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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
THE RECORD AGAIN.

Our badly ratified contemporary,
whose slogan is Death to Democracy"
and whose policy is Anything to beat
the Democrats out of their boots, ="
had another bad spell yesterday.
1t claims that the silver sentiment
predominated at the Chicago conven-
ton in 1896 because of the action of
certain Republicans. 1t would be just
as well to admit that the great mass
of the Democratic party and those
SILVER Republicans" to whom refer
ence is made, took their inspiration
from the people rather than from each
other.
All honor to the seven Republican
delegates who refused to surrender
their convictions to the minions of
Mark Hanna. All honor to the 62S
Democratic delegates who voted for
the silver platform at Chicago.
It is not our wish or purpose to de-
tract one iota from the credit due the
seven Republicans who walked out Of
the St Louis convention. Our morn
ing contemporary simply writes itself
down as an ass when it refuses to ac-
cord the Democratic friends of silver
the same worthy motives, the same
independence of action, the same I'M
derstanding that it claims for the sill
yer Republicans.
That silver sentiment was nothing
new in the Democratic party. Every
vote in congress on the silver question
for the last 20 years has shown ma
jority of the Democrats friendly to
the white metal and majority of the
Republicans hostile. This is a matter
of record. There is no use of deny
ing it.
Carlisle was an advocate of free
coinage away back in the '70's. He
gave it as eloquent Zip service" as
ever our contemporary did. He turned
against it, and, in 1886. did everything
in his power to beat the Democrats
out of their boots" But the desertion
of Carlisle. Bynum, Cleveland and
other former leaders of the party
caused no dismay among the rank and
file of Democracy. The party went
into the fight without them. 1t is still
may desert, -or backslide or pout from
pique, but the cause of free coinage
will move ahead without them, just
as it did without Carlisle.
Long before the seven delegates had
left the st. Louis convention, long be-
fore Senator Cannon had taken any
sort of stand in the senate, Democrats
were organizing a silver party. On
the 4th of March, 1895, the organization
was begun. In three months it was
completed. This may have had its in
nuence on those seven silver men,"
1t is far more likely than that their bolt
at st. Louis influenced the convention
at Chicago.
More than month before that con-
vention met. the Tribune acknowledged
that the silverites would control 1t.
The Herald published list of the dele
cations already selected. Twenty five
states had held conventions by the 9Th
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of June. had expressed themselves on
the financial issue, and had named AS
delegates, of whom 272 were for silver
and l76 for gold.
Before either national convention
was held, the list of Democratic dele
gates had grown at the same ratio
until it was evident that silver would
win at Chicago, no matter what might
happen at st. Louis.
The Chicago convention met on the
eth of July, 1896. On the 31st of May,
over a month before, the Tribune said:
1.-The prospect now is that the silver
Democrats will have a large majority
in the Chicago convention" No St.
Louis bolt had then occurred.
This condition of affairs was gener-
ally recognized, and it prompted the
Omaha Bee, a leading Republican or
gan, to say, prior to the st. Louis con-
vention:
MCKINLEY will stand for protection
and the fighting will be forced on the
lines of free coinage, whether the Re-
publican generals choose that battle
ground or not"
1t was the complexion VI the OeIuO-
cratic majority that influenced the st.
louis convention in meeting the issue
as it did. The Globe-Democrat, whose
counsel was potent factor in shaping
the policy of the Republican party, ac-
knowledged this when it said, a week
before the Republican convention as
sembled:
1.-The fact that the free silverites are
certain to triumph at Chicago will
strengthen the sound money sentiment
in the Republican ranks and insure a
declaration for the maintenance of the
gold standard in the st. Louis plat
form. Thus the lines will be closely
drawn and the voting will be done
without any equiyocation.'
And these admissions were all made
long before Teller and his associates
walked out of the Republican conven-
ton. And they dispose of the absurd
claim of our morning contemporary
that the ST. Louis bolt made silver at
Chicago possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
THE REGULAR.

A song for the REGULAR song and
peoples cheer
For the man in blue who's grit clear
through from end to end o the year.
From end TO end o. the year ne goes (Wllh
little enough for pay),
SHOWS, where duty points the way.
O, little he cares for the cyclone prealn
or the blizzard's nor'west sweep.
Content enough with his quarters rough
and never q growl at his keep,
Ready TO dig or ready to die, ready to
So long as he knows he is giving his blows
TO keep the flag on the breeze
A grasp for the regular! a grasp for the
brawny hand
That seeks not to shirk soldiers work
however it's cast or planned
q, grudgfng enough, in the nour OF peace,
is the praise for his manly deed;
But the people know, where their faith
must go in the day of the nations
need
When the dogs of war are out on the trail
when the foe has loosed his pack,
Whose trustY rife is ready then 70 bay
him doubly back2
Who meets him wherever ne dareS TO
claim rood of soil in fee,
And makes him feel the might of his steel
from mountain crest TO sea!
Our hearts to the regularl our hearts to
our dauntiess son
Who clears the way for freeman s
sway with his freeman's sword and
gun
We saw him rush through the tropic
brush to succor our gallant Wood,
And well he knew. when the bullets flew
where the forts of Caney stoo1.
o, who will forget the bloody debt he
wrote from his steaming veins
When down from the heights OF san Juan
he looked on the Cuban plains?
o, who will forget the charge be made,
and the vanquished foes despair.
When the banner of Spain ne'er rose
again they saw Old Glory there?
John Jerome Rooney in New York Sun.
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BREAKDOWN OF NAVAL OFF,
GERS,

Captain Clark of the battleship Ore
gon is very i'll indeed, and has been
for some time. He brought his ship
around the Horn from San Francisco
to Jupiter inlet and then proceeded to
Cuban waters, where he took promi-
nent part in the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet. And soon after that event
he fell sick, his trouble being very
largely nervous prostration. He Will
have the prayers of the American peo-
pie for his recovery.
Not long ago Captain Gridley OF the
Olympia fell sick and died. At the
famous battle of Manila ne had gotten
I'D from q. sick couch and took part in
the attack on Montojos fleet. He did
not long survive that event. The
strain of the battle had been too much
for him, and he succumbed.
The commander of the Chinese fleet
at the battle of Yalu had his nervous
system so upset that he never regained
his health, and, after suffering untold
pain and agony, he finally found relief
in suicide.
We do not read of instances like
these in the naval annals of the past.
In tie days gone by the fighting was
often fast and furious, and wooden
walls and steel walls compared with
the cannon of those days were as heavy
as they are today. What is it, then,
that breaks men down today? The
conditions are absolutely different in
a warship today from what they We're
formerly, and no doubt the constant
working of machinery in the ships, and
the consequent noise and tremor,
eventually affect mems nerves. Then
the great heat that pervades a modern
warship cannot fail to have an in
furious effect on the officers and men
aboard them. At all events, it seems
that a battle with modern warships
puts a more tremendous strain upon
the men engaged than did battle with
the old line of battleships.
In the case of Captain Clark, no
doubt, the anxiety he felt during his
long voyage of nearly $4,000 miles has
had much to do with his present i'm
paired state of health.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
THE SPANISH PRISONERS.


The American people viii never be
able to understand the Spanish and
their ideas, no matter what other peo-
pie may do.
Early in the present month the pres
ident, through the British ambassador
at Madrid, offered to parole all the
Spanish prisoners that they might be
returned to their own country forth
with 1t was a generous offer, and in
keeping with the humane spirit that
has actuated every act of the govern
ment during the war. But generous Of
fers and things done in humane and
civilized spirit are utterly lost on
Spain; that country neither appreciates
nor understands them.
Spain did not accept The presidents
offer, but sent reply that owing to
the existence of a Spanish law to the
effect that any Spanish sailor accept
ing a parole in order to procure his
release, is liable to punishment, and
hence the Spanish government is I'M
able to act upon the suggestion of the
United States and remove to Spain the
prisoners captured by the destruction
of Admiral Cervera's fleet.
This is regard for law with ven
geance. 1t is a sample of that Wanted
Spanish honor of which so much has
been heard during the past four
months 1t is safe to say that not an
other country in Europe would have
made a like reply to such an offer
under tie circumstances. 1t really
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
THE STUDY OF SPANISH.

1t is said to be worth any persons
time to study and master Spanish for
the pleasure of reading Don Quixote in
the original. Be that as it may, the
question of the study of Spanish in the
public schools presents itself as a
practical question. The Importance of
the study of the language cannot have
failed to impress itself upon the people
since the war with Spain. According
to General Wheeler, a chief cause of
the misunderstanding between the
American soldiers and the Cuban in
surgents at Santiago was inability to
understand each other through lack of
a common language And it appears
that there We're few in the American
army who were masters of Spanish,
and perhaps fewer still among the in
surgents who We're masters of English.
The government has always recognized
the practical value of Spanish by hav-
ing it indicted in the course at West
Point and Annapolis. The results of
the war will make it of more value
than ever. Why Spanish becomes of
greater prominence and value now is
set forth by Chicago's new superin-
tendent of schools, DR.. E. Benjamin
Andrews.
Not only should Latin, German and
French be taught in the public schools.
but Spanish as WELL" says DR..
Andrews. THE impending annexation
of several Spanish-speaking countries
to the United States makes this a
matter of great Importance.
Understand me, though, L do not
mean that the study of Spanish should
be compulsory or universal but only
that the pupils in public schools who
feel that they may need it should have
the facilities for learning the language.
That they may need it by the time
they engage in business is a certainty.
An immense proportion of the business
of this country in the future will be
with Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines, and while English will be spoken
there to some extent no one can deal
with the natives for a generation to
come except in the Spanish tongue.
The fact that our young people will
soon emigrate to those islands by the
million makes it absolutely necessary
that the Spanish language receive
more attention than it has in the past.
81 do not suppose for moment that
there can be a class in Spanish in ev-
cry school. nor even in every high
school. Neither do we have a manual
training class, nor a domestic science
class in every school But we can
have Spanish taught at centers, just
as manual training is. and the pupils
can come from the circumjacent
schools
At the present moment there are
several hundred Utah men at Manila,
but how many of them can speak
Spanish? Probable not half a score.
One volunteer wrote to his friends that
his study of Spanish here at home
had been of great assistance to him
and he found plenty of employment as
interpreter.
In the not distant future plenty Of
Utah boys will be going to what have
been Spanish possessions where the
Spanish language is spoken almost ex-
clusively. Let the boys of Utah, and
the girls too, have a chance to study
Spanish. If the schools do not now
afford this opportunity it should be
provided
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looks as though Spain does not care
what becomes of the officers and men
captured at Santiago. And this seems
to be the impression that the Spanish
prisoners themselves are getting. Spain
cam never exchange any prisoners for
these, and even that benighted country
must realize this No doubt she would
be glad TO have the United States keep
her captured soldiers and sailors, and
return her colonies. but she is doomed
to disappointment in this.
Her conduct in this matter is but an
other evidence of what really con=
temptible nation she is. No self-re-
specting nation would ever have con-
scented to have had her defeated army
returned to its native land at the ex-
pense of the victors. Nothing but pau
pers and beggars and people without
pride do such things. How ashamed of
their country's course in this matter
must the Spanish prisoners be.
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Speaking of the burdens that the pos
session of the Philippines would i'm
pose on this country, the Pittsburg Dis
patch says: I'VE get about 100000 out
of the 100000 Philippine population.
We take on a new Indian problem in
the presence of Neguto dwarfs and
head-hunting savages in the interior,
as untamable as our own ADaches a
generation ago. The reported esti-
mates of the military force necessary to
subdue this wild. and, in some parts,
unexplored territory. is an army of 50,-
OOO This means an annual burden on
the people Of the United States of $780,
100000 or more per year to own an is
land which has never yet yielded even
Spanish rapacity over 100000 net rev.
enue, and has never yet consumed of
American goods 100000 worth in a sim
gle year" The Philippines would sim
ply be an elephant that could not be
made to pay for its feed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
SAD NEWS FROM MANILA.

1t is sad news that comes from Ma
Mia. IT tells Of the killing of a men,
Der of battery B. Utah volunteers, and
the serious wounding of another. The
man killed was George H. Hudson, the
one wounded is Corporal William An
derson. The killing seems to have been
the result of a quarrel or misunder-
standing with some natives, but the de-
tails are too meagre to allow of any
definite opinion being formed as to
whether any blame attaches to the
Utah men.
The Utah volunteers have made a
most enviable reputation both in the
camp and on the field of battle. In the
ouiet of the camp their conduct has
been most exemplary; when they were
attacked in the trenches at midnight
by the S2aniards their conduct was
gallant and heroic in the extreme; they
not only covered themselves with glory
but they reflected it upon their state;
at Malate they made a reputation that
was the envy of volunteers everywhere
throughout the land. And Then not one
of Them was killed. scarcely one of
them injured. And now comes the news
that one of the boys has lost his life IN
a dispute or misunderstanding OF some
kind when all were rejoicing that dam
ger for them was passed. Could this
young man from Mercur have died ehat
night at Malate fighting for His coun-
try, how much more glorious would Els
death have been. Better TO have been
the victim of Spanish bullet fired IN
battle than of a FiliDinos bullet 1ired
in the streets of Manila. How inscru-
table ave the WAYS of fate.
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Some Boosevelt Scintillations.

Describing one of his western neigh
bors Colonel Roosevelt said: HE was a
man of large and liberal views. He had
no foolish and puerile prejuaices against
virtue Some people didn't believe in
arson he would reason. Well that was
entirely their own affair. No reason why
l should quarrel with them on that ac-
count or hold myself above them
An anecdote ne told me With keen rel
ish was of two bad men who shot il
out" with Winchester rifles on the main
street of Medora One OF them fell with
a bullet in his hip, his rifle dropping out
of reach. His antagonist was aiming for
the coup de grace when he felt touch
on his arm. Looking round he saw 4
meek and venerable old person. called
Uncle Billy" who gained his livelihood
by sweeping out a saloon, cleaning the
cuspidors and serving an occasional drink.
Jake said the old man, imploringly
''let me finish him; I never killed man
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
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DO YOU KNOW

that in making the trip to Omaha ex-
position you are on the road ONLY
ONE NIGHT if you use the Overland
Limited" of the Union Pacific? Just
the thing for nervous people who prefer
to travel by daylight; and for Men
of Affairs to whom the saving of a
business day is an important consider
alton, we have the Fast Mall ONLY
ONE DAY on the road to Omaha. APP
probation of this Incompatible time,
together with dining car service anc
superior equipment, is best shown by
the popular demand for tickets via the
Union Pacific at the "Old Stand" pol
Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
A Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written By Mrs Ada
e Hart of Grotun, S. D.: Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set iii and finally ter
minated in Consumption. -Four Doctors
gave me up, saying could live but a
short time. 1 gave myself up to my
Savior. determined if / could not stay
with my friends on earth, l would meet
my absent ones above My husband
was advised to get DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds 1 gave it q trial, took in all
eight bottles. 1t has cured me, and
thank God, l am saved, and now a well
and healthy woman" Trial bottles free
at z. C. NJ L. drug store. Regular size,
SOC and 81. Guaranteed or price re-
funded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
TALES OF THE DAY.
Bishop Temples Wit.

Bishop Temple, now archbishop of Can
terbury. was. and is, very fond of a
cigar, but the archdeacon detested smok-
ing, and denounced it as unclerical.s Per-
hapS modern taste may consider cigar
and shovel hat. or a yard of clay and
silk apron rather incongruous. Any
how the bishop usually retired to a Sc
Guided part of the Episcopal garden. TO
enjoy his weed. Here he was detected
one day by the vigilant archdeacon. who,
surveying him from the terrace above,
YOU burning incense to the devilI' The
bishop expelled great Whit of blue
smoke ,and exclaimed. in his deep, reso-
nant voice: But L didn't know he was
so near
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

american silver now passes in San
tiago at par with American paper cur
rency, and American paper currency
passes at par with the best gold money
in the world. The American invasion
led the advance oe honest money into
Cuba" says the New York Mail and
Express. And American silver would
pass at Dar with gold the world over
if the United States had free coinage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

And now comes the captain of the
Indiana and complains to Rear Adj
miral Sampson that no mention was
made in the official report of the bat
tie of Santiago of the part his ship
took in the fight. Would it not be a
good thing to have the fight all over
again that every one may get his just
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Signor Feschetti, member of the
Italian chamber of deputies, has been
sentenced to ten years imprisonment
for participation in the May riots This
viii convince him of the superiority
OF the. bicameral over the unicameral
form of government.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

A Washington physician has a new
tangled theory for detecting disease
before it manifests itself This is a
sort OF medical adaptation of Buck
Fanshaw's method Of quelling a riot
before it began.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

1t was excessively warm last night
yet the Republican primaries were a
great frost. But just wait till Novem-
Der and see what an eager and nipping
air will blow through the thin ranks
of the Republicans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

The bankers convention has ad-
journed sine die, and all the problems
relating to currency and finance have
been settled in the most satisfactory
manner-to the bankers minds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Aguinaido says he is willing to dis
band his army, that there are few men
among the insurgents Of military tai
ent. Aguinaldo is showing decided
symptoms of returning common sense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Lieutenant Hobson and Olga
Nethersole should exchange kisses and
compare notes, for both are famous
for their kisses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

If Colonel Roosevelt is made Repub-
lican gubernatorial candidate he wants
to look out for firing from the rear
from Platt's masked batteries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Russells (battery Al letter to The
Herald from Manila was universally
praised. It is one of the best we have
seen from any correspondent any
where
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

It is feared that Mrs. Botkin. charg-
ed with the murder Of Mrs. Cunning,
may destroy herself She could easily
do i with a bare botkin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

There may be no politics in the navy
but it is choke full Of partisans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

In a political cake walk many a
mans cake turns out to be nothing but
dough.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

John Sherman is saiG to be after
Hanna's scalp. As a scalper Sherman
has had an enviable success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

a Tampa soldier. who claims he is a
civil war veteran. says injustice has
been done Alger. Tut, tut. The thing
is impossible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

It is the small politician who is the
big bore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

When a man says he is not tied up
politically with another, does he mean
to have it understood that there are no
strings on him?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

The American get there" is said to
be untranslatable. If hard to put into
words it is easily put into actions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

There is a popular demand that Vice
Admiral Dewey be made ADMIRAL. Let
the popular demand be complied with.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

a fool and his money-well, if he has
any money, he is not apt to be regard
cd as a fool.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Manila is said to be enjoying a boom.
Il was probably the boom of Dewey S
heavy guns that it enjoyed most.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Owing to a quarrel in the fraternity.
Salt Lake gamblers are nc longer i'm
munes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27

Possession of the Philippines revives
what was supposed to be thing Of
the past-our western frontier.