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Show BEE T EC E between tho people of tho contending powers. The United States has ;t population of, let us say, 7u,oou,uotl. Of the native white population in this country only 6 per cent cannot read or write. Of tne foreign whites only 13 per cent cannot read or write. But, accounting for the loreigners and tho negroes in tho computation, there is but 13 ikt cent of tho population in this country that cannot read or wrrite. 'ihink of it! Out of nearly iO,OUO,UUU native white Americans only G per cent cannot read or write, and Spains percentage is G8! Ihis is all we have space for at this time concerning Spain, her history and statistics. Uut who are the people? There is no end of history about Spain, Philology tells us they are Latin. They spoke a vulgar idiom sucli as Homans spoke. It was corrupted by invaders and localized by isolation at times until it grew to what it is today. There are traces of ancient dialects which the Spanish got from the Ureeks, Phoenicians and Carthegenians. The Goths builded the of Espana upon the foundation of Homan Latin from the odds and ends of other tongues. 'Ihe original inhabitants of the peninsula were tho Iberians. Then there were Celts of certain bands. The Phoenicians came; after them the Carthegenians; then the Homans, the Goths, the Vandals and the Visigoths. Such is the history of the Spanish race in a nutshell, and while the people of that land are able to trace their ancestry' back to a common source, and while they are no worse off in point of origin than the rest of us, they have been outstripped in the progress of the world. lan-gau- ge Spanish women of the middle and lower classes are treated with a savage lack of consideration, 'they are little better off that Turkish women, They are kept in ignorance, seclusion and are utterly dependent upon chance or charity. An authority reports that millions of them can neither read nor write. There are 51,946 professional female beggars in the cities alone, 823,531 women who earn their living by working in the farm fields, 319,596 women rated as day servants, who get but little more than board and shelter for their work, and in all the dying dynasty there are but 719,000 girls in the schools of any kind, public or private. There are twice as many female mendicants as male. The women of the upper classes live in wanton luxury without a thought of the condition of their sisters in want. The favorite resort for the grande senoras in San Sebastian, and the lives the careless Spanish women of fashion lead there during the summer is said to be a scandal over all Europe. There is scarcely a pretense at propriety or even ordinary conventionality. They flock to the cruel shows in the bull rings and laugh and cheer at the horrible spectacles. They show' no more pity than an American girl bestows upon the dashing hardships which the average tennis player or the golfer undergoes when he performs in a broiling sun to amuse her. The shocking immorality of court life in Spain has come to be regarded as a matter of fact, as a characteristic of the country. Spanish queens have installed their ignorant paramours in positions of trust at the expense of the people, the disgrace of the nation and the shame of women everywhere. There is something rotten in Spain, socially, financially, nationally, religiously rotten to the very core. JUDGE GOODWINS RETORT. is Exaggeration, they say, is negro wit. The editor of the Broad-A- x evidently opposed to Judge Goodwin, Senator Cannon and other very estimable gentlemen of this locality. In order to show how much he is opposed to them, the colored gentleman declared that he .would rather be transformed into a common dog and be compelled to earn a living by barking at the moon, or would prefer to have a dagger thrust through his heart clear up to the hilt rather than to march on to victory with them. Referring to the colored journalist the Tribune said editorially: A blackguard who runs a petty larceny newspaper in this region declares in his columns that rather than do certain things he would The poor devil has prefer to be transformed into a common dog. more sense than we thought. He knows that could he be transformed into a common dog it would improve his stock tremendously. But it wrould awaken inconsolable howls among all the other curs. 5 OUR CIVIL WAR AT HOME. The fall elections will bo of unusual interest. A Congressman and Justice of tho Supremo Court will be eleeted at large, tho regular county elections for all the county ollicers will bu had, nine members of tho btate benate and forty-liv- o members of tho State House of Representatives will bu voted for, and this Legislature will vote for a United btates Senator. Interest, therefore, is beginning already to center on politics. The fact that nine members of the State Senate are Democrats gives that party a fair chance, provided the Herald suspends, of carrying tho Legislature. Still there may be elements injected into the campaign that may destroy all their hopes. A movement is talked of; a combination of .McKinley and Bryan Republicans is whispered; a combination of Silver Republicans and Populists is mooted; and until the conventions meet there will be much conjecture. There are some things, however, that are taking rapid form. Tho first is the candidacy of Frank J. Cannon for ro'Mectiou to the Swu-atThe second is the candidacy of Chief Justice C. S. Zane for to the Supreme Court The hope of Judge Zanes friends for his success this fall is based on his course while on the bench, and his long record of successful service, which, they claim, places him in the front rank as a jurist. Judge Zane is popular in all parts of the state and it is stated that all parties will ultimately insist on His course nearly two years ago in deciding the his election case in favor of the Democrats, his friendship for the Mormon people, his high standing as a gentleman, are all favorable to his success. He has enemies; who has not? But he is a formidable candidate. Who can match him on the Democratic side? Sam Thur man is mentioned. Sam says he wont run. Franklin S. Richards, who would make a gallant run, claims he is too poor to accept. Judge Ogden Hiles, who is the most popular Judge on the bench in Utah today, unqualifiedly refuses to accept, but insists on serving out his term as district judge. Who is there, then, that the Democrats can put up who stands an equal chance with Judge Zane? Party lines are not very strong in Utah, and unless a strong man is found to pit against Judge Zane, his chances are most excellent for non-partis- an e. on re-electi- re-electi- on. In the Republican camp, in this county, Joe Lippman is to name the candidates for the Silver Republicans. John T. Caine and John moveQ. Cannon will fight for place as the leader of the non-partis- an ment, and both hope to be able to name the candidates for the respective offices in the county and state John T. because he hopes to pay off some political debts, and John Q. because he has a mission of that kind to fill. In reply to Merchants inquiry, why the County Commissioners do not divide the patronage among the merchants, instead of giving tho bulk of it to White & Sons, we must say we are at a loss to answer. The question can be answered by Mr. L. E. Hall, County Commissioner, who controls this patronage, or Mr. J. H. White, who secures it. Miner. No, sir! The cavalry corps just organized is not composed of bonbon eaters and cigarette smokers. Nor is it a affair. r ' mlcrs of it are gentlemen and will prove to be fighters. non-partis- an THE HEELER. President McKinley is no slouch when it comes to playing Polo. Sagasta and the Spanish Senators shed tears at the prospect of war. Many a bad boy has been heard to cry just before his spanking was administered. well-earn- ed Democrats are playing some mean tricks to prevent the of Senator Cannon. Indications are that they have induced Editor Glasmann of the Washakie Free Trade Club to support him, on the assumption that nothing else could kill one so quickly or so dead. re-elect- ion Wasatch Wave: What would President McKinley have this Government do? Take a losing cause off the hands of the Spaniards and declare war against those poor, persecuted, patriotic sons of Cuba? It looks somewhat that way. |