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occur to everybody, the introduction Of
senators from the newer states has
weakened the character of the upper
house. AS a rule they have been or
very light caliber-Smooth-Dore ASKED
offhand to name the senators OF any
half dozen of the far western states.
even the best informed on public men
and measures would be puzzled. Per
haps it is an early failure to find good
men to send to congress that induces
the constant changes that go on In the
congressional delegations of these new
states They may be experimenting
with their abundance of raw material,
hoping to find the best man after
awhile. But this vicious habit of giving
congressman only short terms of SER
vice has not been confined to the newer
states. 1t is nearly 80 years since Cal
ifornia entered the federal union, and
during all that time she has persist
emily refused to give any one OF her
citizens more than one term in the SEN
ate until the present senior senator
from that state, Mr.. Perkins. broke all
records by succeeding himself. Long
before, however, Aaron a. Sargent was
actually elected three times to the
house. but not for consecutive terms.
and was then given the restricted single
term of senator. 1t is the cheerful Gus
tom of California politicians,
without distinction of party, to
turn upon man and rend
him limb from limb as soon as he
becomes prominent in state politics If
he is named as a possible appointee to
an important place in the federal gov
eminent every mans hand is against
him. If he is elected to high office,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06
NEW UNIFORMS FOR OUR Army.
General Miles Will Make ChangesCurious Uniforms of
the Past

General Miles is reported to be contem-
plating important changes in the uni
forms now worn by the soldiers of the
United States regular army. AT a recent
reception at the White House. the general
appeared in a gorgeous new tunic of his
own design, literally adorned with gold
lace, and wearing a sash of alternate yell
low and gold stripes. The most remark
able poinl about the uniform, however
was not the splendor of The tacinss as the
prominence OF the oak leaf and acorn
decorations: curious Iact. as these are
supposed TO be the distinctive military
embiems Of the British crown General
Miles, however, intimates THAT he Is gong
TO take the best feature Of every other
nations dress regulations and incorporate
them into his new system for the clothing
OF the American army.
SOLDIERS IN TALL SILK HATS.
In this connection. it is interesting TO re-
call some Of the curious uniforms which
the brave defenders of our great republic
have from time TO time ADOPTED. either
through choice or necessity. Who would
ever imagine that our soldiers once wore
gentleman? Yet in 1910 an order was IS
sued directing that all the privates be
supplied with hat identical in shape
anu form with the ''chimney-pot hat of
today. and this extraordinary kind of
military headgear continued until 1872.
when II was replaced by u more ornate
covering, described in the regulations as
"a leather cap. bell-crowned, adorned in
front with yellow eagle, made of brass
work, embossed with the regimental num-
Der; white pompon in front and black
cOckade at the side. made OF leather"
Certainly & was a more serviceable hat
than its predecessor. and more suggestive
of tho martial spirit that inspired its
wearers to their brilliant deeds of valor
in the struggle of that year. But the day
of the pot hat was not yet done; in 1921
the cadets of the military academy at
West Point were requested TO adopt the
pattern which had been condemned as an
ur-soldier-like head-covering but nine
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his political destruction is already de-
termined. Contrasted with this jeal-
ousy and fickIeness is the steadinesS
with which Maine has maintained in
both branches Of congress delegations
whose abilities have always commanded
the respect of the nation which owes
so much to their experience and laborS-
The degradation Of American politics
which has given US the boss and the
tools of the boss. is chiefly responsible
for the deterioration of the United
States senate. The man who has
genius for the baser sort of politics
fixes his eye Upon the legislature OF the
state, for through that body he is able
to hold his grip on the reins of power;
he can levy tribute on men and cor
poratiOns who may loathe him. but who
are too cowardly to resist his exactions-
A legislature dominated by a boss viii
not send TO the United States senate
any man who does not reflect the de-
basement of politics in the state from
which he comes. As was intended by
the founders of the republic, the house
of representatives more directly reflects
the will and temper of the whole peO-
pie. 1t IS the popular branch Of our
national legislature. In the inefficiency
and incapacity of the senate, which
even the sterling qualities of even a
few notable men cannot elevate, we See
the collected fruits of bos5ism in Amer
lean politics In the ADLER and more
virile character of the houS of rep
resentatives we may see the people
more trutilfully. because more directly,
represented without the interpOSitiOn
of the middleman. The decline of the
senate has kept pace with the rise and
progress Of the boss.
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creased Ito reach as far as the tip of the
ear at the side and back, and in front as
nigh as me cnIn would permit in turning
Inc heac- These preposterous collars
were afterwards replaced by the equally
uncomfortable stocks, but more rational
measure brought into vogue the present
! low collar or sort Goth, supplemented in
the case OF officers by an ordinary civilian
collar.
President Monroe decided. towards the
end OF 1871. that the uniforms of the va
rious regiments should all be dark blue in
colo-. and that this was to be In future
the national color; the West Point ca
oe IS 10 nave gray coats and trousers,
while the reSimeEtal musicians We're to
Do distinguished by their red coats; fac
fngs and ornamentaticn of every descrip-
ton were abolished. But in 1892 the fac
lnSs were readopted. and shortly after
wards the long coat gave way to the dark
blue jacket or "coatee.' as it was celled
which came in with the sky blue panta-
looms. Perhaps no more remarkable uni
form was ever worn than that of 1855. re-
m2rk2ble Tor its unSoldierlike appearance
and want of smartnesS on a body of
troops that were astonishing. and had al
ready astonished the world by their won
derful discipline and fighting qualities. 1t
is hard to imagine the appearance of
regiment of them dressed like so many
Turks in long loose. buggy trousers and
long coats with wide, bell skirts, and TO
still further increase the resemblance the
long coat was discarded again in favor of
the looSely-htting ''coatee" mentioned
above. At this date. also. the soft felt
hat. with a broad brim. turned up at the
sides. was introduced and three years
later it became universal throughout the
establishment.
PICTURESQUE UNIFORMS
Some of the uniforms in the old conti-
mental army days were undoubtedly very
picturesque and imposing; for instance,
let US take the governor of Connecticut's
regiment of foot guards. organized in III.
There were two companies, the first of
which wore scarlet colored coats. richly
covered with gold lace and faced with
black; buff cashmere waistcoats and buff
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that corrupt measures stand no chance
whatever in either branch of congress,
and that the men who would be will
ing to barter their votes for any con-
sideration are so few that they cut no
figure whatever in any careful scrutiny
of congress. Again, whatever may
have been true of the relative estimates
placed upon the patriotism and mental
abilities of senators and representa-
tives, say 80 years ago. and the sena-
tors and representative of the present
day, it cannot be justly said that the
character of the house of representa-
tives shows any marked deterioration.
Having in mind such members of the
lower house as ThaddeuS Stevens of
Pennsylvania, Henry Winter Davis of
Maryland, Elihu 3. Washburne of Illi-
nois, Clement l.. Vallandigham and
John A. Bingham. of Ohio. and other
notable men on both sides of the house
in their day, l aver that the present
house, as regards high abilities, faith
fulness and industry, will not suffer by
comparison with any of its predeces-
sors.
Unfortunately, all this is not true of
the senate. into whose rolls of member
ship we have just proposed to look. a
few years ago, with the incursion into
the senate of several milliOnaires, came
the appositeness of the stigma of a
IlCH man ) CluD, applied TO the DCuy
of luxurious men, some of whom were
suspected of having bought the seats
which they occupied, but did not adorn.
To a certain extent this reproach has
been taken away. Other influences
have been at work to fill the senate
But the visitor in the senate gallery
vainly listens for any such statesman
like deliverances on great questions as
those which he might have heard in
the chamber during the elder time. OF
that race of senators l recall a few
prominent names. Delaware was rep
resented by James A Bayard, Illinois
by Lyman Trumbull o. II. Browning.
and. later, Richard Yates; Indiana by
Henry 5. Lane. Iowa by James w.
Grimes and James Harlan Cali
fornia by John CONFESS and
James A. McDougall. Michigan by
Zach" Chandler and Jacob NJ How
ard; New Hampshire. by John p. Hale.
Massachusetts sent Charles Sumner and
Henry Wilson; Ohio, Benjamin p. Wade
and John Sherman; PENNSYLVANIA, Da-
vid Wilmot; Kentucky. Garrett, Davis;
Tennessee, Andrew Johnson; Maine,
William Pitt Fessenden and Lot NJ.
Morrill,, and so on to the end of the
chapter. Who are their successors. re-
nowned for their forensic ability.
shrewdness in legislative MANAGEMENT
and fertility of resource?
II must be admitted that the increase
in the numerical strength of the senate.
caused by the admission of new states
into the Union, has not correspondingly
increased the power and dignity of that
body. On the contrary, leaving out one
of two notable exceptions which will
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06
What Was Surprising.

From Puck: Mr.. Hoon-After all. 1t is a
fact that truth is stranger than fiction.
Young Joggles purchased a handsome val
entine TO send to Miss Beautiful. and a
broad and plethoric liver pad for his I'M
Gle. an invalid. When wrapped up, the
packages looked almost exactly alike,
and he addressed and sent them without
examining their contents.
Mrs. Hoon-Dear me, And. of course,
he got them mixed and sent the valentine
to his uncle and the pad TO his sweetheart
and was disowned by his relative and dis
carded by the young lady?
Mr. Hoon-No; that IS the strange part
of it. The packages were properly adj
dressed and each went straight to its in
tended destination.
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DECLINE OF THE SENATE.
Attributable to the Boss In Politics
The House Equal in Politics.


| Noah Brooks, in New York Times:
When an old-timer visits Washington
he finds it interesting to sit awhile in
the galleries of the senate or the house
and recall the men and the scenes with
which he was familiar during the years,
let us say, beginning with Lincoln S
first presidential term and ending with
the accession of Andrew Johnson to the
"old days of the war" and to an ell
derby person like myself the drama then
passing 50 swiftly now seems like a
far-off dream. Any one who can re-
call the men and the measures of that
day must be impressed with the fact
that very few of the actors in that
mighty drama are now living. Young
people. hearing the name OF some
statesman once prominent, some mill
tary OF naval hero, and asking about
him. have but one answer: He Is
dead"
But the feeling of depression that
comes over one who remembers with
pride and pleasure the senate of 1S61-5,
as he looks over the senate today, is
not wholly due to sentimental musings
on the mutations of time, the short
ness of human life. Not only does one
miss the great men of the older time,
quately fill the places vacated by the
passing of the mighty men of old 1t is
one of the cOmmonest traits of human
nature to overrate the past and under
rate the present: and more than one
old man who shakes his head mourn
fully and laments that there were
giants in those days" was probably
just as certain in those days that
weakness and corruption characterized
the men whose greatness he now re-
CARDS with so much regretful venera-
ton. Then. again, the age in which
Lincoln, Steward, Chase. Sumner and
men like them won their fame deVel-
oped race of statesmen which in these
piping times Of peace the country does
not so strenuously need, perhaps, and
certainly does not develop. This is the
view commonly taken by the cheerful
optimist, who believes that benevo-
lent providence watches over the for
tunes of the republic as well as over
fools. children and drunken men.
Let us look over the rolls of the sem
ate as it was constituted in the years
which have just mentioned. But first
let .me be understood as disclaiming
any sympathy with those who insin-
uate, il they do not openly charge. that
there is corruption among congressman
of the present generation. 1t should be
frankly said that the senators and rep
resentatives of the present day are an
honest and well-meaning body of men;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

New York Press: Probably every wo-
man won't be able TO help acting as if she
was surprised to see a certain man in
heaven.
ed so she can use it at the right time on
some man.
A woman always has as many excuses
for feeling blue as a man for smoking
too much
Love is like a corkscrew; you can't get
rid of it unless you twist 1t around the
wrong way.
Methuselah was probably able 10 live
everything down except the stories circu-
lated by the women who remembered him
when he was boy.
Whenever a woman cooks up anything
extra nice she always acts as If she ex-
pected her husband TO flap his elbows and
crow so all the neighbors could hear.
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years before. and great was the wrath of
these embryo Washingtons and Jacksons
at the indignity which, they declared, had
been put upon them. But their dislike
soon gave way to feeling OF respect for
the uniform, and perhaps to this fact is
due the enormous popularity of the tall
hat among American citizens.
LEATHER HUNTING SHIRTS.
In the stirring times of the revolution
airy period the dress of many of the pa
triot regiments was at once quaint and
picturesque. Many of the troops. prom
inent among them the First Virginia reg
iment. in HIS. were clothed lat their own
eXDepse), in leather hunting shirts. leg
gings and caps. trimmed with fur-a dress
that Washington recommended to all
those who were upabie to obtain the reg
ular uniform, saying that the leather
hunting shirt inspired terror in the heart
of the British soldier, as the latter be-
lieyed that its wearer must necessarily be
a sharpshooter, IN fact. another Leather
stocking" On reflection. one can hardly
blame the Britisher for his timidity in APP
proaching the fearless backwoodsman.
The Pennsylvania regiments, facetiously
dubbed the Quaker brigade" were re-
markable for the excessive plainness OF
their uniforms. which were modestly
made of buff colored cloth, trimmed and
faced with brown What a contrast to
the gay trappings of the troopers known
ing green short coats turned UP with
red, waistcoats of red cloth, buckskin
breeches and leather cap. trimmed with
bearskin, flowing name of horsehair
hanging from a curved brass crest at
the top
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06
Or. Peau and the puelist.

From the Pail Mall Gazette: An anus
ing story is being told about DR.. Peau.
the eminent surgeon. who died so sudden
~ the other day. In early life he was
called upon to attend professionally at a
duel. No sooner had the combatants taken
up their positions than one of them sud-
denly turned on his heel and made a bolt
of it. ''Ah," quietly remarked Peau, II
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06
THE COLORADO MIDLAND r. r
Two rhrough Trans Daily.

Two 1NlOuSn Ird4HS Daily.
Between Salt Lake City. Ogden and Lead
vile, Cripple Creek. Colorado Springs.
Denver and all points east. Only line
running THROUGH CHAIR CARS.
Through sleepe-S on both morning and
evening trains. This line. In connection
with the Rio Grande Western. reaches
Denver earlier than any other line via
Colorado Springs. No change OF cars o.
delayed trains. Take the Colorado Md
land and save time ana ENJOY the dnese
ride and zrandest scenery in Colorado
For full information call on any R. G.
w. Ry. agent, or
W. F. BAILEY. o. 4. BROWN
G. P. A. Gen. Agent
Denver. Colo. Salt Lake City.
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Housewives, you can buy a 5 o.
can of o. S. Baking Powder for 10c-,
an 8 OF. can for 15c. and 10 o. can
for Csc. and it will raise your cakes
and biscuits just as good as baking
powders costing twice the amount;
give it a trial and be convinced
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know cutie we'll what is the matter with
the poor fellow" and thereupOn, taking
out his pOcket-book. ne wrote the Follow
ing report: In the first encounter. NJ. Y.
was seized with an uncomfortable fit of
tachypOdy, and the seconds, with the adj
vice of the surgeon. stopped the proceed
ings." TachypOdy saved the young duel
lists horor. and won for him general
sympathy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06

Love is the only disease that you can't
cure. and that will cure itself if you let it
alone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06

I'LL > W ELL-
Talloires, June 49,
How peaceful is everything around
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HIGH COLLARS AND STOCKS.

In 1902 the then commander in chief is
sued an order that the collars of all pri-
Yates coats should not be less than three
inches high nor more than three and
half; ten years later that height was in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06

Additional Sunday and Holiday trains:
Leave Salt Lake II a. m. and l p. m
Leave Lagoon. 1900 m and p. m.
SIMON BAMBERGER. H. W. EARLY.
Can Manager. Passenger Agent
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SALTLAKE & OGDEN RAILWAY co

Daily time table In effect Sept. 20.
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
Salt Lake Farming Farming salt Lake
ton * La to1 x La
The times., 1898-10-09
GETTING TO WORK.
A Report of the Meeting of the
Pence Commit ssioners.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Scene-the chamber in which the Peace
Commission is at work. All the mem
hers present. The official interpreter.
voluble Frenchman. is seated between the
two divisions of Commissioners.
The Interpreter-Zhentleme re ses-
stone is now open. What ees your plais-
ure?'
Commissioner Day-Let the Spanish
gentlemen show their hand.
Spanish Commissioner Gn Spanish, OF
corrse)-What does the Yankee say?
The Interpreter necessarily in Spanish)
He SAYS he kisses the hands OF the most
noble Castilians.
commissioner Davis-What did the
aged duffer just ask you?
The Interpreter-He says he pays his
most respectful homage to the diStinB-
uished Americanos.
Second Spanish Commissioner-kepea
the remark of the detestable pig.
The Interpreter-He says ne valves all
formalities in the presence of such cour-
teous senors.
commissioner Reid-I don't like the
,ools of the hook-nosed Calabrian- What
was he saying about u.s.
The Jnterpreter-He says 1t has never
been his rare good fortune to meet so
many eminent foreigners at one time be
fore.
Third Spanish Commissioner-What did
the offscouring with the curly hair and
the moustache dare 70 mutter?
The Interpreter-He said he would take
home within him many remembrances oi
Castilian chivalry.
Commissioner Reid-Hold on there
French; you've got that wrong. / didn''
say Castilian. I said Calabrian.
Fourth Spanish Commissioner-What Is
that? He says we are Calabrians? Does
he means we are not Castilians?
Commissioner Reid-No; not Castiiian
but Calabrian.
Fifth Spanish Commissioner-Carram
Commissioner Reid-Not Carramba-
Calabria.
Great confusion. #
The Interpreter (wildfy shoutingl-
| Zhentlemen. zhentlemen. eet ees time fo
| annozzaire breafsfasi
| All exit hastily.
The times., 1898-10-09
LOVE OF SPORT.
What 1t Has Done Toward Destroy
ing Animal Life
(From the Boston Herald.)


What between mans appetite and MS
'love of sport" it cannot be very long ere
this planet viii be without any animal lie,
saving your own presence. Let US see
what We shall have TO do without in a
few years hence. Lobsters are destined 10
become obsolete; no more lobster New
burg: what a pity No more terrapln:
what shall, can or will take the place OF
that costly delicacy? No more mackerei,
because the baby fish are considered so
delicious that even the enormous catches
will vanish before our greedy consumption
of them No more--but why enumerate
all the creatures that once We're plentiful
before lordly man increased and multi
piled, and recklessly killed them? Some
time ago Forest and Stream, publication
devoted to healthful, generous intercourse
with nature. cried out: Behold now the
modern sportsman goeth into the fields
He weareth apparel which is his glory,
and in il are pockets large enough to bear
away an ass load of game. His weapon
is his pride. and he puffeth himself up
and saith: What is there to contend in
the fields against me, or what can stand
before me in the forests?
And there is nothing, for 10, squirrel
he bloweth to flinders, and a bear, even
the grizzly bear of the mountains, doth
he make into particles, the deer of the
forest he maketh into atoms. and the
molecules are the birds of the air be-
fore his face. He smiteth all living things
as with flame; with one weapon doeth
he all these things. and the name thereof
is the Best All-Round Gun And behold,
although he destroyeth all beasts of the
field, and all fish of the streIms aud ill
birds of the air, and still
sigheth for mightier weapons of
death wherewith to slay all
these, there is no man to rise up and
seize him and bind him for term of
years. wherein lieth the salvation of
these beasts and birds" Since the above
appeared legislation has provided little
preservation and protection to the less
wild animals that simply fall into nets
and traps set for them, for laws have
been made to prevent absolute slaugh-
ter: but crowding the sporting season in
| to a few weeks has only served to in
| crease the numbers OF the modern
] sportsman" and to let loose the amateur,
who tries to kill sport For years he has
( been rendering the American buffalo OBJ
solete, and now his work is almost ac-
| complished. He has tried to exterminate
the deer. and the fox, and the wild tur-
key. and to rob all the streams of fish
! by inseine-one might say insane-meth-
| DDS just to make record for killing ev-
/ erything for the sake of killing. This
passion has had another outlet in the re-
cent war, and. 1t must be whispered, I
| think 1t was for a much better end than
| in taking the lives of creatures unable to
/ defend themselves in kind.
The times., 1898-10-09

Is 1t possible the inhabitants of Mars pos
sess? Answer: We don't know that
there are inhabitants upon Mars Think
ing that ne should not be allowed to es-
cape so. his questioner followed him up
with this: Well, II there are inhabitants
upon Mars, is 1t probable that they have
built canals that can be seen from this
earth?' He got this for his pains: My
dear sir, you recall to my mind one OF
Lord Dundreary's droll questions. Does
your brother like cheese? I have no
brother. But II you had a brother would
he like cheese?' Nothing, 1 repeat is alb
solutely known about Mars inhabitants,
II 1t have any, nor about its canals, IL 1t
have Them