The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-21


crossing, is the provision that the
privilege OF going into Canadian
ports to buy bait shall be withheld by
Canada, unless the United States Con-
gress passes laws for the free admission
of fish and oil. The document is COM
mented upon by one side. as practi-
cally concedipg that the Canadian con-
tention has been correct as to the inter
probation of the act of the treaty of 1918.
Upon the other hand, the Senators
friendly to the administration, express
the opinion that all has been accom-
plished by the department that could
be expected, and that the quarrel which
has lasted over half century has thus
been brought to an end.
MRS. CLEVELAND.
Mrs. Cleveland to day joined the
Ramabai Circle for the elevation of
women in India.
ALL CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
Delegations from western cities are
as busy as bees tonight, striving to
secure the next National Democratic
Convention. Three principal delega-
tons. Chicago, st. Louis and San
Francisco. are all located in
Wizards Hotel, and ali claim
to be confident of success. All
three went in declaring that the
convention will go west. and assert
that Cincinnati people realize that their
fight is almost hopeless one. OF the
three delegations, San Francisco is the
most enthusiastic, and il is admitted
by the st. Louis delegation that to night
the talk runs ward the Pacific Coas' !;
but they assert that this is due to the
extraVagant promises that are being
made. Chicago delegates are the quiet
est, but their plan of campaign is we'll
defined, and each committee does what
is allotted 10 it and reports to head
quarters, without making much noise.
Naturally the rival delegations are IN
willing to say much. except in gen
eral way, about their expectations
When asked if they would
have eighteen votes, Mr.. Tarpev.
A San francisco representative. said:
Yes, we will have more than that" ST.
Louis people say they expect to be well
up with the procession. and Chicago is
evidently feared by the others. From
the best analysis possible, it would seem
that San Francisco expects all the
country west of the Rocky Mountains
and a number of votes in the south. 1t
is conceded that Chicago will have the
votes of New England, with the excep
ion of Prince, of Massachusetts. who
i, in favor of st. Louis. This, with
the favor of the northwest and
some support OF the central portion
will give the LAKE city a good showing
to start Off with, and it expects to
o. RI
ton after ballot or two of "fiiiel re-
spect" is given by the committeeman to
their respective cities. st. Louis
strength will come from the Mississippi
Valley and the southwestern States
and Territories, and it is said that
some southern States favor St. Louis
as second choice, after San Francisco.
THE BATTLE FLAGS.
The Secretary of War to-day returned
to the House his answer to the Boutelle
resolution, calling for information as
to whether flags captured by the United
States have been removed from the
place where they are displayed, and,
If so. by what authority aud for what
purpose; and further. as to what pro
positions have been made by govern
ment officials tor the surrender of these
flags, and whether it is true that por-
ton OF them were actually surrendered
to persons having no right to their pos
session. AS preliminary the Secretary
gives brief history of the flags. 1t is
stated that while some Of the con-
federate flags have since been given to
the companies or regiments capturing
them, 70 flags have passed out of the
custody Of the department, that Wer- in
such custody when Secretary Endicott
assumed charge of the department
The order to return the flags, and LIE
order revoking it, are given, and the
atement is made that no flags were
actually returned under the first order
AS no law requires public exhibition
of captured flags and trophies. it is as :
sumed that the construction upon it by
former secretaries of war and navy, was
that the law applied to trophies
taken from foreign enemy,
and not to those taken during
domestic hostilities. In October, 1882,
all flags, including those in Winder's
Museum, were, by direction of the Sec
rotary of War, boxed and stored in q
room in the sub-basement of the ne "
tate, war aud navy building, wner ;
they remained until January, 1887.
They were quite inaccessible in this
place, and difficult to find and identity.
When it became peCessar to do so, 1T
was found they were decaving rapidly,
and, by the direction of the
present cjutant-GeneraI, they were
taken from the boxes and placed
in room in the upper
story of the war department
building, where they can be easily Wis
tied and examined. The S ,cretary SAYS
that no flags have been removed from
the place where they were displayed
and concealed from the public. He as
serts that Secretaries Stanton, Belknap,
McCreary, Ramsey and Lincoln and the
present Secretary delivered up alto
gether some ten captured Union flags.