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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

| then he went on to make one accu-
sation after another. In the usual anti.
Mormon" style. The ease with which
that class initiates, In argument and
language, the traducers OF the Prophet
Joseph Is truly remarkable. There was
however, no occasion for the attack
founded on that Indictment. The Jury
acquitted Elder Harmon. after five min
utes OF elaboration.
The story as told In The Pacific Com
mcrclal Advertiser OF March Ii, is this:
Mormon Elder Melvin Nj. Harmon
was yesterday afternoon In the Federal
court acquitted OF the charge OF sub
ornation of perjury In the George Ke-
kauoha- Kulehua Edmunds act case.
The taking OF evidence was complet-
cd before Judge Dole. shortly before
noon, and argument as to charges to
the jury was taken up after recess, the
Jury casting but one ballot and re-
turning. after retiring to consider their
verdict within little over Ave minutes,
With finding OF not guilty.
According to the testimony of the de-
PENDANT himself:
The two witnesses with whom he
was charged with tampering went to
him to ask his advice in regard to their
giving testimony. He had instructed
them that they might refuse to testify
In regard to any confession which
might have been made to them as Of
licers In the Church. He had said to
these witnesses when they called upon
him that 1t was his conviction that
confession made through religious Inn
pulses was privileged and might be re-
fused as evidence, according to law. He
said he was only asked general ques-
lions, although he had an idea that the
questions had to do With charges under
the Ednunds act soon to be taken be-
fore the court"
The acquittal of Elder Harmon must
be unwelcome to f. NJ. Sheehy, who
rushed into print. hoping, perhaps, to
influence the court against the defend
ant 1t is virtually an Indictment
against him for malice.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

The April number OF Popular Me-
chnnics has a number OF salient fca 70
lures Everyone desires Ia know exact -
Is what Uncle sam Is doing I'm the air
ship line, and the article United states
WIN strive for Airship Supremacy" VIII
tell him Just what he wants 10 know.
Another feature describes with lllustra-
tons an aluminium hoavier-than.air
nyinB-machne a Milwaukee inventor
has built There are 1852 articles and
lb6 illustrations. Many times "a picture
win tell graphically a story words can
not express This ls true OF descrlp-
ton ~ thep unishment OF criminals In
oriental countries, Evolution Of Rub
Der from Seed to Auto Tires" "Remov-
ing a Live Wire Victim from a pole"
Topping a cypress Tree" The Ghnst.
ly End OF Old Horses" "A Cyclone
Photograph" and others. An italian en-
glneer has a plan for climbing the
Alps with boats. The article on the
nayy's cooking school viii be OF inter.
est TO many, Features OF the ANA
tour Mechanics department ara How 20
Make Wireless Telephone" "a Home
Made Microscope" Photographs Ia Re
lief' " Experiments with Mirror" and
others,--lGO Washington St, Chicago.
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CHANGE OF FAsTDAY.

The first Sunday of April being Con
ference Sunday, It is suggested that
Sunday, March 20, be observed as a
fast day in Salt Lake, Ensign, Liberty,
Pioneer, Jordan. Granite and Davis
Stakes. and any other Stake in which
the Stake authorities find that the reg
ular fastday services are interfered
with by the General Conference.
JOSEPH T. SMITH,
JOHN r. WINDER,
ANTHoN II. LUND.
First Presidency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

at is wise city" says the New
York Evening Post. that knows its
own debt" salt Lake does not. Nor
does it know what proportion OF its
money is spent for legitimate pur-
poses and for graft. The law re-
quires the auditor to report not later
than the first Monday in February, but
what is little matter like the law
between friends?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21
ABUSE or HUMoR.

Mayor Busse Of Chicago, believes
that some of the alleged jokes that are
offered at Vaudeville shows. are really
dangerous seeds of anarchism, and
should be suppressed. His idea Is to
ask managers of playhouses to cooper.
ate with him, and IL they accede to that
request. n ban viii be put on the brand
OF humor which has for its butts John
d. Rockefeller r. H. Hartman, and
various financiers politicians. and 9TH
ers. II Is believed that the influence
" the city administration will be suffl-
Client to induce the theater managers
TO have performers refrain from re-
marks which are intended to be funny,
but really have tendency to inhame
the minds of ignorant people who be-
lleve they are getting the worst OF ev-
orythlng
This undoubtedly Is move IN the
right direction. Inoffensivo jokes and
real humor are legitimate on the stage
as long MS people pay to be amused.
Even satire II directed against abuses
or preJudlces. or the faults and short
comlngs OF tho age, may be useful. but
funny remarks with no other aim
than drawing applause at the ex-
ponse OF someone else. who may happen
10 be unpopular Is not legitimate show
business. The insincerlty of It Is the
worst feature Very often the Joker
would be the first ono 10 fall down and
worship" the object OF his puns. If he
had chance. There is a legitimate
use FOR humor and satire, az for all
forms Of criticism, but they are shame
fully abused IN the service OF egotlsm,
and the abuse cannot be- too severely
nnnlnmned.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

The managing committee for the
common schools in Stockholm has APP
propriated very considerable sum for
lectures on hygiene and alcohology to
the teachers. This normal course is
designed to equip them more satisfac-
torily for instructing the children in
the effects of alcohol on the organism.
Why not follow the example?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

If the police department and the
council would do something more than
talk about booths in restaurants and
wine rooms maybe they might pass.
What is needed in cases of this sort
is a stout man or two axes and ham
mers and wagon to cart the stuff
away. But 1t Is not enough.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

1t is pointed out that nervous break
down often begins with u feeling of in
adequacy and fear. and is kept back
by forms of discipline that train us to
age and faith, and to persistently shut
emotions tending to weakness, selfish
ness or the habit of dependency. This
seems to be sound philosophy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

Martins ordinance which conteln-
plates closing all saloons at midnight
will be welcomed upon its passage by
many wretched women of the city who
wait until long into the morning for
the home coming of husband or son.
Martin. that's about the best thing you
have done.
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CONFERENCE NOTICE.

The Seventy-nnth annual. general
Conference Of the Church OF Jesus
Christ of Latter-day saints will as
semble in the Tabernacle, salt Lake
city, on Saturday, April g. 1908. at 10
O'Clock a. m. A full attendance of the
officers and members is hereby re-
quested.
The general Priesthood meeting viii
be held in the Tabernacle on Saturday,
April 4. at o'clock p. m.
JOSEPH +. SMITH,
JOHN r. wINDER,
ANTHoN H. LUND.
First Presidency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

Senator La Toilette has a list of 1lS
men who. he says. practically control
all the railroads, industries. mines and
banks of the whole country. These
men raise prices or lower them at will.
They move crops or stay them as they
please. One hundred and thirteen must
be as unIucly a number as poor perse-
cuted thirteen,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

Admiral Evans has no doubt about
the fighting ability Of the American
battleships Nobody else has, except
some of the experts"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

The demand of the people, based up
on a sound business argument, is for
an efficient fire department.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

The story OF the divorce court is
good argument for local option and
prohibition.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

= The annual conference OF the Sunday
School Union will be held in the Tab
ernacle on Sunday April 8. at o'clock
p. m. JOSEPH f. SMITH,
General Superintendent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

Maybe Kate Elkins will not get her
duke after all.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

The Popular Magazine for April
opens with "A complete novel, bud
Magruder. Bad Man" by Craig Middle
ton. "Stronghoart" Is n uovolization
OF William de Miles popular play OF
the same name, which, with Robert
lcdcson IN the tltle role. made a de-
cdcd hit all over the country "A sel
want Of the Fires" by the English
author. Percoval Gibbon, ~ Il pathetic
story Of life In the underwood. The
fourth story In "Tha Exploits of the
Red Meteor Series. by William Mae
LeOd Rainc. Is In the Matter OF Nor
rls MacAllster." "The revenge OF the
Herpetologist is another funny tale
about the genial O'Malley. by Francis
Motcnlfe, "As Man to Man" Is a short
story by Charles X Moser. 1.-THE
Brink" by Edward D'Oench rittmann.
Is the interesting story Of the average
clerk whose expenses exceed his saln.
ny. There are many other features In
this number. 1855 Seventh Ave. New
York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

OF specially notable interest in the
April Century is the discussion of The
Age of Mental Virility." by w. A. New
man Dorland, NJ. D., who presents in
this paper the main results of three
years investigation into the records
of achievement of the worlds chief
workers and thinkers. The feature
beautiful of the April issue Is the Sec
ond of Robert Hichenss series, in
which The Spell of Egypt is caught
and portrayed for sympathetic readers
by the authors text and by the paint
ings of Jules Guerin. Denderah and
Karnak-Karnak. whose notes are 'tri-
umph and deathless peace. the bugle
call and silence"-hold the spell this
month, the three color pages showing
the Great Temple of Kanak, the Sa-
cred Lake at Karnak and the Temple
of Harbor. A paper of authority and
interest Is n discussion of THE Instinct
of Animals" by Benjamin Kidd. The
author of Social Evolution" and
principles of Western Civilization" has
made study of animal instincts and
animal intelligence for over twenty
years, and presents many interesting
and suggestive facts. The railroad has
perennial Thickness as a topic and
Ray Stannard Baker finds as n text for
a paper ON Destiny and the Western
Railroad" the remark--not altogether
In jest--of a western agent, The West
Is purely railroad enterprise. Barton
Wood Curtis has an interesting story TO
tell of THE transformation of the
Southwest" through the legal abolition
OF gambling, surprising and whole
some transformation. There Is much
else worth noting In the issue-not least
in 1.-THE "Reminiscences of Lady Ran
dolph Churchill" an account of royal
at Sandringham, and, among
the abundant fiction, increasingly in
teresting chapters of DR. s. Weir
Mitchell's "The Red City"-New York
In the April number of Smiths Mag
azine, Florence Augustine has an ar
ticle of special interest to woman IN
It she discusses the question What
Makes a Woman Charmlng?" and
teaches the value OF cheerfulness as a
beautlfier. "Buoyancy of Spirit" she
says. us the most valuable social asset
4 girl can have. Have you ever studied,
studied, the manner of the
girl who is popular-the girl who Isn't
especially pretty. / mean, but who
wins by something entirely apart from
clothes or money or looks? She "a |
almost invariably cheerful She meets |
people with a gay little smile. and en- |
ers into their interests with q happy |
abandon that Is as unselhsh as Il Is |
sincere, She laughs, she futters sha |
she means IL all. Charm |
'annot exist whore these qualities eX-
st 20 excess: conceit, selfishness. or
-consciousness.-79-S9 Seventh ave.
lue. New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

Speaking OF Redfeld Proctor, OF
The Veterans Vermont. who died
OF the Senate Wednesday at the age
OF seventy six, had seen
seventeen years Of continuous service
In the United States Senate Yet nlno
Senators. SIS OF them his juniors IN
years, oulre' tor -'"' IN length OF ser
vice. Senator Allison, OF Iowa, VIII
Ia the dean Oi ue senate. last Mon
day celebrated his seventy ninth birth
day, and Wednesday was the thirty
nfth anniversary OF his entrance to
the Senate. Both senator Hale, who
Va seVcnty-One, ana Senator Frye, who
h seYenty-slX, entered the Senate iu
1881, the former succeeding 10 Hanni-
hal Hamlin's scat and the latter 10
James q. Blaine's, Senator Aldrlch. OF
Rhode Island, who IL slNty-six, be-
came United states Senator seven
months after Hale and Frye. senator
Cullom, who n a few months younger
than Allison entered the SENATE ten
years after Allison, I'm 1883. Senator
Teller. OF Colorado, Is seventy eight
He was elected TO the Senate on the
admission OF his state 10 the Union IN
1915, but Withdrew for three years TO
act as Secretary OF the Interior under
President Arthur 50 that his present
service dates only from 1855. Senator
Daniel OF Virginia, who Is siNly-fVe.
hag been In the senate twenty-ono
years Senator Galllngor, OF New
Hampshire, who Is seventy one ana
Senator Hansbrough, Of North Dakota,
who rs sixty. entered the Senate to-
gether In 1891, eight months ahead OF
senator Proctor In point Of age
merely Senator Whyte. of Maryland
who took Germans place, Is the senior
senator lie Is nearly eighty-four but
was appointed In 1905 aftGr nn ahHence
OF seventeen years from the senate.
Senator Proctor had held many state
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-12-11
FRANK CLARK NOT MEALY
MOUTHED ABOUT PROTECTION

Hon. Frank Clark, congressman
from the second congressional dis
trict was before the ways and means
committee just before the assembly
ing of congress and advocated a tax
of ten per cent. on the importation of
Egyptian cotton.
The press dispatches comment on
his talk as follows:
Representative Frank Clark, of
Florida, was first to be heard on cot
ton. He argued for protective duty
on Egyptian, West Indian and other
long staple cotton. He gave the
views of the Sea Island cotton grow
ers and suggested that a tariff COM
mission should have charge of the
tariff.
Il submit, Mr.. Chairman" said
Mr.. Clark, without in any wise dis
GUESSING or even infringing on the rel
ative virtues of a protective tariff and
a tariff for revenue, that the recent
election and other elections preceding
it, have forever established, as a part
of our system of government, the in
direct scheme of taxation; the levy
and collection of customs duties on
articles imported into this country
from foreign lands. This being true,
this matter ought to be removed from
the domain of partisan politics, and
hereafter treated as a business prop
ositiOn and a commission, or other
proper tribunal, created TO deOl
with it."
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legal way TO kill and pay for the kill
ing of all untaxed dogs.
Pennsylvania has a dog tax law.
North Carolina has over $4,000 dogs,
valued at $4,000, on its tax books,
and it does seem to me as if this kind
of epidemic is getting more frequent,
and that there should be something
done TO correct this evil.
would like such level-headed tax
payers as Mr.. ]. c. Mathews of Fiem-
ingon. Mr.. VI. L. Payne of Fairfield,
Mr.. Alfred Aver of Ocala, Mr.. George
Pasteur of Anthony, Major Priest OF
Daisy, and some of our good doctors
to give me pointers on this matter,
telling me to try and have or not TO
have a law of this kind passed.
L. S. LIGHT.
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FRANK WALPOLE HAS ANOTHER
NIGHTMARE

The corporate interests will again
be in the saddle after January LIST, as
far as the governor is concerned. Gill
christ was nominated by the corpOr-
ate interests of the state, and through
him, as governor, these interests will
attempt-yea, actually build up ma
chine that it will take the best and
combined efforts of the people to
freak. We fear it will be many years
before the people get hold of the
reins again. 1t will be remembered
how hard it was, eight years ago. to
break this corporate influence,
which up to that time dictated and
actually made every nomination for
governor. And now, after eight
eight years. they are in control again.
But the people put them there. They
gave them the stick to beat their
brains out" and must now stand up
and take their medicine Everybody
knows that without this corporate in
f1uence and Doodle Albert Gilchrist
would have stood no more show 10 be
elected governor than a jaybird does
from scorching his wings in a flight
through hell.-Manatee County Rec
ord.
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social peace and charity? Why do
men under stress of financial loss or
physical ailment, 10 longer live out
their allotted span, but in reckless de-
fiance of the Omnifc Will. rush to
eternal dOOm,-alas! all to frequent
followed by women disheartened by
restitution or age-by criminaily pre-
cociOus children, even,-boys and
girls Of morbid viciousness? Why
the recent MOsre bank-tragedies, the
Postmaster Morgan assassination, the
Eric Mackay suicide, the Carmack
murder, the revival of the terrible
factiOnal feud unto death. in Tennes-
See-each and all of these are the
fault not of religious bigotry,-but of
irreligion, of godlessness, of resurrect-
ed pagan ethics, of idolatrous stand
ards, of mammon-worship Of social
license, of personal lawlessness,- and
only the Commandments of God, the
Beatitudes of Christ, the Sacramento
life of the Church, can stand against
these gates of hell, and conquer these
roaring lions of evil roaming the
world, seeking whom they may de-
vour!"
Mans religious belief makes him
more eager to act justly and upright
ly in his relations to all men," The
present national and social problem
inclusive of the evil of religious
| bigOtry in America, and its cure-is
how shall America, in duty to God and
for the good of man, sustain the car
dinal virtue of justice? How shall a
national, a social, an individual up
rightness be established, assuring
America of novel, conscientious, in
vincibly honorable and honest rulers,
and a virtuOus, happy and peaceful
Ople?-President Roosevelt states
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BELIEF
Saving Faith, and its good works of
Divine worship, love and prayer-of
peace, good will, and reciprocal hui
man service!
No justice, no uprightness, survive
in nation, society, or people collect
lively or individually, whose active re-
ligiOus faith is dead! President Roose-
welt points the only one and true, be-
cause the holy way, to Americas sal
walton in the temporal, no less than
in the eternal order!-New York
Freeman'S Journal.
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is THE SOUTH DEPRIVED OF HER
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?

Mr.. John S. Beard of Pensacola,
says:
For half a century the southern
states have been denied that full and
perfect equality with the other states
of the Union, which is her constitu-
tiOnal right"
What are these constitutional rights
that are enjoyed by the other states
of the Union that are not enjoyed by
the southern states?
The southern states, the same as
the other states, send delegates to the
national conventions. That they are
outvoted in these conventions is no
abridgment of their constitutional
rights.
But as a fact it is not true that in
the last half century they have been
Outvoted in these conventions.
A majority of southern delegates to
the respective national democratic
conventions favored the nomination
of Seymour. and Greedy, and Tilden,
and Hancock, and Cleveland, and Bry-
an and Parker, and a majority of the
southern delegates attending the re-
publican national conventions favored
the aspirations Of the candidates that
were nominated.
So if this is a constitutional pTivi-
lege, it is enjoyed by the southern
states of the Union the same as the
states from all other sections.
In like manner the southern states,
the same as all the other states, NOM
mate and vote for their presidential
electors.
Each of the southern states, the
same as all the other states, has two
members of the United States senate
and representatives in congress ac-
cording to population.
In her representation in congress
the southern states are on a perfect
equality with all the other states.
That these representatives are in the
minority is unfortunate, burt is no
abridgment of any constitutional
right
Our senators and representatives in
congress have an equal voice and vote
on all questions, the same as the rep
resentatives from all the other states,
and while, unfortunately in the minor
ity. owing to the popularity and untir-
ing industry of her members, she
manages to get her share of the ap-
preparations.
Fernandina, Gainesville, Ocala and
Miami are now erecting federal build
ings, costing upwards of one hundred
thousand dollars each, and it is said
that il is rare that town sof no larger
size in the other states are so favora-
bly, considered
In the matter of appropriations to
rivers and harbors the southern states
manage to get an average share.
Ii the matter of taxation, we bear
an equal. but not an unjust. proper
ton.
So, in what respect are the south
ern states denied that full and perfect
equality with the other states of the
Union, which is their constitutional
right?"
To be defeated in a nGt;onal cleo
tion one time, or dozen times, is no
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THE cAMPHOR TREE FOR FLOR
IDA

The practicability of cultivating the
camphor tree in Florida profitably be-
ing conceded moves the Tallahassee
True Democrat to say: The largest
and most luxuriant specimens of the
camphor tree to be found in Florida
are in Tallahassee and Leon county,
showing that our soil and climate are
particularly adapted for their cultiva-
ton" CamphOr culture may yet be
as important a source of wealth to
Florida as any other and those coun-
ties which have the proper soil may
be greatly enriched by paying atten-
ton to it.-JacksOnville Times-UniOn.
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abridgment of a constitutional right.
and instead of performing the part of
Achilles-sulking in our tents-we
should take our medicine like men:
grid up our loins and make a greater
trial of strength for the next great
national contest.