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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
an ARsrraAr,oN SYMPOSIUM.


pUPLIC OPINION OF recent date has
a symposium of opinions on the
Question: rs Arbitration Practicable
a number OF gentlemen of national
prominence, Representatives of both
employers ana employees, contributed
papers. The cOncensus OF opinion is that
arbitration, that is, compulsory arbi-
tration, is not practicable nor desirable.
This, too, though most Of them say they
believe arbitration of any sort is pref-
cradle 10 strikes and Iockouts
Nearly every contributor has some
thing to say about the inalienable risats
of the employer and the employe. Very
few touch on the rights of the public.
1t is the public, certainly as much as
the parties directly in interest, ana
perhaps more. whose interests must be
protected. In the last analysis it is
the side on which public opinion is sa-
vorably arrayed that nearly always
wins a strike.
The people, as a rule, are just They
are not always on the side of the strik-
er, nor always on the side of the EN-
ployer They survey che situation. de-
eide for themselves which is right and
then bring their tremendous pressure to
bear on the side that is wrong, to the
end that the strike may be settled
speedily. Public opinion forced the
Pennsylvania coal trust TO arbitrate
with its employees; public opinion forced
the Chicago street railway employees to
arbitrate with their employers. on both
occasions the decision was with pubic
sentiment.
Why shouldn't We have compulsory
arbitration? David N. Parry says be-
cause there can be no arbitration Of
primal rights, such as the right of an
employer to conduct his own business,
the right Of an individual to sell his
labor where he pleases. But there can
be arbitration Of wage issues and work
ing hours, and nine strikes out Of ten,
ninety-nine out of Zoe, are caused by
disputes over such matters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
SOLVING AN Old PROBLEM.

HE GERMAN. HOUSEWIVES So
ciety of Brooklyn thinks it is slow
" but surely solving the servant prom
lem. The society believes in making
the lot of the servant IS bearable as
possible. Recognizing the disadvan-
tages that are inevitably associated
with household work in mental capa-
city, the members of this organization,
by a series of rewards, are giving their
servants an incentive to do good work
and to remain as long as possible in
their places.
Every year the society has a meeting
and gives a dinner to the servants who
have been employed in one place for
two years or more, The employers wait
on the table, dressed as serving maids,
and they see to it that their guests
have all the good things in the mar
ket. At the close of the dinner prizes
are given. These are usually in money
hut they sometimes take the form Of
new dresses and other gifts.
Mrs. Van Oertzen Barber, president
Of the association, said at the close
Of the last meeting and dinner:
Last year we had one maid here who
had been in the same place five years.
We had hopes that she would have re-
mained with the family indefinitely. but
her good qualities attracted the atten-
ton of city policeman and she left to
be married. We cannot prevent these
accidents, Of course, and whether she
viii ike her new situation after five
years as wei as she did the old remains
TO be seen
It is not possible. of course, to pre-
vent policemen and others from taking
the girls away by the marriage route.
but it is possible TO make the girls
so happy that they won't seize the first
opportunity to escape from one form
of bondage by means of another. We
don't know that the giving Of an an
nual dinner viii in itself bring about
this result, but it is entirely probable
that care and patience and forbearance
VIII solve this problem as those virtues
have solved other problems Just as
hard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
SENATOR susToa's TROUBLE.

= ENATOR BURTON OF Kansas is the
- latest member Of the greatest de-
Lucrative body on earth to become in
voIved with the law. He is accused
by a federal grand jury Of the crime
of accepting brides. That is, the in
dictments that have been found against
him charge that he accepted FIVE checks
OF $500 each for interceding with the
postohice department for a Kansas
corporation. The penalty, # Senator
Burton is proven guilty, is little mat
ter Of q prison sentence Of not more
than two years and a fine Of not more
than $4,000.
Senator Burton took his seat March
4 1901. and the alleged Offenses were
committed between Nov. p, 1902, and
March %. 1903. 1t can hardly be said
In cxtenuation, as was said in the Diet
rich case, that Burton was not SEN
ator at the time he accepted the money.
In an interview in his own defense
senator Burton says he was employed
by the corporation only as a lawyer
and served it entirely IN that capacity.
IL was as tbs legal representative Of
the company that he accompanied the
president thereof to the postof1ce de-
partment to make inquiries regarding
the standing Of his client.
it appears TO have been very easy
for Senator Burton to make a swift
change from the character OF senator
20 the character OF private attorney.
Unfortunately for him, though, the Of
fcers of the law do not seem to have
recognized the possibility Of such a
lightning change. They hardly think
that Burton the lawyer could possibly
be as influential with the pOstofice de-
partment as Burton the senator And
a whole lot Of people in this country
viii agree with them.
It is quite possible. too. that the en-
ploying corporation had a faint idea
that Burton the senator could help it
much more than Burton the lawyer.
Whether or not Senator Burton has
been guilty of an intentional crime the
thirg has a very ugly look. Apparently
the epidemic Of disclosures Of on-cOlor
transactions in public life win be
long time coming to an end.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
TIDET, The COAL OF RIVAL POWERS
Russia md England Playing for Control of
This Land of Mystery.

sky's expedition. which was more truly
2 diplomatic than scientific mission,
was turned back as Teientiessiy as any
other, and the presents intended 10 ce-
ment -he friendship of the ear and the
grand lama we're abandoned in the snow
wastes.
Russia has not rested during these thir-
tr-fhree wears since preievalSlx failed.
If European RUsstars could not succeed
Asiatic Russians might do 50. and the
Ruria MongolS were made much Of
Promising young Buriats were cdIcat ed
10 Russia. and the Burlat Cf whom the
Tibetan lama told ms might we'll have
beel a Zoubikov who in his lecture be-
lore European SsoSraphicai societies says
that be resided IN Lhassa for few
months during 1896
The tutor of the dalai lama IL his mi
norlty was 8 Burt AiCngOl who, since his
return to his Own country has been made
much Of by the Russians. and has SEVERAL
times gone back 20 Lhassa and made rich
presents to the different universities and
temples ard higher officials. Presents
more wonderful than anything the iamas
dreamed Of before nave come from Rus
sle, anu one Of the dalai lama's cham
berlains went TO st. Petersburg to thank
the ear, and 20 make a secret compact
with the car
All the efforts OF the Russian ennis
saries have been to thoroughly alarm the
IfbetaDs as to the intentions Of England
IN india. Until the year 1900 the Tibetans
were secure IN the belief that China
the Russians have besOught the lamas
to lean on Them, and have painted the
English bogey IN more terrible cOiors
The present expedition. which lord
Curzon and Lord Kitchener are organ
izing to make rapid advances in the
spring has already spread panic in I.haS-
sa, and there will be greas news when
the next lot Of Tibetans come into Pc
kin.
BY imperial edict last May the empress
dowager babe the Tibetans receive the
English expedition kindly. and indirectly
warned them that it they put obstacles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
INVESTIGATION ASSURED.

a 5 THE HERALD has on several oc-
a casions predicted, a senatorial in
vestigation of a far-reaching charac-
ter is to be made into the case OF Sena-
tor SmOot. Incidentally the Mormon
church Is TO be investigated. 1t IS
entirely probable that q sub-commit-
tee viii be sent to Utah to take testi-
mony with reference to church DONNA
ton in temporal as vel as spiritual az
fairs and to inquire into the extent to
(which pOlygamy is being practiced by
leaders OF the church and others.
There is considerably more reason for
believing now that Senator Smoot viii
lose his seat than there was a few
months ago. And If he does lose tiff
the state ig thrown into a turmoil as
a result of the investigation. Il ma
tional legislation OF a character that
some members Of the church viii con-
slider extreme is enacted-Senator
SmoOt viii have only himself to blame.
He should have confined himself at the
outset TO denials Of the offenses with
which he was directly charged.
Instead, he went into a mass of ex-
traneous ana collateral matters and let
down the bars 50 thoroughly that the
senate committee could hardly help
walking into the Mormon enclosure.
His case is that Of the lawyer for the
defense who brings out IN the testi-
lnony more than is good for his client
The situation is an extremely unfortu-
nate one for Senator Smoot and for the
state. After all, Shoots fortunes are
OF far less consequence than the for
tunes Of the state. We are likely now
20 have another period in which It
viii be impossible to enlist outside cap
itaI in our enterprises, one in which
the influx Of new citizens viii dwindle
away into nothing.
The Herald has never been fond Of
calling attention TO verifications of its
predictions, but it must call attention
TO the fact that its skirts are clean in
this matter. When Senator SmOot was
distinguished only for his high &c
clesiasticaI position. and when largely
because OF that position he was Il can
didate for the senate, The Herald
warned the voters that they would
bring trouble upon the state if they
elected him.
Whatever the outcome of the investi-
cation, it is to be hoped that the les
son viii teach US that the place for
apostles is in the church and not in the
senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25

But here's the richest:
Doctor have bad news for you,
Pat
Pat-Phwat is it, doctor2
Doctor-Your mOther-in-Iaw--
Pat-Don't tell me any more. ] have
a split lip.
Jones attended a spiFitualistic ssance.
according TO an illustrated sketch in
Mr.. Wright's book. The fret picture
shows a white-clsd CHEST approaching
the trembling Jones, who is seated in
a chair.
Ghost-I am the spirit of your
mother-in-iaW.
In scene two, Jones, with the remark.
Then here's my chance smashes the
ghost over the head with the chair
No harm done" said the spirit, as
he sits on the floor nursing a highly
coloreG bump, i have a mother-in-law
myself
Along the same line Brown remem-
bered her weakness. when a ghost ap-
preached his bed with the exclamation.
I'm the ghost OF your wife's mother"
All right" said Brown. you'll find
the brandy bottle where it used TO be.
Good night.
Not so bad, either, was the remark
of the householder, who, on coming
suddenly on a midnight maTauder.
said.
You are welcome to the silver if
you'll take this portrait of my wife's
mother. too. I've been trying 90 get
rid of il for years.
The comic valentine artist has also
found food for his brush in the same
prolific field. That there is real ground
however, for more or less of raillery at
the expense Of the mother-in-law is
patent from the number of instances
from real life gathered from the news
g-~E
ties.
Some Of them have interesting head
ings. This one, for instance:
Spanked His Wife and Hides in
Jail Driven to Desperation by His
Mother-in-Law." Another is: Mar
ried His Mother-in-Law: Cincinnatian
Wanted Good Stepmother for His
Children" And this: Headed Off His
Mother-in-LaW; Young Englishman
in Philadelphia Refuses TO Support the
Obnoxious Mother of His Wife. and She
Is Not Allowed TO Land From the
Steamer"
Still another tells Of how a mother
in-law. was sued for alternating a hus-
bands affection. A true incident,
chronicled in a Chicago paper. which
tells Of a family row. is headed thus:
cry at His Mother-in-L Simply Be
cause She Is His Mother-inLaw"
Not all of the world. though Mr..
Wright would have you believe it. has
set it's face against the mOIher-sn-l4W.
There are touches Of the most infinite
pathos, glimpses of that human ma
ture which makes the whole world
kim which shows up the mother-in-
law in the light of the minisIering an
gel, perhaps her most characteristic
function, though, unhappily, but little
touched on by ChicagO
Record Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
STORY OF INDIAN MAGIC.
Tricks That Defy Detection and Mys-
tify All Who Behold Them.
Mongman's Magazine.)


6ongman's Magazine.)
The following story Of Indian magic
was told me by the person to whom
il was told by the late Lord Lytton-
1 give il in my own words, for the
excellent though humiiiating reason
that 1 have mislaid the manuscript
When in India, Lord LyttOn often
sought out conjurers, but never saw
any but the usual feats, such as the
mango tree trick and the basket trick.
The method in each case is known, or
at all events plausible explanations
have been given by Mr.. Maskelyne and
other experts. On one occasion Lord
Lytton liked something in the looks Of
the coinjurer who was performing in
an open space before his house. After
the ordinary exhibition, his lordship
asked the magician If he could not do
something more out of the common
way. The man said he would try, and
asked for a ring. which Lord Lytton
gave him. He then requested an Off
Ger to take in either hand a handful
of seeds; one sort was sesame; the
name of the other sort my informant
did not know. Holding these seeds and
having the ring between his finger and
thumb, the officer was to go to q we'll
in the corner Of the compound. He was
to dispose of the seeds in a certain way
II think on the low wall around the
well, into the depths of which he was
to throw the ring. All this was done,
and then the magician asked Lord I.yt-
ton where he would like the ring 10 re-
appear. He answered, Gin this dispatch
box" of which the key was attached
to his watch chain or at all events he
had 1t with him on the spot The dis
patch box was brought out. Lord Lyt-
ton opened IT, and there was the ring
This trick would be easy if the Brit
ish officer was a confederate OF the
juggier's, and II he possessed dupli-
cate key TO the dispatch box. In that
case ne would not throw the ring into
the well, but would take it into the
house, open the box and insert the ring.
But this explanation involves enormous
improba bilities. while il is unlikely.
again, that the conjufer managed to
insert duplicate ring into the dispatch
box beforehand. Lord LyttOn then
asked the juggler if he could repeat
the trick He answered in the ahirma-
tive, and a woman lent another ring
Another officer took it, with the seeds.
as before, and dropped the ring into
the well. The -cOuntenance of the Jug
gleT altered in the pause which fol-
lowed. Something. he said. had gone
wrong, and he seemed agitated. Turn
ing to the second officer. he said: Did
You arrange the seeds as I babe your
NO" said the officer, Il thought that
was all nonsense. and I threw them
away. The juggier seemed Mortified.
DO you think I do this by MYSELF '
he said, and, picking up. he departed.
The Well was carefully dragged. and
a. last the woman's ring was brought
TO the surface. That ring at least had
been in the water. But had the first
ring been as faithfully consigned to thu
depths? Experts viii be of various
opinions as 90 that. yet the hypothesis
of con1ederacy and of duplicate key to
the dispatch box is difficult.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25

The New York Evening Post eek
plains" why Congressman briggs was
convicted Of using his influence to Sc
cure a postal contract even though ne
had not been sworn in at the time the
influence was used, and Senator Diet.
rich was acquitted of the charge of sell
ing a government appointment because.
though elected, he had not been sworn
in when the sale alleged took place.
Driggs, We are told, was convicted un-
der section which prohibits such
things as that of which he was guilty
after the election Of a congressman
and during his continuance in Office.
Dietrich was acquitted because the
section under which he was prosecuted
makes his crime an offense only when
the accused is a member Of congress. -
A finer case of tweedledum and twee-
diedee was never presented TO the
American public
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25

IN LIGHTER. VEIN



People anxious TO make q trip %
Washington fee Of cost win now be-
gin to know a great deal about the
Snloot case
If Minister Powell intends To receg-
nize every de faeto government that
springs up in Santo Domingo he viii
be kept busy saying 'Howdy.
It is not hard to believe tie man
ayers Of the IrOqUois theatre are tell
ing The truth when they say they were
ignorant of the laws governing the
construction Of theatres.
It is a pleasure to know that BTis-
tow is not back Of the prosecution Of
the Kansas senator, because BTistow
has announced himself as a candidate
to succeed Burton.
What would the Chicago grain brok-
.ers do for living If there were no de-
faulting bank officials?
Senator Hanna can say as many
beautiful things about the rights Of
labor as any man now extant.
If that surplus water along The Ohio
could be comfortably stored away in
the mountains near here the change
would be satisfactory at both snds OF
the EHe.
Unless the United Mine Workers get
into politics pretty soon several dele
gates viii lose interest in the proceed
inGs.
Japan and Russia should cut the
cards to see who takes Korea. and end
all this bother.
Senator smoot feels that many out
siders are better posted on his at
fairs than he is.
Hanna was not too sick to smile
when he heard the president had con-
Guided to let Ohio alone.
If the French had thrown into the
Franco-Prussian war the same amount
Of energy they have expended in talk
ing about 1t since it ended the result
might have been different.
And. furthermore, the probability Of
excessive dancing by man and wife IS
rendered remote by the assurance OF
Senator SmoOt that there is no poly
gamy in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
iHroxloAsrs AID PROGRESS

4 RECENT REPORT from our con-
4 sui at Roubaix, France, tends to
upset the often promulgated theory
that the nations producing the greatest
amount Of alcoholic beverages are the
most temperate nations. The French
produce mere stimulants per capita
than any other people on earth ana
they consume more. So great has the
evil OF drunkenness become there that
q congress was held in Paris some
months ago to devise means of checking
the drink habit.
says the Wall Street Journal:
III appears from statistics presented
by our consul that the consumption 81
alcoholic beverages per capita i'm France
j. As gallons, in Switzerland 3.o3 in Ger
many Pa. ia England 2s5 while the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
Busy Days in Mammoth.

Here is an exact copy of lettel
received by a Salt Lake man from a
foreign gentleman who is associated
with him in a mining venture near
Mammoth. The foreign gentlemen, It
viii be observed, is full Of business
and has encountered an obstacle or
two. However. he is hopeful for the
future and will stick, as mis- letter
shows:
'Mamoth. Jan. 12.-Dear Sir: 1 h.r
working averday Ina OF rite SO faer
Ood I'm oil aud Of Monny. l Frathiat
som tuls hir from alta MAIDEN dem in
Sanity Olso Kuking Eutenzels alsO ct
was a gud ting dat l ton so. re had
STOLEN averding I had hir also me
WeIbors so [ was quit IN xpens I'm Rir
wild a qwater Of a Doller I cot FloueE
Coffee and Botatoes and yer small plea
of Baken and Il Of a ton Of coal ana
Rendet a Litel hause payt Rent OF
$500 atwens. atwens is averding hir
so ct nets MOnny foer averding.
Il mead Keutels rite Of fOer the mi1e
and Mead ard few articles. Powder 1
got So you please Send my $1,000 or
1900 so SOM you gid wild aud I could
not work.
4 cam in time 70 safe ouer prep-
erty the man / oterist TO Work could
not go had sickness in has Family. 60
I do the asesmens oil alOwn 4 cout
noting else do DO. I struck som or
Yesterday small OF yeti Shee viii com
IN before I quit YOuers Trusly,
"MamOth post Office.
'T life close hey"
q ia rFa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25


IN the way or made trouble they need
not look TO Sfina to help them in fEeir
straits. BY the wording OF the sdict
China gave notice thar she would not be
Of TIE Tibesans. that Tibet was none IF
her concern. ard that the iaTaas must
look ont for themselves
During the summer HASA made ccm-
plant Of the RUssisn surveyors and en-
g1nsers. accompanied by troops. who were
going where they pleased IN northern Tih-
ct and the lamas were curtiy advised
70 chase them out, to drive them across
the borders OF Nor gOiia.
Poor Tibet and its problems its rin-
idltys blindness and weakness. us in9hiI-
ity TO distinguish between the wolf and
the lamb, and its certainty Of doing tne
wrong thing IL the end. about parallels
sorea. which so long leaned on China
also.
Tibet Is dependent on India for its
most necessary supplies. and there is an
Increasing trade over ths border at PAR
1eilng. Although China has tor ages fHr-
nsshsd the brick tea of the Tibetaus from
the f3ngSze valley. much tea row goes
from India. together Sith all the tct-
ton goods they Consume. much barley
and foodstuffs When Mr.. ana Mrs
GEORGE Littled2ie Wsre held in camp
only forty miles from Lhassa they sens
IN for supplies, ard the tobacco was in
tins from Bristol England, the matches
came from Japan, and some other things
While no foreigners are permitted to
cross the boundary. Tibetans go back and
forth freely. There Is a school for Tib-
etan boys at Darieling. maintained at
government expense. and many Of the
graduates have taken positions as teach
ers and surveyors aad clerks il India.
The number OF TibetSn graduates from
this school, the Tibetan traders who reg
ulaTly visit Darjeling and the coolies who
work in tha tea plantations for a sea-
son and return, all help to spread the
advantages Of EHsland's ways and gov
eminent among the people
The Russian en1issaries have worked
upon. won over and showered their gifts
uDon the lauias and higher officials. The
Tibctans themselves would welcome the
English; the officials would oppose them
at the prompting Of the Russians, 50 that
there is every prospect of an internal
struggle when the affairs OF Tibet be-
come matter Of worlds interest
These are stirring times this IS a
streEIOus century. that eastern Asia finds
herself thrust into. Better a longer sleep
than such fevered awakening. some Of
the poor old essygolng people must think
Eliza r. ScidmOre in Chicago Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25
A sTREEp CAR KIcKER.

To The Salt Lake Herald:
Permit me the use Of your columns 20
protest against the wretched car service
given TO the public every evening during
the week The same consideration should
Ice paid 10 the transportation Of human
beings as is paid to the dumb erection.
wherein the number per chr is limited
snd sufficient cars should be furnished
g properly relieve the coDges ton.
KICKER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25

President Roosevelt has been indorsed
by the Republicans Of Arkansas. says
a dispatch. We are inclined 10 think
the statement would have been more
accurate if the singular. instead Of the
plural, had been used.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-25

The honey raisers in the valley claim
that their industry has been ruined ty
the smeiter fumes. They might switch
TO smoked meats if they don't consider
it too long jump.