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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
HOW MUCH FARTHER?

Nothing can prevent the silver issue
from being paramount Il the next ma
tional campaign. In the first place,
both parties will denounce trusts-the
Democratic party as it always has OPP
posed them and the system which built
them up; the Republican party. which
VIII condemn the effect and endorse the
cause OF these combinations. People
VIII be able TO see through the trans
parent hypocrisy of Republican anti
trust declarations, but champions of
trust protection will decline to discuss
the question, and fighting along that
line will be in the nature of a one-sided
battle.
Eastern Republicans will likewise
make an especial effort to keep the is
sues growing out of the war in the
background, for some of the leading
statesmen of the party have emphati-
cally refused 10 endorse the policy of
the administration, or to lend counten-
ance to the scandals that have marked
its conduct.
But the majority of the party is
pledged TO utilize its power in the next
congress to fasten the gold standard
more securely upon the people. A cur
rency bill has been prepared, and it
meets the approval of the administra-
ton, the purpose of which, as stated by
the chairman of the caucus committee
OF the house, is to retire the greenbacks
and to legalize the existing gold stand
ard.
This is "a pledge that must be kept"
says a leading organ of the administra-
ton. And it adds that mo Republican
member of either branch of congress
has spoken in opposition to the meas
ure. and while there are doubtless some
who would prefer broader plan of
monetary revision, and others who
would consent to postponement, the
general disposition is to accept the pro-
posed bill as the best that can be OBJ
tanned at present"
How much farther Go the gold stand
ard men expect to go? Glutted with
the glory of a purchased victory in
1896, arrogant in the possession OF |
every branch OF government, they are |
mapping out a march of plumber that |
they never dreamed Of five years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
THE SONG OF THE SWORD.
CRy Sam L. Simpson

(By Sam L. SIMPSON,
| There's a thrill in my conscious blade OF
steel,
Like the thrill in the lance of light
When it wakes the world, too long en-
In the mocking dream of night:
Has a war-note Strickland must leap
With the sword-knot's blush of pride.
And plead for my welded South and
And righteous claim denied?
From its dewy cover bursts the rose
In a blushful morn of June.
But the lily's breath has a faint of death
Where the wan lakes lie a-swoon.
For the rose breathes love and brings
war
And the lily signs for peace
AS the world moves on with scath and
Till the bugle sounds surcease.
When the winds arise the still sea stirs
And losses a stormy main.
And the gold-mailed stars salute red
Mars
They know 1t is but the pulse of life
Accusing a deadly calm
That the tempest with freshening dews
is rife
For the shores of bloom and balm.
Though Peace is sweet. shall we clasp her
close
TIL her sleep is a feVered dream,
And never wake for great truths sake
Though the baleful deathlights CLEAN?
All, no. the drift of her golden hair
Gorgonian wreaths become
When the world forgets' the trumpet's
blare
And the lannon's lips are dumb.
There is life in death and death in life
In the changefui web and woof
OF the mighty loom in whose light and
gloom
Is our fibre put to proof
And the palms of peace and the plumes or
war
In the march of time have place
As Advancement rolls her royal car
To the shining heights of grace.
As the red rose bursts it's calyx green
When the birds its blooming sing.
Ere the canker's mold has marred Its
fold
And its dream of dawn takes wing.
From -enfolding peace does the crimson
flower
OF great truth burst and glow
When the cannonS boom the fateful hour
And the stormy trumpets blow.
AS the dawns, with swift and thrilling
CLEANS.
The slumbering hills apprise
That the young morn waits at the eastern
gates
And their crests in pride must rise,
So l like a radiant messenger
OF light, from the sheath must leap.
And when Freedom calls must answer her |
That her legions do not sleep.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
INGS AND ARBITRATION.

The kaiser is evidently trying. to live
up to the picture drawn by the poet
in Captain Coghlan's song. He repri-
manded a preacher the other day who
had neglected to obtain his royal con-
sent to pray in public. Supplications to
the throne of heaven will have to be
presented to the kaiser first, if offered
up in Germany.
And Just now, when the men and
women of the whole world are praying
as with one voice for universal peace
and closer bonds Of human brotherhood,
the kaiser falls back upon the divine
right of kings, and places stumbling
blocks in the way. Drawing about him.
self the mantle of sanctity, he refuses
to recognize any superior sovereignty.
such as a fixed court of arbitration
would appear to be.
The only arbitration that could be ef-
fective, that would be worth discussing,
is compulsory arbitration To leave 1t
so that Germany or Russia could insist
upon its exercise where selfish interests
were not involved, or where they were
best subserved by arbitration, and OPP
tional with these powers to ignore the
tribunal when there seemed to be a
chance to crush some weaker power,
would be worse than folly. Courts of
arbitration are not designed to prevent
wars, so much as to protect the weak
from the strong, and to dispel the bar
barous idea that might makes right.
In opposition to the policy of compul-
sorry arbitration, made effective by the
international compact that when a ma
ton violates it all other nations Will
unite to punish the offender and en-
force the rule, the kaiser does not
stand alone, it seems. According TO the
New York Tribune, the imperialists of
this country are with him. 1t says that
the American people and the German
emperor would stand side by side. He
would oppose il on the ground of the
divine right of his sovereignty. They
would oppose it on the ground of the
divine, or the natural, right of their
popular sovereignty"
1t is hardly possible that, outside the
circle which is trying to build up a
system of militarism around President
Mckinley, the American people would
lay one straw in the way of an inter-
national agreement to arbitrate all ser
ious differences between governments, |
and to compel it wherever the strong
would insist upon making war because |
the chance for spoils and for victory |
seemed tempting.
No matter what imperialists may ad-
vocate or represent to the contrary. |
the American people are a people of |
peace. Their pursuits are peaceful So |
is the character OF the republic It is |
the original champion of international I
arbitration. To make such a system /
possible, to make it effective, to make
ii worth while, some penalty should be
adopted to secure its recognition and
compel an observance of its DEGREES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
CANADA'S PRESCRIPTION.

Canada is confronted with no such
trust problem as the people of the Unit
ed States will have to solve at the ear
of the Dominion are trying to perfect
the criminal code that these combina-
lions of capital may be dealt with as
their conduct may merit
In this country we have a hundred
trusts where in Canada they have live.
They are the creatures of unjust dis
elimination wherever they exist: it may
be tariff protection, county favors. fed
eral subsidies or railroad discrimina-
ton.
In 1892 Sir John Thompson gave his
assent to an act infiicting heavy penal
ties on corporations and individuals
conspiring, combining. or arranging to
unlawfully limit facilities for trans
porting, supplying or limiting the pro-
duction of, or unreasonably enhancing
the value of an article of commerce in
Canada.
When the bill went to the senate it
was rendered Intellectual by amending
it so that the offense described was
''unduly and unreasonably limiting and
restraining trade TO enhance the value
of production There is now under
consideration in the Canadian parlia-
ment a bill to have the words 'unduly
and unreasonably" stricken out from
where they were placed to modify the
restriction of trade that nothing may
be left TO expert testimony and court
construction in the application of the
law. Severe penalties are provided,
not only for a direct violation of the
law, but for a wilful and persistent
disregard of its spirit
The workings of the statute will be
watched with considerable interest in
this country, although it is believed
that the trusts have organized as cor
porations, and will claim rights and
privileges as such, while their innu-
ence in political affairs is such that
they seem to regard the people and the
republic with contempt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
A Body Blow For Boston.
cleveland Plain Dealer)

cleveland Plain Dealer)
Seen de lates' from Boston. Weary"
Nav Wot is it?'
why, de pleece commissioners has or
dered de s'loon-keepers not to set out de
drinks fer gentlemen of &c road"
''Wot kin you expec' from Boston
Dusty? Look at de record of de town. 1t
was dat same oil Boston dat taught de
red man de taste of firewater. Look AT
him now. 1t was Boston dat used to ship
de rum and missionaries, all in one cargo.
to de benighted African heather. An de
benighted heather drank de rum an ate
de missionaries an de demand was strong
an steady. OATS what Boston is
But wot is we goin to do about it,
Weary
.sDo about il? Where's your dignerty?
All we'll do will be to chase de duck
around de outskirts an confine our trade
strictly to de breweries!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
Quick CHANCES off FORTUNE.
New York Tr,b,,neN

e.
Quick changes OF fortune and occuoa-
ton l had always understood to be a.
feature of American life said young
Engllshman recently. but 1 was aston
iShed in Texas. as well as amused by
a revelation concerning the life of a
chance acquaintance I made there. He
was well-dressed and seemingly we'll
educated Bostonian. travelling for a man
ufacturer of agricultural machinery and
put on good many airs. | met him in
the town of Bowie, Montague county
and thought him rather a superior man
for drummer We were drinking AT a
bar when in came a rough rancher who.
seeing the Boston man slapped him
heartily. on the shoulder and asked him
to drink. The hardware traveller declined
haughtily. saying: Excuse me Sir: I
never drink with strangers
oh. we're not exactly strangers
pardner. retorted the cheerful Texan. I
remember when you was through here
last summer
e I never was here before in nv life
sir. answered the drummer. with offended
dignity
Just then two more Texans came in
and the first one turned to them for cor
rohoration.
Haven't we all seen this gentleman
before?' he asked
Looking the man carefully over. the
other two said:
Sure, Bill He was through here last
summer. leading a dancing bear
And in spite of my Boston friends de-
NAL, found out that the Texans were
right"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25

II is opportunity that. makes avarice
forget every consideration of generosity
and justice. II is easy to deprecate
conquest when there are no lands to
conquer. It is easy to declare for in
ternational bimetallism before the op-
portunity to fasten the single standard
upon the country is found.
This bill which is TO be presented by
Republican leaders as the product of
the Republican caucus is only the first
blow they propose to inflict upon BIZ
metallism.
The Commercial Advertiser Of New
York says of the bill: This measure is
distinctly elementary in character and
foundations of our currency system by
providing added security for the gold
standard and safeguarding the green
backs, leaving the general question of
bank circulation for treatment here
after. AS far as it goes, the caucus
measure is completely in accord with
the demands of the sound money advo-
Gates. Its provisions are exactly in
line with the recommendations pre-
sented by the president in his last an
nual message, and they closely ap-
proach to a fulillment of the financial
pledge of the st. Louis platform-an
obligation which the party and the adj
ministration must discharge promptly,
fairly and in perfect good faith, if they
are to enjoy the continued confidence
and support of the country. The pledge
must be kept. So far as they are able,
the Republicans, now happily in con-
troll of both houses OF congress. must,
to the full extent of their power, take
up the question of currency reform,
and prove to the country that the obli-
cation assumed at ST. Louis in 1896 was
honestly made, and is still binding upon
the party conscience"
This determination of the Republican
party to drive one nail after another
into the coffin of the liberties of the
people is we'll expressed by the Com
mercial Advertiser. And when it is re-
called that this elementary" bill goes
farther than even the most radical
goldbug thought of going three years
ago, men may well wonder how far
they expect to go before they are sat
isfied.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
ADVENTURE WITH A BURGLAR
NIGHT PROWLER CAPTURED BY
NINE ITALIAN MINERS.
There Was Much Shooting and the
Robber Though Caught Refused
to Remain a Captive.
Especial to The HeraId)

Castlegate, June 24-Castlegate, the
home Of the coal miner. is going mad
over the recent prowlings of a ferocious
monster in rubber boots who, upon
eleven occasions. has narrowly missed
breaking into and stealing the contents
of various domiciles.
Last night the creature got into an
Italian boarding house. He is alive to-
day, probably to his surprise He
chose. on this occasion. the bewitching
hour of 2:45, and passed the night
watch undetected. Removing his
boots, he sprang into the yard, pro-
duced a jimmy and attacked a side
window. In another moment he was
within bed room, but the sleeper
there had heard, and gave an alarm
which aroused the remaining eight men
in the house. All hastily sprang to
arms, opening a Calling fusilade upon
the outside door and the ceiling. This
continued until one cool and collected
boarder called Stop and suggested
an attack in force on the lone burglar.
The idea was unanimously adopted and
the burglar was quickly a prisoner. He
was locked in a room and his nine
captors went into committee of the
whole to decide what to do with him.
While the conference committee was
listening to an argument in Tuscan
dialect. the robber quietly raised the
window Of his prison chamber, dropped
to the ground and was rapidly becom-
ing spectre of the night when his
escape was discovered. Again heavy
fire was opened on him from a window,
but the bold robber. scatheless, leaped
a back fence and disappeared.
Then the boarders reloaded their piS-
tolls and went back to bed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
The Corpse and the Dog.

tDrake's Travellers Magazine)
The other day a woman shipped her hus-
bands remains and n dog over the Cen
trial, AT Albany she appeared at the door
OF the baggage car to see how they were
getting along.
How does he seem to be doing?" she
asked. with a snir.
Who, the corDse?" inquired the bag
gage master. kindly.
No the dog"
oh. he's comfortable" replied the bag
gage man.
Anybody been sitting down on him?'
Who, the dog?"
mo. the CORPSE
Certainly not" answered the baggage
man.
Does it seem cool enough in here for
For who, the corpse?"
Il think so, grinned the baggage mas
Does the jolting appear to affect him
Affect who. the dog?"
mo, the CORPSE"
Il don't believe 1t does"
You'll keep an eye on him. won't you?'
she asked wiping tear away.
On who, the corpse?"
No, the dog.
And having secured the baggage mans
promise, she went back to her coach, APP
parently contented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25

A swarm of bees caused a lively
commotion on Second South street, in
front of the Cullen hotel, yesterday
morning. The bees were stopped in
the act of migrating to other parts by
Constable West. A. L. Morris, H. ID.
Sabine. a hack driver and several 9TH
ers. The honey-makers were anxious
to get out of town. but these gentle
men saw them coming and were deter
mined they shouldn't escape So they
proceeded to give them a razzle-dazz
by filling the air with all kinds of ear
splitting diScords. The hack driver
grabbed two large dinner bells from
the window of a hardware store, Con-
stable West got big tin pan and bat
tered the bottom out of it, while Sa-
bine, the tailor, came forward with a
goose" expecting the bees to gather
themselves around ii. Others Joined
in the serenade with various ear-tor-
turing instruments.
In the meantime someone carried in
a dry goods box, another entered the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
He Knew How to Take 1t.
cleveland Plain Dealer.)


Here is story which is vouched for by
a local Standard Oil official. 1t concerns
a certain superintendent who was sent I'D
10 the companys works at Whiting to
oversee matters. One morning as he was
stroliing about with his eyes open he dis
covered an lrishman laying pipe in the
customary excavation. The superintend-
ent is very irascible man. In addition
to this, he has a wonderful command of
sulphurous language. Something about
the mans work displeased him. and he
suddenly opened up. or. rather down, on
the poor fellow with all his heaviest ma
terial. But though he condemned him to
perdition in a dozen different ways. the
man in the ditch never so much as looked
up. If he had been deaf and dumb he
couldn't have taken his roasting more
stolidly. The superintendent suddenly
pulled up in his wild TRADE.
See here. my man" he roared, don't
yon know n giving YOU hell?"
The pipe-layer paused. Slightly turning
his head. he squinted up at the superin-
tendent.
An amt takin' it like a little mon?"
he quietly asked
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
ART IN CHICAGO.

There are prurient prudes, as
| Charles Reade calls them. even in the
rapid city of Chicago. They are max
/ ing an awful row over a group of
sirens placed on a public fountain.
| There is nothing chaste or intellectual
in the nude of nymph. they say, and
ask that the sirens be draped or taken
away.
This is the spirit that threatened to
boycott the Worlds fair because Diana
was placed upon the agricultural
when the Bacchante was unveiled in
the public library. 1t threw a chair
through a magnificent oil painting
from one of the famous galleries of
Europe when it was being exhibited
in Omaha few years ago.
Miss Lillian Bell, Chicago author,
complained in a recent magazine
article that freedom and light were
not to be found in art on this side of
the Atlantic. The human form divine
is in danger if a counterpart in oil or
marble is exposed to public gaze. The
prude is on hand with her resolutions
and her lack of appreciation or the
vandal comes to despoil the creations
of art.
1t would be hard to imagine any
thing more ludicrous than sirens
dressed in stays and a train with
spray from a fountain dashing their
Powered and feathered hats. And yet
that is what the directors would re-
quire.
However, a community that could
tolerate the Lake Front statue of
Columbus as Chicago did. can't be ex-
pected to know art when it is visible
TO everybody else. What Chicago
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL.
Third Precinct Ladies to Entertain
Thursday Night.

The Democratic ladies of the Third pre-
cinct will entertain their friends at a So
cial reunion to be given at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Vincent, corner of
Sixth West and First North streets. on
Thursday evening. June %, at O'Clock.
An excellent programme will be render
ed. Hon. w. II. King. b. II. Roberts,
Fisher Harris d. C. Dunbar and Council
man Fernstrom have promised to attend
and speak.
Recitations will be given by Misses Alice
Calder Leone Pratt, Ida Parrot and Mr..
George Timpson-
The musical numbers will be rendered
by the Timpson Democratic Glee club,
solos by Misses Euphemia Morriss. Lizzie
Gillespie and Racy Vincent; duet, Miss
Annie and Will Brown.
All Democratic ladies and gentlemen are
respectfully invited. Agricultural park
and Fourth North cars run every fifteen
minutes within one block of the place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25

scene with an empty beer barrel, with
which to cage the insects. Nothing
could induce them to alight until the
agricultural broker" A. L. Morris,
pushed through the crowd with the
limb of tree, which he had gathered
from the front yard of q widowed lady
in an adjoining block. When the king
bee saw Morris, the whole swarm came
down, wrapped themselves around the
bush. and in a few moments, amid the
applause from the crowd, which had in
the meantime swelled to the proper
tons of several hundred. Morris had
them safely Gagged in the barrel Nor
ris claimed the bees as a trophy, no
one objected, and he had them moved
out to Centerville onto a bee ranch.
He claims his prize to be worth SIS.
There were many curious scenes dur
ing the exciting hour. Before they
knew what was up, several teams and
bicycles rode into the buzzing swarm
1t was sport to the crowd to see them
fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
NEW USE FOR BEE HIVE.
Brigham Young's Mansion Now
Owned Bv.the Church.

The historic Bee Hive house has been
purchased from lions Savings Bank &,
Trust company by the Mormon church
and is to be utilized for the business
offices of the church, especially private
business apartments for the first presi-
dency.
Twice has the bank acquired owner
ship of the old mansion through fore
closure proceedings, first against John
w. Young and lately against John
Beck. both purchasers failing to COM
plete their payments. After President
Brigham Young's death II became the
property of one of his widows. Lucy
Decker Young.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
DEMOCRATIC LADIES ELATED.
Excursion Proceeds Reach the Neat
Sum of $685..

The ladies Of the Women's Demo-
cratic club feel considerably elated over
the financial success of their excursion
TO Saltair. The committee yesterday.
after auditing all expenses. found that
the net proceeds of the day were
s13995. They regard this as handsome
reward for their efforts, and the sum
will serve as a nucleus of a fund for
establishing and equipping permanent
club rooms in the central part of the
city The ladies desire to express their
gratitude to those who assisted them in
making the affair a success.