Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-03 | Page 18 | Local News

I There will be few orations delivered In Utah tomorrow, but It will not be the fault of the orators. General Miles will not return to nc-tlve nc-tlve service to conduct a campaign ngalnst the demon rum. In a few days now, Democrats will know what political principles they are to believe In this season It cannot be fairly sold, however, that Judge Parker's supporters at St. Louis are not sufficiently talkative. Did President Lucas Intend to make the hast week a notable ono of the baseball season by keeping; quiet? Whllo the Councllmen are on their way to St Louis, the Mayor Is having Hl his. fun at homo doing a little vetoing. H Nature, apparently, has no more re- n spect than property-owners have for HJJ rules respecting the watering of lawns. ffi Following soon after the celebration of the real estate men, came Friday evening's bg movement of Salt Lake dirt. If you want to do something appro-prlate appro-prlate on the Fourth, why not read the Hl Declaration of Independence to your wife? As Democratic affairs have not yet become really lively at St. Louis, It is clear that 3IaJ. Sam King has not yet In deciding how to show your love of country tomorrow, you can choose be-tween be-tween attendance at the races and dancing. However, the dangerous experience of a street car man with electricity Fri-clay Fri-clay evening proved that he was a good conductor. But are not others Just as much en-titled en-titled as atheists to be paid for Hsten-Ing Hsten-Ing to the preaching of Pvovo's noted minister? TVhere were the lawn inspectors when all that water was running over the yards In the northeastern section of the city? June brides may be very nice, but It Is evident that there arc some young men who think that the July ones are a little nicer. Those who had thoughtfully built their homes in the lower districts of the city did not have Hooded places Hj Friday evening. How could anyone expect General Miles to do a thing so inconsistent with liia long career as an army officer, as to become a prohibitionist? Proprietors of drinking places near the convention hall at St. Louis will be ivell qualified to decide the question as Co which faction lepresents true De- Ginnt firecrackers may be intended for the expression of the spirit of pa-Iriotlsni, pa-Iriotlsni, but most of them arouse, In-tlend,' In-tlend,' the great American spirit of profanity. Those naked people at the World's Fair will especially shock Councilman Fernstrom, as he Is firmly convinced, being atallor, that everybody should wear clothes. ' Our Councllmen will go about freely at tho fair, though St Louis people would doubtless be willing to pay money to see a lot of city fathers who had never been In jail. Two' Maine ministers have been sus-ponded sus-ponded because they speculated in Hl stocks. Out here ministers will not H speculate In stocks unless assured that H the shares arc good things. Hj Grover Cleveland has put politics be- H hind him and gone to a remote place in New Hampshire, but he has a telephone line that may be used In case the con-H con-H ventlon wants the best man. ' The reduction of the public debt for June (or the increase of the available cash .balance, which amounts to the same thing,) was over eight million1 B dollars. That shows good Republican H financiering; and to make such an cx- hlbit bo soon after paying tho fifty mll- lion dollars on account o tho Panama canal Is an especially excellent piece of financiering. In order to change that favorable balance, however, to the other oth-er sldo of the ledger, all that is necoB-sary necoB-sary is to put tho Democrats In control, con-trol, and the change would be magical black magic.