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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
TALES AND FISHERMEN.

There has been a great deal said
about fishermen and the marvellous
stories they tell. Fishing and lying so
together, if the professional humorist
may be believed. which he may not be.
The whole theory is a vicious SANDER
on a wholesome sport and the man
who wrongfully accuses fishermen of
falsehood is generally the author of
the most unreasonable piscatorial
whoppers himself.
In fact, there are reasons to believe
the most accomplished raconteurs of
fish stories aIe enemies of sports and
spoTtsmen, who know no difference be
tween a pole and a rod and wouldn't
throw back a six-inch trout to save
its life. And there are prevaricators
who fish. but it does not follow that
all fishermen are liars.
The true sportsman has no tempta-
ton to misrepresent facts. He is not
bargaining to sell his catch. The skill
full angler doesn't need TO resort to
meretrieious methods to magnify his
enjoyment He angles for sport more
than he does for fish.
Il is for this reason he uses rods Of
the Iightest useful weight, silken lines
Of almost transparent thinness, the
daintiest bats and smallest effective
hooks he can find. He matches his
skill against the wariness and strength
Of the trout. He gives his quarry a
fair chance, takes pleasure in its plays
and admires its elusiveness and gamey
nature Often the prey escapes when
almost landed, but the sport is no less
keen because of that. It merely won
the fight and no genuine angler be-
grudges a trout the liberty it wins by
fighting.
There is no reason why a true dis
ciple of the immortal Izaak Walton
should deceive. He fishes for his own
amusement rather than for the interest
others take in his exploits.
Between the Catalina tourist who
has himself photographed by the side
of an overgrown terpon or shark.
which he did not carch, and the rail-
way vacationist who poses before the
camera with a network of clotheslines
loaded with a heavy washing of as
sorted trout that his guide helped him
get, the way of the true sportsman is
hard enough without the constant nag
ging of professional funny men, who
see no difference between humor and
! SANDER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
REPUBLlcANIsM IN 1900.

This weeks national Republican con-
vention at Philadelphia will be a note
worthy event for many reasons. To
thoughtful observers It win inevitably
suggest a comparison with the first
Republican convention forty-four years
ago.
Then the theme Of the founders was
the extension Of freedom to millions Of
slaves; now it viii be the subsection OF
millions whose destiny has been en-
trusted to the republic by the unfore-
seen events of a war begun for the
purpose of enlarging the bounds of
human liberty.
In 1856 the Republicans saw little
hope of party triumph, but they had
determined to begin a long campaign
for principle and Offices; spoils were
the last consideration Now their sue
cessors are TO gather in committee Of
the whole and agree on some plan TO
retain Office and continue their cam
paign of government by the trusts and
for the trusts. incidentally they will
approve the record Of the administra-
ton from the Alger beef contract re-
sime down to the Nelly loot
ing Of the Cuban postofice receipts.
Forty-four years ago the convention
stood for the rights of humanity re-
CARELESS of color lines, as against an
aristocracy of shareholders in
trenched behind wealth and political
supremacy. Today the party's chief
strength lies IN its alliance with mo-
nopolies that rob consumer and pro-
Queer alike; with men who have Sc
cured for themselves by Republican
legislation the control of the nations
currency; with all the outlaw horde
that thrives at the public crib at the
expense Of the taxpayer and uses the
national flag as a shield for its in
EQUITIES.
In the early days the Republican con-
ventions were ever ready to declare
their sympathy with any people that
sought escape from imperial rule and
fought for the right of seIf-govern-
ment Now, whatever the meaningless
declarations of the party in convention,
its leaders in congress and in the
White House stand committed against
any official expression of sympathy
with the South African republics.
From Fremont and Lincoln and
Grant ana CARRIED and Sumner, to
Hanna and Plat and Ellzins and Nc
Kinley. There is the whole story OF
the party from its foundation in 1856
to its decay and downfall in 1900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

the little Belgian has already stood the
test Of ten years in this country, and the
best of II is. IN the tenth year the little
fellow stands higher than in any pre-
ceding year. The demand is increasing at
such a rate that many of the largest
breeders inform me they are unable 10
keep I'D with their orders. and at fancy
prices running for pedigreed stock from
s. up into the hundreds OF dollars Tor the
highest scoring specimens.
Scores OF firms have invested from S0uV
up to $4,000 in the business. ShreWd
business men are at the helm. ana such
men are not often caught investing large
sums like that in fake or transltory en-
terprises. In nearly every instance II
will be found that the Belgian hare fan
ciers of a city are among its best and
most substantial citizens.
Then there are many prominent papers,
unbiased, that are now dev0ting consld-
cradle space to the new industry. promi-
nent among which may be mentioned the
Sacramento Bee, Puritan Magazine, Sci
entific American, etc, to say nothing OF
the journals devoted exclusively 70 the
business.
In Justice to the scores Of citizens OF
Utah who have invested conslderable
money in this new branch of the STOCK
industry, ] trust you viii give space 70
the foregoing.
Yours very respectfully.
Vice President Utah Branch National
BELGIAN Hare Club of America.
Ogden, Utah, June 10. 1900
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NORSEMEN, PAST AND PRESENT

Salt Lake has been in the hands of
the Norsenen for the past few days.
From their homes among the noun
tains of their adopted country, far from
the viks Of the fatherland, they came
together to renew their brotherhood
and recount the incidents of their mi
grafton.
They are a hardy, persevering peo-
ple-these descendants of the vikings
who harried the coast of England and
settled the winter lands of Europe cen
turtles ago. They are industrious. hon
est frugal and possess the elements of
good citizenship. In form and feature
they remind one of their ancestors of
romance and history.
CHANGING back across a thousand
years the figure of the old Morse vik-
ing stands out in bold relief, pictur-
esq,ie and vigorous. His face to wind
ward, his sharp eyes piercing the haze
Of the horizon as he defies the storms
of the northern seas and the hostile
shibs of other races.
He fought without tUrrets and plated
decks, crossed the ocean in an open
boat, fearing nothing, from the crash
Of Thors great hammer in the heav-
ems to the monsters Of the icy depths
beneath him.
He was as practical as he was brave.
His ship was hewn from Norway
oaks, his weapons wrought from Swed-
ish steel, and his heart made bold
among the rugged cliffs and ragged
coast lines Of the two peninsulas
clasping hands across the Skager Rack.
In the Scandinavian of today we find
many Of the characteristics of the vik-
ing-traoes Of the old Morse spirit
which has been tanned and tempered
but viii continue to defy the corrosive
power Of time for many a generation
TO come.
No viking ever faced an unknown sea
or a threatened danger with greater
courage and determination than were
shown by Dr. Nansen as he took his
departure for the silent tSmb of the
frozen north. And this shirt This
aggressiveness and fortitude are found
wherever the Scandinavian people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
DEFENSE or THE HARES.
To the Editor Of The Herald.

To the Editor Of The Herald
In your issue of today you had an
article headed, Belgian Hare Craze
Alleged That People Have Been Gulled
as to Value"
Under this caption you quote an arti-
Gle from the Denver StOckman. which in
turn mad quoted from some other paper,
the Whole SmackinS OF pure and simple
hearsay; like the rounds of gossip
But granted that the pith of the article
be true, namely, that Belgian hare skins
are of not much value; and, secondly. that
there is no present market for them in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and San
Francisco
During the past six months have read
up extensively on the Belgian hare bust
ness, but in all my reading I have never
once seen it advocated that the skins were
of any particular value; not over 80 cents
apiece. But 1 have talked with men from
Denver who say they have seen excuis-
lite rugs ard capes made from Belgian
hare furs. The fur of a finely bred ami
NAL in hrst-class condition IS most beau
tiful, being soft, shiny and sleek, very
much resembling seal skin.
AS to there being no present market IN
New York, ETC.. that is true. But the
reason Is plain. The demand in this coun-
try for Belgians for breeding purposes
has been 50 great and still continues so
strong that there are practically no
hares here for sale at meat market
prices, the breeding prices being so much
sitter. Then again, there are very few
meat" Belgians (heavyweights) in
America, those so far imported being high
grade, pediigreed stock. imported for pro-
pagating purposes only
But dare those quoted anti-Belgian hare
authorities declare there is no present
market in Europe for Belgian hare
meat? There the Belgi2ns and their an
cestors have been cultivated and raised
Tor centuries. And where they are best
known they are highest priced. England
each week consumes on an average l.
80 000 Belgian hares. o. about 0,000 000 a
year. France devours an equal number
These two nations alone consume over
5000 Belgian hares every day Of the year
Not only Belgian hare authorities state
it as q fact M. J have had uninteTested
men tell IRE tha- the flesh Of the hare is
as teEd md pailrstle that of a fine
sprius reB. This All goes to prove
the Utt bsurGity Ol me alarmists cry
of pes end ~bounties.
l haV II emily received scores of let
tiers ara circulars from Los Angeles and
Denver tthe two great Belgian hare CEN
ters Of America) and I find the same
condition here as in Europe where the
hares are NEST nuls er0us they are most
popular and, comm; I'D the highest prices
That shows foundation which fakes
and 'fads" do not possess. Then. too.
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served their freedom at enormous
cost, facing greater odds and with less
encouragement than the American
colonists faced the English at Concord,
Lexington and all the bloody fields Of
that tedious struggle for independence
Much has been said by English sym
psthizers against the Beers and their
leaders. but not one accusation or sneer
has been more bitter than were the
libels circulated by American Tories
against the American colonists; no
charge Of ignorance, incapacity or self
ishness made against these Dutch
peasants but would seem a repetition
Of the charges made from 1T76 to 1855
about the colonists of the Atlantic
provinces.
King George and his speakers and
writers declared that George Wash
ington was "an agitator, a tyrant at
heart and a political adventures" that
his followers were uncouth. undeserv-
ing farmers utterly incapable Of self
government, and that they proposed
to set up "a worse tyranny than that
of which they complained" These are
facts and these expressions are quoted
from the speeches and pamphlets Of
that time
American sympathy and best wishes
for the perpetuity of republican gov
ernments in South Africa are every bit
as honorable, patriotic and commend
able today as they were when political
parties used to express similar consid-
erations for the Irish, the Greeks and
the Poles. The principle is as sacred
today as when we asked and received
succor from Lafayette, De Kalb, Steu-
ben and Kosldosco in the youth Of
this republic.
It is no argument against the Beers
to say their government did not suit
Salisbury and Chamberlain. Neither
did the government of Washington.
Hamilton and Jefferson suit King
George or Lord North. It is no excuse
for inaction to say that. the Beers are
practically defeated and are sure to
be subdued in the end. The same odds
against the revolutionary patriots
would have sent every general to the
swamps with Marion and would have
turned the conflict into endless guer-
rilla warfare. just as Clinton declared.
sympathy" said the Boer ENJOYS
at Washington, lis al we ask"
Rut an Anglicized administration re-
fused it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
BRYAN AND The BOERS.

One Of Utahs leading Republican
newspapers critieises Mr.. Bryan Sc
verely for expressing sympathy for
the Beers It refuses to give his Ian
guage, but misrepresents him in words
of its own. and then inquiries: why
should the Beers expect sympathy
from the people OF this country"
Why shouldn't they expect it? And
why shouldn't they get it? The United
States-the people and the govern
ment-have always sympathized with
nations struggling for independ-
ence. The sympathy, the official
encouragement and frequently the
material assistance of this re-
public have been given to strug-
Cling peoples in the past. When its
energies were confined to this hemi-
sphere it took the entire American
continent, north and south, into it's
protection. It warned the powers that
liberty and national integrity could
not be destroyed here. For this prin-
ciple. rather than for any selfish in
terest, the founders of this government
the expulsion Of imperial invaders they
fought again in thirty years. It was
in the vindication of this principle
that France and Austria were ordered
&c keep their hands off Mexico at the
close of the civil war. Nor has our
sympathy as a people. as a govern
ment, been confined TO this hemisphere.
Poland has had it. s. has Finland.
So has ireland. The Greek has re-
ceived official encouragement since the
days of Monroe. Hungarian liberty re-
ceived the moral endorsement Of this
country. And why should sympathy
be denied the Boer?
In his recent Omaha speech Mr..
Bryan said: Il trust the day viii
never come when a nation fighting for
liberty viii look in vain to the Amer
lean people for sympathy and aid. It
is TO our honor that the Beers have
come TO US to receive our sympathy.
It is hard TO understand the feeling of
the man who has sympathy for the
Boer cause. but who is cOncealing it
for political reasons. I do not see how
one can do other than choose the cause
IF the two republics in preference 10
that of a monarchy; an American citi-
zen who has lived under and learned
to love and venerate our forms Of gov
eminent"
Those are noble utterances. They
are American sentiments. They show
a Christian spirit.
The burghers Of South Africa have
been twice driven from their homes by
the power that twice tried to subdue
tAa American people. They have pre-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
TRIPLES!

Our cars are no better-in themselves
than the cars of other lines. 1t is
what is INSIDE them that makes them
more comfortable.
For instance: The seats in our re-
clining chair cars are provided with
linen head pieces-clean and cool. Our
dining cars have electric fans, and are
gOrgeously decorated with flowers. In
every car is a thermometer, which the
porter constantly consults in order to
keep the temperature of his car as
nearly uniform as possible.
BY themselves, these things are tri-
fles, but the sum total of them goes a
long way toward making a trip over
the Burlington a mighty enjoyable ex-
perience.
Burlington trains leave Denver 4 and
10 o. m. for Omaha, Kansas City, st.
Louis and Chicago.
Tickets at all r. @. W. ticket offices.
Through sleepers daily, Ogden and
Salt Lake City to Omaha and Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

nightedness. My abode is in the classic
confines of the City Of Zion, known to the
world as Salt Lake City.
People there have the honor TO call
me the Honorable Thomas Kearns. 1t is
a foregone conclusion that I viii be
chosen to WELD the historic gavel at the
magnificent gathering which is shortly
to assemble In the City of BFotherly Love.
It is quite true that 1 exercised my pedal
extremities in a different direction from
the st. Louis convention, which had the
honor of enrolling me as one of its dele
gates, and the mere fact that I have
again been chosen to honor my state at
the approaching meeting is sufficient in
dication that d theory of mine to the
effect that I am probably the most sa-
gacious man in the intermountain country
is entirely correct
Il tell you, Johnny, even Hebe ap-
plauded that speech, but pore Tommy
made the porter bring a towel an some
cracked ice to tie around his jaw. He said
he knew dern well it had come unlocked.
Well he didn't try to make no more
speeches He told me he was savin' him
self for the convention. but I knowed it
was a plain case of skeer. He was afraid
he might break his face wide open II he
dealt that Boston talk again.
.syVe pulled into the depot here on good
-s-o There was a couple of bands play
side an maybe 10000 people stand
.ound like they was waitin' for some
lody Tommy blushed as red as a pint
bottle of your bust-head. Sport he says,
.hOwn thunder did they know l was
comm on this train?
Il was mystifled myself some, shore,
for I hadn't hired no bands an no crowds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

abound. while their power of absorb
ing the better traits Of those with
whom they come in contact and Of in
fusing into others their own energy
is an evidence Of their influence upon
civilization
Centuries ago this impress was left
upon France and England and to it
modern civilization may trace some of
it's most substantial benefits.
The spirit of the viking lives in the
Norseman OF today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
GROWTH OF THE HERALD.
OIining Review.)

The Salt Lake Daily Herald and its
many friends are rejoicing over the fact
that il has entered upon the thirtieth
year Of its publication. AS a newspaper
The Herald has made almost phenomenal
gains ans advancements during the past
ten years and SITS growth and improve
ment within the last four years has been
indeed truly gratifying. In fact, the Herr
aid is the equal II not the peer of any
daily paper published in this intermoun-
tain count4y. and under its present man
agemenL il is progressive, aggressive and
abreast with the times in al things en-
tering into the makeup OF a great news
paper, one feature of its popularity be-
ing its mining department, which is care
fully prepared and edited, its reliability
making host OF friends for the publi-
cation throughout this inteTslountain re-
gion- The Herald has the best wishes Of
tha Mining RevieW-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

teller with his eyes stickin' out an says:
Beg pawdOn. but this kerrige is reserved
fer Mr.. Hanna Mark Hanna Well,
fit right there on the sidewalk. He didn't
say nOthin' but he begin swellin up like
pizened pup, so I hustles him away to
a dinky lookin' little quincy an before
he knOwed it we was drivin' away to our
hotel.
-As we turned a corner on the dead run
I seen a man gittin' ilto the carriage
Tom thought was reserved for him
reckernized him in a minute as Mark.
an then the bands strikes up Hail to the
Chief I'm gosn' 20 have a hard time
gettin' Tom organized after that jolt,
Johnny, so no more at present. From
your old friend, SPORT"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Office
Of the Weather Bureau.

Maximum temperature q degrees, mini
mum Temperature 60 degrees; mean tenn
peratUre C. degrees, which is 1 degree be-
low the normal. Accumulated excess Of
temperature since the first of the month,
a degrees. Accumulated excess Of tenn
perature since January j, l55 degrees. To-
tai precipitation from p. m. to p. m,
none. Accumulated deficiency Of precl-
pitation since first of month, .43 inch. Ac-
cumulated deficiency of precipitation
since January i, $50 inch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

Queen Lii of Honolulu has declared
her intention to eschew politics hence
forth. 1t is quite a coincidence that
Grover Cleveland says he never took
so little interest in politics as now.
They might adopt Banker Benedict and
make him their political heir.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

Chief Hilton says he took ten bottles
Of beer along for bait and gave away
seven. A man who can be that gen.
erous is too good for this mundane
sphere in the fishing season. He's in
danger Of being translated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

Nicely is a modest man. He doesn't
pretend TO be a Hanna or an Elkins.
He doesn't aspire to as broad a field
as that worked by Plat and Quay.
All he asks is to be let alone in his
sphere as they are left alone in theirs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

to meet Tom. I'd
clean forgot t. We
steps of the train, a
Niger carTyin' our
grips in front of Us.
an starts towards a
carriage with a pair
Of big black bosses
in it. I'd ruther
they'd had four
white h0sses,' Tom
was sayin', as he put
his hand on the car
rage door.
He was 1xin to
git in when up runs a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

An eastern Republican newspaper
says the party candidate for vice pres
ident must be someone approved by
Mark Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley. The
mention of Mckinley in this connec-
ton is probably thrown in as a form
Of journalistic courtesy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

The Herald congratulates the Deseret
News upon the completion of its If
tieth year, and also upon the very
handsome edition with which it COM
memorated the event. Its anniversary
number, from a typographical and me-
chanicaI point of view, was a gem; in
fact, one of the best special numbers
ever issued by a Utah newspaper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

but that don't discourage him none.
"On our way here he insists on gettin'
out on the back platform every time the
train stops an maxim a title spiel At
KokomO he says: Maybe you don't
know re says, but L amt to blame for
your ignorance. Every man within reach
of my voice in this vast assemblage,' he
says, an Johnny, the vast assemblage
aggregated the conductor, the hind brake
man, the station agent an the train
butcher, every man in this vast assem-
biage. says Tom, shall be enlightened
forthwith
'Kearns is my name he says, the
Honorable Thomas Kearns Of Salt Lake
City. I'm the boy that's goin' to be
chairman of the big convention at Phil
adelphy. It was me that bolted the st.
LoOey convention. but just to show you
what an awful big man I am he says,
an how they can't get along without
me, they've sent me back again an I
amt give EN- no guarantee that I'll stay
this time, either. By the time he gifts
this far the conducted hollers
'A-boo-o-r-d,' the crowd lets out a yell,
an we goes speedin' eastward.
'Hebe Wells he didn't applaud none at
Toms speeches. He said they was I'M
couth-like. Sorter raw, Johnny. like that
cookin' whisky Of yourn. Hebe said we
better side-step around BostOn-way an
have Tommy coached up a bit. Tommy
don't like Hebe's criticism none too well
but he agrees to the Boston draw all
right, an so to Boston we goes. First
station we hit after leavin' there Tom
yY,atras another eTshT This fs what he
said, Johnny, on the dead:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

Colonel Jack Chinn of Kentucky
seems TO have admirers and imitators
in far-off China. There is a society
more terrible than the Boxers, known
as the Band Of the Great Knife" If
that were a Kentucky organize
the colonel would certainly lead the
band