not a mys-
terry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Human life not safe in Chicago"
saws the New York World. Perhaps
not. but Just see on what a great scale
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

]. Waldere Kirl1e discharged his pis-
tol into Richard Mandelbaum and now
Kirke has been discharged by the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Professor Stewart of the university,
saws that newspaper reporters are not
responsible. There are others.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Ogden Standard: The Provo Enquirer,
after having demanded Senator Cannon s
resignation, apologies twice a week for
its stupid demands. What is the matter
with the editor of the Enquirer? Has he
found out that Senator Cannon has vote
on the confirmation of John Graham as
postmaster of Provo? Since the Provo
Enquirer has bolted the Republican party
by supporting the non-partisan ticket, we
presume Editor Graham's confirmation
by the United States senate. with Senator
Cannon's opposition, is doubted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Chicago Record: More Danger Doctors
say now that deadly germs come home
with our packages from the laundry
Great Scott Have we got to quit
wearing clean clothes?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Dreyfus is to be allowed more lib
erty. His cage is to be enlarged about
two feet each way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Deity has resigned
the presidency of the Heramic club"
why did she do that?'
she received Christmas presents of 9
hand-painted pin trays.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Philadelphia North American: Misun-
derstood-Lawyer Cfor defense)-"Now,
Pete. tell the jury all you know about
those chickens
Pete-'I don't reckon 1 will. boss. If /
did that, I'd go to Jail sho.''