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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-19
SHORT STORIES.
A Guilty Wretch.
OHarper's BazaarD


1T is really getting unbearable.'
Mrs Witherby looked at her husband in
a way that betrayed some resentment,
some annoyance. and much reproach.
My dear she said, a hurt expression
taking the Place of the sterrer look Of the
momEut before. Il don want to COM
plain. but YOU are so irritable lately that
nothing seems to please you.
Witherby jumped up from his chair as
II he had been shot lie had been wrong
ed. His sense Of justice had been out
RACED
What the deuce do you mean he ex-
claimed savaEely. Nv hen did you arrive
az inns conclusion. ana WiaL 90 you
mean by springiHg it on me now when
certainly haven't been doing thingZ
Do not misunderstood me, said Mrs.
Witherby. more gently. Il am sure that
YOU could not have realized it, but 1 as
sure you that 1t is nevertheless 50. You
seem 20 have become so absorbed IN your
business, in your own affairs. mat you
fail to treat me with the consideration
that should have from, my own nuSDa no.
If / ask YOU the simplest question, you
snap me- up. ! don't want TO complain,
but I have tried so hard 10 please you,
and it seems so hopeless.
There was long silence Notimhg Wds
heard save a suppressed sob. Inc ira
ditioual drop of water may take years 10
wear away a stone. but man nedrI
may be touched in very snort space OF
time by tear W1tnerDy WIS IeIIuIse-
full Certain Incidents of the past IN
which he had OVerstepped the DOuIldS OF
his temper came back to him in flood
Of revealed light. She was right. lie
had been a brute
1T is my fault. dear" he said.
His wifG looked M. DO YOU really
mean that2' she asked earnestly.
Il do. ! do. he said ASK me any
thing in the whole world, and l viii do
1t for Won"
You rash fellow said Mrs. Witherby
reprovingiy "All / wanted was a couple
Of hundred -
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DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.
To the Editor Of me Herald:


To the Editor Of The Herald:
SaltaLake Feb. IS 1850.
Notwithstanding The rumors and appre-
tensions concerning the comin5 congres-
sionaI Democratic convention. it Is 70
be hoped we will have a harmonious
meeting and nominate a candidate who
is politically strong with the people. pure
Americanism being the qualification. It
is of the greatest import that the COM
mittee recently appointed 10 draft reso-
buttons c0nine itself absolutely 10 the
political questions Of the day. and not
embarrass the party with any dead or
extraneous matter. The welfare of Utah
demands that all else but politics be laid
aside and that young Utah be for once
free from the LASH that has so long
curbed its patriotism and independence.
Why can't we. like the citizens Of other
states. worship God, glory in the great
ness and goodness of our country and
render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars? This must and will come TO
Utah and why not begin the good work
today?
1t is our political duty TO get In line for
the approaching national contest. If we
would succeed we must now lay the
foundation for purely political issue.
with a platform broad enough for every
lover of political independence and per-
sonal liberty. In selecting delegates to
the national convention we should en-
deavOr to send our most representative
men. Democrats who can promise the
nation that Utah as one of the sister
hood of states will be found in line as
an earnest worker for that kind Of a
national political government which
guarantees the greatest good to the ma
jority of the people. There must be. not
merely nominal, but absolute separation
of church and state. ii cannot be pre-
vented, but it may be delayed TO the in
jury and detriment of one Of the richest
and fairest of the states, fully as FESTIVE
and unhappy as she is wealthy and beau
tiful"
Is young Utah equal to the oppor-
tunity, or are we hoping against hope?
CHARLES PINCKNEY HOUGH.
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WORDS OF GOOD CHEER,

Ex-senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho
had an interesting communication in
yesterdays Herald. Tt was an able
presentation of the silver question on
its merits and a demonstration OF the
need of free coinage now and hereafter.
But it was more. It was a word of
cheer to silver men and women every
where. Some of them have been some
what discouraged by desertions. They
have seen men whose whole lives had
been devoted ostensibly to the principle
abandon the cause of bimetallism and
aid, directly or indirectly. the open and
avowed enemies of bimetallism.
Fred Dubois is no deserter. He is
not manufacturing excuses for going
over to the camp of the enemy He
calls attention to the fact that most
of those who have abandoned principle
and gone back to the party Of gold
are politicians who cannot get along
with Democratic politicians in their
localities
The ex-senator does not believe that
the rank and file of the silver Repub-
Ecan party followed the journalists
and officials who disbanded the organ
izations into the goldbug camp.
He says further: THE gold Re
publicans, of course want to destroy
the silver Republicans. There is not
the remotest possibility Of their doing
so. The silver Republicans are sub
stantially as true to their principles as
ever. and will not support the gold Re
publican party"
If this be true the widely known
editors who have wept so copiously at
the alleged tomb of silver viii have a
sad awakening on the morning after
the election.
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ABUSING MACRUM.

What a roasting Consul Macrum re-
ceived from the English press when he
gave his reasons for leaving the Trans
vaal. He found that he was expected
By the Hanna-McKinley potentates at
Washington to represent British inter
ests as well as those of the United
States. The English authorities at
Pretoria treated him as an assistant
British consul. opening his mail as if
he were in the service of Salisbury and
Chamberlain. Macrum resented it, but
soon ascertained that the English off,
Gals were closer TO the administration
at Washington than he was. So ne
came home.
English newspapers are abusing him
as If he were an Irish home ruler The
Anglicized press of this country. faith
full echo of the influence that tried TO
throttle this republic in its infancy,
assails this young American who dares
to sympathize with the Beers while
holding a Mckinley commission in his
pocket. The local Hanna organ ar
raigns Macrum as "a squarely dishon-
est man., whatever that may mean;
il speaks of him as "a bungling fraud"
only skiHfJl frauds gain our eOntem-
porary's good viii and admiration; and
finally it denies point blank, as is its
won't, his statements of fact.
Every exposure of McKinley's secret
conniyance With Joseph Chamberlain
fills our Angliciz, contemporary with
wrath, and il sees i'm Macrum's state
ment democratic campaign thunder -
Hence those tears.
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APOSTLE SMITHS COURSE.

ogden Press.)
John Henry Smith is making q specta-
Gle Of himself not in keeping with that
gentleman's past record if the reports
regarding his promises to the members
of congress regarding the kind of a man
Utah viii send 10 congress in place of the
excluded Roberts be true. Mr.. Smith has
long been regarded as a discreet politician
and a man of extraordinary good judg-
ment on public affairs. but the promises
said to be made by hiin that Utah will
send a Gentle Republican TO congress
can have no other effect than to impress
upon the minds Of the members of con-
gress that the charge that the dominant
church controls politics in the state is
true. and in this Mr.. Smith is indiscreet
to say the least. Congress is not asking
thar a Gentle Republican. or a Mormon
Republican. or "a Republican at an be
sent down there. They ask that a Jaw
abiding citizen of the state he sent. The
effort of Mr.. Smith and his friends to
prevent the submission Of q proposed
amendment to prevent pOlygamy and
kindred OffenSeS is in bad taste ana can
not raise Utah in the eyes of the nation.
and If the church desires To increase in
the respect of the people of the country
il could make no better move than to
call its Representatives in and allow con-
gress to act Independently Of any sug-
gestiOns from any one from Utah on the
matter.
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having been made the law of the land
and accepted by the nation, and the
man who was the unanimous choice OF
all the people placed at the head of the
new government, fresh divisions must
at once begin. Henceforth political de-
bate concerned matters Of Immediately
practical COnSequence-the interpreta-
ton of the constitution. which all part
les now accepted and protested TO ven
crate, the adjustment of the difficult
financial problems of the new state
and questions of foreign policy. Natur-
ally the leaders of thought and opinion
were gathered in the cabinet and the
houses Of congress. While Washington
could be persuaded to remain in office
they could not differ as to the presiden-
cy, but they could and did differ as to
the vice-presidency, and they differed
in respect TO the Use to be made Of the
new federal powers of the government.
The towering intellect of Alexander
Hamilton could not but draw 10 itself
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MARKETS AND THE FLAG.



So long as this government is waEing
a war Of conquest. is slaUghteriGg peO-
pie who prove their right TO freedom by
lighting and dying for il. TO talk OF trade
benefits from such policy is an insult
To tbs spirit of our institutions Yet
when senators cite commerce as a JUS
tifcati0n for filibustering and freebOoung
il is pertinent to look at the figures.
The treasury bureau OF statistics has
just published this summary Of our
trade with the Philippines for three cal
endar years
Exports to ...S &C. 459 1885 81 663 213
Imports from .4,S52lSl t099,525 1903 iS7
Thus our total exports 20 the Philip
pines for a year-mostly beer. whisky
ana other supplies for our soldiers-are
less than single steamer often carries
from this port to Europe our imports
from the Islands have increased only
Sl5e 600 since 1S91-before we ever thought
Of shooting liberty and civilization
into the inhabitants. And The total CON-
merce is less in value than is frequently
represented in the European trade of a
single steamer day at this port The to-
tai exports Of this country last year
were valued at Sl.203, 93l, 222 and the inn
ports at 1851. AS. 4S9.
This is how trade does follow and find
markets but does not follow tue flag
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a following of thinkers Of like incIina-
ton. The pressing problems of state
came before them as they conferred to-
gether- Their discussions Of men and
measures led them To agree in their
judgment as to the individuals best TT
ted for certain positions Of responsible
lJy. Inc names of such persons were
then suggested to others, TO men of
prominence in their several states. In
erect those men were thus nominated
Tor office, and this cOterie Of public men
led by Hamilton was the nucleus Of a
party 1t became the federal party
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The VITAL POINT.

The dispute as to whether the pres
emit war in the Philippines was started
by Secretary Hays announcement that
eve bought the Fnipinos from Spain
and intend to held them" or by Ed
ward Atkinson's assurance that "the
Tagals. having been promised their in
dependence. ought To have it," was
settled some time ago when a report
from General Otis fixed the RESPONSE
buity for the outbreak on William Nc
Kinley
Otis tried very hard, it seems. to re-
model the presidents message of De
oember 1898. He censored it in a way
that would have made Atkinson or
Pettigrew howl with rage. But Otis
knew that the arrogant tone Of the
president his assumption of ownership.
as if the Fiiipinos had simply changed
masters, would cause an uprising.
And. although an appointee and sub
ordinate of the president. General Otis
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practically the whole people. Ehat has
hence been called the first American
political party. But it is perhaps more
strictly accurate to say that the advent
Of peace and independence found the
new nation without parties and in a
state of political fiuidity ready to crys-
tallize into opposing forces the moment
the divisive element should appear.
This was supplied by the work of the
constitutional convention, which set
before the people a frame of govern
ment for their adoption or rejection.
During the great debate which followed
probably the most thorough, the most
influential debate known to our pOliti-
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Ru the Cave of Pan.

Clinton ScoIlard in Saturday Evening
POst)
Under the trees by the cave Of Pan,
That is the spot | love
Where the sunlight filters the blue day
long.
And Jordan murmurs its ccaseless song,
And HermOn towers above.
Under the trees by the cave or Pan,
on. 10 loiter and dream.
To Iet the heart turn back TO the time
When the maidens came with their
wreaths and rhyme
To the shrine by the singing stream.
Under the trees by the cave OF Pan,
ThraU 10 the OldeD mirth.
on. lust to lie on the thymy sod.
And tune n reed with the gGat-hoOf god
To the lyrics of the earth.
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A Careful Buyer.

tDelIDiL EItt IiNS1'J
There were only four neighbors in
fuckers general store. az the crossing Of
the plank ridge and the State road, when
Silas SlOssGn entered.
How be We. boysg' he said collectively
How be We Si?" was the reply.
"How's til OF lady?"
change
Silas crossed the store 10 the counter,
behind which stood Tucker his face
wreathed in mercantile smiles. his fat
hauds pressed against the varnishless
table a
'Wbattei il be. Mistur Slosson?' he
asked.
''Haow much ye gittin' fer C sugar.
replied the prospective customer.
Six cents.
"Phew-w-wr whistled Slas. gone up.
eiu't ite Didn't hev { pay no sich figger
fer Z las l bot
Tibet s0?' inquired Tucker with sur
prise "HaOw much d We hev civ :?
Five cents an a half.
..rhet 50? Haow much We WANT
''Paound,r
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Once upon a time John Bull was given
a first-class whipping for interfering with
the rights of American citizens. If Con-
SUI MaCrums story is true. ne is greatly
IN need of the same prescription with
the dose dOubled.-Wasatch Wave.
In those days we had administrations
that stood by the constitution and be-
lieved in the Declaration OF Independ-
ence. IN these days if John Bull needs
any he.g in interfering with the rights
of American citizens Mark Hanna
stands prepared to furnish it and Little
Billie Mckinley will do as Mark says
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The Utah State Journal reports a
great rivalry among administration Re
publican leaders of ogden as TO which
shall preside at Glasmanns county
convention. DIT. A. $. Condor, whose
epic-ac of William the Expander may
come to be used as a campaign dOcu-
ment by the Lannanite wing of the
party. seems to be at the head of the
procession as it now moves. And, like
Brer Gardeners sun. hit do move"
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Office
of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. IS, 1900.
Maximum temperature. 81 degrees; min
tmum temperature. l6 degrees; mean tenn
perature Y degrees. which is degrees
below the normal; accumulated excess of
temDerat IRE since LIST of month. de-
Krees. accumulated excess of temperature
since Jan. 1, 2H degrees. Total precipi-
tati0n from p. m to p. m. none; aC-
cumulated excess of precipitation since LIST
OF month. 10 inch. accumulated deficiency
Of precipitation since Jan. l. 81 inch.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF
AMERICAN POLITICS.
AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES.
BY JESSE MACY, IL. D.
THE FEDERALIsr PARTY.

A political party may be defined
briefly as AN organ for the expression
Of public opinion" Such organs have
come into existence along with the
transition in government from privi-
lege 10 democracy. They exist where
ever men are striving to realize govern
ment of, by and for the people. In all
countries where a democratic ideal pre-
walls each political party processes to
set forth and to strive to realize that
policy which will best promote the in
terests Of the whole people. Because
men are not agreed as to what will
best promote these interests poll ical
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-19
Courses Of Instruction.
Spring Term, 1900.

Spring Term, 1900.
Mondays: American Political Part
les. Tuesdays: Twenty Lessons IN
French Conversation and Recent Setsr-
tific Discoveries. Wednesdays and
Thursdays: Golden Ages of Literature.
Fridays: Photography for Amateurs.
Saturdays. Biographical Studies trr
Girls. These courses will continue uu-
til May 81, 1900. Examinations viii De
held at their close as a basis for the
granting of certificates.
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one by one administration organs are
dropping into line on the Transvaal
question. The Logan Nation notes that
there is a great deal of sympathy in
this republic for the South African re-
public but concludes that when the
facts are better understood it viii be
admitted that there is justice in
Englands course. Mark time, marchl
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cal history, reaching down to the fund
amental principles Of all government
and familiariZing the people throughout
the land with those ideas which under
lie free government everywhere-aro5e
the two parties known in history as
federalists and anti-federaliSts.
The whole subject Of party names IN
our early history is somewhat confused
and the variety of terms used by diff
ferent writer's, with their diverse ap-
pHcatiOns. tends to peTpetuate this con-
fusion 1t is, however. clear that a
form of constitution having been adopt
ed by the convention which met in liSl
and placed before the states for adopt
ion or rejection, the party favoring the
adoption called themselves federalists,
while the name anti-federalist was ap-
piled to those who opposed the adopt
ion Of the constitution, declaring that
the ntrallZatiOn of governmental pow
er involved would be dangerous 10 in
diviGual freedom and to the cherished
rights Of the several states.
Federalists and Republicans.
Two years OF discussion of the ques-
ton. shall the constitution be adopt
ed2' led to the triumph Of the fedora
lists and placed Washington in the
presidential Office. The constitution
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WITH THE EDITORS.

Helena Independents Thirty million
dollars more for the army next year is
not an encouraging sign that the war is
over and that expenses will be reduced
soon. Mckinley costs the nation two
dollars where one was enough to keep
everything moving under his predeces-
sOrs.
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DR.. c. P. Houghs communication,
which appears in another column, is a
clear presentation of a view Of present
political conditions in Utah shared by
many voters of the state. IT is worth
reading and considering, whether &c
meets the approval of every reader or
not.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger; Time is
neeOed to bring the indefensible character
of the subsidy grab clearly before the
people. and when they understand its en-
Ormity no political party viii have the
offT0utery or the power to force the
scandal0us measure through congress
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MARX HANNA'S BILL.

Pittsburg Dispatch: The Hanna-Payne
bill. as 1t stands before congress. pro-
poses to give privilege to a half dozen
American VeSsel-Owuiug firms and cor
pOratiOns that is denied to all others.
Minneapolis Times: The shipping sub
sidy bill and the Hay-PauncefOte treaty
have managed to run up against the
same snag-hostile public sentiment.
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Columbus Press-Post: Judge Taft. the
is something of a jurist, but he viii need
ali the legal lore there is going to justify
an administration that Institutes new
systems Of civil government wherever it
pleases without cooperation or knOwl-
edge of congress.
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Los Angeles Herald. Nails are being
driven in the coffin of the Hanna-Payue
marine subsidy bin at the rate OF about
one day. II is one of the most brazen
schemes that have yet been devised for
benehtiug monopoly at the expense Of
the people Yet il has the fun sanction of
the Mckinley administration.
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Houston Post: With the prolongation
Of the Philippine war. now apparently no
nearer its end than when begun, and the
adjustment Of the Dingley tariff to Porto
Rico Republican imperialists are reap
ing harvest Of trouble in measly COM
pensatiou for the expense and burden
they have piled onto the shoulders of the
American taxpayer.
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H0MEspUN YARNS.


VIII you take twelve shines for
oo4idf querled an energetic shOeblack
on saturday night as he pointed 10 a
saiu sutmounting the chair which bore
iiesq5na 20 that effect in Main street
No. testify replied the gentleman who
Wda getting his Germs FURNISHED. do You
take ne Tor blasted centipede?
In speaking Of shoeblacks signs. what
does thar Welsh establishment up the
street mean by the following shingle.
0hoes BACKED inside?'
Court Stenographer J. W. Pike is re-
sponsible for the latest legal yarn II
appears that Morris S0mmer does not
pear the distinction Of being the only
lawyer IN the state of Utah who owns a
dog-there are others.
Way down in Provo. famous for having
produced "A. Owen SmOOt. there Is q
certain legal light named John B. Mil
hef. Miner has canine OF the yellow
variety Whithersoever Miner goes
there viii the dog DO found also. II fol-
lowed him 10 court one day. which was
against the rule Miner arose TO argue
beat time with his tail upon the carpet
Miner waXed eloquent. How does my
learned legal brother Judge Thurman
Know that such facts are the case no
queried in thunderoUs tones. How does
be know it, | ask How does he know any
thing? How does he, for instance, know
that IN here before this court at the
present timer
Without looking up from the copy Of
the statutes he was studying, Judge
thurman quietly said; Because see
your dog here.
Then the baniff arose in the might and
majesty of the law fired that faithful
deg. raped thrice for order and the argu-
ment proceeded.
Seen-Elevator city and county build
ing. Time, 2:30 d. m. Dramatis persOnae.
Mayor Thompson, Understudy Dennis
Blchnor, elevator boy, lords, ladies',
cOurtiers, ct al
Mayor Thompson-Third floor.
Voice from the Wings-Whoa, hell-helil-
Nalor. sq-l-n-g up
Enter ". ". Wilson. ex-justice of the
peace for Sandy, postmaster, erstwhlle
candidate for seleCtman, etc.-Wny- hdlO
Dennis, they tell me you are mayor now.
Ha- Heel Hawi Haii
Mayor 7. (aside)-Ahl ! am discovered
I will hide meself. Hides his burning
| bushes behind Stenographer fletcher ;
matinee hat. Dennis wears preoccupied
mien and vacant stare.)
Wilson-Say, Dennis. old man. you We
got snap: they tell me down at Sandy
that you are lit" (Supes giggle in
chorus)
Dennis faces foOtiights)-Say. how is
the pumpkin crop down at Sandy? Is II
showing down there?
WilsOn-Come. now. old man, they tell
me you are going TO run things wide
open right away.
Elevator Boy-Third fioorl
StenOgrapher Fletcher exits center;
Mayor Thompson discovered adjusting his
diamond thOUghtfuliy. Quick curtain;
orchestra plays Hot Time.