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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23

thority not public in character, and,
therefore, not responsible directly to the
people as is congress. Treasury notes
are safest because the government is
back Of such money, and ne better Sc
curity is known. It is the none of
the people, for the sympathy of the
people is with it, and their property is
the security behind it.
This proposition of the administration
to renove the governments direct sup
port of PAPER money and to substitute
bank credit IN lieu thereof is a palpable
fraud.
What is the object of these currency
reformers? In 1873, when congress de-
creed that the gold dollar ''at the
standard weight of twenty-five and
eight-tenths grains shall be the unit
of value and excluded from free coin
age at the mint everything but gold,
that gold was established as the stand
ard Of value. What is the reason the
Republicans want to follow up their
action of 1873 with the measure pend
ing? Then they made gold the sole
and exclusive standard. It has con-
tinued to be so. This law can add
nothing to it. Then what is HI pur-
pose of these currency reformers?
They want to not only give the gold
standard the vitality of public law"
as Secretary Gage has said, but they
are anxious Ito eliminate the money
question from among political issues"
That is the scheme. To eliminate a
vital public question from political is
sues it must be put beyond the reach
of the people. It must be placed wher
they cannot touch it, however much
they might have the wish or feel the
need.
The only way to prevent attempts
to govern is to destroy the power Of
the majority to do so. Laws may be
repealed by other laws. A change of
the complexion of congress would en-
able this TO be done. But there is a
way to fool the people, to hamper the
power of a majority. 1t is by the Gre
alton of vested rights 1t is by the
establishment of contract rights"
The courts viii hold these to be in
violable. When the country is flooded
with bank money it viii be no easy
task to destroy the system.
It is a desperate scheme the oddities
are working, but there is the same dan
ger that existed in 1873. 1t is the dan
ger that Republicans themselves are
unconscious of the extent and actual
effect Of what they are doing.
In his message on July "a, 1897, Presi-
dent Mckinley urged congress to take
action in the way of reforming the cur
rency. In his message of last Deem
Der he asked for early and immediate
action along these very lines. It is his
policy. AS he found it possible to in
duce Utah Republicans to endorse his
policies last campaign, he still hopes
to induce some silver Republicans in
congress TO support them now.
Thus the administration hopes to
make good its oft-repeated assertion
hat silver is dead.f
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
MR.. LIS. fXPLANATION

The Tribune admits hat its owner is
a hoodoo in a senatorial camp. 1t
says that an article was intended to
%injure'' a senatorial candidate because
it stated thai Mr.. Lannan had held a
conference with him in his headquar-
tiers.
In an editorial evidently written by
Mr.. Lannan himself, it carefully traces
his footprints over the sidewalk and
through the corridors OF the Knutsford
as follows:
Night before last Mr.. Lannan called
into the Knutsford hotel. While in
the rotunda, Mr.. c.. L. Haynes came IN
and said to him: L would like to visit
some of these political headquarters;
come and show me one" or words to
that effect. The two went to the head
quarters of MI. King, and Mr.. l.,
knowing no one, asked for Mr.. Alfales
Young, n talked with him a few min
utes on general subjects. 1t was in
the public room, where a good many
gentlemen were present, and out n
into which men were going and coming
constantly.
There was not one word spoken
that would not have been just as freely
spoken IN the ctunQa below. AS Mr.
L. was leaving, Judge King came
into the room, and all that passed be-
tween the two was a goodnight. The
two men were not together in private
n second, nor in public one minute.
People were coming and going all the
time.
Mr.. L. has had no conversation with
any Republican member since the leg
islature met, save to say, How do you
do?" TO two or three OF the members
old acquaintances-as he has met them
on the street.
Personally, Mr.. Lannan cares moth
ing about the article, except that it
makes him the medium through which
two prominent Democratic candidates
were trying to effect a trade. The arti-
Gle was intended to injure those two
candidates-one the leader of the DEM
ocratic party in Utah, the other Utah's
Democratic congressman, and to fur
Their the cause Of its own candidate.
That part of the story which refers
to Mr.. Lannan as a stranger in q
strange place, who called for a friend
and chatted with him on general sub
jects, shows that Mr.. Lannan has been
grossly abused.
After his explanation he may we'll
slap himself on the breast and exclaim,
Now who would think hat I would
take part in a senatorial campaign"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
TREATY TO GO OVER.

The peace treaty has gone over until
the next session. This is a mistake.
The war should have been ended. All
relations with Spain should have been
severed. This international embroglio,
into which other nations are trying to
obtrude their interests and interefer-
ence. should be settled.
If differences exist at home as to the
final disposition of the fruits of vic
tory they should be settled at home.
Spain has no rights in the matter that
should be respected. She has already
reIinquished her claims Upon the colo
MES. Why should the matter be al
lowed to drag?
1t is a confession Of weakness to re-
fuse to ratify the treaty. It is AL ad-
mission tina the agents of this country
are without its backing. 1t is a notif-
cation to the powers that they are
wasting their time in negotiating with
commissioners appointed to make
treaties.
The first thing the United States
government knows it will have several
unsettled difficulties on its hands. AS
the. matter stands we are at war with
the colonists. of Spain in the Philip
pines; exercising rights that congress
refuses to recognize. in the West Indies.
maintaining a martial rule over island
whose independence we viii net recog-
nize and whose ownership we refuse
TO assert
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
The Charge For BICYCLES.
sd. louis Globe-D

AoI- LUIS
Whatever difference there may be
among western passenger men concern
ing the terms of the new agreement
which is being framed, there is none
respecting the extra charge for carry
ing bicycles in baggage cars. The old
rule has been agreed upon unanimously
by the executive committee, which is
framing the new compact, and there is
little doubt that it will be adopted ny
the interested lines without many dis
senting votes. This old rule is as fol-
lows:
Changes shall be made by these lines
between all points, for the transporta-
ton in baggage cars of bicycles, tri-
cycles and baby carriages, on the basis
OF regular excess baggage rates. each
bicycle, tricycle. and baby carriage.
whether Grated or not, to be charged for
the same as fifty pounds of excess bag
gage, the minimum charge in each case
to be Is cents. This charge shall be in
addition to and separate from any
charge for excess baggage proper, and
these articles Shall not be carried as q
part OF the regular baggage allowance.
Such articles will only be CHECKED for
passengers accompanying them and
presenting regular passage tickets.
Agents at points of shipment shall col
lect these charges when issuing dupIi-
cate checks"
The regular excess baggage charge is
10 per cent of the lowest regular fare
by the route of the ticket of the owner:
hence the extra charge for bicycles
amounts to 6 per cent OF the fare paid
by it's owner. In no case. however, do
the roads charge for the wheel less than
25 cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
The Queens London Address.
Nouth's companion.)

tlOQlu ; 1Ol4RaAAlOHsJ
The children of Primo Henry of Bat
tenberg. who married Queen Victoria's
daughter. Princess Beatrice, and died of
fever during the Ashanti campaign, live
with their grandmother at Windsor.
Recently two little girls from London
came down to spend the day with the
her majesty paid a visit 10 the nursery
and found them there.
the young visitors were taken aDacks
they had not expected TO see the queen.
and had not been instructed how to cor
duct themselves in the presence of royal
ty, but they had been well brought up.
and knew their Bibles. and they Thought
at once of Daniel before King Darius.
They decided that what Daniel had done
selves on their races on the fieor at her
astonished majesty's feet, and cried out
with a loud voice:
20 queen. live foreveri'
However. his proved an excellent in
PRODUCTION. and presently the queen and
they became great friends. She took one
of them on her knee, and all three chatted
together in the friendliest way.
And whereabouts in London 10 you
young people iiye?" asked the queen.
oh said the little girl on her knee.
1--WE live just opposite VS. naming one
of the mammoth stores that have become
such marked features of the London of
today.
But please won't you tell US where you
live when you go to Iondol?" said the
other little friend.
The queen looked thoughtful for a mo-
ment, and then remembered that in Buck
ingham Palace road there is also a man.
moth store. Oh said she. smiling, in
London l live opposite Gorringe'S."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
JUDGE POWERS RIGHTS.

An address to Utah Democrats from
Judge Powers is printed in this issue.
1t will be read with interest by all who
are watching the senatorial struggle,
because of its authors personality
Whatever the judge says of his emf
nent services to the party will be en-
dorsed by all who know his record.
When he asks for fair play, every
Democrat will say Amen. Fair play
is his right, as it is the right of all the
other candidates, rich or poor. This
part of the appeal calls for nothing
but approval.
1t is entirely proper, however, to
question the assertion that the judge
has not been given an impartial hear
ing" in the columns of The Herald, or
that the charges he assumes have been
made have, for the most part, ap-
peared in The Salt Lake Herald"
No such charges ave been printed in
The Herald, and h evidence is in The
Herald's files. More than that, a COM
parison would probably show that
Judge Powers has been given more
space in The Herald, has had more
approving mention in it's columns than
any other man in the state.
The last, and the really serious part
of the appeal Is in this statement:
LAS an individual I am relatively of
no Importance, but as a Democrat
whose candidacy is evolving the issue
whether those poor in purse may as
pire to ofice and have a fair field, I
am worthy of your attention"
Doubtless the judge is sincere in be-
lieving that his candidacy is evolving
the issue he describes, but most OBJ
servers will think he takes himself too
seriously. His reference to a lack of
worldly goods appears to be an appeal
for sympathy on that score. The
wealth or poverty of candidates is not
an issue. It should not be urged
against one aspirant that he is rich,
or against another that he is poor.
Neither should these conditions consti-
tute a bar. There are other candidates
who might make the plea the judge
has made, but they have not seen fit
to do so.
The only issue in this election is the
qualifications OF the candidates: Who
will make the best senator from Utah?
Who will dc the most to promote h
states welfare?
These are the real questions. and the
Democrats in the legislature may be
depended upon to settle them satisfac-
torily.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
l:G'iIgMI|
/ iME

You really don't know what com
fortable travelling is if you have
never travelled via the Burlington.
Holds the Worlds record for long
distance fast running 1,o25 miles,
1,O47 minutes.
The Burlington Route is 1857
miles long-nearly one-third the dis
tgnce round the world.
Offers a wider choice of routes than
any other line, to and from Chicago,
ST. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City and all
eastern points.
Two through trains each way daily.
vestibuled buffet smoking library
cars, Pullman sleeping cars, reclining
chair cars (seats free) coaches. Fin
est dining car service in the world.
Dining cars operated on the cafe
plan; that is, you pay only for what
you order.
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
I. A. BENTON, Ticket Agent, r. c.
W. Ry., Dooly Block.
R. f. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
w. F. M'MILLAN, Gen. Agt.
214 S. W. Temple St., Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
GOLD STANDARD SCHEMES.

Acting upon the suggestion of Secre-
tary Gage, the house committee on
coinage, weights and measures has de-
cided TO report and recommend to the
favorable consideration of congress a
bill providing that the standard Of
value in the United States shall be the
gold dollar; that all contracts existing,
and in the future, shall be computed in
reference to the standard; that there
shall be established in the treasury a
department of issue and of redemption;
that the greenbacks shall be retired,
and, upon retirement, that gold bills
shall be substituted therefor.
This is the presidents currency re-
form proposition in a nutshell. The Re
publicans are trying to crowd
it through the present congress, upon
The failure of which a special session IL
March viii probably be called.
It is believed that the administration
counts upon the support Of one or two
former silver advocates TO help pass the
measure.
1t is said that President Mckinley
has personally requested Republicans
~ ouLlJDLL 2OAAAC GaLA haAL-Ltd4l El
members Of the party for the United
States senate on the understanding
that they will not oppose his policies
any further.
The favorable report Of the committee
was adopted on a strict party vote. The
Democrats are ~steadfast in their DIDO
sition TO the gold standard. The Re
publicans stand solidly for it.
The Democratic party does not want
this country reduced TO the financial
condition of Brazil, Spain, Greece. Cali
and other countries whose attempts at
the establishment of a gold standard
have reduced them to the necessity Of
~transacting business with a money that
can be moved ~ and down at the
caprice of bankers.
The Democratic party, as it's repre-
sentatives on the coinage committee
assert. stands today where Ii has al
ways tood-for the gold and silver Of
the constitution as the joint standard
Of value.
Upon the matter &C national paper
money the Democratic party has al
ways stood for the treasury note as
against the national bank note. Ia
the days of Jefferson and Jackson it
stood so. and so it stands today. 1t is
the constitutional system, and, conse-
quently, the only absolutely safe sys-
ten.
The power that the government has
tc issue money is in the provision that
congress shall have power to coin
money. regulate the value thereof, and
of foreign coin"
As that power a been delegated to
congress. it should not be sublet to the
bankers: it should not be transferred
by congress to any body or to any au-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23

ing in common. As we'll might it be
said that the manager of The Herald,
Who was employed by the Tribune, is
Under Mr.. Lannan's- control, as to as
sert that because I have tried law
suits for the Tribune, therefore, | am
chained to his chariot. | point to my
record. In the campaign Of 1855 1
fought the Republican party and the
ribune with all my might, and that
paper retorted that / was making a
g~randstand play" In the campaign
of 1898 I supported with all my power
all u candidates. and little comfort
did l give the Salt Lake Tribune. 1
am a free man, and l am not owned
by. neither do 1 fear, the Tribune or
its manager, or The Herald or those
in control. l have tried TO be a consist
ent Democrat. 1 shall continue to be
a Democrat. Not. perhaps, as influen-
tia and powerful as some, but of that
erty than Of wealth, recognizes man
hood, whether living in a hut or in a
palace.
In view Of my services for cur party,
| have the right to demand, as ! now
demand. fair play in the senatorial
fight. make this demand upon the
Democratic men and women whom I
have served in all honesty. / ask of
you Democrats of Utah that you make
%04 - ain N4oN g
shall not be permitted in our party.
Your boys are growing up. They
have aspirations, and for them you
have aspirations and for them you have
ambitions. / am but an incident. 1t
matters but little what becomes of me,
but if the manner in which my candi-
dacy is being treated is prophetic of the
future, than we nave the prospect that
the door to honorable ambition and po-
litical preferment can only be opened
by a key of gold.
Democracy does not depend upon the
life, success or failure of n one man.
The great urn of the Democratic faith
has ever been borne upon the shoulders
of the common people. Anything else
is not Democracy. AS an individual I
am relatively Of no Importance, but as
a Democrat whose candidacy is evolv-
ing the issue whether those poor in
purse may aspire to office and have .
fair field, L am worthy of you atten-
ton.
I appeal to Democrats for fair play.
VIII you aid me 20 secure my rights in
this fight. which is rapidly becoming
your fight?
o. w. POWERS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
A Burning Incident.
Oondon Punch.)

ACCORDING to the Pail Mall Gazette,
Nine. Sarah Bernhard has assembled
Mount Vesuvius, when she lost an eye
brow and a curl.l
We cannot blame the Amorous Mount.
When Sarah Yentured to his lar,
His fiery heart. of love the fount,
Was moved by Sarah's dainty Chair.
With lava lips he lOnged to press
The goddess in his fierce embrace.
How hard he burned for one caress.
One kiss upon that Bernhard face,
And 50. ~unwrought by passions WhirI.
He scorched her eyebrow. stole her curl.
Then Sarah was not vexed or cross.
But showed her keen dramatic taste,
.'TVe suffered really no great loss"
She cried. these things are soon re-
placed"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
BY A DECISIVE o T

With a decisive vote the national
senate has passed the Nicaragua bill.
As it will go to the house the bill pro-
vides for the continuation of work in
the name of the Maritime Canal COM
pany. 1t provides for the issuance of
LOCO, 600 shares of stock at 500 each.
All the stock heretofore issued by
the company is to be taken up, with
the exception Of that held by the gov
ernments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
All the scrip and bonds of the company
are to be Cancelled, and all the obliga-
ions discharged. To enable the Mari
time people to do this there will be an
issue of treasury warrants to the
amount of ; 5000, GOO authorized, with
a prOviso to the effect tina only so
much of the amount shall be paid as
shall be required to pay the actual cash
value of the right, privileges, fran
chises and property at the time of the
payment, the value to be determined
by commissioners to be appointed by
the president"
a great many other details of the
proposed transaction are enumerated in
the bill and given in the synopsis sent
out in the dispatches. 1t is a good
symptom to see the senate taking such
a stand. While the financial standing
of the Maritime company may not be
the best, the work already finished may
be worth the amount allowed, and the
cancellation of the obligations Of the
COMPANY. and the taking IN Of all IFS
stock certificates and bonds viii have
the effect of practically wiping the
present company off the slate.
AS the need of an -interoceanic canal
is generally conceded, his action Of
the senate will doubtless meet he
hearty approval of the majority in
both parties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
Has Had No Experience.
Rremnhis Seminary

The rule that no person shall smoke in
a street car is enforced strictly by the
conductors on all Memphis lines. but an
exception is made in the case of one pas
seuger. rameiv. the Hon. foh- +. ~.
Sneed. 1t is not recorded that the able
chancellor ever tooH advantage OF ths
exceptional privilege accorded him. bur
it is certain that he has been invited to
go in off the platform and finish his cigar
comfortably on a cushioned seat.
NO, I'm afraid the ladies would OBJ
ject," was his response to u I'M nvi-
tation.
The ladies all make concessions to
yOu,' was the reply of the conductor.
Il dom know about that said the
judge. You heard what the old lady SAID
about smoking in her presenter"
The conductor had to confess that,
though he had heard a good many stories
on the rear platform, he had never heard
this particular one.
well. I'll tell you said the chancel-
lor. She was a charming old lady of the
old school, and one day she was asked if
she objected to a gentleman smoking in
her presence. I don't really know was
her reply. / have never had any expert
ence in that line. No gentleman has ever
smoked in my presence
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
Lucky For the Last "Next.n

There were five of us hunting and fish
ing in the Queensland bush. when one
rainy day a stranger appeared. He said
he was a tramp barber, and as none of
us had been shaved for a fortnight we
gay him half d days work.
About four hours after he had left US d
ban of six men rode up and the leader
inquired if we had seen a tall. roughly
dressed man pass that way. We told him
Of the barber, and he looked from man
to man and exclaimed:
Good gracious bit you are all freshly
shaved"
Yes. we gave the barber a job"
And he shaved every one of your"
did. and did it We'll"
Boys, do you hear that?' shouted the
man as he turned to his companions.
What of it?' asked one Of our party.
why. he went insane yesterday and
cut a man throat in his barber chair
over at Unadilla, and we're after him to
put him in an as"lum.'
They rode away at a gallop. and neXt
morning returned to our camp with the
man. who had been captured after a hard
fight and was tied OF his horse. He
seemed TO remember us when he was
given a drink of water, and as he handed
the cup back he quietly observed:
L say, gentlemen. please excuse me. 1
meant TO finish off the last man who got
shaved but l got thinking of something
else, and it slipped my mind"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.

Under the circumstances a non-par-
tisan foreign policy wouldn't be a bad
thing for this country. The potentially
of political parties stops at the borders
OF the republic anyhow, and the exer-
else of partisan conduct should be con-
fined 20 the same limit.
In many ways the executive and leg
~islative departments of the federal gov
eminent affect one another, even TO the
point Of embarrassing the foreign
agents and representatives of The gov
ern-aent.
1t is quite a problem for the Ameri-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23
The AlI-nrevalert.

CW. j. L. in New York Sum-
Zip,
And tte Grip
Has got its nip
On Your neck,
And you're a wreck.
You cough
Your head and your heels off,
And your arms and your legs off,
And your hands and your feet off.
And still YOU cough;
And your remains
Are run of aches and pains.
You take no pleasure in your friends
And all the ends
Thou aim'st at are the Grips.
From Maine 10 California.
From the mountains to the sea,
The old sweet song
He's all gone wrong
And the chorus is misery.
On, Tor q ray OF sunshine,
Oh. for q spot of blue
IN the leaden sky
To tickle the eye
And .ull our livers through.
Say. Grip.
Won't YOU get onto our tip
And skip?
Or must we say
In q vigorous way,
.D-ni" and "D-n. again,
And.the whole land
Join in a grand Amen?