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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
ANOTHER MORRIS ECHO.

The status of the Moran claim for
bonus on account Of his completion of
the Big Cottonwood conduit, as claimed
sixty-one days ahead Of time, is another
eloquent tribute 10 the nef1iciency and
Incompetence of the Morris admiuistra
tion, which awarded him the contract
for that construction. The contract
provides for the completion of the CON
duit by a given date, (July Is, 1906,
we believe,) and premium or bonus
Of $3.50 day for every day in which
the conduit is completed before that
time, with a forfeiture or penalty of
$50 a day for every day the compile
tion is delayed beyond that date. 1t
is under this clause of the contract that
Mr.. Moran claims his bonus.
Ii ought not TO have been matter
of the least difficulty to determine n
matter Of this kind. But. unfortunate.
~, the Morris administration kept no
proper supervision to know what was
going on, and no proper record of what
IL ordered. Thus, it is claimed that
Moran got an order in December, 1905,
to stop work and that this stoppage,
on order, was for sixty days. But it
is question whether this order, given
under the Morris administration, was
complied with; if it was not, Moran.
it would seem, could hardly be enti-
tied to count it out in his reckoning
of time; if it was complied with, and
it was legitimate. authorized order,
he certainly is entitled to count it in
computing his time limit: it would ex-
tend that limit to near the middle of
September.
But the claim is that the letter was
not sent at the time it purports TO
have been sent, and that though the
Morris clerk of the Board of Public
do go.
These arc questions that will have
to be entered into fully, and the facts
determined. And in the meantime, City
Recorder Alff. in the first place, is to
be commended for refusing to pay the
bonus until the Council has an oppor-
tunity to investigate; and Mayor
Thompson is also quite right in order
ing the account not paid in the mean
time.
Surely there ought to be official data
in plenty to determine every material
fact and point in this controversy; and
we trust that the whole matter may be |
clearly and fully explained to the tax
PAYERS, so that thew NAV be satisfied |
that in the final adjustment, no injus-
tice will be done either 10 the city |
Or to the contractor.
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THE REAL TEST Is APPLIED.
The Butte Miner in an editori

The Butte Miner in an editorial con-
cerning the Smoot case, remarks:
AS a matter Of fact 1t does not seem
right that the Senate should inquire into
the religious beliefs OF any member.
What he believes or dLsbelleves is a
private and not public afair.
The inquiry into Senator Smoot g
right to occupy a seat in the Senate
of the United States did not extend
to his religious belief or disbelief. In
no way whatever is any religious test
applied by the report of the majority
and Elections which recommends res
olution excluding him from the seat
which no now holds.
The issue raised against him was
that he was n responsible member Of
law breaking and reasonable organizs-
tion whose chiefs not only defy the
statutes of the land, but teach disobe-
dience of those statutes TO their follow
ing, In what possible way can religious
faith or unfaith enter into such con-
troversy'
The Senate of the United States has
Just as much authority in constitution
and in morals to apply the real test TO
Reed Smoot as has the executive and
judicial authority in Idaho to apply
that same test The Constitution Of
Idaho provides that no man who is a
member Of An organization which teach
es polygamy shall vote or hold Office
in that State; that no person who is a
member Of an organization which does
not recognize that the citizen owes SUI
preme allegiance, as such, 10 State and
Nation shall vote or hold Office. That
Constitution was accepted by the Con
gress Of the United States. The prin.
ciplo thereof was supported by tho de.
cision of the Supreme Court Of the
United States
One would think from the editorial
Of the Miner, that some new question
had been raised in the Smoot case and
that some extraordinary invasion of
personal prerogatives was attempted.
Not so, however. The inquiry has never
proceeded 10 the point of questioning
Reed Smoot's right 10 his belief or dis
belief in any dogma, but has merely
looked 10 his own personal RESPONSE
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of every public debate, and forces ev-
cry one who would not he dlsloyal TO
party, upon his side in the controversy.
Most Of our chief executives have
been content TO wait the lapse Of time
to prove the merit Of their policies,
but President Roosevelt insists that the
policy shall be meritorious by public
acceptance before its results can be
seen. To this end the special message
was necessary invention,
As indicated, this particular docu-
ment affords material for another
storm. The traduccrs' Of this canal
policy will resent his excoriation and
his defenders will again attack the
traducers; and thus the merry war
goes on.
President Roosevelt is a foe to drv
rot and is a bencfactor to the news
papers Of the land. His strenuousity
gives opportunity for all the combative.
ness Of the country to exert itself.
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STIRRING UP THE STORM.

The Presidents s special message on
the Panama canal matter, in addition to
its contents of valuable information
and not less valuable suggestion, af-
fords the material for another storm.
AS has not been usual with other
Presidents. but is his practice, Mr.
Roosevelt takes occasion TO publicly
lecture all who happen to disagree with
his views or who have meddled in any
way, not 10 his liking, with the sub
iect of this canal. He has the merit
of having invented method of dealing
with critics not commonly utilized, even
il known to the other occupants Of the
White House. When an adverse opin-
ion exists on any subject in which he
has chosen to express himself, prompt
ly in goes message to Congress which
utters his personal views of the matter
in quetion and also utters his unvarn.
ished views of everybody who has the
temerity to disagree with him. This
method is at once novel and conclusive.
II places the President in the arena
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Short Stories
KNOCKING DOWN,

Philadelphia clergyman was talk
ing about the late Sam Jones:
He had happy knack of ilmstra-
tion. He wanted, I remember, 10 illus
tratc the frailtv that is part OF even
the best characters, and he told story
about n brave Young soldier.
This soldier he said, enlisted IN
the Spanish American war and fought
like a lion for his country. The firm
he had worked for, pleased with the
record he was making for himself, told
his wife that all the time he was away
they would pay half his wages to her.
Accordingly. at the end of the first
week the young woman called Mt the
Office and the head Of the firm handed
her So
'.She looked at the money and her
face clouded over.
.. Nine dollars, she said.
Yes, said the head, little hurt,
that is just half. m sorry you are
not satisfied.
1T isn't that m not satisfied.
said the Young woman, but all along
he s been telling me his pay was only.
s14 a week. Wait till he gets home!
If them Spaniards don't kill him, /
will -
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the prophets will when the clouds
should roll by.
Under some circumstances a generous
or charitable view Of the frailties Of
humanity is real corrective of evil
because it inciincs even sinners to re-
spect for good because of the tenderness
which good. extends toward those who
are tried and tempted. But in this case
1T Is charity misapplied and produces
i'll, because it encourages law breaking
ar" defiance by the Mormon church and
IL encourages the leaders Of that church
10 persist IN their course Of falsehood
and evasion. Having deceived Bishop
Talbot, they feel safe 10 multiply their
ofcnses and then to win the good opin.
ion Of the world by mcndaciouslv con
cc5ling their crimes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
DIAMOND CHIPS.

Pear-shaped diamonds are the
fashion. The dealer, as he caressed a
superb, pearshaped solitaire, said
Boer named Van Nierkirk had a
little son. This boy, in 1867 was PLAY
ing with homemade marble when
peddler stopped at the lonely South
African Van Nierkirk farm The ned
dler looked at the marble. and 10. il
was splendid blue diamond
1.-The children Of another Boer
named Van Wyk a few months later
were amusing themselves with picking
of little stones out of the mud with
which the house was plaslered. The
little stones were diamonds.
From the plnythings OF these
children. the De Beers mines grew. the
mines that pay in dividends 100000
900 year on a capitalization Of less
than s20,00O,000
Il have visited the De Beers mine.
Its site IS no bigger than a city square.
It's annual output would no more than
Ill trunk. But-a trunk of dia-
monds.
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MISTAKEN JUDGMENT.

When Bishop Talbot tells the world
through his book, "My People Of the
Palms. that polygamy is luxury
and that because Of it's cost it is fall
ing into desuetude. he is missing the
crux of the question.
The offensc may be luxury, but that
docs not argue its decline. Automobiles
ing. Given at the head Of the Mormon
church man who believes in polygamy,
who practices polygamy and who de-
sires to have around him a polygamous
cult of favorites; and given personal
wealth and the aid of tithing fund
of about two million dollars per annum,
largely abstracted from the non -polypa.
mists; and quite coterie of multiplied
married men can be gathered together
by Joseph =. Smith. Notwithstanding
the cost of millinery bills and other con
comitants of feminine happiness
Bishop Talbot assumes the conclusion
Of his own proposition and then argues
in support Of it. Doubtless he is con-
scientious, but like many another sim
cere man, he is in this respect mistaken.
There is every reason TO believe that
the actual performance of the plural
marriage ceremony was declining in
Utah from the year 1890 until Joseph
F. Smith assumed the presidency of the
church; but it was by no means infre-
quent in the colonies of Mexico and
Canada, established by the church and
largely inhabited by polygamists. How
ever, when Smith came to his own there
was a palpable recrudescence of the
crime, and hundreds of young men and
young women were drawn into
its practice in Utah and Idaho.
Certainly the system cannot be
said 10 have fallen into desue-
tude under such circumstances.
Polygamy had been resumed malignant
ly and generally. The Smoot investiga-
ton, and the awful shock administered
to the country thereby, somewhat ter
riied the chiefs, and Joseph +. Smith
uttered new order of suspension of
the solemnization of plural marriages,
But his injunction never went so far
as to prohibit the teaching Of the doc
trine nor did il direct a cessation Of |
polygamous living, but was distinctly !
within the church TO be Of |
a temporary character. removable at |
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THORNS AND THISTLES.

A Mormon writer, commenting upon
the American party, asks once more:
Do men gather grapes from thorns or
figs from thistles2' He assumes that
the American party, composed of citi-
zens Of this Republic who demand re-
forms in Utah and the fulfillment of
the pledges which were given to secure
Statehood, is made up OF thorns and
thistles, and he doubts that any good
frultage can come therefrom.
The hest answer 20 him will not CON
sist of defense Of the American
party-which needs none; for his mind
is evidently not amenable TO facts and
reasoning concerning his opponents
But perhaps a little Interrogation of
himself may best meet his inquiry:
Do men gather patriotism from
traitors7
Do men gather obedience TO law from
professional law breakers7
Do men gather truth from self.con-
fessed liars?
Do men gather revelation from men
who do not reveal?
Do men gather peace from men who
deliberately invoke strife as proof of
their own sanctity7
If that Mormon writer were now be
fore us, instead of answering these
questions. ne would merely reply; "But
you do not render Justice to Joseph F.
Smith. He was placed in a difficult
position. He is n good man. And
thereby the Mormon writer would show
that he knows who is meant by these
inquiries
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
OUR BILLIONS OF ANCESTORS.

sunday Magazine.
Has anybody ever stopped to think
how many male and female ancestors
IL took To bring us into the world
First, of course, it was necessary TO
have father and mother, and our
father and mother must have had a
father and mother. and so on back
through 6ftysix general tions to the
time Of Christ
A careful calculation of all these
ancestors shows that there must
have been l39 235, OF, ,4S9 ,534 ,976
births TO bring one of MS into the
world. And this is only from the
time of Christ. and not from the
beginning of the world.
According to one authority, if
from a single couple for 5000 wears
each husband and wife had married
al the age of 81, and there had been
no deaths, the population of the earth
would he 2,l99,915. followed by IA
ciphers. To hold such n population it
would take several worlds the size Of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
JOHN AND THE GOSPEL

Apostle John Henry Smith failed Ia
get to the Congress OF the United
States, much to his regret and much tc
the commiseration of the people of this
country; for, with many of his friends
John Henry believes that he would
nave been shining light in the coun.
c1ls of the Nation. Failing the larger
place, he takes the Transmississippi
Congress into his apostolic and inspired
Keeping and manages by the grace of
Cutler and the complaisance of the
populace here, to exhibit himself at the
annual session not only as an all around
| good fellow. but as the authorized
agent of the Almighty to point the way
TO the higher life.
1t was rather naive boast that John
Henry made IN the big Tabernacle in
Salt Lake on Sunday, that he had
preached the gospel to the unregenerate
of the Transmississippi Congress as
sembled at Kansas City. Doubtless his
Mormon hearers were thrilled on the
Sabbath to learn how John Henry stood
up for the faith, and doubtless they
pitied with redoubled pathos the future
misery of Secretary Elihu Root and
others who, after hearing the gospel
from John Henry and rejecting it,
would of necessity be condemned eter-
nally. 1t is little tough on the big
men of this country for John Henry
to go around carelessly scattering no.
tice in this way; because, according to
the Mormon faith, the men who are
not notified that Joseph Smith was a
prophet of God may be saved in the
hereafter because of their ignorance.
but those who get the word and do not
obey it Twill be in - of fix to
quote the words of one of the minor
priests on a recent occasion.
John Henry is always delightful in
public address, and never more so
than when he mixes things up. For
instance, he tells that the Book of Nor
mon proclaims that no king shall rule
anywhere on the American continent;
and he attributes to this prophecy
Smith, who translated the book-the
abdlcatlon of Don Pedro of Brazil and
the fall of Maximillian of Mexico. But
John Henry forgets that as far as his
tory records kings have always ruled
on this continent ana king rules now.
Edward VII. is still alive and Canada
is one of the dominions of his empire.
John Henry may have been able 10
convince Elihu Root that the Mormon
people are free, according to his state
ment in the Tabernacle. But he must
have had something of task cut out
for himself when he addressed that kind
of doctrine to William Jennings Bryan,
Bryan found out in 1900 how free the
Mormon people were. They were free
to vote against him, or to vote against
him, either way they liked-and that
wos tho ertent of their freed ON
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
TIE LETTER OF The LAW.

Saturday Evening Post.
The Hon, John Steel was Sheriff in
Missouri A new County Judge was
elected snd Steel. thinking 10 pay the
Judge a delicate compliment, selected
for his first panel Of jurors everv fat
man in the county; the Judge weighed
800 pounds.
The day was hot and Steel, when ne
took the Jurors out to dinner fed them
so heartily that they all went to sleep
during the afternoon. The Judge was
furious.
"That do you mean be rosred at
the Sheriff, "by bringing these sleep
heads into court as Jurorsi / dis
charge the panel. Go out now and get
a panel of men who will stay awake.
] want men with single eye to jus
tice, not doIts like these.
Steel went out and rode the county
that night. When the Judge appeared
next morning Steel had panel Of one
eyed men for him.
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NEW DIAMOND FIELDS
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
At Christmas, q little town in the
rransvsal, about seventy miles above
Kimberley, an alluvial deposit has been
discovered bearing diamonds. and the
entire area has been staked out in
claims, which are granted by the Gov
ernment, each fifty yards square. The
digging for diamonds. which are
found in the surface deposits. is some.
what similar to placer gold mining. The
some 5000 diamond miners, representing
every nationality, are living in huts
and tents with their families. The
principal tools and gear of the digger
consist of sieve about six feet by
two feet, made of galvanized sieving
about seven holes to the inch, which is
slung on a rough wood frame, dubbed
a baby; round sieve Of half-inch
mesh by twenty.inch diameter fixed on
the end of the baby near the rocker,
and third sieve Of seven meshes 10
the inch BY skillful and dexterous
manipulation Of the screens all the
heavy material is concentrated In the
center of ono of the sieves and upon
ovcrturnlnQ this upon rough table,
the diamonds, if there are any, are
spotted at once.
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WHISTLER DOUBTED.
Pittsburg Press.

Pittsburg Press.
James Mcneil Whistler and a friend.
strolling through London suburb. met
a small boy. Whistler asked him mis-
age.
Seven, the boy replied.
Oh, you must be more than 4. said
Whistler doubtingly.
Seven insisted the boy, rather
pleased at being taken for older.
Turning TO his friend, Whistler said:
Z" Do you think il possible that he really
could have gotten as dirty as that in
only seven vears?'
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NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
Not many years ago a prominent
citizen of Haverhill was arrested for
the unlawful sale of liquor. On being
searched, half flask Of brandy was
found. That being the only evide dence,
the Judge charged the jury. They had
been out but five minutes, when they
returned, and the foreman oueried: =
Your honor, how do we know the
flask contains brandyf ! would like to
take the flask into the .iuryroom. -
He was given the flask, and soon the
jury returned.
"Have You agrecd7' the foreman
was asked.
"We have ne answered eve find
the defendant not guilty, and exhibit
ing the now empty flask. he added:
''There was not enough evidence 10 go
round, - The defendant was discharged.
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CIICdSU TIDUne.
The Census Taker-Your name,
mum1
81 don L know
Beg pardon, mum?'
"I've been divorced AT present
my name is Mrs. Jones in this State.
In several States it is Miss Smith. my
maiden name. and in three States it Is
Mrs. Brown, my first husband IS name -
This is your residence, mum7''
eat and sleep here. but / have
trunk in neighboring State, where
am getting divorce from my present
husband -
Then YOU re married at PRESENT.
m married in Texas, New York
and Massachusetts; divorced in South
Dakota. Missouri Alaska. Oklahoma and
California: a bigamist in three other
States, and single woman in eight
of hers -
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COMPANY FOR THE DOG.
New York Tribune.

New 1OTk IrTDune.
A miner in the coal fields of Pennsvl-
vania not long ago surprised his
friends by marrying an extremely
unprepossessing woman. He had been
reckoncd confirmed hater Of the other
sex, and so il was with consid erable
curiosity that his friends sought out
the reason for his step.
that old face for. Dick'H asked some
one.
"She ain Z no beauty-that s
right, agreed Dick THE fact is.
that there dog Of mine. ne was simply
pinin for somebody TO look after him
when | was away at the pit. l
couldn I bear TO leave him by hisself,
so | hits on the idea Of marryin'. She
ain 4 handsome, that old girl, but she IS
mighty good company for the dog"
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wHIRLED "a

There is a Turkish
New York where one m'
sberbets and saffron'eolor
but the oldest dish the
is whirled eggs,
Whirled eggs. an impr|
prepared before the guesI
ordered n cook enters q
with n kind Of sling in ni
tie pot, attached to y
leather cord.
The man opens the
them and shuts them W
pot. Then he whirls 81
end of its cord around p
conceivable speed. Roun
il runs. Its outlines bec0
seems 10 smoke 2 little.
Suddenly the man ope'
the eggs before the guss
beautifully scrambled a
The heat Of their motio
air is what has cooked
Thus. - explains the
the Eastern shepherds
e egRs, whirling them ~
that wherewitb DAVID
giant OF Gath. -
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Here and
AT THE sYMr

1l,. AT THE sYMp,
The great orchestra (
most compelling numbs,
one cn~rapped in an eesl
He sat beside her. 10,
bought the tickets.
Perfectly grand.~,
her ear.
She remained quiet. 4
divine melody, !
Don t YOU think i.
moment later. n
A faint sign of dist
her beautiful featured
oreathed. so family ths
would not disturb her 4
ment.
a moment OF bosu
then, 8 What marrelm,
She said nothing. 81.
IN n realm of delipht
delicate. the faintest n.
would alarm and destro,
to deaden her organ ~
Tasplng words and to
heve be had not spokee
But he had, and he q
vlous remark with, ssnj;
1t done hetter7'
She very nearly sue,.
HIM a mere mechan;s
= No, without vexino
consciousness.
roE z fuI momenI
speechless, forgetting "a
der blossom Of melody
bludgeon of words. 4
closed. How heavenlv
She was drifting in an
harmonic bliss, when tba
ing INTO the charmed an.
of her dreams the ques,;'
ever tried listening IN =
eyes closed - i
The crisis had come
faint gasp Of startled d
bidding farewell 10 a AZ.
Looking her devilisb tc-
the eyes she sweetly n
thrice EN- bittered woms'
yes; and ] think it heis1
nrable effect; but did E.
tening to music with A.
And the hntcs and
the violins played on.
Likewise the tuba. IN,
the le-drums. r
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WHERE HILL FELL DOWN.


Representative Tawney relates the
newest one on James J. Hill.
'Hill had occasion TO administer a
terrific tongue lashing TO one of the
Office force recently SAYS Mr.. Taw-
ney. "The man was a bright young
Scandinavian, and as he emerged
from the railroad kings office his face
was ablaze with merriment instead of
being clouded with woe.
What are you smiling about7' in
quired friend who knew that the man
had been called into Hill IS office for
a terrible tongue lashing. Don't the
boss cuss you out in good fashion 2
Didn' Z l hear him saw, as YOU came
through the door, Now get out of my
Office and go 70 work, YOU blsukity
blank Swedel
% Yes. that what he say TO me, but
that what makes me laugh, for | ban
Norwegian all the time.