The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-06
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Chicago, 4.-The Times win
morrow publish the folJow;so To-
Henry Watterson cf Kentuckv y
rived to-day. Mr.. WatteIson' S a.
expected to bring the McDon"aSg
boom In his packet and at once nnau
headquarters for proper display f baa
Oh his arrival he contenteG h n,S OIs
with saying yes, he vas for Tlt
Donald and then taking Franz u nlc,
on one arm and Bill Morrison IN tSu
other and getting them in ro .ne
by themselves to discuss the tau tau
plank. In conversation with
Times reporter Mr.. Watterson so;5
"I shall vote for Mcdonald. hmt CI
understand the Kentucky deIe%o1
ton is going to present tie MANS ~
Carlisle. His name may be- WIFI
drawn, however, and then thars =
no telling where Kentucky will 90
"Will Mcdonald get many sont SS'
ern votes ?"
"Yes, a good many; but I have
not had time to count them nm
yet. There is one news item thai
has been floating around lately thu
l want to correct, and that IS tbe
statement that I vent to indians
apoIis to get HENRI ks to nominate
Mcdonald. / never said word nm
the subject"
SHUT will he not nominate him po
ST suppose he will"
"What tariff plank are you ST.
ter?''
"I should suppose" said Mr.. Wat
terson. "that was too well known.
to have had that question AsAsd me.
[ am free trader and am for a tar
iff for revenue or a tariff for "a.
venue only, or any other form O,
words you war 70 use, Just so the
idea is dist netIy expressed thai
al custom house taxation
must be for revenue purposes
only not to bs imposed 70. any pur-
pose Of protecting. in short, We
want the money raised by taxation.
to go into the public treasury In,
stead of to private individuals and
corporations. Make the tariff
plank clear enough not to he mis-,
understood easily said Mr.. Waiter
SON.
Later In the day it was learned
that Messrs. Hurd, Watterson and
Morrison had gone ever tbs list of
the state delegations, and decided
that they would have twenty-three
out Of thirty. eight members of the
committee on resolutions and were
sure OF a favorable report from that
committee. They however ex-
pectsd q MAJORITY report and were
prepared for a fight iD the conyen-
vention. or this fight, however,
they had no fear as they have
counted up clear majority of the
convention in favor of tar f
reform.
Chicago, 5-To the repreeen Ia
tive of1 the Associated Press this
morning, Hon. Henry Wat'ersor
said: "The statement that Mr.
Harri. on defeated Mr. Morrison at
Peoria was very wrong impression
of what really occurred there. The
Illinois delegation adopted a
tariff -for revenue only reeoIution
Mr.. Harrison started out 10 Quasi
this, but finding tina he .~ouid be
beaten he modified his demands
and askei that the resolution be
simply referred to the nat onai con.
yention about to assemble This
the Stale convention was willing "a
.coneede to the man whom it was
about to nominate for governor It
should not be forgotten" Continued
MI. WattersoD, that Mr.. Harrison is
himself revenue reformrr and
said in is speech that Or teetion ID
robbery. With the action OF the
State con Vention MIR. Harrison's
power over the Illinois delegation
in the national Convention expires
1t Is an out and out revenue IL form
delegation and Mr.. EArr son will he
its member on the l.latfo.m com