The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-12
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II Atom Lannan Thomas was ever in
doubt as TO the estimation in which he is
held by the Utah people, he discovered 1t
on Monday last when he delivered his lit
tie speech at the opening of the Utah Expo
sition. Although tue governor and | are
not as chummy as we were when he was
humble member of the commission, or ever
when he held the position of secretary OF
the territory, yet must say that the chilly
reception offered him caused me to regret
that he had been SO blind to the best inter
ests Of the people, so lost to u sense OF
manhood, so deficient in backbone, as to
be the tool of the INSCRIPTIONS gang. AS l
remarked, the Atom may be patted on the
back by his protested friends, the would
be p;lferers of Utah, and this may give
him some ''moraln strength; bat If he is
the man once thought he was, the recep-
ton accorded him On Monday last will sink
deep into his soul-and it may be, that here
after he will confine his speech making to
Methodist donation parties, and such other
intellectual and progressive entertainments.
/ have it from a friend, however, that
the Atom denies that he is influenced
by the Tribune gang; that he listens with
respect of course, to what they may have
to say, but that their arguments have no
weight whatever.
Ii it were not for the fact that the dignity
of our governor might be ruffisd, at the
bare mention of the fact, might suggest
that when the Atom made such q statement
he had himself in training with the idea OF
posing as a rival to Bill Nye.
| Couldn't stand the meter-Miss Freshly:
| Why Go you poets burn the midnight oil,
MIR. DeAktill!
| Mr. DeAktill-Because not many OF US
can afford gas.-Brooklyn Ljfc.
She-Who are all those men going into
the jail9
He-They are reporters.
She-What are they going into the jail
forl
Hs-Thore is to be q secret execution
there to-day.-Cape Cod Item.
| III there ever was u CuSS VI SUR SrupsS
aptly illustrated, it was waen the Poca-
tello Tribune published the following:
i 1.-The Pocateilo Herald gang got gioriously
paralyzcd yesterday on q keg of beer that
was sent to them by tue Democratic county
committee. They went reeling about the
streets like lot of fire water charged Indi-
ans after war dancer The fortunes ex-
! crin no ~
dry and solitary in his little 9x1) coop,
while his rivals made the air ring with de-
light, as they put TO shame the buz OF the
mosquitoes along the Port Neuf river, can,
in the Ian guase OF the poet, be better i'm
agined than described.
"Sassiety Note form the Caldwell Trib
,,ns THAT irrepressible nuisance, Hogan
the stiff. is in town again and of course
drunk. 1t would save considerable annoy
ance if the authorities would arrest hia
and fine him all the money ne has got"
Davy is a canny old Scot whose business
keeps him awake o. nights, when ali honest
folks, save newspaper nel, should bt
snug.y tucked away in bed. In conse
quence of this, Davy sees many sights thai
are calculated to harden the heart and
make his hair assume a perpendicular posi-
ton. 1t is no wonder that he has, in meas
ure at least, lost confidence in human nature
} To be asleep when the best side OF tn,
world is uppermost, and wide awake whel
J evil deeds alone are going on is not calcu
lated IN increase Oneis coOu ODiniOn of th,
J world in which he lives. Oar friend re-
) fsrred to has looked upon may a rea
! scene of suffering without showing any
particular emotion, save perhaps, the excla
nation, "Hoot, mon, but it's sair case y
Well, the canny Scot took in the "Haze
Kirkh matinee the other day, and he thu
described his experiences to me: cts
rail guide play, that: usually, the scenes tina
are meant to be emotional or pathetic hav
, very little effect upon me, for l am gener
ally inclined to laugh when other peopl
around me are fumbling for their handker
chiefs. This time, however, | got so inter
ested in the play and the players that, mon
, Almost before | knew it, both my cen wer
shedding tears. brushed them away witt
the mental ejaculation, 'Hoot. mon, but Y
are an aud fuler but somehow or other
, can't get rid of the influence the afternoo
has had over me'' l wonder, does GU
3 local talent desire greater compliment
than that paid by the canny Scot!
5 The Liberal declaration of principles says
) 1--WE commend the intelligent, patriot