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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
COLONIES NNO CORRUPTION.

Senator Hale Of Maine has taken ad-
vantage of his position as a leading
Republican and statesman to say some
unpleasant things about the new policy
of his party and its effect on American
public life. The senator tells his col
leagues in the senate that the history
of colonial possessions from the days
of the Romans TO the present time is
history of robbery. peculation, ex-
travagance. wrongdoing in high quar-
tiers and corruption broad and large"
Exactly so; and the senator might
have added that these very opportuni-
ties have endeared the prospect of Co
IoniaI possessions to the statesmen of
the Hanna stripe more than anything
else possibly could. If the colonial pol
icy had promised reform in civil SER
vice, honesty in the administration of
the colonies, strict Justice and the ap-
pointment of 1T men only, the admin
istration at Washington would have
seen no advantage in the possession Of
subjects
AS it is, the colonies. so-caIled, have
provided places for thousands of incap-
able appointees. chosen for party ser
vices. sent away to make what they
could out of the alien peoples COM
mitted to their tender care. The result
of such a system is most beautifully
Illustrated in the postoffice at Havana,
with its shameful story Of corruption
in high quarters, defended by men who
would not have dared TO shield dis
honesty in office nearer home. Senator
Hale must have had this case in mind
when he made his speech. and there
are intimations that a similar and
equally vicious case viii come to light
in the Philippines when the truth IS
told. Great is the empire. and great
it's chance for loot. Hoch der empire!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
TIE DEFENSE OF MAFEKING,

Whatever ones opinion as to the
justice of the Boer war, the whole
world win applaud the heroic defend
ers of MafeBing for their long fight
against heavy odds. Besieged starved.
left without hope of relief for long
months. Colonel Baden-PoweIl and his
garrison have made stand that en-
titles them to the admiration of friend
and foe alike.
Whether they have at last cdpitu-
lated, as the English fear, or whether
they have succeeded in finally repuls-
ing their assailents. their resistance
has few parallels in history. Lucknow.
perhaps, furnished more dramatic
situation, because of the events that
led up to its relief, but the defenders
OF Nafeking have battled against
heavy ODDS. knowing they were to be
lefs to their fate until the main cam
paign could he put under way, and
knowing they had no political allies to
insist ON their speedy sucCor as had
Cecil Rhodes in Kimberley.
Ladysmith's defense enlisted sym
pathy. but it had no such fearful odds
against it as the little town to the far
north: and it was sure Of aid as soon
as aid could be furnished The hope
Iessness Of AIafeking has been a greater
zoe than the B0er commando outside its
walls. and its bravery and good cheer
on breakfasts Of horse sausages and
Iuncheons OF minced mule and curried
locusts, is one Of the inspiring features
Of a war that has been singularly lack
ing IN heroic situations
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17

=. The EiERALD'S :.
Home Study Circle.

copyright. 1855. by Seymour Eaton-J
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton-

for their limitation, and through them
he restored or rather created a new
Held for the play of poetic power, the
simple primary affections and duties"
as seen in the lives of the great mass of
mankind. Here, as in nature. he finds
the divine element of truth and love.
and hence, also, he draws joy and
strength.
WOTdswOrth's manner has two char
cteristics-simplicity and sublimity
They are found apart and united At
times unfortunately. one is degraded
into fairness of commonplace that is
almost unparalleled in literature. This
is his sO-called "thick-ancled" style At
times the other is SWOLLEN to an abb
surd pOmposity which renders too many
passages of the prelude" and the "Ex-
curSlOn" by-WOrd and derisiOn. But
1t is not Of these that the lover of
Wordsworth cares to think Rather. he
turns to the divine simplicity of the
Fountain" or the Solitary Reaper"
to the divine sublimity of the nOblest
odes and sOnnets, or to rarer and
greater work, where, in ArnOld's words,
Nature herself seems to take the pen
out OF his hand and to write for him
with her own bare. sheer, penetrating
power It is in such passages as these
that Wordsworth displays that almost
miraculous healing power" which is
his alone in English poet.-y.
Poets of Opposition and Indifference.
So far we have spoken of poets deep
~ influenced by the French revolution.
IN Scott we find one who not only
shows no traces Of this influence. but
strongly reacts against it. From the
very first he may be described as a
lighting tory. He headed the loyalist
party in pitched battle with Irish
JacoblnS in the pit of the Edinburgh
theatre, where he was currently re-
ported to have cracked three demo-
cratic heads. He was quartermaster
in the Edinburgh light horse, a volun-
teer regiment enrolled on the threat of
French invasion. His political ideas
were summed uD IN the old cavalier
motto: Fear God; honor the king"
But though not revolutiOnist, Scott
/ was romantic, and that to marked
degree. In poetry he broke entirely
with the traditions of the classical
school. His first attempt at verse was
| translation of Burgers "LenOre" his
second version of GOethe's "GOetz
Won BeTliChingen." Descended from a
family famous in Scottish history and
tradition. he turned with enthusiasm
to the chronicles and legends Of his
country. He swept the Border for the
swiftly perishing songs and ballads of
the old moss-troOper days and gave
them to the world in the "Minstrelsy
of the Scottish Border" Upon this
collection his first original poem, the
Lay of the Last Minstrel" is founded.
| it IS in fact a mere expansion of the
old ballad into the metrical romance.
The meter is an imitation of "Christa-
bel, which Scott had seen in MS. but
not the least Of SIS charms to the lover
Of our old ballads is the frequent echo
of their direct and simple notes. The
Lady OF the Lake" opened to English
literature the romantic world of the
Scotch highlands. ''MarmiOn" per-
| haps the greatest of his poems, en-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17

his matter and his manner or rather in
the peculiar harmony of matter and
manner which at his highest he at
tains. And Wordsworth reached his
highest more than once or twice. He
has left as no other English poet since
Milton has done "a great and ample
body" of absolutely classic work, as
imDerishable a possession Of our Ian
guage as the King James Bible or the
plays Of Shakespeare. He is at once
the poet of nature and the poet Of man.
and both in a sense no poet had been
before To Wordsworth nature is in
formed with soul, with an all-Dervad-
ing spirit whose voice may be heard
and cOmprehended by man because it
is akin TO the divfae within himself.
And this voice teaches him, not resig-
nation to The ills Of life, but joy in its
activities and duties. Nature to Words
worth is not an anodyne, but a stimu-
liant.
His love of man sprang from and was
a part of his love of nature. He had
little or nothing of the dramatic in
stinct of Shakespeare, and his sympa-
thies were in great part limited to the
lives Of the common folk about him.
F2lrt -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17

1t is to be hoped that the Salt Lake
Valley road VIII ACCEPT franchise
which, while giving it q direct entrance
into the city. win be framed with some
reference to the rights of the public. 1t
has not yet been explained why this
company must have a certain street or
none at ali. or why it cannot come into
The city over streets that are already
used for railway purposes. No pro-
gressive citizen desires to shut out any
railroad that promises to become d con
venienoe TO the public or a factor in the
development of the state bat the de-
mands Of all such corporations should
be kept witcin reasonable limitations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

The Conspirators." by Robert Cham
bers is a clever bright story of adven-
ture. The plot is laid in an imaginary
European state to which an American
army officer is sent on a diplomatic mis-
sion. He takes part in the diplomatic
game and the resulting complications af-
FORD ample opportunity for dramatic sit
UatiOnS which the author utilizes with the
skill of an artist The love story is in
teresung, the dialogues bright and the eli
makes worked out well. As fiction that
IS at once exciting and amusing, the story
is commended. It is high-class reading
and worth much more than the ordinary
tale of adventure. /. +. Hammel of this
city sells il.
Electric Automobiles: Their Care, Con-
struction and Operation is the title of
very valuable little volume which has
Just been issued by Herbert S Stone &
Co., the Chicago publishers. The author
IS Mr.. G. +. Woods, a practical electrical
engineer and inventor of the Woods au-
tomobile- The book is by far the most
useful volume on the subject published it's
information is accurate and uO-tO-date
and its instruction is along just the lines
which the automobile owner and operator
requires. The book contains all the regu-
iatlOnS OF the Automobile club of Amer
lea and the racing rules in FTance-be-
sides "a chapter on the street operation
Of electric vehicles. There are also nu-
ueTOUS lllUSLI ions, showing the entire
construction of the carriages and bat
teries. The book is invaluable to persons
interested in automobiles
r. II. Russell announces that he has
purchased from NJ Edmond ROstand. the
American copyright OF his new play
Il Aiglon,' and win publish the English
translation in America simultaneously
with the publication of the book in Eng
land and in Paris.
A letter from Julian Ralph, written at
BlOemfontein on March a stated that
Rudyard Kipliug. Ralph himself and one
or two others we're editing a paper there
for Lord Roberts.
kipling has written q new poem on the
subject Of the shamrock in the same me-
ter as that of The Wearing OF the
Green" The opening lines are:
30, Terence, dear, and did We hear
The news that's going round?
The ShamrOcks Erins badge by law
Where er her sons are foundr'
This poem has been copyrighted in the
United States in the name OF Mr.. Ralph
who apparently has seen much Of Kip
ling i'm the latters new role of var cor
respondent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
BRYAN is A WINNER.


The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser says that Bryan's nomination by
the Democrats is as certain as is the
nomination of Mckinley by the Repub-
leans Tt says further that the Demo
Gratis viii declare for independent BIZ
metallism. and the Republicans will
indorse the enactment Of the gold
standard law by the present congress.
Every state convention makes this
forecast stronger. Two Democratic
state conventions Just held" says this
New York administration paper. con
firm the already strong probability of
Bryan's denomination by reclamation.
One was jim New Hampshire and the
other in Virginia, and both demanded
the readoption OF the Chicago platform
of 1886, with IS to 1 ana all other abom-
nations. The New Hampshire Demo-
Gratis are especially emphatic, calling
for the platform in whole and in de-
tail, with Bryan upon it."
There is no opposition to Bryan if it
cannot be found in the states that have
already spoken. and the New York pa
per concludes as follows: IF this. be
the voice of the party in New England,
whence is TO come the opposition To
Bryan and Organism in the national
convention? There rs not a handful of
opposition discernible anywhere, and
Senator Jones is entirely justified IN
his claim of 500 OF the $50 delegates who
VIII constitute the convention"
This estimate IS too conservative. Mr..
Bryan win have goo Of the $50 dele
gates-that proportion viii be for silver
and Bryan wiz be nominated by ac-
cl&matiOn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
THE HERALD FUND CLOSED.

The Herald's relief fund for the SEQ
field sufferers is now ample for inn
mediate relief work, and is therefore
closed. Any further subscriptions re-
ceived viii be turned over TO the com-
mittee in charge of the general fund for
such disposal as may be. determined
upon.
= personal note from superintendent
Sharp says that Captain Barratt, who
represents The Herald, is very busy
doing good where help is most needed,
and his acquisitions are being met by
Dir. Sharp from she money on hand
there and from The Herald fund as
fast as needed. 1t win probably be
some time before the last of the urgent
cases of need can be cared for and
snail report made. when that time
arrives q detailed statement viii be
published showing the distribution of
the money, and the balance remaining,
If any. will lie added to the general
funds i'm the hands of the committee
named by the governor for that pur-
pose.
I'm this connection The Herald wishes
TO thank the contributors at home and
abroad VINO have so generously given
of their means for this great work.
They may be assured that their money
is being applied we'll and is carrying
comfort and cheer to a people who
have little else 70 brighten their lives.
1t is giving fcod and clothing and
shelter so bereaved women and help
less children, who otherwise would
have been left in want. They have still
TO face a dark future but they know
their immedialn needs VIII be provided
for, and THAI they viii have time to
gather courage and strength for the
battle of life that confronts them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
TREASON AND OUR KING.

# the London Telegraph were pub
lished in this free republic under this
imperial administration it would un4
doubtedly be suppressed. AS it is pub
iished under a more liberal administra-
ton. although in imperial England, it
fearlessly fights the censorship II news
iii South Africa.
ct is, says the Telegraph. AN Of
Tense against reason. as gross and fool
ish in a field marshal as in brigadier,
at the war office as in the star tent,
and flies in the face of the best allies
which British commanders can have.
What are these best allies, we should
like to know, if not the intelligence, the
patriotism, the national pride, the ever
accompanying interest and concern Of
the public at large, which has paid for
the army, and which depends upon the
fearless and faithful servants of the
press. the war correspondents. to tell
them how their cause goes2 The war
in South Africa is not a private enter
prise. nor can it be conducted out %
sight and criticism Of the English ma
ton. And we declare it to be a mons
strous and insane abuse Of military au-
thority to limit, at such an hour, the
strenuous efforts of those who are chO-
sen and well approved historians OF
the campaign, and emitted to the very
best opportunities Of informing and di-
rectng the public mind"
II Otis could only be made to see this.
If our own newspapers dared to object
to InIperator McKinley's censorship of
news from the front, which continues.
although it has been officially an
nounced that the war is over" But
such talk is treason in free America.
and there are government spoilers at
every pie counter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
TWAIN FOR PRESIDENT.

Los Angeles Herald: Mark Twain is
coming home to run for the presidency.
having, as he says, worked up through the
successive degrees of editor, publisher
author. lawyer and burglar He win have
to see Hanna about it.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: There is a call
for candidates for the second place on
the Mark Twain ticket. 1t seems as if
somebody of serious character should
be selected to Offset Mark 5 hilarity. How
would DR.. Parkhurst do2
Baltimore American: If it is to be a
ticket of natUral-bOTn humOrists why not
Twain and LOng2 The secretary could
write reprimanding letters to the oppos-
ing candidates.
Sioux City Tribune. Mark Twain wants
Go run for the presidency on q platform
that viii declare in favor Of everything
and anything. but he viii have 10 be-
more original before he can wrest the
h0nOrs from some Of the shining lights
already ia the field.
Minneapolis Times. After all, Mark
Twain $ candidacy IS not much more of a
joke than some others that have been
sprung this season.
New York Press: The difference between
Mark Twain and Dewey is that Mark was
only Joking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
ROse-olOOm fell on her hands. to-

Rose bloom fell on her hands, to-
gether Drest,
And on her silver cross soft amethyst
And on her hair glory like saint"
There is nothing Greek in these
INES They are medieval. or. rather,
they exhibit the medieval joy in color
expressed with all the power and splen-
dor or the renaissance. Richness. lux
ury-two very un-Greek characters
Ucs-are favorite words with Keats
and his advice to Shelley 70 curb his
magnaniniity and load every rift of the
subject with ore is another instance of
the Dredominance of this quality
But Keats drew from mediaevalism
not only his love of color. but that
strange haunting charm which Arnold
mas baptized natural magic" IN this
quality Scott, with all his love for the
romantic past, is quite deficient He
loved the stir and action of the me-
d1aeVai world, its strong contrasts and
clear types. But Keats penetrated be
low the surface and caught the magic
and mystery of things. 1t is hardly
too much TO say that there is more of
the true spirit of romance in 1.-THE Eve
of St Agnes" than in all the Waverley
novels bound together. We feel this
charm not only in Keats descriptions
lode to the Nightingale" could be
quoted as an example-but even more
in his dealings with the supernatural.
The ghost III Isabella is far beyond
the reach not only of Scott, but of any
poet of his day, and the little postum
nous ballad of La Belle Dame Sans
Mercf' is, to use ATnold's fine phrase,
''drenched and intoxicated with the
fairy dew of natural magic" Tt is this
quality more than anything else that
constitutes the peculiar charm of
Keats. 1t keeps his love of luxury and
richness of color from degenerating
into mere barbaric delight in show and
glitter and gives to his best work a
thrill and fascination that are perhaps
unique in English poetry.
NOte-This study will be continued
AA-alrnccl.a.-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17

George furnished the inspiration which
animates the Tories at the national
capital now.
The American sentiment is well ex-
pressed in the following plank from
an old national platform of the Demo-
cratic party:
We express our cordial sympathy with
the struggling people of all nations IN
their efforts to secure for themselves the
inestimabie blessings Of self government
and civil and religious liberty
Where the Boer commissioners find
people who endorse. that sentiment
they viii find friends and defenders of
the republic ais against the empire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
TEMPORARILY OUT or GEAR.

no doubt the Boer peace commissioners
win be received with an proper courtesy
or their arrival in this country. They viii
discover very early. however that Uncle
SANS intervening apparatus is tempOr1r-
ily out OF gear--Aiail ard Express.
This viii no doubt De their discovery,
for s5ty tits. Ills true. There has been
a marked change at Washington since
the days OF Washington, of Adams. of
Jefferson, of Monroe, of Lincoln, of
CARRIED. All these have expressed
their sympathy and offered their aid
and encouragement to weak republics
struggling for national existence
against imperial power, but Mckinley
is built on a different plan.
When these Boer commissioners
turned disheartened from the great
powers of Europe the other day to sail
for America, it was with similar feel
ing. no doubt. to those experienced by
BENJAMIN franklin waen he turned
NEARLY and as a last resort to France,
whence came the succor that proved
our national salvation.
on leaving Rotterdam for America
the ttsiel uc-3 lll' \ i-A'iN'' N4'I A'JSi
Franklin. said
we are going 70 "a country which fought
for lhertg with the same country with
which wc are fighting We also hope to
obtain this liberty.
All true Americans sympathize with
the two south African republics whose
stubborn resistance to imperial ihva-
sion has recalled the stand cur fore
eathers made in 17I6 against the same
foe. ana again in 1872, when the En-
giish captured and burned our own
Pretoria.
But the administration of today
stands where stood the imperiaiists Of
France dsdng The Amesran revoiu-
tions she Tories who sidsd with King
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
HOBSOWS HOMECOMING.

Washington Star: The return Of Lieu
tenant Hobson viii serve to remind the
American public that there was once a
great deal of nonsense connected with
him. which it is perhaps just as well to
forget.
Denver Republican: Another woman
who was kissed by George Washington
has died. AS the score stands now, IIeu-
tenant HObson seems TO have slight
lead over the Father of his Country
Philadelphia Times: Lieutenant Hob
son, who was sent to the Philippines over
q year ago, has had his sentence COM
muted and is coming home. lie, is report
ed TO be entirely cured.
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Lieutenant
HOhson is coming home. but 1t is not
stated whether this IS HObsOn's choice
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Lieutenant
is coming home. Let Us hope that he has
been permanently cured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local ONCE
of the Weather Bureau.
81 - -. -. ~ l6. ID

salt Lake City, Utah. May l6 1900.
Maximum temperature, IS degrees; min
imum temperature. IS degrees. mean tenn
perature. 90 degrees which IS Z degrees
above the normal; accumulated excess o.
temperature since the LIST OF the month,
IS degrees accumulated excess of tenn
perature since Jan. 1. 524 degrees Total
precipitation from b. m 10 r n, trace
inch. accumulated deficiency of preclpl-
tation since the lst of the month"; ~
inch, accumulated deficiency OF preclp-
tation since Jan. J. $50 inch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17

The Daughters Of the Revolution met
yesterday at the Office of the Womans
Exponent. The members decided to
give musicale at the home of Mrs.
Phoebe Y. Beatty on Wednesday even
ing, May IS, for the benefit of the SEQ
field sufferers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
messed the birth of civilization in these
valleys.

Senator Clark's meteroic disappear
ance and temperance in the United
States senate recalls the famous report
on derailment sent by Section Fore
man Flanagan TO the railroad superin-
tendent: "On again, on again, gone
again. Flanagan"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17
OPEN CAR NUISANCE.

Joshua Wink, ia Baltimore American.
TrOd upon,
Stared at;
Augrily
Giared at;
Roasted and
Sputtered at;
Bumped against,
Muttered at.
trowned upon,
SCoWled at.
Stumbled on.
Crowded at,
Slyly kicked
Voted mean.
Biggest pig
Ever seen
Really should
Hang the cuss.
Verdict u
unanimous.
Hope he goes
Where it's hot,
Gets place
On a spot ~ y
Where the heat
Simply sizzles-
Keep him there
Till he frizzles.
That's the best
Sort of plan
For the mean
END eref zfan