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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-31
The OLD AND THE NEW

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Tomorrow never Genes, they say
And yet year is day,
AS we shall know tomorrow.
Tonight the old year goes to rest,
His thin hands folded his breast,
His withered lips together pressed,
And with him goes his
Tonight, ere gray the morning grows
An infant, still in swaddling clothes.
Will come to earth to greet us
The bells will camor tie gate
VIII shout aloud: You're late! You're late!"
Within his hands he holds fate,
Yet laughing, comes to meet us.
An old year goes, a new year comes,
The sound of bells and muffled drums
Are ever close together.
The borderand 'twxt life and death
Is but step across the heath.
One spans it in a single breath
Be dark or bright the weather.
Tonight the old year folds his wings
Lies down to sleep among the kings
That wait across the river.
To nineteen twelve say "goodby!"
To nineteen thirteen drawing nigh,
For mercy may vanly cry
And time goes forever
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
IL Sfs Sfs
A NEW YEARS RESOLVE
.i
oh, the first of the years too cold, / fear
For the cause of true reform
'Twere better to wait for later date
When things are bit more warm
The trouble that lies in the way of the wise
Who'd leave bad habits behind
Their virtuous sniff is frozen stiff
By the chill of the winters wind.
The good intent of the righteous bent
Is nipped by the frosty air,
And the news turned leaf comes to grief
And whers beyond repair
Old Janus bold with his blasts cold
Bites deep the virtuous nose
Reform is lost in the awful frost
That comes with the mouth OF SHOWS
Twere better by much to await the touch
OF a genial May day sun
For putting ice your favorte vice,
With which you at last done.
For the tenderest flowers in Natures bower
That time evolve
Is a sturdy oak, and that's no joke,
Compared to a good resolve.
And that is why, with the year by,
To my vicious ways I cling,
And contra bonos mores go
Till the warmer days OF spring.
John Kendrick Bangs in ilarpers Weekly.
!. !. }.
Friendship is the highest degree OF perfection
in society .-Montaigne
Necessity does everything well Emerson
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-31

We wish you all happy New Year
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02
SIR THOMAS LIPToN's CALL.

The coming Of Sir Thomas Upton to
this city was an event of unusual inter
est. His fame as game sportsman IS
well established throughout the world.
Wherever he may be. there IS no need
10 explain who he i; everybody knows;
his great generosity and maguaniuity
arc the themes OF every pen. lie IS. IN
doubtedlv. the great sportsman of his
generation. generous, open. fair-mmded
and consideratc.
His programme OF yacht contests OIL
the Golden Gate at the time Of the San
Francisco canal exposition in 1915 is an
admirable one, well thought out aud un-
doubtedly it will be the leading event
OF the exposition time 10 tens of thou
sands of people. Sir Thomas has given
out challenge 10 the world, and the
world has accepted his challenge in the
spirit in which it was made There will
be Yacht racing, his Shamrock against
all competitors. and the world is taking
notice of it. although the challenge is
so recent. San Francisco responded
promptly, Honolulu came next, then Los
Angeles, and doubtless, all yacht,rac-
ing peoples will he heard from in duo
time.
Sir Thomas Is now on his way East
with view of challenging for The great
America cup, which has been in this
country for siXty-two years, and which
he has made three noble efforts to win
and take back across the sea. No loyal
American can wish TO see anyone win
that cup, but If il is TO be won, certain
ly no one else 50 richly deserves to win
it as does SIR Thomas Upton. and to no
one else could Is be surrendered with so
good a grace, And now that the great
racc-yacht builders Of this country have
passed away. his chance for winning
that cup is better than ever
The people whom he met in this city
In his necessarily brief soiourn arc
every one his ferveDt personal admirers,
as they were his admirers before from
report of his great qualities; and their
henrts go with him in his efforts;
for whatever may befall, everyone feels
that he deserves to win
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

voted for, make selection Of those
whom they would finally support.
Something Of this kind is evidently
likely to be in the political evolutions
Of tho near future; for conventions be-
| ing directly under the ban and the
primary idea a costly failure, there
would seem TO be nothing else to do
cxcept to leave out the business OF
general nominations altogether. and let
the Presidential contests be as the
Constitution evidently Intended they
should be. confined within the States
The mcaus OF information at the
call Of the public everywhere, and the
transmission of news being intantane-
Gus and transportation rapid. there
would be no reason TO fear any mis-
ioinder or delay, II is noteworthy
also that both propositions contem'
plate getting back 10 the Constltn'
tional idea Of the electors doing the
real work OF electing the President
and Vice President. In case OF the
adoption Of Mr.. Ilolcombe S plan, the
people at largo would vote not at all
on their personal choice, but for prln'
ciples alone In the proposition thht
we made. the voters of each State
would cast their ballots for the party
candidate in each party most popular
in that State, and the adjustment as
between the candidates would occur
later in the general meeting OF the
electors preliminary to the olhcial
casting Of their votes as contemplated
In the Constitution,
| The Holcombe proposition would, un-
doubtodly. tend to diminish the rancor
Of elections, and in The Tribune proPo-
sition this rancor. if any. would be
transferred from the popular arena TO
tho more restricted field Of action IN
the electoral college, where 1T would
probably be over in a day or two, and
would not leave any such lasting
antag gonsms as are permanently IN
| hicted under our present lack of sys'
| TEN. Evidently some radical change
| is needed in this direction, and either
our own proposition or Mr.. Holcompe
would tend powerfully to correction
of the contentious evils that exist
Under our proposition every state
could have its "fayoritc son. Cnder
| Mr., Holcomhe's proposition no state
! would be entitled to have any prefer
onco at all. Either would bring BACK
| TO the electoral college a very large
degree Of the prestige and power
which the Constitution contemplated
should be vested IN 1T.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02
A BUSINESS SESSION.

The latest word from Washington Is
that the coming or short session OF the
Sixty.second Congress will devote its
efforts exclusively to the passage of the
supply bills. and will "let il 20 at
that There will he no important gen
eral legislation. and there will he no
inauguration Of new policies, as il Is
recognized that such Inauguration would
be vain, since there is to be complete
chauge of administration and conCtsS-
sional control with the incoming OF
President Wilson and the assemblage OF
the special session of Congress about
April 18th.
The work Of the session. therefore, Is
practically laid out for the members
without any particular effort of their
own. That is the common-sense prac'
teal programme for the session. Any
thing else would be not only weari-
some effort, but wholly futile. This is
recognized undoubtedly. on all hands;
and the people will be prepared 10 ae-
cept thar programme as full satisfac-
ton of everything that can he expected
from this Congress,
New legislation Will be expected OF
the new Congress, guided in consider
able degree by President Wilson; and
this legislation will probably conform
very largely TO the lines OF the Demo
cratic National platform. as modified
by the conservatism which President
elect Wilson has expressed, especially
in restriction of drastic modelling with
the tariff,
The Sixty ysecond Congress is practi'
cally over, to all intents and purposes,
save only as to The necessity which is
upon it OF passing the regular appro-
priation bills. Nothing else is expected
of it, and nothing else can reasonably
be urged at the coming session,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

bother with Rhodes scholarships or
with Oxford at all. Their refusal to
do this might explain the onethlrd
of low grade scholarship from Amer
len under the Rhodes bequest. IT -
likely. AS President Remsen saws, that
the graduates of the best Of the col
lcges of the United States would nave
nothing to learn at Oxford. and there
would be no point in their taking the
time TO 20 10 that university under Jhe
Rhodes bequest OF undcr any other rou-
ditions His sighting remark, there
fore, directed against the Rhodesmen,
while severe on them. was drawn out
by the rather 2upcrcilioos criticism Of
DR. ParliiG
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02
TO ABOLISH CONVENTIONS

In the tanglc between the convention
system of nomination for Office and the
primary system, IL is clear case that
those who prefer the primary to the
convention are not able to convince the
public that the primary is the more
desirable. The primary affords greater
opportunities for fraud. cOnpels the ex-
penditure OF vast sums of money by the
candidates or their friends, and the re-
suits arc unsatisfactory in that they do
not give majority candidates. 1t has
been abundantly shown, as cxempliGed
IN the cases of Hopkins OF Illinois and
Stephenson of Wisconsin, candidates
for the u. s. Senate, that one minority
is not willing TO submit to another
minority, and that nomination by pm-
rnlity only is not satisfactory nomi-
nation, In both cases members of the
legislature adhere to their own choice
for the Senate without regard to the
primary. holding that one minority is
as good as another, which. in fact. is
true.
And now comes the counter propo-
sition TO abolish both the conventions
and primaries so far as National po.
litical action is concerned. Mr.. John
Walker Holcombc, in the November
Forum. would have all activities in the
matter Of nomination for President
and Vice President either By conven-
! ton or by primary absolutely pro-
hibited by law, His idea would be for
the parties in each of the States TO
nominate their candidates for Presi
Dental electors, and the respective
parties vote for their electoral noml-
nees without regard TO any individual
personal choice for President or Vice
President. After the election tie elec-
tors would meet in convention as a
whole body, and undertake the nomi.
nation of candidates for President
and Vice President. He would have
Congress provide for this meeting, and
pay the electors for their services, and
their expenses, He would have appro-
pirate clerks and employees and have
the electors proceed practically as con,
ventions have been proceeding to
nominate the candidates. Although the
electors might all meet together, Re.
publican, Democratic. Progressive, So
cialist, or what not, the respective
party members would, no doubt, ad-
here to men Of their own party in their
choice, If the Republican electors were
in the majority, they would agree upon
two Republicans for whom all would
vote in their respective States, AS now
provided by law. The electors in this
preliminary meeting would be, in fact
the nominating agents, and they would
support their own nominations later on
when they met TO cast their official
ballots for President and Vice Presi
dent All this would be quite outside
the Constitution, but TO be provided
for by law,
This is proposition somewhat diff
ferent from that set forth in The
Tribune some time ago. We proposed
that every party in the States should
make its own nomination for President
and Vice President, presumably eaci
party declaring for the candidate thai
would be strongest in that State. Their
after the election, the electors woulc
get together and from those candidates
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02
BRYAN AND THE CABINET.

The discussion of the likelihood oil
Colonel Bryan being rendered and ac-
ccpting a Cabinet position Is a con
slant subject OF discussion in the East
ern newspapers. Bryan IS great
force in the Democratic party; per
hans it would not be ont of the way
10 say that he is the greatest personal
force; for his powers manifested in the
Baltimore convention were striking IN
an extraordinary degree. Those who
claim that Mr. Bryan IS real intent IN
Baltimore was to wear out all the can
didates so that ultimately lie could take
the nomination to himself, may be
right in their surmIse. lt is certain
that as soon as the nomination of Mr..
Clark became imminent, Mr.. Bryan cut
down the Clark hopes at breath; but
whether he intended TO deal with the
Wilson bopes and the Wilson move
ment in the same way will never be
known. bccausc the convention itself
took the bit in its teeth after the de
| feat Of Speaker Clark, and the nomina-
| ton OF Wilson was wbirlwind nom
iuation; yet it was Bryan's doiugs to
all intents and purposes.
1t is pointed out, besides, that Gov
crnor Wilson received n considerable
smaller vote than that cast for Mr..
| Bryan four years ago, and the COM
ment is naturally made that the man
whose vote for the Presidency was hun
I dreds of thousands of votes greater
than Wilson's, can hardly be ignored
by the new administration.
But, on the other hand, can Colonel
Bryan afford TO take Cabinet posi-
ton? He is now the great force in
the Democratic party; he stands I'M
riyaled, supreme; no one, not even
President elect Wilson, has tho influ-
ence and commanding power in the
Democratic party that Mr.. Bryan now
enjoys. He would almost certainly lose
this position and supremacy by accept
ing Cabinet position under Wilson,
He would by this acceptance acknowl-
edge the supremacy Of Wilson, and
by Just that much he would derogate
from his own high party standing.
Besides. if Bryan wero to 20 into
President Wilson s Cabinet, he would
be certain to be antagonized by both
Speaker Clark and Mr.. Underwood,
who have special and extraordinary
reasons for hatred Of Bryan. SO that
his appointment to a Cabinet position
would invoke direct hostility by these
great party leaders and probably by
others; and by just that much he would
lose command.
But if be keeps out Of the Cabinet,
he will have a free hand, he will nvoid
blame for mistakes; and will be
able TO 20 into the Presidential cam.
pagn Of 1915 with prestige and power
that would be distinctly diminished if
he were to make his battle from a Cab.
met position, And he would be all
the more the great power in this, since
Wilson was elected on a platform dis
tinctiy pledging him TO a single term.
We do not believe, therefore, on the
whole, that Mr.. Bryan can possibly al
ford to take a Cabinet position under
President Wilson.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

President-elect Wilson wants 10 post.
pone the porp and ceremony of the in.
auguration for month or six weeks
after he takes the oath of office; and
If he earnestly desires this he can
no doubt have it so. But what is really
wanted is change TO speed the in.
coming Of the new administration aud
the meeting in regular session Of the
new Congress. This official change
should be made with the opening of the
new year, so that the policies voted fo1
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

Speaking of Carnege's contributions
20 the cause of peace, why wouldn't it
he we'll for him 10 finance The Christian
armies in the Balkan war. so that they
could all the moro speedily do up the
sinful Turks, and so bring peace all the
uuicEeri
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

The Smeot organ yesterday morning
took sly rap at Mr. Giauque, one of
the candidates for the Board of Educa.
lion in this city. To be sure, that rap
vas over the shoulders of Mr.. Bedyard
NJ. Bailey, candidate in the Fifth ward
but the conditions set forth, and tho
warning it uttered, fit Mr.. Giauque Is
ease so well that the intent was lin.
mistakable.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

An exchange of cows for the White
House is thus noted by the Boston
Globe: Pauline Wayne, the White
House COW, will give place March to
Mona of Avon, $4,000 beauty, the
gift to the Prcsident-elect of William
Galloway of Waterloo, Iowa, II will
be quite drop for Pauline from the
White House lawn 10 a pasture out in
Cincinnati.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

Bryan is out in compliments to Champ
Clark, and advocates his reelection as
Speaker. But the Speakership in hand
IS bat poor compensation for Presi-
dency unfairly lost by reason Of
Bryan s hostile raid upon Clark in the
National Democratic convention, and il
IS extremely doubtful If Clark will ac,
eept the bclated tender Of the olive
hraprh
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

London is TO have hotel open only
to kings, princes, and, presumably,
Americans; for all Americans are SOW
ereigns, and certainly in their European
travels they arc prineoly spendcrs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

Chauncey Nj. Depew's latest joke is
that Lincoln was standpattcr. -
But since the only possible progress in
his time was i'll the party Of which Lin
Net maybe Cbauncey didn't intend it
for joke If so, so much the worse for
him
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

The Boston Globe of Wednesday last
prints n portrait Of Mrs. Margaret zane
Witcher, as woman "who may get
votes for the Vice Presidency and
gives long personal sketch Of her
standing and political activities.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

II seems that after all, Boston has
concluded 10 "afford' Dallin's Indian
sculpture; which destroys Salt Lake $
chance to got that rare work of art by
n Utah boy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

From the st. Louis Globe.Democrat;
"Uides were put ou the tarH free list
in the present tariff, but no microscope
is powerful enough 20 show any benefit
10 the ultimate consumer
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

AID now n professional guide in
Maine has shot hunter in mistake for
a deer. But there may be some doubt
about the mistake" as most of the
shooting has been of the other sort, the
guides being the victims of the "mis-
inkc -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

A St. Louis pastor is quoted as saying
shat this country is a country or pro-
fessional liars Which opens the way
for SAYING that its liars are not all pro-
fessinnal ones
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

Brooklyn Times: "The Metropolitan
Museum Of Art may not get j, Picrpont
Morgan s. collections after all. The
financier may send them 10 Hartford
aud place them in the memorial building
which he is erecting there in honor OF
his father
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

China is holding election primaries
FOR members Of the House Of Represen.
ber LIST 10 4th, inclusive. 1t is said that
of the 3o.000.000 males Of voting age,
only 1,956,500 have qualified to vote
Almost as bad as our own primaries.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

The boast from Kansas that dandc'
lions are in bloom there is probably put
a sly way of stating that j. Ham Lewis
WIS q in their midst.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

Tennessee sent ''turlSey special - Of
ihirty-four cars to New York, carrying
65,sO0 Thanksgiving birds. Tennessee
must be the natural home of the noble
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02
Monday, December 2, 1912.

Mrs. Hetty Green says onions drive
away germs. Possibly, also, they may
drive away bores.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

by the electorate can bc put into effect
before people forget all about them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-02

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-06

tier, healthier, and Weather. The
threc-color process and the pills for
pallid people have done more than
mere wisdom to keep alive the al.
manack of today, so far rs concerns its
slightcr pamphlet form. Instead Of
phases of the moon in which it ID
safest to take physic or let blood, one
is broadly informed that he could not
do better than give the blood-police.
man lift whenever he felt bad by
taking DIR. Nostrum's Prophylactic
Fluid. The high art with which the
chromatic covers are embellished saves
one trip through the galleries OF
Europe.
Publications like the Statesman
Yearbook and other statistical an.
nuals have but little in common with
their forbears. They serve their
purpose gravely and accurately, but
the typical Farmers Almanack, having
the familiar signs of the Zodiac for
a frontispiece and the dates of the
total and partial eclipses interlined
with wise saws and weaeherwise
prophecies will always maintain their
hold upon the affections Of a people
whose simple faiths not the least OF
their wholesome virtues.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-06
Uncle Sam Tightens
Net About Packers

CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Wearied with
the long and devious "historicsr'
features OF the operations Of the
packers, District Attorney wilker-
son on the opening of the trial of
the beef barons" before Federal
Judge Carpenter today. plunged into
the task Of connecting up the de-
PENDANTS under the allegations of the
indictments, with the long list OF
transactions described as being part
of the early syndicate agreements.
For this purpose Jerome H. Pratt,
former employe of the Armour Com
pany, now a Government Secret Serv-
Ice employe. was Gale das a witness
Pratt brought the chain Of evidence
alleged monopoly conspiracy Of the
old days. to within fourteen months
OF the time covered by the indict-
ments. This gap. the Government
says. also will be bridged.
Pratt identified a number Of let
tiers. memoranda and margin in
structions" endorsed in the hand
writing Of three defendants-J. Or
den Armour, Arthur Meeker, and
Thomas ]. Connors. He showed cor
respondence fixing penalties for vio-
lations OF shipment agreements, mar.
gin price arrangements, and declared
that such agreements had been con-
tfnually In effect through the various
pools and conferences until 1905
Pratts statements were REINFORCED
by series of documents which the
attorneys introduced and read as evil
dence.