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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05

tune TO meet" she says, and this is
the basis of her critici1m: When their
"Naachtmaal," or quarterly conference
is held, the farmers drive into the viii
| lagos from great distances. taking their
entire families along, in wagons; some
times three or four families are quar-
tered upon friends in one house: and
sometimes they camp out like IndianF
| until the conference is over. Our readers
in Utah will appreciate this picture.
and better understand the labered .ef-
forts of Englishmen to make a case
against the Beers.
Upon one occasion this lady attended
village dance and saw several young
people under the influence of liquor.
This convinced her that English inva-
sion was necessary for the morals of
the Transvaal, although she admits
that all the offenders were roundly
scored on the following Sabbath by the
local preacher. The Beers overdo their
religion, according to the English
woman. ION Sundays there are three
long services in the church. which,
with brief intervals for refreshment.
occupy the whole day. Any Boer can
quote texts without limit to support
him in an argument, he knows the
Bible by heart, and the catechism is at
the finger ends of all the younger men,
bers of the congregation"
The inference is that this is reprehen-
sible-but the invaders will change it
all as soon as they get chance.
Some of their ministers are very
narrow minded men, she writes. They
condemn dancing and upon one occa-
sion she remembers distinctly that a
Boer preacher advised his congregation
that if one of them heard that neigh
Dor was dying to hurry to the spot, for
it was good for them to be there This
she argues convicts them of cruelty
and Indifference to suffering. No doubt
she would have them hurry in another
direction and admonish them that it
was good for them to say way.
Among the other reasons this En-
giishwoman hopes to see the Beers ex-
terminated are these: She bought
goose of a Dutch farmer and it was
very old and tough; she took meal in
a Boer home once and 1.-The coffee was
black, unstrained and therefore gritty
and when the English surrendered all
their arms at johannesburg after the
Jameson raid she was there, and saw
the Beers ride boldly through the
streets 500 strong in a sort of triumph
al procession, laughing in the very
faces of the defenseless men VINO,
white with indignation, thronged the
streets This one act convinced her,
she concludes, that the Beers were
''cowardly, hypocritical, uncleanly and
slothful.''
Truly, this is a terrible arraignment
of the Beers. No wonder civilized pow
ers refuse to interfere to prevent their
determination.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05

D. H. Wells. jr., desires to know if
we look upon him as IAN inglorious
gutter" because he requested and OBJ
tanned his discharge so long in advance
of the batteries. By no means The
Spanish war ended in August, 1898. Mr.
Wells received his discharge in October
He remained in the service almost three
months after the volunteers were en-
titled to their discharges-quite long
enough for transports to have been sent
for them and for regulars to have
taken their places. Immediately after
the close of the war an attempt was
made to secure their return, but the
volunteers, with a very few exceptions,
were unlawfully detained and unfairly
impressed into fighting war for which
they had not enlisted. Mr.. Wells was
entitled to his discharge; he had earned
it; there was no legal obligation on him
TO continue with the army, and no fur
Their trouble in sight at the time he re-
his discharge
Senator Hawley, chairman of the
committee on military affairs, stated
in congress last winter that when peace
was declared lit became the imperative
duty of the president. under the stat
ute, to discharge about 5000 volun-
teers, and all the regulars who enlisted
for the war He cited the statute by
which the increase in the army was
authorized, that all the officers and men
composing the said volunteer army
shall be discharged from the service of
the United States ON the conclusion Of
hostilities.
According to the very highest legal
authorities in this country. Mr.. Wells
was entitled TO his discharge on the
Goth day of October. 1885, and from all
accounts he acquitted himself with
credit in the war for which he had en-
listed. He was merely more fortunate
in securing his rights than were the
majority of his comrades.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
BoeR. BLACK AND BRITISH.

Mr.. J. w. Edmunds of this city is
contributing noteworthy series of ar
ticles for"rhe Herald on life and con-
ditions among the Beers, from a Brit
on's point of view. Today's number is
on the Beers. Black and British" Mr..
Edmunds is a native of Cape Colony
and spent much of his early life among
the Dutch colonists of South Africa.
His description bears the stamp of in
innate acquaintance with his subject.
While Mr.. Edmunds naturally takes
the British standpoint. his observa-
lions are given with fairness and his
sketch of historical events leading up
to the present crisis in Transvaal af-
fairs is fair and comprehensive. The
series of articles promises to be one of
the noteworthy contributions to cur
rent literature on South African af-
fairs. The next article of the series will
deal with the events that led to the
Majuba hill disaster.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
RULE OR RUIN.

The policy of the local Republican
boss is rule or ruin. If he cannot play
the political lover he win play the viii
lain. If he cannot run the church he
will assail it; if he cannot handle the
state he will libel it; if he cannot con-
troll the city he will advertise it as a
pest hole of disease and immortality.
Plots he has laid, inductions danger
Gus. to set neighbors to quarreling. to
array one class in bitter hate against
another, to disturb business relations,
to arouse religious prejudices and re-
tard the marked improvement which
has been going on in Utah for de-
cade.
No matter what party is in power in
this city, no matter which local element
is in the ascendency. the boss is ready
to assail the city administration, to
abuse its officials, and misrepresent its
record. the very moment he finds that
he can't handle those officials, or ma
nipulate that administration.
1t isn't independence of character
that leads man to change his mind
upon every public question, local and
national, every three months. 1t isn't
independence that leads man to sup
port gold standard organization when
he knows it is the worst enemy the re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
THE CASE AGAINST THE BOERS

AN Englishwoman'' who lived among
the Beers five years has contributed an
article to the series being circulated in
the interest of Transvaal invasion by
the British. These articles are system
aticaily distributed over the civilized
world, it is said, the particular one re-
ferred to having appeared in Leslie's
MONTHLY magazine.
This Englishwoman is loyal to her
country and proud of its military pow
er; she can see nothing bad in British
encroachment nor nothing good in the
Boer character. The wife of an En-
grish physician practicing his profess
sion in "a miserable little Dutch viii
lage" until he acquired competency
at the end of five years and moved to
johannesburg, she naturally dwells at
length upon sick scenes, surgical opera
tons and bill collections. The Beers
perrsit too many people in the sick
chamber. the women do not faint at
the sight of blood and the farmers, even
the well-to-do, would haggle over the
size of bill until she lost all patience
with them. While from this she rea-
SOILS THAI tnty are CpdfSt,
and undeserving of human considera-
ton. we are inclined to believe that
there are thousands of villages in the
United States where the same condi-
tions might be encountered, sand that
hundreds of young wives of physicians
lose all patience with the "ill-mannered,
illherate' people with whom they come
in contact, and pray for earthquakes to
swallow the beastly creatures who are
so far lost to civilization as to DISPUTE
their doctor bills or defer the payment
until special shopping days have gone,
with their wonderful bargains. And
there are few American or English vii
lagos where a physician is enabled to
amass a competency at the end of five
years.
This Englfshwcman casts no ref1ec-
tion upon her husbands profession. we
hope, but merely refers to his mode of
practicing it, when she claims that
amy nasty decoction satisfies the Boer,
who is a great medicine taker''
The men and women of the Boer race
are as unsavory crew in manners and
morals as it has ever been my misfor-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
THAT SAVING.

How was that saving of $4,000 to
the city effected during the first year
of the Democratic council? asks the
Tribune, and answers its own question
by saying: THE extra money collected
came through new business"
What are the facts? Salaries were
reduced, office expenses were cut down,
and nearly $4,000 was collected in the
shape of taxes and licenses which the
preceding administration, with its Re-
publican treasurer, failed or neglected
10 collect.
Look at what the mayor says of the
improved conditions in the treasurer's
department:
In this department the collections
amounted to s1S,904.0S in excess of that
of 1897, while the cost OF operating this
branch of tine treasurer's office was
s1,294.S0 less than in 1897. This is an
excellent record, showing a net gain
of over $4,000 to the city in the oper-
ating of a single department.
The saving is even greater,this year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
WHERE THE PARTIES STAND

Has the attitude of the two great
national parties changed on the finan-
cial question since 1882" asks CORE
spondent.
1t has not changed. The Republican
party is a little more outspoken for
gold and the Democratic party is more
determined than ever to re-habilitate
silver. Increased prosperity resulting
from an increased volume of money
has strengthened the Democratic
position, being a verifcation of the
cumulative theory of bimetallists.
For a quarter of a century, ever
since the Republican party passed the
law of Feb. u, 1873, eliminating the
silver dollar from the list of coins, and
thereby closing the minis to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, the
financial question has been more or less
discussed. So universal had discussion
of this question become and SO inter-
ested were the people in it, that it
reached a point, in 1896. where the
great national parties We're forced to
take sides and to clearly define their
attitude on the question of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver. In that
year the Democratic and Republican
parties held their national conventions
and declared their relative positions on
the silver question. The-declaration of
the Democratic party was as follows:
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of both silver and gold at the
present legal ratio of 1t to l. without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation.
That is the declaration of the Chi
cago platform.
The declaration of the Republican
party was as follows:
The Republican party is universally
for sound money. II caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie. payment in 1879:
since then every dollar has been as
good as gold. We are unalterabiy op-
posed to every measure calculated to
debase our currency or impair the
credit of our country; We ARE
F FffEFshF C ON oF SILVER EX.
CEPT. BY INTERNATIONAL AGREE
MENT which We pledge ourselves to
promote; and, until such agreement
can be obtained; THE EXISTING
SERVED.
The National League of Republican
clubs has since resolved that 'interna-
tional agreement" being no longer adj
visable. has been abandoned by the
Republican party which stands today
for the single gold standard and the
bankers trust.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
REPUBLICAN, HARMONY.

The silver issue is very much alive,
Notwithstanding the solemn announce
meht of local Republican leaders that
sit has been eliminated from the living
issues of the day"
Silver has ceased to be an issue in
the Republican party, but it is the par
amount issue between the parties to-
day, and it will be the leading issue in
the coming campaign.
Republicans have merely ceased to
fight over the principle of free coinage
among themselves. Those silver Re-
publicans who have surrendered their
convictions on the question of bimetal-
lism are Republicans. Those who con-
tinue to advocate and believe in indie
pendent bimetallism are Democrats.
This causes the Commercial Advertiser
of New York to rejoice with exceeding
great JOY" while it says: I'VE note
with pleasure the return of western Re-
of the party. They are dropping the
silver prefix in every state, and the
scales are falling from their eyes. Free
silver will no longer be a disturbing
issue anywhere in the Republican
party"
Silver has been banished from the
Republican household. 1t has been
eliminated as bone of contention
among Republicans. But it remains
the paramount issue between the par
ties
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
M'KlNLEY'S OWN WAR.

A Washington paper prints an in
a prominent Indiana goldbug and i'm
perialist, who held office under. Cleve-
land. but supported Mckinley three
years ago and ever since.
Il am still opposed to the Chicago
PLATFORM he said, but l am forced to
diana Democrat who is not for Bryan
and the Chicago platform is man
without a party, and his position is SO
lonesome that he almost feels as though
he had no country. The Democratic
machine in our state is absolutely COM
mitted to Bryan, and the delegates that
will be sent to the national convention
will hear of no other candidate but the
Nebraskan.''
Concerning the Philippines he said
Personally 1 am in favor of upholding
the administration in all it has done,
although l don't consider the game
worth the candle. But one thing is GER
tain: if the war in the Philippines is
not ended before the presidential cam
paign comes on, it is good-by to Presi-
dent Mckinley. The war over there is
fast growing in unpopularity. The pol
icy of expansion is opposed by a great
many western Republicans. and the
Democrats are nearly unit against
it
Republicans everywhere are begin
ming to realize this, Notwithstanding
the presidents effort to keep up his
courage by whistling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
Obedience of Orders.
CWaco Times Herald.)

The following dialogue current at the
time. between one of StonewaH Jackson 5
soldiers and the provost guard. illustrates
Jackson's tact at eluding his enemy, and
also the obedience rendered and the conf
dence reposed in him by his troops:
The orders read on dress parade the ev-
take part in the seven days fight around
Richmond were. that in case the army
moved before further orders, the answer
from every soldier TO any and all ques-
tiOnS from those not connected with the
army shall be, Il don't know. On the
march the provost guard found soldier
in a cherry tree helping himself, when the
following took place:
WHO are you?" demanded the guard.
Il don't know replied the soldier.
Where are you going?'
Il don't known" which was no doubt
correct.
Where have you been?"
II don't know"
Where is you commando"
81 don't know
ITO what command do you belong?"
What are you doing in that cherry
tree?''
II don't know"
Are those good cherries you are cat
ing?"
II don't know
us there anything you know"
Yes"
What is it?''
well. the last order 1 had from old
anything until further orders. and gentle
men. l would see you all DID before | will
know anything until old Stonewall takes
that order off,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
General Hahn's Honest Admirer.
philadelphia Post-)


One of the leading lawyers of the north
west is William ]. Hahn OF Minneapolis.
for many years attorney general of Min
nesota- In his younger days Mr.. Hahn
was as good an amateur actor as he is a
lawyer. which IS very high praise. He was
the leading man in company headed by
Mayor James Richardson, LOW of Connec-
ticut. and Mat Stroup. now of Aberdeen.
n. D.
1t was twenty years ago that this locally
ma. Mr.. Hahn played the part of an idle
vagabond-the ne er-do-well son of
squire, who had. through evil associations.
become accustomed TO crime. The last act
was a court scene in which the prisoner
was convicted and sentenced TO penal SER
vitude for life. Mayor Richardson was the
judge and Mr.. Stroup counsel for the de-
Tense. The house was crowded, and. IS
was usual. the nearby country had sent
a fair delegation OF farmers and their
families. The lawyer made a stirring plea
for mercy. which visibly excited the au-
dience.
"A good lad. your honor" he pleaded.
land honest. too: good TO his parents. and
a friend of his neighbors, and
A Glasgow town farmer. carried away
by the realism of the scene, had arisen.
'Surei' he called out, land YOU don't
want to forget. Mat Stroup, that Johnny
Hahn never charged a poor man a dollar.
and he never lost a case in his life. He
amt guilty no more than 1 ann
Order in the COURT cried the judge.
with admirable presence of mind, and
sentence was pronounced and the curtain
fell.
But it was not a unanimous verdict by
any means.
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tion." who believe that questions of
humanity, OF national honor, can be
figured up by a hookkeeper and settled
with a certified check. protested. The
war came in spite of them. Then they
said: Since we have been forced into
war we'll make the most of it," and
policy of plumber, of political dickerins.
of trading mems lives for political sup
port, OF fattening contractors for cam
paign use, of preparing fields for syn
dicates by irrigating them with human
blood and fertilizing them with human
bones, was inaugurated. Since We have
been forced into war;" said the Shy
locks, well make ythe most of 1t; we
have the power; the people are in our
hands; there is no Portia representing
Justice; If one appears Wen wrap orr
selves about with the flag, the president
will give us his benedicticn and call
the agent of justice a copperhead; the
pound of flesh is ours and we'll take
hundred million pounds if we want that
much"
Beginning with the pest camps of the
east and south, where hundreds of he
roes as brave as ever went to war
were needlessly sacrificed by the incom-
petents in control, glance into the cat
tie cars that, hauled them, or the foul
smelling transports that piled between
Tampa and Cuba, look at the stricken
camps around Santiago. listen to the
descriptions soldiers gave of the food
they had to eat while fighting for their
country-note all these things and re-
member how rich was the country be-
hind our army in that war, and how
unanimous was the sentiment of the
people. and it must be admitted that
the Shylocks carried their terrible
threat into a horrible execution.
Yet Republicans approve of all this,
at least they attempt to palliate or ex-
cuse it; they sneer at a man who ap-
plauded the holy purpose of that war
because he denounces the rascality and
the thievery which has followed it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
WARS AND POLITICIANS.

Certain Republican newspapers insist
that because men favored the war with
Spain they are bound to endorse the
scandals which have grown out of it by
reason of the incompetence and indif-
ference of the administration in charge.
The Salt Lake Tribune and its echo.
the Provo Enquirer. find fault with Sen
ator Rawlins and Judge King because
they supported war for humanity
and refuse TO support a war of con-
quest.
Republicans can see ne difference, it
seems, between denying the right of
Spain to rule rebellious subjects against
their will. and purchasing the privilege
to subdue a people that Spain had
failed to subdue after $50 years of in
cessant slaughter.
The war with Spain was very diff
ferent war from that which the presi-
dent is carrying on today. When this
government declared war against Spain
it was for the independence of Spanish
subjects. it was for the purpose of en-
aiding a people to set up a government
of their oWn-a people less capable OF
governing themselves than the Filipinos
are When war was declared against
Spain all idea of territorial acquisition
was disavowed. The world was as
sured that there was no intention to
annex land against the will of the peo-
pie or to hold in vassalage any peo-
pie found struggling for their liberties.
Il speak not of forcible annexation"
said President Mckinley, for that
cannot be thought of. which, by our
code of morality. would be criminal ag-
gression.
There is certainly difference be-
tween wars to liberate and wars to
sdbdue the inhabitants of distant lands.
AS one of the battery boys wrote home
last spring, 1--WE came to free these
people. not to fight them"
When the American people. by accla-
nation and through their chosen rep
resentatives, declared war against
Spain. the avaricious. the bond buyers
the money barons of. Wall street. "the
syndicate in control of the administra-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
The Misft Artist.

Charles Battell Loomis in The Century,
A certain young man had father And
the father was an artist. And when the
young man cast about to see what ne
could do to support himself in luxury, he
decided to become plumber.
Now, this was a natural craving of his
nature, for from his childhood he had put
off doing that which he had to do.
But his father. who was a successful ar
fist. and therefore hard worker. wished
him to become a member of the same nom
orable guild and he grieved that his son
leaned toward plumbing.
And his father took him aside and said:
MY son. my father was Woodworking
artist. and his father before him, and L
wish no son of mine to pursue so butterfly
a trade as that of plumber. We have al
ways earned our bread by the sweat of
our brows, and although bread has Oft
times been scarce yet there has been a
plentitude of sweat. Why depatr from the
traditions of a long line by becoming a
plumber"
And the young man made answer: My
father l have surreptitiously learned the
trade of plumbing. and | find IL TO my lik-
ing. And its emoiuments are great. j do
not care for work. and the painting of pic
lures is hard work
But the young man was dutiful and he
studied art. And he became a mediocre
and unsuccessful artist.
For he painted like plumber.
Moral.-A good many plumbers have
been lost to the world.
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Inasmuch as no Republican has
claimed that any of the barns, sheds.
dwellings or corrals in Parley's canyon
were located or established there dur
ing the present city administration, we
are at a loss to know how the present
council can be blamed for their ex-
istence. All reports agree that the
places are better kept than ever and
that there never was better Roadway
made towards securing absolute con-
troll of the lands along Parley's creek
than has been made by this Demo-
cratic city council.