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AMERICAN AND ASiATIC DEALS

There are people who have said that
out title to the Philippines is precisely
such a title as our title to Texas, Ari-
IONA. New Mexico, California, Nevada
and UTAH and there are others who
declare that mo man can explain the
difference"
There are people who refuse to see
any difference today. although they
saw it a year ago, and there are those
who cannot explain the difference be-
cause they will not. History explains
it. however, and it may be of interest
to quote a few passages at this juno
ture.
President Polk explained the reasons,
which appeared to be necessities, for
the annexation of New Mexico and
California It was a boundary land,
he argued in his message to congress;
Mexico had been so crippled by war
that she could not hold or govern the
territory 1t was only a question of
time when she would be compelled to
abandon it, THE sagacity of powerful
European nations has long since d.
rected their attention to the CONNER
cial Importance of that province and
there can be little doubt that the mo-
ment the United States shall relinquish
their present occupation an effort
would be made by some foreign power
to possess it, either by conquest or by
purchase reasoned the president, who
declared further that the perpetuity of
the Monroe doctrine as we'll as the
rnanded that the territory be acquired
by our government This purchase
would be cheaper than a war, he said,
and the provinces of New Mexico and
the CALIFORNIA; are contiguous to the
territories OF the United States, and,
If brought under the government of
our laws. their resources-mineral, ag-
ricultural, manufacturing and CONNER
cial-would soon be developed"
I'm proposing to acquire New Mex
leo and the CALIFORNIA;" he continued,
sit was known that but an inconsider-
able portion of the Mexican people
would be transferred with them, the
country embraced within these prov
inces being chiefly an uninhabited re-
gion-''
These were the chief considerations
for the acquisition. 1t was contiguous
territory; it was not peopled by races
who were battling for their independ-
ence when we began our war with
Mexico; it was sparsely settled while
the Philippines are more densely popu-
lated than are the states of Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois. Texans were discoy-
cred engaged in a cause which, while
not Infinitely higher than the cause in
which our revolutionary forefathers
were engaged in between 1775 and 17S3."
was sufficiently high TO gain the re-
spect of our liberty-loving nation,
which recognized and helped to estab-
lish their independence. Afterwards
they asked to be taken into the Union.
Someone. and his disciples still live,
wanted to know how much money the
United States would be able to make
out of the deal. President Polk re-
piled: THE immense value of the
ceded country does not consist alone in
the amount of money for which the
public lands may be sold. If not al
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that an alien minority in India has a
$500 times rs great.
Why should anyone imagine that the
Outlanders, if given the voting power.
would oyerturn the existing govern
ment in the Transvaai? There are rea-
sons for believing this to be their OBJ
ject in seeking the power TO accom-
plish it. Why do they want representa-
ton? Surely not for the purpose OF
gratifying an idle whim- If this were
true, does anyone believe they would
go to war from disappointment? They
deny in one breath and affirm in the
next their obvious intention They
want to modify the legislation of the
Transvaal in a way to meet their views.
to make their burdens lighter, to leave
their profits larger. Can they do this
without majority? If not, then their
object is TO obtain control OF the raao,
to repeal existing laws, 10 destroy the
veto power, to make a figurehead OF
the president; and to protect them
selves from retaliation they will claim
the assistance of the British army, and
before you know it. the Transvaal wiii
be addedsto the long list of English de-
Tendencies appropriated by the great
land grabber in about the same way
Is il possible that anyone would try
to convince an intelligent public mat
a large body of Englishmen, invested
with the voting power in the Trans
vaal would continue to submit to the
direction of president and govern
ment representing a hopeless minority
"a minority without a fatherland to
draw from-and especially a minority
comprising an inferior race?
but here exclaim our English
friends, sis where you admit the right
of England to take possession of the
Transvaal; the superior intelligence
and higher civilization Of the English
entities them to rule" This is the real
issue after all Have the Beers arienl
to govern their chosen country as tney
choose, or has some foreign nation rae
right TO remodel the form OF govetIr-
ment to suit itself? If the latter propo-
sition be upheld, what foreign govern
ment has the right TO make the change,
and whose ideals are to be substituted
for those of the founders of the Dutch
republic? 1t has been the prac-
tice, the arrogated right of coll
onizing powers to occupy terri
tories belonging to savage tribes.
but they have always felt morally
bound to explain that the natives were
nomads. ferocious and utterly indiffer-
ent to land titles and property rights.
This Boer affair is another case en-
tirely, If we admit the right of Eng
land to interfere with the form Of gov
ernment that the Beers have chosen
for themselves, it is not for any Amer
lean to dispute the right of England 10
occupy Venezuela or France TO take
possession of Nicaragua on the ground
of superior European culture and edu-
cation. Yet, what have we said under
such circumstances? And what would
we say if the Transvaal were a South
American instead of an African re-
public?
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Because of his color. T. d. Minton, a
negro lawyer, has been evicted from
the Witherspoon building, Philadelphia,
which is owned by Republicans and
church members. In consequence the
African Methodist Episcopal conference
has adopted resolutions that the evic-
ton was IAN exhibition of race preju-
dice by men who are professedly exem-
plars of the Bible and its teachings, and
that we deplore the act as un-Chris-
tianly and injurious to the prospects
of the colored people of the communi-
ty" Had it occurred down south in
stead of the good old Republican and
abolition city of Philadelphia, every
church in Pennsylvania would have
denounced the act as reasonable out
rageous and violation of the constitu-
ton.
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Major Logan's heroic conduct in bat
tie and his tragic death at the head
of his column shows that he must have
been a chip off the old block. A Drawer
man than General John A. Logan, his
father. never lived. But the young
man was considerable of a peacock in
his every day life, it would seem. A
few years ago he appeared at public
function in st. Petersburg rugged up
in his dress uniform as an officer in the
Illinois state militia. General McCook,
representing the regular army on that
occasion, called the young man down,
and a very acrimonious discussion fol-
lowed in the newspapers. But his
glorious end has illustrated further the
lesson learned from Dewey's achieve
ment that a peacock may strut in time
of peace and fight like a tiger in time
Of war.
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The fool. the best of Shakespea-e's
fools, made more conspicuous by COM
ing after the Insignificant clown in
''Othello." is such an echo-mordantly
witty. marvelously ingenious. He is the
protest Of sound common sense against
the foolishness of which Lear has been
guilty, but a protest that is pure hu-
NOR. He never complains, beast of all
on his own account Yet all his foolery
produces a tragic effect. And the words
spoken by one of the knights, Since
my young lady's going into France.
sir, the fool hath much pinned away,
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Record at the Local Of
fee of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City. Utah, Nov. 10.
Maximum temperature. 81 degrees; min
irnum temperature, SO degrees; mean tenn
perature. 30 degrees, which is 10 degrees
above the normal. Accumulated excess of
temperature since LIST of month, l22 de-
grees; accumulated deficiency of temper
ature since Jan i. l36 degrees. Total pre-
cipitation from p. m. to p. m, % inch;
accumulated excess of precipitation since
Jst of month. % inch; accommodates excess
of precipitation since Jan i, 2.a4 inches.
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Questions For Research and Review.


1. Is it Lear's sin against Cordelia
and Kent lin the first scene) or his
folly in dividing the kingdom and put
ting power in bad hands that creates
the basis of the tragedy? Is Cordelia
at all blamable in the first scene?
What is Lear's mental condition as the
play opens? At what point does he
really go mad?
3 What parallelism is there between
the characters of the main plot-O
Lear, CD Cordelia and Kent, 90
Goneril and Regan-and those of the
secondary plot-O Gloucester, (2)
Edgar, (S) Edmund? How do their
dramatic functions compare, or con-
trast. pair for pair?
8. Which characters of the play have
part in both main and secondary
plot, serving to weave the two to-
gether? In what scenes is this accom-
plished?
L. What is gained for the advance
melt of the plot by introducing Glou-
cester into the scene at the howell after
Edgar and Lear have been brought
together?
5. The visit to Gloucester's castle
brings what elements of the play to-
gether? Determines what issues?
Leads TO what new ventures?
6. Has Edmund's villainy any ex-
cuse? Is Edmund a Richard III. on
a smaller scale? AS an intriguer, how
does he measure with Iago?
7. How much of the play is devoted
to bringing about the destruction of
Edmund? BY what means in the case
of Goneril, Regain and Edmund is evil
shown to work it's own ruin?
s. What mitigates the horror of the
scene in which Gloucester is blinded?
8. Are the crimes of Goneril and Re-
gan monstrous beyond belief?
10. What is the function of the Fool
in this play? Merely to afford relief
from so much horror? Should we I'M
derstand Lear as well without him?
Should we appreciate the three daugh-
tiers as well? Does Lear or the rest
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Courses of instruction.

Auiumn-Winter Term, 1s99-19o0.
Mondays and Thursdays: Popular
Studies in Shakespeare Tuesdays:
TIE Worlds Great Artists. Wednss-
days: Desk Studies for Girls and
Shop and Trade Studies for Boys Fri
days: Great American Statesmen.
Saturdays: Home Science and House
hold Economy. These courses will con-
tinue until JAN 81, 1900. Examinations
Will be held at their close as a basis
for the granting of certificates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16

The Tribune, yesterday morning. in an
editorial reiterated it's statement that
Roberts was nominated by Mormon apos-
ties and church Influence, and that the
on the Republican ticket.-Ogden Stand
ard.
OF one thing, however, the Tribune
doubtless feels certain; that the church
people had nothing to do with Ezra
Thompson's nomination. The boss did
that himself.
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w. KING LEAR.
(Conclr1jad)
Selected Critical Studies.

The story of Gloucester and his sons
Is a counterpart 10 that of Lear and his
Gloucester is credulou.s and
and for breadth and
grandeur of character is not TO be COM
pared to Lear; but he ranges himself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16

The star performers had to cancel
their engagement here last night be-
cause the weather man failed to draw
the drop curtain which obscured the
sky.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
POPULAR STUDIES IN
SHAKESPEARE.

Contributors to this course: DIR. Ed
ward Dowden. DR.. William ]. Rolfe.
DR.. Hamilton w. Mabie. Dr. Albert S.
Cock. DR.. Hiram Corson, Dr. Isaac n.
Denl5non, DR.. Vida D. Scudder and
others.
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The way eastern newspapers are dis
cussing Admiral Dewey's honeymoon
one would imagine that genuine mar
rage is rare occurrence In the east.
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breath of our lungs and Cordelia-liks
solace of our suffering-and swept them
both forward to a catastrophe that ap-
pals US like the ruin Of a world
George Branics
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Ohio State University.

Note-A special paper entitled
Shakespeare as a Tragic Poet by
DR.. Demmon. viii be published on Mon
dav
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Holds the worlds record for long dis
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On Friday evening the Latter-day
Saints college give ball at Christen-
sens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16

The Wednesday Night club met at
Christensens' hall last evening and
had an enjoyable time. The inclemency
of the weather prevented many from
attending.
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a Possible Fxplanation.

(New York Journal.)
Harold-I think Algy's engagement with
Miss Van Swelie must be broken OF. ]
never see them together any more.
Percy-Perhaps they are married.
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No. 3-For Ogden and west..-.-.- 800 D.m-
No FLOR Ogden and west----..- 9:45 am
No. 42-For Park City. $50 am.
No. g-For Ogden. intermediate
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Mrs. Dart entertained yesterday af-
ternoon. Today she gives a second af-
fair and tomorrow she gives the third
of the series.
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atone for all his sharp speeches to
Lear. Among Shakespeare other
master strokes in this play must be
reckoned that Of exalting the tradi-
tional clown, the buffoon, into so high
a sphere that ne becomes a tragic ele-
ment of the first order.-George Bran
des.
That this old man should lose his
youngest daughter--this is the catas-
trophe which Shakespeare has made SO
great that il is with reason Kent asks:
rs this the promised end? Is this the
end of the world?" In the loss of this
that opens seems wide enough and deep
enough to engulf a world.
The loss of Cordelia-that is the
great catastrophe. We all lose. or live
under the dread of losing. our Cordelia-
The loss Of the dearest and best, of
that which alone makes life worth liy
ing-that is the tragedy of life. Hence
the question: Is this the end of the
world? Yes, it is. Each of us has only
his worlo, and lives with the threat of
its destruction hanging over him. And
in the year 1906 Shakespeare was in no
mood to write other tEan dramas on
the doom of worlds.-George Brandes.
The elements of greatness in Lear's
character are not apparent when we
first see him at the opening of the
play His defects are only too patent.
He is a man who has been spoilt by
having his own way. A long tenure
of absolute power had left him head
strong, obstinate, self-willed. CAPRI
cious and 'impatient of contradiction.
That balance of mind, steadiness of
judgment and insight into the char
acter of others, which he might have
acquired in an inferior position, he was
utterly destitute of. In order TO justify
an unequal division of his kingdom
which would have given the largest
share 10 his favorite daughter he re-
sorted TO the ridiculous artifice of chai-
longing their expressions of affection,
only to meet with the disappointment
which he well deserved: then in a sin
gle instant his love is changed to hate.
and in a blind fit of fury he banishes
from his sight the only child who really
loved him, and with whom he might
have passed the remainder of his days
in peace. It is on this capital mistake
this act of fatal blindnesS-that the
tragic issues of the play depend. Not
till he is tried in the school of adversely
do we begin TO sympathize with Lear;
we can then understand the devotion
with which he inspired the faithful
Kent.-Herbert A. Evans.
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Another pretty wedding in which
Miss Carrie Anderson and Lawrence
w. Shelter were the contracting par
ties was celebrated at 215 State street
last evening. The Rev. George Bailey
of the Westminster Presbyterian
church tied the nuptial knot, after
which a wedding supper was served to
about thirty guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smeltzer will remain in town for their
honeymoon, and will make their future
home in this city.
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Miss Sadie McChrystal gave a box
party yesterday at the performance Of
My Friend From India"
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Charges.

COLUMBUS. O, May 3-Hon. Virgil T.
Kline and NJ. r Elliott. as attorneys far
the STANDARD or Company, filed I'm the
supreme court tass evening a motion 20
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more specific the statement recently flied
by him, alleging that he had been APP
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court IN require the names IA be- given Of
all persons Nac are alleged 10 have been
connected with the attempted bribery net
only Of Mr.. Mnanett, bat asso Of former
Attorney General n X Watson
II further asks that A commissioner be
appointed "a take all legal testimony whfrh
bears ngea the truth or falslsx Of the
charges contained IN the attorney gener-
ais statement Ia the sapFeFsss. court and
tina; dislnser~s.ea attorney be appointed
10 conduct she examination upon Ia. PAR;
OF tas court.
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