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St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07
ALGER OUT OF 1T.
He Cannot Hold All of the Michi-
gan PeOpIe

Alger is simply not in it, either as a
presidential or vice-presidential possi-
bility. He has no following, even in his
own state. Yesterday afternoon a
Michigan man of prominence had a.
good deal to say to GLOBE man On-the
point of the Alger boom. 1t would be
better could his name be used, but he
says he stands in such relationship to
Alger that it would be out of the Ques-
ton for him to be quoted. But he said:
1.-The talk about Alger is all nonsense.
He can't set the delegation from his
own state. l know personally of six
delegates from Michigan who will not
support Alger. 1t is possible that such
pressure may be brought to bear that
they will vote for him OH the first ballot,
as compliment to Michigan man.
Even that, however, is not a certainty.
They may not even consent to do that.
Certainly they will not support
him after the first ballot. The delega-
tiOn will stand twenty-five for Blaine
and six for Harrison after the first bal
lot. Michigan has always been Blaine
state, of course, so that is to be ex-
pected. In my opinion, the effect of the
Blaine resignation is to weaken Blaine.
A good many of our delegation do not
like the look of it, although they may
vote for Blaine. 1t came too late, and
coming after the letter of January, it
looks as if Blaine had given the presi-
dent to understand that he was not i'll
the race, had led Harrison in too deep
for him to draw out of fight and had
then resigned to defeat Harrison by get
ting into the contest himself. Yes,
Alger is Blame man. But between
you and me he is so because he did not
get all appointment. Alger expected
cabinet position. l should not be sur
prised if lie had been promised one. 1
think that most of the opposition to
Harrison comes from men who have
been disappointed about getting public
POSITIONS"
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07
SILVER DACCERS
Many Are Being Sharpened
and Polished to Drink
Ben's Gore.
Editor De Young Declaims
Against the Presidents
Methods.
Hot Roasts at a Meeting Of
Delegates From the Min
eral States.
Senator Teller Boldly Asserts
that Harrison Is N. G.. in
Colorado.
A Californian Takes Issue on
the Point, but Finds Lit
tie Favor.
Boutelle, of Maine, Crates on
Behalf Of His Friend Out
of a Job.
Indiana Factions Are Drifting
Apart in Undisguised
Hostility.
A Californian Takes Issue on
the Point, but Finds Lit
tie Favor.
Boutelle, of Maine, Crates on
Behalf Of His Friend Out
Of a Job.
Indiana Factions Are Drifting
Apart in Undisguised
Hostility.
Bitterness Intensified by the
Action Of. the Committee
on Contests.

A lively meeting. of the California
delegation was held Yesterday, at which
the question of presidential preferences
was formally discussed for the first time
by the delegates of that state. The
Blaine men, though in large majority.
refrained from taking vote. Senator
FELTON, started the ball rolling. He made
a strong anti-Blaine speech. The sem
ator said. however. that he did not care
to influence any member of the delega-
ton. Personally he had been asked
some time ago by Secretary Elkins to
give his vote to the president. He had
promised to do so, aud intended to carry
out his promise.
! Delegate Knight replied to Fulton
urging that the delegation, If acting as
"a. unit, would be of Importance in the
convention, but split up, no matter how,
would be belittled. and being the first Of
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07
COLUMBIAs ROUTED.
Blaine Battalions Sweep All Be-
fore Them.

For more than half hour before 1
and o'clock there was tumult in the
corridor of the West that has never been
equalled. 1t was started by the Colnm-
bia club, of indianapolis, which pre-
empted the center of the floor, and
eleYating big picture of the president
spiked on staff started to sing cam
paign song, the refrain of which init
mated that Jimmy wasn't in it.
This aroused the ire of the Blaineites.
and after massing themselves dds several
the enemy. The place was packed to
suffocation at the time. but the Blaine
men swept everything before them,
cutting a clean swath through the strug
Cling mass of humanity. Outside the
thundsg roared and the lightning flashed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07
SILVER MEN EXCITED.
Teller Declares Harrison Cannot
Carry Colorado.

A meeting of representatives of the
Pacifi coast and neighbOring states was
{ held in the afternoon at the headquar-
tiers of the California delegation. The
States and territories represented were
California, Washington. Idaho, Mon
tana, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona,
New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming
There were f'fty,six delegates present
out OF total Of seventy-two to which
MS section Of the country is entitled,
The meeting was called to order by
i. F. Spence, of Los Angeles, chairman
of the California delegation. Senator
Teller, of Colorado, was elected chair
man of the conference. P. Y. Baker, of
California, acted as secretary. Before
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07

Iowa as an example. The state is
Blaine state, and yet majority of the
delegation will vote for Harrison. This
is explained by Mr.. Wheeler, who head
ed the ticket for governor, to he due to
the supposition that Mr.. Blaine would
not be a candidate, and, the manage
ment being left to those not heretofore
active. care was taken to select those
friendly to the administration. This
has been interpreted to mean rebuke
to Mr.. Clarkson-a mistake which was
emphatically corrected today in the
unanimous reelection Of Mr.. Clarkson
to represent the state on the national
committee.
DOdging Instructions.
Then there is the Illinois delegation,
which is understood to stand 80 for Har-
rison TO 16 for BlaIne-a a larger number
for the latter than was at first supposed.
Mr.. Raymond and two district delegates
refuse to be bound by instructions,
which they claim were given when the
conditions were different, and when it
was supposed Mr.. Blaine would not
allow his name to be used. They feel
absolved by the change, and claim that
they have right to judge of their duty
in their relations to their constituents.
George B. Swift, another Elaine
friend in the Illinois delegation, con-
Strues his obligation differently. He
will follow his instructions and vote fer
Harrison, although he would prefer to
vote for Blaine. Sheriff James II.
Gilbert will do the same; but if the
president should fail of a nomination
on the first ballot. Mr.. Gilbert would be
likely to change to Blaine. There are
others in other delegations who would
also change after first ballot.
The Harrison managers clearly un-
derstand this danger, and they are dis
playing first-class generalship in keep
ing their forces pledged to vote for the
president first. They confidently count
on a nomination on the first ballot, and
the figures they exhibit are confirmed
by information from other sources.
There is not doubt that if the conven-
tion were to reach vote tomorrow
Mr.. Harrison would win.
Benjamin's Long Suit.
The outspoken support of Chauncey
Depew, Gen. Horace Porter, Gov. Nc
Kinley and Senator Sherman has been
the chief factor, after all, in keeping
majority of the delegates in support Of
the president. All except the senator
have been heretofore active friends of
Blaine and known of all men to be
such. Their high character and world
wide reputation are force that cannot
be overestimated in a contest of this
kind.
The Blaine people appreciate this,
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07
sHIEL IN HOT WATER.
Col. Kerens Nearly Comes to
Blows With Rhody.

Blows With Rhody.
There was personal alteration dur
ing the meeting of the Indiana delega-
ton between R. G. Kerens, one of the
delegates at large from Missouri, and
Rhody Shiel, the presidents enthusi-
astic supporter. Mr. Shiel accused Mr..
Kerens of being lukewarm in his sup,
port of President Harrison. Mr.. Kerens
resented this reflection on his loyalty
and an excited controversy foIiuWed.
l.. T. Michener stepped between the
disputants and p.sned Shiel away, say
ing that NJ. Kerens was his guest and
ns would not have him insulted. The
dispute ended there.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07

early in the day it was learned that he
would be the Blaine candidate.
H. Dwight, who held the proxy for
Mr.. Fassett, put him i'll nomination.
Mr.. Clarkson, Mr.. Quay. Mr.. Payne, of
Wisconsin; Mr.. Chase, of Rhode Island,
and Mr.. Conger spoke for FasSett. Sen
ator Cullom was put in nomination by
the Harrison men. Mr.. Carey, of Wy
oming, making the nominating speech;
Mr.. Evans, of Minnesota; Mr.. Bradley,
of Vermont, and Gov. Mellette, of
South Dakota, seconding the nomina-
tion.
Division of the Vote.
The states voting for FaSsett were:
Alabama, Colorado, California, Con-
necticut, District of Columbia, Florida,
Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine,
Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri, Ne
vada. New York, New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina. Utah, Vermont, West Vir-
ginia and WiscOnsin-2S.
The states for Cullom we're: Arizona,
Arkansas. Delaware, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana. Kentucky, Maryland, Mime
sofa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey,
New Hampshire, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vir-
ginia, Washington and Wyoming-21.
This was the first test vote, and the
lines between the Blaine and Harrison
men were strictly drawn and revealed
the fact that the previous claims of both
sides were somewhat exaggerated.
A subcommittee was appointed to
select the other officers of the tempo
rary organization.
The report of the subcommittee on
contested delegations in favor of placing
the names of the Hill delegates from
Mississippi on the temporary roll was
then adopted. The Harrison men hope
to be able to reverse this decision of the
committee before the credentials COM
mittee, on this and other contests.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07

Northern states on the roll call the
effect of their vote, which might mean
much, would be dissipated. He believed
he voiced the sentiments Of nine-tenths
of the Republicans of California when
he advised voting for Blaine.
Judge Spencer answered Knight, and
asserted that the resolutions passed at
the state convention were tantamount
to instructions for Harrison, and the
delegation would have been as solid as
any Californian could desire if Blaine's
name had not been thrust before the
convention.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07
Broken Promises.

M. Fl. De Young expressed surprise
atSpencer's remarks, and declared that
the delegation would be guided by facts
and not by Judge Spencer's opinion as
to what was the action of the state con-
vention. The delegates were not in
strueted. and it was distinctly under
stood that they were to act on their best
Judgment, and at no time expressed,
directly or indirectly. their preference
for President Harrison. In 1888 Cali
fornia had been promised cabinet
position and other important things.
Nevertheless, President Harrison not
only had not given California cabinet
position, but had not appointed single
Californian to a prominent Office. No
one doubted for minute that California
would have recognition from Blaine.
Jud ge Spencer interrupted, asking
what Blaine had ever done for Cali
fornIa, and was referred by De Young
to Blaine's action on the Chinese ques-
tion.
Capt. Kldder and Delegate Denison
folio we De Young in favor of Blaine
and Pillsbury, another delegate, coun-
selled no action at present by the dele
CATION.
On motion of De Young the meet ing
at this point adjourned without taking
a poll Mr.. De Young gave as rea-
son that the discussion had been pro-
longed past the hour for other impor-
tant meetings in which those present
were int crested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

any other spot on the earth-it was with
a certain kind of relief that they made
their encampments on the uninhabited
prairies of Iowa, where they could enjoy
their sleep at night and their tolls by day
without having their ears saluted with
dreadful oaths and blasphemies from the
mouths of those who had murdered their
prophet and patriarch and others whom
they loved. 1t is true, however, that
many of the exiles shed tears as they cast
longing glances back upon the lovely
city, which, as they journeyed farther
and farther away, was at last lost to
view.
By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and
wept,
We wept when we remembered Zion.
was perhaps never sung with more feeling
and meaning by the Israelites of old than
by the Mormon eXiles, when they pitched
their tents or slept in the open air on the
banks of the Des Moines in the frosty
winter and cold spring of 1916.
And when they placed under the
sod the earthly remains of their
loved ones, who exposed 20 the in
clemency Of the weather fell as martyrs
by the wayside, they thought OF their
and like the Hebrews who longed after
the flesh pots and garlicks of Egypt,
wished they were there. But these feel
ings were only temporary, for there was
a land of Canaan, though unknown to
them, lying somewhere toward the set
ting sun, where liberty, freedom of con-
science and peace should be granted them,
and thither they We're going, and Nauvoo
was to them after all now thing of the
past.
1t was in the month of February, 1916,
that the Mormons, as the victims a re-
lentless religious political crusade, com
menced their famous exodus from Nau-
VOC. Ills. Early in that month their adj
vance companies crossed the Mississippi
river, and after a partial organization on
Sugar creek, the weary journey westward
through the prairies of what was then
Iowa territory was commenced. Their
destination at that time was unknown,
and even President Brigham Young and
those associated with him in authority
who led the Camp of Israel, - knew not
to what particular locality in the lar
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they soon received letter advising new
change of the route to avoid obstacles en-
countered by the other company in We Der
canyon. James F. Reed and two COM
panions were sent to overtake the advance
company, obtain additional information
and explore the route-an operation
which consumed a week or more, and
then the whole party started by the new
"cut off, - leaving the Weber river near
the point where Hennefer Summit county
now stands. There they crossed a noun
tain ridge to East Canyon creek; thence
over the Big and Little mountain, and
thence through Emigration canyon to
Great Salt Lake valley. This proved a
most difficult way, SO much so that all of
August passed before they reached the val
ley. They now Travelled over the present
site of Salt Lake City, crossed the valley
and passed through what is now Tooele
county. From the southern extremity of
the lake they directed their course to the
northwest, crossing the desert from the
9th to the 10Th of September, with great
suffering and loss of cattle. 1t was about
the end of September when the company
struck the old emigrant trail on the main
Humboldt, long after the last parties of
California emigrants for the season had
passed. At the end of October the further
progress of the company was stopped by
a terrible snowStorm, and the poor emf
grants were compelled to remain in the
region of the Truckee river and lake until
spring, during which thirty nine of the
eighty seven persons which originally
composed the company, when they left
the Oregon road, died of starvation and
cold. The residue, after subsisting for
weeks on the flesh of their dead com
panions, were finally rescued by relief
parties sent out from California early the
following spring.
In 1S47, during which year the Mormon
pioneers made their famous journey from
Winter Quarters, on the Missouri river,
to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, be-
tween four and five thousand Oregon
emigrants crossed the plains.
After these preliminaries the Mormous
and Utah pioneers of 1S47 Will now be in
troduced to the settler.
Unlike the pioneers of Oregon and Cali
fornia, who wendell their way westward
in search of notwithstanding to profit
by the splendid natural facilities that the
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plorer and surveyor, followed the immi-
grant trail through the South Pass, and
on the 9th of September of that year he
stood upon an elevated peninsula on the
east side of Great Salt lake, short dis
lance north of Weber river, beside which
stream his party had encamped the previ-
Gus night. They made another camp
near the point where the Weber empties
into the lake, built corral for their ami
mails and threw up small fort for their
protection. Provisions being scarce,
seven of the party were despatched to
Fort Hall after supplies, and on the Sth,
Mr.. Fremont, together with four other
men, including Kit Carson, embarked in
a rubber boat, leaving only three men
in camp and dropped down to the mouth
of the Weber, which the party found
shallow and unnayigable. Next morning
they were out on the lake. and at noon
they reached one of the islands, on which
they landed. There they found washed
up by the waves, dark brown bank, ten
to twenty feet in breadth, composed of
the skins of worms about the size of oats,
while the rocky cliffs were whitened by
incrustations OF salt. Ascending to the
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highest point attainable they took a sur
rounding view and called the place Dis
appointment island now Cattle island
or, as some call it, Fremont island), be-
cause they had failed to find the fertile
lands and game hoped for. Then they de-
scended TO the edge of the water, con-
structed lodges of driftwood, built fires
and spent the night on the island. Next
day they returned in a rough sea to their
mainland camp.
In 1874 several companies OF Missourians
crossed the plains and the mountains on
their way to Oregon. One of these was
led by the notorious Cornelius Gillium,
who had taken q very active part in mob
bing the Mormons in Missouri. He
started out with a view to establishing an
independent colony which seemed to suit
his fancy and the temper of the men who
were with him.
The emigration of 1915 was larger than
any that had preceded it. Five large
companies, with pa wagons, left the
Missouri frontiers that year and travelled
by way OF the Platte, the South Pass and
Green river to Oregon. That year (lS45)
another party under John @. Fremont
visited Utah. Leaving Bent Fort in
August, 1915, they assembled the Arkan-
sas river. passed on to Green river, fol-
lowed its left bank to Du Chesne and
thence crossed to the headwaters of the
Timpanogos (the Provo river, down
which stream they went to Utah lake.
Thence they passed on to Great Salt
Lake, made camp near where Salt Lake
city now stands, crossed over to Ante
lope island and examined the southern
portion of the lake. After this they
passed by way of Pilot Peak into what is
now the state of Nevada.
In 1916 the overland emigration was not
quite so large as in 1885, being estimated at
2, 800 persons, mostly men, ofwhom about
1, 700 went to Oregon and the remainder
to California. The emigrants destined
for California were met in the region of
Fort Bridger by Lansford w. Hastings,
who already had made two trips to the
Pacific coast and James M. Hudspeth.
These men induced several of the emf
grants to save several hundred miles of
travel and to avoid many hardshilss by
taking the ''cut off, south of the Great
Salt lake, partly explored the year pre-
viously by John G. Fremont. Hastings,
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in his partisan zeal, supported by the
proprietors of Fort Bridger for their own
interests, exaggerated the advantages
and moderated the difficulties of the new
route. Edwin Bryant, who led one of
the emigrant companies, decided to fol-
low the new route, which brought Them
by way, of Bear river, Echo canyon and
down the Weber river to Great Salt Lake
valley. This party, with pack mules,
being guided by Hudspeth for part of
the way, was the first of the season to
reach California. Two other parties,
those of George Harlan and Samuel e.
Young, were guided by Hastings in per-
son, and had much difficulty in finding a
way for their wagons through Weber
canyon. subsequently they lost most Of
their live stock in the Salt Lake desert,
but finally reached the old trail and were
the last to cross the Sierra Nevada mount
aims that season.
The Inflated Bonner company, which
left the Oregon road July %, 1916, and
reached Fort Bridger on the 25th, also re-
solved to take the ''cut off," They
started from the fort on the 2Sth, only a
few days behind Hastings, from whom
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P acific coast afforded, the pioneers of
Utah sought the isolated valleys of the
Rockies for religious motives. Having
been driven from their homes five diff
ferent times in the States of Ohio, Mis-
souri, and Illinois by bigoted ard muir
derous mobs, the Mormons had become
so thoroughly disguised with mob vio
lence that they were thankful for any
nook or corner of the earth as a place to
dwell in, if they could only enjoy the
privilege of living there in peace, and to
worship God according to the dictates of
their consciences. For the sake of lib
erty and peace their men and women
alike would willingly brave the dangers
of the deserts, the mountains; the rivers,
the SHOWS and the Indians. To them
even death itself was more welcome than
a continuation of the experiences which
they had passed through in Kirkland,
Jackson county, Far West and Nauvoo.
Hence, when they were forced away
from their beautiful city and temple
on the banks OF the Great
Father of Waters "a city which
not only Joseph Smith, but the entire
Mormon community loved dearer than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-04

Wilamsbridge Handicap. for thrce-y rods 81 ,25O
added milo and nvcsixteenths
Manhattan Handicap for all ages $1,000 added: one
mile and quarter.
Bronxdae Handicap. for all ages $50 added; one
mile
Wakefield Handicap for al ages. $3.50 sdded: one
mile a sixteenth
Fordham Handicap for all ages $50 added one rlle
and hve.sxtecnths.
sor the spring meeting Of lso3-For two.yearolds-
ireat Eclipse Stakes. sweepstakes Of $3.50 each h. e.
or only .10 II declared by January g. 1893; s2j II
declared by April |. 1893; $50 II declared by May
1898 the cut guarantee the value OF the stakes
to be 800 900 OF which 900 second and 900 to
third six furlongs
Juvenile Stakes 80 900 added FIVE furonps.
Lsrohmont Stakes 81 800 added six furlonGs
Anticipation Stakes, sl.5OO added Ave and nehsli fur.
longs
Galliard stakes, 81 500 added nve furongs.
Barlow Stakes 81 500 added six furlonCs.
Casanova Stakes FLIES 1900 added three. quar-.
ters Of a mile.
FOR THE FALL MEETING OF ls93.
Dunmow Stakes FOR two-yc0r-ods, 900 added
tn eequarters Of a mile
Nursery Stokes for two.yeorods, ST. 500 added three.
quarters OF a mile
Fashion Stakes for two.year.od FLIES, 81 500 added
threequsrteis OF mile
Champagne Stakes for twoyearod hles, 81 500 added
-eighths of mile.
FOR THE SPRING MEETING OF 1ssi-FOR THREE.
YEAR.OLDs.
withers Stakes, g.. 500 added mile.
Belmont Stakes So added mile and furlonc.
Ladies' Stakes. FLIES. $500 added mile and
sixteenth.
Fleetwood Stakes. 81 500 added; one mile and six.
teenth.
Glen Island Handicap. 81 500 added; mile.
FOR THE FALL MEETING OF 1894.
Handicap, for three yearods $500 added one
mile and a quarter.
Hunter Handicap, for nnes three years old sl-500
added mile and a quarter.