The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-01

The conversation here turned to Cover
nor Fosters European experiences, and l
asked him as to the statement which be
published in America as to his referring to
the Irishman as "our clam mouthed immi-
grants" He replied:
Il had no interview at ell that day in
London, but people were coming In and out
OF my room all day, and l presumably said
something about our immigration. l did
not use that expression, however, for l
would remember it if [ had but l probably
spoke of the wonderful changes which our
climate and life makes upon the foreigners
who come here. Have you ever noticed
how, after generation or two, the Irish
and Germans lose even the facial express
sion which is characteristic OF them on the
other side of the water, and they assume
the American type.
al don't think this is SO much SO with
the Italians, and we want all the immi-
grants that we cap get that are of the best
German and Irish character. l understand
that some of the newspapers commented
/ upon that interview as an intimation that
thought the Irish little below the Amerl-
cans of the United States in the way of
rank and culture. But it would be ridicu-
lous for US to talk of rank in the United
! States, for none of US can go back many
generations"
"I3y the way, governor, where did your
family come from, and of what nationality
are yop!"
"a am Irish. and my people Oh my
fathers side came from the north of Ire
! land. Foster is the abbreviation OF For
roster, and | suppose the first of US had
the charge of a forest or lived in forest
In this country the name has been abbrevi-
ated to Forster and Foster, and some of
our family spell their name with an to-
day."
"When did the Fosters first come to this
| country?n
at was in 1892 The first American Eos
ter settled near Boston. He had twelve
children. and each of these-so the story
goes-had six, and I come of about the
sixth generation from him. My father was
born in Massachusetts, and he married my
mother there and she brought him out to
Ohio. She had gone cut west with her
father, who was man Of some means and
had bought large tract Of land near Tifin,
Ohio. My mother had gone back to Massa-
chusetts on visit when father became
engaged to her and married her and went
back with her. My mother is still living
in Ohio. She has farm of 500 acres which
her father entered and which has been in
the family since then. My father was poor
when he was married, and the first year
after his marriage he worked for his father
in-law, and he got S100 for the years labor.
He then struck out for himself, entered
and cleared some land and in short
time got q start. He had the mercantile
sense and he soon saved enough TO buy 9
stock of goods, and he opened store at q
little place called Rome. Just across the
way from this town, and almost adjoining
it'll think Secretary Foster said across the
county line-was another little town called
Risden. There was great rivalry between
the two villages, and my fathers village
was Wing and Risden was Democratic
My father was the leading spirit of Rome
and the people of Risden used to call him
the Pope of Rome. At last the two towns
got tired of nghting one another, and the
people of Risden came to my father and
told him they would unite the two towns il
he would let them name the new town. He
consented and they called it Fostorla after
him.
y 81 suppose governor you were born or