The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-03
MILK AND C0C0ANUTs.

The great Conundrum presented b.
the milk in the coooanuis has neve
yet been solved. It quite frequentI,
happens that investigation will &C
count for the particular milk IN {
particular coooanut, but no genera
rule that will apply to all oocoanut
has yet been discovered. As $ couse
quenoe, the problem that for ages hal
puzzled the scientific persons remain
a puzzler. A special cocoauut has
suddenly developed, ripened and beer
exposed to public view within {
month. Il has excited much atten
ton among newspaper men, Whose
comments have been quite Largely
reproduced in the HERALD columns.
There is milk in this particular cocoa
nut. but how to account for it is the
question which even investigation
may fail to answer. The particular
cocoanut to which We refer is that oil
Mr.. Henry Watterson, editor OF the
Louisville C0uTier-JournaI, and Gen.
Eli q. Murray, Governor of Utah
Territory, suddenly becoming az thick
as thrse in bed. Now this Is not sE
il used to be, nor Is il natural In any
sense. These fg0 men are the very
sntipodes IN their social and political
characters and characteristics. Mr..
Watterson isa highly educated gentle
map, q man OF culture, OF fine tastes,
snd of social refinement, and Withal,
a lifelong, rock rooted democrat oil
the Bourbon stripe. General Murray
is more like a precocious. over
grown boy. He is more vain
than 2 peacook, priiing himself
on personal beauty OF face
and whisker. and mauliness OF form.
He ia but moderately educated, and is
the blacklist kind of black republican
in politics. Until he came to Utah a
few months ago be was managing
editor of the rival paper to Mr.. Wat
terson's. His journal has been more
profuse in abuse Of the Courier
Journal aud It's brilliant editor than
any other newspaper in the country.
Suddenly these two men OF directly
opposite natures. oharacteristics, ed
uos.ion, association and training,
met, and at once became inseparable.
Mr.. Watterson takes Governor Muir
ray to the Chicago press banquet as
his guest, "pu.s him through with the
newspapers" as an eastern reporter
expressed it, introduces him as his
friend, and what is stranger than all
else. openly and unblushingly de-
tends and spplsuds IL his paper an
official act which all other honorable,
respectable and conscientious editors
denounce as bordering upon crime.
Watterson cannot be too lavish with
his praise OF Murray, and the latter
of course is vAin enough to swallow it
all as being administered in good
faith. At Chicago 3 third party ap-
pears, and the mutual admiration
society becomes triangular. Allen G.
Campbell, q man far beneath the
other two in sll save the possession of
riches, is taken into the friendship
and good grscssof WstteTson, and the
three saunter arm-in-arm through
the corridors OF fashion
able hotel. Mr. Campbell had
lately been given a stolen certificate
of election as delegate to Congress
from this territory. The sight of these
three was a strange spectacle, and ex-
cited comment in reportorisl and
circles. Queer remarks
we're made, and people wondered
what had come over Watterson. One
ssid he was corrupt or
crazy; another said he was using
for political purposes, having
laid a scheme By which he hoped to
worm himself into Garfeld's cabinet.
This latter suggestion seemed ridicu-