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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Chester A. Arthur twice took the oath
of office of president OF the United
States. following the death of Gen,
James A. Garfield. His first act OF this
sort occurred privately and Immediate
ly upon receipt of official word by him
that Garfield had passed away. The
second time he took the oath In public
and then read to the country his most
famous state paper, his inaugural ad-
dress. That paper quieted the country's
fear that the bitter political quarrels
which had centered about Garfield's
brief tenure of office might be con-
tinued under Arthur. 1t was paper.
too, that was noted at the time OF lts
publication for the style of its English
But, so far as 1 know the most inter
esting story In connection with this
message has hitherto remained unpub-
lished- and that is how Gen Arthur
produced It.
From the time that he conceived tho
plan of being sworn In publicly. Gen.
Arthur was never in doubt as to what
he wanted to say in his inaugural ad-
dress-that he would not allow faction
al disturbances to interfere with his
fulnllment of the duties of the office OF
president of the United States. But he
WAS excessively critical rs to the man.
ner in which his thought should be eX-
pressed, and so for several days and
far into their nights he struggled at
his desk over the manuscript OF his adj
dress
But redraft and revise 1t as he would
he could not get 1t into shape to suit
him. and finally, in a sort OF literary
despair he bethought himself of his old
personal and political friend. Daniel
C. Rollins, and decided to call him into
consultation on tho form that the mes
sage should take. Rollins. who WAS
very brilliant man and master of a
very fine English style. had been one
OF Gen. Arthur's so-called triumvIiate
when the former was running the Re
publican party in New York city, and in
him and his Judgment Gen. Arthur had
perfect faith.
without delay. when told that he
was wanted. Rollins appeared before
the president who was living in the
so-called Ben Butler house while the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
A FAITHFUL SHERIFF.

The Sheriff of Cairo. ILL.,, Fred D
Nelis. Is to bo commended for the firm
stand he has taken, at critical mo-
ment, for the law.
1t seems that negro had snatched
a purse from a lady and that a moo
was on hand to murder the black fell
low But the Sheriff was determined
to beat back the lawless element, and
he did so. although would-be murder
ers threatened to take his life.
Unfortunately. one man was killed
by the deputies and others were
wounded. This Is reerettable. but II
tho law could not be vindicated at any
other price. it was better to pay II,
for the supremacy OF the law, without
which there is but chaos and anarchy,
cannot be bought too dearly. Those
who, after tho Sheriff had announced
his determination to protect the pris-
oncr. refused to disperse. took awful
chances.
And the matter is not yet ended.
Judge Butler has ordered an investi-
mob. In his charge he demanded that
the rioters be brought to justice They
ought to stand trial not only for riot
ing, but for murder, for the blood of
the victim OF the volley of the depu-
ties stains their hands, who insti-
gated the riot
The judge made one important point
In his charge TO the Jury. He denied
that lynching stops crime. "Thorc
have been," he said, 1--WE murders In
Cairo since November. when we had
another occurrence of mob violence
These crimes show that mob law is moi
deterrent to crime and it is your
duty to see that mob law ceases to be"
Mob law Is no deterrent to crime. 1t
fosters crime. And that is ono reason
why the most strenuous measures arc
justified In putting 1t down.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
A FRAUD.

The daily apologist for prostitution
takes the view that because polycnmv
was practiced in Utah at one time.
therefore the so-called American of-
ficlals arc justified in not enforcing Tho
laws against the immoral traffic of the
"stockadc"
But that position Is wrong even from,
the standpoint of the Tribune. Ac-
cordine to that sheet the "Mormon..,
are all bad. and nothing but bad Thai,.
leaders. from the Prophet Joseph down
to the present. are all bad. Their re-
llglon is sensuality and commercialisn
and superstition Nothing good can.
in the opinion Of that sheet. como from
Nazareth.
On the other hand. according TO The
same high authority, the so-ca,l,d
Americans are all angels OF light from
ex-senator Kcarns down. They are
good, and noble, and loyal, and would
not do a wrong, however slight. M
not even to get 4 Senatorship or q gold
vein
With such Views the paper cannot
point to any alleged wrong doing OF
the Latter-day Saints as an excuse co,
American" transgressions. or even \
palllation thereof 1t should. instead
point to the awful example OF tho
'Mormons' as warning to the sanity
Americans" not to do likewise.
But 1t does not. and thereby 1t re-
vcals again it's dcprnvity and hypoc-
rlcy. Thereby 1t confesscs. practicable
that 1t knows 1t is falsifylng when Il
is painting the 'Mormons" black and
the Americans" white. 1t confcssca
that 1t is indifferent to the vice bv
which some of It's friends and supoorr.
ers profit financially and by which IT
hopes to gain votes for It's party. II
confesses. practically. that the entire
play before the country In favor of
morality and the American home was
swindle and humbug And what Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

lease OF life and its adjuncts. we do
not live for ourselves. And thus II
Is that death. which We are accustomed
to consider nm evil. really acts for us
the friendllest part and takes away
the commonplace of existence. My life.
and your life, flowing on thus day by
day. is yapid enough piece OF bust
ncSs; but when we think that II must
close, a multitude OF considerations.
not connected with ourselves. but with
others. rush in. and vapidIty vanlshes
at once. Life. II II were to flow on
forever and thus. would stognate and
rot. The hopes, and fears and re-
grets, which move and trouble 1t. keep
1t fresh and healthy. as the sea Is kept
alive by the trouble of It's tides. In
tolcrably comfortable world. where
death Is not. 1t is difficult to see from
what quarter these hcalthful fears. re-
grets. and hopes could come. AS 1t
Is. there are agitations and sufferings
in our lots enough; but VIC must re-
member that 1t is on account of these
suffcrings and agitations that we be-
come creatures breathing thoughtful
breath.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
sACREDNEss OF THE BALLOT.
Albert l. Blair

Can any words OF mine give the
sacredness OF the ballot. or adequately
set forth the Importance of an intel
ligent and moral suffrage7 Yet young
men arrive at tho age OF II and begin
to vote without n minutes reflection
on what the ballot actually means and
what an enormous responsibility drops
on their shoulders when they walk in
to the election booth. My Indictment
IL that the citizen king too often fails
to realize his crowning glory the scope
and bearings of his political privileges.
Did II ever occur to you that an Amer
ican vote bearer may commit treason
against his own sovereignty, that to
dissociatc ones suffrage from the
highest honest conviction Is a political
crln,e7 Benedict Arnold In American
history does not stand alone In his In
fanny. on the same side OF the line
Is the man who sells his vote for
money. Office or power. Beyond a
seconds questioning. the man who
sells his vote should be forever dis
franchised What should be said of
the vote buyer? AS n rule he is IN In
finitely meaner and more dangerous
rcprobnte than the vote seller. His
place Is whore the lockstcp is prac-
ticcd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

White House was undergoing extensive
renovations, made necessary by the
fact that Garfield had long been Ill
therein
"Dan," said the president. coming to
the point at once and showing his
visitor a much worked over draft OF
the address, II don't seem to be abla
To put in satisfactory clothing the
thoughts 1 want to express to the
American people at my inaugural. and
l want the benefit of your keen dis
elimination in the choice OF words, for
i think that what I have to say to the
people should be conveyed to them In
appropriate phraseology and dlction" "
Rollins picked up the pages and -ead
them through.
why. Mr. President" he exclaimed.
enthusiastically, Il don't see why you
have called me In. This Is all splendid
splendid
But the president was obduratc. He
insisted that the phrnseology did not
suit him In the least confessed his dis
enlargement and proposed that they go
over the address word by word. phrase
by phrase and sentence by sentence
So far into the night they two discuss
ed the advisability of using this or
that word or phrase. Arthur freely
striking out here and there what he
had set down and substituting therefor
the suggestions made by his adviser
1t was state paper, that. for the
style of Its English, was polished from
A to u to the best ability of the two
masters OF English working over It;
and when finally the last sentence was
reached, considered. and given its final
revision, the president turned CRATE
fully to his coloborcr and heartily ex-
pressed himself as at last completely
and happily satisfied with the address
In every particular
A little later, when the address was
delivered. the American people were
not only pleased with the tone and
thought OF the address, but probably
also a little surprised at the felicity Of
Its language But how much of that
felicity was original with President
Arthur. who had much more than aver
age command OF the language, or how
much Of il resulted from the sugges-
tions OF his friend Dan Rollins. tho
American people doubtless Will never
know.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel declares that federal control of
corporations is necessary to the COM
mercial preservation of the country"
As Swift managed TO argue very we'll
without having had course in the
rules of logic so the country's COM
merce has managed to increase and
get along very we'll without federal
control of corporations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Chairman Nelson. commenting on
Glavis's testimony. said it was appar-
ent to him that almost every ans
wer the witness made had "a string to
It," Probably that's so, for CLAWS un-
doubtedly thinks an effort is being
made TO string him.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Prosecutor Garvan OF New York says
the grand jury has positive evidence
that food products in some instances
have bcen kept In cold storage for
seven years. Are they seven years OF
fat or seven years of lean?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Los Angeles building record for the
month of January surpasscs all pre-
vious records No other city. we are
told erected more buildings. and no
other city ever has shown creator
percentage of gain over n correspond
Ing period for the previous year 1t
Is all due to our American" party. of
coursp
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

lacking In it's own confession is sup
piled by the "stockadc" Itself. For that
institution stands there. monument
to a colossal fraud. Cook Is not in 1t.
II compared to some creators of the
american" party.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Hon. Dave Francis. it is said.
would like very much to go TO the Sen
ate from Missouri 1t was once
thought that he would very much Ike
to go to the White House from Mis-
souri,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
OBJECT LESSONS.
New York Herald.

With Chief Justice Melville w, Full
lcr of the Supreme court of the United
states, seventy seven years old Friday,
and Associate Justice John NJ. Harlan
seventy-seyen next June. and both
vigorous In mind and body. the age
limit of man is surely lengthening
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Local reports have it that our city
not yet claimed that the rodents came
because they are in sympathy with
the American" party.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Senator Smoot is not from Missouri
but when 1t comes to Withdrawing his
amendment to the postal savings bank
bill. he wants TO be shown.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

A now plot against the Venezuelan
government has been discovered. But
that's nothing new.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

The divorce colony Is continually re-
ceiving recruits from the mother"
country.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Speaking of high prices. Mr.. Androw
Carnegie says, I'VE are simply living
on too expensive a scale" We may
be but we aln't
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Dr. Cook says that he wishes to be
left In peace. Does he desire to die
in grease and be buried In chunk OF
tallow?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
HOW ARTHUR PRODUCED HIS MOST FAMOUS STATE PAPER
BY j. f. Edwards.

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of
mon
I'M
to
a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

A man would rather receive q BLACK
Hand' letter than a bill from his
butcher on the first of the month
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Tho nearer Colonel Roosevelts S home
coming gets the less is heard about the
return from Elba"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Instead of being dead. Philadelphia
yesterday was by all odds the liveliest
city in the Union.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

OF those City of Brotherly Love
street car strikers II onnnot be said
that they left not n wreck behind.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Alaska Goals OF fire are being heaped
on the Morgan -GuSgenhcim syndicate's
head
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Are all the investigations into various
matters nov going on worth the can
die?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

The cold winter hasn't killed the Ice
crop no matter what 1t may do to
other crops.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Tomorrow Is Washington's birthday
He never told a lie that he was caught
In.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

The Nicaraguan insurgents are past
masters in the tactics OF retreat.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

People still live and have their being
notwithstanding the high prices of food.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Edward Payson Weston is leaving
footprints on the sands of Arizona.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Tho price of eggs indicates that the
hons arc laying low for black ducks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Premier Asquith may find that his
Labor (party) has been In vain.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

The late snowstorm WIS much moro
than a tempest I'm a tea pot.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

dian wars is rather surprising May
they all live long and prosper!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

A surplus canal is a necessity and
not super1uity.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

There is no laundry trust. Tho laun-
drymcn won't trust anybody.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

An honest pound of butter is the
rarcst work OF man
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Egyptian darkness seems to cover
Cairo, Illinois.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

He who steals carpenters tools
doesn't steal trash.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

Vale CLAWS, Halo Pinchot.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

What powerfully deep bass voice
that young man has. Who is he7"
Il understand he is AN assistant
salesman in the new glove store"
"Ah. that accounts for the subseller
voice. c."-Cleveland Plain Dcalcr.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

How was 1t that young couple
chanced to quarrel"
"Oh, he fell down on his luck. then
he began to fall short of giving her
money. then they both fell out. and
then what he thought was good
speculative thing fell in his way and
he fell for it. That's all."-Baltimoro
American.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

The number of survivors of Utah In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
CONFERENCE POSTPONED.

The Salt Lake stake conference. nd
vertised to be held March 6. has been
postponed 10 March 20.
JOSEPH F SMITH.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
TRIENDL1NEss OF DEATH.

Alexander Smith
Seeing that we have no perpetual
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

That man might have amounted to
something IL he had had chances for
development. His is a case of arrested
humor.'
We'll, from all | ever heard OF II,
his humor ought to have been arrest
ed."-Baltimore American.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

What happened in your fat last
night? Have q prize fight?"
Certainly not!"
But | heard subdued yells. What
was pulled OFF p
"A porous plaster. II you must
know. Herald
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21

John-what doctor attended your
aunt in her last llncss2
James-None, She died a natural
death.-Haryard Lampoon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-21
JUST FOR FUN
JUST FOR FUN

JUST FOK FUN
The second day drew to its close with
the twelfth juryman still unconvinccd.
The court was impatient
well. 2cntlomen." said the court Of
ficor. entering the jury room. Shall I.
as usual, order twelve dinners?"
Make IT," said the foreman. eleven
dinners, and bale of hay"-Metro-
politan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
Deep Sea is Exceedingly "WabbIy'
and There Seems to Be No spe-
cific for SeasIckness.

In the joyous vacation season many
of us go down into the sea in ships. and
there would be many more of us If
the bounding deep were not SO con-
founded wabbly at timec It's all very
well to sing of a life on the ocean
wave, but there isn't lot of fun to 1t
when the ocean wave is as big as a
house and as steep as a roof-that is,
to a great many of us.
Hence the plant that rises on
every side at this time of year: SIS
there any specific for seasickness?
Most doctors agree that there is not,
although one or two remedies have
been prepared which either help pre-
vent the unpleasant illness or cause
peop1e to think they do-which means
the same Thing. For those who can
not stand the motion of the boat"
there are but two absolutely certain
ways of avoiding seasickness. One is
to remain on land; the other. never
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
NEED MoNEy FOR GOOD WORK
Plans Of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis.

What "a Million for tuberculosis
from Red Cross Seals will do in pro-
viding some of the 275,OO0 beds need
ed at once in the United States for
consumptives, is explained in recent
bulletin of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis. There is just about one
bed for every ten INDECENT consump-
tives, and If all tuberculosis persons
In the country are counted, both rich
and poor, hardly one for every rs or
&c. If sufficient hospital accomoda-
tons are provided only for those
who are too poor to pay the full
price for their treatment. fully 275,000
more beds in special institutions for
tuberculosis would be needed at once.
The immense outlay necessary to pro-
vide and maintain so many beds IN
hospitals, make 1t imperative, the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis de-
clares, that such institutions be erect
ed from public money, either NUM-
cipal, county or state. In order to
get appropriations for public hospitals
for tuberculosis, agitation is neces-
sary, and in order to create cam
paign of agitation, organization is de-
manded. But in order that an organi.
cation may carry on an effective cam
paign, funds are needed.
These funds it is proposed to secure
In as many communities as possible
from the sale of Red Cross seals.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
The Spots Disappeared.

Mrs. Dolan lived in district which
was not as favorable for the outdoor
household experiments recommended
by the Ladies' Helper as 1t might have
been. This fact Mrs. Dolan was rapid
ly assimilating, and In manner not
SO uncommon as it might be she
blamed the estimable periodical for
her difficulties.
Il wisht had a holt O. that woman
that runs the Handy Hints depart
ment," she remarked to her husband
one morning after an early excursion
into the back yard, whence she re.
turned in high dudgeon.
Il fought you fought she was a
grand wan,' said Mr.. Dolan, cautious
ly testing his cup of tea.
well, I've changed me mind, as
I'VE the rights to do" replied his wife.
"She said to put sody on thin stains
in the tablecloth, and Rave 1t out over.
night on the line, an they'd be gone
entirely whin morning come. Sure tits
the tablecloth that's gone-the de
saving woman that she is!"-Youth's
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
Completely Pauperized.

Albert w. Hebbard, New York's
charity expert, said at recent din
ner:
The great danger Of charity Is its
pauperizing effect. This effect must
be avoided, or the recipients will all
become Jack Ranches.
Jack Hanch, on the score of bad
health never worked, and the pastor
of the Methodist church, a man whose
heart sometimes outran his head, sent
the idler and his family weekly gifts
of food and clothing-supported the
whole crew, in fact.
"a church visitor, after listening to
Jacks complaints one day. said:
eyes, of course, you have had bad
health, we know that; but one thing
at least you ought to be thankful for,
and that Is our pastors kindness in
sending you all this bread and meat
and jelly and blankets and so on.
Don't you think 1t is good Of him to
look after you SO well?"
"'Good of him. said Jack, impa.
tiently. why, what's he for?'"