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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-06

his impatience of any restraint: II has
render Unsuitable his desire fo- homage
and for the display of blind, unreason-
ing. overlooking affection What a
disappointment he is preparing for HIM
self when he parts with his power. the
only thing which has reconciled his
court to bear with his arbitrary and
changeful ds7neanor, He becomes es-
sentially a private man, and from that
moment begins to reap what he has
sown. Impatient of discipline himself.
he has never imposed it upon his daugh-
tiers. and there is no reference to their
mother. whom we may, therefore. sun
pose to have died too. early to supply
this deficiency of paternal training: he
accordingly finds himself confronted
with sheer nature-in the case of Gone
ril and Regain with headstrong. LUST
ful. cruel women. strong with the
strength of the tigress. and beautiful,
If beautiful, with the CLEAN of her eve
and the litheness of her terrible body:
in the case of Cordelia, with a stern
upr1ghtnesS and a dumb tenderness.
both of which he is incapable of COM
pretending 1t is with these that prac-
ticallv alone and unfriended. he finds
himself face to face. for Albany. though
sympathetic, is under the dominion of
his wife's imperious nature. Gloucester.
though pitiful. is sufficiently occupied
with the retribution for his own sins;
Kent. though loyal. wanders in dis
guise as an outlaw; and the Fool ruth
lessly chastises his masters foll:es. only
tempering his sarcasm at times with
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lowed traditions of the past? At such
time instinctively We turn to our
fundamental principles. as the believer
turns to his Bible, for inspiration: We
hold these truths to be self evident.
that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain fnalienable rights; that among
these are life. liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness; that to secure these
rights governments are instituted
among men, DERIVING THEIR JUST
POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF
THE GOVERNED; that whenever any
form of government becomes destruc-
tive Of these ends, 1t is the right of the
people TO alter or TO abolish it and to
institute new government, laying it's
foundation on such principles and or
ganizing it's powers in such form as
10 them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness All, how
the words sink into the soul; how like
the blessed sun in heaven they gladden.
the heart and light the path of doubt
and perplexity''
Let Us turn frequently to that source
OF patriotic inspiration referred to by
the governor. "lest we forget, lest we
forget"
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VERY TRANSPARENT.

| There are ten Mormons on the local
Republican ticket and fourteen Nor
mons on the local Democratic ticket.
Taking the position that Mormon is
all right if he votes the Republican
ticket and all wrong if he votes the
Democratic ticket, a position the sig
nificance of which Gentle Democrats
ought to be able to understand. the
Tribune contends that the election of
Mormon Democrats will be a return to
old conditions. while the election of
Mormon Republicans will restore to
power the party of progress that raised
the taxation from II mills to 27lk mills
on the dollar in seven years.
1t is shrewd game, open at both
ends. 1t is an effort to intimidate the
dominant church into supporting the
Republican ticket, while trying. at the
same time, to convince Gentiles that
it is matter of morality rather than
of partisanship.
For church people to yield to such
bulldozing. or non-members to succumb
to such cajolery. would be an evidence
of weakness on the one hand and guile
-lessness on the other.
If the election of fourteen Mormons
on one ticket would break our neigh
boris heart. how does it happen to be
advocating the election of ten Mormons
on another ticket? And how did it hap
pen to support. two years ago, a ticket
with two-thirds of the councilmanic
ticket members of the dominant
church?
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Wherever there is a father whose
doting fondness outrunS his discretion,
whose desire for filiai appreciation
blinds him to the consequences of his
paternal folly; wherever there is a
mother who prematurely resigns into
her daughters hands the sway of her
household and sacrifices her own dig
nifty as it's head. there the eternal
tragedy of Lear is on the point of be-
ing re-enacted. For the human heart
is by nature greedy of power. of ease.
of Difference from others: and ii is only
held in check by the bonds of duty. by
respect for established authority, by
awe. and reverence That which dis
tinguishes the world of man from the
world of the brute or the vegetable
creation is certain sacred instincts,
potential at first and afterwards re-
enforced by the institutions of human
society. The adolescent oak hesitates
not to draw it's. sustenance from the
parent tree lying prone at its feet: the
king of the wolf pack is devoured by
his fierce subjects the moment he
falters and succumbs: even in certain
savage tribes the aged man, though a
chief, is likely to fall, as useless in
under the stroke of the
war club or to be led aside to die in
silence of consuming hunger Note
how Shakespeare finds telling phrase
for this.
THE barbarous Scythian.
Or he that makes his generation messes
TO gorge his appetite
Wher~-.-, mankind is but just emerg-
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| liable to sudden whims, and all at once
| he took it into his head to upset the
| arrangement he had already made and
to give the largest share of his king
dom to the daughter who should con-
vince him that she loved him best. The
three princesses, being called upon to
prove which had the best title to the
largest share, the two elder sisters
were profuse in their expressions of az
lection, but Cordeiia, who loved moth
ing better than truth, could not be
prevailed upon to share in the exagger-
ated protestations of her sisters. and
declared that she loved her father as
her duty bound her to do and no more.
The old king, in a violent rage at this
behavior of his youngest daughter. d.
vided his kingdom equally between
Goneril and Regan, and utterly disin-
herited Cordelia- Two Suitors for Cor
delia's hand were then present at the
court, the duke of Burgundy and the
king of France. They had come in
the expectation of receiving hand
some dowry with the lady, and Lear
now turned to them and asked whether
they were still willing to take her in
her present pennileSs and disgraced
condition The duke of Burgundy, to
whom the offer was first made, de-
clined to take a dowerleSs wife, but the
king of France, believing that she was
a dowry in herself gladly accepted her
hand and took her home with him as
his queen.
Lear was to retain the title only of
king, without the authority. and, at
tended by train of hundred knights,
was to divide his time equally between
tho houses of Goneril and Regain,
spending a month at a time with zach.
Not only did the hundred knights prove
to be exceedingly troublesome and dis
orderly inmates Of the household. but
their master himself, forgetting his
part Of the compact, acted as if he still
possessed the royal authority which he
had given away. and Goneril, with
whom he was spending the first month.
soon grew tired of such unruly guests.
Lear concluded to rely on the affection
of his second daughter and sent let
ter to Regan to announce that he
would be with her Immediately. The
bearer of the letter was the earl OF
Kent, the most royal and devoted sub
ject that Lear had possessed Lear
had banished him from the kingdom
for taking the part of Cordelia, but
his loyalty could not be checked by
this, and he had now Joined his old
master again, disguised as a servant.
Note-This sketch introduces some of
the leading characters. The student is
2. Used to read the play. throughout be-
f11le taking up the special studies.
Critical Study of the Play.
King Lear is the universal tragedy
of human ingratitude. or, in the more
limited sense, of filial ingratitude
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RATChFORD'S REPORT.

In its wholesale denunciation OF
those who are unwilling to see an en-
tire labor union branded as 'incendi-
aries and murderers at heart" because
Of the acts of some OF the members
our morning contemporary apparently
forgets President NJ. D. Ratchford of
the United Mine Workers of the United
States.
Mr.. Ratchford is a member of the in
dustrial commission created and au-
thorized bv President Mckinley to in
vestigate the mining troubles of north
ern Idaho. He is not a western man,
therefore. perhaps the Republican or
gan Will except him when 1t refers TO
western miners as "biatherskites and
cutthroats." He is a law-abiding
American citizen, who would neither
incite men to crime nor condone Grim
inal conduct It cannot be said Of him
that "he never did an honest days
work in his life"-a stereotyped snarl
that certain newspapers invariably ut
ter in referring to delegates to labor
conventions.
Mr.. Ratchford visited Wardner, in
vestigated the trouble thoroughly,
viewed the situation and made his re-
port. He says that peace cannot be
restored to the district until the pres
ent tension is removed-a tension that
is due to the unjust and unconstitu-
tional mandate of state and federal Of
ficials forbidding any mine owner in
that section of the country to employ
a union miner"
These authorities, in his opinion, have
no moral or legitimate right to say who
shall or who shall lot earn a living by
their labor within the state: nor have
they any right to say to employers
whom they must not employ.
There is no getting around this po-
sition. II is the only American view
of the case. The enforcement of the
mandate is a piece of despotism that
oaghtn't to find encouragement in this
republic. If the right arrogated by
these civil and military officials is ac-
knowledged the next step might be to
exclude. from public work or private
employment members OF some other
lodge or organization suspected of
harboring law-breakers.
1t is fact, no matter how the paid
attorneys of the trusts deny it. that
the great body Of union miners deplore
the use of violence and denounce the
crimes committed at Wardner. The
Western Federation has been the chief
sufferer. Labor unions always suffer
most in cases of this kind Such
crimes are Invariably attributed to
them by those who are not in SYM
pathy with organized labor, and they
feel the injury more than do the own
ers of property destroyed. They are
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| To this condition society is ever tend
ing to revert, and it requires the SIREN
uous and constant efforts of every lover
of his kind to hold it suspended above
the abyss, to urge it upward toward
the sphere of heavenly influence, aware
though he may be that at its best es-
tate it can only hang in unstable equil-
| ibrium, like a wheel on an eccentric
axis. ready to swing back toward the
earth under the weight of its own base
proclivities. The sanctity that invests
the infant. the blarneless octogenarian,
and the patient domestic animal the
tender solicitude which protects and
cheriSheS those who are unable to de-
fend themselves against injury-theSe
are plants which need continually to
be watered with celestial dew and which
are soon choked out of existence by
the rank weeds that flourish with
tropical luxuriance in the untended
garden of the human heart.
1t is by an unerring instinct that
Shakespeare has preserved the barbaric
conditions which form the natural set
ting for this crime against humanity,
just as, by an instinct equally unerring,
Tourgenieff has placed his Lear of the
Steppes in the demi- Sayagery of peas
ant Russia. BalZac in his "Pere Co
riot has attained a similar though in
ferior result by surrounding the hero
Oh MS SOruiu tale WIN the renned DeS-
TALLY Of nineteenth century Paris.
The Lear of Shakespeare is a crea-
ture of impulse. He is Celt, a Celt
antedating the Christian era by some
thing like LOCO years, Celt who swears
his pagan gods in an epoch when the
stars could still be supposed without
too great absurGity to determine the
destinieS of men. Warm hearted him.
self, he Graves the display of affection
from those who are doubly bound to
him as prince and father His own
emotions demand immediate and full
expression, and gratitude or love means
nothing TO him unless it is demonstrat-
I've and eloquent in its turn. The sig
nificant deed does not content him: it
must be accompanied or replaced by
fiowery words. For this he sets the
pattern. When he divides his kingdom
it is with the swelling language of a
pronunciamento; when his anger grows
into vehement rage it expends itself in
invective which might be called Cicer-
oman, were it not Shakespearean. His
judgment has always been weak and
his rule unsteady; like others of Shake
speare's English monarchs, notably
Richard II. he was born to be an ora
tor or poetaster rather than king.
He loves the trappings and appurten-
ances of royalty: his aim has not been
to serve his people, but to enjoy his
state. the professions of loyalty ten
dered by his courtiers. and the freedom
to do and say whatever comes into his
head. Senlity has but increased his
ilnpuisiveness his fondness for show,
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HOW TO MARK BALLOTS.

Editor Herald:
Will you kindly answer this question:
Can a voter place an y at the head of a
ticket, and then cross off a name on that
ticket and vote for another candidate for
same Office on any other ticket?
4 CITIZEN.
Yes, under the new election law. Section
S41. revised statutes. clearly explains the
manner of marking ballots, and is given
in full:
Section AI.-Any voter desiring to vote
for all the candidates upon any ticket
may mark in the circle above that ticket,
or I'll the squares opposite the names of
all candidates thereon. or 10th such mark
ings. If the voter does not desire 10 vote
for q candidate on u ticket the circle of
which he has marked he may draw a
line through the name of such candidate
and the cross in the circle shall count as
a vote for all of the other candidates on
the ticket TO vote for candidates on two
or more tickets, he may mark in the
squares opposite such names of such cam
didates without marking in any circle
or he may indicate his choice by marking
in the circle above one ticket. drawing a
line through the names of such candi-
dates on that ticket for whom he does not
desire TO vote. and marking in the
squares opposite the names of the candi-
dates of his choice upon other tickets.
The voter may also insert in writing in
the proper place in the blank ticket the
name OF any person for whom he desires
to vote. and he shall be deemed to have
voted for that person, whether he makes
or fails to make cross mark opposite
such name The Unnecessary marking of
a cross in a square on the ticket below
the marked circle shall not affect the
validity of the vote. In case OF a ques-
ton submitted to the vote of the people.
the voter shall mark in the appropriafe
margin or place a cross against the an
swer he desires to give
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RECORD OF THE G. o. p.

If It hadn't been for the extravaganza
of a Republican city administration.
many improvements might have been
made in this city during the past two
years.
Messrs P. II. Lannan, c. c. Good
win. J. e. Doely, w. w. Ritter, o. j.
Salisbury, w. S. Mccormick and John
Henry Smith told the public in their
signed statement two years ago that
improvements were out of the question
owing to Republican wastefulnesS and
extravaganza.
After reviewing the awful havoc
wrought by Republicanism in the city.
they declared that public improve
ments which, under a more conserva-
tive policy, might have been prose-
cuted and thus furnished employment
TO many people. have had to be post
poned.'
In 1867 the city was in Republican
hands; the income of the city was
more than consumed; revenues for the
ensuing year were anticipated and
used; the city had run behind until
taxes that had been collected for 1898
were SMdilOWSU uP AZ ltAC S->S- g. al $500
of 1897. All these things have been adj
mitted by Republicans who want their
party returned TO power.
This VIII give some idea of what the
present council had to meet when It
entered upon the discharge of its du-
ties. But this wasn't all it had to con-
tend with. In addition to ordinary
expenses said Messrs. Lannan. Good
win, Dolly, Salisbury ct al, over their
signatures in 1897, the sum of 10000
per year, commencing with 1898. must
be raised as a sinking fund for the
payment of our municipal debt, which.
as a fitting climax to these financial
woes. may be announced as reaching
the enormous sum of over 100000.
Besides all other evils that come from
the condition of public affairs. the city
is prevented from doing necessary work
in preserving and adding to municipal
improvements, the consequence of
which is that the city's progress is
stopped"
1t is astonishing that any man who
signed that address and is willing to
take the mayors word for the change
wrought in less than two years. could
have the hardihood to go before the
people of this city now and ask the
taxpayers TO reinstate the party which
had caused such desoiation as was dis
covered at the close Of 1897
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The Salt Lake public has been wait
ing patiently for a little over three
weeks for Messrs. p. II. Lannan, C. G.
Goodwin, J. E. Dolly ct al. to explain
what they meant two years ago when
they regarded an increase in taxation
as absolutely necessary to cover the
extravaganza and wastefulness of Re-
publican officials. to establish a sink
ing fund of $4,000 per year. ana to
collect means for the ensuing year be-
cause the money had been spent in
advance by a Republican council and
mayor, in view of the fact that under
a Democratic council no increase what
ever was made in taxation.
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SOME REPUBLICAN VIEWS.

The leading Republican newspaper of
St Louis holds that wherever there is
any silver talk the place of the gold
Democrats is in the Republican party"
1t is pleased to observe that Republic
cans of the west have recovered from
the silver craze which afflicted the party
few years ago, and are now working
in harmony with the regular organiza-
ton
The New York Commercial Advertiser
rejoices that all silver Republicans
who return to the regular party or
ganization are doing so with their eyes
OPEN" 1t says they well know that
President Mckinley interpreted the last
national Republican platform to mean
maintenance Of the single gold standard
until at least the rest of the civilized
world Joined in the impossible scheme
of international bimetallism' and that
in any case he is opposed to free sill
ver'
Commenting further upon these con-
verts to the new Republicanism the
Commercial Advertiser says:
They knew, also that he (AfcKinley)
is a strong advocate of currency reform
for the express purpose of making the
gold standard more secure
The st. Louis paper endorses the
statement of its contemporary and
makes another point, as follows: There
is only one honest money party in the
country, the Republican party, and
everybody who wants the gold stand
ard maintained ought to vote the Re-
publican ticket, from governor to dog
catcher, whenever and wherever the
opportunity is presented.
This is urged for the moral encour-
agement and support it will give the
single gold standard.
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RARE HUMILITY.

| 1t isn't often in these days of political
strife when the storm king bowls and
| threatens the people of the state with
destruction, when passions are aroused
FOR partisan purposes and sectarian
prejudice is appealed to by politicians
to gain some party end, that the people
| threatened. or assailed, or libeied, or
held up to scorn are admonished by
their leaders, or by those who claim to
speak for their leaders. to bear it in
| meekness or TO give it the endorsement
of silence.
1t is human nature to resent misrep-
resentation and abuse. Therefore, with
what humility. with what forbearance
are people told to kiss the hand that
smites them and to even bew to the will
of those who despitefully use them.
1t is truly refreshing TO see a contem-
porary which beareth all things, believ-
eth all things. hopeth all things. endur-
eth all things; to counsel it's readers to
think no evil and to be not easily pro-
voked. There is meekness in such re-
signation which passeth understanding.
Men may feel like raising up polit-
zeal machine to crush them, but we
doubt if there are many such. Voters
may be convinced that they ought to
create officials whose influence will in
vest with dignity the ISLANDERS spread
broadcast rejecting upon the commune
ty in which they live. but it is inexplict-
BILE to ordinary mortals. Citizens may
feel that it isn't right to show resent
ment when they are put in false light
fore mankind, but such an exhibition
of Christian forbearance is rare in this
wicked old world
There are not many people who are
willing to take abuse and give receipt
for it.
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OREGON SHORT line RAILROAD

The only line running through cars to
foItiand Butte. Missouri river. Chicago
ana 81 Louis. without change.
Time card in effect Oct. Is. 1899.
Trans VIII arrive and depart at Salt
Lake City daily as follows:
Arrive.
From Ogden. Chicago, Omaha.
St Louis. Kansas City and
From ogden. Portland. Spokane '''o d. M
suite Helena and San Fran
'From Milford. sanpete. Provo s0 AIN
and and Intermediates points -. s:s5 am
from Ogden. Chicago ST. Louis.
Kansas City, Omaha. Denver
and san Francisco ............ 800 pm.
''From Garfield Beach. Tooele
r, and Terminus -. .----.....-.-... 400 pm
rr mediate points. =. :. .....:..... $50 pm
From Preston. Logan, Brigham.
Z Ogden n and intermediate poInts.s:4o pm
rom ogden. Butte, San Francis
CO and intermediate points -. T:5o pm
Depart.
f9r Ogden. Omaha, Chicago.
Denver, Kansas City, st. Louis.
Sacne valley and intermediate
E,p points .-........-:...... 100 am
.. mediate points -. -: -: z:55 am.
E, and n Terminus ...:.......-.... 7;45 am.
ia and and intermediate points. s:45 am
OF ogden. Omaha. Chicago
Denver. Kansas City, St. Louis
.I snd San Francisco .1f:45 am
or Provo, Sanpete, Milford
ana intermediate points -. $50 %. m.
For Ogden. Denver Kansas City,
omaha. st. Louis and Chi
Fo oss a. -. -;.;...--...... $40 pm
francisco and intermediates
points -,.-..s: .--..-.......... s:45 Pm
Trains south of Juab do not run sun
"Daily except Sunday.
W. Second South st.
General Manager. $50
S. w. ECCLES. General Traffic Man
Ticket Agent.
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ing from barbarism. the awe that en-
circles like halo the hoary head is
likely to prove insufficient to deter the
patricide from invading the life from
which he drew his own; and wherever,
in periods when law is weak and order
troubled. society seems Keeling back
into british shamelessness and an
archy, there the family is likely TO pre-
sent an epitome of the moral chaos
which threatens the very framework of
the world. Under such circumstances,
to use Shakespeare's own words in an
other play:
Strength should be lord of imbecility,
And the rude son should strike his father
dead:
Force should be right; or. rather. right
and wrong,
Between whose endless jar justice resides.
Should lose their names, and so should
justice. TOO.
Then everything includes itself in power,
Power into will, will into appetite;
And appetite, universal wolf,
So doubly seconded with will and power,
Must make perforce a universal prey,
And last eat up himself.