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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-04-06
Print Proctor's Record Beside Proctors
Platform.

published Mr. POors record on certain public G
editor
will man ~
at 70 Herald Ind, replied:
really stood
real service by telling what
denial and pooh pooling would not satisfy people
disct the latter
better that Mr. Proctor not that kind
convincing
alongside the PLATFORM whatever
the people judge
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-04-06

The keen edge of the humor of THE
situation must be considerably blSnted
by this time for Standard Oil Rogers.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-04-06
The Solid Press Of Vernon
Slightly Shaken

the fact that the newspapers In vermont are %
- unners of Fletcher Proctor it appears tha' tne oa STA
press S by means unanimously In iavol ~. " ~
still few editors capable of independent thought
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

for the purposes specified In the law
OF It's creation.
But there Is a great and necessary
work to be done In draining the swamp
! lands OF the country, That, however,
is a wholly different question. and
should be covered In a law framed fitly
To meet the case II the States In
which these swamp lands lie, wish,
either singly In groups. or I'm mass. to
recover from the general fund sufficient
OF the money their people have In the
past paid in for public lands In those
States, TO use for this drainage work
on like terms as the money Is used for
reclamation purposes for arid lands
the arid belt would make no objection;
but IL does object TO having its irrlga-
ton fund 1lched almost before II has
begun TO receive any benefit from 1t.
But In any event, 1t Is only the States
which had. by the Government lands
within their boundaries. contributed to
the National treasury, that would have
any claim In this direction for the use
OF public funds. Neither North Caro-
lima nor Virginia is In this class. Each
of these States reserved Its public
lands to Itself upon coming into the
Union, and consequently has no sepa-
rate equity in any money derived by
the Nation from the sale OF any of It's
lands No doubt, a great deal Of mon
ey could be made by the drainage of
the Great Dismal Swamp. and also OF
other great swamps; and it is probable
that company capital could be accumu-
lated to do the work provided the
States in which they lie would give a
free hand. But the attempt to f1lch
from the reclamation fund for this pur-
pose is at once inequitable and indie
fensible on any ground of public right.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
EVERY DAY A CURSE.

1t is not often. Reed Smoot. that one
small man can make so much dam
age In the world as your selfish ambi
tions have effected Your State was at
peace with the country. Your Mormon
people were supposed to be striving
with all reasonable diligence to con-
form to the requirements OF civiliza-
ton Your church was taking Its
place with other churches, to stand or
fall by its achievements for good or
evil among mankind. From out of the
selhshness of your eoul there came
createl monster of your ambition, and
1t has walked through the land spread
ing havoc In its train. The State has
beer In perpetual unrest. Your people
have been dIscredited as never before.
Your church totters on its foundations
What have you given In return for
the great disasters which have fol-
lowed your selfish aspirations?
Nothing. Your place might have
been vacant in the Senate, for all the
practical good that has been done, 1t
might have been better vacant than to
have produced the evil consequent
upon your election.
An apostle o. the Lord Jesus Christ
should love his fellow men: should
serve them with sweet tenderness and
gentle zeal. In the days to come when
you sit down with your owr soul and
reflect upon what YOU have accom-
plished, If conscience be not dead In
you. you will see that you might Bet
ter be back again a spinner In the
woolen mills Il janItor In the bank, or
a tiller OF the soil, loving and beloved
by your eIghbors-humble Ike your
self-than to have climbed 10 dizzy
heights which Your feet cannot main
tain at the expense of the crushed
hopes and the ruined prospects OF a
people who trusted you.
You may. by false manipulation,
maintain your place III the United
States Senate for yet another three
years, or even longer: but every day
is a curse TO your State; every day is
a calamity to tie people who have
nonored YOU with their highest trust;
every day is an insult To the Nation
and crime against the pretended
priestly Office which you hold
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opiics of the Day
CITY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE

CITY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE.
Indianapolis Star.
Indianapolis might do we'll TO pattern
after Spokane, Wash. Eighty thousand
people in that thriving and cnterpris-
ing Western city are working for city
beautiful Practically the entire popu-
lation has united in a tremendous
movement to clean up the city, ana
plant trees and shrubs on March 81, an
arbor day especially appointed by the
Mayor for that purpose. School chill
dren, business men and women are all
working for the same end. Fifty COM
mittees are laying their plans and mass
meetings and committee meetings arc
being held In every part of the city.
The entire work Is In charge OF the
City Beautiful committee of the 10000
club of Spokane. one committee has
engaged sixty teams and viii employ
seventy-flve for cleaning up properties
on that day. The City Beautiful COM
mttee has issued an illustrated pamph-
let, showing what is needed to make
Spokane the most beautiful city In the
West. and every detail Of the work TO
be done on the last day Of this month
has been outlined. Suggestions are
made as to what should be planted to
produce uniformity and the best enects.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
Observer S Observations

/ observe that "a bird in the hand Is
worth two in the bush" Is not true with
lovers OF sport,
That the STORY OF my life" is very
interesting reading for others. but is
a hcartoche To many who have writ
ten IT.
That logic is always my fort, while
''ridicule" is your artillery.
That the bump OF inquisitiveness is
frequently enlarged from prying into
other peoples business
That courtesy pays more on the in
vestment than most any other accom-
plishmcnt.
That the white crow and the white
lie are always found in company With
each other
That honesty never fears a lie nor
shuns the truth.
That infatuation is blind guide
content to rest In perilous places, while
love sees everything and rests only In
security.
That the diamonds and fine clothes
of the gambler and his wife are paid
for with the hard-earned money Of
fools.
That there is what is called honor
among thieves and gamblers, but no
one ever credits them with honesty.
That the heart of the politician often
changes In temperature. but that OF the
statesman, never.
That always two heads are better
than one" In a beer cask,
That there are people In Salt Lake
City with double vision who are not
sustained as prophets. seers and reve-
lators.
That in the judgment of the Apostle
Senator man may be good enough for
a prophet. seer and revelator, but not
for an apostle.
FROM CATNILLE.
That the gee whiz" mouse trap has
interfcred with the cats inherent
rights so that the poor creature is
forced TO beg, steal or starve.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
ATTEMPTS ON THE FUND.

The reclamation fund amounting
now 10 upwards of thirty million dol
lars, is sore temptation to those
members of Congress from the East
who have itching palms. This fund
was created by act of Congress. 1t is
derived from the sales of public lands
i'm the arid States. and Its purpose Is to
reclaim available lands by the applica-
ton of water to them. In pursuance
OF this purpose. extensive works are in
progress in various parts of the coun-
try. notably at Mlnidoka Idaho; Milk
River, Arizona, Carson, Nevada; Salt
River, Arizona; and a considerable
work is about TO be- entered upon to
utilize the waters OF Strawberry Creek,
Utan. The hope is that the money re-
ceiyea from the sale of desirable lands
may be made to bring into use the
lands not naturally available for farm
ing: and there can be no doubt of the
wisdom of the law, nor of its eminently
practical and beneficial workings.
But the Eastern man who has en-
vious and greedy eyes wants some OF
that money. In his view, 1t is political
pork" to be had as spoils. This is a
most deprayed and perverted View. but
unfortunately some can take no other
View of a public fund. Accordingly
one member some time ago attempted
to grab d million dollars Of this fund to
drain swamp lands I'm his State. If he
could have moved his swamps to cover
some OF our sun-scorched mesas. the
move would have been useful, and In
line with the purpose of the fund, but
as that was out of the question. II was
an attempt to exactly reverse the pur-
pose OF the reclamation fund. Another
member. Representative John II. Small
of North Carolina, moves to take three
million dollars from this fund. to drain
the Great Dismal Swamp OF Virginia
and North Carolina. And no doubt
other like raids will be planned from
time to time on the fund, every one of
which Will have to be beaten, for at
present all the money in 1t Is needed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
TRADUCED WITNESSES.

The Deseret News approvngly quotes
can weekly published at Worcester,
Mass, on the subject of Hon, Smoot
and Congress"
In the course OF Its remarks the Swe-
American Svea says that persons
accommodated from the Mormon
church for drunkenness and crimes
have testified against Smoot,
And the DeSeret News quotes that
statement without a contradiction!
What a villainously bad defense the
News must make for Smoot. No man
accommodated from the Mormon
church for drunkenness or for any
crime has appeared at all as A witness
In the Smoot case. either for or against
Smoot The only criminals who have
testified are those who have attempted
to give evidence in his favor, VIZ. his
own colleagues OF the hierarchy who
have confessed to fagrant lawbreak-
ing,
The attempt to besmfrcb the charac-
ters of Henry w Lawrence, Charles a,
Smurthwaite and men of that kind who
have been called as witnesses, is quite
as infamous as the usual proceeding
of the News Besides, men are not eX-
communicated from the church for
drunkenness and other crimes; If they
were. one member of the hierarchy
would find his head in the basket In
mighty short order, Guess who 1t Is.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
THE SMOKING CAR.

Chicago Record-Herald.
A report that an English railroad
company had put on a smoking car for
women has given rise TO an instructive
discussion which indicates that Ameri-
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN ITALY.
According TO the Rome correspondent
Of the London Pail Mall Gazette wo-
man suffrage is becoming such a live
issue that the mere men of the Eternal
City are writing to the newspapers IN
order to prove the inferiority OF women
and are already driven into what looks
susplciously like defensive position.
Although the "subJection Of women" Is
rather more complete In Italy than
elsewhere. 1t Is by no means certain
that the victory In n pamphlet war
would remain with the men while their
political victory is not foreordained
since according TO the correspondent,
the suffrage is not expressly withheld
from woman by the Italian laws.
1t appears that a certain Signorina
Sacchi asked to be allowed TO vote on
the ground that II was not forbidden,
and that the proper authorities. moved
By a. chivalrous impulse, or perhaps
spirit of amused tolerance. granted her
request. IT so happens, however, that
the voting lists have to be approved by
a higher authority, which may fail to
see the propriety of the demand OF the
joke in It. But now a constituency has
fallen vacant, and the signorina has
been asked by its electors to make the
race, in the hope that she can be elect
ed a deputy before the dreaded higher
authority can interpose a veto by Or
dering n revision of the voting lists and
the excision of the fair applicants
name
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
THE SHERIFF HALTS.

4 spasm OF belated virtue seems TO
have come upon Sheriff Emery. He
gloried in the marriage of a convicted
thief TO q murderous prostitute, an
swering braZenly that he authorized 1t
and assumed all the responsibility. And
yet. when a man is held on the charge
Of criminal intimacy with a girl who
is under the age of consent. and with
whose aid he accomplished the ruin of
another young woman who is yet Will
ing to marry him. the Sheriff refuses
his consent.
Probably the Sheriff is right In re-
fusing to allow the marriage in their
case. But the only reason he refuses
Is Judging by his moral obliquity In
the precedent case, that neither of the
applicants for the marriage license is
yet convicted of any crime or misde-
meanor. After conviction, should there
be anything TO convict them OF, Sheriff
Emery would be most happy TO fur
ther the wedding, and thus blazen his
defiance to an astonished and disgusted
community.
That is, while the persons seeking
marriage are yet unconvicted. they
must not marry. for fear that the cere-
mony would prevent their conviction.
But after the trial, when the parties
are fully proved to be criminals. then
the Sheriff would be most happy TO
oblige them, and start them on their
career OF poDulating TIE world with
other criminals yet unborn. But what
a revolving doctrine 1t Isl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
DONKEY INDICATED.

lnnGOn 1rlDtnc,
The donkey has just been vindicated
in the French courts. 1t has been de-
cided that II Is not libelous TO cali any
one an ass. The case came from the
Department OF the Arege, where
schoolmaster, after. one supposes'
years OF patient suffering. was driven
in a moment OF fury to write on the
copybook of one of his pupils, This
boy is an ass" The boy took the book
home TO his father who seems TO have
resembled him in some respects, for he
promptly began an action for libel
against the schoolmaster. What is
more, he won 1t In the local courts, and
the asses OF France suffered under the
wrongful imputation until the school
master. who evidently possesses a GER
tain obstlnacy of his own, carried his
appeal to Paris, where the slur and the
damages were alike quashed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
About Women
WOMAN" AND LADY" "

New York Mail.
A Judge at Derby Conn, has Just
ruled that the term woman applied
TO a woman, Is as honorable as lady"
In court, a female witness was referred
to, by the counsel on the other side g
this woman" whereat the person TO
whom the phrase was applied objected
strenuously. Was she justified In doing
so2 The Judge did not think so, but
there was something In her indigna-
ton Itself which seems to Indicate that
she detected a tone OF dIsparaSement
In the lawyers utterance. in which
case. OF course, her wrath was quite
natural
1t all depends. When employed with
the Intention OF respect, woman is
moro honorable than lady" just as
Lincoln's He looks like a man." ap
piled TO Whitman, was much more a
compliment than He looks like gen.
tleman" would have been. Whether,
in the abstract, the term woman" Is
nobler than lady" can be determined
by very simple test. Take the quo
tions "A perfect woman nobly
planned" and "Earth's noblest thing,
woman perfected" Change the word
woman" In each case to 'lady'-and
see what you get.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
CALMING THE DELIRIoUs.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The theory that the female presence
Invariably commands respect Is work
ing like a charm in the alcoholic ward
az Bellevue hospital. Once there was
much turmoil among the delirious per-
sons confined there, but since DIR. Arm
strong has placed an elderly woman 20
sit constantly at one end Of the ward
all is quiet. When n new arrival bursts
forth In song or shout all a nurse has
TO do rs to touch him on the shoulder
and say;
There Is lady up there"
The newcomer bows and goes quietly
to his cot
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

question by the sanctlf1ed emissary OF
chasto and ornate Col. Loose, when
Peet says that these polygamists would
not forsakc their wives and children
because some one told them 10! The
chief Dolygamists were In exile or In
prison; they were physically separated
from their wives and their children,
they voluntarily besought mercy from
the Government: they promised on
their honor thJIt hey would obey the
law. The only eXcusc which they nave
ever given for violation Of the COM
pact is hat horrible one uttered by Jo-
seph L. Smith, to quote which Is an
insult TO womankind
Col. Loose must be proud OF his
chosen representative
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
HOW HE KNEW,

Not long ago a man was about
purchase a barrel OF npples at tho
tablishnent of produce dealer r,
appeared TO be especially fine onas
an old farmer standing rear whIsne'
to nim to look In the middle ~
barrel, This the would be nurch. /.
did, TO find that. with the excan1
of layer at each end. the apples w.
small and inferior. ~
I'm much obliged" he said. tur,
to the old farmer.
Ive got some nice ones on nv u,,
on l jest brought in" the old fell
ventured, diffidsntly.
III teke q barrel fIorn Won tha
the man said. paying him the nrics !
giving his address for their deIivs
Say" a bystander aske1. as the !,
chaser walked away, 'how did :,
know those apples IN the center OF
barrel were no good >"
a twinkle came into the old cod1,
eye.
"oh, that was one OF my bar'lss
saiG.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
a GENTLEMANH .

Rutland Vs) Herald.
IT do not know Cardinal Newman's 8
definition of o gentleman and have not
his works 10 look 1t up. but the best
known and most comprehensive defini-
ton In England is: "A man who
dresses for dinner" There are eXcep-
tions TO this rule, Of course. but 1t is
far and away the best and truest [
have met with"
The above is something that a Brit
isher writes to the New York Sun, The
definition Ia quite near what is known
as an English gentleman, who, by the
way, Is a social type. IT is manifestly
too narrow for our shores. In this
country OF ours a man does not have
to dress for dinner In order to become
gentleman. 1t was an Englishman
who once called St Paul the most per-
feet gentleman In history, The apostle
In a dress suit would be a theme for
a cartoonist.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
Short Stories

IN THE NAVY OF THE Iop
New York Tribune
MIS-. Albert l.. Mills, whose hush.
is the superintendent OF tn. rrn.''
states military academy at st' u.'
Point. Is known throughout thn wv
for a fund OF pertinent anecdo,srn
the service In Il party Which Inoi', !,
prominent officers OF Goth tho av1
and the navy she recently told =,
story. 'oiu y
1t was In the South, and oo,..
minister OF the Methodist nersma.,
was pica2lng with one who was -.
member OF the flock
oh, my dear brother no hoo.
why don't YOU come with me ana e. ?,
the 1rmy Of the Lord?' y
1 done already belong IA 40 a-.
OF tie Lo-d. insisted the negro
When you jine de Metho6ists p
manded the preacher, In a tone - -
pris.. u s'
Use no Methodist, hut I helonu.
dc array OF de Lord Jest de same
a Baptist
Huh" snolted tie preacher IN.
not dc army II de LORD: dat
navy
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
THE eKIBBEREl.N BULL.

Detroit Free Press.
The. Rev. J. ]. CCrr9n. treasurer
the Catholic Total Abstinence union
America, was talking In Wilkesba
about ST l'atrlck's day From
subject, turning naturally 10 the .
ject Of bulls, ho said:
An Englishman was once travel
In the South of Ireland when he g
to 4 village called Skihtereen.
The name struck him as very Pc
liar and odd. and he asked vil'a
-"hy the town was so called.
Sure the villcger replcd.|
thought even an EngHsnman co
have seen the reason for that
called SElhheUecn 10 distinguish
from other places Of the same rsmf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
INTEREST AROUSED.

Philadelphia Prces.
Il could die for you" he cried.
You don't say?' retorted the girl,
indifferently.
"And." he continued, my life is in
sured for S25. 600"
Il am yours" she cried. Till death"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
TWO TRIBES.

Elizabeth r, Finley in st. Nicholas.
A little tree short but self-satisHed
Glanced toward the ground, then tossed
It's head and cried.
Behold how tall L am. how far the
dusty earth
And boasting thus. 1t swayed In scornful
mirth,
The tallcst pine tree in the forest raised
Its head toward heaven, and sighed the
while Ii gozed;
Alas how small l am and the great
skies how far
What years OF space twlxt me and yon-
der star"
MORAL.
Our height depends on what we measure
b.:
IL up from earth, or downward from the
sky
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

However Utahs Senaors Will not be
turned down many more times in fed
eral appointment matters. as there is
but one more important appointment
10 be made.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

In the debate on the rate bill Senators
may freely criticise the administration.
II they wish. without being In any dan
ger of being called to order by the gen.
tlemen from Utah.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

Judge King would probably prefer to
remain In his present situation, which
enables him 10 uphold the hierarchy
interference when making political re-
marka
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
FOUND GUILTY.

When I'm the daily printed sheet
l spy some tempting rhymes.
EXpectant of witty treat.
1 pounce on them bctimes.
But when / ind they only pun
Some breakfast bran, or worse.
on such misleading metric Stuff
My verdict is ad-yersel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
NOT WHAT HE MEANT


His trials with the American" IA
guage have afforded not g little a,nus.
ment TO the friends Of 2 ropular ronr
French painter now in the Ir,ifc
States. He has made earnest ofor<
to "catch on his practice being whe
he would / car . phrase OF the mean
Ing Of which he was net sure Ia loo
IL up IN the dictionery. When
heard ladys costume described 4
stunning" to the obvious pleasure
the wearer. he. after Iccking up I,
meaning OF the word, determined
mako use OF 1t at the first opportunf
This presented Itself when he cham,
To meet a Young lady whom he hs
known at the beach 6uring the sur
mer. They fell % recalling inclden
OF the bathing.
An ze bathing costume madch,o
sell" w1re-ol, but Get was shocking
he sad, with his BEST row, and Is wol
dering still why the temperature SUI
denly dropped TO freezing
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

or course. the disappointed aspirants
for the apostleship Will remember that
no earthly one is blameablc, the selec-
ton being made by inspiration.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

Now that the matter of drinking has
been taken up In the Smoot inVestiga-
ton, Mir. Glove may have TO disclose
how he tempts men with lemonade.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

In the coming campaign the Amer
lean party, too, Will be quite an i'm
provement league. by taking steps to
put good men In the county offices.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

When the time comes for voting on
the rate bin. the Utah Senators viii
probably not be governed chiefly by a
desire to please the President.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27

Among those who really cannot see
why Mai Young should he made an
apostle may be included Brother Ben