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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
THE POWER OF WEALTH.

( Perhaps the most noteworthy address
! delivered on Washihgton's birthday
was that of Ex-President Harrison.
His subject was the Obligations Of
/ Wealth And he treated the
subject in a broad. liberal and
patriotic manner After paying
proper tribute 10 the great
man whose birthday was celebrated. he
launched forth into his subject. we
live in a time of great agitation" said
he. of war Of clashing thoughts and
interests. Men, no longer satisfied with
what appears above ground. are uncov-
ering roots. There is feeling that
some men are handicapped; that the
race is sold; that the old and much
Wanted equality of opportunity and Of
right has been submerged More Bit
ter and more threatening things are
being said and written against accum-
ulated property and corporate power
than ever before. 1t seems to many
that, more and more. small men, small
stores and small factories are being
thrown upon the shore as financial drift
or wreckage; that the pursuit of cheap
ness has reached a stage where only
enormous combinations of capital, do
ing an enormous business, are sure OF
returns"
\ true observation this. one that has
been made by all who have given the
question of the great unrest of the day
any consideration. When the expires
jdent said wealth should neither be the
object of our enmity nor the basis OF
our consideration, he uttered a whole
some truth. as he did when he said
that the indiscriminate denunciation Of
wealth is mischievous. The denuncia- /
ton Of wealth is mischievous. but not
50 the denunciation OF the misuse OF /
wealth. And it is this which has caused
so much agitation and heart burning. 1
has tended TO divide the people into /
masses and classes. ]
The ex-president devoted the greater
part Of his address to the discussion
of taxation. and it was there he dis
covered a great wrong He dwef al /
length on the delinquency of not tax
ing personal property, especially what
are usually termed securities. n
stated that the evil seems to have
been progressing antil in some of cur
great .eenters of population and wealth
these forms of personal property seem
to have been almost eliminated from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

the tax list After dwelling on the ser
iousness of this condition OF affairs, he
paraphrased Lincoln's declaration that
this country could not live half slave
and half free, saying it cannot con-
tinue TO exist half ts-cd and half free.
No trGer declaration was ever made.
In the matter of taxation wealth does
not bear its proper prpcrtion, and it
bears less and less every year. TIE
poor man and the man Of small means
pay full. if not over full taxes Every
thing they have is assessed Ak its full
value and taxes levied accordingly; but
that is not the case with the wealthy.
1t is such things as these that cause
people to denounce wealth. Wealth is
power and the abuse of power always
has and always win bring forth denun-
citation, until Pronunciation is followed
by something worse. Some day there
will be readiustment of matters. BY
this 1t is not meant that there will be
saturnalia of the people. but that
the power of wealth will have to bow
down before the power of the people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
CONCERNING POLITICAL MA
CHIMES.

discussing the relations OF the mayor
ar ii the council. the Deseret n W. says:
If the issue is to be joined between a
political machine on the-one hand. and
( the people through the man whom
they elected mayor on the other as
row seems inevitable. it is the ardent
Wish OF the News that the machine
be defeated at every point. and that
the form of rule be maintained in this
city which is provided by law and is
in harmony with American institu-
tions.
That is very rich indeed. From this
one would infer that the mayor alone
was elected by the people, while mem
bers of the city council were not. 1t
might also be inferred from what our
evening contemporary says that all the
people voted for the mayer; but he re
ceived. in reality, good deal less than
half the votes; was, in fact, elected by
a minority of the people
But the reference to the machine is
the richest of all. The mayor was nom
mated by machine. the same kind of
commercial machine in politics de-
scribed II the February Atlantic A
very prominent member Of this ma
chine asked the mayor to make
certain nomination, and the mayor did
1t wouldn't be machine politics if the
mayor should try and make "dicker''
with members of the council for their
votes in behalf of a certain gentleman's
confirmation whose name the mayor is
anxious to submit 10 the council.
For the mayor to suggest if members
of the council wished him to make
certain appointment it would be under
stood that they were to vote for the
confirmation of another nominee. there
would be no machine politics in this.
Members of the council are having their
eyes opened as to practical politics.
by the non-Dartisan mayor in a way
that makes them stand aghast. If the
onslaughts upon them for insisting
upon a due regard for their legal
rights are persisted in, they may yet
be goaded to opening their mouths as
to certain matters up to this time
known only to themselves and the
mayor.
For dickers. deals and deviltry, COM
mend US to non-partisans every time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
DUELs IN wAvERLEY NOVELS
A Schedule of Sir Walters Com
hats

Jonathan Bourchier In Notes and Quer-
les: AS everything connected with these
wonderful and evergreen romances is in
terestins, those Of your readers who. like
myself, are loyal subjects of lie roi DIES
romanciers." as George Sand calls Sir
Walter, may like to see the following list
of dueas in the Waverley novels Those
where there is only challenge but
where the parties do not actually fight, l
have distinguished by an astersk 1t
may be objected that some in my list are
single combats. rather than what we I'M
derstand by 'duels. However this may
be, / have not included any that take
place during an actual battle or in 1.-THE
current of n heady fight" such as the
Black Knights hand-tO-hand encounters
with FrOnt-de Boeuf and De Bracy at
TOrCuilstOne, or BOthNells terrible sin
gle-handed fight with Burley at Drum
coz When one reads this long list of
dIfels. one feels thankful that there is no
fear of any one-at least. in our own land
having his life snuffed out in this
wretched way now. though l believe
duels were fought in England so lately as
the DOS.
If any Of your readers should notice any
omissions from my list, will they kindly
point them out?
WaverIey-The Baron and Balmawhap-
pie SWaverley and Fergus Maclvor.
Guy Mannering-Colonel Mannering and
Vanbeest Brown. (Bertram). in India
The Antiouary-Lovel and Captain Nc
Intyre.
cousin Rashleigh, in Glasgow. Thorn
cir Osbaldistone was killed in a duel
with "a gentleman of the Northumbrian
border to the full as fierce and intract-
able as himself
wood and Bucklaw. ARavenswood and
Colonel Ashton. Colonel Ashton was
finally slain in = duel in Flanders,
the details of which are not stated.
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Ivanhoe-Ivanhoe and the Tem1lar.
The Monastery-t1albeTt Giendinning
and SIR Piercie Shaftcn.
Northumberland and Narney-
Tressilian and the Earl of Leicester
(twice)
The Fortunes of Nigel-Glenvarloch and
Lord Dalsarno.
Peveril of the Peak-|Sir Godfrey Pew
er.l and Major Briegenorth-
81. Roman 5 Well-~ryrrel and Sir Bingo
Binks- Mowbray and Lord Etherin@ton.
Redgauntlet-SRe dgauntlet and Lord
- mot namely. (This quarrel was
southered as soon as begun-)
The Talisman-Sir Kenneth and the
Emir. Sir Kenneth and Conrade of Mont
serrat.
Woodstock-Louis Kerneguy Charles
I'D and Colonel Everard- *Ihe same later
in the story
The Fair Maid of Perth-Hal of the
Wind and Benthron
anne of Geierstein-Arthur Philipson
and Rudolph Donnerhugel.
My Aunt Marsaret Mirror-Sir Philip
Forester and Major Fa.coner.
The Two Drovcrs-Robin dig McCom-
bich and Harry Wakefield mot strictly a
duel. although fatal enough).
The Surgeons Daughter-Richard Mid
dlemas and the Lieutenant Colonel OF
Fort St George
The Death of the I.aird'S Jock-Young
Armstrong and Foster.
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friend to our intelligence and can never
be own brother TO our objections" ]. n.
Larneds 'E,nglands Economic and Po-
iitical Crisis Is very valuable as we'll
, as interesting article. The writer
! thinks that were it not for the BLACK
memory of how England's aristocracy
rejoiced over the civil war there would
be a much closer friendship between
H~~is-d and the United States There
IS an interesting and thorough study of
The Australian Democracy" by L. l..
(--unIA, e0lgor CT rue New York Ma
ton. The Social and Domestic Life
Of Japan" by X. MItsukuri, is exceed
ingly interesting. quite out of the ordi-
nary Of articles on Japan. In fiction, Gil
bert Parker's The Battle of the
Strong" Kate Douglas Virgins sPene-
lope's Progress" and F. Hopkinson
Smiths caleb West" are all continued.
Houghton, Mifiin & Co.. Boston.
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The March number of the Pail Mall
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~ Harbour Of Rest" an etching by
Macbeth Raeburn. Lord Ernest Ham
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Simon Harmon Nedder, is a charming
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Battle Abbey" by the Duchess of
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Stag Hunting in the Old Days Gllus-
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Story OF Major Andre" by Arthur
Dimock The Illustrations are from An
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Sir Walter Besant writes pleasantly of
"A Forgotten Monastery in South
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given in the present number.
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Thomas jefferson Writing the Dec
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The March number of the Atlantic
Monthly opens with an article by Henry
D Sedgwick jr., entitled. English as
Against French Literature" 1t is a
delightful article. filed with the true
literary flavor. Mr.. Sedgwick says we
she uld speak out our Drejudices, IN
cover our honest thoughts and our real
affections: and he does. He closes his
article with these words: Let ms open
wide the doors Of our minds and give
hospitable reception TO foreign litera-
ture whencesoever it may come, but let
US not forget that it only comes as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
.HoLD-UPs AND GRADERS. +,

The Tribune calls the. present city
council ''holdups and grabbers." 1t
calls them this because the members
were not elected as non-partisans, and
do rot do as the Tribune would have
them.
1t accuses the council of trying to
wrest the appointive power from the
mayor. The council is trying to do no
such thing; on the contrary, the coun-
ell has been most considerable of the
mayors wishes. 1t is true they reject
ed the nomination for CHIEF of police.
but that is the only one If the mayor
wants to make nominations. who is
holding him back? Certainly not the
council
The Tribune says it is told that one
member has secured places for dozen
or more members of his family in the
waterworlIs depaftment From whom
were they secured? From Mayor Clark?
As yet his honor has made no nomina-
ton for superintendent of waterworks,
though it is said he is very anxious to
submit the name of q gentleman who
was very active in behalf of his can
didacy during the campaign.
Talk about grabbers! Did not the
self-appointed committee that romi-
mated the mayor grab" all the nomi-
nations for their relatives? Some OF. the
committee have grabbed" something
for relatives since the present admins
tration went into office. There was
never such a grabbing" outfit in this
city as the non-partisans; and like the
moon, the devils in the non Dartisans
for mischief; and they look so innocent,
just like the moon, all the while
If Mayor Clark is in hot water, he
started the fire and has added the fuel
that made the water boil He could
have had everything peace and har-
mcny had he chosen, for it was the
honest and anxious wish of the council
that there be nothing but harmony and
that there he no discerd The mayor
still has it in his power to establish cor
dial and Harmonious official relations
with the council he is fast antagoniz-
ing, If he is so minded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

THE plan to annex Hawaii as coun-
ty Of California is novel one, but it
has it's good points" says the San
Francisco Chronicle. BY that means
there would be little chance for the
islands to come in as a state as under
the California constitution it is no easy
thing for part of the commonwealth
to set up for itself. Southern California
has found that out during its long cam
paign for state division. If annexation
as d county would suit Hawaii and dis
arm Speaker Reeds objections, vre see
no reason why it should not come to
pass. AS for the Chinese on the islands,
the cutting off of coolie contract impor-
tations would give them better wages
than they could earn in California. and
an incentive to stay where they are
permanently. In fact, Hawaii county
would draw Chinese from us rather
than we from there" If Hawaii is to
be annexed it should be for the benefit
of the whole country and mot merely
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of California.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Representative Lewis of Washington.
yesterday offered as an amendment 70
The sundry civil service bin q resolu-
ton -ondemning Minister Woodford
for giving banquet to the Spanish
cabinet Why does not he offer a reso-
luton condemning Minister Vooaford
for eating Spanish olives, slipping Span
ish wine, Breathing Spanish air? There
would he unite rnnch sense IN It.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

| San Francisco Chronicle: White men in
South Carolina town have shown their
disapproval of the choice of a negro as
postmaster by burning his house. killing
him and babe in arms and shooting and
manning his wife and thrae daughters.
Nevertheless. public Indignation in that
quarter. at the atrocities of Spain in Cuba
has probably not abated. They never
mix up their foreign politics with their
domestic pastimes in South Carolina
Atlanta Constitution: All the symptoms
go to show that tn official candle of John
Sherman has been snuffed out. He is still
I holding on to his office. with the bitter
resolution that is n part of the equipment
factor. he has actually passed away while
yet in life Nobody knows WHERE Mack
and Mark have the poor old fellow hid.
His name is never heard. and all the
transactions of the state department are
carried on by Mr.. Day. who, if he did
not know. has rapidly learned, how to
talk Spanish.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Good roads is a
prominent question in Kentucky. One
statesman figures il that bad roads mean
an annual loss to her farmers of $25c, 00j
and that good roads would increase the
value of her farr- lands g. 400. 900 But
choppins down toll gates won't build good
roads, and that seems to be about as far
as Kentucky has gone in reform up to
date.
Boston Herald: Chicago's Book of
Wealth" takes the premium tulip. The
two editions of the book viii cost $2Je 00c.
and only 400 copies will be printed The
first, or cygne noir, edition VIII consist
of $50 copies. and will be sold at $500
copy. The second edition of $50 will cost
only $1,000 each. II viii tell all about
the rich folks of Chicago, down to and
including Joseph Letter.
Philadelphia Ledger: Three weeks ago
Nat Goodwin. the actor. was divorced by
New York court. the degree prohibiting
him from marrying again during the life
of his divorced wife. But though this de-
cree had binding effect in New York it
had none in Ohio and Goodwin was mar
ried again on Sunday at Cleveland. The
prominence of the actor and his bride
Maxine Elliott-calls renewed attention to
the scandals arising from the confusion
in the marriage and divorce laws of the
different states and the urgent necessity
for thu adoption of uniform laws on the
subject by al of them.
Kansas CITY Star: Persons who have
not hitherto admired eX-Secretary Morton
of the department of agriculture must at
least commend him for the pains he has
taken TO eXculpate himself from the
charge of writing poetry. He has been
entirely successful in proving an alibi in
respect to the verses of What Do We
Plant When We Plant the Tree?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Protectiies used by the United States
army Tor its great modern guns cost as
follows: Solid shot. S-inch. s69.S0 each;
J0-inch. Sl4A.5o each: Finch. $212 each;
12-lnch mortar shells. weighing 500
poaads. STA each, and 12-inch mortar
each
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Ex-SecretaIy of War Proctor has
gone TO Cuba just FOR an out and his
health. To judge by appearances Ha-
vana isn't a particularly healthy place
for Americans at the present time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Never mind about the scraps that
are left of tie Maine what is wanted
just now is the truth as TO the cause Of
thu scraps kansas City Star. And
it is possible there may be a scrap over
the cause Of the scraps.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
WHEN THIS OLD HAT WAS NEW.

For The Herald1
When this old hat was new; bows.
Ere war notes stirred the land,
The hum of trade and industry
Was heard on every hand.
Our country and our country's needs
Resounded over all
While groyeling aims and savage deeds
Were crowded to the wall
In youth. as age. the patriots fire
Burned with an ardor true;
To own the earth none had desire
When this old hat was new.
Can this be true? Was not some price
Paid to the tiends and fates,
To be hurled down from paradise
Unto the internal gates
In our short generation? Nay.
There must have been some wrong,
Some greed and avarice that day.
And all the years along,
For such a devils crop as this
(Howe'er concealed from view,
Some germs of trusts and robberies,
When this old hat was new.
Ill
When this old hat was new. boys,
How soon you knew a friend:
With honest tongue. straightforward
gaze.
And ready hand to lend;
No corporation sought to steal
Your hard-earned. seanty wage:
Nor plutocrat caused you TO feel
A silent, nowerless rage;
And. on, the lassies. shining pearls,
Were alwa--s pure and true;
Dame Nature formed her lovelieSt girls
When this old hat was new.
Vain eIaimi Pretence with age grown sere.
And selfish interest; range
False lights that like truths glow, APP
pear.
Their habits never change;
And tyranny and greed and lust
Dark forces have allied
To grind mankind into the dust
For realms and ages wide
If from the annals of past life
1.-THE be reckOned true.
False vows and Jezebels were rife
Ere this old hat were new.
V.
When this old hat was new, boys
Go to. enthusiast
Youths boundless wealth of roseate hope
A nimbus Ger the past
Has flung enhaloing sin and crime.
Oppression. selfishnesS.
With its own gOlden-tinted prime
Though charming, we confess,
Are song and sentiment that melt
The heart, it is not true:
In no millennium we dwelt
When this old hat was new
N ALBERT SHERMAN.
Salt Lake City, February. 1898.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

why not build a sailboat. call it
DingIey and send it out to protect
Us" says the Denver Times. \ sail
boat named Dinghy couldn't raise the
wind"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

The duty of the hour continues to be
to wait until something definite and
authoritative is known about the cause
OF the Maine disaster
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

The Spanish people seem to be very
an,dous for war with the United
states. One would think that what
with the war IN Cuba and the rebellion
in the Philippine islands. Spain would
not be anxious 10 take on any more
just II present.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

An exchange says the way TO keep a
tenosrapher is to marry her as Ig-
natit-s Dcnnelly has done And then if
the husband is real cute he can man
age it So the stenographer shan Keep
him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Assistant Secretary of The Navy
Roosevelt says war IS not expected, but
that preparations are being made Tor it.
Otherwise, he expects the unexpected
viii happen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

There is more or less talk about cur
failing negro suffrage in various south
ern states. On election days there is a
good deal of retailing of negro suffrage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Less than a week aeo Zola's name
was more prominent in the papers than
that OF any one else. Today none are
so poor as to 90 him mention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Chicago is to have a Book of
Wealth. The price of one edition Will
be $500 a copy. What Chicago needs
most is d Book of Proverbs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

As to the cause Of the Maine disaster
everybody is, thus far, precisely where
Noses was when the light went out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Cleveland Plain Dealer: How beautiful
is the snow he said 80 white. so pure.
so universal. Ii falls alike on rich and
poor: it turns the beggar's howell to a
dream of glistening beauty. It"
But lust then a SNOWFALL caught him
under the ear. and a half ton of the same
material fell from a cornice and lodged
between his collar and his neck.
And he spoke no mora.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
When this ola hat vas nav. BOYS
WIT AND HUMoR.

Chicago Record: Have you any stylish
neighbors2'
stylish? Mrs. Toozle. next door, is just
getting over a $500 attack of typhoid
fever
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Il things. should come to the worst
Americans would smoke Havana.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Down in Georgia one cry during the
gubernatorial campaign will be. Save
our bones from Sammy Jones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

If no one ever told tales out Of school,
what q dun world this would be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Secretary of the Navy Long has had
a long sleep. and feels much refreshed.
Evidently Senator Mason thought the
whole navy department was sleeping
when he made his speech.