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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
STOP THE CONTEMPT.

Contempt for law and courts Is becom-
ing too common in the country.-Dcseret
News Editorial
We'll, why don't you and your people
cease your contemptuous attitude
toward law and toward the courts, Mr.
Deseret News2 That action on your
part would lessen the average of con-
tempt to a considerable extent. How
can you expect anyone within the range
of your influence to feel that law Is
anything else than a Durlesque and
courts anything else than vaudeville,
when you and your controllers pre-
tend. in the name of God. that you have
a right TO scoff at statutes and to sneer
at judicial proceedings7
The Deseret News is greatly worried
because a mob In a Southern State
nulllfied an opinion by one of the JUS
tices of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States by lynching a negro in
whose case a stay of execution had
been granted, And yet the Descret
News. for itself and the lawbreakers
whom 1t represents, has been overrul-
ing INC uIAnlHOuS ueClSlOn Oh tnc ou-
preme Court of the country, has been
abrogating the laws of national and
State Legislatures; and has been nulli-
flying the Constitution OF the United
States and OF the State OF Utah for. 10,
these many years.
Is II any worse, Mr.. Deseret News,
for an outraged populace to lynch ne
gro In defiance of Il stay granted by one
of the Justices Of the United States Su-
preme Court-and to do this in the
for you prophets, seers and revclators
to immediate the young women OF your
church upon the altar of polygamy-
and to do this in the blasphemed name
of God
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ANOTHER FALSE DEFENCE.

Another defender of Mormon polyg
amy has arisen in the person of a
woman correspondent of The Progress
OF Minneapolis. This writer, in q
lengthy article characterized by much
careful presentation and some errors,
makes the astounding statement that
polygamy was not thought of In the
Mormon church until the people saw
the necessity of peopling the wilder
ness into which they were being driven,
and that the taking of plural wives
was not unlawful.
The polygamous cult ought to be
down on Its knees praying to be saved
from its friends. For fifty years now
the Mormon church has been engaged
In an effort to prove that polygamy
was practiced as early as lS41 at Nau
VOC; and ii is understood that Joseph
F. Smith. the chief present exponent
of the crime, contends that the reve-
lation on plural marriage was given to
his uncle, Joseph Smith. the Prophet.
as early as 1851. There were living In
Utah until recently devoted women
who testified before men and angels
that they We're married to Joseph
Smith. the original prophet, as early
as 1S41 and that they lived with him
as his plural wives
AT no time and at no place within
the confines Of these United States.
since the organization OF the Govern
ment has polygamy been lawful.
What possesses the falsifiers to at
tempt to defend the indefensible by
such outrageous untruths? II polyg-
amy were practlced at Nauvoo and by
Joseph Smith, the prophet, and his col
leagues. the entire claim OF Its being
instituted to people the wilderness into
which they were being driven is n fraud
IL 1t were practlced at Nauvoo, and
by Joseph Smith. the claim that the
Laws and the Fosters were vile ira
ducers Of the prophet is a fraud II
polySamy were not practiced at Nau-
VOC, if 1t were instituted under real or
pretended revelation by Brigham
Young then the whole foundation of 1t
Is a fraud. for it is attributed to Jo-
seph Smith.
In either case the assumption tnat It
was ever lawful under the statutes and
the common law OF this country is a
fraud. Whenever, wherever. by whom
ever IT was established. 1t was not be-
cause there was no law forbldding 1t,
for II reached its highest point of prac-
tice In Its first epoch at a time when
the statutory law forbade and when
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

had declared the law to be Constltu-
tional. 1t was four years after the lat
ter event, and Immediately following
the Edmunds act which was passed for
the purpose OF providing n method 10
enforce the spirit OF the law of 1862,
through President John Taylor COM
manding all officers OF the church to
go into polygamy. And the practice
of plural marriage reached It's highest
point In It's second period after the
Constitution and the laws OF the State
OF Utah had expressly inhibited 1t, and
after the present hierarchy had given
to the country their pledge of honor
that they would neither solemnize nor
permit the solemnization of plural mar
riages, nor continue polygamous cohab-
itation.
1t is pity that so thoughtful an ar
tlcle as that of Lura Vane Smith, in
The Progress of Minneapolis. which
pays high tribute to the industry,
general sobriety, thrift, and educa-
tlonal facilities of the Mormon people.
should be marred by such palpablc
falsehcods.
The fact Is that the Mormon church,
by Its varying accounts of the origin
OF plural marriage, and by It's broken
oaths, has absolutely precluded all pos
sibility OF a logical defense
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
INVENTOR LOST TO FAME.

Donver Republican
Dr. David L, Day chief of a division
of the geological survey in an article
In tine current American illustrated
Magazine. declares the greatest bene-
factor OF the world In the matter of
the discovery of an artificial light to
have been not the well-known and fa-
nous discoverer of the electric light
but the man who first placed a glass
globe around the flame Of kerosene
lamp and gave the world Its first
steady white flame.
The name of the real inventor of this
lamp globe Is lost to fame. One Kier
of Pittsburg. while not the inventor is
popular use by giving away lamps with
globes to encourage the use of the new
ly discovered kerosene at about the
same time Mr.. Rockefeller began to
put him out Of business. Up to that
time reading at night had been next
to impossible and the man who la
bored all day had small opportunity to
read. Education and knowledge OF
what was going on In the world was
confined to the few whose daily work
enabled them to read books and news
papers. With the new light the toiler
found 1t possible to read at night, and
so civilization began one OF It's great
est advances because some unknown
man had placed a glass globe around
an oil flame to keep the air currents
from making 1t flicker or blowing 1t out
entirely.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
"oNLY" a REPRESENTATIVE.

A recent special dispatch from Wash
ington to the Deseret Evening News
conveys this startling Information.
Representative Howell. who Is only
a member OF the lower house. was pres
ent lat the Smoot hearlngl,"
The average reader of the Deseret
News must be suspected of Ignorance
so thick that a dynamite bomb is re-
quired to dissipate it, If that inforna-
tion was necessary. Representative
Howell IS "only" a member of the
Iowa. house But even fer the sake of
conveying information why should the
News state the painful fact in this
invidlous and humiliating way2 To be
sure. Representative Howell is only"
a member of the lower house; but 1t is
no fault of his and no fault OF Joseph
F. Smith: the intention OF both being
that he shall succeed to the Senate at
the earliest possible time.
Possibly the News only cast the Rep
resentative down in order that 1t might
the more noticeably eXalt him when
1t shall announce that he has been Sc
lected to fill the vacancy occaSioned
by the exclusion of Reed Smoot from
the Senate. or when he shall succeed
TO the upper house Of Congress in some
other way. Representative Howell's
Senatorshlp has been assured to him
for some time past by the voice OF
the prophet, seer. and revelator; and
he is as sure Of the elevation as a
man can be of anything future In this
mundane sphere. Hon. Joseph Howell
was the first man OF Importance in
Utah to cry 'long live the king" to
Joseph f. Smith before he said 1.-The
king is dead" of Lorenzo Snow. Presi-
dent Smith has never forgotten that,
when a sharp issue was drawn between
President Lorenzo Snow and his coun-
selor, Joseph F. Smith. Hon, Joseph
Howell had the shrewdness and the
foresight to side with the younger man
and TO accept his guidance rather than
that of the aged prophet, seer, and rev.
elator whose sands of life were slip
ping away. For that good guess by
Howell Joseph F. Smith has been ac
lively grateful. II was because of his
affection for Howell that George a.
Smith, not then an apostle. but
prominent politician, was withdrawn
from the race for the Congressional
nomination to make clear running for
Howell. 1t was because of Joseph F.
Smiths gratitude that Howell's friends
were assured that, In case OF Reed
Snoot's exclusion Joseph Howell would
be appointed to succeed him. 1t was
partly for the purpose of taking this
good care OF Howell that the prophet,
seer, and revelator insisted upon hay
ing Heber NJ. Wells set aside and John
c. Cutler selected as Republican candi-
date for the Governorship.
Howell is only" a member OF the
lower house now: but he is fayorlte
OF the hicrarch, and there Is no place
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
Current Comment
EASY MONEY IN NEW YORK.
st Louis Republic.

st Louis Republic.
Assertions are being made that West
ern tips are demorallzing servants IN
the hotels walters In the restaurants
cabmen and other dependents about
town. New Workers are declaring that
the Westerner (and everybody from be-
yond Buffalo or Pittsburg is called a
Westerner In the metropolis) comes to
New York with his pockets full of coin
OF the realm and the Idea that he must
load with fees every supernumerary
who does him the slightest service All
oyercharges the Westerner Is said to
accept and pay with Il scornful disre-
gard OF prudence. The result Is, ac-
cording TO sage metropolitans, that the
professional servants are being turned
into rapacious cormorants and petty
swindlers. Walters short change. cab
men oyercharge, bellboys sulk for silver
and messengers refuse to fetch and car
ry until they have received a liberal
fee. The latest story OF Westerners as
spendcrs is told by popular dressma-
ker who admits that she puts up her
price % per cent whenever she learns
that her customer is from the West
They have plenty OF money and never
haggle over prices" she explains
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
INDECENT DENIAL.

| Reviewing certain occasional out
the average mind is inclined to a pro-
found wondcrment that reputable men
can be found to deny, even by implica-
| ton, that which every one knows is an
| existent fact. There is not Il child of
| fourteen years OF age. blessed with nor
NAL faculties, In all Utah who is not
aware that the Mormon church makes
n monopoly of all the business enter
prises which It's leaders touch. 1t
brooks no opposition by members of Its
society, and 1t uses the funds derived
from Its contributors In order to create
for itself adventurous advantage over
Gentle competitors.
In View OF this common knowledge. Of
what value are the utterances of men
who go to Washington to say that the
Mormon church does not control the
stock of this or that or the other cor
poration? Take sugar, for instance:
Except for the distant and superior
power of the sugar trust OF this coun-
try Joseph F. Smith is supreme in the
sugar III tn6
country. When he desires To start a
new factory. provided the general trust
Will permit, he apportions the stock
among his favorites according to his
good Will and favor. If anyone else at
tempt to organize q company and start
q factory, the shake of his head is suffi-
cieRt to ruin the enterprise. 1t is a
well-known fact that no salt industry
along the shores of the lake succeeds
except by his sufferancc 1t is indisput-
able knowledge that he holds the con-
troll of the electric power and lighting
and railway companies of this city and
surrounding country. OF what avail Is
1t to dispute facts of this kind, Colonel
Geoghegan2 And what possible dignity
can 1t lend to you TO carry an intima-
tlon to the country that trade here is
as free as It should be in any American
community? You know perfectly we'll.
as does every other citizen, that In the
special lines which the church has alb
sorbed, no such thing as competition on
honorable terms is possible. You know
that the Mormon business man Is un-
der the same prescription which was
directed against Smurthwaite: Keep
out of competitive business or get out
of the church" You know that the
Gentle business man has to battle
against institutions which demand all
Mormon trade and as much Gentle
patronage as can be procured; and In
addition have at their back the enor-
nous 1.-THE fund to carry them over any
period Of difficulty. You know that
every Mormon employee OF Gentle
business house takes ten per cent OF the
wages paid to him by his Gentle en-
ployer (who Is a competitor of the
church-sustained institutlons) and con-
tributes that money to the support Of
the hierarchy, who thus force the Cen
tile business man to turn the grlndstone
with which TO sharpen the weapon for
his own destruction. You know that If
the hierarchy had as much business
ability as they have power. no Gentle
institution of any kind could survive In
competition with institutions OF similar
character, supported owned or con-
trolled by the hierarchy.
A denial of these things Is worse
than senseless, it is indecent
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
Observer s Observations

I observe that the people on the up
per side Of the street look down on U.S.
but the hearse stops there just the
same as IL does here.
That the people on the lower side OF
the street have learned not TO be en-
vious of the people across the way
when they see the doctor call there.
That some people strike the tender
chord 40 hard as to destroy all its
sweetness and leave everything out or
harmony.
That when n "contented mind il a
continual feast" there are mighty few
guests In attendance.
That If only still tongue makes
wise head" the mystery is solved why
80 few people arc wise.
That there are comparatively few
policy-holderS In the "honesty-ls-the-
best policy" concern.
That not only the fool and his money
are soon parted" In Salt Lake city.
but the the needful is scarce with some
other people.
That II isn't so much because people
have an itching for public favor that
the world condemns them, but be-
cause they scratch before company
for It.
That patience is a virtue" the
dIllOuUl Ol WHICH one lUS VII idlu 10
very uncertain.
That Christianity is about the only
sure remedy for the bite OF the serpent
In the glass.
That some of the mistakes OF life
have not yet been rectifed and appor-
emily never viii be.
That a broken pledge cannot be
mended so but that 1t viii show the
weld.
That 1T might have been" brings no
Joy in It's contemplation.
That "of oil sad words of tongue or
pen" TO some. as they turn and look
away over the fields where they went
astray the saddest are II 1t had not
been.
FROM CATVILLE.
That the feline tribe has been holding
mass convention for the purpose of
protesting against the use of patent
mice and rat eXtermlnators In the pam
try and the cellar.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE


Hitherto all efforts to bring about
the adoption and general use OF an in
tcrnatlonal language have come TO
nsught. In turn, "Volapuk," Kos
mos" "Spelin," "Myrana," Monde
lneue," "Idiom Neutral" and other In
vented languages have been urged
upon attention and warmly advocated
by n few enthusiasts. but none has
achieved general recognition. Now,
however, there are signs that the de-
mand for such a language is increas-
Ing and that a common medium OF ex-
preston for commercial and scientific
use Ia really required to meet the
worlds practical needs. Esperanto, "
a composite OF Latin. Italian and
French, seems to be the favorite and
It's formal recognition by the London
Chamber of Commerce Will strengthen
It's claims TO notice.
For merchants and exporters a uni
versal language. sort OF pathological
clearing house, would be a convenience
today and 1T may be necessity tomor-
row, Apparently men OF science and
scholars are also inclining to the advo-
caCy of such a language as measure
Of practical policy. Every year sees
an increase In the output OF scientific
works issued In Spanish, Italian, Rus
sian, Norwegian and Swedish as well
as English, French and German, SO
that the student who would keep In
touch with the best thought OF his time
no longer finds that a knowledge OF
two, or even of three, languages Is suf-
flcient.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
NEW GAME AT THE POOL TABLE


No game has more variations than
pool and the latest one to make It's ap-
pearance Is ''siXty-siX." 1t has a
vogue In the leading clubs and is pop
ular. 1t calls for skin TO be played
well but appeals more as a source OF
fun. The usual pyramid of fftcor balls
is used. The corner pockets are num-
bered 1. 2. and 4 respectively-that
is. an object ball dropping In any OF
those pockets counts one. two. three or
four points. as the case may be. Each
side pocket counts ten points. Before
the start the little balls are rolled out
OF the bottle, the amount represented
on the little balls being an unknown
quantity except TO the holder thereof,
as In pin pool Including the hidden
number. the first player to total sixty
six wins. but " he goes over sixty-six
he "busts" and has to begin all over
again,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
Latest Lynching
FOR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.
Chattanooga Times.

The city OF Chattanooga is shamed
and humiliated as never before by the
event OF last night. Aside from the
bloodthirstness Of the deed the people
of this community must rest under the
odium of deliberately defying the order
of the highest court in the land and
contemptuously setting at nauGht the
laws Of their own State. IL is now a
question between the mob and the Fed
eral authorities as to what shall fol-
low"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

1t Is believed, however. that the
Council searchers can find that the city
has some Big Cottonwood water only
a few hundred feet below the intake Of
the conduit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

cline 10 be astonished If he should find
the report true that the sugar trust
controls the sugar factories OF Utah
and Idaho
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
CALLS FOR PUNISHMENT.

The defence of q mandate OF the
Supreme court is something that has
rarely happened. and II calls for salu-
tary punishment by the Government
Not only the court, but the President
is very much exercised by this out
rage, and 1t is likely to develop some
thing more than a nine-dnys' wonder
and another notch In the record Of mob
murders.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Judge King might not take the
apostleship even If 1t were offered to
him, as he might prefer to remain a
Democrat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
Easter Noveltie'

A window display gives passing shoppers ou'
sion of the many cute little Easter giftnoyeit'e'
showing in the stationery department,
We will be glad to have the children come III
novelties.
Early selection has its advantages
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Really" said the callow youth, Il
am no longer a mere youth. I've got a
little hair on my lip now"
Yes" replied Miss Pepprey, land
perhaps In q few weeks you may have
another one, e,"-Phlladelphia Press.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
FEDERAL STAY DOOMED HIM.

Justice Harlan's action In granting a
stay OF execution seems to have sealed
the negro's doom. 1t meant long delay,
and the Dopulace was not In a mood
for that They believed him guilty and
they were determined that he should
die. The sentence of the court has been
irregulsrly and unlawfully executed.
This Is what long delays In the matter
OF punishment by the courts In such
cases mean.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Evidently. Gen. Geoghegan thought 1t
unnecessary to state that there were
a good many Gentiles in the Salt Lake
City government. also.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Postmaster Glove would probably
walt and come home with Brother
Smoot IL he did not feel that he ought
not to stay away from the postonice
month longer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Aspirants who see much to admire In
the salary of the apostleship, do not like
the worldly idea of putting rich man
in the place,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

A report OF the abandonment Of the
Morrisite plan to condemn the city ad-
ministTation for proposing TO make
the conduit fit to hold water, has
leaked out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
NOT AN ORDINARY LYNcHING.

NOT AN ORDINARY LYNCHING.
Chicago Tribune.
This affair differed from others OF a
similar nature in that the prisoner was
under the protection of the Supreme
court of the United States and the
lyncheTs have not only committed mur-
der. but. a more serious thing. have
incurred the penalties provided for
contempt of court. Where the sympa-
thy OF the community is on the side
OF the lynchers. 1t ls little use to try
to secure Indictment. witnesses that
Will testify, or a jury that Will con-
vict In contempt proceedings there is
no indictment needed and no jury per-
mitt FL
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

1t is apparent that there are several
prominent members of the church who
are not considered too religious for the
apostleship.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Representative Howell performed the
important work for Utah yesterday Of
introducing Mr.. Glove and Mr.. Marks
to the President.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

When Mr. wilkins next writes a let
ter of resignation he will be careful
not to deliver II to any one unfair
enough to treat II seriously
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Though unable TO return in time to
testify in the Smoot case, Apostle Tay-
lor is expected to arrive in the United
States in the near future.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

After all. Senator Smoot Will find
some satisfaction, doubtless. In getting
out of the national limelight, and set
Ting down again to a quiet religious
1gfa
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

Seeing that the county jail bride had
no wedding presents, Sheriff Emery
might have given her a nice pair of
steel bracelets.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

President Llnford evidently has too
much confidence in Senator Smoot to
believe that the Senator means any
thing he says against poIygamy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

But when a woman goes to JAIL
where there are thieves, she must not
be surprised il some one steals her
heart.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
NEED AN OBJECT LESSON.

Richmond Times Despatch
The lynchers showed their utter con-
tempt for the order OF the highest court
in the land, and such contempt of law
cannot be condoned. We hope that
these bold and defiant lawbreakers VIII
be apprehended and made an example
Of, The lawless element of the South
needs an object lesson
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29

After the Smoot case Is disposed Of,
1t will be possible to have an old-time
reunion of apostles in Salt Lake.