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CROSSING BRIDGES.
The last republican state convention
endorsed the administration of Presi
dent Taft and expreseedjita faith in his
integrity in the effort he was making
at the time to secure the passage of a
tariff measure in harmony with the
republican platform.
The tariff question has been a con
stant disturber in the history of Amer
ican politics. While Hamilton is
credited with being the first advocate
of high protection after the adoption
of the constitution, yet Hamilton, in
his effort to secure'revenue for con
ducting the federal government, never
advocated tariff duties beyond the
bounds of reason. It was the students,
of the Jeffersonian idea of politics that
voted to increase the tariff on the plea
that the "infant industries" demanded
protection. Later, in the history of
the country, the followers of Jefferson
' voted for another increase in duties,
which so incensed the people of Massa
chusetts that there was a strong senti
ment in favor of that state withdraw
ing from the Union. Still later in the
history of the country, when the South
had developed its cotton industry and
declared that "Cotton is King!" the
followers of Jefferson became free
traders, and the people of New Eng
land adopted the protection idea.
Since that time the New England
states have remained the champions of
a high protective tariff, and the South
ern states went to the other extreme
by standing for free trade. When
northern capital commenced develop
ing the mining resources of the South,
the democratic party commenced talk
ing about a tariff for revenue only;
and as the development continued the
idea of a tariff for revenue only was
kicked aside for the cry of tariff
reform. And now, with her smoking
chimneys, whirling spindles, and the
machinery in her factories roaring,
and hands working over-time to fill
orders on file, the prediction made by
Henry Grady, the greatest man the
South has produced in a hundred
years, has been fulfilled. The south
ern states have landed in the protection
saddle. They have cut loose from
their tariff reform brethren of the
North, and the leading advocate of
the southern wing of democracy chal
lenges the leading advocate of the
northern wing of democracy to a joint
debate on the tariff question.
The republican party, too, has
changed. The east and the west are
divided on the question. Among the
extreme high protectionists of the east
are Aldrich, Hale, Lodge and Elkins,
and facing them in the west are the
moderate protectionists Nelson, Bris
tow, Brown, Burkett, Dolliver, Cum
mins and LaFollette.
With the representatives of nearly
every state demanding a tariff on
everything that is produced in their
respective localities, and lower duties
"on articles their states do not pro
duce, the tariff question became a sort
of a "grab bag" affair. And now,
after the conflict is over and congress
adjourned, there is a tendency in some
quarters to shift the responsibility for
the alleged failure on the part of con
gress to 'enact a tariff law in strict
harmony with the ideas entertained by
some of the self-styled tariff reformers
of Nebraska.
Last week Editor Ramey served
notice on the republicans of Platte
county that he will no longer travel in
the same road with Taft republicans,
giving, as his reason, that the party
kaa repudiated its national platform.
He also serves notice on Senator Bur
kett that he will bolt his nomination
if the senator secures an endorsement
from, the convention next summer as
the choice of the, republicans for re
election to the United States Senate
for the part the senior, senator took in
the formation of the tariff measure.
The same of Senator Brown is not
eatioaed in the Tribune article, but
as Senator Brown voted for the bill on
its final passage, he has, no doubt, been
placed on the Tribune's black list of
uadeairables. I
The Journal does not believe that I
the Republicans of Platte county are
ready to halt and about face. The
republican party has crossed brigdes
before. It followed Abraham Lincoln
across a brigde in 1864 when Harper's
Weekly, Horace Greeley's Tribune,
the New York World, and other lead
ing publications of that day were
crying out to the people to turn back.
The republican party took.the advice
of John Shermam and crossed over the.
bridge that lead to the resumption -of
specie payment regardless of the pro
test of Ben Butler, Sam Carey and
other fiat currency republicans. The
republicans followed Wm. McKinley
and Mark Hanna across the bridge in
1896 that took them to the gold stand
ard side of the stream, but they left a
bunch of financial 'reformers" behind
who could roar almost as loud as Frank
Harrison and the other editors who
met in Columbus the other day and
formed plans to discredit Senator Bur
kett by misrepresenting the part he
took in the formation of the tariff act
at the special session of congress. The
republicans of Nebraska have faith in
President Taft and Senator Burkett.
The administration secured the best
law it could get under the circumstan
ces, and while it is not satisfactory to
all, there is a feeling that the act
should be given a fair trial and the
president treated with common decen
cy. -The Tribune editorial doubtless
represents the views of Chairman
Dickinson, of the republican county
central committee, who stopped at the
bridge and joined the populists in the
early nineties, when they were holding
barbecues, and eating roast ox at
Platte Center with Omer M. Kem and
Frederick Jewell.
With the exception of Editor Ramey
and Chairman Dickinson the line of
the Taft republicans in Platte county
remains unbroken.
One-Armed Pianist.
Count Geza Zichy. resident of the
National Conservatory of Music at
Budapest celebrated his sixtieth
Birthday on July 23. Referring to the
event a Vienna paper speaks of him
as a unique figure in the musical
world. "If we are justified in saying
that Raphael would hare been a great
painter, even if he had no arms," says
the writer, "we may certainly say that
Zichy was a great pianist, although he
had but one arm. He was -14 years
old when he lost his right arm on a
hunting tour, but notwithstanding this
handicap he continued his early study
of music, and became so proficient aa
a performer that he played withxgreai
skill the works of Chopin arid other
composers. In 1866 he made his first
appearance before the public as a pi
anist, and has since that time played
at hundreds of concerts, always for
the benefit of some charitable lnstt
tutlon. He composed several operas,
and In 1891 became the director of the
Hungarian opera at Budapest.
-Bourbons Played Out.
The Bourbons, in the old phrase,
"learned nothing and forgot nothing,"
and so they are played out. They do
not suit modern conditions., In the
old days they had produced the great
Conde and such monarchs as Henry
IV. and Louis XIV. of France. But
in the great crises of the last cen
tury they gave Europe only men like
Lcuis XVIII. of France, who ran
away to Belgium when Napoleon re
turned from Elba, leaving his friends
to die for him in the Hundred Days;
like the infamous king "Bomba" of
the Two Sicilies and his son Francis,
whom Garibaldi so easily vanquished,
and like the amiable connoisseur of
ballet performances who has just
passed away.
Modern Europe no longer cuts off
the heads of such would-be rulers by
divine right over better men, imt it
sees no reason for intrusting to them,
the difficult task of directing govern
ments. Shi Had Had Enough.
At the Unitarian church In Bever
ly, a sweet little miss was at the serv
ice with her mother recently. The lit
tie one didn't seem to comprehend the
sermon a little bit, although the pas
tor was her grandfather, and after a
restless half hour she turned to her
mamma and said In an audible whis
per: "Why don't grandpa stop talk
ing?" Boston Journal.
A Day's Work.
One woman's work was done when
Mrs. Grace Smith of Beverly, W. Va.,
dropped dead after sitting up all night
with a sick child, doing the washing
for three .families,' picking five gal
lons of berries and walking to town
to buy sugar to preserve them. Noth
ing is said as to what she did be
tween times to keep from being idle.
Pittsburg Press.
Professor Got Results.
It Is said a noted professor of chem
istry, who Is always experimenting,
thought his three attractive children
too lethargic, and so he administered
a diet of yeast. The result has been
prompt and effective. .According to
neighboring observations, theuprofes-:
sor will have to prescribe sedatives
next time. '
Not Qualified for the Job.
Father (impressively) 'My son, I
want you to be very attentive to your
new teacher, who Is a man of wide
and general information.. He can
teach you everything you need to
know." Small Boy (derisively) "He?
He don't know nothln'! Why, he
can't even tell who's pltchln' in the
league teams."
Why Gold Bricks Sell.
- "Be man dat answers a gold brick
circular," said Uncle' Eben, "makes
de old mistake. Instead o' teUin'
Satan to git behind im, he thinks be
kin ait ahead o' Satan."
THIS TO A GOOD MAN.
-; - ; .
"So far as the resolutions passed by
Methodists and Baptists are concerned,
I have nothing to say," said Rev.
James Huff, chaplain of the peniten
tary, Monday morning. "They must
be responsible for what is done with
out investigation and if they wish to
take the responsibility for the resolu
tions that have appeared over their
names I hope they can stand it as well
as I can.
"At the same time that I have noth
ing to say in regard to theseresolutions
you might say for me that on the Sun
day before the resolutions were passed
by the Kearney conference, Rev. F.
M. Sisson'of Nebraska City, a Method
ist minister, preached in my place
here at the prison and that at the close
of his sermon he said to the convicts,
as I was preparing to close the service,
"This is a good man, you cantrust
him." He has known me for thirty
five years.
"Though I do not care to say any
thing directly on the, resolutions I am
not afraid to defend the teaching of
the church to which I belong, the Re
organized Church of Jesus" Christ oi
the Latter Day Saints. Here I will
show you what our church teaches and
what is taught bv the Utah church."
Then Rev. Huff pointed out the
sections of the convenants and com
mandments of the church to which he
belongs that refer to-marriaee. This
is what the sections contain:
"For there shall not be any man
among youbave save it be one wife,
and concubines he shall have none.
"Wherefore it is lawful that he
(man) shall have one wife and they
twain shall be one flesh.
"Let no man break the laws of the
land, for he that keepeth the laws of
God hath no need to break the laws
of the land."
Then the chaplain who has been the
target of the Methodist and Baptist
conferences'got the bluebound cov
euants and commandments of the
Utah church. This is the licentious
section under which polygamy is prac
tised in Utah. It comprises para
graphs 60 and 61 of section 132.
"And again as pertaining to the law
of the priesthood: If any man es
pouse a virgin and desire to espouse
another, and the first give her consent;
and if he espouse the second and they
are virgins and have vowed to no
other man then he is justified, and he
cannot commit adultery, for they are
given unto him; for he cannot commit
adultery with that that belongeth to
him and to no one else.
"And if he have ten virgins given
unto him, by this law he cannot com
mit adultery for they belong to him
and they are given him, therefore is
he justified."
"I want you to make it clear," said
the chaplain, "that these words are not
the words we teach. That section pur
ports to be a part of the revelation of
Joseph Smith when he was in Nauvoo
iu 1843. That is the claim of Brig
ham Young. The section of the Utah
commandments that legitimatizes poly
gamy never appeared in printed form
until 1876. Polygamy was preached
by the followers of Young after 1852
but the words never put in print until
1876.
'The-wife of the original Joseph
Smith, who translated the book of
Mormon, said that this section was
fraudulent and that there was no such
revelation. His son, who is president
of the reorganized church, says there
is no such revelation and that the sec
tion is the work of Brigham Young.
Polygamy is utterly at variance with
the doctrines of our church."
"Wherein does you church differ
from any of a half dozen other promi
nent in Nebraska?" was asked Rev.
Huff.
"Our teachings are cot much differ
ent In the pulpit we use the King
James version of the Bible, not the
book of Mormon. The book of Mor
mon refers to the history of a people in
a different time and in a differant part
of the world from that in which the
Bible treats of. We believe in and
we teach the new testament"
As a matter of fact Rev. Huff is
probably as well grounded in the Bible
as most ministers who preach from it
exclusively and who regard no other
literature as inspired. It is surmised
that if some of Rev. Huff's critics were
sufficiently pugnacious to meet him in
a theological debate that he might
prove to be a surprise as an opponent
Rev.' Huff has a rather peculiar re
ligious history. He was born in 1845
in Ontario. Until he was a man he
was taught by his Quaker mother, his
father having died when he was very
young.
"I never learned to say mister nor
mistress, yes sir nor yes ma'amuntil I
left hone. .It was always Jake and
John or Sarah and Martha, and even
now my boyhood habits sometimes re
assert themselves and it is hard for me
to overcome my Quaker manners."
At the same time that James Huff
was raised by a Quaker mother he was
not a church man. He was an infidel.
So he says himself.
"Until I joined the church to which
I now belong I guess that my beliefs
were like those of Robert Ingersoll,
the only difference being that he was
much smarter than I."
Mr. Huff joined the Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints at Fremont in 1887. In 1889
he began to preach. For many years
there was a church of his denomination
at Fremont but the membership is now
dispersed. The church in Omaha has
a membership of about 325.
There is a popular ' conception that
the book of Mormon, said to be trans
lated from brass plates by Joseph
Smith, attempts to make polygamy le
gitimate. As a matter of fact, the
book of Mormon is a history of the peo
ple that roamed to and fro in the North
American continent from a period
about 2,000 years' before Christ un
til several hundred years after Christ.
In the book of Jacob there is express
command that one shall have only one
wife and both David and Solomon
come in for a scriptural scoring be
cause of their concubinea. ,
This book, so called because the
abridgment of the history of western
peoples was made by a man named
Mormon, was the foundation on which
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints built its foundation. But
this book was not enough to govern a
church. Further revelations came to
Joseph Smith and these were incorpor
ated into the book of covenants and
commandments. In the original
book, as published, monogamy was
again enjoyed. Then Joseph Smith
was killed. A break in the ranks of
the church followed. Brigham Young
came forward with the paragraphs
preaching polygamy, and with him
went 10,000 Mormons to Utah. The
rest of the church gathered under com
mand of Joseph Smith, the son of the
original Joseph Smith, and continued
to preach'and practice monogamy.
Joseph Smith, an old man, .the son
of the dreamer, the visionary, the
translator of angel-given brass plates,
is now head of the reorganized church.
Joseph F. Smith, son of Hiram Smith
brother of the original Joseph Smith,
is head of the Utah church. The
heads of the opposing churches are
thus cousins but it is the boast of the
members of the reorganized church
that not one of the descendants of the
first -Joseph Smith have ever joined the
polygamous Utah branch.
The members .of the early church
who accepted the opportunity offered
by the alleged Smith revelation to take
any number of wives they desired were
small in numbers compared with the
Mormoms who decided to stick to the
original text and get along with only
one wife. In the fifties there were
200,000 members of the church. On
ly 10,000 went with Young and his
polygamous tenets.
There were three separate bodies at
that time that did not believe in poly
gamy although they accepted the book
of Mormon as an inspired document.
These bodies, in Wisconsin, Iowa and
Illinois, met and formed the reorganiz
ed church. Joseph Smith, son of the
original Smith, was made president.
"How did he gain his power?"' was
a query addressed to Rev. Mr. Huff.
"The identity of the president is re
vealed from above," he replied. "Af
ter the revelation his name is offered to
the members of the church who .elect
him."
"Suppose the man divinely appoint
ed should not be acceptable to the con
gregation: Would they lose their
rights of election?" was asked.
Rev. Mr. Huff said that no such case
had appeared and that he did not know
just what would result The control
of the church is supposed to pass from
father to son. Joseph Smith, head of
the reorganized church has a large
family of sons and the eldest will prob
ably succeed him as head of the church.
"Joseph F. Smith, the head of the
Utah church, also says that the head of
the church shall stay in one family,
which is according, to the book," said
Rev. Mr. Huff, "but he is preaching
that his son shall succeed him while, as
a matter of fact, Smith himself is a de
scendant not of the original Joseph
Smith, but of his brother."
Regarding the origin of the book of
Mormon. Rev. Huff expressed belief
in its inspired origin and also in the
legend that the translation was made
from plates of brass, given Smith by
an angel, who afterwards took the
plates away and who also failed to un
seal half of the plates.
"It is our belief that the rest of the
book of Mormon may one day be re
vealed," said Rev. Huff.
"The book is inspired. But there
are many things that result from in
spiration. I believe that the men who
drafted the declaratioa of iadependan
ce and the constitution were inspired.
Inspiration from God does not neces
sarily relate only to religious matters.
"Then you believe that what the
world at large calls a man of genius
is an inspired man.
"He undoubtedly is blessed with un
usual intelligence," replied the chap
lain, "divine knowledge that is given
specially to him. These thing are
happening from day to day. The time
of revelations is not past. It continues
through the years and that is why the
sealed plates of the remainder of the
book of Mormon may one day be revealed."
In the course of his discussion of
the book of Mormon Rev. Huff called
attention to the fact that archaeologists
have found remains of the western
cities that are described in the book of
Mormon. These researches have been
carried on since the publication of the
book. The cities that are named in the
book were built all along the western
coast of South America, in Ecuador,
and in Central America.
"I think that science confirms the
truth of the book of Mormon," said
Rev. Huff "If one is disposed to not
believe it he must needs have a hard
time disproving it."
During the reign of Hezekiah, ac
cording to the old testament, there was
a citizen of Jerusalem named Lehi.
He was directed to send his son abroad.
There were not Cook's tours nor tours
of education. It was up to the sons of
Lehi to find a place to live. Accord
ing to the book of Mormon they final
ly landed in America. From them
grew a race of men that was later se
parated into two great nations, the
Nephites and the Lemanites.
The Nephites were white, the La
manites were colored, and, according
to Rev. Mr. Huff, who is regarded as
one of the authorities on the book of
Mormon in Nebraska, these same La
manites were American Indians.
The church to which Rev. Mr. Huff
belongs and the other branch, the
Utah, church, are separated in name
only by the word "reorganized." Al
though they differ widely in doctrine,
the name of the one is the "Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints."
But in the slang of religious controv
ersy much more significant names are
used, the members of the reorganized
church being called "Josephites," from
their adherence to the monogamous
doctrine of the original Joseph Smith,
and the members of the Utah church
being called "Brighamities," from their
zealous loyalty to the polygamous
teachings of Brigham Young. Rev.
Huff is distinctly a "Josephite."
The resolutions that have been pass
ed condemning his retention as chap
Iain at the penitentiary have appear
ently been based on the assumption
that he is a "Brighamite." Lincoln
Star.
Good Rules to Observe. .
"When in haste, go slow; when ex
cited, keep cool." are two fundamen
tal rules by which most women who
so frequently have occasion to be "on
edge" and "all upset" can spare their
nerves and Indirectly their pocket
books. Impulsively letting your nerves
and emotions give way before you
have time to think Is a habit that can
only be controlled by a call on rea
son and common sense.
Deception of the Circus.
A writer In Collier's who is as famil
iar with circus life as a press agent,
but who doesn't respect trade secrets,
says that the graceful young lady
bareback rider, and the shapely crea
ture who does thrillers on the flying
trapeze, are frequently young men,
made feminine in appearance by the
addition of a blonde wig and excelsior
where nature failed to qualify him for
the role.
Making the Best of Life.
Comparatively few men know how
to live. The man who has no system
in his life, who Is regulated by no defi
nite principle and proposes to himself
no great and honorable end is not
likely to show a satisfactory result
Reflect on the vast possibilities of
your life of honor, usefulness and
happiness. Is your life as intelligent,
as happy, as useful as you might have
made it?
Beauty and Brains.
This slab of soil they call Kansas
has more prosperity, health and hap
piness; more sweet girls and sweeter
mother-In-laws, and more gimlet-faced,
flail-handed, mushroom-footed men
who make up In brains what they lack
In looks than any other place on top
of earth. Hutchinson (Kan.) Gazette.
A Chump.
"He Is an awful chump. Isn't he?"
"Yes, he bought a ticket In an automo
bile raffle and then built a garage be
fore the drawing came off." "Well,
what do you know about that! Was
he disappointed when the drawing
came off?" "Not so you could notice
It; he won the auto." Houston Post
Did His Best
Passerby "Here, boy your dog has
bitten me on the ankle." Dog Owner
"Well, that's as high as he could
reach. You wouldn't expect a little
pup like him to bite your neck, would
yer?" Pearson's Weekly.
Succinctly Put.
"He dances beautifully," said the
summer girl, "but he hadn't been here
a week before he was engaged to be
married." "Ah!" replied Miss Cay
enne; "he two-steps better than he
side-steps." Washington Star.
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