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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03
JOHN sHARP WILLIAMS.
The Imperturbable Minority Leader
in the House.
COLLIER s WeclIV.l


John Sharp Williams the new Demo-
cratic leader I'm the house Of representa-
tiVgs. has one distinction above his col
leagues. He is the only member OF con
gress who was schoolmatc of the Ger
man emperor. They were together at
HeidclberE- Williams is willing TO for
get it,, but his friends win not. and he is
pointed cut from the galleries with as
much enthusiasm as If lac were Pouitney
Bigelow.
Williams is from Mississippi "A lawyer
and cotton planter. AMI has neen in con-
greSs for ten years. He is highly edu-
Gated, speaks several languages, is some
what Of a wit, good deal Of a story
teller, ana can make a nlInurOus speech
ID the occasion demands. These atJri-
FHtcs make him popular with n.S lei
lows and added 10 them are Il wide
knowledge of legislative methods. keen
mind and AN instant readiness in debate.
He wiz be good leader. for ne keeps
his temper No assault can. rutfle VIII
lldmS- lie is calm and smiling through
the bittcrest passages with the IeDub-
HcanS. The leader who sputterS and
fumes is lost. for he cannot get his own
people TO follow him. 20 saw nothing OF
making an impression on the other side.
WiliiGns. is a regular Democrat He
has followed the party through every
devious path he was for Cleveland. and
he was Tor Bryan. now me rs preaching
the doctrine of get-tOgether. His prin-
Cipal work in this congress will be 20
secure stronger Democrats ON the big
committees of the house. Ec argues. and
justly. that the Democrats have been
Handicapped since abe Republicans have
had control Of congress be- lack Of appli-
cation by the minority members of the
committees. Williams believes in work.
He wants men on committees who VIII
be able 90 discuss mes sures when they
come on the floor and points out that OF
late years the Democrats in The house
have not been as faithful I'm committees
as they should have been. He thinks the
times are pr0pitiOus for Democracy.
Williams most famous speech was in
defense of Admiral Schiey I'm the FIFTY
seventh congress. he wrote "a set of
verses beginning. "Ch. who is GroWniu-
shield. papa. and read them in the
course of bis speech. The verses had for
their refrain The statement shat Rear
Admiral Crowninshieid. who was chief Of
the bureau % navigation cf the navy de-
partmeut during the war with Spain and
one OF the most active u-tbe autt-Schley
propaganda. was 'fhe greatest tar that
ever STAYED ashore. Tho house reared
with laughter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

IN LIGHTER VEIN
- sunnFslds -.


May justice overtake with speed
The guilty wretch OK Wretches
Who DID the deed that from our threats
ihis cry 81 horror letcnes.
Oh T<ishineff and 1Iacedon.
Behold your iaurels vanish.
oh. Cuba, YOU had naught Ike this
Before we licked The spanish
All innocent was she shot down,
AN fuH Of hope and pride,
an WeitCring she lay and bled
And died at Sunnyside.
Who is 20 bIame7 An, would we knewl
but sorrow grips Us now
For striker men or other men
Have killed John Gentry COW,
mr. Bristow appears TO be the teller
OF the pcstofice department
Cen. Wood may find that his little
difficulty with the M0ros IN the Philip
pines is but a reconnaissance compared
with the fight he has on al Washing
ton.
Liant x. Salsbury's confession may be
good for his own soul, but it has failed
60 bring Joy to the souls of the men
whose names he has mentioned in con-
nection with the Grand Rapids graft
No one inagines for a moment that
the militiamen were responsible for the
presence in Sc0deld Of the beer bottle
with which Sergeants Thomas and
Kenyon pulled off their William Tell
stunt.
Now that the supreme court has held
the eight-hOur law to be valid il might
DE a good idea to see that the state
officials work the full eight hours each
day.
IF there is not some trading on the
New York exchange presently the man
who complies the press reports viii run
out of the adieCtivCs necessary to de
scribe the situation.
The salt Lake Baseball association
should charge Jack Grim with peonage
for selling his players into bondage IA
the east without proper authority.
DemoI would be justified in stating
that this is the hardest strike he has
yet struck
And it's altogether likely Gen. Wood
is not more willing TO accept the word
OF Mr.. Rubens than Mr.. Rubens is to
accept the word OF Gen Wood
Persons aatng murders b confess
should address Chief Of Police O'Neill
Of Chicago. at present the leading de-
positOry for confessions. No confes-
sion embracing less than FIVE murders
viii be considered.
The precedent set by the salt Lake
grand jury. it viii be noted. is being
generally disregarded by federal grand
JUries all over the country.
The announcement that Colombia is
thinking of sending troops toward Pan
anna without a hospital corps, without
cOmmissary department, without
means of transportation and without
pay leads 10 the belief that Colombia
docs not intend to send troops toward
Panama.
The indications are that before De-
m0lh gets through with the Carbon
ciats Capt. DreyfCs' emotions.
It is safe TO bet that while the nine
teen football players were being killed
during the present season several times
that number Of young men died from
ailments caUsed by lack of proper eX-
ercise.
1t is an right to pray for the expui-
sion of Smoot, but the good women who
have adopted this course are respect
is not guided by prayer TO an appreci-
able extent.
The record for assertions established
by Utah recruits viii have q tendency
to make the authorities Of the navy
thankful that the service s. not wholly
dependent on this state for men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

II all the money in the national
treasury were paid to the nations cred
itors we wouldn't owe but 1925. S29 41O
according to a recent statement Of the
public debt This is mere triae.
Nearly that much in water was recent
ly squeezed out Of the United States
Steel corporation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

fond Of the president The latter tried
20 defeat Senator smoot for the pssition
ne now holds. fact which the junior
senator is not likely. 70 forget nor for
give
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

At Fridays session OF the Unit
ed States senate seventy petitions
and memorials were presented. only
siXty-nine Of them were against Che
continuance Of Senator Reed Smoot Of
Utah in the high Office he now holds.
We don't exactly understand how the
SEVENTEEN got away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Now q substantial reduction I'm the
wages OF steel foundry employees in the
east Is announced. 1t is not accompa-
MED by any announcements Of reduc-
tious in the prices of food and clothing
and fuel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Senator Kearns is coming home for
the holidays. we wouldn't advise him
to spend any Of his time however, in
looking for the pieces Of his recent city
slate. The fragments are too small TO
be gathered up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

1t viii be hard for a great many peo-
pie to believe that Elijah III'' Dowie
is personally in such financial straits
as the dispatches indicate. Some Of us
remember that it was circumstantiaIIy
reported that Mrs. DOwic, when she left
for England a few weeks ago. carried
enough money in cash and letters Of
credit to keep the Dowie family In
clover for a long, long time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03
"CIRDERELLK" EXCURSION
To Opden Friday.

Via oregon Short Line. Special train
at 1 p. m. Special returning after the
opera. Round trip 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03
Sixty Years Experience Of an Old
Nurse

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup Is the
prescription Of one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. and has been used for sixty years
with never-failing success by millions OF
mothers for their children. During the
process Of teething its value IS incalcula-
BILE. Tt relieves the child from pain. cures
diarrhoea gripping in the bowels and wind
rests the mother. Price . cents a bottle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

The usual order Of precedence was re-
yersed by Mrs. Marie Rhodes Of Spring
Held, MS, the other day She shot a
man with whom she was in love and
then killed herself. 4 few more little
happenings like this might have a ten
dency to discourage men with the habit
Of killing women.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03
coon aEnr AND WAFFIE REC1PE

Two cups Falcon Self Rising Pan
cake Flour, one cup milk, two eggs, one
tablespoonful sugar, piece butter size
OF walnut. Mix the ingredients thor
oughly before adding the flour. Get
Falcon Self-Rising Pancake Flour at
any grocer's.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

The very best hour appliance OF
modern machinery and hygienic meth
DDS make the Royal Bread absolutely
pure aud clean None genuine without
the label with the crown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03
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SOCIETY


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The only large event Of the week so
far was the o'clock tea given yester-
I Cay b. Mrs. J. 3. Cosgriff. The affair
I was most delightful and was enjoyed
I by about 100 friends of the hostess. The
artistic home was arranged in fine eff
feet with wealth Of flowers and beau
| tiful plants. The hall was entirely. in
green, tail stately palms and rubber
plants forming beautiful vista lead
ing 20 the dining room. a pyramid Of
palms and ferns hid an orchestra sta
[ TONED at the foot of the stair and two
tai trees graced either side of the door
way to the dining room. In the draw
ring room on the right Of the entrance
stood the hostess and her sister. Miss
o. T. Cosgriff. receiving their guests.
This room was entirely in white and
green. Tall white Chrysanthemums
and fragrant carnations filed the
vases. and ferns added grace. In the
music room beyond pink carnations
were used, the colors blending admir-
ably with the same tints in the cen
servatory opening to the south OF this
room. Across the hail the library was
done in yellow chrysanyhemums and
asparagus plumOsa. In the dining
room red was the color carried out.
tail vases of American Beauties being
used most effectively. The polished
table was covered with pieces of eX-
quisite lace, a centerpiece of cluny al
most covering the middle. On this "A
mirror held a tan cut glass vase OF
American Beauties and cut glass and
silver frightened the whole. In this
room Mrs Thomas Kearns poured cOf-
fee and Mrs H. G. Mcmillan served ice.
Assisting them were the Misses Hall.
Miss Leta Mcmillan and Miss Lavelle
served punch in the library and Mrs.
Peagsall and Miss HALEY assisted in
entertaining the guests.
The marriage Of Miss Olive Derbidge
and Mr.. A. H. Christensen TOOK place
yesterday at I o'clock at the home If
the brides parents. The ceremony
was performed by Bishop Burton in
the presence Of a few friends. and inn
mediately after the young people Lest
for California, where they viii spend
the coming month. They win be at
home en- their return in their new
and groom have a host Of friends in
the city and the state who viii wish
them all happiness in their marriage.
The groom is a brother of d. II. Chris
Jensen, city superintendent Of schools.
Miss Beatrice O'ConnOr entertained
number Of her friends Informally Mon
day evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Johnson and Miss Mar
garet Johnson gave an informal mu-
sicale at their home last evening.
Mrs. Ferdinand Dickert has issued in
vitatiOns for the tea to be given
week from today for Miss Agatha
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Miss Beatrice O'ConnOr entertained a
Of her friends Informally Mon
day evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Dr. and Mrs. Johnson and Miss Mar
garet Johnson gave an informal mu-
sicale at their home last evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Mrs. Ferdinand Dickert has issued in
vitations for the tea to be given a
week from today for Miss Agatha
BerkhOel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

mr. Bristow appears TO be the teller
of the pcstodice department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Gen. Wood may find that his little
difficulty with the Moros IN the Philip
pines is but a reconnaissance compared
with the fight he has on at Washing
ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

CLAIMS PAID THROUGH THIS OF
FICE OVER $500 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

Ii is safe to bet that while the nine
teen football players were being killed
during the present season several times
that number Of young men died from
ailments caUsed by lack Of proper eX-
cTcise-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-03

1t is an right to pray for the expul
sion of Smoot, but the good women VIII
have adopted this course are respect
fully advised that action by the senate
is not guided by prayer to an appreci
able extent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
CANDIDATES APPOINTMENTS

Below list of the dates an
nOunced by the candidates for gov
erncr for the rest of the year:
Cape City, Wedneday, November IS.
p. NJ.
Hardy. Friday. November 20, l
p. m.
Viola. Saturday. November q. l
p. NJ.
Mammoth Spring Monday. Novem.
ber %, p. m
Pooahontas. Tuesday November a
p. m.
Maynard, Wednesday. November 25
p, m.
Walnut Ridge. Thursday. November
26, p. m
Corning, Friday. November -. l
y. NJ
Rector, Saturday, November IS. l
=. m.
Par2g5ula. Monday. November 80. /
D. n.
walc1tt. Tuesday December l, I
p. M.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
yhe "BoScm fiV."

There is d Guild known to me-wa
were great friends in the country last
summer-=Wno once, as she sat on tie
doorstep beside me, thoughttully
scratching her brown and mosquito.
bitten legs, remarl!s o!
Sand flies and mosquitoes are ce.-
tainly bad enough, but if we had
bosom flies here just couldn't stand
it.
"Bosom fies,' said |. What or
earth are taey??'
I don't Know" she returned, "bu
tkey must be something awful We
sing ahoat them in church. There 8
something about hiding in Old rocks
% get away from them. and there's
something about their biting SC hard
thcv draw blood
Why" said she, you must know
that song. Everybody knows it. It
says Let me, too, the bosom dy.'"-
Washing gtGn Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
tiTTt1 Sifbs OF KINDNESS
r|eW Representative Curtis Came Near
MakinQ an ENEMY

Secretary Wilson is receiving nu.
ftf rous requests from all parts of the
country for seeds, and is replying to
all Of them that cor gress at this ses-
sion has made no provision for seed
distribution. and there are no seeds
eft OH hand al the department of ag-
riculture. Representative Charles
'urtis of Kansas, who was one of the
Aortcstants in the "eceat fight for SEN
2torial honors, told story to-day
about the farmers in CO nnection with
his matter One of HIS newly elect
ID compeers came to linn in great in
sitg2ation. The compaer was rapidly
aching the conclusi On that E career
:. congress was hv.niliating sort OF
ausiness. With few words mors
orcible than elegant, he showed Cur
s postal card he had just received
IS back merely bore this inscription:
II. d. jones, Ownena, Kansas Moth
& more, nothing less. There was no
{2y to the possible code; no accom-.
anying diagram to explain the brief
ut apparently lnexplicable puzzle.
What are you going to do about
-? asked Curtis, smiingly.
DO about it? Fold up the postal
-FFy carefully and throw it in the
waste basket, of course"
Then you can count on losing 4
lev votes next campaign"
'Whv?' asked the surprised new
statesman.
Simply" replied Curtis, that that
is an established way for asking for
government seeds. You'll get a great
Aaay OF them before the time comes
or the annual seeds distribution to
2egin, and what such postals mean is
to put the name forwarded on your
l.:t of those to whom you will have
the seeds sent this year cut of your
allotment from the agricultural de-
partment' It was a surprise to tho
new member. and he went away NUT
tering at the divers duties of congres =.
men, but. nevertheless. Sis constitll
ant. Jones, WAS one of the first to get
lie SEEDS in the ensuing distribution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
Irn ocx Kite

The chief deseet OF tie aoN kfte, OF
which DR. Lansleys aeToGr@Me Is an
elaboration, is that the weight in.
creases With tie cube a. rap,dly as
the liftipg power does With tha
square. SO that the larger the kite
the less it Will LIZ in proportion.
Prof. Graaam Bells kites are equal.
sided trlareles, so 4 at they need no
bracing. anu it is found that the lift.
ing power increased at a greater rata
han the increase III weight A fock
+ thes" Kites recently lifted 4 200.
pound weight
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17

flicted which leaves scar. However,
in the instance referred to in this
article. the characters of the men as
sailed are too we'll known for the en-
venomed shaft to make scratch, They
are gentlemen and ministers II the
highest standing. and no secret attack
against their characters can do them
harm.
At heart the man wfro would under
take to destroy character by an anony-
nous attack is an assassin. and the
Graphic does not believe that Mr.. Hol-
comb is so cold-blooded and vicious,
and if he did write the letter, it again
asserts its belief that he was the mere
tod of some one who Is ShreWder,
more /. signing, anG a1readv jte eped In
his own infamy.
Even though he may have written ii
by the suggestion or opportunities OF
another. he has lent himself to a dirty
piece Of work, and II guilty his in
huence for good in this city is forever
destroyed The public will never again
trust him, unless he can clear himself
Of the charge, and il he fails t. do that
be had as we'll so elsewhere, beSr
life anew, and shun association with
those persons who would lead him into
evil ways.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
A NccL ol-c. to Stc,.

He really ought not to lave gone
rto the Latin class that day. He was
allied up first. and read as far as he
ad prepa ed Then he skirmished on
l little farther. This is the way It
vent: u Ulysses. saw her tDido's)
heavenly form ADVANCING like a god
iess in the sunlight, sprang to-
ward her. and she welcomed NE. Her
hair fell down upon her shoulders ike
.be sunheams on Olympus. Her eyes
shone like tNo jewels Of the sea. Il
thew my arr1s-n1y= s-aaoUJ--
about hcr-her reek-recE- an3-ard
that's as far as got. professor. =
Philadelphia LedsaT
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
O%t)

AS TO Prof Gaylord, OF
GRADUATION the Eeverly Mass.
GOWNS high school. has I'M
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
< ure for Headache.

2ver-failing remedy for nerv.
Gus headache is described by a scien.
titic authority thus: 1t consists simpl,
OF the act of walking backward, but
The method of walking is an importan:
factor in the cure. The pace should
be Very slow. letting the ball of the
foo, touch the floor first. then the
heel. \ hall CT narrow room serves
the purpose besr. TIE theory under
iyi2g the cure is that the reflex action
OF tha boGy brings aoout a reflex &C.
ion OF the brain; thus the pain in.
duced BY nervousness. which is said
70 he the tece,t o, tca much going for.
;ard 3 drttee away ny . simols
process Ct rev versal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
c,-,ucus -L.ise ~ MIcl..

IRE &sryz.,,25,z - Newport has
proven tao mHe', ~ some of tn.
young women Wfo e"Geavored to keev
.;p With the g,ady ~AiFl Some of them
aeear to show sigzs of being nearly
'all III a 4 phvzt IS who were con-
suited have ordered the wearied giri7
10 Guieter resorts. Newport life this
summer has been too exacting FOR all
be; such as are Of HGUsUaliy good ply
~,eue, social diss'2a ion enough for
al ertlre winter being crowded into a
teM weeks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
The Hungry Lion.

4 little boy was being shown pie
ire depicting Roman arena. u
hich there were a number OF Chris
III martyrs. y pack OF hoas were in
.e act of springing up3n their vic.
.ms. 1T isn't fair" said the littls
How. excitedly. No. my son"
reed his mother "it Isn't fair. al,
4ose big hungry 'icns--" But" in.
arrupted tae young hopeful there's
ne poor lion that hasn't got any
hristi SH."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
Stone That Bends.

Firm as rock, 'unbending -
INT" are phrases often used, but ~
\ matter fac there is store thak
= as flexible as wooden tihre 1t is,
: course, very rare, and the few
,peeimsrs Known are now in muse
.ns One Of the finest is in tho
, arfley institution in Southampton.
tslaId. having been found near
-. EaGia /, Is latAlille in Shape,
4out AL inca thiek ami two fe.r
ing. 1t is & particularly AeX9.
pecimea, apd eaH, with he hands.
= curved ev-4aI iacLes tram ths
a5i15I.ja, 9thegy.1e i is har a-x
alt#s nav. s tie 5raia=Q: orth
4.ly gray 5aAdsls.e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17

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