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Norway, twenty-six dollars and eighty
cents, and IL you try to get out of it you
will catch fine of from the price of the
trade pass up to one hundred and eighty
four dollars, and they are strict about 1t,
too. In Austria you have only to show a
proper trade license, and in Switzerland a
business passport. They don't cost any
more than you want to give up to the chaps
who let you have them. In Russia the price
is twenty-five dollars and seventy-five cents
as trade tax, and five dollars and fifteen
cents extra as communal tax. And II
you are Hebrew you don't want to go to
Russia to sell goods. You may be all right,
but Russia doesn't like that kind. and shows
1t by pushing the drummer tax on Jews
up to two hundred and fifty-seven dollars
and fifty cents, besides the communal tax
of five dollars and fifteen cents EngIand's
the place. though. where you want to go.
That's the great free trade land, and YOU
can go anywhere and everywhere and sell
to anybody and everybody and never pay a
penny. They are so free over there that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
Orderly Tavern.


From the London Chronieie.
Mrs. Mary Lee. who has just died at
White Waltham, near Maidenhead. was a
very remarkable old lady. She was the
oldest public house landlady In England.
for she was ninety years Of age. and the
Bee Hive which she had superintendent for
more than half a century. must have been
the best-conducted house in England. for
no complaint has ever been made against
1t. Over the fireplace In the tap room
stands the notice. mo swearing or foul
language permitted in this room, or inde-
cent songs allowed to be sung. Any one
infringing the above will be expelled" And
often the picturesque old lady. with her
cheerful, -r-vrirssr sace, would walk into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
One On the Colonel.
Atlanta Constitution

T f''i INC AtIahtn t0nstItution.
Well, Brother Dickey' said the old
colonel I'm going to remember you with
a handsome present Christmas"
'Thanky. suh." was the reply But
wants ter AK you one question: in dat con-
nection. eff you please sub"
"Ali right-out with iti'
The old man scratched his wool-gave the
colonel doubtful look, and said In con-
fidential whisper:
'kunnel. you reckon you'll be sober
enough ter member what day it is?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19

Carriage Bags
of walrus leather;
chain and leather
handles. w ere
Toe. c | e a rance
price.
40c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
Miss Shyleigh Explains.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'sYou don't wear gum Shoes do your in
quired Miss Shyleigh.
NO." responded the youth. why do you
asker
Because" murmured the blushng girl,
"a young man who called here last week
wore pair and when wasn't looking 10
stole up and-and kissed me-and do hate
to be 80 startied!s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19

by Jove. you almost feel like asking the
country to pay you a few hundred year
just because you are there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
The Drummer Tax.

From Comfort.
Three or four drummers had COTTON into
q warm discussion over that bane of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19

the tap room on Sunday evenings. bearing
her old Bible. and read the Scriptures to an
audience that listened with respect to her
explanations and comments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19

To Cure Grip In Two Days.
Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the canss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
Boons Are Periodic.

The booms are in fact as periodic and as
regular as the crises. They are little
more so. to judge by modern history, be-
cause while crisis may be of the milder
sort. each successive boom has been a
greater one than the last. Implicit In this
we can see the giimmerings of one Of the
most consistent tendencies in economics. 1t
is that beyond a certain point we cannot
stand prosperity. The good years invariably
create overconhdence. overspeculation, over
production. overcapitalization, overtrading,
until these combined forces develop the in
evitable overturn. Nevertheless in spite Of
periods of acute depression 1t is obvious
that the country Is steadily growing richer
and the standard of comfort improving.
The standard of financial intelligence does
not advance with 1t, unfortunately. TAX
ing England and ourselves together. we
have multiplied our wealth many hundred
fold since the beginning of the eighteenth
century; yet in that time have only been
able to extend the period between crises at
the rate of one year century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19

One of the newest ideas in Neckwear.
Panne Velvet Stocks. plain and in two
color effects; trimmed In silk crochet
buttons, feather stitching; Bulgarian
medallions and gold braid. large va
riety to choose from. A smart Access
sorry of the best dressers. Were SOC.
Clearing price, 25c.
First Floor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
SMOOT CASE


over; everywhere forbidden by the law
of the land.
Reed Srnoot may not himself be guilty
or violation OF the laws against poly
gamy, but he IS one Of the chief priests
OF religious and political body which
united by enioined by divine Inspiration.
The head of the Mormon church, claim
ing 70 be and recognized by his follow
erS as the appointed channel for direct
revelations or Gods will, in 1880 issued
a manifesto under the guidance OF the
LORD. directing the abandonment of the
practlce of plural marriages. Yet the
president of the Latter-Gay Saints today
openly admits that he is practicing poly
samy IN violation OF. the law of Utah
ara the rules of his own church. Pres
loenl Smith draws a distinction. into
which few easuists will care to follow
MN, TO Justify his want of consistency.
nOluing that Ia sealing no further plural
marriages the church is doing ali that
II intended or could be expected to do
OF polySamy has not been discontinued,
ana Will not be, thus admitting the truth
OF the chiet charge advanced by those
VINO are seeking 20 unseat Apostle SmOOt
80 long as the movement against SmoOt
seemed to be chiefly a religious persecu-
ton, based upon abstract theories of So
clai order It commanded little SYM
pathy from the general public: but Pres
ldent Smiths revelations last week have
gwen the case another aspect and raise
questions of public policy of the gravest
character and moment. Petty cOnsidera-
tons OF partisan politics have arisen to
OBSCURE the one issue which the sem
ate has to decide. That issue is: Shall
Smoot; even though not guilty himself
OF poiygamy, but as an apostle of "a
De excluded from the highest council of
the nation?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
PERSECUTION OF REED sMoor.
Spirit Manifested Does No Credit to
the Nation.
(kansas City Journal.l

Inc testimony brought out in the in
kesugation of the case of Senator Reed
onoOt on wednesday was interesting and
instructive, as throwing light on the his
Tory OF the Mormon church and the pre-
Nailing beliefs and practices of its mem
Ders, but Just what relevancy a large
part OF II had TO the case OF Senator
Smoot IS not apparent 1t was shown
Dy President Joseph Smith that the Nor
mons Deheve that Joseph Smith, jr. the
FOUNDER or their church. was visited bv
an angel in black who made known
20 MIN revelation commanding poly
gsany. Polygany was subsequently prac-
nced until President Woodruff was
DiesSed with revelation permitting its
doohtlOn. President Smith also has re-
Ceivsd a lew revelations when in state
OF inspiration but has had the mis-
fortune never to have encountered the
angel in black" He and his felloW-
Sstsctaries still think polysamy right, al
'nOush not necessary -.
Now, none of these facts has been or
VII De denied, We suppose for none of
mem mem, Is at issue. The matter to be de-
whether the MOrmons have a number of
peculiar religious beliefs. ar whether
lhey regard the practice of polygamv
IL consistent with religion and good NOR
ais The question IS not even whether
Mr. Smoot shares the OBJECTIONABLE he
1ieIs OF Mormonism. The sole matter
mat ought to be determined bv tba n,
Yestigation is whether or not SIooot has
Nloiated or is now violating the laws
OI ms state or his country, or has com
VI ~ any indecent
or immoral acts which unfit hin, 70 r.
q a.. nited states senator What Mr.. Smoot
or or anybody else believes in regard to re-
llgion is not, in the pressnu instance or
az least ought not to be, matter of
The reason for this is obvious To take
MS mere beliefs and opinions into ac-
Sount; or even to draw them forth and
SXI1Dit them before the country and thue
DTlhg riqicule upon him. Is to persecute
me Dtah senator for his religion uDon
sne pretense OF protecting public morals
Ys thereby violate that freedom OF re-
lglous Worship which is guaranteed nv
DOth the spirit and letter of the laws
ana constitution OF the United States
ana OF me several states. So long as he
ODeys the laws and commits no overt
act which OUtrases the moral sens{bSi,
t tles OF the nation. Mr.. Smoot is entitled
20 the protection Of its laws and to what
ever oIIices, property or other adyanfsees
ne may acquire under them. The fansti9
III ana prosecuting spirit which has
Defn manifested in the Smoot case does
nOL credit TO nation which expressly
guarantees religious freedom to an Ire
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
UTAH AND JoLo.
Why Attack One and Reward the
Other.
tChicagO Chronicle


InSre can be no two opinions among
ceTpi1o, no IIUarect moral perception con-
,Si mug ing poIygamy. 1t is destructive OF
al social organism, 1t takes from tbe
word nome all OF its significance ana If
Piacticed generally would reduce an So
SleIy 70 the level of decadent Oriental
lsIn. mat all right-thinking people are
agreed upon these facts does nor iustifN-
Tue persecution of anyone because thar
person is a, Mormon. ID
When the antf-polygamv stat,,ta D.o,,.
INTO ERECT In Utah the Mornons who had
contracted plural marriages previous
~ r. %, were placed in a trying position.
~ IL oe admitted that they had entered
INTO the polygamOus state from sjrcs,a
IehglouS convictions the moral oblioa
ton 10 support their several wives and
TN. Gus progeny cannot be ignored.
mat some Of them have construed This
moran oDngauon TO include what me
Jaw Heiines as unlawful cOhabitation"
Is aoInltted by President Joseph Smith
ana specifically in speaking of himself
However, he declares, and. Whatever his
wees. lying does not appear to he ono
f OF tihem, that the Mormon church as an
marriages and that no si1ch mag. - -, -
nave been contracted under Sanction OF
NE ciiufch since the and-DOlygamy law
Considering The length of time thar
polys.iny mad been practised in Utah ana
accepting President Smiths statement
MADE under oath it would appear - ~
nnprejudlced mind that the Narroo,,,O y. =, y
met q Crisis instheir religious and dones-
Ne nc affairs IN law-abiding spirit which
1ley seem TO have maintained
senator Smoot Is not charged with Tho
ptdcuce or advocacy of polyeanv IF
ne were and II were proved he u,o,,id
%. gs unit to occupy a seat in the senate
mere seems to be only an indefinite
ssusplcion that he believes in it As he
denies any such belief, there docs v,of
appear to be any valid reason fo,. ~
tremendous amount of Indignation which
PreVails among some of HIS senaforiai
tt1 IuisItors. indeed, since he neither prac-
ne Is more consistent toward poIvga nv
,,ll..I, either the Republican senate or
a., III trduon, which permits polygamv
ana employs the polygamous sultan i'm
were Is the consistency and where
bttsacklng suspected polygamy in Utah
Philippines? al the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
THE CLARK READINGS.

4 y EXCEPTIONAL opportunity 10
\ hear great literature read by a
master is to be offered this week in the
programme outlined by Professor Clark
OF the University of Chicago, who is 10
give a series of readings in Barratt
hall. Those who heard Mr.. Clark when
he appeared here about a year ago will
agree that his Interpretation Of English
classics is ineomparably the best ever
heard here; and the programme an
uipunced for the coming week embraces
a much wider range than anything that
has ever been attempted in Salt Lake.
While the course Of readings or inter
pretatious is particularly valuable to
educators, it affords pleasure to the or
binary lover OF good literature, such
pleasure as cannot be found elsewhere
unless Il be i'm the dramatic presenta-
ton of the great plays by the greatest
artists. 1t may well be doubted wheth-
er even a play on the stage in its best
form is finer than Professor Clarks
interpretation Of Ulysses, for instance.
we bespeak for the Clark course the
largest possible attendance and intelli-
gent interest. Apart from its artistic
value. Il is promoted by an association
II educational organizations. and what
ever profit there may be in it will be
devoted to educational purposes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
TAkAhIRA. HERO.

ftE WAR BETWEEN Russia and
Japan promises TO bring out many
| stories OF real heroism on both sides.
We viii be told how this soldier or
that led a desperate charge, how he
sacrificed his life for his country and
how his grateful fellow patriots are to
raise monument to his memory. But
there is one hero who will have no mon
ument, no applause. no gratitude from
his countrymen. And Yet he is none
the less a hero. this Takahira, Of whom
we are about TO tell.
When the war broke out Takahira
was employed as a servant in Philadel-
phia- His patriotic fervor was instant
~ hndled. He must return TO Japan
30 fight for his country. But how? He
did not know japan would pay his pas
sage home. His only thought was that
he must earn enough money 10 buy a
steamer ticket. Here again great
problem confronted him. His hours
Dong. his work hard. his pay small. He
must sleep less and work more.
SO Takahira began getting up a little
earlier in the morning and going To bed
little latter In the evening in order
that he might have time in which TO do
extra work for money TO add 10 his lit
tie store for his ticket to Japan. The
lack of sleep weakened his constitution,
undermined his health but the fire of
his patriotism burned as brightly as
ever. a great snowstorm fell on Phil
adelphia. Takahira looked upon it as a
god-send. He could earn so much
money by shoveliDg snow of of side
walks
While the snow lasted he worked
Then he went to a hospital with pneu-
monia. on the third day the doctors
told Takahira he must die. Except for
a tear that rolled down his fevered
cheek nobody would have known how
grievous was his sorrow, not that he
had to die, but that he was not to die
for Japan. With one of his wasted
hands he CROPPED under his pillow until
he found something tied up in a hand
kerchief. Take this" he said to d fell
low countryman who sat beside him.
You go" Then Talsahira turned his
face to the wall,
Was he a hero? Did he not die for
Japan asSruly as though a dozen Rus
sian bullets had torn their way through
his heart? We believe he was a hero.
we believe he did die for Japan. and we
believe he is just as truly entitled TO
the gratitude of his country as any hero
the war will produce
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A LITTLE HISTORY.
enforcement Of Laws Governed bv
By Public Sentiment.
tSpOkane RevieWO

N-PDndAc ENtNlcN.)
Polygamy, concerning which On r,,,ct, 80
being disclosed in the Smoot case was
prQnlOlted by an act of onerasS IN 1850
ne law OF that year provided that ''ever,y
Ptfsun having a husband or wife living
VINO marr1es another in any Territory,
IS guilty Of bigamy and shall be mn.
lshed by fine of not more than $500 and
~ imprisonment 1 for a term not more
were secured under this act in Utah in
tne next twenty years. Therefore. a more
IS l measure was passed in 1sSZ
known as the Edmunds law This bro
hiblted polyganiists from voting or hold
lng ottice and defined the qualifications OF
jurors.
Prosecutions followed under the Ed
munds law and between 1885 and 1900
about LOO Mormons had served penften-
tlary sentences Then the president OF
Lne church issued MANIFESTO withdraw
ing official sanction from polygamous
marriages and calling upon an adberents
70 the faith to obey the laws of the
United states. Later. President Harrison
signed a proclamation of amnesty to all
persons liable to prosecution under the
Edmunds act provided they should ''in
the future faithfully obey the laws of the
I nited States on the subject of po-
lygamy.
The territory OF Utah had been rapidly
growing and It's people desired statehood.
The request was opposed on the ground
That as state Utah would have the
matter Of polygamy in it's own hands
whereas, so long as IL remained n terri
tory II. would be under the jurisdiction
of the federal government. IN 1894. after
considerable hesitation. congress adopted
an enabling act authorizing the framing
OF state constitution which should prO-
hibit pOlyRamOus marriages.
IN accordance with this condition the
Utah constitutional convention framed an
instrument providing that plural mar
riages should be forever prohibited and
that this provision should not be altered
without the consent of the United States
With this strict provision in its consttu-
oh 1r,aff al rrffa
eight years ago. Since that time the
state has enacted anti-poygamv laws and
their enforcement has. as is usyNllv the
case. been a matter governed largely by
local public sentiment.
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it, inquired Braffet. "Oh. nothing.
only 1 thought they were pulling your
whole house down" Did they say
anything?" NO. nothing I could make
out, but 1 heard there was a plot on
among the strikers to kidnap you and
hold you for ransom, and 1 thought
heard Bill Prices voice among those at
your place last night" Braffet at once
concluded he had saved himself by an
eyelash. We'll, sir he said, do you
know. / had a tip they were going to
try to kidnap me last night and stayed
away from home. It's a lucky thing
did, for they would have had me sure.
Well, I'll be ready for them next time
they come"
They haven't come vet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
REED sMooT AND PoLYGAMY.
Shall He Be Excluded From Highest
Council of NationsP
(PhiladelDhia Ledger.

= ~
Grave as are the questions of cOnstitu-
tional liberty and the right OF absolute
freedom Of religious belief which are
involved In the case of Reed Smoot the
Mormon apostle who is in the United
states senate as the representative Of
Utah. and against whom protests have
been made, the testimony already given
before the committee on privileges and
elections shows the vital necessity of a
searching inquiry into the real relations
of the Mormon church 10 the practice
OF polygamy. 1t matters nothing to the
United states government what may be
the belief or teachings Of any religious
body except In so far as those religious
beliefs or teachings lead to acts which
interfere with the rights Of others or
AFFECT iniuriously the general welfare Of
the people. Polygamy is a practice con-
nemned by the universal Judgment of
modern 'cfvi llzation as immoral democrat
izing and destructive TO the bono and
10 individual character; a practice. more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
RAGE AND ADMIRATION.
Two Sentiments Evoked by Smiths
Testimony.
go Ynrk NNnrld

t-NeW 1Ork WOrld.l
The testimony OF Joseph Smith. the
Mormon president. has left the conn
Try gasping in mingled rage and admira-
tion-rage at the mans cynical defiance
of the moral conventions that most of
US hold dear. and admiration for the
superb courage Of his candor
FoiySamy may be despicable-it is Ger
tainly illegal SnOot should not be IN
the senate But that does not defract
from the remarkable exhibition Mr.
smith has given on the witness stand.
II does not diminish the merit of his ex-
traordinary frinkness. honesty and an
parent sincerity, where he must know
that he IS hurting his cause his church.
his friends and himself.
In what startling contrast is this
straightforward testimony 10 the shut
ring evasicns of great and respecta bic
" all street fnanciers like j. PierpOnt
Morgan. who. when put upon the stand
ana confronted by recorded facts never
remember anything, Their reply TO every
embarrassing question is. II don't remeni-
Der; Il can't recall it," II don't know -
when everybody knows that they must
know.
While it would be most deplorable To
have the domestic morals of these exem-
plary citizens tainted by contact with
Mormonism, one can hardly help wish
Ing that they could take a few long
distance lessons in truthfulnes and cour-
age from the u1terrified head of the Lat
ter-day Saints.
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Terrible kidnapping Plot.

y Salt Lake travelling man who has
just returned from Carbon county is
telling Of a put-up job that ne heard
of down there lately. William Price and
Con Kelliher the two union organizers,
are presumed TO be back of the thing.
The story runs like this: William
Braffet, legal representative of the
Utah Fuel company at SoofieId, re-
ceiVed a mysterious warning that harm
was about 10 befall him a few nights
ago and was warned not 10 sleep in his
own house that night. AZ the warning
came 70 him through friends he con-
cludcd there might be something i'm il,
and slept at the home of friend that
night. The next day an acquaintance
approached him. and said: Who in
thunder was trying to break into your
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: IN LIGHTER VEIN
''tAFt'E kst44 $50 -
Refections.

lad dipped into the future further than
then could see
AM There would have been an answer
somewhat different from me-
Ihings l gravely contradicted I would I
had not denied,
BUT what human mind could foreteu how
my friends have testified
Friends. said ? Well yes. I reckon they.
mean well by what they saw.
Ihough l think they would have helped
me had they gone to far Cathay.
Something whispers soon travel west
ward DER the mighty range;
Soon leave for dear old Provo. soon
my residence will change.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
THE VIRTUES OF P1ETY

(Macmillans Magazine)
I had n cook who could not read or
even tell the hour by the clock but she
boiled eggs with perfect accuracy When
asked one day: But how do you know
when they are ready. Chuchs? - she an
fine teeth, '-Senor. / boil them by the
Credo.
She had been taught. Ike other Mex
lean village girls. to patter off the apos-
ties creed. She did not know quite well
what the words meant. hut they Just did
nicely to boil eggs with. She put the
eggs in the pot Gin the coffee not with the
coffee but that is a mere detaiD and be-
gan 10 say her creed. At amen the eggs
were ready.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13

The Oregon Daily Journal, published
at Portland, was two years old last
Friday. Under the management Of c.
S. Jackson and John f. Carroll the
Journal has grown to be a tremendous
power i'm Oregon and neighboring
states. Its success is thoroughly de-
served and The Herald wishes it a lot
more of the same thing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13

y Denver detective is TO be tried be-
cause of his pernicious political activ-
ity He should move TO Salt Lake.
When detectives get perniciously active
IN politics out here the Republicans try
to make police chiefs out Of them. At
least that is their history
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13

Bishop H. Smith 'Woolley of Idaho is
another who deplOres the Smoot investi-
cation very much. As a result of the tes-
timony brought out at the hearing the
bishops road to confirmation as United
States assayer may be made extremely