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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22
MISS TAYLoR's CASE.

A GREAT DEAL Of unnecessary
commotion has been raised in the
newspapers and elsewhere over the
discharge of Miss Rebecca J. Taylor
from clerkship in the war depart
ment because she wrote and published
letters severely criticising the course Of
the administration in the Philippines.
The fact that Representative McCleary
OF Minnesota, who is Miss Taylor's
brother-in-lsw, has made no complaint
because Of Secretary Roots action. is
a sufficient indication Of his belief that
she should have been discharged.
In explaining the affair Secretary
Root said: 40 head of a department
can maintain effective administration
If he is obliged to depend upon the
services Of clerks who are so violently
opposed TO the success of the work in
which they are engaged that they are
unable 10 refrain from public denuncia-
ton OF the work and insult to the pres
ident." The secretary's position is IN
deniabIy correct. If Miss Taylor could
not give loyalty TO her employers she
had no business drawing money under
their direction.
To is q pity that some less eonspicu-
Gus method OF dropping her from the
rolls was not adopted, but few people
who are aware Of the circumstances of
the case viii regret that she was
dropped. The first duty an employee
owes TO his employer is answering al
legiance. It is not necessary that he
should believe everything his employer
does is right. and that everything he
says is true. but If he does not so be-
lieYe he should at least refrain from
saving so publicly. When the time
comes when he cannot restrain his inn
pulses. he should have the decency to
resign before giving way to them.
The fact that Miss Taylor belongs
90 the gentler sex does not lessen her
obligations. A meddlesome woman can
make as much trouble as a meddlesOme
man. often a great deal more. When
she does NEEDLE she is entitled TO no
more consideration than would be &C
corded a man. With almost absolute
unanimity the newspapers Of the coun-
try demanded the discharge Of Maclay
because he misrepresented and SLAM
dered Admiral sehley IN his alleged his
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ards ana who sacrifices herself because
Of those who love her.
LINES no A LADY.


CWho, when the writer remarked that he
would ike to have lived 800 years ago.
Teplled that it would be far preferable 10
live 500 years hence.'O
KNOW not what I might have been
in that old age with romance
glowing;
\ churlish knave, or gentleman.
And aims with generous hand bestow-
In cloister or some darksome crypt
One might have been a monk half
hidden
Meath musty files of manuscript
Nhere eer1e memories stalk unbidden.
Or poet-priest, and writ in verse
Long Latin sentences on duty;
To hurl at avarice a curse.
A double one on lust and beauty;
lhen IN dark scheming found delight
increasing thus the church's possess
siOns:
or mistress met. OF maid by night.
10 near (sub TOsa) strange confessions.
I might have scorned the wise and good
And stunned the priestly ways and
A footpad like old Robin Hood
TO rob the great and give the lowly;
Or borne a spear. or eOuched a lance.
And marched with warriors grim and
CORY,
To die in Palestine OF France,
lnWrapt with mail and doubtful glory.
Or, living, won soldiers need
haI led and underpaid and sighted;
Or for some brave and generous deed,
. Or some bold deviltry been knighted.
Ut servile peasant, low and mean,
Serf to some rObber baron Olden;
UT born TO rank one might have been,
AND ate and drank from service golden.
What YOU might be five centuries hence
IFanscendS my duh ina ginatiOu
We sean the past for evidence,
Inc future yields no revelation
but 1lVe more centuries may bring
=, GIeaI revelations, growth and changes,
Beyond which Missionaries sing.
Or your eXubeTant fancy ranges.
Vast empires shall have passed away
ana new arise to follow after;
me love and wisdom of today
May then excite but scorn or laughter:
Ana this fair land that we uphold
NAY nave outgrOWn Old SUperstitiOns,
And buried meath the dust and mold
Ola crotchets, customs and conditions.
Then if the era when the rights
ana wrongs Of woman shall be righted
BE ushered In. and lurid night
by Justlces brilliant sun be lighted,
O S lnight or could have made a mark
GTeater than princess or sultana,
a Nlghungale, or Jean dare.
Who bore aloft her country's banner.
gu might have framed judiCiOus laws
WITHIN the halls of legislation.
or plead weaker sisters cause
But this vague, fruitless speculation
IS most unsatisfactory
80 let us cease our simple wonder
ana each devOutly thankful be
we were not thrust so far asunder.
Unheeding what might be. or could
have been in past or future ages.
Ut great or lOwly, bad or good.
but count ourselves among the sages
VINO deem the present better far
IMAM all the centuries that have Elected
nor seek dim elusive star
NO living mortal ever greeted.
Nc, know not what decree awaits
me fated or the favored mortal
whose unfOTged key shall ope the gates
~ ! 1at par the mystic futures portal:
WIN echoes of past ages blent
we hear the Clank of chains incessaut
ana cracking fagOts. well content
10 i've oar uneventful present
g., N ALBERT SHERMAN.
salt Lake City, June. 1902
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TWO VIEWS OF A STRIKE.

F THE PENNSYLVANIA coal min
ers. who are striking for living
wSges and reasonable hours of Toll.
know when they are well off they will
calmly assent to the starvation scale
and so thankfully back to work.
Banker Henry Clews is satisfied that
the strikers are going TO lose: that they
are wasting their time and their mon
ey in a useless struggle and that for
the sake Of the stock market, they
ought to let bad enough alone. This
much may be gathered from Mr.. Clews
usual weekly letter in which he
says:
THE firm stand taken by the oper-
atOrs against unreasonable demands
has impaired a somewhat better feel
ing in financial circles. It is idle to
predict how long this unfortunate
struggle will continue: but it is self
evident the coal operators cannot af-
ford to surrender management OF the
property entrusted to their care by
thousands of stockholders. and the
miners are to be pitied for blindly fol-
lowing leaders who are guiding them
TO ultimate defeat. Perhaps
the miners will learn by experience; if
so. the lessons Of the strike will not be
lost"
In the meanwhile, John Mitchell. the
most conservative leader the miners
have ever had, man who has always
coUnseled moderation and who has al
ways discountenanced anything having
the faintest color of violence. an
noUnces that the miners viii be vic
torious. As between Mr.. Clews and Mr..
Mitchell, the general public will pre-
fer to believe the latter. Clews
speaks only what he hopes. Mitchell
is on the ground and his prediction is
based on actual conditions. 1t should
be remembered. too, that in the begin
ming Mitchell was against the strike.
once in. However, he is in to win.
And. merely in passing. it is interest
ing TO note that Mr.. CIews has changed
his stereOtyped stock market predic-
tons. This week he tells everybody
how to get rich quickly and without
taking the least bit Of risk. Here are
the words of the wise man:
When the public appetite for spec
ulation revives. when funds now locked
up in syndicate operations are released.
when some Of the deals now in the air
approach contamination. when thu
crop outlook becomes more certain.
when labor .mOderates its demands. we
may look for a revival Of confidence
and general Improvement. Meanwhile.
good stocks bought on recessions are
likely to afford a profit il sold on the
moderate rallies"
In other words. There is money on
the right side of stocks
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COST OF THE PHILIPPINES.

EvERY TIME THE CLOCK has
L licked since May !, 1898, the Phil
ippine islands have cost the United
States $1.34.
Every time the second hand on your
watch has completed its ceaseless cir
cult, the expenditure has been $So-S1.
Every hour since Admiral George
Dewey sunk the Spanish feet in Ma
Mia harbor. $4,S4S.9S in American money
has been spent to hold the Philippine
archipelago.
Every day has involved an outlay of
S1l6,S75.66.
The total cost OF the islands, since
May /, 1898. and up to May 1, 1902, ex-
elusive of the purchase price of 10000
600, which was paid to Spain, has been
$l7O, 1926. 5S7.
And. be it always remembered, the
outlay of money is the most insignifi-
can't feature Of American control of the
Philippines. Of the lives sacrificed by
bullets and through disease, Secretary
Root takes no account in the report re-
Gently submitted to the senate. The
tortures inflicted on Filipino prisoners
by Hell Roaring Jake" Smith and his
kind are not mentioned. The fearful
example set by the American troops to
the people this nation is trying to "as-
simulate" has>no part in the report.
Secretary Root attempts to comfort
the people by the statement that flu
ture expenses in the Philippines win be
materially reduced from the standards
of the past. It is certainly to be hoped
that the assertion win prove true, both
as regards money, men and example
Full of optimism as the average Ameri-
can citizen is, however, he VIII be par
doned for at least doubling the accu-
racy Of the secretary's estimate.
For the sake of the nation, it is to
be hoped that ne speaks with the spirit
Of true prophecy. This country can
not afford to continue sacrificing men
and dollars as it has sacrificed them
in the past. If some great end were to
be achieved, the people might look on
and say Amen; but there is to be no
end for the Philippines other than that
Of an imperial colony if Republican
policies are carried out.
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Died of improvements.
Philadelnhia Times !

u
An uptown physician tells Of a German
TREND. d poor jOuTneyman baker. who
sent his wife to local hospital when
she fell i'll. The physician always asked
with interest after the condition Of fbe
SICK woman when he met the German
and was told I'm reply: well. doctor tbe,,
say at the hospital there's Improvement .
RMS reply did not vary from dav 10 dav
Tor month or more, and was always
spoken by the German very stoIidiv. as
Inough ne really did not see in the report
any grounds for hope. Then one morn
ing meeting the physician and beina,
asked the usual question, he said:
on, she's dead. Doctor
DeadE' repeated the physician. What
DO they say she died OFF,
They didn't say-they didn't have to .,
answered the German. ''I knew. She died
OF TOO many improvements.
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New Light on an Old Subject.
Chicago Tribune1


Old Mrs. Hubbard, several years aft
er the poem appeared in print describ-
ing her fruitless visit TO the cupboard
in search of a bone for her poor dog,
was speaking Of the incident to her
next-doOr neighbOr.
In the first place" she said. cit
wasn't worth making a poem about.
and, in the next place, the man didn't
get it right. I saw the dog was hungry,
and I went TO the ice box and got a
nice piece Of raw beef for him. l don't
feed my dog bones. And if I did I
wouldn't keep them in the cupboard.
The cupboard wasn't bare. either. II
was just as well filed as anybody's."
What do you suppose made the fell
low say you went to the cupboard ?''
asked the neighbor.
He couldn't think Of any other
rhyme for Hubbard, replied the aged
dame, lighting her pipe with a fresh
coal Of fire.
These Cpuf) poets puff, puff make
me tired"
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Perfectly Aware Of T.

Ap-AAd Times
JIe OF the two boys who &C.
SS 9.'S should get along i'm - sure IN tH.,
asinlllty 10 get results with .7-s TIIor.d. H.5
1 SlO1 would seem to be gre rpToroas-
ne mas little affection for In e. Eldert..
nominations Of figures. VIE smaller t..
gentle playfellow that the Igf--l. loid By -
replied: "l scat ~
goats luigi 56u-n My l. pop has a whole ro..
Inc other boy seemed s--.--
went ON with his joyful nar --a1e- b.,
My papa bought me a Vsra-
-. Vel lei; what Of it, he was asked .,
pop had so many wagons he bg5> 81. Up
EN-" '--- ITO Room 10.
The gentle boy did not hsrf.-.
Moreover. to hear IL panied iii, this
school. --l" I'D SUNDAY
Don't YOU know what bar,a-.s
Ananias and Sapphira2" he ssEsF 81, Do
were struck dead for lying Trey
Patiently this was not mforDs+f-..
companion, who responded i---.-sso Dis
perhaps but without bravado. 5-uy
Il know it, ] saw them sf-urg
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(The Drawer. Harper's Magazine, July.)
A man bought three pounds of meat,
and brought it home 10 his wife 70 cook
for dinner, and then went his way to
his place of business in the bazars. The
wife was hungry and ate the meat
In the evening the man came home
and asked for his dinner.
There is no meat" said the wife.
for the cat ate it."
Bring the cat said the man, land
a pair Of scales"
Weigh the cat" said the man. The
cat weighed three pounds.
IF this is the cat" said the man,
where is the meat? And if this is the
meat, where is the cat?"
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Books and he unhnnkish


Inc mystery Of books is great to the
unbookish A rising Young 6oveIist vg yE,o
had been mildly Communicative to his
cnarwoman, was asked the other dav
With touching simplicity: Might Won he
tne author of the Canterbury Tales. :
The simplicity of the half-bookIsb can
also be entertaining in rather grievous
way. c, Il. S. of the Sphere remarks
This week that a reference below a pic-
lure 10 the removal Of the kings house
noid gods from Marlborough house to
buckingham palace brought him the fol-
lowing from reader: There is 2 mis-
take on page IS Of this weeks sphere
instead Of household gods 1 think Won
mean household goods. r"
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Misplaced Pity.


INV LUX IIIUUUC-I
A woman recently entered an omnibus
IN an English town. accompanied by
small boy, who wore saucepan on his
head in place Of the more usual hat
His appearance provoked comment.
.Wots e dom II fury' asked one trav-
eler
'Doin' it fur?" cried the mother. "Why,
he was playin at bein' Lord Kitchener
or sOmethin', and G wanted a 'elmet. so
G puts the sOrsepan on is ed and now
e can't get il off, so I'm taking i'm TO the
'Orspital."
Poor kid" said a sympathizer.
Poor kid cried the mother. its poor
me. Z was in such 'Urry that e never
looked 10 see wUt was i'm the sOrseoan.
and now 'e's got my blessed breakfast on
is cad"
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..Quads,, Rroreht Riches-

tChicagO Inter ocean,
Little did Joseph Ormsby dream when
ne ran away because his wife presented
him with fourteen children in seven years
that the set Of "quads'' born after his
base desertion would bring fortune to
the prolific Mrs Ormsby
Sept % the "qUads" were born Mrs.
Ormsby was deserted and penniIess. AMI
the kind public came TO her rescue Now
the "quads' have two maids to look after
them. Yesterday they moved into an $500
cottage and have brought $4,000 10 the
mother. They are the biggest museum
attractions since the Siamese twins. Mrs.
Ormsby draws $500 a week and S1G0 from
the sale of photographs.
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tory Of the Santiago campaign. And
Maclay was discharged.
As a private citizen Maclay can say
what he pleases about Schley. AS a
private citizen Miss Taylor has right
TO criticise the administration to her
hearts content, and there is no doubt
that she viii criticise It, justly and Wig
Orously.
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Oak or Squash?

N-'V" lux IIInes.I
When the late President Barrows Of
OoerHn college was asked by a student
II he could not take less than the repT-
lar four years course, DR.. BarrOvvS
looked the applicant over thoughtfullv
and replied:
Why. certainly my lad. A short
course If you like, but my advice to YOU
Is 10 take the longest course possible
The length Of time you wish 10 devote
TO study rests with you entirely and
should depend on what YOU intend to be-
come. Just remember that when God
intends 10 make an oak he takes a hun
dred years. but when he wants a squash
he takes six months
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Happy Recollections.


BILL said the first veteran. IT can't
forget them days when we drank from
the same Canteen-"
No more can T. answered Bill. when
u was water we drank. we always drank
from yours, when IL was something else
we drank from mine"
And mulfled srumble and rumble and
roar told that the battle was on once
more and welL-nigh wrecked the bar room
floor.
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Simply ..Rotten.v
- - Clinner-

INeW lorh IIlDDcTI
A friend Of Kellerd. knowing his need
of an actor for small part in The CT
pher Code" his most recent play. sent a
young man to him who proved unsuits bic
for the part. Some time later KelIerd met
his friend, who asked.
Well. Jack. how did that chap dog'
DO' why he didn't do at all" ex-
claimed the actor
We'll, that's too bad said the friend
didn't he know anything?"
Know anything exclaimed KeIerd
in fine scOrn. No, he didn't even sus-
pect anything"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22

Several Of the saloonkeepers who
have been the most brazen in their
violation of the laws against Sunday
whisky-selling, have done The Herald
the honor to discontinue their subscrip-
tons because OF the fight this paper
is making against such maIefactors. IN
the words Of a very distinguished Ro-
man: What's banished but set free
from daily contact with the things I
leather" The Herald feels mighty bad
about losing the ten or twelve dollars
a month these gentlemen have been
paying for their paper. but the loss is
theirs, not ours, after all. They won't
get the news and the fight against
their illegal practices will be continued
Just the same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22

Senator Morgan was born on June %.
An anxious country might not have
known this if the house and senate
conferees on the isthmian canal meas
ure hadn't postponed their meeting
because it happened TO be the anniver-
sary OF Senator Morgan's birth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22

Administration favorites in the army
viii find occasion for unrestrained glee
in the confirmation of Crozier's nomi-
nation to be a brigadier general Gro
zier was jumped over the heads of a
great many older soldiers and similar
actions may be expected shortly.
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Since Young. the murderer, set the
fashion at Ogden, the escaping habit
has taken fast hold on prisoners gen
orally. oklahoma furnished the latest
example when two convicts who were
shackled together jumped off of a rap
idly moving train and haven't been To-
Gated since.
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Where the Editor Turned

i1OuLA Nomp anlOD-g
The youthful author pocketed his re-
jected verses. but he could not swallow
the EDITORS criticism.
Sir. said he. not without dignity. "a
poet is born. not made.
Young man. returned the editor.
bIandly, 1T won't help your case auv to
try and shift the blame TO your parents. "
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A Pessimistic Wall


Vt -'----'- 7 I'D |'"|-""-|
They say a cabinet officer o-r..
about $1,000 the advantage Of RaIf-rrs,.5-55
LaJoie. Its a shame afrr 3. layer
way things are unevenlv 5is+-r,,'.- me
this world? Think of "A cabfTa+ n.y.. 10
who couldn't tell a buut from d. t-..-r,
run, getting all Of $500 a vea-f T7- 1L-..ls
this country coming to-" "~as
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The beef packers are planning a BIZ
lion dollar trust If they could force
up prices the way they did some weeks
ago without any combination it viii be
interesting TO know just what they wiz
do when they are all under the same
roof. Where are the people to land?
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No THOUGHTS


''The postman has just brought me
Aunt James present said the poet wife.
s'yVhat DO YOU think IL isT-'
Il don't know replied the poet, dis
turbed AT work
But can't you think2'
Gee whizz. How do you expect me to
think now? m writing something for
the MAGAZINES
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tDetrUlt Free Press
Mabel, love-" said young Mr. Tenspot
BY way of proposal, let me be your
bread winner for lfe,'
But the girl, with her eye on the "a
pacitv Of the beef trust answered.
Il want someone who can win me some
beefstcsk."
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Between the cane sugar trust and
the beet sugar trust the party Of trusts
seems likely to be busted. The trust.
like the red wine of the proverb. may
be good TO look upon. but at the last
it biteth like a serpent and stingeth
like an adder" as the Republicans are
learning TO their sorrow.
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Faint Heart Won.


t-NEh 1yEh " eeklS.t
Dora-How many times did You refuse
Jack before you accepted him.
Ethel-Only once. He seemed 50 dis
couraged I was afraid TO try il again.
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hasn't hep -1i'
Wen, rather. He has been through
Two fortunes. three wives aud a sani-
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An ice cream trust has been formed
in New York. Now wouldn't that frost
you? And right in the middle Of the
coal strike, too.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22

A corporation known as the Western
motel company owns the Knutsford
hotel property The stock is almost en-
ureiy held BY Sylvester Cunningham
ana Mr.. Thompson Of Gloucester
" ass they having bought the shares
formerly owned by the estate of the
iate Wendell Benson, one of the orig
maj promoters Of the hotel project. The
! furniture, etc, is owned by the hotel
lessee and proprietor. G.. S. Holmes.