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France the family always interferes in
the marriages Of it's children
The written consent of parents is es-
sential to the validity of marriage I'M
I'll the girl is q and until the man is
70 years old. Without it no MARIE will
consider an application, and without
the maire the young people are abSo-
lutely helpless. Even after these re-
specttve ages the parents still MAIN
tain a legal grip. Until a young man
has reached his Both year, and until
the girl is 80. they must bring a legal
suit against the parents who refuse
consent to make them show cause why
the marriage should not come off
Consisting as it does, in its beginning
of three Summons" each to be wit
messed, served, returned Endorsed and
registered. it may be lodged from
year to year by artful parents with
no remedy except an appeal to the
president of the republic
Where marriage is hedged round by
such precautions against hasty choice
you may be sure that courtship has lit
tie opportunity to take a clandestine
beginning. 1t is said that the Paris
middle class ideal of the first meet
ing remains still the classicaIA SUBJ
terfuge of the Opera Comique. Like
most European .play houses the par
qUet circle anc ,balcony of the new
Opera Comique are given up to little
private boxes.
The mother takes the box and has
her huttering daughter under her
wing Between the first and second
act the young man enters with a nu-
tual friend, ostensibly to pay a mere
visit of polite ness. When he has dis
appeared the girls mother makes
some tentative remarks to her about
the young mans looks, age, disposition
and position, trying without alarming
or starting up strange thoughts to
ascertain what impression has been
made. 1t is a first principle that moth
ers ought not to forewarn or instruct
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fulness of our money doctrine If it
then was a truth. it remains such: and
how can any one now deny that the
money question is an issue of this
campaign? It is, it will forever remain
an issue until. in the providence of
God, the people regain that which was
filched from them by their urtrust-
worthy servants in congress at the
dictation of a rohber power which
sought to enslave the people by pos
session themselves of the peoples
money That this is an issue, there is
proof so indisputable that no Repub-
lican in this city win dare to deny it.
His excellency. William Mckinley,
president of the United States of Amer
lea, and one still greater than he.
Marcus Aurelius Hanna. chairman and
dictator CT the Republican party. with
a whole constellation of lesser lights
joined to the united Republican press
of the eastern states, sOlemnly declare
that the victory of William ]. Bryan
at the polls next November means the
restoration of silver to the coinage and
the attendant destruction of the sin
gleness of the gold standard The is
sue is thus presented. Do these men
and these newspapers of the Republi-
can party speak falsely?If so, how can
any voter uphold them? IF they speak
truthfully and the silver question is
chief issue of this campaign, and if the
election of Bryan viii mean the re-
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insolent body of privileged officers, will
look aSkance upon the plan already ap-
parent to transplant this European
monstrosity upon our shores Work
lngmen will recognize that the trusts
and monopOlieS. at whose dictatiOn the
administration has rushed into this i'm
per1alistic career, will find use for a
great body of troops at home: use
which will not be of a sort friendly to
the interests of labor, and taxpayers of
all kinds will readily appreciate that
great ornaments are not maintained
without heavy revenues, and that the
revenues are not drawn from those who
profit by the ornaments but fall most
heavily upon the workingman, whether
he be laborer, mechanic or clerk
Imperialism will compel US to mingle
in all the intrigues of European poll
tics, to maintain a costly and perflous
diplomatic service. to enter those en-
tangling alliances which George Wash
lngton declared to be one of the chief
dangers to be avoided by the republic
1t viii stunt and dwarf our man
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ment- This is the MARIE of the arron-
basement (wardl in which the bride
groom legally is domiciled-or. in for
eign countries, the French consul
The French is a civilization in which
you cannot live without your papers -
which for marriage are:
The written consent of all four par
entS. If any father or mother be dead
the certificate of such decease is es-
sential. If both the parents of one
party be dead the surviving grand
parents, if any, must give the written
consent. And if there be no grand
parents the written consent of a fam
lily council is requisite.
Both parents must produce certifi-
Gates of birth, without which there can
be no marriage of French people in
France If g certificate be lost a GER
titled copy must be produced.
Should the woman be a widow she
must present the death certificate of
her former husband. 1t is the same
for widower. And il either party be
divorced a certified abstract of the de-
cree costing $500 must be submitted.
The next essential papers are the
acts OF legal publication.
And the last one is the grOOm'S GER
tihcate of having satisfied the mill
tary Jaw, i. e., he has served, been
lawfully excused, or, while still serv-
ing, has permission to marry. All Of
ficers of the army and navy must OBJ
tain the written consent OF the min
ister, which reads not ito marry" but
to marry So-andSO." in particular
Common soldiers must be authorized
to marry by the council of admins
tratiOn of their corps For these the
permission is obtained easily but every
officer must show that the girl of his
choice owns, in her own right. invested
funds producing, at per cent. the an
nual income of $500. The engagement
of her parents to make good this in
come will not take it's place The
army is "a great family" and in
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prosperity. if. during the last five
years, we had doubled the volume Of
the worlds money by lifting silver once
again TO the position where it would
give and receive honor from mankind,
as it did from the first day of COM
merce until that dreadful day of 1873.
when it was butchered to make a
golden holiday.
am not surprised that the Re2ub-
lican party of Utah should affirm to
the people of this state-betrayed and
fnsulted by the national Republican
party-that the money question is not
an issue of this campaign. Every cove
nant made by the Republican party on
this subject has been broken. every
trust has been violated; the whole
record is one of shame and dishonor
In 1888 the Republicans arraigned the
Democratic party for its Unconstitu-
tiOnal and cruel attitude toward this.
the great money of the people. In 1892
the Republican party re-af7irmed its
allegiance 10 the doctrine of bimetal-
hSm, demanding a monetary system
comprising an equality OF gold and sill
yer in all the minis of the world. In
1896 the Republican party pledged
itself to promote biEnetalliSn1 by inter
national agreement. And in 1900 it
shamefully renewed it's allegiance to
the gold standard. Do you not see the
evil progress? Swift is the descent
From 1883 until today the Republican
party has taken no step to secure BIZ
metallism, but has steadily, insidi-
ously and corruptly devoted itself to
a perDetuation of the awful crime
against humanity by which silver was
taken from the coinage. strengthening
the power of the money autocrats of
the world who held in leash the Iber-
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their daughters previously for the rem
contre- For if she be catechised be-
forehand the girl will be so filled with
apprehension and emotion as to lose
her grace and naturalness. She may
not be able to preserve sufficient cool
ness to observe the young man, whether
he be pleasing or not.
Then the mutual friends meet to :at
each other know the mutual effects
that have been produced on the two
young minds and hearts. If it be the
young girl who has failed TO please
nothing further will be said The nnu-
tual friends will talk about the
weather. have a drink and separate.
But if it be the young man who has
not made a good impression he Will be
told of it. Sometimes a young
girl favorably disposed to the youth
theless, to see more of him before she
gives her word. It is arranged that
she shall meet him, then, as often as
may be judged decorous, but not in
timately. Good taste demands on his
part, that the aspirant should not pay
any particular attentions at these
chance" meetings. He must simply
show off at his beSt.
The next step is the proposal.
young Frenchman know proposed
to an American girl He got his uncle
to do it for him. But no, the uncle did
not propose to~the girl. He proposed
las we have all cause to remember
to her moneyed aunt. Madame, 1 have
the honor to ask on behalf of my
nephew the hand of your niece" And
so on. And here, by the way, is where
/ the facts left the beaten track of rou-
tine The girl, highly displeased at
such a roundabout declaration, spurn-
ed that French youth Not so the mon
eyed aunt. She saw the delicacy of
the thought, the respect and honor of
it. She talked it over so much with
that willy old uncle, that the result was
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boys pare nts. is no marriage If you
come to France with the intention of
making trouble, we shall know how to
protect ourselves against hlackmail,
and you and your lawyer may find
yourselves in prison under the charge
of conspiracy
The girl writes to the papers, asking
what she shall do. 1t is curious to
note that the advice OF a thousand cor
respondents is to shoot the fellow"
True, the French law gives her no rem
edy. while the French jury views with
Indulgence all crimes known as pas
sionnel."
The spirit of French marriage
breathes through these two cases. Be
fore the proper functionary q single
word is vital; before an irregular func-
tiOnary the most solemn Oaths are
wasted, and no signed and sealed ac-
acknowledgements have power to brace
them I'D.
NJ. Clemenceau, while in hard luck
and exile took to wife-with every
form and ceremony. proper in the
United States-the woman whose for
tune aided him to return and set him
self UP again in Paris. Years passed
and he prospered. Now. prosperity to
NJ. Clemenceau meant the French joy
of living, which must be enlivened with
mistresses. AS long as he kept them
in the shade Nine. Clemenceau, like
good wife. held her peace; but when
he took to driving them at his right
hand out in the sunlight of the Bots
she protested vehemently. 1t was then
he. exasDerated broke the news to
her: IF you can't stand it." he said
you may pack your trunk and go.
You are not my wife. 1 have no hold.
on you. The ceremony performed IN
America has no force in France" And
so on-the old story.
The first principle of the French law
of marriage is that the ceremony must
be performed before the proper func-
tionary of the. French civil govern
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Especial to The Herald.l

- ICHFIELD. Sept 15.-One of the
greatest audiences that ever
ia greeted a public speaker in Rich
- field listened to Former SEM cor
Rank ]. Cannon this evening. Long
before the ex-senator made his appear
snce every seat in the opera house was
occupied, and when he was introduced
the aisles and floor room were crowded
and still more than 1,OOG people were
standing. When Mr.. Cannon appeared
he was vigorously applauded. Every
telling point of his eloquent and stir
ring address was cheered without re-
rerve. and his pointed revealings Of
Republican corrupt practices and the
desertion of principles by which they
had won governmental power were ap-
uIauded vociferously. His forceful and
logical conclusions drawn from the po-
had a marked effect upon his great au-
dience, and he evoked the most enthu-
siastic response 20 every telling point
The. county glee club of Salina was
present and furnished excellent seIec-
tions. which were heartily encored. In
the audience were a great number Of
citizens from every part of the county.
The Democrats are jubilant, feeling
that they have inaugurated their cam
paigh under bright circumstances. AID
they are encouraged to wage an untir-
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we have had that already? Not at all.
That was the betrothaL The signing
OF the mirage contract is more pub
lie and binding.
The marriage contract is to be sign
ed in a few days and every one is busy
Mother and girl are altogether given
up TO the trOusseau- The girl and
young man are talking over the cor
BELLE in whispers at their daily meet
ings- The young man himself is put
ting his bachelor affairs in order,
scheduling his debts for payment out
of her dot. As for the rousseau. the
mornings are reserved for it; the after
noon is for the groom, and IL IS decent
that he should not hear the trouS-
Seau mentioned. The cOrbeille IS the
collection of gifts presented TO the
bride by the groom, essentially of jew
els, which often represent fortune
that balances the girls dot
These jewels are presented and dis
played for the first time on the all
important morning Of the signing or
the marriage contract Sometimes, be
sides the explicit financial SupulationS-
this contains strange clauses, such as
the bride shall never be asked 10 I'VE
away from France, that the groom
promises to ever cherish the brides
mother. or that the bride shall never be
forced to eat cheese The willful break
ing of this last clause in a marriage
contract was the successful motive Tor
divorce in a, French cause ceiebre-
Only ten more days elaDse now. and
the marriage ceremonies are perform
ed. 1 say ceremonies. for there are two
in every self-respecting French lam
ilV The Scaut yes before the mare
makes the union legal by the French
state law The more decorative church
ceremony makes it legal in the eyes OF
religion and conservative resDecJaDlI-
gty STERLING HELLO.
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their own marriage.
The right-thinhing way here is for
the father or the brother or the uncle
of the youth 10 go and propose for
him The father or guardian of the
girl should give response at the first
moment possible. In this interval
questions about fortune and the like
are discussed with more detail than
they had been during the viewing
preliminaries. Notes are made for the
marriage contract
Immediately he has been accepted.
the young man must put on his dress
suit-though it be 10 a. n.-and make
a formal visit to-the parents of the
girl He ought to thank them warm
ly, but without exaggera ton. Some
times the girl will be present at this
meeting The best taste hOweve.-
leaves the youth to gush over his fu-
ture mOther-in-law-
The next step being the betrothal.
private family party. The young man
brings the betrOthal ring. 1t is the
first time that he has touched her fling
ers. At the betrothal dinner they sit
side by side at the middle of the table.
The girl must wear a gay gown, ten
der rose, celestial blue or white, with
colored ribbons all about. In the
soiree that follows they must be al
lowed to walk together without being
overheard.
And now, although betrothed, it is
still thought best that the girl should
never go out in public with her fiance;
if they do go out together there is no
doubt as to whom the youth must give
his arm. Good taste demands that he
should invariably escort her mother
But in a garden the engaged ones may
walk arm in arm.
Each morning. now. he brings or
sends a white bouquet. 1t is essential.
He may not' S-ive her any other pres
ents, howevCS until the signing of the
marriage contract. But, you may say
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of the republic.
But after all, Imperialism is not the
paramount issue merely because the
great statesmen of the nation in all its
ages have protested against it. It is
paramount because OF its inevitable eff
fects upon the political, social and in
dustrial structure of the republic
Imperialism means first a great
standing army. for distant provinces
cannot be protected and their people
held in unwilling submission except by
armed force, The American people are
not willingly military people. 1t is
doubtful whether the army now in ser
vice, numbering 100000 men. can long
be maintained by voluntary enlist
mentS- Such an army as an accept
ance of the Mckinley imperialistic pro-
gramme would necessitate can only be
maintained by -corsse-ription. The hun
dreds Of thousands OF foreign born cit
liens of the United States who came
hither that their sons might escape the
tax of the best years of their lives
bearing arms under an aristocratic and
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ing and successful campaign.
Mr.. Cannon was most happy in his
silver discussion, and he laid bare the
hypocrisy and phrasing cant of the Re
publicans of Utah who pretend to be
for silver. but. with silver's restoration
in view, still cling to the arch-enemy
of bimetallism. He said:
Any truth temporarily subjugated by
wrong must always be an issue until
indicated by it's own final triumph.
To say that the money question is not
an issue in this, campaign is to affirm
that when wrong once sets its ignoble
heel upon right in this world, the
wrong thereby becomes forever right:
We were in an attitude of righteousness
on the money question in 1896. The
restoration of silver to the coinage of
the United States was a necessity and
was a sacred effort.for the preservation
of the best of mankind. If this was
not true, then every Republican speak
er in the United States who stood by
the language of the platforms of 1896
and preceding years, and every Repub-
lican, in Utah who proclaimed the cor
rectness of the doctrine, was mistaken
or made a willful Misrepresentation to
the people. 1 have yet to find a Re
publican in Utah who affirmed his
party's devotion to the cause of sill
yer in 1896 who is now ready to admit
that he was then wrong as to the truth
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We Want an Empire? BY AD1n STEVENSON

over the tariff, the currency, civil SER
vice reform, ship subsidies. ship ca
nails and the like matters, all of great
moment. No one of them has been set
tied yet, for no question is settled until
II is settled right, but no one of them
can be settled unless the republic re-
mains in existence. in order that the
people acting under it's protection and
according to>its forms may proceed in
an orderly manner to determine these
issues. The existence of the. republic
is menaced by Imperialism. The pres
ervation of the republic becomes our
paramount issue in. this campaign
1t is not over-statement to say that
the very existence of the republic is
menaced by the iTnperialistic policy. If
IT were, then every statesman from the
day of Washington to the present time
has been guilty of eXaggeration.
II Republicans question the accuracy
of this statement. let them consider the
words of Senator Hoar. who has be
come one of President McKinley's most
active supporters: y believe said
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hood among nations, as indeed in its
lncIplency IT has already done. When in
the history OF this republic before this
year did we fear to express words of
friendship and announcement for -
nation struggling toward freedom? We
spoke bravely for the Greeks for the
Poles, for the Irish. for the Cubans. but
after having linked our fortunes with
those OF imperial Britain. we are com
PEELED by the heavy hand of the admin
1stration to sit silent and supine while
England brushes out the political life of
the South African republics. When
republ1c becomes Indifferent to the fate
or republican principles in other lands
II IS time Tor its citizens TO take ac-
count of the danger that menaces
them.
Under imperialism we declare in the
cases of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines that the complaint Of the DecIar-
alton Of Independence against taxation
without representation was an unjust
complaint and that the revolution
which made this nation independent
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Mr.. Hoar, that perseverance in this
policy will be the abandonment of the
principles upon which our government
is founded; that it will change our
government into an empire3 that our
methods Of legislation, of diplomacy, of
administration, must hereafter be
those which belong to empires and not
those which belong to republics" ,.--
But if the Republicans prefer some
authority other than Senator Hoar, let
them look to the sayings of Lincoln.
who declared that the safety of this
nation did not lie in its fleets or its
forts, but in that spirit which prizes
liberty as the heritage of all men every
where, and he warned his country
meh that the destruction of this spirit
would mean the overthrow of the re-
public.
And. again. if Lincoln has ceased to
be Republican authority, as indeed
the party has ceased to follow his
teachings, anti-imperialists can appeal
to Henry Clay, to both the Adamses
and to practically all Of the founders
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he was asked if he was afraid of
handling them. Il have no trouble
with my pets. Occasionally one IF
them bites me, but 1 just suck the
place bitten and go ahead. Sucking
the bite draws out ali the poison and
I have never suffered any bad effects.
How do l catch my snakes? l hunt
for them just as you would for rabbits
go out in the woods and fields and
hustle for them. Some days 1 don't
catch any and may be the next VIII
get five or ten. When | find a snake
1 stand still and look him square in
the eyes for a short time and then
1 go up boldly and take hold of him
catching him around the neck I can
stick my fingers into a rattler's mouth
three days after I catch him and I can
put as many as three green snakes
in my mouth at once.
Then you claim that you can charm
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among the peoples of the earth was =
blunder if not a crime
That is but ore illustration of the Uav
IN which Imperialism reacts upon the
nation given over TO il. SubtIy and in
SldlOuSiy II undeTmineS the PRINCIPLES
OF free government.
Just as Lincoln saw that no nation
could exist half slave and half free. 50
clear-sighted men today recognize that
a republic cannot govern subject people
VINO have no voice in the government
and remain a republic. Inevitably il
viii fall as Rome fell
THESE are some OF the reasons why
imperialism is not a paramount issue
today 1t is paramount without de-
tracing in any degree from the i'm
portance of the Oth2r issues of the
Kansas City platform But If they all
were settled and the onward march OF
imperialism not checked the work would
have been in process OF creation which
could arbitrarily undo II all without the
action or consent of the people of the
nation