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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
ONE GOOD ACT

Well. anyway, the legislature has
done one thing for which EVERYDAY
may be thankful: it. has finally ad-
Journed. Hopeless!y incompetent. DOM
mated by syndicate of federal office
holders and liquor dealers, unable to
agree on any desirable measure Of
note wandering in a maze of crooked
politics and corrupt influence, it has at
last adjourned, Glory be.
One conspicuous monument of the
session remains to remind men con-
stantly of is character. and that is the
liquor bill Perhaps the less said about
that now the better. since It must in
evitsbly remain a subject of discussion
for all of the next two years. unless t
is declared void sooner. If it becomes
operative in law il viii be a daily re-
minder Of the transaction by which its
passage was purchased. a statutory
proof that the federal bunch kept faith
with its liquor allies and delivered the
goods"
Possibly. too. the memory of the bill
may serve TO produce a new era in the
politics Of Utah, an era in which clean
men and clean methods will replace
the present disgracefuI regime under
Which legislation is bought and sold
and delivered, in which public senti-
ment is defed and the right of local
sep-goverhment set at naught.
Anyway, the legislature has ad-
jouFned and It's possibilities for harm
ended. 1t has done its utmost to in
jure salt Lake City; it has made tie
usual pork barrel distribution Of public
funds for the out counties, most Of
which is paid by salt Lake; it has re-
warded the friends of the machine by
appointments. some of which are very
good and some inconceivably bad: it
has done no single thing Of which it
has any occasion to be proud. and il
has done much OF which the whole
state is ashamed.
Damned by the best of its members,
praised by none but the corruptionists
who debauched It, its record has no
parallel in this state for hapless i'm
beeility, and no superior in any state
as an example of what a legislature
should not be.
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THE NEWHOITSE RIIJ

OF all the consummations most de-
voutly to be wished for in Utah none
equals in Importance the desire of
every good citizen so aptIy expressed
in Mr.. Newhouse's bill presented as the
topic for speakers at the dinner he
gave the legislature. Here is the en-
acting clause:
Enacted, That this bill makes II
the duty of every citizen of Utah to
join in brushing away forever all the
animosities of the past and to enter
heartily and prayerfuIly into an earnest
endeavor 10 promote fraternity among
the people. and to build up by con-
sentative legislation and intellectual
cooperation a commonwealth here in
these mountains which shall stand
eternal contradiction to every asper-
sion that past circumstances have
caused TO be set up as a reason for
doubt of the ability of those who live
in this state TO produce a civilization
equal TO any in the world"
If every citizen were like Mr.. New
house there would be little difficulty in
carrying that bill unanimously. 1t
represents the prayer OF the very large
proportion of disinterested folks in the
state: its purpose needs no argument
TO prove its worthiness. If it were an
accomplished fact no limit could be set
TO the industrial, commercial and So
cial progress of Utah. The state would
go ahead by leaps and bounds, its pop
ulation would double in a decade. its
resources, Incompatible in latent
wealth, would make IL the foremost Of
inland commemorative; and yet
How can fraternity among the peo-
pie" be secured when the controlling
element in the dominant political party
retains power solely by fostering dis
cord and promoting factional war
among the people? How can Utah
-.buiId up by conservative legislation
and intellectual cooperation" such
commonwealth as Mr. Newhouse
dreams of and all Of us hope for. when
legislation is utilized principally as an
instrument of discredited interests and
laws are prostituted to the upbuilding
of a political machine at the sacrifice
of local self-goveumsnt and common
deeency in public life
fs is not pleasant to compel attention
TO the reality as contrasted with the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
Suggestive Questions on the Sunday
School Lesson by Rev. Dr.. Linscott
Copyright, 1908, by 7. S. LnseOtt, o D.

which is likely the better man of the
Feb. 2S-Acts viiiA-25. The Gospe1 in
Samaria. Golden Text. Acts viii:6.
The people with one accord gave heed
unto those things which Philip spake
hearing and seeing the miracles which
he did.
Verse Stills there any evidence to
OeleVe that there are. or ever have
Deen, persons with the power claimed
Dy witches, conjurers, fortune teIIers
and similar takers?
March Acts vii:26-40. PhiliD and
the Ethiopian. Golden Text. John v.2e
search the scriptures for in them We
tnlnk We have eternal life; and they are
they which testify Of me.
Verse 26-May any person. who i NOT
paying double with God. safely trust
the inward voice" to direct as to ont
ward circumstances
March 14-Acts ix:3t-4S. Aeneas and
Dorcas- Golden Text. Acts ix:sk And
refer SAID unto him. Aeneas. Jesus
ChIlst maketh thee whole; arise and
ately
Verses S6-3S-How do Won classify
those who content themselves WIFI, GO,
ing to church and prayer meeting and
talhlhS' ana praying. but are not fol-
lowing Jesus, in going about doing
SOodE Cribs question must he an
club u tiie
Lesson for Sunday. March %. 1909
temperance Lesson. Prov. xxiii:2q-g5.
copyright, 1908, by Rev. T. : Lin
scott, D. d.
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GETTING ON IN 7HE WORLD.

GETTING ON IN HE WORLD.
yes. that's all right Bill" said Col
onel Sneed TO his son in-law, as they
smoked their after-dinner cigars; that
is all right I'm mighty glad to hear
you've been promoted and got a raise.
I'm mighty glad to SEE you climbin' up
the ladder of success. / like to see a
man with ambition and pluck and gin
ger, and 1 glory in your spunk, my boy;
certainly do. But you haven't been
home much of evenings lately, have
you?"
NO, colonel, 1 haven't. Works been
pretty heavy the last few months, and
it's kept me at the office almost every
night. 1 don't like that part of it much,
but fellows got to hustle if he gets
along in the world these days"
''Uh, huh! That's about the way I'd
sized it up, and, as l was just tellin'
you, / like to see that kind of a spirit
in young man: but, son, if govern
ment bonds were quoted at ninety-six,
and a man was TO go around town buy
In all he could get at a dollar ten, what
would you think OF him?"
I'd think he was a fool. of course
IN huh! So would 1. So would ev-
erybOdy. I don't reckon there's any
thing better than government bonds.
They make the finest kind of waddin'
for a safe deposit box, and as works of
art they're mighty hard to beat; but
any man who pays more than the mar
ket price for 'em is a bigger fool than
Thompson's colt It's a good deal the
same way with this thing you call get
tin on in the world. It's fine: it's worth
a whole lot: but there's such a thing as
payin' too much for it, And, William,
my boy. when a man gives up all or
nearly all that makes life worth living
in order to win financial success he's
Sellm' short on happiness with a mighty
slim chance to get hold of the stock for
delivery.
res. 1 know what you'll say: you're
WoEktn' to get a start. to lay the foun-
dalton of a little fortune, to provide the
right kind of a home for your wife. and
I'm pattin' you on the back all the time
and sayin' Bully boy That's the sort
of stuff that makes men: that's the
power that makes the world go round.
But man wants to be mighty careful
that ne doesn't keep on runDin' around
the track after the finish. and he wants
TO look nut that he doesn't lose dia-
monds while he's scrambIin' for pearls.
Ny old fat her was a country doctor and
he always carried his Quinine and caio-
mel and such like in a big pair of sad
diebass. [ remember one time he had
to get up in the middle o. the night and
ride ten miles to see a patient 1t was
an urgent case, and the old gentleman
went down the road like Satan beatin'
tanbark, his saddlebags bounciu' up an
down at every jump. When he got to
the place he found a strap had broke.
and every bit of his medicine had been
scattered along the road.
Many a man goes lopin' along the
road TO riches with his nose to the
ground like hound chasin' a fox. He
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TAFTs MEMORIAL ADDRESS.

Under the guise OF paying a tribute
To the memory of the late Grover
Cleveland, President Taft took occasion
to extol the man at the expense of the
party which twice elected him to the
exalted Office of chief magistrate of the
land. Mr.. Cleveland was given the
credit for saving the country from re-
pudiation. Mr. Taft meant the use of
silver as money.
Grover Cleveland entered upon his
second term of Office with the treasury
left bare by the Harrison administTa-
ton, and a panic. which the Republi-
cans themselves say was caused by the
Sherman silver purchasing act, passed
by Republican congress and signed
by Republican president Cleveland
insisted upon the repeal of this act, and
was fierceiy assailed by no less a per-
sonage than William Mckinley, who
succeeded him as president, for "strik-
ing down" the white metal, At that
time Mckinley was rabid and ram
pant free silver man, and it is a great
wonder that President Taft, In COM
mending Mr.. Cleveland for his action
in preventing Reputation" should not
have -contrasted his position with that
of Mr.. Mckinley Ito point a moral and
adorn tale" Mr.. Cleveland has been
beatified by Wall street since he has
passed on, and the Republicans stand
ready to place him in the calendar of
h .,f
fee, however, when it became neces-
sary to issue bonds to uphold the
credit of the country, and while he was
doing those very acts for which he is
now being commended. there were Re
publicans base enough to charge that
he received a financial consideration
from ]. p. Morgan & Co, to whom the
bonds were awarded.
Speak nothing but good of the dead"
is an old saying, and Mr.. Taft has a
the seventh heaven. if it suits his pur-
pose. but ne should not attempt to
make political capital in "A memorial
address, more especially when the facts
in the case have to be altered to make
his point good.
Again. his reference to the German
Wilson tariff bill was not particularly
happy just at the present time. The
Democratic party was pledged to tariff |
reform. with the aid of the senate Re-
publicans, Senator German was able to
secure the enactment of a measure
which Mr.. Cleveland declined to sign. |
at the same time making his much I!
quoted remark about party perfidy |
and dishonor
Mr. Taft has just been elected upon t
. Republican platform which also 1
promised tariff reform 4 bill has been 1
in the house In which an at
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WHO BiDEs HIS TIME.
games Whitcomb Riley.0

Games Whitcomb RileyO
Who bides his time, and day by day
Faces defeat full patiently.
And lifts mirthful rOundelay.
However poor his fortunes be
He will not fail in any qualm
OF pOverty-the paltry dime
1t viii grow golden in his palm.
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time-he tastes the sweet
OF honey in the safest tear;
And though he fares with slowest feet
JOY runs to meet him, drawing near;
The birds are heralds Of his cause;
And like never-ending rhyme,
The roadsides bloom in his applause,
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time, and fevers not
In the hot race that none achieves.
Shall wear coOl-wreathen laurel, wrought
With crimson berries in the leaves;
And he shall reign a goodly king.
And sway his hand Ger every cline,
With peace writ on his signet ring.
Who biueS his time
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tempt has been made at revision down
ward, and the news has been flashed to
the four corners of the earth that the
party pledge is being kept. But the
Payne bill, even if it passes the house
in the present form. viii have to run
the gantlet in the senate. The clans
are gathering in Washington and a
loud and protracted howl is going up all
over the country by the protected in
terests. No enc. unless it be Mr.. Taft
himself. is fatuOus enough to believe
that the interests viii suffer the loss
of a single silver when the senate gets
through with the tariff measure and
an agreement is finally reached 81 con-
ference between the two houses. VIII
Mr.. Taft call the bin party perffdy and
dishOnor," and refuse TO sign it, as Str.
Cleveland did? If he does not his aG-
dress was delivered in vain and thn
praise bestowed upon Mr.. Cleveland
cannot truthfuIly be accorded in the
case of Mr.. Taft.
The Democratic party existed before
either Mr.. CLEVELAND OF Mr.. Taft were
born. and will continue to fight the
battles of the people through evil and
through good report. Giving Mr.. Cleve-
land all the credit due him, and ac-
cording him the honor of being the
greatest president since Abraham Lin
coin, the fact remains that the party
which created him is still greater.
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COLONEL JOHN sNEEDs CONVERSATIONS ON
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
BY CASPER S. YosT.

doesn't see anything but the tracks of
the fellows who've gone that way be-
fore him. and he's so doggone anxious
to catch up with 'em that he don't know
he's got holes in his pockets, and is
losin' things a whole lot more valuable
than the one he's runnin' after He
don't know that he's dropped his wife's
love here, and his children's affection
there, and his home and his health a
little further along, while his happiness
has been trickling out of the hole all
the time. And when at last he gets Up
to the front and grabs the bag Of gold
he finds that he's lost everything that
makes it's possession really worth while,
and it turns to dust in his hands. For
his pockets are empty, and his heart is
empty, and his head hasn't got any
thing in it but stock quotations and re-
grets.
1T amt Just figures of speech I'm
givin' you, my boy. I've seen 'em do it
time and time again, an nearly every
one of 'em started out with Just one
desire-to do something big and fine for
the woman he loved. The purpose was
all right, you see, Bill, but they let it
run away with them. That's what
want you to avoid, my boy, and that's
why I'm givin' you this kind of a talk
now.
You've married the sweetest little
girl this side of the pearly gates. if
do say it myself, and if you want sue
cess to be worth anything when you get
1t, go down the long road with her arm
linked in yours, and don't go so fast
but what she can keep up with YOU
You remember the Lord said: 1t amt
good for man TO be alone and it's a
good deal worse for a woman to be
alone. When man begins to leave his
wife to fret out her evenings by herself
he's layin' the foundations for trouble.
That old sayin' that absence makes the
heart grow fOnder is all poppycOck 1t
don't do anything of the sort, and if YOU
become so ensrossed in the struggle to
get on in the world that you can't get
home to dinner more than once or twice
a week, and have TO spend most of your
evenings at the office. you're pretty
sure to find the keen edge Of love wear
in off in her heart or yours after a
while. The Dublin process may be SO
slow that neither of you may know it's
goin' on until it's too late. but, sooner
or later son, you'll find il out. and then
you might as well shut up the shop. For
no man and no woman can be really
happy without love, and love won't Stav
long in any home unless it's fed. A vvo-
man love viii starve under neglect.
and d mans love will shrivel up if he
gets so full of business that he has no
time to think of anything else. Get
ting on in the world is a great thing. a
very great thing, if love lights the way.
but if it doesn't-well, you take an old
mans advice, my boy, and keep your
ambition down to union hours. You
may not get there so quick. but you'll
get there, all right. and when YOU do
there'1 be some satisfaction in the ar
rival And, now, let's go out and take
a look at~he baby"
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March 81, 1909.

Review.
Golden Text-They that we're scat
tered abroad went everywhere preach
ing the word. Acts, viii4.
The following review scheme can be
used with profit by all the newspaper
clubs who are taking up the Bible
studies, whether having actually stud
led the eleven lessons here reviewed,
or only one of them, or whether this is
the first lesson which has captured
a readers attention; for while it is a
review" ii is also complete in itself.
The date and title of each lesson and
where found, the Golden Text, and one
question on each lessen follow.
Jan. 3-Acts lila The Ascension Of
Our Lord. Golden Text: Luke xiv:
81. 1t came to pass while he blessed
them, he was parted from them, and
carried up into heaven.
Verses 10. 11-WOuld the coming Of
the Spirit of Jesus on the day of Pen
tecost be the return of Jesus as these
two men meant?
Jan. 1O-Acts ii:1-2I. The Descent Of
the Holy Spirit. Golden Text. John
xiv:16, il. 1 will pray the Father and
he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you forever,
even the Spirit Of Truth.
Verses 6-12. An educated ministry is
desirable, but which will make the most
converts, a man with fair intelligence
and a common school education, filled
with the Holy Spirit, or an university
graduate lacking that experience?
Jan. 17-Acts ii:22-47. The Beginning
of the Christian church. Golden Text.
Acts ii:42. They continued steadfast-
ly in the apostles doctrine and fellow
ship. and in breaking of bread and in
prayers.
Verse Pillow is it that Jesus has i'm
pressed Himself upon the world as no
other man has ever done. and that he
has swayed the hearts of the lowly and
mighty alike. and that His influence is
increasing with the years.
Jan. 24-Acts lilies. The Lame Man
Healed. Golden Text. Acts iii:16. His
name, through faith in His name, hath
made this man strong. whom ye see
and know.
Verse 6-Need the lack Of money or
ability ever prevent any man from do
ing the work in life which God has ap-
pointed him to do?
Jan. 3i-Acts iv1-3f. The Trial Of
Peter and John. Golden Text. Acts iv:
81. They were all filed with the Holy
Ghost. and they spake the word of God
with boidness.
Verses 1-3. Have priests and preach
ers, in the past, been quick or slow. 10
see Gods new revelations of truth
in science or theology?
Feb. Acts iv:32 to VII. The True
and False Brotherhood. Golden Text
Prov. xii:22- Lying lips are an abom-
ination unto the Lord: but they that
deal truly are His delight.
Verses "a, Sis faithfulness to God a
sure cure for shortness of money?
Feb. 14-Acts v:17-42. The Apostles
Golden Text. Matt. v:1O.
Blessed are they which are prosecuted
for righteousness sake; for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Verses 54-40-Is it not true that the
heretics of one generation have been
the saints of the next?
Feb. 21-Acts vii to Wig. Stephen.
the First Christian Martyr Golden
Text Acts vii:59 They stoned Stephen.
calling upon God. and saying. Lord
Jesus. receive my spirit.
Verses 1l-13-When a man with right
views of truth. gets angry at the man
with wrong views and persecutes him.
which the latter takes with meekness.
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"UNT0 EVERY
ONE THAT HATH"

It's one of the things I remember
since 1 don't know when.
Unto every one that hath shall be
given;
But from him that hath not
shall be taken away even that which
he HATH
As a kid, the proposition seemed I'M
fair
As grown-up, it's the fairest thing
ever.
The man that has usually deserves It
all
He worked to get it.
He saved to get it.
He behaved himself to get il
And he has proved himself able to
take care of il.
The other fellow-you know him. and
so do I.
From him. you see. is to be taken
away even the tiny bit he may have
Taken away''-sure.
Because he is not man enough to hold
on to it.
And therefore has no right to have it.
Don't consider for a single second
that I'm talking class
It's q great thing to be one of those
whom Abraham Lincoln said.
God must love them; he made 50
many of them"
But I've seen so much of this "hav-
ing" and mot having
That l come very close to knowing
what's what.
Few people judge anything correctly
They seem to feel that one man
makes a community.
That q. couple of dozen people make
a world.
It's all wrong. of couTse-anybody
can see it after little reflection.
But how are people to be made to re-
fleet?
So the old and true statement is
scoffed at, or used as proof of gen.
eral unfairness.
VIII you-yes, yOu-think with me
for a couple of minutes?
First of all, you want to figure on
who you are.
Figure fair.
Are you up" or down."
Have you anything in the world
Position worth speaking Of?
Any money? Or property?
Whose is the credit? Or the blame?
I know how you've been thinking,
just as well as though / knew you per-
sOnally.
If you are sonnebody-and have some
thing-the credit belongs to you.
If you are nobody-and have nothing
the blame is somebody else's.
Of course, it's human nature,
But it's wrong.
What / can't understand is the su-
pineness that's necessary to get a man
into the hath not class.
Lack of eucoura cement
Pshawl No man has any right to
look for encourag cement.
If it comes. be giad-but treat it
largely as accident.
Somebody else's greed2
That's childish.
Mere greed rarely wins-when it does.
it brings a big bunch Of obloqup with
il.
Unselfshness-too much thought for
others?
Not on your life!
The hath not chap is almost al
ways a shining light of selfishness.
4 'hath-notter" is a duffeI.
a dUffer is not much better than
thing.
While d "hath-er" is usually a real
man.
I don't believe any man who reads
class.
am not willing 10 admit that-Once
his eyes are opened
Any man viii prefer to continue TO
let his little
Go To the man who hath
He will do things differently.
Ii he has been careless worker-he
will improve
II he has been an extravag giant spend
er-he will retTench.
If he has had anaTchistiC ideas-he
will throw them over.
If he has felt that the world was
chiefly meant for better-off people-he'II
decide to get better off.
And then-"unto every one that hath
shall be given"
x x x
I couldn't preach a sermon if 1 tried.
There's so much to many sermons
- > -
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that doesn't seem TO fit anything in
particular.
1 wish preachers would take up the
things that most of US are living next
to.
And get down into them as We lay
men can't.
Depend on it-more Of US would be
seen in church.
* X
Get this hath and hath not" BUSH
ness fixed in your mind.
You're in line, if you do. for a great
illumination
That will give You better vision for
the rest of your days.
That viii give your children some
thing to be thankful foT-and proud or
It's all on the level, mind yoU-au
fair and square
Unto every one that hath snail be
given:
But from him that hath not
shall be taken away even that
which ne hath"
Copyright. 1909. by Hartman Stewart.
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HE WAS NO HAYsEED,
fTit-Bits.)

Many years ago, when Londoners had
not the excursion facilities for getting
into the country that they enjoy now,
Charley. a cockney friend, was staying
at farm house and soon made HIM
self at home. Charley, with his pipe,
was wandering around, closely examin-
ing the top, ends and sides of certain
trim, well made object fenced around
In paddock. He stared at ii for lit
tie while, then shook his head obviously.
What are you looking for now,
Charley?"
Where's the doors and windows,
uncle?"
Doors and windows Why. that's a
haystaek.
No fear uncle: YOU don't humbug
me. Hay doesn't grow in Jumps like
that"