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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25
PARTY PURE AND STRONG.

The conscientious people who organ
lied the American party as pro-
test against triumphant crime in this
State do not propose to allow either
ingenuity of that same crime to mis-
lead the party into mistakes or the
wealth and power Of that crime TO
terrify the party into discouragement
and inactivity.
The reason for protest by American
citizens in Utah grows with the years,
and that protest has been. emphasized
by a larger vote on each general or
municipal election since the party was
organized. While other organizations
have been losing ground the American
party has been gaining. And the thou.
sands Of its adberents who engaged
in battle under it's name because they
felt the stirring of patriotism which
demanded that they fight for TIL. rights
of free men in Utah are determined
that the cause advanced for such
splendid purpose and with such sub
lime heroism shall continue its effect
i've work in Utah until the day of
restoration of the people right shall
dawn. To that end they will that no
selfshness shall animate the party s
servants and the partys policies;
and TO that end also they are de-
termined to adhere with greater f.
deity TO the cause and to win by every
argument which pure and honest effort
can adduce, addition to the ranks of
an American soldiery.
The party cannot die until the vic
tory is won. because the cause Of the
people is eternal and living. the
party's very essence of life is IN its
purity Of action and in its aggressive
warfare upon the evils which afflict
this commonwealth. The benefits which
have accrued to- Salt Lake City under
American rule are undisputed By we'll
informed and conscientious people.
Many of the horrifying evils of the
city's life have been eradicated !;
many Of the blunders Of the pnst have
been corrected; and many steps for
high advancement of the city's worth
and high reputation have been begun.
There is still much to do, many i'm
provements which the party itself
must make in itself and for the
people-and these it will make; for
it's adherents, animated by conscience,
will strive with unabated zeal to that
end But already enough has been
done to prove that Utah would profit
in every ethical and business considera.
tion by American sway throughout the
State. The longer that triumph is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25
THE CITY'S GIFTS.

This day Of days brings to deserving
Salt Lake gifts for the equipment of an
industrial empire.
First in her store Of good things Is
the beneicence Of American sway over
her material future and in protection
Of the civil rights of her citizens. Fol-
lowing close upon her Americanlzation
has never before been experienced In
her history. The city is TO have an
ample water supply. The railway com
panies which were already in operation
here are making outlay of princely
sums for betterments, and during the
year Just coming in they are to give
US two magnificent union passenger
stations. One new line is constructing
out to the west and another is coming
this way from Denver; and in addition
to these a new road is to be constructed
out into the Deep Creek mining dis
trict, a boon for which the miners out
there have been hoping for years.
OF intense local interest is the fact
that the street railway system is TO be
modernized in every respect, al an
enormous outlay Of money, and that
network of iuterurban lines is to make
close communication between the city
and the surrounding country districts.
In connection with this great improve
ment is the proposed reconstruction OF
the lighting system and its numerous
generating stations, which arc TO be
equipped with modern machinery OF
the most approved types. The new
gas company is also urging forward as
rapidly as possible the work of install
lation of its works and arteries; and
there is assurance that the Public Ser
vice company, which not long ago sc.
cured its franchise, Will prosecute its
work rapidly, the sum of one million
dollars being set aside for that pur-
pose.
Some half dozen steel Office struc-
lures are to be built in the business
district, work on these te begin as soon
as material can be brought TO the sites.
Real estate dealers indicate that there
is to be large increase in residence
construction during the year and that
there will be great activity IN the real
ty market.
The mines and smeltcrs, although al
WAYS with us. are increasing their out
put, and some large new districts are
being opened up 10 exploitation, both
industries giving promise of larger re-
turns than ever. So far the prospects
are for a very favorable year in agri-
cultual pursuits, with a good market
for the absorption of the products.
No other Christmas has brought so
much TO the Salt Lake stocking; and
no people were ever more proud of her
gifts than are those of the Greater Salt
Lake,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

The Christmas spirit, speaking COM
mercially, has been exercised with the
most splendid generosity in this city
this year. Never before did the buying
spirit begin so early, keep up its zeal
so long, OF buy SO lavishly, so tastefully,
so extensively in variety Of choice, or
so richly in cost Of purchases. 1t has
been n glorious exposition of the open
, hearted generosity and friendly feeling
| which so finely fits this holiday sea-
son. Commendable it is, too; for moth
ing so adorns the human graces as the
spirit that strives TO make others
happy.
But the true Christmas spirit, after
all, is not in display. of gifts or other
WISE Much less is it seen in the mere
exchange of gifts, or in the supposed OBJ
legation to give In return for gifts ex-
pected The gift that is extorted by
this feeling that it Is expected, or by
the idea that not to give will render
one liable to the accusation of meanness,
or failure IN doing "the right thing is
not in essence Christmas gift at all.
it is a constraint of return for obiQa-
tion either actual or conventional. And
when this constrained giving comes
from those who can little afford 1t, or
whom it may pinch to provide the gift,
feeling goes along with it that is not
in the least right Christmas spirit and
although all such extorted or duty
gifts are so prone TO take the Christmas
season for their expression, they arc not
in the least AN appropriate manifesto
ton of the joys and the memories OF
this season.
But the true spirit of Christmas is
humility and sacrifice. 1t began with
the preparation for the mighty drama
which was the most magnificent and tre-
mcndous sacrifice of which the mind of
man can conceive; the sacrifice of God
Himself for the redemption of the hu'
man race II was a pure and holy sac
rifce for which there could be no pos
sible return in equivalent; the only
return possible was in the benefit of
mankind. and the acceptance by men OF
the sacrifice meant to turn them to the
WAYS of life and goodness,
So that in no mercenary spirit should
Christmas be observed, but in the striv-
ing TO benefit others, as all are benefited
bv the divine sacrifice, The rich should
dispense freely, with no thought of re-
turn; the poor should receive abund-
antlv, as all may receive in abundance
the blessings that flow from the divine
sa acrifice that sheds its glory effulgently
and helpfullv to all. Taking no thought
of gifts in return, all should give as
their means allow; and above all every
thing should be wholly free and alto
gether unselish, that the heart may
show forth its reception OF the great
lesson of the Lord s bounty to man, in
memory so vividly at this blessed sea
son, the great Christian festival of love
ard Joy,
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THE HOLY DAY.

This is the children a day in com.
memoration Of tho raising from the
tomb Of Him who was the beloved and
tho lover Of children.
His immortality is real; for He lives
in the belief of the Little Ones-though
all the men and women grown of all
the world should have their doubt. His
immortality is real; for the things He
taught are living in the best thought
and action of mankind today. And of
all His teachings the love for the Lit
tie Ones and His fraternity with sor-
row are the most sacred.
Humanity will never go far astray
where children are beloved and protect
ed by holy preccpt and by sweet ex-
ample. And humanity will be forever
upliftcd while all men and women hold
communion Of fraternal love with those
who are cast down by sorrow.
There is an irradiating influence from
the giving on this day which spreads
itself throughout the entire year. Some
times the bestowal may be for the
sake of return or to comply with form,
but nearly always it is the expression
of loving thought-nnd loving
thought is the world s greatest good.
When men shall know how to achieve
their ends through love of each other
instead OF through hate, the evils will
have passed away and the perfection Of
existence will have been attained.
This is the Good Dny-the day when
the grown people minister to the Lit
tie Ones in memory of the Divine
Friend Of children; and the day when
the strong and the powerful minister
TO the weak and sorrowful in memory
Of the Brother of the Lowly.
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AUTHOR ROOSEVELT.

In his american Ideals as part
of the essay upon "True American
ism, - Theodore Roosevelt-then the
literary man. and later President of
the United States, says.
II may be. that in ages so remote that
We cannot now understand any Of the
feelings of those who VIII dwell In them
patriotism VIII no longer be regarded as
a virtue, exactly as II may be that In
those remote ages people Will look down
upon and disregard monogamic marriage
but as things now are and have been fol
two or three thousand years past, and
are likely 10 be for two or three thousand
years TO come. the words home" and
country mean great deal. Nor dc
they show any tendency TO lose their sig
nificance. At present treason. like adul-
terry ranks as one OF the worst of all
possible crimes.
been expected from n man Of Roose-
velt's unspotted personal life and
Roosevelt's exalted patriotism. He
holds that loyalty to country and f.
deity to the obligations Of home are
among the supreme demands.
That is, such is his view as an author,
and such is his personal practice. 1t
is strange, indeed, then, that Theodore
Roosevelt, President of. the United
States, should permit himself TO be
quoted by the apostles of treason and
divinely appointed adultery as their
friend and protector ''-as the Nor
mon hierarchs do so indicate him in
their pulpit addresses and in their
private communications to their people.
What Author Roosevelt foresees as a
dim, distant possibility, "exactly as it
may be''-a looking down upon and q
disregard of monogamjc marriage; the
Mormon hierarchy would hasten by sew
eral thousand years. making that dis
regard of monogamy the sentiment of
the present age. A great many Ameri'
cans who love the Roosevelt ideals as
typifed in his literary works are sur
prised that he, by his silence, permits
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MORNING. 25

crafty and dangerous power here they
pause at no injustice and they are
withheld by no sense Of shame.
Reed Smoot should be excluded from
the Senate Of the United States be-
cause he is the agent-tho responsible
agent-of this corrupt power, He is
its ambassador and should receive his
passports from the Government Of the
United States, because he is AN alien.
Flo, with his co-conspirators, the heads
Of the Mormon church. believes in the
destruction of this Government, and to
that end plots sedition.
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A WICKED CHRISTMAS GIFT

"There are Christmas gifts and
Christmas gifts" said Bishop Foss, a
few days before his departure for
Japan. 'but the only acceptable ones
are those given with a pure motive
In crockery shop, during the holi-
days, | once saw the proprietor hand
plainly dressed young woman two
dollar bin.
''She looked at the bill and said bit
terly;
rs that all' And durin the past
year ain t broken thirty-dve tumblers,
twenty-six cups. nine meat platters,
four saucers, seventy-two plates and
thirteen of the mistress best tu-
reens1'
50 There, there, said the shopman,
soothingly, here S another dollar for
you. And don't forget me, you know,
he ended with a wink. -
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Here and There e
"FRAUD ORDER FOR SANTA
CLAUS

CLAUS.
Washington Herald.
We confess to some small degree Of
surprise on learning that fraud or
der' has been issued by the PostofIico
department against that highly respect
able and happy old citizen, Santa Clans.
Yet such is actually the case, All mail
directed to him must go, without fur
ther ado, straight to the dead.letter Of
fee.
We never expected to see Santa come
to thls' Perhaps, in pious, happy, and
kindly way, the old fellow is something
of fraud, but his fraudulent practices
have brought only happiness and good
cheer into this world. To be officially
stamped as bogus is something that
Santa Claus does not deserve, His
broad and heretofore untarnished es-
cutcheon mcrited no such besmirching.
Were it not for the fact that tots and
toddlers are so forgiving and forgetful,
we have no doubt that in after years
the high and mighty authorities who
have forced this indignity upon this
grand old man would hear the voice of
the people laundering in their ears as
never before. But, alas, as childish
hearts grow in wisdom, we fear they
are prone to overlook and excuse such
things.
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7 opiics of the Day
A CRIME AGAINST SOCIETY

Cardinal Gibbons in tho Century.
Voluntary self-murder is not only a
violation OF the divine law, but is also
a crime against society. We arc social
beings. We owe duty to the com
monwealth as well as To ourselves. We
mutually depend on one another, like
the members of our physical body.
For none of us liveth to himself; and
no man dieth TO himself Human
society may be compared to a grand
army, every member OF which has 81
special place and mission assigned to
him by his Sovereign Commander To
abandon the post of duty Entrusted to
sentinel is regarded by the military
code as most cowardly act, which is
punished with extreme rigor. What
less does the suicide do than basely
abandon the situation assigned to him
in the warfare Of lifei And there is
no vice more contagious than cowardly
dcsertion It is often followed by q
general mutiny- The same is true of
suicide. When a few leeds of self.
murder are widely circulated by the
press, they are not infrequently fol-
lowed by numerous voluntary slaugh.
ters, A suicidal wave rolls over the
land.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25
TRAGEDY OF A WOODEN LEG.

Conner Davies. who travels on wood
en- leg. says: 'About the worst acci.
dent we ever heard of Detailing a
wooden-legged man is the time one such
unfortunate was going home after be
ing to late supper, along about IL
o clock in the morning, when his peg
leg went through an augcr hole in
the grub-plank sidewalk and he kept
circling about in that hole all night
thinking he was going home. The ed
itor of this paper wants IT distinctly
understood that we cannot vouch for
the truth fulness of this story.
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SPELLING BEE AT BILLVILLE.

SPELLING BEE AT BILLF1LLE.
Atlanta Constitution.
1--WE regret to report, - says the Bill.
vile Banner, "that the Spelling Bee,
as an organization, Is no more. It died
game, but 1T died all over. And it was
all on account of the new advanced
spoilers coming in contact with the old.
When they tackled the word Through,
one of the school members spelt it like
Mr. Carnegie does, and gave him and
President Roosevelt as his authorities,
whereupon he was accused of being a
Republican agitator who has had no
place in Democratic spelling bee. He
went through but it was by way Of
the window. Then another chap created
a disturbance with the word prob
ably, which he tried to shorten to
'probly.' He will probably recover, al
though he has three doctors and a
trained nurse. There were many other
instances of a lack of harmony in the
meeting: but 1T was remarkable that,
though they left the 'e' out of 'whis-
ky. it went down peaceable!'
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the teachers Of disloynlty and of
polygamy to make their following be.
lieve that he is in sympathy with
these offenses against the high scnti-
mentalities Of our American civiliza-
tion.
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THE LAST 'INDIAN-WAR" SCARE
Leslie 8 Weekly

Leslies Weekly.
Another Indian war; has been
pcaccably concluded. The 'fferocious
Utes have submitted to the arguments
of the soldiers sent to suhdue them,
and have given up the hunting trip on
which they had started when the
Western correspondents seized the OPP
portunity TO telegraph alarmist "space
stories' TO the effete and credulous
Eastern press. One of our own CORE
spondents illustrates the baselessness of
the scare by this little story Of a
prominent ranch owner in the territory
'infested - by the Utes. He had come
into the nearest town, Sheridan. Wyo.,
forty miles from his ranch. When he
told his friends that he had left his
family at home. they asked if he was
not afraid 10 do so. " "Afraid?' he
echoed. ''The Utes are as peaceable
as any of my ncighbors. One of the
squaws is helping my wife to wash,
and ANOTHER is pitching hay on the
ranch, -
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Many boys Of today will never be
able, like their elders, TO boast that
they had to be satisfied with few
simple gifts when they were young.
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In spite of everything, there will be
considerable unhaPpiness today, and all
of it will not be in the homes of the
very poor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

Mr.. Howell knew that he was deeply
interested in the Panama canal, as soon
as he learned that he could make the
trip without expense.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

However, proposition to have
Christmas come but once in two years
would have the hearty endorsement of
good many, including the letter car
riers
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

You probably have not heard of any
children who had TO be called twice
this morning.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

What parents do for their children
today, the children will fully appreciate,
some years hence,
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Col Loose does not think it necessary
to get any information from the Legis-
lators in predicting what the Legisla-
ture would do.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

Members of the Legislature arc re-.
quired to do their legislative work
themselves, but it is only the Constitu-
tion that requires it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

Children may now see how deserving
their parents really are, and treat them
with greater forbearance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

Smiles on Christmas morning do not
necessarily mean freedom from disap-
pointment, as many people arc brave.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

The sincerity of a Merry Christmas
wish can hardly be questioned when
as in various cases, the wish is accom-
nanied By o hntfle
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

Japan must not take advantage of
the peaceful spirit Of the United States
this Christmas week to say offensive
things.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

But some of those who made their
purchases last night would not have
done so. if the chance had not been
their last one.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

Representative Howell. however, will
be glad to do anything he can for the
Agricultural College while in Panama
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perhaps you would have TO look among
those who received but little.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

enough to be satisfied with a small gift,
such as girl g hand.
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Early Christmas shopping, moreover,
gives the little folks better opportuni-
lies for look at the hidden packages.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

This being time of peace, the usual
number will feel impelled, no doubt, to
get cut and disturb it,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-25

But where some one has taken the
trouble to hang UP mistletoe in plain
sight. no gentleman will fail TO notice
il
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The spirit OF childhood will by no
means be limited 10 the children today
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FOR VEGETARIANS

Meat eating may be very bad
But all the trouble you have had
And all that's I'm the world TO boot
Was caused we're told. by eating fruit
ALA Hoyt Brown in the Bohemian
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In declaring that Apostle Smoot
----''a 90 back to the Senate, if onsted +,
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defiance,

Col. Loose was, Of course, moroly ex-
pressing the gentle apostle 3 spirit Of
defiance,
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Were you able to look as if you were
completely surprisedl
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OFFICE CHIEF q
Denver. Colo. D(
Sealed proposals In Z!
usual conditions. VIII
and at office OF posi-
III IL a. m. January z
ing at Ft. Douglas ut
wheat bran, $50. 600 p
$4,000 pounds of stra'
year ending June ~,
quantities. less than !
or for delivery at pol
one named, Will be
reserves the right 10 9
or all bids or any pl
nation furnished on
al Office OF post qua
lopes to be marked y
at Fort Douglas Z
Chief .. NJ.
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But not too merry,