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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Mr.. cRumPACKER's BILL.

u REPRESENTATIVE Crumpacker Of
N Indiana has re-introduced his bill
to restrict congressional representation
iH those states which are alleged to
have Disseminated against the negro
voter. That is. he would base the
south's representation in congress
practically on the white votes cast. for
the reason that under many southern
constitutional provisions. educational
and other tests have resulted in dis
fanchisement for perhaps majority
OF the negroes OF voting age.
In the dispatch telling of Mr.. Crum-
packers action # is stated that, in
view OF the fact that a presidential
election is to be held next year. it
is unlikely that any action viii be
taken on the measure at this session
of congress. Obviously this is because
a reduction in the number CO south
ern congressional districts would re-
suit I'm a reduction Of the Republican
delegates TO the next national conven-
ton. It is a notorious fact that south
ern delegates to Republican national
conventions are nearly always pur-
clasable.
We don't know who is interested in
maintaining this representation to the
national gathering Of Republicans but.
In view Of Senator Hanna's recent reti-
cence in regard to his possible candi-
dacy for the presidential nomination.
and in view OF his popularity among
the negro delegates. established at the
convention that nominated Mckinley
at st. Louis fin 1896. we are entitled
TO our suspicious. There is just an
other bare possibility in this connec-
ton. The Democrats in congress would
naturally offer vigorous resistance TO
the passage Of the Crumpacker bill.
why, they might even LOOK into the
matter Of the Acknowledgement of a
great many northern white people. 1t
developed at the last session Of con-
gress, during a discussion Of this very
measure. that several Of the northern
states. and notably the good old state
Of Massachusetts, have educational
prerequisites that make f. impossible
Eor a goodly percentage Of the people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

70 vote. Light along these lines might
result in discontinue for Mr.. Crum-
packer and other congressman who
would limit the south's representa-
ton.
The Herald believes that every state
in the Union should prescribe an edu-
eadonaI test in this matter of voting.
We do rot think a foreigner who has
not been here long enough to learn to
speak English. who cannot read or
write in his own language or any other,
should have equal voting privileges
with native born citizens And we do
not believe native born citizens who
have not taken enough interest in their
own advancement and IN the welfare
Of their country to be able to vote in
diligently on public questions should
be permitted TO vote.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
- PAnAMA QUESTION.

WASHINGTON DISPATCHES report
w that the president assumes he has
power to negotiate with the new gov
eminent OF Panama for a canal with
out further action by congress. His
opinion is based on the Spooner act,
which authorized him to negotiate with
colombia for the construction Of a canal
through territory which was then under
control Of the Colombian government,
but which has been seized by the in
surgent government with the con-
nivance and aid Of the president and
The naval forces Of the United States.
An official Of the government is
quoted as stating the case thus:
suppose" said this member Of the
administration, that congress had
passed an act authorizing the purchase
by the government from Joe Doe of
strip Of land for a specific purpose and
that the appropriation had been made
available TO pay for it. subsequently, it
should be discovered that the land was
owned by William Roe. OF course, the
government would purchase the land
from Roe. Tt is the land and not the
owner that is Of concern to the govern
ment. That IS precisely the situation in
which we find ourselves at this mo-
ment."
The parallel offered by the admins
tration is hardly exact. Suppose the
government had beer authorized to buy
land belonging TO John Doe, but that
Doe objected to the terms. Suppose
then that the president and the naval
force Of the government melted William
Roe to steal the land and claim it as his
own, at the same time warning Doe. the
real owner, to keep of the land in ques-
ton. Would the government be justi-
fed. either morally or legally, In paying
Roe its own price for the land? Would
the people of the United states support
such a claim, and would they feel proud
of the part their chosen authorities had
played in the matter?
The simple fact is that the president
and his advisers propose to so ahead in
q questionable matter without consult
ing congress and on the strength of an
act which did not contemplate the use
of force which has been used to estab-
lish the new government Of Panama.
Apparently, the rebellion Of Panama
against the government Of Colombia
was originated in washington and car
ried out by the use of the naval force
OF the United States as part Of pre-
arranged plan. If England OF any other
continental power had worked the same
scheme the whole United States would
have been indignant and called it an
act Of oppression.
1t is probably true that the people of
the United States wish to see a canal
built by the Panama route. But secur-
ing the route by the means that have
been used is another question. If the
United states may rightly seize a Pa
mama route by assisting rebellion in
Panama it may Just as properly seize
land in some other Central American
country on the pretext that It is assist
ing an oppressed people to establish a
government Of their own. And if the
president may construe the acts OF con-
gress to suit himself in an emergency,
the law-making body Of this country
might as well assign its power to the
president and save the trouble and ex-
peuse Of enacting laws.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

If the London papers do not quit
calling our canal scheme a pUt-up job
pretty soon we shall refuse to let them
sail their old boats through the canal.
1t is small comfort in the face OF the
advanced prices to know that we have
been paying too much for our coal all
the time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
a False Friend.

lBrOOkIyn EagIe.)
The ward heeler was plainly dis
gruntled.
But I thought the boss was friend
Of yours" suggested his companion.
$50 did i.
''He promised 20 see that you got some
thing Tor your work in the campaign,
dIlu [ hep"
sure he did
And he DIDN'T give 10 TO you2
oh. he gave me something all right
enough, bur be played me a low-dOwn
trick"
Lots of honor and no salary in the
jobT'
mo: it's a salary job"
But the salary isn't biz enough to
count 7 suppose
ron. it's a tair salary. very fair-if It
WASH for one thing.
what thaty'
CIV KY the iow-dOWn. mean Cuss got me
a JOB where I've got TO work Tor the sal
airy. 4 wonder what he thinks I'm in
politics forg
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
a - ID WeaIth.

His trousers We're nothing bat jeans,
His diet was just pork and beans.
But through his cellar hole
Went a haif-tOn of coal.
WHICH proved him a person Of means
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
SOAP AID olvrLIzATIcN-

rs THE USE Of soap responsible for
an alleged deterioration Of the hui
man racer The question is not asked
by a boy in the agony Of the Saturday
night scrubbing under the searching
hands Of his mother; it is not asked
by a weary hobo. 1t is asked seriously
by a Cape Town correspondent Of tie
London Times. He proceeds to an
swer the question in the Affirmative and
to adduce arguments in support of his
contention. He says I'm part:
''In my opinion the excessive use Of
soap on children as well as older peo-
pie has more to do with the destruction
Of health than people are aware of.
The Almighty has given us a natural
oil on the body to protect our skins,
and men give us stuff TO remove It,
and so expose the body to rheumatism,
chiIls, and diseases Of all kinds. Soap
opens the pores of the skin, disease
and dirt get In, and the body gets in
oculated with any vile matter flying
about. Look at the Kafir in this cOun-
try; he does not lose much of his ply
steal strength until he gets civilized
The writer goes on TO say he has
not used soap, except on very rare Oc-
.casions, for more than thirty years and
he seems to be rather proud Of the fact.
During that time he asserts that he
has been troubled with no disease of
any kind; he is more than sixty years
old and for thirty years he has been
doing the hardest kind of outdoor
work and he still feels able to per
form any kind of manual labor This,
with the Times correspondent is a
sufficient reason why soap should be
banished from the earth.
He doesn't seem to have stopped to
consider that he has remained hale
and hearty, not because he has used
no soap, but in spite OF the fact. His
/ use Of the Kafirs as an Illustration viii
hardly do as an argument, either.
The Kaffirs of South Africa don't
adopt soap with other civilized
customs. They do adopt the
vices and excuses. Tt is whisky
and kindred evils that kill men, not
the use of soap. The same thing is
I true of the North American Indians.
J 1O4ltiAld4lAtHL D0hAAl- ANhtE VI LlAE sal
walton army said not long ago that
soap and salvation so hand in hand.
A much older authority has said that
! cleanliness is next to Goodness. We
do not see how it is possible to have
cleanliness without soap. It does not
necessarily follow, we are free to ad-
nit, that the man who is not clean is
not godly. but il almost invariably
does follow. Not many Of us have ever
/ seen a dirty citizen who is a good
citizen.
! 1t may be said that soap and good
/ citizenship are usually found together.
/ In any event let us not abolish soap
/ for the present. IF 1t deteriorates the
! human race let US try to put up with
/ the deterioration. We may die little
! sooner, we may be more subject to di-
/ sease, but for heavens sake, let Us be
| clean while we live and suffer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Hark From the Tomb!

Here it is:
x-age of Tilda AIMS grandmother.
Ey-age of Mary.
Xyz-age Of Mary's little lamb.
X plus xyz-combined age of ALL
The result is that Mary is not vet
half as old as the old story about Tilda
Ann. Give US another. VIGGO.
Very well. here YOU are: "A farmer
had certain number Of eggs to sell.
and marketed them all in three places.
In the first place he sold one-half the
entire number plus half an egg, In the
second place he sold one-half the num-
Der then remaining. plus half an egg.
In the third place he sold One-half the
number still remaining, plus half an
egg. How many eggs did he sell in
all?'
The president Of Ecuador should be
careful how he sympathizes with Co
lombia in the loss of Panama. Ecua-
doris activity may get it into trouble,
also.
And in the same connection. do Won
suppose President MarrOquin Of Co
lombia is foolish enough to try
to subdue Panama or is he just Joking
when he says he is sending a large
army to the isthmus?
The report of the state board Of cor
rections gives the bad convicts further
assurance that they were not helped in
their recent break by the prison Off
Gals.
tt is news to many that bunko men
are operating in salt Lake, as no DO
hcemen, so far as known, have been
robbed yet.
The United States. having made all
preliminary arrangements to swipe a
piece of the earth belonging to another
country. is giving further evidence Of
its right to claim distinction as a
world power"
We all feel worse than usual lust
now at learning that a Pennsylvania
coal mine is on fire.
And, perhaps, it would be just as we'll
noe to look for a drop in the price of
coal until spring after all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

Tt is news to many that bunko men
are operating in salt Lake, as no DO
hcemen, so far as known, have been
robbed yet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

If Sergeant Hempel of the police force
can teach his new parrot to say Move
an there, moo" the bird viii prove a
helpful companion to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

Park City is also taking on metropOl-
itan airs, a bum prizefght having just
been. pulled off there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Endurance


baltimore Americana
The great pianists had been hammer
ing the instrument for more than two
days without cessation.
Those who passed the building could
not always hear them. because they
were playing still.
II was an endurance contest.
When the two men fell from the piano
stools. exhausted. each clamOred with
his little remaining breath that he had
played the last note, and had, therefore,
won the contest.
The judge looked puzzled.
Suddenly a man in a front seat arose
and said:
Mister. Judge, I have an idea Have
YOU STAYED here and listened to that
blamed hammerin' for Ell these days
and nights2
1T have" he replied, sadly.
.Trhcn keep the prize-you've sure
showed the greatest endurance Of the
three"
And the plan pleased the crowd so
much that they would have II no other
way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

The report of the state board Of cor
recuons gives the bad convicts further
assurance that they were not helped in
their recent break by the prison Off
Gals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
HUM8R IN STATE PRESS.
Result Noted in Emery

emery County Frogress.e
The fellows who shouted the ioudest
stand Up for salt Lake" must hate
Stoou sun while their opponents did all
the running ana captured the offices.
stand up for Emery county might
be good slogan for the convention 10
ne helo here next Thursday were iC not
Tor the TACT that The Republicans Of salt
Lake made such a nasty mess of the
stand up business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Judge Bowlup's Epigrams.

Man Is born to trouble. but somehow
there are no market quotations on that
sort o. birthright.
The difference in women of fashion is
IN the women who are in the fashion.
Mans humanity TO man Is born of
the belief that the other fellow is a yell
low dog.
When times are hard. hearts get hard
er also. The tighter the market the more
you get the marble heart
There were seven wise men In Greece
and none Of them enigrated TO this cOup-
try and raised a family.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

Idaho Republicans are trying TO make
it appear that Senator Dubois is mix
ing in the fight against the confrma-
ton Of Fl. Smith Woo1ley as assayer
at Boise. Senator Dubois and all other
Democrats are quite willing to let the
Republicans settle their own family
quarrels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

The United States. having made all
preliminary arrangements to swine a
piece of the earth belonging to another
country, is giving further evidence Of
its right to claim distinction as a
world power"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
It's Tutor-Tble to Repeat

A tutor who footed the flute.
Tried TO teach two young tOoters to tOot
Said the two TO the tutor,
rs IL harder 90 loot, or
To tutor two toOters TO tOOt?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
aood auesging in the 90.
washington star)

THAT man is a great thinker" was the
admlring comment.
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. de-
spairingly, but have noticed that these
very studioUs people aren't successful I'm
business. What you want 10 be nowadays
is not a great thinker, but good guess
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

If it succeeds in framing laws that
viii enable the miners to keep perma-
nently at work, the people Of Montana
viii be able to see some good in their
legislature, after all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

OF course there is no connection be-
tween the speculation in Panama canal
securities and the effort Of the president
to railroad a rebellion and "a canal
treaty to success at the same time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

When the coal operators Of Utah an
nounced with a flourish that they
would raise the wages Of their miners
philanthropists. It seems now that
they meant TO be philanthropic with
the consumers money, and the ap-
plause has died down to slow. rum
bling swear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

His congratulations having been
turned down by the British charge,
King Peter Of Servia probably hopes
that King Edward viii never have an
other birthday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
w. Fnd Politeness.

A railway Official Of Crewe
One day met an engine he knew,
To the engine he bowed,
But that engine was proud,
And cut him-yes, cut him In twoi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
CURED no STAYED CURED By
White Ribbon RemedY

Any woman can cure her husband. son
OF brother. or anyone Of liquor drinkiny,
by secretly placing White Ribbon remedy
I'm his coffee. tea or food without his
knowledge. tit is entirely Odorlcss and
tastcless. Any good and faithful woman
can wipe cut this fearful Drink evil and
permanently stop the craving for hquO-
BY degrees the patient gets a cistaste for
intoxicants. and finally leaves off alto
gethcr 1T is wonderful. Many haTl
drinkor has thus been reclaimed and re-
stored TO his family and friends White
Ribbon Remedy Is easily given By follow
ing the simple directions
The only Drink cure endorsed and sold
BIZ members e of a WOmans Christian
Temperance Union.
Sold in every drug store soc and 81.
Trial package free by writing or calling
on Mrs. A. NJ. Townsend (for years sec
Rotary Of o w. c. r.. u. rs fremont ST.,
Boston, Mass. Special agents In salt
Lake. Utah.
Sold in Salt Lake City by DruehI
& Franken, Cornor Main and Third
South Streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

J. Pierpont Morgan is reported Of
fcially as about to take the Lake
Shores new bonds. Most people sup
posed he had already taken everything
in sight in the way Of securities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Conhrmed ~ Doctor.

"Oh. think of the hosts without No,
Who are slain by the deadly cuco.
1t is a mistake,
OF such food to partake,
o And it brings everlasting deep slo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

George Ward. who died in Los An
geles last Thursday, was a type of the
good citizen Sincere. upright and en-
ergetic, he faced life courageously un-
der circumstance that would have dis
heartened most men, and won business
success. In mis- home life he was an
example of the characteristics which
Of the nation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

II you see a man with a smile akin
to the grin Of the cat that just got the
cream, you may justly suspect him Of
being in the coal business. at whole
sale.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
No ~ 10 o. Wants-

There was a young lady at Bingham.
Who knew many songs. and could sing
'em:
But she couldn't mend hose,
And she wouldn't wash clothes.
Or help her old mother to wiring EN-.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
The 70 AstronomY.

There was an old negress named, Hannah
Who stepped on a piece Of banana;
With a slip and a slide
More stars she espied
Than are seen in the Star-Spangled Ban
ncr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

tf-lcnLelQ tteaperi
Some sneak thief entered the Reaper
office last Thursday night and stole from
thirty 20 forty Reapers. The set was UNI
coubtedly done for the purpose Of secur-
ing the coupon ads. We hope the person
did not profit any by his thieving act.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Maiden over.
Hard Lines


There was a young fellow named Beebee,
Wished to wed with a LADY named
Phoebe;
But he said. ct must see
What the clerical fee
BE before PhOe3e be Phoebe Beebee."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
raise Steps in Geography.


Panama is an isthmus bounded by
foreign warships and traversed by the
future commerce Of the world. The
principal products are a name for a
variety Of hats manufactured in the
United States. fevers, fake revolutions.
promoters, proclamatiOns and canal
projects The upper classes at present
consist Of foreigners with concessions.
Panama has an interesting history. It
vas discovered by Ferdinand De Les
seps, who lived long enough to be sorry
he found It. The country is rich in
rusty dredging machinery and prom
ises. 1T is traversed by a canal to be
built by a private company. aided and
abetted by an administration in the
United States. Panama has been a re-
public for several days.
The Monroe doctrine is truly a Won
derful thing. Tt now appears that ii
is directed against every nation except
the United States. which may do just
what the doctrine prohibits other cOun-
tries doing.
People who have to travel about
/ through mud ankle deep now have an
for the farmers by uniting with them
in pronoUncing the snowstorm a bless
ing.
If it succeeds in framing laws that
viii enable the miners to keep perma-
nentiy at work, the people of Montana
viii be able to see some good in their
! Legislature, after all
His congratulations having been
turned down by the British charge.
King Peter of Servia probably hopes
that King Edward viii never have an
other birthday.
From the manner in which they imi-
tate West Point methods, 81 might be
presumed that those Baltimore med
icai students hope to . become army
DOCTORS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Highway Robbery.

TACK said I couldn't whistle
He's getting worse and worse:
For when I had my lips pursed up
He stopped and suatched the parse.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Journalists Seek Lu1,uries.

emery County PrOgress1
The Progress push could use a few loads
OF coal and a load of wood with much
satisfaction n we could prevail upon
some one or more of our delinquent sub
scrlbers 10 fetch us these needfuls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Waist ? Ii Wasn.

There was a young lady OF Lynn.
Whose waist was so charmingly thin,
The dressmaker needed
A miscrOscope, she did
To fit this young lady of Lynn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Good at Cribbing.

There was a young student named
Rough.
Who was more than enough up TO
sEOugh."
In fact, 1 believe.
He'd q card up his sleeve
Namely. notes on the edge of his cough.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Bad Outlook For Prohibition.
Circulation Doubled.

Fillmore Progress Review)
More acres Of rye have been sown this
fan than ever before
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

(Springville Independently
Henry Wood is glad that he voted the
Republican ticket
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16

The triumph over Yale in Saturdays
football game proves that it sometimes
pays to kick and kick hard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
A Marvel.

At the classics he'd ne'er had q chance,
But in wisdom he led the whole dance.
FOrsOOth he WAS able
TO take time table.
And see what 10 meant at a glance,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
Evidence.

The Judge-You say your wife hit you
over the head with a plate2
Rastus-Yes. sab
But your head doesn't show it,"
But you done Oughter see dat plate"