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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
A nronErFuL NECESSITY.

The resignation by Judge Warren ".
Dnsenberry " his once M district
Judge. tn accordance with the request
% the bar Of Utah county and tho
voice Of the people. ~ expressed
through the beaeret News. IA viewed
with mingled qualification and regret
The Governor VIII no doubt take the
necessary action az soon as possible.
and appoint some competent pemon IN
M the Office. which VIII become vacant
Oh May Sth.
Under the circumstance. Judge Du-
aenbcTry haa done the only Official
think consistent with his duty TO the
state. II has been very painful for
his friends 90 advise him IN this mat.
tor. Their request was made out 81 no
personal unilnosity. but with a higher
regard II for the whole people Of tho
Fourth judicial district. and o. the
State at large. than for the frullnEa
Of one individual And tho Judge. In
accepting that advice. has acted In the
same public spirit. and this VIII DO APP
preclaied BY all who know him.
The unfortunate infifmlty which has
been tho cause OF his resignation n
Efeaiiy deplorei nut II IL not beyond
correction, ana tho "Sewaf hut en-.
IvrssH again the sentiments Of a host
u people IN honinF that he VIII take
rrm stand against II that he
shan, before long. regain that standing
among the lernl fraternity In which
he talents aud experience have ftted
him 10 shine,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
rorLrTloS OF TnE JORDAN.

The fact that the city council Of
Prove, a. reported. has passed
measure permitting the sewage 10 be
einpiied into Utah Lake, which IN
lfesh water lake. the conteniH " which
arc carried through a long stretch Of
country by ihe Jordan river. should not
ereApe puzzle attention. In several
States tu0nE eforta are being made
10 protect inland waters from such pol.
luton. TOT reasons apparent 20 all.
The Engineering News notes, In an
nr.lcie on this aublect. that 10 Maaaa.
chuaetta aud ohio. all piana for new
water supply ana sewerage systems
aud any Important changes In old uys.
tens must be- submitted TO tho state
board OF health for approval In New
York sewerage systems are required 10
be- Huhinitted 20 the state board OF
health hut IN addition tho board has
power Tor the sanitary protection Of
any or all public water supplies Min.
rcHotu also gives the state board pow
ca 90 enforce very good act 10 nro.
iect ihe purity of public water supplies,
10 other state. says the Engineering
NcWa. has YET Instituted efficient State
tpl0gVision 10 protect even those wat
efs used for public supply, 10 say moth,
l.g of general poilution Offensive to
81 ~ and smell
Utah has passed tho stage Of deyel.
upuieut ln which each settlement can
DO with lts refuse whatever u sees ne,
without rugard 10 the health and COM
fort ~ other settlements nnd aomf
thing should he done for the protection
uf the water courses. II not the neht
~ health boards against sickness will
DO unaYailinH In many localities,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

GRAFTON because Of the folllcs Of our
own Childhood. that the public have
rights TINT should b. respected, and
individuals have a claim on the laws
protection against personal annoyance.
The custom OF raising miniature
riot on t'ic occns sion Of wedding. cam
not Be too strongly condemned. There
II no sense IN II, there II no good rea-
son why Il should he tolerated. We
have no dcsire to clip the wings Of
juvenile Amusement nor TO rcpress In
noccnt pleasure and rational enjoy
rcnt. nut we draw the line at en-
croachment upon the rirhta OF indy.
lduais and the peacc OF the community.
These ought not to be infringed. and
bear that simple rule In mind.
Boys and ririe should be cautioned
by their parents and school teachers
against lawicssnrns. which n not any
more Admirable because u IL com.
mitted in fun" The charivari relic
Of harbaflsfn" II all Of a piece with
throwing rocks at doors. taking away
gates and bridges, and playing other
practical Jokes In which the rights Of
property are invaded. ut Halloween. or
Valentines day or other time Of fcs.
tivity. Recreation Il all rlfh': depre.
dalton II all wrong. The difference
should be pointed out TO young folks.
and N they viii not desist from intrtid-
Ing upon the rights OF others and from
violent disturbance Of the public peace.
punishment ought 10 follow when
rnildcr means are Intellectual. charivari
and kindred hoodluinitns must Eo'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
BiooTnY ~ AMERICA.

About nfiy years a.o the Catholics In
this country were the objects OF a per-
accuuon by which many lives were
sacrificed and much property WINS lost.
II was the result o. the NO popery,''
cry that was raised from one end Of the
Union to the other by pulpit oratorA,
ana re-echoed by the press. a writer
contemporary with those outhurfts Of
mobocracy observes that tho Catholics
We're driven like outlawA before popular
fury. their affairs were Decorated and
their sanetuariea fired BY incendiaries.
lie said,
mo age since the advent Of Mans Re.
deeiner perhaps. has beheld more
Nindietlve spirit roaming In lawless
violence over the world. and with the
watchword o. religion. than Il now seen
In this our day. and IN our midst. save
and except those primitive times when
demons u Imperial Rome led on their
llrElons TO the massacre Of early be-
This picture was hardly overtirawn,
for the hnti-cathoiic agitation went 30
far that the christian" public was
appealed 10 by the fanatics not TO re-
lpond 20 any appeals IN behalf OF the
alive. might srew 10 10 become pri nsP.
and nuns, II wuA apparently thought
better 20 let the children become out
casts. 10 perish on the highway. or In
prisons. than 20 care for them under the
shadow ~ hated church.
Headed by n notorious demnrogue,
the nnt-Cathollcs held tumultiouA
meetings and appealed TO the pafalona
OF the people, Reverend preachers
Joined the huc-and.ory. Deserving their
pulpits and harangulng mohs on the
ACCUMULATION Of popery" and the dan
ger. 10 our institutions from foreign
papiAts."
~ result OF this agitation, two
Catholic churches were burnt one was
hred and desecrated three times, a
Catholic seminary was consigned 70 the
Names By an incendiHry mob. two rec
tories and library were destroyed.
forty dwellings were laid IN ruins and
forty human lives were sacrificed. while
many We're seriously wounded In Bos.
ton nm uraullne convent hnd been es-
tnbiiFhed. This was set firc TO IN re-
preacher and when the edifice was
burning the mob repaired 70 an nd-
Joining cemetery, tore open the graves
and vented their spite upon dead
bodies. while haif-clad women and
girls Ned In terror from the scene Of
desolation to seek shelter In tho feids.
And now az 90 tho cause Of these
outrages perpetrated In n free country.
In n civilized age; We're the Catholics
guilty OF the ahominations charged to
themf Enlightened public opinion
knows better.
Archbishop NJ. J. spaIding. in his
Reviews. Lectures and Essays." pub
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
ANNEXATION OF NIoAI,AuGuA.

In n dispatch from niucneids n few
days ago II was stated that there Ia
a growing sentiment In Nicaragua In
favor OF annexation To tho United
ktateh. II In represented that the COM
merciai classes and property ownern
are becoming tired u the unsettled
condition ana ever present danger VI
revolutions. and that many leading
public men are In sympathy with this
sentiment.
u this IL correct tho question OF
admitting the Central American repub-
lie into tho Union will. before long. be
another burning question In this
country. A nation knocking at the
door Tor admission must ut least be
accorded q respectful hearing.
The natural desire In this country 10
own and control a waterway across tho
isthmua. would have much weight IN
the discussion Of Nicaragua admia.
sion. That arrangement would OWL
ate any further reference 10 the treaty.
by virtue OF which Great Britain
claims Joint control Of the prospective
canal.
Previous to the war with spain. the
spectre OF "forelen e'ltangleinents' al
ways doomed up before the view OF con-
sentative American statesmen. whom
ever the matter Of extending American
Institutions over distant parts OF the
earth was brought up. but its appear.
nncc has no longer any terror. The
friendly relations between this country
and Great britain. and the fcats per.
formed by our navy and army during
the war. have proved 10 continental
Europe powerful arguments against
any ''entanglementa" with this country,
aa the late Samoa affalr clearly shows.
This fact nimpllnea matters consid-
srabiy. The Nicaragua annexation
discussion can be carried on without
too much timidity hs 10 the tender feel.
ings OF Europe. II can be settled with
exclusive reference to the best inter.
eNth OF the United States
nut the annexation OF Nicaragua
would probably mean the addition, In
the course Of time. TO this country OF
all the Central American republics
The advantages 20 Nicaragua would
be such that popular sentiment IN
Costa Rlca, Guatemala and Salvador
would rapidly cryHtalixe IN favor OF
obtaining similar privileges. And with
sec how tho others could consistently
be barred out The annexation OF Nj
carngua would. then. mean expansion
on quite large scaie.
The movement Will likely be viewed
by some folks with much alarm. II
will be opposed by people who believe
this country cannot stand expansion
And yet from the beginning u has
grown more rapidly than any country
on earth. all tho time CATHERINE
strength until today II 10 an marvel
Gus In It's history and power as the
stone In the vision. that kept rolling un-
III II filled the world Its progress EVIL
IDENTIFY cannot DO stayed until Il has
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
Politics. iiELioioX-coiS.

Under the head % Current Events"
the antl."formon" sheet IN this city
treats its readers to one Of those char
acteristlc attacks upon the I.aiter-dry
Saints. which was its every day pas
time "fiftecn YEAR, ago" and relates 10
events that have BECOME ancient his
tory. This IN coupled with defense
and apology for the clerical libcllera
and aaEnHginH. who used the shotgun
and those who today are spreading
faisehood for coin against the Latter
day Saints. current events" eh7
The editorial attack makes a dolefui
paragraph OF nearly column. and
reads as thouTi. poured from frothy
lips and nm incnhcrcnt mind into the ear
81 a typewriter. and put into print
without care ar TO It, appearance or
impression. and without fvicvance 10
the subject which started the cuuslon,
which was this:
The News" claimed for Mormon"
Eidsa the same rights az citizens free
" accorded TO others, and exercised by
ministers Of other dsnolnif lions.
And. further. II deprecated the course
q sectarlan ministers In dsfamlng the
"Morfnons" abroad. suggesting that one
u their drawbacks 10 success In their
work here was their mcddling with
politics at home.
We rilIl maintain both propositions
An 10 the cxpcdloncy OF .otltv political
work on the part of prominent Church
officials. We did not utter any approval.
" was their political rights that We de-
Tended. Proptiety II one thing. political
privilege II another thing. n N usc-
less 10 deny the Interference In political
Affairs by asctArian preachers here.
Several of them are cngagcd In q 20.
iitical crusade now against Mormon"
who has been legally and fairly elected
and whom they wish 70 Dust fr2m his
position. They mix this with religion.
ana their addresses are delivered In re-
ukioun assemblies. II II n political mat
ter dressed IN religious Earb. The end
% II all is-"kccp that man out Of
Office. rive u- money 10 convert the
bcuiEhted 'Normonu." We have reports
before NJ OF the haranEuca made BY
ilin.et nlln number Of public journals
and that II their purport. Down
elect nrd.-iet Us preyf"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
AauiSALDo's nnnnLI.,ox.


Ono OF tho most pathetic Incidents
OF this unfortunate campaign II told In
the fact that when our troopa arrive
at any strategic center they Ind every
town In names. and no onr left be-
hind except the very old people who
have not tho strength to get away
leans or 10 the power OF Aguinaldo,
who might easily compel them 10 re-
treat with his army. without regard
TO their own WISHES, cannot now be de-
terfnined: but n II prove to be due to
settled hostility To our people. tho adj
mininterina OF law and the keeping Of
order IN the island OF Luzon viii be
tasks that Will sail Tor the highest lbil-
ny and the most practical common
sense.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

Iombroso. the noted orimlnologist.
adviceH people TO study tho classics In
preference to modern writer's. lie de.
oinres that the horoca and heroines OF
fbren ana Ioia are examples OF one
OF other OF tho forms OF mental din
case known TO science. In Ibsen'a
Ghosts there IL general paralysis.
iiedda uabler IN neurotic. John
Gabriel Borkman has bankers mono
mania---a well-d.nn.d foam. on which
a mastery treatise has been written by
an eminent Italian criminoiogist. and
other forms Of domsntin arc cxcmpll-
fed by perronagea depleted elsewhere
In modern fction-in the works Of
Dortoieyriy. for example, and OF Zoln.
As Insanity II believed TO be catching.
n u evident that the student who viii
retain his mental balance must avoid
Intimate acquaintance with the crca-
lions OF thesc modern masters OF iic-
tlOu.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
SEND THEM ALoNo.

a Salt Lake clergyman--ituv. Nut
unR, IN fact-is endeaxoring TO organ.
lac special Gospel mission" fof
Utah. le has explained to the people
back east that the only way TO solve
the Utah problein" n 20 reach the ''.ii
places IN Utah where there " no chrts-
tan work" aud 10 do this a large fortc
OF missionaries and, OF course. a stili
lafrar amount VI coin Ia absolutely nec
ernafy.
May We add by way OF suggestion
that the grvaicrt drawback To tho mir
rionafy work Of the Utah sectArian
ehlrches has been the audanity With
which preachers have spread fairchotd
about Utah abroad, and meddlcd with
political nnAiru at home, Unless r.
form " Effected IN this regard. mis-,
tlpnlry societies may rest assured thai
their money viii BE- thrown away.
IL u strange. after 80 many failures
% nalailed preachers to convert N,
'MormonA" 70 reetnrian notions. that II
10 Imagined that uucccaa can b.
achieved BY the class Of persons sent
here Ia times past for that purpose,
And " u also remarkable that people
IN the east can tc hoodwinked into EIs
inr money TO thohe truduccrn OF the
"Marmpnn," when 80 many respectable
and truthful people who have visited
utah, bear wllncn. 90 the very opposite
" the stories told by the Hubucrlption
gattcfurf,
hut. after all. u II more consistent
With the professions ~ the christian
preachers against "AiormonlHni" 10
found gospel mlnfion for their work
than 20 follow the old weapons of early
daya In our history and assault us VII h
sabre and SHOTGUN. whip-laah AM
torch, dungeon and death. by all meats
subs fIfufV NruHrHl fulanIouaN fur uDilf
cal pluttinFH, lihelouH hccunntiona AMI
lmpotnnt threats. and let Nuitlng tnie
The icHdi then nothing VIII he Rccon
plrhed except the spending OF the cash,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

For years there has lain IN a COM
mittee OF the upper chamber feHolu-
ZION. at least twice passed by the house
and the last time with practical unun-
Unity. prop0unding 10 the people ~ tho
states a constitutional amendment, by
the terms whereof they shall choose
their own senators at the polls In.
stead OF leaving that choice 10 dsKon-
crate legislatures. II the people OF
these defrauded states will Apply tho
pressure primarily necessary TO start
mately do the rest.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

Tho people Of the United statel haw
about as much interest In the king q
Samoa aa they have IN the boss OF Mar
whoever he may happen 20 be. Jaina
Russell Lowell one" raia that ftnpP
Ahould~rei Boston reforinsrs got thsli
bend from Carrying "a feeling o. rec
possibility for tho universe" We an
u strong nation, but oar "reaponslb M,
for the universe" exhibited In civllifini
and nasimiiating or killing ravages a
the four corners OF tho earth. IL hAeli
to prove q burden.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

A vixcncd and slightly drfor1ned
poet Who was given TO qucryinE. on
being iikened to u certain punctuation
mark querouaiy asked. What II m
Interrogation polnt7'' The reply was,
"A little. crooked thing that asks auea-
course Of our anti-"Mofmon" ccntem-
porary. which. when cornered for
proofs Of false accusations. turns round
and asks n neries OF personal queries.
" hen that russ does not succeed. Il
assumes an air OF injured Innocence
aud wants to know why It's questions
are not answered. II In expected to
rive evidence, not TO make queries. and
ndduce proofs Instead OF being only
an Interrogation point
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

OF course. the natives viii be beaten,
but viii their army be captured or
nose This Ia the important ques-
tion, for " II Is merely beaten Into
further retreat into the junElea and
mountains back Of Maloios, little viii
have been effected In the way Of stamp.
Ing out the uprising. There would
likely be return 10 the guerilla war
fare In which they are more skilled.
and our lines. however extended or
concentrated about Manila, would be
exposed during the rainy season TO the
harasalng assaults Of an enemy too
small 10 be worth pursuing and TOO
persistent TO be ignored.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

baroness lilrsch. widow OF the lIc-
brew philanthropiat. recently reported
able woman a. her husband was a
remarkable man. She was highly cdu-
Gated and II II difficult TO determine TO
what extent his success In his great
undertakings were due 10 her Intelligent
cooperation. Since tho death OF the
baron. she has managed the great
estate and superintended the various
philanthropic enterprises with skill
and success. and she has performed
her work without show. or colonization.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

According 10 the Cologne Gafett.
London newspapers are now busily AZ
work trying 10 make capital out OF ths
evidences are the stories, circulated ~
papers like the London Times ant
Chronicle, that Germany means V
Withdraw from the Berlin treaty avg
assert paramount claims IN Samoa, am
that Americans are profoundly -'laaus
ned with the friendly attitude of I'm
bnAaadnr White towards Germany
Neither story IL true; both arr pliinl
designed 10 make the two countrir,
rivals like each other iens.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
TnE ROW ~ sAmoA.


The guns Of American and nfltlfi
cruisers at Apia have brought an lniol
cradle situation 10 a cri-la. For elevti
years We have been trying 10 govern
Samoa through the medium OF the can.
Huln and naval officers OF three poveri
a oivil bureaucraey. rcsponr bic 10 thru
cabinets. from seven TO eleven thou
sand miles away. a local orEanlEatiof
have miscrahly failed. Tho condition o
Samoa Ia worse than II was when ",
began the work OF keeping order. ant
much worse than II would have bcct
II Il had been left to the natives TO iooi
out for themselves.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
Lar Us nAyn rEAoE.

We ind no fault with the police Jus
tee for his elemency 10 the boys who
disturbed the peace by the paatlme
called chafivari. or, as the hoodlums
duh "Hhiycree." 1--WE Mere all boys
once, and played boyish tricks. hut II
should not be forgotten. when We apol-
oglze for turbulence In the present gem
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

by way OF variety IN the dIscua,l,,
OF reforms IN senatorial elections th,
eastern press has turned from the IA.
miliar proposition OF providing 10
such elections hy direct vote OF ID,
people. 10 a new scheme OF enahlln.
deddiOckn 10 b. bfokon In icglrlaiiy,
bodiea. by authorizing the election q
senators by n plurality Instead OF
majority vote. The new plan. vhlei
was submitted 10 Congress In a bin b
Senator HVar. provides III no pcfn5i
shall have received a majority aftsi
seven separate ballots In Joint assem-.
bly,. one OF such ballots at least hay
ing been taken on seven separate days
the person who receives plurality d
all the eoteH cast on the next baliO,
or. n there be 10 plurality. on the nfsi
subsequent ballot where any persof
shall have n plurality. majority q
all the members OF both houses bclns
present and voting. shall be dcciarvl
duly elected" II would open the d0oi
OF the Senate 10 nspirantr who cogA
never command a maJo1ty vote nor -
tain the ruffraKc- OF tho people. and
such results would 10 worse than The
most prolonged deadlock We are syW
likely to SEE.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

There have been no American traitors
In Manila. Henry Haze " the California
volunteers. who deserted to Aguinaido.
was not native or even n citizen Of
the United States. ssss lie was sim
ply and solely an 'adventurer. whose
services were at the disposal OF the
highest bidder. lie cannot even with
propriety be called an EnEliahman.
since he had expatriatci himself and
betrayed the Mar under which he was
born by deserving his oountry'n SER
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

Tho news from Samoa gives ore .
and England have become nllies 10
real war. At the same time there y
no connection between the nituntlon y
Samoa and the great problem IN ~
far East. and the fact that the Amen
can and British sailors and marines ar
lighting In the same cause against '
native chief Mt Arin, hrs no bear ms W
on tho question whether the two "a
tiona shall pool their interests IN chm
and form a combination TO keep 'm
door OF trade open.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

In almost every recent engagement
splendid work has been done by the
Utah batteries" That IL the testimony
IN the tclcRraphic account OF tho war
IN the Philippines. Coupled with this
n the remark that the fatalities are 30
few as 10 create general comment. II
statistics. II can be proved that the
death rate among the Utah boys IN the
war u smaller than II would have been
IN a similar number. had they stayed
Mt home.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

''Ths serp-nt'n Crooked TRAIL II tho
appropriate heading to q tnaky edi-
toriai effurion from the anti."Mormon"
it--stili more appropriate. and q warn
Ing We hope II viii heed-ia. And rtlii
Ananlas was supposed to have been
killed for lying" The doubt implied In
the word supposed" may be occasloned
by the fact that our eontempary stilt
lives. but itr recent symptoms strongly
indicate a moribund condition. and the
"rcaplng' Ia certain 10 follow the sow
Ing"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

the native ranks should be kept In ig-
norance OF the real character OF the
Americans. hence the order 10 burn
was willingly obeyed. hut tho native
soldiers viii very soon learn the truth.
fail to realize that they have made
a gigantic mistake In opposing Amerl-
can authority.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

u Is reported that Aguinaido has dc.
termined " beaten at Maloior to aban-
don further resistance to American
rule Remembering his record and
the Malay character n VIII not be safe
TO put much dependence on that story.
mcnts Of returned Americans that
system Of dcsuitory warfare viii be
kept up for some years II tho Fiiiplnos
at Maiolos are dispersed.