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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
SMITH INACCURACIES.

Still third chapter of explanation
about tho flight OF the Mormon prophet
from Utah to Paris. This time IT.
comes from "a son of Joseph f.
Smith. y He does not designate him
self with any more precision than that
he is one of the now famous forty-three.
This young gentleman says that his
father will be absent six weeks and
that, ad interim, the affairs OF the
church will DO directed by the coun-
sellors TO the president
Coming from one OF the Smiths this
ought to be accurate as well az au-
thoritativc; and yet it is not. The Of
ficial organ Of the church has an
nounced that the absence of the proph-
ct, seer and revelalor is indefinite as
TO duration-that he may be gone two
months, but that it is possible that he
will romain away for q much longer
period On this point, therefore, the
young Smith 3 information may be au.
thoritative, but it certainly is not &C;
curatc.
Furthermore under the law of the
church, as given in the Doctrine and
Covenants the authority of government
falls upon the twelve apostles when
ever the quorum Of the first presidency
is dislocated. The exile of the Prophet
Joseph +, Smith leaves only two mem.
bers of the first presidency in this land
of Zion, and ms the twelve apostles are
equal in authority to all three of the
first presidency, the twelve apostles
must be superior TO the mere two who
remain. On this point, therefore, the
statement by young Smith, while au-
thoritative in that it comes from one
of the Smith family, is inaccurate,
1t may be that it makes little diff,
ference TO the Gentle world whether
President Smith S exile is long or short,
and whether his counsellors or his apos-
tolic quorum hold the authority Of the
kingdom in his absence, But as this is
matter Of public and interesting his
tory, it is as we'll TO be accurate.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
AN EXCELLENT TRADE.

Mr.. lie Grand Young has made
good all-around trade with the Federal
Government He had about five thou
sand acres Of hill aud canyon land up
Red Butte, with right of way thereto,
the Government owned a tract of forty
acres or so lying in between Pepper
ton Place and the University grounds.
That tract is so situated that it is of
little real benefit to the military forces
Mt Fort Douglas; and the Government
offered to trade this forty-acre tract
to Mr.. Young for his land up Red
Butte canyon. The offer was accepted,
and Congress has ratified the bargain
This gives Mr.. Young fine plat Of
ground for an addition TO this city. 1t
is well located, and though good deal
of money will be required to put the
ground in shape for buildings and occu-
pancy, it is certain that the location
will be much sought, for the land is
well situated,
The city must necessarily come in
as special beneficiary in this trade;
for it will add large plat to the tax
able valuation, plat that eventually
must be valuable and important in its
effect upon the assessment roll All the
existing rights Of the city and Of the
University to convey water across this
tract are preserved, and il is an ex-
cellent trade all around.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
IRREVERENT COVENANTS.

Despite John Alexander Dowie' s su-
periority of intellect over the present
prophet, seer and rcvelator of the Nor
mon church, Dowie is mere plagiarist
after all. In his contention against
the decision by Judge Lands Of the
Federal court, Dowie shows a special
anger because Of the Judge ruling
concerning the oath Of fealty made TO
Dowie The pretended prophet of the
Illinois Zion cites the fact that the
Judge himself has taken an oath in
which God takes precedence over family
and other earthly fealtv. The assump-
ton Of that argument by Dowie is that
the oath or covenant of devotion by
his followers is to God when it is made
to Dowie himself; and that is just the
blasphemous pretension Of the present
Mormon prophet, seer and revelator.
II is time that, by decision of court
or by the consensus Of opinion among
American people, the broad line be-
tween reverent devotion to the AL
mighty Creator of heaven and earth
and the irreverent and profane devo-
tion which some selt-styled prophet de-
mands for himself should be crystal
lizcd. Like Joseph +. Smith, Dowie in
sists that disobedience of his command
is disobedicnce of God; like Dowie,
Joseph +. Smith insists that cove
nant made with him is covenant
with the Almighty Taking cover un-
der the general religious feeling of the
world that Deity rules the affairs Of
this earth, these pretended prophets
claim that they are not improperly in
vading secular affairs when they teach
devotion to God whose mouthpieces
they assert themselves to be. Under
their construction any impiety, any
treason, any crime is possible; because
all the defense necessary for an indi-
vidual wrongdoer would be TO say that
a prophet told him in the name Of God
to commit the offense. 1t is time that
this kind of nonsense was banished
from the affairs of sensible human
creatures.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
GARNERING AND GIVING.

There is something eXquisitely beau
tiful and yet piteous in the confidence
which Russell Sage showed in his wife.
He could not trust himself TO leave a
dollar to charity, but he could trust
this gentle and noble woman TO dis
burse with greater wisdom than his
own tho eighty millions of dollars of
accumulated fortune.
Russell Sage was Il hard man to all
the rest of the world-hc seemed to
have very little faith in human nature
unless backed by negotiable securities;
but in Mrs. Sage his confidence was
sublime. His manner toward her in
their personal relations was loving and
chivalrous and 1T went far to modify
the harsh judgment which men were
wont TO form Of him when they saw
his tenderness toward and sympathy
with the good woman who had been his
companion for so many. years. 1t was
Mrs. Sage's pleadings for year that
caused him to give $4,000 to Pres.
byterian hospital-more money than he
had ever bestowed upon all other benev-
olent or charitable purposes in his life;
and, trivial as may seom this gift com
pared with some Of the great benefac-
tions Of these times, its bestowal is
8 high tribute TO the influence which
Mrs. Sage had over her husband
it was o sublime faith which Russell
Sage demonstrated in giving into Mrs.
Sage's keeping without restriction, al
most the entirety of bis vast accumu-
lations; but it awakcns thrill OF pity
to recall that this good woman, who
all her yearS desirpd Ia use hor ,noans
for the relief Of human suffering and
the happiness of mankind has only
come to her control of the garnered
millions when In the course of nature
she can have little personal part in
the effects of the distribution She
mny distribute tho millions among
worthy objects if she 1.-Two long enough
to consummate 30 great an act, but it
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
AN IDAHO CELEBRATION.

The people Of Utah have long been
accustomed to the observance of Pho.
necr day more as religious festival
than as n patriotic holiday. Gentiles
III this commonwealth have got past
objecting to a civic parade in celebra-
tion Of the settlement Of Utah, in
which parade ecclesiasts take prece-
dence over civic officials; they are past
objecting to the exercises in which tho
old spirit of nntagonism to the Nation
is re-aroused in the old and engendcred
in the young. Custom has stalled all
these things for Utah.
But it must have come with q shock
OF surprise to the people of Idaho to
notice that all through the Mormon
counties the Twenty Fourth Of July
being Utah Pioneer day, WAS celebrat-
ed as the holiest day in the history OF
our neighbor State. Just TO show how
grotesque it is, suppose some people
from Wyoming were over in Utah and
instead of taking the National holiday
or the anniversary of the settlement of
this commonwealth were TO choose
Wyoming day for their great festival
Ill Utah, and were TO make or it q spe.
cial insult TO the people of Utah There
would be things doing around the cor.
ner Of Main and Brigham streets in
Salt Lake.
One Of the Idaho papers which reach
es us contains an alleged oratiop deliv.
cred by politician and preacher in
one of the Mormon counties on the
Twenty Fourth of July; and the report
shows that in his remarks the orator
took particular pains to Defy the Nor
mon cult and TO falsify the history Of
the United States in it's relation to the
Mormon people. And Idaho accepts all
that!
LII this thing keeps up one may ex.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
A RIGHT TO BREAK Law.

The business interests of Utah might
very well rebel against the special kind
OF knocking which is perpetrated by
tho Smoot bureau II one were TO ac-
cept the argument of the paid falsifers
semination of misipformation, one
would believe that religious liberty and
personal right are attacked in Utah by
the American party and endangered by
It's success. No more serious warning
could be given 10 American citizens
against coming here with their energy
and their money. Every day the false
hood goes out; every day the knocking
continues
And at the same time these venal
and mendacious agents insist that they
are boosting for the welfare Of the
State, because they are boosting for
tho Mormon hierarchy Thoy assume
that IL advances Utah in the esteem of
mankind for them to condoue viola.
tions of law and to support conjunc-
tion of church and State; that il dero-
gates from the high station Of Utah
before the world for Amerieanism TO
prevail here. There could not be a
more costly mistake for the common
wealth The best element Of Amcri
can citizenship demands American con-
ditions under which to live, and rep
reseutatives Of that element would not
come TO Utah now except in tho belief
that the American party warfare here
can be aided and can be made sue
cessful.
Whenever man or a newspaper
boosts for Smootism, he or IL is knock
ing Utah before the American people.
Whenever man or a newspaper boosts
for the Mormon church rule in affairs
Of State, he or it is knocking Utah be-
fore the American people. Whenever
a man or newspaper boosts for Joseph
+. Smiths "rightn to maintain n po-
lygamous household and for the
rights of other similar lawbreakers,
he or it is knocking Utah before the
world.
These boasting boosters are nero
knockers, for their best boost is but a
knock. The very means which they
employ to produce pretended peace are
SO utterly at variance with the de-
mand Of civilization that their effort
is worse than failure-it is calam-
ity n is a sad ill-fortune for the
State that some of its journals and
some of its influential men can find
no better way to advertise the com
munity than by boosting for polygamy,
for the rule of church over State, and
by traducing every one who opposes
the violation of constitution and law.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
THE SCHEME EXPOSED.

Several DAYS ago The Tribune re-
minded the hierarchs and. also their
political allies in Idaho that some diff
liculty might be encountered in making
the scheme work smoothly in our neigh
boring State. Several quotations were
made from Idaho journalistic support
crs of tho ecclesiastical rule in politics
showing that-while they were all evil
IDENTIFY willing to play the game-not
all of them knew how. The Tribune
was sure that the whole story would
leak out. And here it comes through
the Montpelier (Bear Lake county,
Examiner of tho 9th of July, 1906
The Examiner is with and for the hic.
rarchs, and is with and for the politi-
cal allies of the hierarchs, but the
change from Brady to Borah took place
80 suddenly that the Examiner could
not keep track of the plan, and there
fore has made an unequivocal betrayal
This is what the Examiner says editor
tally:
Take the action OF the convention in Ere.
mont county for Illustration, 1t is known
TO be an absolute fact that n majority OF
the delegates To that convention wsro elected
ms being opposed 10 the nomination plan.
That was shown by tho vote the tempo.
raTy ana permanent DETERMINATION OF tho
convention, where the issue was squarely
fought. But in tho short space of an hour
or two, BOme mysterious influence was
brought 10 bear sufficient number OF
delegates in that convention 10 induce them
to veto for tho Borah mdorscmont resolution,
and IL adopted by tho narrow margin
Of nine votes. Thus the twcnty-sx delegates
from Fremont county arc morally bound TO
voto for policy against which majority
Of the Republicans of that county are OPP
posed What done in Fremont can be
done in olhor counties By shrewd and schcm.
ing politicians,
The only trouble with tho Examiner
and the only reason why it lets the
truth out in this indiscrect way is be-
cause the Gooding Brady combination
was being played by the church in Bear
Lake county, and the revelation in
which "the will of the Lord" was ex-
pressed in favor of Borah was n little
late in reaching the Examiner Office.
The Examiner Is supposed to be a Gen
tile by profession, although n Mormon
ally by practice; and it is not yet at
tuned to that ready discernment by
which it knows the authoritative whis-
per Of the priesthood from the other
whisper.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
SIMPLE SUBJECTS.
Now York Tribune.

Now YORK Tribune.
Here are a few OF the subjects upon
which the newly 6edged Phi. D.'s OF Har-
ward have thrown light: Studies on the
Nuclear Cycle OF Gonionemus murbachii
Mayer" "The Concept OF Quantitatiye
Equality" "a p Q Plane for Thermody-
mamie Cycle Analysis" THE Longitu-
dlnal vibrations OF a Rubbed String.
THE Visual Cells in Fertebrates. Chiehy
In Necturus Mayculosus," Culture stud
les OF Hymenomycetes." THE Influence
Of Selection on Color Pattern in Guinea
Pigs and Rats" Derivatives OF Subsu-
tuted Orthobenzoquinones," Brilliant
Points" Contributions TO the Cytology
OF the Entomophthoracae" and Greek
Proper Names In Old French "Thie.
observes the Boston Transcript. should
make us all very thanGful-thankful that
we don't have TO become Phi. IS, thank
full that the academically ambitious arc
put through 30 arduous course OF
sprouts, and thankful that learning has
arrived ut point where original In
vestigation Ia possible only by recourse
10 extremely fine tooth methods. For
Phi. D. you know, must have added at
least a crumb or chicken bone Ia the
worlds feast OF facts"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
STEEL PASSENGER CARS.


IT. is safe TO predict that within the
next twenty years tho wooden passenger
coach Will be unknown. Many of the
great railroad systems OF the country are
experimenting with steel cars and the re-
suits have been TO so high n degree salts
factory that orders have beon placed for
equipment of metal TO be used In the ex-
press service, Steel baggage and eX-
press cars have been In service to a lin
tied extent for number OF years and
the fact that orders have been duplicated
shows that they are giving entire salts
faction, On all OF the great coal-carry-
Ing roads steel cars are extensively used
In transporting fuel and the practice is
extending to the roads where this COM
modify Is only incidental TO their freight
traiiic. One OF the chief advantages of
metal cars Is their stability in case of
accident and their safety from fire. It
has been frequently demonstrated that in
case OF derallment these cars sustain
very little damage, while under like con-
dltlons wooden equipment would have
been rendered into kindlings.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
HOW THE HEATHEN RAGE!

The low toned sentiment Of the oppo
ncnts Of the American party may be
measured by the chagrin which those
opponents express at their failure TO
find any increase in the city tax levy
chargoablc TO the American party. For
months this opposition has been riot
ously claiming that the American party
would be obliged to raise the taxation
TO an oppressive rate to make up for
its so-called cxtravagances. These eek
travagances when inquired into, turn
out to be merely the payment Of a lot
OF bills incurred and warrants issued
by tho Morris administration, Yet
these have been paraded with much
iteration and reiteration as financial
offenses committed by the American
party. The fact that the accounts had
to be paid and the warrants redeemed,
cuts no figure with those mendacious
critics. Although tho facts are pointed
out repeatedly, tho opposition returns
to the same old cry, perhaps in the
hope that few may be made to be
lieve that that outcry expresses some
thing genuine, something really worthy
of attention. All of the intelligent
people in the city know perfectly well,
however, that the outcry is merely
foolish or false partisan uproar, hav
ing absolutely no substance to il.
For months the opposition press has
been calling upon the people to wait
and see the tremendous financial ca
lamity that the American party was
about to bring upon this city. Well,
the time came; the levy was made,
and il was seen that nothing was added
TO the tax rate except the single item
of 100000, made necessary to pay the
interest on the water bonds issued by
the Morris administration As mat
ter of fact, this interest was voted Gy
the taxpayers in effect when they voted
hte bonds The American party sim
ply carried out the obligation which
went with the bonds. and provided for
the interest due upon them. This inter
est will be due and necessarily paid
every year until tho bonds are re-
deemed, no matter what party is in
power. If Republicans should get into
power they would have to pay this
$4,000. If the Democrats should get
in again they also would necessarily
have TO pay it. 1t is not in the least
a DdGlg uutSllou, u - upL uldIlcI IDab
can in any way be in the least evaded
or omitted
In the meantime, the American
party is conducting more public work
in the city this season than was over
known before in any yoar in the his
tory Of Salt Lake. Street paving is
going forward extensively and in vari-
ous parts of the city; sidewalks are
being put in, and the sewer system
Of the city completed. So much for
aud the industrial situa-
ton, which employs every one who is
willing to work, at good wages Adj
ministratiyely, also, the city is vastly
improved. The thieving gambling joints
are all closed, crime is practically uu-
known, and the liquor traffic is better
regulated than ever before. Salt Lake
City is in the highway of prosperity;
is enjoying trade greater in volume
and more extensive in reach than ever
before, and is enjoying the all-around
in full measure which was
assured to the people upon the triumph
of the American party at the city cleo
tion last November.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
sMoKELEss USE OF SOFT COAT.

The New York Medical Record pub
fishes letter from J. w. Jones. an ex-
pert employee OF the Metropolitan Rail
road company, stating thut In the power
plant OF that company little or no smoke
Is produced. Soft coal Is used, but smoke
is avoided by gradual stoking. In which
the smoke OF the newly fed coal is pro
duced In the front part OF the furnace
and made to pass over the inoandescent
mass in the rear and so consumed, In
Cleveland. where coal smoke is greatly
minimized, though Industries are in
creasing. large share OF the result has
been attained by teaching the same
method Of stocking.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
MONEY FOR ROADS.
Pleasant Pyramid.

Mt. Pleasant Pyramid.
The twenty-five hundred odd dollars
which Sanpete and Emery counties are 10
receive from the United States Govern
ment as their proportion OF the Manti
tidy little sum, which can be used TO
good advantage by each county In thls
section probably financial assistance is
needed on public roads more than It. is
In the public schools, as the latter are
now in excellent condition. while the
former arc the reverse. II would not
be bad idea. II the two counties could
agree upon It, TO devote good proper
ton OF the money thus received to the
construction or Improvement OF public
highway over the intervening mountains,
thus bringing the two civil districts into
closer and easier communication.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
A REAL TIME LOCK.

81. Louis Poet' Disphtcn.
Having one OF these locks 6.000,000
years is the time given to unlock safe
which is fastened with the wonderful new
lock invented In Jamaica. The combl-
nation consists OF four sets of twenty
four letters of the alphabet, which can
be set to a sentence In most modern
languages. When one letter Is used in
one alphabet and another In a second
set, and so on, II becomes a most com
plicated matter. Then there Is the initial
problem Of which language 1t has been
keyed in 10 be solved by the man that
attempts TO open the safe. Furthermore,
instead OF letters, the inventor. ono Neu-
man Tobias. has employed four sets OF
numerals. Assuming that the lock has
been set TO figure In the number of
3 ,0S0. .30S. .030 300, ,0Se II would take any one
who undertook TO unlock tho safe 96,-
09o.27S years 26s days 80 minutes. 80
seconds, working at the rate OF 90 num-
bers a minute, 10 arrive at the proper
combination. During this time he would
have no time for food and sleep,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
The State Press
NOT EARLY BIRDS.
Richheld Sun.

Rlchheld sun.
There is an old system that still cllngs
10 RichheId and which 10 always unfa-
vorabily commented upon by travelling
men. This is the practice. with many OF
our merchants, Of opening their places
Of business al any old time in the morn
ing. In all progressive cities ~ Is rule
with merchants 10 have everything In
motion by at least o'clock In the fore
noon. Here In Rich6eld arc business
mon whose places are not open until 9
o'clock or later. II te generally the
case elsewhere. that a wide-awake mer-
chant believes In the old axiom OF the
early bird catches the worm" Certain
IL is that It Is a great accommodation TO
many people II they can make their pur-
chases at an enrly hour. The custom
prevalent here is a relic of pioneer times
that seems 10 have been handed down by
the forbears OF the present generation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
TRUST BUSTING

They We halod the beef trust into court
But tho price remains tho same.
Forbade the -four .trust TO eNSort
But the price remains the same
Thoy We roundly dressed the oil trus, down
And done the woolen trust up brown,
But stu in country and 10 town
The price romans tho same
Insurance folks heve been raked o'er
But the price remains the same
Been told TO go and sin no more
And the prico remains tho same
They gave the salt trust stern advice
Likewise the trust that sells the ice
But how about the lovely price7
Oh, that remains the samel
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-31
CRUEL KINDNESS

Now York Tribune.
William Hilton has recently been re-
leased from an English prison for cruelty
to animals. His mistreatment consisted
OF excess OF kindness, Not liking the
Idea that u useful beast of burden should
be shot at the end OF his honorable ca
reer. and also regarding tho command.
Thou shalt do no murder" as applying
to the killing OF n beast as we'll as man,
he has been in the habit OF buying ND
ancient and worn out horses and main
tanning them alive in stables specially
constructed for the purpose, 1t was the
discovery OF these poor creatures. many
OF them supported on slings. that led TO
his prosecution for cruelty to animals