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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
THE LATEST CUBAN POLICY.

Robert P. Porter, ex-superintendent
of the census, undertakes to tell,
through the Philadelphia Inquirer.
what the administrations policy to-
wards Cuba will be. He thinks the pol
icy will be to ask Spain that the Cub
ans be allowed to purchase their lib
erty by the issue of Cuban bonds, this
government to assume the responsible
ity of collecting the customs duties and
thus see that the revenues of the gov
eminent are applied TO the payment OF
interest on the bonds.
This is Mr.. PoIter's opinion; what
it is based on is not stated. His rela-
tons with the administration are not
such as to entitle his opinion to any
special weight, but the plan he outlines
has been mentioned occasionally. There
is no probability that, were any such
overtures made to Spain, she would lis
ten to them for a single moment. 1t
is more likely that she would entertain
proposition from this government to
purchase the islands outright. This
Porter theory, if carried out, would
mat CNCtAN0dl49 NllC = NotelNCo
would own Cuba, and it would be very
much better that they got it directly
than in any roundabout way. What
the Cubans want is independence and
they are in a fair way to achieve it.
They do not want to come under the
jurisdiction of any other government;
and no one would realize so quickly or
more fully than they that any plan
whereby morey was to be paid Spain,
the payment to be guaranteed by this
government, would mean nothing else
than the ultimate absorption of their is
land by the government guaranteeing
their bonds. Whatever the administra-
TONS Cuban policy may be it certainly
is not the one foreshadowed by Robert
p. Porter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
WINE AT WHITE HOUSE DIN
NERS.

Good causes, like people, sometimes
need to be saved from their friends
The other day President Patton of the
New Jersey Epworth League, speaking
of the use of wine at White House din
ners, said that president Mckinley
may be loyal to social traditions, but
that he is a traitor to the principles of
true Methodism." The people did not
take into consideration the presidents
religious principles when they elected
him, and they were as Indifferent as to
his religious beliefs as to those of his
predecessor, which were entirely differ
emit 1t is just possible that President
Mckinley is as competent to decide
what the principles of true Methodism
are as President Patton himself is. The
people at large do not care whether the
president is a strict constructionist in
his religious professions. but they do
care whether he is a strict construc-
ZIONIST so far as the social duties of his
high office are concerned.
Wine IS served at White House din
ners, ard it is proper it should be;
usage and precedent require this Has
anyone ever heard of any bad results
arising from this practice? Neither the
president nor his guests indulge to ex-
cess; in fact. it is possible that the
president is as strict in his adherence
Ito the principles of true Methodism"
as President Patton himself. 1t is quite
as likely as not that President Patton
does not voice the sentiments of any
considerable number of his co-religion-
lists. In any event, the president is not
giving encourag cement to intemperance,
nor is he a friend of the saloon element
He knows what the properties and
amenities of life are, and he observes
them. The criticism of the president
of the New Jersey Epworth League is
entirely uncalled for, and is unwarrant-
ed. If he is seeking notoriety, he is
getting it, but it is of the unenviable
Var.etU
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
NO RATIO BUT 1e TO 1.

According to the Nashville American
Chairman James K. Jones is said to
have intimated that he favors a plat
form against the gold standard rather
than an absolute declaration for 16 to
L The contention for a positive ratio
drove many men from the party, and
this concession Chairman Jones is said
to have made may bring some of them
back again.
What Senator Jones has "intimated''
in this matter we do not know, and
have no means of finding out. That he
favors a platform that is opposed to
the single gold standard is certain, be-
cause he favors the Chicago platform.
To be sure. the national platform in
one presidential campaign is not neces-
sarily the platform of another presiden-
tial campaign, and hence the platform
of 1896 will not necessarily be that of
1900; but the prospect is that it will be
substantially the same and that is es-
peciaIly the case so far as the financial
question is concerned.
Senator Jones stands fairly and
squarely on the Chicago platform, and
that declares for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to
l. The fact that Senator Jones stands
on the Chicago platform and that that
platform is specific for the ratio of 16
TO 1 disposes of the rumor that the
chairman of the Democratic national
committee has ''intimated" that he ia
vors a platform against the gold stand
ard with no declaration in favor of
ratio.
The persistence of the rumors about
no declaration by the Democrats in IA
vor of any ratio. but in favor of silver,
shows that there are designing schem-
ers somewhere who are trying to get
the Democratic party to adopt this pol
icy. Their schemes are fully understood
and their labors viii be in vain. The
Democratic party is for the free and
independent coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is to l. and it viii positively
refuse to make any modification of that
declaration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
ADMIRABLE TEMPER OF THE
PEOPLE.


Nothing could have been better than
the temper of the press and people since
the Maine disaster occurred. They have
been. as a rule, conservative and pa
tent, desiring full information regard
ing the causes of the disaster if they
can be ascertained, before expressing
| their final judgment; they have shown
that reserve power for which the Amer
lean people are noted, that power which
so impressed itself upon Mr. Bryce. But
now the correspondents at Havana and
Key West are flooding the country
with the most sensational stories,
| stories whose sole foundation is moth
Ing more. as a rule, than an uncon-
fiI1ned rumor. Some of the stories sent
cut are nothing more than lies manu-
featured ont of whole cloth. Every
correspondent in Havana and at Key
West should be given positive instruc-
tons to send nothing but the truth;
and every seIf-respecting newspaper
Will give such instructions. At the pres
ent time the people are relying upon
the newspaper correspondents for in
formation, and they want as accurate
and reliable information as it is pos
sible tc get; above all things that which
they do not want is sensationalism and
wild conjecture. If the ascertained
facts are sent and the actual state of
public opinion and bona fide interviews
with distinguished American and Span
ish officials. that is all the people ask;
they are perfectly able to construct
theories for themselves. All the talk
at the present time about mines and
tcrpedoes and treachery is perfectly
idle, because there is nothing on which
even a suDerstructure of conjecture
can rest. while it may be very harm
full.
Rarely has the press of the country
had a greater opportunity to exert its
vast influence to better advantage than
now. 1t can do more than the admin
istration itself to allay unnecessary ex-
element. and it can prove to the people
anew that it is as reliable as anything
human can be. But the exaggerations
and lies of the sensational correspond
ents must be stopped TO establish the
fullest confidence in the press in the
public mind. What comment it is on
the reliability of some of the CORE
spondents at Havana that Captain
Sigsbee should have felt it incumbent
upon him TO make a statement that all
interviews purporting to be had with
him are untrue.
1t will be but few days before the
investigation will have been completed
and = report made to the secretary of
the navy. and by him transmitted to
the president. That the president will
make it public so soon as he and the
cabinet have considered it, there is no
doubt Until that time all should pos
sess their souls in patience.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

portant as it is true. At best but %
American boys Il q century can be-
come president of the United States,
and this makes the American boys
chs=ce so small that it isn't worth
banking or It would be very much
better for mothers 10 fondly hope that
their boys might get on to the police
force, or become fire ladies: Industry
goes a long way in this direction. while
industry has nothing to do with becom-
ing president: there all is chance. no
matter what a boys constitutional
right may be.
The mother who fondly hopes that her
boy MAJ become president is u day
dreamer, and -hcugh day dreaming may
be pleasant, it is positively unprofit-
able. The mother who fondly hopes
that her boy may grow UP to be a
good and Industrious man, and bends
all her efforts in that direction, is do
ing a much greater service TO the state
than as though she were building air
castles. Teach the boys that this is a
very prosaic, matter-of-fact world,
where work must be done by all who
succeed in any line, and that he who
is a hard, conscientious worker stands
the best chance in life; fill their heads
with no ambitious ideas that will make
them disconnected with whatever for
tune may have in store for them; make
them sensible, patriotic boys, and if
they become presidents. so much the
hattor-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
WASHINGTON.

Perhaps al has been said in praise
of the character of Washington that
can be said, and yet all that has been
said is deserved. While this is true,
vet Americans can ever contemplate his
life and work to their own advantage,
always finding something they had not
found before. 1t lacks but a comp e
Of years of being century since Wash
ington died. but every year the gran
deur and nobility of his character have
grown.
All that he did, all that he was bears
the closest scrutiny and shows him to
have been one Of the great men of ali
time. As soldier, statesman. patriot. he
is among the very first of men. To
all Americans he. is an example is an
archtype Of what the citizen should
be. America has produced great men
and viii continue to produce them, but
it will scarcely produce a greater man
than George Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
THE MAID OF CALABAh.

By the blue iagoons of Benny. where the
oIeanders blow
Dweils i little Qusky maiden, pacing sad
ly to and fro.
Blythe hibDi where we trysted, still l see
her standing there
With wreath or red chupattieS o er the
ing her Iuxurlant hair.
ON, returnSs l hear her calling Ger the
crueI harbor par:
ON, return again and love me, on the
coast of Ca.abar.
Oh. the happy days we wandered meath
she luscious tum-tum tree,
Listing TO the love-sick numbers of the
gentle chimpanZeei
And she d lift her amber eyelids, asking
me IN accents bland.
If you love your tanu sweetheart, why
forsake the coral strands?
And answer, Lovely maiden, marry
you, alaS, 1 can l.
But I'll think of you forever as a sister
or an aunt.
And my thoughts still wander southwark
TO our ancient trystlng place.
Where they manufacture biscuits for the
faithful canine race
And see my ebon angel standing on the
distant shore
lShe esDouseu an Egba chieftain in the
spring o. "a:
Oh. farewell, my sweet enchantress, oh.
farewell, my Benny Start
In my heart you live forever. little maid
of Calabar.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
Consumption Positively Cured

Mr.. R. B. Greeve. merchant. OF Chiiho-
vie, Va, certifies that he had consump-
ton, was given up to die, sought all
medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he
could hear of. but got no relief; spent
many nights sitting up in a chair: was
induced TO try DR.. Kings Ne1 Discovery
and vas cured by use of two bottles.
For past three years has been attending
to business, and says DR.. Kings New
Discovery is the grandest remedy ever
made, as it has done so much for him
and also for others in his community.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is guaran-
teed for Coughs. Colds and Consump-
tion. 1t don't fail. Trial bottles free at
Z. c. NJ. I. drug store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
WHAT MOTHERS MAY FONDLY
HOPE.

In his Lincoln day speech Senator
Thurston declared that every mother
who bore her son on American soil can
fondly hope that he viii one day be-
come president" OF course she can;
that is one of the inalienable rights of
all American mothers. II she hopes
this it win be more foolishly than fond
ly. ard the curiy-headed boy that is
reared by a mother who is fondly hop
ing he may some day become president
of the United States viii most likely
have instilled into him ideas and no.
tons that wiz quite unfit him for the
rather high and important Office of
president Of the United states.
Senator Thurston's declaration is
strictly true, but it isn't nearly so i'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Buchanan got up. and. surveying the
crowd of his old nelchbors. began:
assure you. my fellow citizens. that
Il Is indeed pleasure TO return to my old
nome ana meet you again. | like TO look
INTO the honest faces of the people of
Lancaster. A more honest people does
NOT exist than in this dear cd county
cameron lust at this point thought Of
Hnat ne had forgotten, and, .nterruDting
Buchanan, said
am requested by the sergeant of
ponce 10 state that several persons in the
auaience have had their pocketbooks
stolen, and to ask you to be on the alert
10 intercept the guilty ores
OI course. Inere was great LAUGHTER.
out Buchanan passed II off casuall-' and
proceeded with his speech,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

General Edward S. Bragg. the hero of
the Iron brigade, seems to be the spirit
of war incarnate. He says: II know
what / would do if 1 were in command
at Havana harbor. I would shell the
town. take it and then set it on fire.
After the flames were well under way
I would advise the government at
Washington what 1 had done They
might remove me from my command,
but the Cuban problem would be solved
completely" Perhaps it is just as well
he is not in command at Havana. In
the meantime buster at Fond du Lac
will harm no one, while it seems TO
please the old general. Buster away.
general. the country viii think none
the less Of you Tor it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

The senate committee on public lands
has unanimously decided to report ad-
versely the nomination of Mr.. H. N.
McGrew to be register of the land office
in this state. Politically speaking, this
is a matter for congratulation, as Mr.
McGrew was appointed from Arizona,
having been before his appointment an
applicant for governor of Arizona. Per-
scnaily Mr.. McGrew is a pleasant gen
tleman, but his appointment as register
CT the land Office, coming, as it did. was
an affront to the people of Utah. That
the senate will accept the committees
decision as final there is little doubt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

person knows exactly what hao2ened TO
the Maine, and that is Weyler. de says
the explosion was due Ito the Incidence
OF the Maine crew. Weyler seizes the
occasion TO make a slash at the Amer
lean navy. he is a slnail-bore malignant,
ana warranted to damage his own side
whenever he opens his mouth.
Pittsburg Dispatch: There have been
some exhibitions OF extra-sensatlonallsm
N the bulletins in connection with the
Maine disaster that are reorehensioie.
me constant repetition of the cry Of
Noif, wolff when there is no wolf tends
10 make the pubic as skeDtlcai in tnese
MODERN days as in the time OF the sheo-
herds.
Atlanta Journal: The telegram of Cen
eral Joseph Wheeler to President Mckin-
ley, rendering his services in the event of
war with Spain. while il may be consid-
efed a trifie premature and unnecessary,
was neVerthe. ess an indication OF the seA-
tiInent OF the Confederate soldiers and
'tnelr descendants throughout the south.
General Joseph Wheeler" Fighting Joe,
as ne was Familiarity krown-was one of
the best and bravest of confederate cav
AIRY of1cers- If trouble seems imminent
his course will be followed py thousands
OF others; There will be none more will
ing 10 night the battles OF the Union than
the men who fought 10 make the confed
crate states an independent nation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

If Spain consents to permit the Gu
bars to buy the island. the United
States guaranteeing the bonds, when
the whole transaction is finally closed
it will be found that the Morgan syn
dictate viii own Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Tc subscriber-CaptainS igsbee's an
swer to the Maine orderly who said to
him: Sir. have to inform you the
ship has been blown up and is row
sinking" was. most probably: Tell Us
something new"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

If Spanish officials attempt to inter
fere with the examination of the Maine
they should be told so emphatically TO
keep hands off that they could not pos
sibly mistake the meaning of the words.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
TALES OF THE DAY.
He DID 1t Gracefully.

Upon one occasion a few years ago,
when a subject in which the people We're
taking unusual Interest was before the
senate, says the ChautauQuan, A1r. Nor
rlil announced that he would upon the
following day aoIreSS the senate upon
the proposed measure. such notification
from q senator known TO read his
speeches served almost invariably 10 give
the senators an informal recess N the
cloak room and to leave the gallery free
TO the unwary tourist. Inc venerable
Morr1l, however, found few empty sen
atoriai seats. and he saw that the gal
leries We're well hiled.
The senators stay ed and the visitors
came TO listen, not 20 oTatory, but 10 an
essay. The compliment clearly was pleas
IN 10 Morrill, Tor as ne rose with his
manuscript in his hand ne bowed almost
lmpercepuDiy. YET IN graceful acknowi-
easement, to his associates, and then he
spoke an informal sentence or two with
has lace hait turned toward the rear gal
lery; II was plain that he was thus test
ing MS NOics ana that II mad occurred 70
HIM that II these visitors had come TO
hear him speak 1t should not be his fault
ii they failed TO hear him.
Then he turned To his manuscript and
began: Mr.. President, when a thing Is
worth doing at ali II is worth doing
gracefully. and in the spirit of thar
its manner delivered. so that 1t seemed
Tor the moment that not in the senate
chamber out in some peaceful audience
room a congenial company had come to-
Sether to listen to something that was
Ter remote from the intense world OF
craftsmanship and politics Yet this ad-
dress was as earnest and persuasive as
any Morrill, ever made and was after
ward declared by one senator to have
been 'rock-like in its logic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Whooping cough is the most distress
ing malady: pur its duration can be
cut short by the use of One Minute
Cough Cure, which is also the best
known remedy for Group and all lung
Q d. Swift
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Anaconda STANDARD: The proposed con-
troll of the Klondike by that 200 900. 600
syndicate will be control of the millions
New York Commercial-Advertiser The
United States war department seems to
have petty imitation of the lola trial
on its hands In the court martial of Col
onel Carter. now going on at Savannah
The difference is that in the lola case
army officers refuse TO testify before a
refuse to testify before a military court.
The judge advocate has done well in
threatening to invoke the civil courts and
the power of congress to make them tes-
tify.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: Only one
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Richard LIE Galliene is going to lee
lure Why is it that no foreigner Of
cote can come to Americas shores. but
that he must forthwith mount the lee
ture platform? What work in this
busy world has Richard LIE GaIliene
done that he should come TO US and
assume to speak as one having au-
thoritY2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

When the investigation has ended;
when the theorists have ceased to the
orize, and the Maine disaster still re
mains mystery, then call in Sherlock
Holmes and he will solve it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

A trusted clerk of John Wanamaker
has confessed to stealing a large guam
tity of silks. He thought this was the
easiest way to provide himself with the
sa1-aI1-a+
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Before marriage a woman clings to
a mans neck; after marriage she walks
on it," says the Chicago News. In any
event the man gets it in the neck
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

And now England is getting excited
over French operations in Africa 1t
would be a difficult matter TO name a
nation that is not today more or less
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

If Billy Mason is paying any heed to
the sentiment of the American people
at the present time, he viii make no
more attacks on the navy department.
What Billy needs is to do a little more
thinking and considerable less talk
frr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

And now Miss Maud Come is said
to be the yelled lady in the Dreyfus
case If this be so, then the veil was
undoubtedly of Irish lace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

The Chicago Times Herald says that
Billy Mason ought to reason out the
Maine affair by analogy; he himself
never explodes from the outside.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Cleveland Leader: Little Teddie-Pa
what does ''iniraNiig' mean?
Pa-Infra dig? oh, that's Klondike
slang. Don't ever let me hear you use
them words again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22
WIT AND HUMoR.

Chicago Record: After all, a married
man has the advantage of a battieship.'
In what respect. pray?'
when ne gets blown up he knows what
did it."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

The sorrow that the Spanish people
feel over the blowing up of the Maine
won't leave any permanent traces upon
their faces.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

You can drive a boy to Yale college
and make him drink. if the w. C. T. U.
may be believed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Esterhazy wants to shoot the Jews.
The world would be glad to compro-
mise the matter by having him shot
himself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

To date all that is known of the
Maine disaster is that "she went hell
bent" but not for Governor Kent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

The Emperor of Germany owns three
hundred and sixty-five carriages. No
wonder he goes it at such a lively gait.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

The rush to the Klondike continues
just the same as though there had
been no Maine disaster, as if there
were no Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

In all the talk of war sight should
not be lost of what the pension result of
even a small war might be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-22

Recipe for solving a murder mystery
Call it suicide.