The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-31


Territory Of Utah. If Orlando has
achieved fame In this world, it has
been through the determined efforts OF
The HERALD to bring him into notori-
ETY.: II his name today is as familiar
as scrub. plug" and other common
terms on the streets Of Utah, it is be-
cause TIE HERALD hes been devoted to
MS exaltatoh and Eever permitted
an opportunity 70 pass uhim-
proved when Il could souhd his
fame to the world. TIE KERALD's
twenty-five thousand readers know
Powers better than they do General
Logan. Daniel Webster, Christopher
Columbus or Queen Victoria, and If all
this army of the best men and.Eemen OF
the great interior west do not believe
him bigger man than any other who
has been upon the earth since the
Colossus of Rhodes, il has not been the
Iault of this faithful searcher Of his
record and proclsimer Of his deeds. So
devoted has The HERALD been 10
sounding the praises ami laudIng the
virtues OF the Judge that IL has searched
all over Michigan for something to say
in his behalf; it followed bis trail into
Western New York TO find accounts of
his good and virtnous deeds with which
to satisfy the cravings of its hero
worshiping subscribers; it went to the
capital OF the nation, rummaged the
the committee rooms OF the Senate,
and even crossed the threshold of
the executive mansion, all tee
time on the lookout for something
more concerning lthe achievements
Of its hero. II We have not given the
public all that has been collected in
this neSer-ending search it has been be-
cause We feared mot that the COM
munity would be unable to endure so
much, but that His Honor might grow
80 brilliant as to: dazzle the eyes of the
world. lever newspaper we're given
mp to lioniziDg man. The HERALD has
thus devoted itself to Judge Powers.
And all for what1..To become the VIC
tim of ingrstitade as base as it is sur
prising. TIE HERALD does not weep,
but il could. Ii will be difficult TO con-
vince the public of this. but it is true.
startling as it may seem and sad and
sorrowful as it makes Us to confess il,
We would as soon have expected hy
TO alight on q bulls horn. anG have |
just as deeply erieved over the occur
ence as to have believed that Powers |
could find it in him to thus sting |
the breast that warmed him, and |
kick the prop that has supported him.
Isn't it grievous9 THE HERALD at this |
moment is undecided whether or not il |
will be able TO bear up under this ter
rife blow struck in the presence OF a
thousand deeply interested men and !
women from all parts of the Union;
brave soldiers and gallant old patriots,
who came al the way from Aew Eng
land for the especial purpose of being
and enlightened as TO the /
status of matters between Powers and
this journal; noble and handsome
ladies' who sacrificed the comforts OF
home and the pleasures of the seaside
to come out here. gather around the
and be informed IS TO His
HonOr's urgratefulness iowa DIS the
newspaper that has done more 20 make
him notorious than the New York.
Times did to get the late WIN. NJ.
Tweed into the penitentiars. The
HERALD says &, is undecided
or not it can endure
this whiriS wind OF :ngratitude. this
cyclone OF ungratefulness. but it has at
least half mind to try to bear up IN
der the affection. Yes, it will make the
effort. New subscribers are coming in
at the rate Ct from ten to seventy-iye a
day, and We Will endeavor to brace up
under the awful infiction.
There is another matter in which our
readers will be as deeply interested as
we're the Grand Army boys and their
aides. But no. We were going to tell
how Judge Powers devoted fair share
Of Lis patriotic" address TO the utter.
lnce OF plesssntries offered personally to 1
'ne of The HERALD employees; but will
iesist. That particular employee is
yrieved it is true, but grief and Joy have
,ver been his variesatedlot. Toying With
'ne or the other he has gone through (
lis three score or less years, and now
n his declining decades it pains him TO
Know that all in the world are not his
friends. In the course Of the next CEN
.ury he may 20 down to his grave.
When the clods will lie heavily upon his
,ofin, if even Judge Powers shall
1arbor an unkind thought towards
him. for the aforesaid EMPLOYEE
S one Of those who prefer the good 4
will even Of a dog II ne has ever ,
-ufaed the feathers OF disturbed the ,
'omb Of Powers he will doubtless hayean
opportunity before the ex- Judge reaches i