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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
BANANA CANAL DEAL,

The Chicago Journal. having learned
something OF the trick turned down on
the isthmus. wants to know the whole
story. This is what it says:
IF American capitalists mulcted the
United States of twice the actual cost
to them of the Panama Canal COM
pany's rights; IL the United States aided
and abetted the revolution which sep
arated Panama from Colombia and
made DR.. Amador a president, merely
to enable a few favored financiers to
make huge profit; if the brother of
William Howard Taft participated in
this big steal; then the American pub
lie has a right to know it,
The only way the public will ever
learn the true inwardness of this
crooked deal is by the election of a
Democratic president and Democratic
congress. Probably some other I'M
savory jobs will be brought to light in
that event.
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DESTRUCTION OF MAINE.
Naval Officers Theory as to the Dis
aster in Havana Harbor.
(The Century

The Maine was destroyed ny the eX-
plosion of a mine. and this mine was
probably an improvised affair, wine
cask with about 200 pounds of ordinary
gunpowder and buoyant, fitted with
any kind of a mechanical contact fuse,
bottle of sulphuric or other strong
acid, arranged so that when struck by
q vessel the acid would ignite and ex-
ploce the mine. This cask could nave
been fitted with a chain and anchor so
mat the mine would float ten feet
above the bottom and twenty feet be-
low the surface of the water | believe
that doubtless such mine had been
placed about thirty feet ahead OF the
Maine, then lying at the buoy, riding to
the trade winds. as usual in that har-
Dor, so that when the ship should
swing, she would strike the contact
mine and blow herself up. The Maine
was In the act of swinging at the time
she was destroyed. The plausibility of
this is confirmed by all the circum-
stances of the time and place. The
trade winds prevail in the harbor Of
Havana, and ships head TO the wind;
out the trade winds fail once il every
four or six weeks, and ships that Rad
Deen heading northeast swing around
and head southwest. Such was the
case that evening in Havana.
IL Jul SiNAt Ndt the cDil1SuclettSS &c
stroyed more vessels of the Union navy
by just such improvised mines than
they destroyed by gunfire, and history
shows that up to the Spanish war there
had been more ships destroyed by tor
pedOes and Mines since their invention,
than by guns. Anyone with a smat-
tering knowledge of these facts could
have rugged such mine and fitted it
with anchor. or stone to serve as an
Choir, and could have placed it at prop
er depth and position ahead of the
Maine without having been observed
by those on board.
Merchant vessels did not go along
side wharves in Havana, but anchored
southeast of the wharves. Cargoes
were transferred to and from merchant
ships by large lighters that sailed
across the bay. The Maine a.nd other
men-of-war lay at buoys IN position,
so that these lighters passed constant
ly day and night right across :heir
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USELESS SACRIFICE OF LIFE.

The football season is again upon US,
and newly-made graves in various por-
tons of the country attest the yigor
with which the game is played The
hospitals also contain scores of young
men recovering from the effects of
fierce struggles in which the motto
seems to be kill or conquer. The
casualty record for the football year
promises to be fully up to the high
standard of former years. seventeen
youths having been more or less in
jured in a single game a few days ago.
The figures, of course, will not be OBJ
tainable until after Thanksgiving, so
In the meantime let us turn our at
tention 10 the annual slaughter on the
Fourth of July.
There were. in all. 5,623 cases of mu-
tilation. more or less severe, from toy
pistols. giant crackers, etc. OF these.
seventy-six developed lockjaw and fif-
ty-fve of the victims died. This is a
gratifying decrease from the figures of
former years. In 1903 there were AIS
cases of Fourth of July tetanus report
ed in the United States. The decrease
in Pennsylvania was from 50 to Z: in
Ohio, from 81 to Z; in Illinois, from 40
to u; IN New York, from So 10 9; in
Michigan, from Is to .; in Minnesota,
from % TO 0. New Jersey was the only
state in which an increase was report
ed. there having been ten cases of
tetanus attributed TO the Fourth of
July celebration this year. against
eight in 1903.
The figures show that greater care
is exercised than formerly in the
handling of toy pistols, giant crackers
and the various deadly explosives
which young America is allowed to use
TO make a noise. The fine showing
made by Michigan and Minnesota is
due to the fact that in Detroit and st.
Paul special provisions were made for
giving the children a day of pleasure
without endangering life or limb, an
example which should be generally fol-
means TO prevent the sacrifice of
youthful lives on the occasion of the
next celebration of Independence day
is the present. so that large stocks of
dynamite bombs and other murderous
contrivances will not be on the shelves
of the dealers, and business will not
be injured by preventing their sale.
So far the measures taken to miti-
gate the horrors of the football fold
have failed of their purpose, and it re-
mains TO be seen whether the college
authorities will take more drastic ac-
ton in the premises. Too many of the
trophies are blood-stained to cause
any great degree of enthusiasm among
the sport-loving American public. If
the brutal features of the game can
not be eliminated it should be pro-
hibited
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4 FINE OPPORTUNITY.

Here's a fine chance for Mr.. Roose-
Welt to get in some good ticks on the
Democratic plan of guaranteeing bank
deposits. The following special dis
patch recently appeared in a Pittsburg
paper:
Waynesburg. Pa. Oct. 13.-That deposit
tors Of the closed Farmers & Drovers
National bank are to be granted an au-
dience by President Roosevelt was an
nounced tonight by Norman w Savers
president of the Greene County Taxpay-
ers' league. who has been active in push
ing the suits against J. F. B. Rinehart
former cashier of the wrecked bank
II is understood the depositors are to
next Monday. when the president will be
urged 10 take steps toward a more speedy
adjustment of the banks affairs and to
prevent further delays in court
The depositors. who have held many
meetings with a view to recovering mon
ey lost through the banks crash will
meet next Saturday to select men to go
to Washington as their representa- ves.
When these swindled national bank
depositors are ushered into the august
presence of the Little Father" they
will no doubt be easily reconciled to
the loss of their money, If the presi-
dent viii read the Republican plat
form to them and explain wherein II
is superior to the proposition of M
Bryan. There's nothing like childlike
faith and simplicity
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0oN'T BE DECEIVED.

Weekly market letters and daily re-
ports from the Wall street and Boston
brokerage firms seek to convey the
impression that the fear of Bryan's
election sends prices down, while the
contrary effect is produced by IA
vorable outlook for Taft Upon this
point the Financial Age. a frst-elass
authority, has the following: =.
The idea that a rising stock market
indicates the election OF Mr.. Taft is alb
surd. The market is wholly in the hands
of spectators and ringers who can ma
nipuiate II with perfect ease unless some
concrete vital fact like this heavy for
eign selling of stocks drops among therz
to upset their plans. Their idea was to
lure the public into buying on rising
market that they themselves might get
out just before or Immediately after cleo
ton. Prices are too high now, as COM
pared with actual industrial conditi Sns.
Treasurer Sheldon and the Republic
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TooCoRREcT.
Boston Herald.)

Richard Harding Davis. one of West
chester county's new deputy sherins,
came into White Plains with his ken
mel master the other day. While await
ing outside a dog biscuit shop. Mr.. Da-
Wis discussed sport.
Sport is as good here as IL is
abroad" he said, but abroad they are
more punctilious. Your Enghshnan
must always be correct He has q
wardrobe of smooth, sleek. dark clothes
for town; a wardrobe of Knockers and
thick woolens for Alpine winter sports,
a wardrobe of flannels tor the sea-
shore, and so on with other wardrobes
for deer stalking. for fox hunting, for
driving, even for smoking and drink
ing.
Il remember once, in my early youth,
l was shooting over a dukes covers.
A very grave and elegant young mar
quis was stationed near US. Suddenly
the duke shouted to the marquis:
There goes a harel Let him have
it,
But the marquis shook his head.
L can't. duke he said, Tn in my
pheasant costume
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FAVORABLE TO BRYAN.

Il is worthy of notice that the fore
cast of the New York World, pub
lished in The Sunday Herald. placed
the Empire state in the doubtful list.
According TO the poll of the previous
week New York was given to Taft by
a plurality of some $1,000. while Chan
Ter. the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. was estimated TO lead his Re
publican opponent by the enormous
plurality of $4,000. The trend evident
ly continues in the Democratic diTec-
ton, and the World of next Sunday
will doubtless place New York def
nitely and decidedly in the Bryan col
umn.
Other changes in the forecast are
probable. President Roosevelt and M.
Taft seem bent on helping the Re
publican candidate for governor Of
Connecticut. Congressman Lilley. the
hero of the submarine boat scan
dial. The president has written a let
ter boosting Lilley. and Mr.. Taft has
invited him to speak from the same
platform with the presidential candi-
date in the Nutmeg state. The manu-
facturers are after the scalp of Lilley,
and if Mr.. Taft adheres to his plan he
can bid goodby to the seven votes OF
Connecticut.
Maryland and Nebraska will also
have to be taken out of the doubtful
column. while a number of other states
should properly be placed there. North
Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and
Kansas are each and every one of them
likely 10 give their electoral votes to
Bryan. while no man on earth is quail
flied 10 decide what Wisconsin will do
on Nov. 3.
The battle of the final two weeks.
however. will be waged in New York,
Ohio and Indiana, and the polls ard
forecasts of next Sunday will be await
ed by the readers of The Herald with
intense interest.
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WILL BLOOM AGAIN.

The daily consular and trade reports
issued by the department of commerce
and labor in order that the manufac-
posted as to prospect of selling their
wares in various portions of the globe,
are frequently highly interesting on
account of the particular locality men,
toned. For instance. the consul at
Jerusalem has sent in a report de-
scribing the machinery in use at Jaffa
TO raise water from the wells for ir-
rigating purposes. Jaffa is situated
on the plain of Sharon, between the
mountains of Palestine and the Med
highly beautiful and well cultivated
country centuries before the Christian
era. for in the Song OF Solomon we
read of the rose Of Sharon and the lily
Of the valley. This expression was used
in the Illustration of the mutual love
Of The Christ that was to be and the
church. Consequently roses and lilies
must have abounded on the plain at
that time. Perhaps when Melchiz-
edek, king of Salem, came forth to
bless Abraham after the slaughter of
the kings. the valley was noted for
the fertility of its soil and the COM
parative ease with which good water
could be obtained.
After the capture of Jerusalem by Ii
tus and Vespasian we can well mag
Inc the beginning of the decay of Pal
estinc. which became almost complete
upon the subjugation OF the holy land
by the Moslems under Omar. and the
rose of Sharon was seen TO more I'M
til a comparatively recent date. And
now the dwellers on the historic and
once blooming and beautiful plain want
modern machinery TO raise water from
the wells dug ages ago. Since the adj
vent of railroads in the cradle of the
world the primitive methods in vogue
in Egypt. even before the bondage OF
the children of Israel. are being dis
carded for the inventions of the west
srn nations, and il is probable that
the whole country from Dan to Beer
sheba within the present century will
be lifted TO the highest plane of civ
;lization and that the long night of
ignorance viii have passed away for
ever
The consular reports. though prima-
vily intended for the use of the byS-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
A REFLECTION.
Minneapolis Journal.)

1.-THE late Senator Allison" said a
Dubuque lawyer, was a stickler for
personal cleanliness. even for personal
elegance. There was no quicker way
for a man TO get on his black books
than to be unshaven. TO have the
trousers impressed, the boots unpol-
ished.
we used to have here in Dubuque a
decidedly slOvenly lawyer. This law
ing with a rose in his buttounole. The
sight of a rose in the buttonhole of
such a sloven excited a good deal of
comment.
~ wonder where on earth he sot
it?' said l.
Senator Allison smiled.
Probably, said he. it grew there -
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bows. and one man could easily have
sailed his lighter with his mine from
the shore across the bows of the Elen-
Of-war until directly ahead "f the
Maine, when he could have dropped the
whole affair and have left it there TO
do its work when the Maine should
swing around to head southwest
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can national committee can readily
find out whether Nathan Straus knows
what he is talking about by putting
him TO the test Wall street cannot
save the country this year, no mat
ter. how much money the gamblers
come through with on demand of
Treasurer Sheldon. Some of these fell
lows may be splitting at knothole
for nickeIs instead of watching the
tape and the ticker before many
years
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE.
(Philadelphia Inquirer }

tPmIadeIphla Inquirer.)
Come now, Pat" said the Cockney
tourist to an Irish peasant whom he had
encountered in Connemara. TIL give YOU
a sovereign if you tell a bigger lie than
you ever told before
Faith, sir, you're a real gentleman
Pat responded, and the company unani-
mously declared the sovereign earned.
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The failure of the brokerage firm Of
E. H. Gay & Co. of Boston, with S.,
600. 600 liabilities, viii perceptibly fat
welt panic for the final three months
OF the present year. The card house
may topple over before election day,
and then it cannot be charged up TO
Bryan.
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Little Willie" sat on the knee of the
instructions for the closing days of
the campaign. The parting was neces-
sarily sad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19

Compliments of Mr.. Heney to Mr..
Hearst Would Mr.. Hearst be so kind
as to engage in a joint debate with
that while Mr.. Hearst is preaching
purity in politics his San Francisco
newspaper is the official organ of the
thieves and thugs of that community
now under Indictment?
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Must Shock Anthony.

philadelphia North American.)
Hearst insists on keeping Forakers
trust record before the people of the west.
He feels entirely safe in doing this as long
as Comstock stays in New York
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State.

For Presidential Electors
Frank B. stephens, Salt Lake
James Andrus. Juab
Aquila Nebeker, Cache
For Congress
L. r. Martineau. Salt Lake
For Governor
Jesse W. Knight, Utah
For Justice of the Supreme Court
S. W. Stewart, Salt Lake
For Secretary of State
Evan r. owen, Cache
For Treasurer
Joseph z. Game. Salt Lake
For Auditor
J. W Nixon. Emery
For Attorney General
J. W. Stringfellow, Salt Lake
For superintendent of Public Instruction
d. II. Robson, Sanpete
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Always Talks "softIy" Himself.
New York POST \

New York Post)
Mr. Roosevelt is sure that the Ameri-
can people will condemn 1.-The Tone of
Governor HaskelTs attack upon the presi-
dent. A master of urbanity and delicacy
himself, he knows how harsh words and
reckless accusations CRATE upon the ear.
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Should Now Join the Ananias Club.

louisville COurier-Journal)
Mr.. WI says he belongs to the Dom
Worry club. And the empress of China
recently put him in the Down-and-Out
club
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CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
1t Is an Exclusive" Privilege
Boston Globe.)

President Roosevelt says he will not an
swer Mr.. Bryan's letter because 1t is a
personal attack upon him. Evidently in
the Rooseveltian code only certain per-
som is allowed to make personal attacks
and to expect any notice to be taken of
them.
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Gives Him Writer'S cramp.

Probably it is Roosevelt's long hand
ling of the big stick" that has crippled
his ability TO write skillful letters for the
popular ear.
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ness interests. are nevertheless highly
instructive and interesting. and the
whole world is covered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19

Nor has Mr. Hartman shown any
sign yet &C taking the stump for Mr..
Roosevelt's candidate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
No Wonder He's Making Such Nois
Baltimore Sun.

Mr.. Roosevelt must be a little confused
with some people crying. '"ro the stump
and others saying, ITO the woodsr'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
Can't Do Any Harm.
Fundamentals NeWsN

However. it is not believed that the Solid
South will become any less so as a result
of Mr.. kern's tour therein.
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What's the Matter With Debs?
(ChicagO Tribune. }

Taft is trusting. Bryan is beatific. Cha
fin is cheerful, Hisgen is hopeful and Wat
son is whooping, but Debs is doubtful.
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Total Copies of The Herald Printed
in September, 1908.

= = y = y =
= Largest Daily and Sunday =
= Circulation in Salt Lake proved =
, by investigation. '
y y y y y y \ \ y y y y y y y y y
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For President
William ]. Bryan
For Vice President
John W. Kern
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Judicial Ticket.

For District Judges
Charles Baldwin
Oscar W, Moyle
Ray Van Colt
| Frank j. GuStin
For District Attorney
Willard Hamer
County Ticket.
For State Senator'S
William r. Wallace
DR.. c. F. Wilcox
Samuel Russell
I For Representatives
Thomas H Fitzgerald
Ray Kenner
Amos Turner
Joseph H Brinton
D. z. Felt
w ]. Korth
Mrs H. J. Hayward
Joseph Haslam
c. n. Carlquist
Thomas Osborne
/ For County Commissioners
| c. l. Miller dong term)
II. ]. Hayward (short term
/ For Clerk
| Lucien A. Ray
For Treasurer
Isaac a. Clayton
/ For Recorder
Thomas Aston
For Attorney
Richard B. Thurman
For Sheriff
John 3. Burbidge
For Assessor
c. D. Harding
I For Surveyor
Marcello Snow
I For Auditor
David ]. Williams
Municipal Ticket.
For City Judges
William II. Leary
Athol Rawiins
For Justice of the Peace
Martin s Lindsay
/ For Constable
David Hogan
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WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Eafr
THE Nj ETALS

Silver. 51%c per ounce
Copper (cathodes), 1850 per pound.
Lead A.52 per 100 pounds.
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Treasurer Sheldon and the Republic
Arizona republican., 1908-01-28
NEVADA LAWMAKERS
 PASS POLICE BILL
President Will be Asked to Hold the Troops in GoldfeId Until New Or qanization is Perfected.

Carson, New Jan. 27.-The Nevada legislature this afternoon passed the police bill, giving the state a measure that provides for a system of policing in time of riot. Several members who are devout union men, made fight in opposition to the bill, while the conservative members and those standing with Governor Sparks made forcible issue and won the law by vote of 31 to '. Speaker Skaggs, who has been taking a most active part for the union men, left the chair and voted. Skaggs denounced the measure as pernicious and unconstitutional meas ure He predicted that the men who voted for it were digging their politi cal graves and he and his followers offered many amendments in the hope of delay. All the amendments were lost and the bill went through as it came from the senate.
 A resolution will be sent to the president, asking him to keep the troops at Goldfield until the state can organize it's forces under the new law. Another bill will be introduced en- deavoring to unseat several officials in the Goldfield district ,who have it is alleged, violated their trust, and it is believed that with the present showing this can be done An arbitration bfl will be presented probably tomorrow.
 From Goldfield, the necessary word was received by the governor, announcing that the mine owners would withdraw the card system and other objectionable features such as signing agreements withdrawing from the Western Federation. Members of the lower house who forced this issue were given assurance by tclegrams, read from the floor this afternoon, and it is conceded that the union has won it's aoint .n tl:is line.
 The following is substituted for the agreement which the men were form erly required to sign: Resolved, that the following be adopted as a rule of the rules and regulations Of the Gold field Mine Operators association: Rule 3. All mines. mills and reduction plants operated by the association shall operate under the open shop pol icy and all men seeking employment from the members of the association shall only be required to satisf: the secretary of the association and their employees. of their competency and re- liability"
Arizona republican., 1908-01-28

and everyone was q judge. general or professor l was the only one without R title.
 An Eonr later sent for a porter 10 come up to my room and shift my trunk two feet. He was long in coming and when he arrived he was surly ands impu- dent
 You scouHdrel.' l roared at him as took him by the collar. do you dare use impudence 10 me-to me- But why not to youT he asked
 Because I am who am. Because l nm the man that first got the idea of tCnneling under the ocean from New York to Havre.'
 There was an insta ntaneOus change in the fellow. and 1t spread all over the hctel in half an hour. and from that time l was the biggest guest in II. Judges and generals had to take back seats. and the farewell given me when I left was one to draw tears from my eyes"
 3 JOE KERR.