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Show TRUTH 8 TRUTH Issued Weekly by TRUTH PUBLISHING COnPANY. 11 and 12 Central Block, West Second South Street, Salt Lake City. JOHN W. HUGHES, Editor and Manager. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCT. 12, 1901. TERnS OP SUBSCRIPTION. ONE YEAR (In advance) BIX JIONTHS THREE MONTHS 2.00 1.00 75 Postmasters sending sulacrlptlons to Truth may retain 25 per cent of subscription price as commission. the date If the paper Is not desire 1 beyondshould be subscribed f r the publication notified by letter two weeks or more before the term expires. . DISCONTINUANCES. Remember that the publisher must be notified by letter when a subscriber wishes his aer stopped; all arrears must be paid In Requests of subscribers to have their paper mailed to a new address, to secure attention, must mention former as well as pres, ent address. Address all communications to Truth Pub XiXSHIHG Cohpaky, Balt Lake City, Utah YELLOW JOURNALISM, which haj all. It would be interesting to know who furnished the information to the gone wild for the past few years, has received a decided check by the murder reporter. It is to be The principals arc almost unanimous of President McKinley. of a permanent in their opposition to the new plan. hoped the check will be of journalism inSome are quite outspoken in their de- nature. The class both In their nunciation, while others disapproved of dulged in by many papers, and It more guardedly. The principals of pictorials and writings, is harmful, to such the large schools have all they can do there is little doubt incite of to attend to the work properly pertain- diabolical acts as the assassination Yellow President. journalism ing to their positions without having to the teach, and the system of espionage is should go. absolutely pernicious. If there are any principals who cannot be trusted to ST. MARKS HOSPITAL NUBSES. do their duty without being subjected to the degradation of being watched and The two establishments which employ reported to the superintendent or the women and girls in their business, reBoard of Education, they ought to be ferred to In Truth a couple of weeks in Salt removed. The plan is a pure back ago, are not the only places Lake where the sweating system is woods" system of conducting schools practiced. The system is very much and should have no place in the schools in evidence at St. Marks hospital. of this city, wrhich have been looked Twenty young ladles (the term ladies upon, and justly so, as among the very is used advisedly and in the highest sense of the word) are in attendance best in the country. at the hospital in the capacity of It looks as if the public schools of learning the art of nursing. course is three years, which they The Salt Lake had entered on a retrograde are obliged to serve before they can course. Many of the best teachers have graduate and receive certificates as trained nurses. few, if any, resigned and gone elsewhere, and many nurses who have Very graduated are emothers are preparing to do so. Th3 ployed at the hospital, and the nursing is done almost by the twenplaces of the experienced teachers are ty probationers,extlui.ely who receive but very being filled by inexperienced and in scanty remuneration for their work. For the first year they receive but $6 a many cases, poorly qualified teachers month, for the second $8 a month, and $10 a month, which, of for the Third from the rural districts, whose services course, includes board and lodging. If are obtained at slightly lower re- any of the girls happen to be sick for their remuneration. It's pinhead economy a day or two the amount of 20 cents to from muneration, varying just to be expected from Oscar W. 35 cents a day, according to whether they are in their first, second or third Moyle, pleasant, year, is carefully deducted from their people like Grandma Newman, slended stipend. This may be all right for the girls are learning an art by Aunty Giauque and a talking potato which they can in the future earn a like Geoghegan. The latter has very good livelyhood and which makes them in a measure independent, still there little interest in the public schools, is nothing generous about the pecuanyway. While stating in the most niary terms on which they receive the r tuition. The remuneration wrhich ostentatious wa yr that he considers the receive,, however, .(s not .sufficientthey to the the of management hospischool justify of America the system public tal in exacting from them an average of greatest glory the country, and while of fifteen to eighteen hours for a day's he is loud in proclaiming his devotion work. Yet that is what is done. When a nurse is detailed on what is trmed to it, his actions show that he does not special duty," attending to a critical case which requires constant care, conconsider the glory of the public schools ditions are even worse. In those inof Salt Lake sufficient for his children, stances the nurse is requred to be on x hours without Interfor he sends them to a private school. duty thirty-simission, then she gets off twelve hours, In pustification of the inconsistency he and at the end of that period begins another thirty-si- x hours on duty. It is urges his right as an American citizen, absolutely cruel, and under those conwhich nobody questions, to send his ditions the patient cannot possibly receive the attention which his or her children to any school he pleases. His case demands. Human nature cannot a endure such as Is put on the strain to devotion the schools public wordy nurse, and from absolute wearyness and his action, however, are not jewels her attention must be relaxed. St. Marks, it must be borne in mind, of consistency. is not a charity hospital, such as exist in many large cities. Patients who are unable to pay are not received there unless the charges are guaranIT MAY BE the proper thing for teed by some railroad company or other or Individual, or by prominent Mormon ecclesiastics in their the Incorporation county or city. Patients are preaching to bring to the front the charged a good stiff price for everythat is done for them. The mantenet of the church regarding polyg- thing agers, physicians and surgeons receive amy, but seeing the church has of- ample remuneration for their services, and in a sense the hospital is a ficially declared against its practice, making institution. There is moneyno excuse for exacting so many hours of flaunting it in the face of the world as such strenuous from the nurses a cardinal doctrine of the church seems There would notwork be any good excuse to an outsider to be foolishness. It in- for that even if the hospital was purely a charitable institution, which it is variably raises a storm of opposition, not. and does more than anything else to A comparison of the paving system keep alive the prejudice of the outside of the Alcatraz Paving company now in world against the Mormon people. A on the streets of Salt Lake, theory that cannot be put in practice operation with that of the Culmer-Jennlncommight as well be let sleep, especially pany some years ago shows up greatly when the theory is one which has been in favor of the Alcatraz company, which does the work with expedition tried from the dawn of the world's and in a manner to cause as little Inof traffic as possible. conterruption far found to and be from The history looks good and gives every Inpaving ducive to the well being of society. dication that it will wear well. pro-bitione- THE DEATH of President Lorenzo Snow of the Mormon church, which curred Thursday afternoon at oc- 3:35 o'clock, was a shock to the community. Very few knew that he had been unwell, and those who did regarded his Indisposition as but slight until a few hours before his death. In many respects President Snow was a remarkable man. Although in his eighty-eight- h year, he was bright and active both mentally and physically, and looked as if he might live for twenty years. He was a man of business ability, and since he became President of the church on September 13, 1898, its affairs have prospered, both financially and otherwise. He was wise and prudent. His disposition was kindly, and he was thoughtful and considerate for others. He was also liberal in his views, and while believing implicitly in the tenets of the Mormon church. In which he was an ardent worker for .sixty-fiv- e years, he was tolerant to those who differed from him on religious matters. To strangers he was liospitable and kindly, and will be mourned not only by his own people but by thousands of Gentiles in Utah and elsewhere, who knew him and were recipients of his kindness and hospitality. He may be rightly classed as one of the ablest Presidents of the Mormon church. To his bereaved family the sympathy of the community, irrespective of religious affiliations will go out. hard-working, clear-heade- d, far-seein- g, ONE OF THE DAILY papers on Sunday, October 6th, had a statement to the effect that the new rule promulgated at the instance of Oscar W. Moyle, requiring school principals to teach eacIT of the classes in his school one day a month and requiring the teachers to act as spies on the principals by keeping records of the visits of the principals to the various classes, was a success. As a matter of fact, when the article was published the new rule had not been put in operation at .well-meanin- g, good-natur- ed gs rs, HOW OZONE VIEWS IT. After performing some weird and nomenal political acrobatics, the l .!ie. bosses were able to secure an amiable civilian to lead their municipal ticket. The city convention fastened eye on Charles Crane, a b.ise-lis- k tempoiMi-il- dragged venerable John Clark from the bleak shadows of political retirement, and then smote Mr. James Leary, if you please, with the Mayoralty petard. The selection of Mr. Leary was a consummation worthy of such master polit. leal mechanics as Mr. George Epworth Blair. The signs on the horizon show that he will wave the much banner of the Democracy against the whlte plumes of Mayor Thompson. Thus will the beef interest be arrayed against the horse trust. The horned bovine will try conclusions with the hoof of the neighing war horse. It will be a battle of supremacy, as it were, between corn beef and canned horse. The contest will be observed with tense and thrilling interest. Before nominating Mr. Leary to lead the Democratic myrmidons on the high seas of battle, the convention erected an expensive platform, as conventions are wont to do. On it they placed a ill-us- judiciously-lai- d ed plank, fashioned in the Deseret News planing mill and proffered by the plenipotentiaries of the Deseret Sunday-schounion of the Latter-da- y Saints church. This was designed to entrap and lay low the smeared and weighty form of Sabbath-da- y alcoholism around for some Looking orator who could hurl anathe-mi- c fulmination against the Insidious high-ba- ll habit; one whose baritone vocalism could soar high into the aerial altitudes of sanctity, they saw the sanctimonious features of James Leary, and with a unanimity which broke the worlds record for Democratic conventions, they chose him to lead the vocal onslaught against the Sabbath-da- y vendors of thirst quenching refreshments. Never having been afflicted with the deep damnation of throaty aridity, James consented to walk the plank. It is a very interesting platform, mounted by a very popular and interesting candidate, albeit there be those who wonder If the plank 'Will not rise up and smite the promenador. The convention achieved a few other victories, including the nomination of Douglas A. Swan for City Auditor. Mr. Swan is the versatile genius who first conceived the idea that all moneys paid into the city treasury for water main extensions should be kept in a separate fund for the redemption of water whereas the scrip expressly states scrip, that it is redeemable in water. But that is a different story, so to speak. A dague-rotyp- e of Mr. Swan, with his Cheshire features draped in ornate wire whiskers, appeared the next morning on the front page of the Herald. Ladies of delicate nervous temperament and children subject to who failed to see the picture hysteria are warned to master their curiosity and not look up the files. The features look like might have been projected abov? they the boulders of Robbers Roost Hollow and then frozen there as with the petrifying chill of a ghostly apparition. Auditor Reiser claims that this will be Mr. Swans normal expression after November 5th. sad-brow- ed ol deep-chest- snowr-whi- ed te OZONE. Chief Hilton has made amends for another blunder in judgment in threatening to dismiss Patrolman Frank Lincoln from the iolice force. Lincolns reinstatement is a source of gratification to his many friends. Under strong ueueves me stuit uui doped, for he found himself In the der care of former Deputy Sheriff Harries and lying In one of the C mercial street resorts. It so hap that the sleuth from Sugar ward i applicant for a Job on the police f which has led to unpleasant rem having been made in regard to 1 connexion with Lincolns pll Chief Hilton is censured for not loo further into the matter before at " Precipitately in Lincolns case, the Chief ahvays thinks after he sn or acts. |