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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

ger The Fifth Commandment is
great little play, and so very much
higher in value than the average offer
ing of this kind that it stands alone
among the new productions of the
season. 1t is replete with sentiment
and heart interest of the honest kind,
which counts for very much with audi
ences. Mr.. Steger has one of those
yelvety and sympathetic voices, that to
hear him sing one song is enough to
carry a sweet recollection of him from
the theatre. Wherever this playlet has
been given it has won unstinted APP
plause and instant recognition. Not
only have they received the stereo-
typed form of applause, but in many of
the climaxes the popular feeling has
vented itself in hearty cheers.
Then there is the Montrose Troupe,
which comes billed as marvellous Eu-
ropean athletes and, according to their
press notices in Europe and America,
they give an entertainment that is fin
ished. polished, clever and altogether
out of the ordinary. They perform their
acrobatic acts with a skill that is sell
dom equalled and never excelled.
Another headliner act is that of Sey-
mour and Dupree. Their act may be
termed a refined comedy novelty act
The man of the team, Mr.. Seymour,
performs some very superior acrObatic
work. He is one of the worlds best
jumpers and nimble-footed acrobats
For a number of years he was the star
attraction in the p. T. Barnum shows
In his act here Mr.. Seymour makes up
as a Chinaman. and among the feats
performed by him are that of jumping
over an upright piano from the stage
floor, and jumping over a parlor lamp
that sets on the drawing room table
with both feet securely tied He also
plays a number of quaint Chinese in
struments Miss Dupree is an artistic
dancer of recognized ability and skill.
A unique, entertaining and unusual
act is what BERTHE Heron should give
She is the original minstrel miss, and it
is said of her that she has demonstrate
ed her right to be classed not only as
a headliner among minstrel maids,
but that she is entitled to place
among the stars of the entire minstrel
profession.
Gil Brown, a singing and talking
comes with one of those good
old singing and monologue acts, with
out which no vaudeville performance
would seem complete. He possesses
splendid voice, and his songs and sto-
ries are fresh and new.
Then comes Les Freres Riego.
They are equilibrists who have won
fame and renown for their sensational
performances in the amusement CEN
tiers of Europe. Their balancing work
is said to be of that extremely sensa-
tional order which causes your hair to
stand on end, because they seem to
risk their very necks and put their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

that foul murder is attempted, and
the audience sees a man strapped to a
great table and slowly pushed under
the great trip hammer, which descends
with terrific force upon the sheets of
aluminium.
The engagement opens tonight, and
during the week the souvenir and the
bargain matinee that have become SO
popular at the Grand will be given
The souvenir matinee will be given
Wednesday afternoon and the bargain
matinee Saturday afternoon. These
matinees are steadily increasing in
popularity.
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llicity to the girl he loves, and she, &C
epting his promise to give up the lie
re is leading, makes an heroic sacrifice
or her loves sake and joins fortunes
With the burglar lover. A particularly
Ouching incident of the play is the re-
elation the cornered Danvers makes to
minister, who holds him at his mercy.
lie reveals to the astonished divine his
)wn identity, no less than that of the
GOOD mans brother, they having been
separated since their childhood. Mr..
COrbett's part is said to be a particu-
-arly clever one, giving him splendid
opportunity for the exercise of the
salents that have made him one of the
-oFemost light comedians In this coun-
ny.
There will be matinee Wednesday
at 3:45.
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THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

q Salt Lake Monday, (.
g Tuesday and Wednesday evenings G.
q and Wednesday matinee, James ]. &:
o Corbett in THE Burglar and the 9
g Lady" Thursday, Friday and Sat g
o urday evenings and Saturday mat {.
{. inee, Mary Mannering in GLORIOUS {:
% Betsy" 4.
g Orpheum. - Tomorrow evening 6
% and all week, matinees every day q.
g except Monday, vaudeville. g
% Grand.-This evening and ali 9
81 week, matinees Wednesday and g
81 Saturday, "The Factory Girl" (.
. g q o @ o g g 9 8 9 % o 9 % o @ 8 O
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bills, he is willing to forfeit his repu-
tation as a prognOsticator.
At the head of the bill comes Julius
Steger, who. assisted by Richard
Malchien, Minnie Lee and John Ro-
mano, presents a musical dramatic
playlet entitled "The Fifth Command
ment; or Honor Thy Father and Thy
Mother" This playlet is by Mr.. Ste
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
The Orpheum.

In view of the superior class of at
fractions and the high order of talent
seen at the Orpheum during the last
two weeks, it would seem hard for the
management to make any extravagant
claims for the coming week, but the
press agent is out with a statement
that if next weeks bill does not equal
and in some respects exceed the merit
points of the past few weeks popular
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lives in peril in executing their various
turns.
OF course the bill would not be COM
plete Without the kinodrome and
Weihe's orchestra.
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deliver a lecture that evening in the
Lyric theatre, this hall having been
procured owing to the close of the pres
ent theatrical season there. 1t is one
of the most important events of the
year, the subject chosen for the lecture
Continued on Page 2.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15
THE TWO.THIRDS RrLE.

The fearsomc Tumor has been started on its
travels from the Chicago headquarters of the
John \. Johnson boom that couspirators work
ing in Mr BIyan's interest are planning to
abr0gatc the twO-thrds rule al the Denver
convention. \ rUmor of this sort gets into
circulation once every four yearE-about two
months before the Democratic National Con
vcntion meets. 1t naturally curdles the blood
Of all true JeffersoniaHs whose theoretical de
votion 10 the principle Of majority rule does
not preclude their stanch approval of y device
adopted with the express purpose Of prevent
ing a majority from ruling. The tWo-thirds
rule AT national conventions was proposed and
pushed through 10y the slave states in order To
defeat Van Buren, for the Presidential nom
jnation in lS4i. and incidentally 10 tie the
hands in all great party gatherings Of the
Northern majority. The Southern leaders
sought 10 provide against the contingency of
Presidential nomination made by the free
states against their opposition and through the
agency Of the twOtbirds rule they succeeded
for sixteen years in debating Democratic Pres
ideDtal nominations.
The rule has survived long after the condi-
lions which it was framed to meet became i'll
operative II probably would have disappeared
after the war, except for the desire of the South
10 continue 10 exercise the old power OF veto
on obnoxious Northern nominations In the
mean while. moreover. the unit rule had been
developed 10 neutralize in a way the
effectiveness Of the twothirds rule. For the
unit rule gives 10 a bare majority in a state
delegation the right TO cast the states entire
vote; so that an actual minority in a Demo
cratic national convention might in certain ex-
IRENE cases. transform itself into a two-thirds
majority. This transformation might not oc-
cur often yet il is entirely practicable. The
membership of the Democratic National Con
vention is 1000. The first twenty states in
The Union, ranked according 10 population. will
have Go6 votes. But these $50 votes can be
cast 10y 353 delegates. if il happens that each
Of the twenty delegations is controlled under
the unit rule by a bare majority.
Democratic convention methods are thus
grossly at war with each other. Each method
is intended 10 eKalt the power of the politicians
who manipulate votes and TO deny the rank
aud file adequate and effective representation
The Democratic party claims 10 be the party
Of the people. Yet its scheme Of self-govern-
mcut is Just the reverse Of popular. Its leaders
- convention have no hesitation in disregard
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15
THIS NEEDS ATTENTION.

1t is the Legislatures duty TO pass the Page
Francis bill providing for the appointment of -
commission TO inquire into the manner In whlch
"iustice is administered in courts of inferior Grim
"inal jurisdiction" Do the magistrates courts
and the Court of Special Sessions. which would
come within the purview of the commission,
merit such an investigation? The former Com
missioner of Labor, r. Tecumseh Sherman
thinks So for he has said The chief obstacle
Ito the enforcement of child labor laws In the
city of New York is the magistrates courts
Police Commissioner Bingham thinks so, for he
has repeatedly said that these courts prevent
the police from enforcing various laws. Ine
Department of Education thinks so, because tru-
ancy laws are made a dead letter as result OF
the methods prevailing in these courts. The
State Department of LABOR. the Committee of
Fourteen, Settlement workers and ministers all
think so. and each has a special reason for the
opinion. The critics agree that the trouble has
its root, not in the judges, but in the system OF
holding sessions and recording cases. Facts
which anybody can confirm bear out this view
In the magistrates courts records are kept in
such a slovenly manner that Judges are appar-
emily unable to learn from them whether pris
oner is a hardened criminal Ut a first offender
This confusion makes farce of the probation
laws. For instance Il woman was arrested thir-
teen times in four months and variously fined,
discharged and committed to the workhouse by
eight different magistrates in the most ira
tiOnal sequence. This offender must entertain
n profound contempt for New York City justice,
and as similar feelings are certainly cherished
by large percentage Of the 149,494 citizens ar
raigned in the lower criminal courts of Manhat-
tan and The Bronx last year, who can wonder
mt the amount of laWleSSICsS made visible daily:
The court system is n cross between that of
Il schoOboy's diary and grab bag The clerk
of Special Sessions brings up pOstpones any
case according to fancy, and his fancy sometimes
moves in mysterious way its wonders to per
form. Apparently only one forfeited bond out
of every forty goes up tor collection, Thugs
swindlers and their bOndsmen, in spite of their
delight over this order of things must inwardly
scorn the officials who conduct and the private
citizens who tolerate a business system that
would drive even the smallest country store into
bankruptcy.
Can the Legislature knowing the situation.
refuse to take action this week? Does it care
to accept the responsibility Of postponing inves-
tigation for another year? Does il comprehend
how much more crime may be encouraged and
how much more dsrespect for law may he bred
by such delay
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESs.-A message from the President.
urging that four battleships instead Of two be
provided for, was read in both houses. -
Senate: Senator Foraker made a long speech on
rhe Brownsville affair. - House: Debate on
the naval appropriation bill consumed the
greater part of the session
FOREIGN.-An unconfirmed report from Ber-
lin said that representatives Of the powers would
meet in the autumn TO discuss laws of maritime
warfare. == Cuban political parties have not
yet met TO choose candidates to replace the
American provincial governors named by Gov
crnor Magoon, and il is believed that no meeting
will be held - The Venezuelan government
has entered suit against Ambrose II. Garner,
former receiver Of the New York and Bermudez
Asphalt Company, and has required him 10
tho Congo independent state issued reply TO
The British White Book. denying many OF the
charges made by British consuls regarding the
system of government ----- The DANISH tolke-
Thing adopted the government franchise bill,
which gives 10 women taxpayers the right TO
vote in communal elections. The British
Parliament adjourned for the Easter recess, 10
meet again April 81; Mr.. Lloyd-George made
his first speech as Chancellor Of the EXchequer.
DOMESTIC.--The battleship feet arrived AT
san Diego. - Secretary Cortelyou trans
initted 10 the Senate copies Of corresp spondence
relating TO the financial stringency last autumn.
-= An organized effort was begun at wash
ington insure the construction of OF the
battleships at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
-- Simon Lake, president of the Lake Tor
Ied" Boat Company, and ex-senator Thurstcn.
of Nebraska testified at the submarine boat
hearing in Washington - Indictments we're
prOugnt against me missouri racine ana IRON
Mountain railroads by the federal grand jury
~ Little Rock. Ark. for alleged rebsting. --
The Court Of Appeals at Albany handed down a
decision UNFOLDING the proposed merger of the
Equitable and Mercantile Trust companies. Of
this city. State Controller Glynn made
lsGbl;o at Albany q synopsis OF the report of the
examination Of the accounts of Oswego County.
recently made pursuant TO his direction by eX-
aminers Of the bureau Of municipal accounts of
the Controllers department: the report dis
~usses the finances of the county. -= Unin-
StruCted delegates TO Chicago were elected by
Republicans OF the Sd and 9Th districts IN Mas
SachUsetts.
CITY-Stocks We're dull. closing strong. -==
An effort 10 have William Jennings Bryan in
doTSed sidetracked at the Democratic State
Convention. == Captain Miles O'Reilly was
made ius pector III general shift OF police
officials IN Brooklyn. - A bomb supposed u
be intended for an Italian banker was exploded
IN the hallway OF his building. causing d panic
=- The Borough Bank of Brooklyn reopened
THE WEATHER. Indications for to-day:
Showers and warmer. The fem perature yester-
dan Highest % degrees; lowest, IS
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15
BRYCE on JEFFERSON.

II will not seem inydOus to the other speak
ers in various places TO say that, on the whole,
the most interesting feature of what we may
call the jefferson Day proceedings this year
the address by the British Ambassador
at the University of Virginia. An address by
Mr.. Bryce on either Of the two subjects which
he then discussed would at any time and in
any place be worthy OF attention But for
an historian who is so philosophic, and for a
statesman who, because Of his own democratic
sympathies, is so peculiarly well fitted TO appre
ciate the character and work of the Sage OF
MOnticello,' 10 speak on Jefferson at the in
stitution Of which Jefferson was and wished
TO he known 10 pOsterity the founder was
an incident Of rare and engaging interest Nor
was the improvement Of the occasion in any
respect disappointing. Mr.. Bryces address
was throughout well worthy Of his theme. or
OF his dual themes, for he spoke on education
AS well as on Jefferson while IN his analysis
OF Jenerson's character and of his place among
the American Immortals he gave his hearers
an epigram which should become classic when
be said that his name is more on the lips
than are his ideas in the recollection of those
who claim TO be his disciples" And in the
context he set forth with fine discrimination
The reason for this state Of affairs, and denoted
the secret at once of Jefferson's strength and
weakness, in the facts Of his amazing intel
lectual restlessness and his unsurpassed yer.
satilty OF curiosity and interest
Jefferson was indeed more popular than the
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15
FOUR B4TTLESHIPS.

The Presidents message to Congress urging
the authorization of four new battleships at
this session carries a warming which should not
be disregarded. The message is plainly inspired
with a grave sense of official responsibility and
is based on a knowledge Of conditions not shared
by those who lightly decry the increase of the
navy as a national extravaganza. As the COM
mander in chief of the military forces of the
country and as the administrator of our foreign
relations, the President is in position to know
far better than any of his critics what the needs
Of the situation are, and his communication to
Congress must be considered as of exceptional
import
There can be no doubt that if the United
States is to maintain an adequate feet in the
Pacific the present strength of the navy must
be literally increased. Changes in the methods
of battleship construction will soon have the
effect of making many of our present battle
ships obsoIescent or obsolete. Even to maintain
our status quo naval power we must push
ahead construction on the newer lines. If we
expect to expand the navy to meet impending
needs the construction undertaken must be much
more considerable than it has been in any year
for the last five years. -Four batteshipS are
therefore. not too many to authorize at this SeS
sion. 1t would be a serious error to delay max
ing good start on a feet of the Dreadnought
class We shall have TO build such q feet
modern navy is the best possible form of ma
tional insurance. Why not have that insurance
put into effect at the earliest possible date:
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15

ing the verdict of the voters, and in seating
and unseating delegates according to their
factional alignment, without any regard for the
regularity and validity of their credentials
The unit rule prevents the free and adequate
representation of different elements in any
state and different geographical divisions. The
two-thirds rule aims at tying up national con-
ventons, and compelling the nomination of Il
Presidential candidate through compromises
in which the interests of the politicians are
consulted rather than the interests of the
voters.
1t would probably be foolish TO expect the
Democratic politicians TO simplify the CONVEX
ton methods of the party. Independent repre-
sentation of the Congress district units and
the unhampered rule of majority in the ma
tional convention are concepts too advanced
for an organization which breaches thorough
going elfgovernment but never practises it.
1t would he a great step forward if the Democ-
racy should adjust itself TO the free, modernized
methods of the Republican party. But in its
present condition of Generalization it is clearly
not equal To such a step.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15
AT HONE AGAIN.

The feet is at home again After months Of
absence and thousands of leagues of cruising
through three zones it has cast anchor once
more in the coastal waters of the United States
True. it is thousands of miles from its starting
point. off q coast which Coronado raised the
flag of Spain two generations before john Smith
first traversed Hampton Roads, and u coast
which was still alien and all but unknown to us
long after Virginia became the Mother Of Prest-
dents. These circumstances strikingly impress
the imagination with the magnitude of the
American domain and with the extent of its
conquests in that era of expansion before the
word Expansion" suggested by some petty and
uuSought acquisitions became conspicuous in our
political vocabulary. It is no small thing 10
have two home ports twenty-five hundred miles
apart in the same continental fatherand. There
are other countries which can make the same
boast. but they are very few.
No less impressive. but far less gratifying, -
the fact that in order 10 get from Virginian 20
Californian port less than eight hundred
leagues away our fleet was compelled TO steam
past the shores of nearly Il score Of alien lands
and distance Of half way round the world
Thou art so near and yet SO far" might we'll
be the CRY of Hampton Roads TO San Diego Bay.
1t is true that the long cruise has been accom-
plisbed in perfect safety, and Il capacity for
making it in record breaking time has been
eVinced. The faCt remains 70 gall us Jnat
our two shores, less than eight hundred leagues
apart as the crow flies, are still four thou
sand leagues apart as the ship sails. Nat
ure decreed it so, but the greatness of man is
in his conduests of adverse nature. We knoW Of
no more welcome pendant to the news of the
fleets arrival at San Diego than that which is
provided ia the news from Panama, that the
actual excavation work on the canal last month
amounted TO 34S027O cubic yards, and that of
the excavation needed when acquired the III
complete French enterprise nearly one-fourth has
now been done,
1t is cause for profound Congratulation that
the feet has pursued its course thus far without
disaster, or even mishap, and without delay.
Those who are wise after the event may gby
and anything else would have been discreditabIe
but against that we may place the Vaccinations
of disaster which were with equal glbneSS made
az the time of starting There are no such slight
ing comments made abroad. The other grea1
naval powers of the world appreciate what it IS
for so great fotilla TO be conveyed half round
the globe without hitch n single breakdown
1t is cause for sincere regret that the nfrmite5
which are a part Of the penalty of devotion TO
the public service have prevented the dstn-
guished commander of the feet from remaining
TO the end in the place of immediate direction
which he occupied at the beginning of the crusa,
but the honor and credit Of the achievement are
his just the same, and are as cordially given to
him by his subordinates of every grade as by
the admiring public
New-York tribune., 1908-04-15

populace His vivid emotions aud his alert ana
untiring mentality and sympathies made MN
the most extreme of opportunists. Al one ume
decrying large country under one government
and desiring the subdivision of the United
States into several independent republics, ana
Mt another out t-HamiItoning Hamilton in aspira-
tionS for a big America; now urging peace
at almost any price, and now with equal zeal
advising war on almost any preteXt; now
speaking against any foreign alliance, and
now urging the making of one of the most en-
tangling kind: now siding with France against
England and now joining England against
France; Il sticker for strict construction or the
Constitution, and yet accepting ana taxing au-
vantage Of Il broad and free construction; pro-
claiming that the just powers of governments
were derived from the consent of the governed
yet purchasing sovereignty over thousands OF
his fellow men for cash without their consent
precisely as he would have purchased owner
ship of horses and cattle, and governing them
not only without their consent but against their
protest. with the absolute autocracy of Span
ish yiceroy--histOry presents no more notable
example of changefulness in ways and means,
nor of fixedness and constant devotion to the
end in view
1t is not difficult to perceive how these scin-
tillant mutations appealed TO the popular
fancy, as indeed they served the popular wei
fare. ana made hlm in his nlne an unTlNaHeu
leader. and left his name, now more than four
score years after his death, one of the most
potent spells in all our political life. Man
kind is attracted by extremists. NarrO reused
enthusiasm. for a time, where Fabius excited
suspicious and murmurings. But the very same
qualities which made jefferson so great leader
and which give to his name such inexhausuDle
vitality We're and are the causes of that failure
of his ideas to survive upon which Mr.. Bryce
reflected. The man of one idea may seem Il
bore, and his one idea may not always be
highly valuable to the world, But at least his
idea is bound to be remembered whenever his
name is recalled, while the man of splendid
and profitable versatility may fail to command
remembrance for any specific thing, but only
for some 'resOundine and glittering generali-
tics" which are often far from correct in their
depictment Of him, and which exaggerate him
in some respects as much as they fail to do him
justice in other and perhaps more important
respects.