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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
APo,IticaI Dnh,.

The Chicago Public draws attention
70 tbs fact utterly ignored in the
press dispatches. as nearly all essential
facts usually Sre) that the great ice
trust Of New York, In which prominent
politicians Of both parties are deeply
interested. rested not upon any power
Of organization. but upon q monopoly
OF the docks II these had been Zee to
all shippers. the trust would have been
rendered. impossible by competition.
So It Is with all trusts: they are made
possible only BY laws that foster mon
opoiy OF trade. transportation, and
land Abolish these, and no anti
trust legislation would be needed.
Editor Star. Reading the foregoing
We rambled on into fable-land, thus:
("Trusts'5A Fsble.)
A certain. householder once adver-
tised for watchdog, and Two Of the
fraternity responded. Now, one was a
good dog and the other bad dog. The
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
IRISH IN AMERICA
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rer Rcztass.
fndustrialiy the foreign element n
America has been vary Important says
Ainsless Magazine. More than ninety
per cent o. the Immigrants who have
come and are coming to this country
are Industrious and sober. They come
70 better their fortunes, and they set
about doing Il with great energy. The
railr0gds and great public works In
this country used TO Be basit BY Irish
la6urers- I an speaking IN general
eermA without them We would not
have bsea able 20 make the great prog
Fess whicA sastihes ~ In believing
that our growth In wealth during the
pat thirty years IN more marvelo1s
than anything the world has Previous
y seen But the Irish have found 9th
er occupations, in which they can
yrHttty their gregarious instincts, De-
velop their wonderful talent for politi-
cal organization, and In large and
small ways enjoy the independents %
spend and to accumulate which was
denied to them for 20 long At home.
They have therefore settled In great
measure IN the cities and taken up the
occupations that in such places are
open 10 them. These occupations range
all the way from street sweeping to
millionaire nnanciering, and include
cab driving, car driving, being porters,
barkeepefs, clerks, merchants, doctors.
lawyers and editors. As professional
politicians they have had no peers In
the history of the world. They may
be said to have a genius for politics.
And the Irish who had not focked to
the cities are doing remarkably well.
They are farmers all over the country,
and their success In the North Allan
tic division Of the country, on farms
that were no longer profitable under
native management, has been most
notable. As husbandmea they are fru-
gal without being niggardly. Their
remarkable political strength II due to
the fact that they have kept together
when 1t came to voting more consist
emily than any other people. Thack-
cray says somewhere, his observation
being Of the Irish in London. that there
never was an Irishman 30 poor that he
did not have another Irishman who
looked to him for enjoyment and sup
port This was e tribute to their 10y
atty, their friendliness and generos-
ity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
Ghstto Pet Il Killed.

Dick. the prize donkey Of the ghetto
Is dead. says the Chicago Inter Ocean
He had eourted death for years pas,
on the railroad tracks at the Sixteenth
street crossing and had many escapes.
Yesterday the prediction of many came
true Dick vas struck by q Calumet
and Chicago Terminal train and killed
Instantly. The donkey was a general
pet In the ghetto. and for years had
beea owned by Mrs. Mary Toomey, Q
widow OF No. los West Fifteenth street
The long-eared animal was known to
the residents for miles around. and It
became noted long ago for Its hatred
for policemen or anybody wearing
brass buttons and q club.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
was Pledged by PROXY.

An odd story which may or may aot
be true is that told Of the MARQUIS of
Londonderry. Great Britain's new
postmaster-general. Before he sue
ceeded to his fathers peerage he stood
for parliament In the Irish County
Down. and was elected as Home Rui-
er. When he subsequently voted
against Home Rule and was charged
with bad faith, he said that he had
never pledged himself to support that
cause. II subsequently turned out
that a practical joker who resamblsd
the candidate, had visited County
Down previous to the parliamentary
elections and promised the Irish Ma
tionaIists that he would support them
on all questions affecting the welfars
Of ireland. The hoax was discovered
too late to undeceive the Home Rulers.
who acknowledged that they had been
sold :
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
LHrrs.. Dog In IN. worsa.

We see from the Vermont Phoenix
that Nero. owned by Wayne Bailey OF
Rutland, Is the largest canine In the
world. He weighs nearly 300 pounds.
his neck measures 30 inches, and from
tip to tip he measures six feet five
and one-half inches. We remember
being introduced many years ago, In q
Berlin cafe. to what was said to be the
largest dog in Berlin. and perhaps in
Germany. which. We think. must have
been nearly or quite as large a. the
animal described. As we sat at our
little table. he came up and Tapped our
lace with his huge tongue. and ap-
peared to be good as wen as great
Our Dumb Animals.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
In New York. chIn..oru.

Echoes Of the boxer troubles In Chi
IA are being heard In New York's Chi
natown. or the Chinese who come to
this country only a very small pro-
portion have any intention OF making
1t their permanent abiding place. To
them the American IL still foreign
devil" to be despised and hated, though
regarded with a salutary fear. OF
course. any indication Of fll-feeling to-
ward the Americans would bring down
swift and condign punishment, so the
residents Of Pell and Doyer streets
conduct themselves with making mat
tiers unpleasant for their fellows who
are known to be in sympathy with
American ideas.-New York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
.ssarkinx = .Dl.arr.e.s.. ,J.a.

The last time Quanah Parker, the
ruler Of the Comanches, was in Wash
ington the commissioner Of Indian a.
fairs tried to teach him that the thing
ito do was to discard six OF his wives
and cleaEe to the seventh, registering
her a. his permanent spouse. Qnanah
listened soimenly to the lecture and
then began to ask questions through
the Interpreter. He does not often ad-
NIT that he can talk English. He asked
II 1t was intended that he shonld tell
the discarded sQusws that they must
90. The commissioner said that was
the intention. ouanah pondered q few
moments and then, turning to the COM
missioner, blurted forth: You tell
umis
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
iEDDY HITSMKINLEY
RoosEvELr SAYS NOTHING
ABOUT PARTY POLICY.
n Afraid OF the Record MADE ~ the
Repubiicaa AAminlstrAtioa ana WIN
Not Defend It-Wo1ld Rather Talk of
0thsr Thiasa

That condition which Mr.. Bryan
warned his party friends against, when
he PLEASANTLY said. It "a undesirable to
nominate q ticket in which the candi-
date tor first and second place may
md Il necessary to enter into q joint
debate with one another. appears TO
have already developed an illustration
In the case Of the gentleman nomIna-
ted for president and vice president by
Mark Hanna's convention.
Just before he left On hts trip 20 Ok
lahoma, Candidate Roosevelt gave out
an interview In which he pitched into
all violations Of the civil service law.
His opening declaration reads thus:
II know that no republic can perma-
nently endure, when its politics are
corrupt and base. and the spoils sys-
tenn. the application In political life
Of the degrading doctrine that to the
victors belong the spells. produces cor
ruption and degradation"
This is bringing Mr.. Mckinley, Mr.
Roosevelt's running mate. to book with
a vengeance for going back on his oft
repeated declaration that he would
take no step backward" in civil serv-
ice reform. by removing the civil serv-
ice fence from around more than TO-
900 Offices, previously filled by the
merit system. and leaving open to the
occupancy Of hungry spoilsmen. in
order to help Mark Hanna carry the
Ohio election last fall for the Repub-
lican ticket
Again Candidate Roosevelt inserts
the knife into the head OF the presi-
Dental ticket. and draws its blade
sweepingly across the abdomen OF the
man who bosses the Republican party.
in the following fashion: Presidents
Arthur, Harrison and Cleveland have
all desired to see the service extended
and the law well administered" How
about President Mckinley? Candidate
Roosevelt is ominously silent IS to the
record Of his running mate in the civil
service reform business.
Once more he says: The spoils-
mongers and the spoils-hunter invari-
ably breed the bribe-taker and the
bribe-giver. the embezzler of public
funds. and the corrupter of voters"
No one at all conversant with recent
political history car read the last para
graph without interpreting 1t as a de-
piction of Hanna's election methods,
the tactics he employed In getting into
the senate. and his blackmaIling post
masters last year out Of corruption
funds for the Ohio election when he
employed Mr.. Dick as his stool pigeon.
Roosevelt's language likewise reads
like a direct reference to the thievery
Of Hanna's friends Nicely and Rath-
bone In Cuba.
What is Teddy the Terror up to?
Does he want to get even with Hanna
for trying to prevent his nomination?
Does he wish to knife Mckinley this
year so as to mount upon the Orleans
political horse to the candidacy for
president In 1904?
Both these conclusions are strongly
Interable from Rooseyelt's remarkable
utterances--Kansas City Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Milwaukee. famous for its beer, may
now claim distinction as being the
German city of the United States.
There are more Germans In Milwau-
kee In proportion TO its population
than in any other city. The percent
age Of population Is Sc. and Hoboken
Is . close second with 81 per cent
New York has only 80 per cent and
Chicago 81 per cent Boston Is at the
bottom Of the list. with a German
population Of only per cent OF the to-
tai Detroit. Buffalo, Cleveland. New
ark, Cincinnati. and Jersey City have
larger percentages Of Germans in their
populations than either New York OF
Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Before Jan. I, 1S07, France is going
70 spend 1886. 200 in increasing her
navy The scheme proposes the con-
struction Of six 14.S65-ton battleships,
i've I2.s004ton cruisers, .twenI-eight
session torpedo destroyers and an I'M
stated number of submarine torpedo
boats, for which the SUM of .$1s $50. 900
has been set aside. The French navy
Il the first to possess submarine boats
really worthy of the name, that is to
say. able under certain conditions to
discharge successfully the torpedces
With which rbey are armed against
hostile vessels, either anchored or In
motion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
CRY OF WOLF WON'T WORK

A recent cartoon in Puck pictures
the street car riots In st. Louis and As
serts that they are the realization of
the anarchistic Chicago platform:
Now, the cry Of wolf was elective In
1886, but 1t il frayed at the elbows and
run down at the heels this year. Peo-
pie have seen Bryan and have failed to
discover the cloven hoof hidden In his
ample boots, a tail curled beneath his
sack coat, or horns sprouting from his
head scantily covered with hair. They
no longer believe that death and de-
struction follow in the wake Of an en-
actment of Democratic laws. Surely q
party that stands for every principle
dear to the FOUNDERS OF the republic
is not going to tear the nation up by
the roots and cast 1t into the sea.
Some new fake" must be tried this
year. Puck, the New York Times and
other mngwump papers that are
anarchy, are wasting their
powder. II won't work again.
But to take Puck's cartoon seriously
for moment. The Democratic party
lost at the polls in 1886. II any ma
donal party is to be blamed for the Ia
Dor troubles that have been so numer-
Gus during the present administration
surely 1t cannot be blamed on the
Democrats. Mr.. Mckinley takes credit
for the large wheat crops. He ought
by the same reasoning to bear the bur-
den OF the labor troubles. That such .
cartoon is printed by a reputable paper
shows the lengths to which partisan
ship will carry otherwise sane men,
Evansville Courier.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
gcharles Booth. q careful student I

Charles Booth, a careful student of
social conditions, says that the IN
employed are, as a ,class, a selection
from the unit; Ind on the whole,
those most in want are the most I'M
nj" OF ,conrse, nolemployer can AFFORD
TO pay a man for doing poor work.
Wnhtness may be either misfortune
or q fault. in eeither case, society SUI
fezs, and must Learn how to prevent
the increase of defective members by
making Industrial training a pant Of
1eneral education.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
CARE OF A GUM
Some Practical Advice From an od
Hunter.

some Practical Advice From an md
A veteran hunter lays this down as q
point which must be carefully attended
to: Never under any circumstances
lay away your gun at night without
cleaning it. Never mind how tired you
are, attend to II at once. There should
be no NEXT day about It." Not few
Of the older hunters would profit by SC
cepting this advice. The veteran quot
ed above says he got this idea from
his father. who loved his guns and
dogs almost As well as he loved his
children. The old man gave his boy =
single barreled muxzle loader, which
was for many q day the youngsters
treasure Of treasures, and was never
allowed to get rusty. Before being put
away for the winter 1t was carefully
cleaned and oiled and was once in .
while taken down and examined. II a
speck Of rust appeared anywhere Il
was at once removed After an outing
among wild pigeons, squirrel or grouse
he removed the barrel from the stock.
svabbed II out with hot water and
wiped II out with a clean rag. Then
he fred a little powder, Just to be sure
that no moisture was left, after which
an oil rag was used assiduously. Then,
stock and barrel were rejoined and the,
weapon was put away for the night
The breech-loader Is much lesA,
troublesome, but the same principle
obtains in both cases. By using care
such as is indicated this hunter has for
fourteen years kept gun in first class
condition. though II has done a great
deal Of work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Pick the meat from a can Of lobster
or from two-pound boiled lobster into
nne Takes; pile onto dish and cover
with this dressing: Beat three egg
yoiks. add one teaspoon salt, speck
cayenne pepper. one tablespoon melted
butter. tWo-thirds cup hot vinegar;
then add one teaspoon mustard mixed
with little milk; when boiling stir
IN one cup milk; beat to smooth paste;
pour over meat and let become cola
before garnishins win parsley, lsnoa
quarters and sobstsr elaSn
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
Blasphemous TomfooIery.

Much latitude must be gwen the
proud American enthusiast once In
every four years because he then ex-
ercises the proud privilege Of a free
man In electing q ruler; and all sorts
OF extravaganza in language may be
excused, from the most solemn and
funeral to the most tropically exuber-
ant and hysterical Few people are
permitted to choose their own rulers
and these few should be allowed 10 ex-
ercise their vocal chords 10 the fullest
extent But there Is reason In all
things and some OF his admirers are
going beyond all reason in their be-
slobbering eulogies Of Roosevelt. The
preachers have been so far the grayest
offenders Two gentlemen Of the cloth
have taken IL upon themselves to hken
the hero OF San Juan" to the hero
OF Calvary" and one of these holy men
has compared hoosevelt's life to the
"businesslike" methods OF Jesus.
II this is anything at all it is bias
phemous tomfoolery. Roosevelt has
been henored and possibly may merit
the honor but that does not entitle him
to canoniZation or dedication.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

One Of the most honored and con-
spicuous figures in the public life Of
Great Britain during the last half GEN.
tury was Lord Playfair, OF whom a
sketch appears in the North American
Review. The vast sanitary improve
ments which have taken place in Eng
land within thirty years and the evo-
luton Of the whole system OF sc.en-
tife and technical instruction are due
to Piayfair more than to any other
nan. he originally suggested the
adoption Of open half-penny letters.
now known Is post cards" and he
vas largely instrumental in suggesting
TIE basis Of an equitable agreement
between Great Britain and America
When President Clevelands Venezue-
ian message had brought the two eoan.
tries into dangerous antegonism.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Russiais czarina has organized an
association of Russian women In re-
duced circumstances, who are almost
constantly employed for embroidery
for ecclesiastical purposes or for court
dresses The car generally buys the
altar eisths and vestments to give 10
churches and thus market is created
for this branch Of needleeratt Queen
Emma of Holland has also a school Of
woman embroideresses, who wrought
the young queens coronation robe and
also some of her evening dresses.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

the aged monarch. Gustaf is the moss
unpopular member OF the royal family.
II the selection OF king were left to
the people the choice would undoubt-
eddy fall on Prince Karl, the third son
Of Oscar II. Gustaf is very radical In
his conceptions Of the correct policy
toward Norway, and 1t Is known that
he is bitterly opposed to the late 40
ton Of the King in recalling Swedish
officers from the sister country at ths
request Of the Norwegians.
The masses in Sweden are all for n.
Beers and the Kings recent express
sion Of sympathy for England has
aroused popular feeling.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

The commercial treaty between the
United States and Italy, Just ratined
by the Chamber of Deputies of the lat
aer country admits into our ports from
dtafy. at the reduced rates provided in
section 3 of the Dingley act the arti-
-eles therein enumerated, including
brzndies, wines and works n art. We
look fnr a large increase In the i'm
portatinn Of Italian works o. art.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

A rifle range of !, 100 yards is to be
erected near Gettys station, Ports
mouth, Va. ON the -Seaboard Air Line
railroad. 1t Is to be built expressly
for the marines stationed al the navy
yard. who win this summer take turns
at the target 1t Ii the intention to
make expert marksmen Of the men,
20 that they will become as proficient
in the use Of firearms as their brethren
in the army.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

The contents Of Wizards hotel.
Washington. are being sold at auction,
and that venerable and historic struc-
ture win be torn down this summer
and replaced With q new s7.eo0, 900
building. with modern eonveniences. It
Is expected to be one Of the finest ho-
tells In the world.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
Hsarly Ineam..

Russia,s Car has an income Of GOO
par hour. the Sultan fl7O., the Emper-
or Of Austria R10o. the Kaiser ESQ, the
king Of Italy E6s. Queen Victoria the
same, the French president ESQ. and
the king Of the Beigians Eli.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Intense heat never seems to be TIN
slig atest bar TO smoking, though just
VIII a man should want to carry lit
lie Ore with him is beyond most OF
~.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

MotAkhaned-Dowl the new Per
sian Representative At Washington. was
SoEa and bred a soldier. He entered
military service ut the age OF eleven
and did not take up diplomatic life
until he was twenty-five years old.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

What little reform gets into Turkey
usually slips in by the back door. Rs
part has it that the only dynamo now
in ConstantinopIe passed the custom
: house asa washing-machine; and thus
the feelings of the authorities were
SHARED
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Because OF his recent expression ..
sympathy for Great Britain in ~.
trouble in South Africa, King o.e,,
Of Sweden and Norway, may be -
Quested by his cabinet to abdica,s n,
throne on June Is. which is the birtA
day Of Crown Prince Gustaf. Prin.,
Gustaf u the heir apparent to N.
throne and would succeed Oscar. p.
represents q political party dlams,yS
cally opposed to that which support,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21
OPINION OF THE PRESS.

The same officeholders that induced
the president to repudiate the promise
that there should be mo backward
step" with reference to civil service re-
form have dictated to him the person.
mel of the officeholding force OF Cuba.
II Is not too much to say that the
whole thing is part of one plan. Mr..
Hanna and his machine found them
selves limited as to spoils. There was
not enough to go around. Demands
for service rendered could not be graft
fed. And so the president was per-
suaded to repudiate the promise and
took the backward step" After this
all was easy. There was not only war
rant for filling the Cuban service and
all our service in the dependencies
with the henchmen and heelers OF the
spoilsmongers, but there was warrant
for the overfilling of those places. The
figures of the Cuban scandal that have
come to light show the disproportion-
ate number of oficeholders foisted on
that island, which in itself was scan
acknowledgements News, Ind
We need no new government We
need no political platform. We need
men TO execute the laws We need
courts which will weigh out exact JUS
tice for rich and poor. We need law
which will prevent nefarious conbina-
tons Of capital from planting their
feet in one state for the purpose OF
choking the people of another. We
need independent public enterprises.
controlled by the people for their own
benefit But We will get these things
only when our citizens become wise
New York Journal. Dem.
And now abideth Marcus. William and
Teddy. but the greatest Of these Is
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

Mnh nine presidential tickets in the
hsld the average voter ought to be
able to pick out something that win
:harssOnizs with his complexion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

In southern France successful e.
forts have been made to arrest forest
nres by growing the juicy cactus
plants in open spaces separating ne
sections Of the forestR
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-07-21

The Republican pIaLUrm declared
for a new cabinet oficer-a minister OF
commerce. The Democrats also ayor
an increase in the presidents L-iciaI
family. But they call for a secretary
of labor.
This difference shows the difference
in attitude between the two parties.
The Republicans look at economic
questions from the side Of the capital
lists, the Democrats from the side OF
the workers. They hold that prosper
ity means the accumulation Of vast
wealth by the few. The Democrats
believe that the welfare of the workers.
the producers. is the foundation of
general prosperity. A country is pros
porous when the masses are contented.
receiving a fair share Of the products
Of their toll. Governments are for
the benefit of the many and not of the
Courier.