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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLIC
VISIONS"

1t is interesting if not instructive to
note the derision with which those Re
publican papers that are nearest to the
administration and that are supposed
to represent its views pretty thoroughly
speak of the prospects of BIZ
metallisn in any form. Such a paper
is the Chicago Times-Herald. Its pro-
prietor, Mr.. Kohlsaat, is pretty gen.
erally believed to know the plans and
expectations of the president about as
well as anybody except the Immediate
members of the cabinet
In its issue OF Friday last the Times
Herald had an article entitled: Inter-
national Bimetallism Visions The ar
ticle must be read in its entirety to
form a just conception of it. 1t is as
follows:
Few reports are quite so rosy as
those that come from the bimetallists
of England and France at the present
moment. A large meeting of the Eng
! lish Bimetallic league mas just been
held at Manchester. at which the an
nual report was read. Never, says
the inspiring document. since 1873 have
the prospects for international BIZ
metallism been so hopeful" and the
friends Of the movement are earnestly
requested to redouble their efforts dur
ing the coming year.
The chief event that proves the
brightness of these prospects was the
American elections Of last November,
The league has nothing TO say of home
prospects, but ii sees much 10 cneer IL
in the United States and France.
In Paris the annual meeting of the
French Bimetallic league has also just
taken place. and our commissioners,
Wolcott, Stevenson and Paine, were
present on the occasion. This, TOO,
gave cheerful view of what was go
ing on in other nations, the United
States and England particularly, to
bring out international bimetallism, but
not a word was said of the progress to
that end that was being made in
France. Probably when the German
league meets it will report the line
things that are being done in France
and England to accomplish their COM
mon end, but viii be entirely mute on
the German situation
Singularly enough, at neither of these
meetings was anything said about the
atrocious backward step Japan has
taken by adopting the gold standard.
All ef which goes TO show now pusily
the bimetaliic philosophers are en-
gagged in making sunshine out of Gu
cumbers.
That is but mockery of all who put
any faith or hope in the efforts Of the
bimetalrc commissioners. 1t is true
there is small prospect of their efforts
resulting in anything on which TO base
faith or hope, but still for an admins
tration paper to jeer at them seems in
bad taste. and impolitic. We are free
TO confess our conviction that anyone
who thinks the present administration !
will do anything substantial for silver
is practically engaged in making sun
shine out of cucumbers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

/ the past few years. will rapidly in
crease, and in a very brief period the
evil will become SO great that it Will
be unbearable. II win then be seen
that the arguments that have been adj
vanced in favor of great combinations
are utterly fallacious, and that while
the so-called competitive system en-
dures it Will be impossible 70 effect the
economies in production so much
lauded by the advocates of trusts with
out utterly destroying the liberties of
the people. The growth of trusts means
the elimination of the middle class by
extinction. 1t viii prevent its re-en-
forcement with new blood, because
when all production shall be attended
by organized capital the opportunities
to secure start in the world will be
reduced to zero. Such a condition of
affairs would prove intolerable in
country like this, and as soon as the
masses recognize that ii does exist they
will rise in their might and destroy it.
1t is question whether American lib
erty shall survive, and we have conf
dence that the answer will be in the
affirmative, although the outlook at
present may seem black
There is no reason why the railroads
should be given any more special privi-
leges in the matter OF forming pools
than any other interest in which large
capital is invested should be granted
them. Were. this power given them at
this special session the pools would be
formed so soon and for such a long
time that congress would be powerless
to deal with them until the expiration
of TIE corporations forming them, for
the pools would be contracts and con-
gress is forbidden to pass any law i'm
pairing the obligation of contract
Let the pooling bill wait; there is no
hurry, and no great evil will result
from waiting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
THE POOLING BILL.

The bill now before congress author
ling the formation of railroad pools is
so important that it should be given
great consideration, and there should
be no canning it through. The rail-
roads are doing very nicely at present
and there is no rate cutting or prospect
of II. The predicted cataclysm has not
come.
One of the best discussions of this
question of authorizing railroad pools
that we have seen. appeared in the San
Francisco Chronicle of Saturday last.
1t says that those who favor the legal
izing of railroad pools realize that
every argument they urge in favor of
them applies equally to combinations
in restraint of trade; that if it is de-
feasible for railroads to make agree
ments to protect themselves against
the disastrous effects OF excessive com
petition, it must be equally so for men
embarked in other lines of business to
guard against loss by competition.
There is no gainsaying this. And to
use g homely illustration, what is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander.
The Chronicle continues as follows:
1t requires no prophet to foresee the
result of the adoption of a measure
which will permit railroad pooling. 1t
must certainly prove a death blow to
all efforts to curb trusts, for it will be
impossible for the courts to hold that
one class of people have a right 10 COM
bine in restraint of trade and at the
same time to deny. the privilege to
others. The operations of our laws
must be equal and uniform, and no ex-
ceptions can be made in favor of one
particular interest
The restraints upon trusts once
swept aside the tendency to combine,
which has been so notable feature of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
DEATHS FINAL CONQUEST.

The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows not substantial things;
There is no armor against fate;
Death lays his icy hand on kings
Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down.
And in the dust be equal made,
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Some men with swords may reap the field
And plant with laurelS where they Kill;
But their strong nerves at last must yield,
They tame but one another still;
Early or late.
They Stooo 10 fate,
And must give UP their murmurins
breath.
When they. pale oaptives, creep TO death.
The garlands wither on your brow;
Then boast 10 more your mighty deeds;
Upon deaths purple altar, now,
See where the victor victim bleedsi
All heads must come
To the cold tomb.
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom IN the dust.
James Shirley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
PREPARE FOR TIE HoBoEs.

Butte has found it necessary to re-
sort to rather arbitrary measures to rid
itself of hoboes and tramps. A COM
mittee of one hundred was organized.
all the members being determined men,
and the hoboes and tramps were simply
marched out of town and told not to
return 1t is safe TO say they will heed
the warming: and they will be wise to
heed it. Such action was wholly with
out warrant of law, and still there are
times when it is not condemned by
public opinion: and it is not condemned
because every one knows that the class
of men ordered out of town are re-
sponsible for the state of lawtessness
that always precedes a resort to such
measures. though absolute proof of
their guilt is wanting.
SO far as dealing with the ordinary
tramp is concerned the cure for that i'll
is to put him to work on a rock pile.
Usually that fixes him" so that he
does not care to infest that section
of country where the rock pile is known
to exist.
1t is not at all improbable that a
considerable number of these Butte
"emiSres" will come to Utah. If they
do not it is certain that the approach
ing pioneer jubilee celebration will
draw many of the same class to our
city and that they win diffuse them
selves over considerable portions of the
state. The city authorities should
mako nrapara+iop <ov dooi;. 10,
members of this class that may come
It would also be well for the different
towns and counties of the state to
make preparations for dealing with
them 1t will hardly be necessary for
any city in Utah to resort to the dras-
tic measures that Butte did. 1t GER
tainly will not if time is taken by the
forelock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
Two Hale octogenarinns.

Philadelphia Times: Two fine, straight
white-haired, clean-shaven men. each
over six feet high, stood near the Ar
lington hotel but yesterday, talking.
went I'D and said:
Not to congratulate such youth would
pc IKE ScorninS these green trees in Nav.
How old are you. Colonel James?"
And you, Colonel Berrett?"
Eighty-three-'
The first gentleman. Charles James. was
Lineolns collector of the port of San
game in MS mooted duel with Preston S.
Brooks. The second person was James
Berrett, mayor of Washington before the
war. and intimate friend of William l..
Marcy. The latter is of San Domingo
French stock. born in Baltimore during
the war of 1874 Mr. James was born al
Sweden. Monroe county, N. Y. The pic
ture OF their haleness is not overdone;
than do the thick white horsetails in the
helmets OF young dragons
"Ah.' said |, you exceed in your
blended ages our old friend Parr-you are
l6S years put together, and Parr believed
he had lived 152 years, though he was so
obscure that he couldn't find his own age
with a candle.
Where can good account of Parr be
had?' said MIR. James with Il lively &C.
togenarian interest, adding that as there
were no trustworthy histories of the
United States he had been writing one
soon to be finished. Colonel Berrett is
the last fine picture OF the great depart
ment clerk before the war and civil serv-
ice. when clerks were the social friends
and visitors of their minister's He
pointed out to me where Marcy lived
row included in the original part of the
Arlington hotel. whose guests still use
Marcy staircase. | may add that intel
lgence and concession are the recipes for
Old age. Colonel Berrett says that he was
thrown into Fort Warren under an en-
tire misrepresentation of his Intentions in
1861. but he has let 1t pass, and not striv-
Ing only to get even" has got far ahead
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
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ODD GLEANINGS.


The Monmouth tree the old Spanish
chestnut which has stood for centuries
in Somerset, was uDrooted by wind
storm a few weeks ago What the royal
the Monmouth tree was to the locality
in which 1t stood. Its history IS a
familiar one. In November, 1851, the Duke
of Monmouth, IN his progress through the
west. arrived at Whitelaekington house
which IS one mile distant from minister
then the seat of George Spoke when
the duke came within ten miles OF the
place he was met by 2eO0 people on horse
back, company whose numbers were
double by the time WhitelaclSington house
was reached. To admit so large, a multi
tude several Derches of the park palines
were removed and the duke and his mot
ley retinue dined beneath the spreading
chestnut What is left of the Whitelack-
ington mansion IS now a farmhouse and
the noble tree is tangle of torn roots
and sDlintered branches.
The sole and heel of the Portuguese shoe
are wooden. the vamD being made of
side of the skin usually turned In By us.
The Persian footgear is often a foot high.
is made of light wood. richly inlaid. and
is held on by a strap over the ..steQ.
The Muscovite shoe is handwoven on a
wooden frame and little attention is
paid to the shape of the foot; the sandal
is generally made of silk ccrdage and
wooden cloth. although leather is some
form of an ancient canoe. with CON
doia bow and an open toe: the sole is Of
wood. the upper of embroidered cloth or
inlaid wood and deliberately ornamented
with gold and silver.
g O g
According to an act of the house of
lords some six years ago. a man has a
right TO bring his old family pew into the
newly built church of his parish. that he
may sit in the seat of his fathers. In
consequence of this law a handsome Eng
lish church finds itself in great distress
restored in the most approved style at
the cost of about $4,000. and one of the
members OF the congregation has insisted
in thrusting his uIsightly family pew in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
She will not deign to look beneath
Her bed at night. Not shei
one sco-ns such weakness with a SEQ
Inat's beautiful to see.
STORIES OF PROMINENT MEN
Marcus DAILY and the Cbsnn;a

-HSfc1s lazy and the Chappie.
New York Journal: Marcus DAILY the
montana millionaire. who won the Bel.
mont stakes on Saturday, retains much
o. the biuffness of the mines from which
his money was dug "-iiSi
a typical racing dude, white snats
it9rhed-uo trousers and peanut hat 10 III
MS peanut head. asked for an introducs
ton 10 the copper king. --'' ou W
Chappie touched Dgiv,s o,,,s.-...., d,
hand with his own limp and daintiIv man
toured fingers and said: '-'''i Il
A.. 50 pleased TO meet YOU. weaIIv
We OFTEN heard of you, Mr. Daiy!''
at his new acquaintance a moment and
replied: anu
The he'll you haver'
maple said afterward that Mr.. Dalv
might &c vewy wich.r but there was No
doubt that he was ..veWy Mude.,,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

New York Press: Nothing keeps man
so straight as knowing that his wife
would forgive him for anything.
Old bachelors know more than married
men. because they have more varied
experience
The average woman would have no use
ior man II she could succeed in reform
.n9 all his bad habits
IL a caterpillar weren't fuzzy and disa-
greeabie 1t would probably sit out on the
fence and howl all night
It's funny why a woman always acts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Teachers and others contemplating a
trip east TO spend their vacation should
call on or address I. A. Benton, agent
Rio Grande Western railway, Salt
Lake. for rates and information. The
great Rock Island. in connection with
the Rio Grande Western, have u very
low rate to Missouri river and Chicago,
and make direct connection with all
Rio Grande Western trains for eastern
points. leaving Pueblo every evening at
6:35. and Colorado Springs at $40 D.
M: through solid vestibule train to
Chicago. consisting of Pullman Sleep
ers. chair car, (seats free) and their IA
nous Rock Island dining car; all meals
served a Ia carte.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

The New York Tribune says the dec
Iaration of Professor Mott that New
York boys have to be taught English
as if they were learning a foreign
tongue. has enough OF literal truth un-
der its rhetorical exaggeration to en-
phasize the need of such conference
and cooperation as are sought by the
college and preparatory school teachers
now gathered in this city. What is a
knowledge OF the English language.
compared with the growth of Greater
New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Throw the bosses ont" says the San
Francisco Examiner. That is right.
And do not be particular as to now or
where they fall. To get them out is the
great thing. Every party in the coun-
Try is more or less cursed with them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07


IS huge. rude. box-like affair, the vicar
Is IN great distress and has labored in
vain to argue the troublesome layTnan in
to more reasonable state of mind.
g g .
Johannesburg is to have theatre. in
Which Mr.. Barney Barnato is to haze a
large interest. The building viii be a
motel and theatre combined and VIII be
constructed of brick with stone dressings
A novel feature. TO South Africa al least
VIII be the basement as such under
ground spaces do not exist there With
the exception of the space necessary for
entrances 10 the hotel and theatre. the
iirSt moor VIII be devoted to so shops. The
entire block viii cost .75Oo00
Inc idea that country has only one
national nag IS almost universal. but
generally wrong For example. Great
brltaln. her colonies and dependencies
have rs Russia comes next with 90 and
the German empire follows with .. The
onlteo states IS content with Il. Spain
quay with two
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

AS the strength OF building depends
upon the solidity of its foundation, so
health depends upon the condition of
the blood. To eXpel impurities and
cause the vital fluid to become vigorous
and life-giving, Ayers Sarsapsrijla is
the most powerful and effective medi-
cine In uSe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Tie condition of the city treasury is
hardly such as to warrant an increase
in the salaries of the employees in any
department. Once the increasing of
salaries begins and no one will be able
10 tell when or where it will stop.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

A man in Los Angeles was recently
swindled out of $4,000 by the gold brick
trick. The people were swindled out
of more than that last November with
the same trick.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Utah ofice-seekers seem TO be put
ting themselves in evidence in Wash
ington. Most Of them viii make no
further Roadway than to set in evil
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Carson, Nevada. isn't in it with
Springfield. Illinois. The latter place
would have become a stencil in the
nostrils of the nation had not the legis-
lature adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

This is the day when Jerry Simpson
will arise in the house and make a
motion for organization. And without
a single move or motion Tom Reed will
knock him out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

General Miles must be III London a
week from today; such are his orders.
If he is not, he will be court martialed
and miss a good time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Secretary Wilson is bringing the
agricultural interests Of the country to
a high state of perfection. He does it
by issuing bulletins and pamphlets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

The sugar schedule is the next one
that the senate viii take up. There
will be a sweet old time discussing
hat schedule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

the scorehers- The fast-riding wheeiman
takes good care not 10 collide with car
riage or dray, for he would get the worst
of it If he did.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Since Searles has
been acquitted ii appears that Broker
Chapman must have been very awkward
that he could not be more successful In
conceaiing his contempt for the authority
of the senate
New York Tribune: The New Jersey
typewriter whose error invalidated q bill
in the legislature and saved the state
$4,000 would be valuable acquisition for
any state If our governor would send
fo- her and arrange that she should ac-
cidentally kill half the bills that come
into his hands he would do a great pub
lie service.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Henry Watterson declines to be held
responsible for Kentucky. And Ken
lucky refuses TO be held responsible
for Henry Watterson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

A composite picture of the house of
representatives resembles Tom Reed to
a wonderful degree. 1t is a sort of
like father, like SON"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Life is one grand, sweet song to Mr..
Cleveland the same as it always was.
but now he is forced to accompany
himself when he sings it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

The sultan is not quite certain wheth-
er it is the sword of Islam or OF Da-
mocles that is hanging over his head.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Butte has Just experienced a terrific
shock of earthquake. 1t can hardly
be charged that this is the work Of the
hoboes recently expelled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Eli Perkins fndorsed the Dingley bill
but now he does not recognize it. a
man should never be reckless even in
indorsing political bills.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

There is danger that the different
parts of Debs' cooperative common
wealth scheme may nut coordinate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

1t really begins to look as though
prosperity had been caught in folding
bed somewhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Durrant and Worden may thank their
lucky stars that they are not now
among the stars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Governor Bushnell is in favor of a
service pension. He is not so particu-
lar about the service as the pension.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

The Delaware legislature granted
ninety-nine divorces during its recent
session. Let North Dakota look to her
laurels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Opening the Philadelphia commercial
museum is the nearest President Nc
Kinley has yet come to opening the.
mills
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Yesterday was the kind of June day
that Lowell sang about.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Eugene V. Smalley says good times
have come in the west. So they have
in the days of long ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

Senator Clay. of Georgia, has just
made his maiden speech in the senate.
1t shows that he will not be as clay in
the hands Of the potter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

The attitude of the sultan seems to
be about his customary attitude
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

It is a wise son who knows his own
father in all his moods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

shall we have warp" asks the Bos-
ton Herald? We shall not have war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

The people of Urbana are anything
but urbane
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

About all Spain seems to have left
is crises.