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Show B THE BEE. HOLIER THAN THOU. The Caliph drew his robe about him through fear of contamination. lie went about the holy city stroking his pendant hirsutions reflecting upon the wisdom and goodness which made him superior to ordinary mankind. Meeting a Publican he closed his eyes and groaned. Passing a sinner he made the sign of distress. Coming upon a common politician ho stood aloof and sought you in order to get away from the politicians who infest our city. They vex my spirit. They are full of promises and false words. They offer one place to two men. They curry favors when they are not fit to curry mules. They are a bad lot. True, but what would you? The great Pasha has vested me with authority. Behold his signet ring. He will need a sexton shortly. Help him to do his will and he will put about your neck a chain of gold and make you sexton of the city. But, oh Caliph, remember that I was Chaplain for the Democratic convention. So much the better. Our sexton you shall And the Caliph enquired the way to the be. house of another counsellor which was in the twelfth ward. And it was the house of one he had known in youth, with whom he had grown gray in friendship. And the name of the good man was Midgley. I am glad to find you, friend Joshua. exI claimed the Caliph as he mopped his brow. have sought you for a double purpose (I mean for the purpose of a visit and to bear you tidings from Pasha Clark, likewise your friend and mine.) He will need a sexton. You will need the place. Help him do his will and you shall be decorated with a spade. What say you? I need the place, tis true. But to my party I would fain be true. Parties are bands of politicians, unworthy of your countenance. When I am forced to pass one I gather up my skirts and pull my robe about me ; I hold my breath till I am by for fear of the pollution. They are tricky and would promise one place to more than one man. I know them and I loath them. And the Caliph rose in wrath and went his way, leaving a manifold copy of his promise with friend. Joshua his long-timHe overtook a workman whom he knew, a carpenter of great skill, whose name was Hayward, and thus he spoke : FriendHayward, you ought to be the sexton of the city, and I have it in my power to name the man to whom this honor falls. The great Pasha has given me this authority. Perhaps the said Pasha has changed his mind, said Hayward. Fear not, replied the Caliph and if you doubt, come with me and to the Pasha we will go. They went. The Caliph stated the object of the meeting. The Pasha said : By the way, friend Hayward, how do you stand on the appointment of Ali Pratt as sheik? And the meeting adjourned sine die. So the Caliph returned to the twentieth ward and in due time his owTn counsellor became the sexton of the city. And the good man still draws his robe about Oh these politicians. him and gravely says : And he exclaims whenever he chances to meet Avaunt T am holier than one on the street : thou. But he hobnobs with the sheik. e 1 But the exclaimed lam holier than thou. politician knew him and closed one eye in a familiar way. And the Caliph passed on. He paused when he had reached the fifteenth ward and knocked at the door of a counsellor whose name was Ure. Is this Ure house? he asked. And because of his great influence in the kingdom his life was spared. He was bade to enter and was good enough to comply. he exclaimed, I have Oh counsellor, SOME SILVER SENTIMENTS. The Tribunes call for Silver Republicans to get together and organize clearly indicates the policy of that paper for the coming campaign. It may be regarded as authoritative too, for the Tribune has been deliberating a long time on the proper course to take. It severely criticizes former Republicans who have aligned themselves on the Chicago platform and says Silver Republicans might just as well flock by themselves from now on. After outlining the possibilities in store for such an organization, of the chances of wresting even Cache and Washington counties from the Democracy, the Tribune repeats : We think Rilver Republicans ought to be getting together and organizing in their respective precincts, and be all ready when a call for a convention comes. It will be the consistent thing to do. And its appeal for an organization concludes : It would bejbetter for silver Republicans to combine and, with the old watchwords, go into the fight to win, if possible, but to at least save their self respect. It will not require very much, if any, change in the slogan which Republicans have always used in Utah. As of old it will be silver, protection and reciprocity, and notwithstanding the confidence of our friends on the other side, it will be very apt to win. Our country is liable to be involved in a great war in the next few weeks or days ; in that event silver Republicans can add to their creed their hearty indorsement of the war. The best way for earnest men to accomplish anything is to try. different view of the matter is taken by another Republican, Mr. Frank B. Stephens who recently said through the Herald : I do not think there is any such thing as a a silver Republican. The term is paradoxical. A silver man is a Democrat, and a gold man is a Republican. I think every man should do his duty and get into the Democratic party and there act. The Republican party is pledged to the gold standard and that is all there is to it. I fail to see why any third party should be organized of the silver elements of the old parties. The Democratic party has risen to the emergency and showm itself to be the party entitled to the respect and confidence of the people. A very life-lon- g In the same way Hon. C. S. Varian said : j believe that the reforms hoped for can only be accomplished through the Democratic party. The condition confronting us is one of absolute war ; on the one side is the money power, on the other the people. There seems to be no place for a third party, and all who believe in the principles of the Chicago platform may properly follow the party which first made and now supports that platform. Judge W. H. Dickson said: There are some things in the Chicago platform which I do not endorse. What they are I do not care to state, but I presume there are others who are situated the same as I am. In order to obtain unity of action, I believe it to be the duty of the Democratic party in this state to adopt the bimetallic plank of the Chicago platform, and ask of all silver men in an effort to the secure its enactment into law. These are the views of Republican leaders, men who have been prominent in the councils of the Republican party in this state. They show a diversity of opinion as to the best manner of bringing the desired result. They are given without comment. SOME HEAVY flORTGAGES. The electric trust, by George Q. Cannon, president, has been giving some big mortgages of late. Last week a mortgage to secure the payment of $750,000 wras filed with the county recorder. It covers all the real and personal property, improvements, lighting and power plants, pole lines and franchises of the Union |