New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-28

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great Nation. When people fooled, they get mad
| They have been fooled on the Mckinley bill and on
| Harrison From present indications, the result VIII
be the strengthening Of the protective principle and
the denomination and reelection Of General Harrison
"There is no Democratic enthusiasm in the West.
The Democrats you meet say in an Indifferent way that
probably the fight in 1902 will be with the same old
| tickets as in 1888. Every Democrat you meet is
quite disposed to argue that there other States
than New-York.' OF course my State pride led me
to combat that view.
INCIDENTS BY THE WAY.
zone cannot cover such an extent OF country
without meeting with incidents which enllven the
trip. AS ascribe my superb health and unimpalred
powers Of MISUNDERSTANDING the constant strain
under which, notice, many break down and die
TO an appreciation Of fun and great fondness for It,
am on the lookout for fun all the while, with
much eamestness and anxiety a hypoch0ndrac looks
after his pills One of the most delicious things
was the tramp at Laramie, who said that he had
stolen a ride from the Pacific coast to that place in
box car, and claimed division OF my portable
assets on the ground that he came originally from
saratoga Springs, and had stood through a mass
meeting where had spoken at Glens Falls. While
l yielded to his importantly L felt that If all the
people who had endured my speeches had similar
claim, was in the possession Of a vanishing asset.
ave stopped at considerable station in Wyoming
The leading citizen rushed up TO me and grasped me
by the hand stepped on to the platform TO look
around, and said, How d'you do Mr.. Depewf l re
cognize you from your pictures printed in the papers
Then he introduced the ranchmen cowboys, drum
mers miners and finally the oracle of the town, the
keeper OF the hotel. Then he remarked that as the
women voted in Wyoming and this was the frs; time
Presidential possibility had ever visited their town,
he thought had better make friends with the ladies'
Tereupon he introduced 10 his wife and the lady
boarders in the hotel. He was large man. his wife
small woman. / asked her If the ladies OF Wyoming
exercised the right Of suffrage as freely as the men,
and she said More So. Then put TO her the crucial
question, which settled in my mind the home-rule
issue in Wyoming. L asked her If the wives VOted
the same way their husbands did she answered.
with an emphasis that drove hole through the plat
form. .Eot muchp The train then started, and
iumped ON the rear platform, and that large man
seemed to shrink and that small woman seemed 10
grow till we got out of sight.
OUT WITH THE MUCH MARRIED MORMON.
Probably one Of the most interesting disappolnt-
ments is Mormansm in salt Lake. The hr't thhg
that the traveller and his wife do on reaching the hote
in salt Lake City is each to give an excuse that ley
want 10 90 out shopping separately, and their shop
ming is an attempt TO get insight into he domestic
affairs of the much-married Mormons But under Tie
operation of the penal laws passed by Congress II
no longer exists. The disappointment becomes inter-
estinp when YOU study MOrmonlsm Is factor In our
American civilization. Eghy Per GT T Gd I
I'm Utah stiu MOTmons. If the 1cfIliofy pecoiCs
erclgnty of Statehood 10 perpctUate their creed ana
restore the rights which the Federal GONcrnment d9
prohibited. All decisions which capture vast bodies
Of people and lead them 10 sacrifice everything. lVi
their teachers are GlSpcled when fAnauclen expires
The aggressive spirit has gone our OF M0ilnOhlS i'
i0O06 votares gather as of old in the tabernacle,
but there is fire in the speaker, no lie IN llo
audience. The sermon Is an apology. Tie worship
pcrs tBn upon strangers deprecating LOOK whth N
dicates the presence OF that doubt which Is utterly
fatal to The continuance of any belief in few years
the unfinished temple which has been thlrty elSh ears
in building and cost 6 700 600 Will be inc lhohu-
nent for the future of the marvellous power OF Joseph
Smith and Brigham Young and the deluslon Oh thciF
followers
THE FUTURE OF THE NORTHWEST.
an specializing upon the future of those great NOEh
western States Colorado seems to hold the more
fortunate place She not only has the minerals ana
the cattle ranches but here coal deposits give her the
command Of the coal supply for the furnaces ana
factories west of the Missouri River Her scenery
which is magnificent beyond description, VIII be the
constant attraction of the tourist, and the quality Ill
her air which stays the WORK of consumption secures
her the income and profit that belong 10 an exhaust
less santarun Though Colorado is still only lew
wears old her pride is ilImitable. one OF her
Statesmen said TO me- You ride over the Vast puIles
of the prairie states where the country Is Idu OuV III
square sections and settled with the UNIFORM Nls9e
schoolhouse, church and blacksmith shop. Inc Hld
all looks alike tue houses all look alike, the pcOpc
ali look alike and the samencsS Of the conditions VIII
prevent the growth Of great statesmen, orators poe'
ar philosophers But in this glorious mountain Sldc,
with its snOv-capped peaks and its 1srtle valleys
there Is originality and genius. we VIII 1UrTish inc
brains for the whole country, Sir
{" 1t is safe to say that Mr.. Vanderbilt and all his
marty returned this morning with enlarged Jews OF
The west and buoyantly hopeful Of the fTtu'o"