Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-24
At WORK At OGDEN.
SILVER MApGA PROMINENT ISSUE
The Presence or Delegates and Visitors
Gives 10 The Junction city
Lively Appearance.

OaDFN, April 2llh. -- ogden has
sh1wn more signs OF lie this morning
than fr many months pasi, tho
occasion being tbs Trans.Mia.
s.aippi oongrsss. All the prinol-
lal business and public build
iuf' as wcllas tho electric cars,and car
n'ses around town are decorated with
laes, banners, airgamcr' and bunting.
The bands nfo out lu uniform and tho
Ogden Military cadets with their ac-
c1uHemenr. Eyoything ,s bustllng.
lts truly rcifeshing, sitot our long,
uui wintor 90 once more SEQ signs Of
liicand nga'n SEQ ihp tree Of hope be.
ginning to bud gui bloom.
lt to- almoat Impossible az thr present
writing 10 obtain the nlmtg Of an the
delegates ia town, az thu bllli ut tnom
came IA this morning and they arc
! qunrteTei Ia various parts Of the city.
lhoso who arrived proyi0us 10 this
morning are ne ioIiDws:
Cnliotnlu--R, v. Watt, 1. j. ia
man, MI. aud Alts. a. II. Bryce, WI.
Clarke, 8, X. Thornton.
Colorado-E. IL. Hall, b. a. Mills
! anu wife, a. NJ. Hogg, j. G. Bell, g.
= Walton, Isaac Helm, Il. b. Light,
| q. &. Robinson.
Mon,ana-Geo. W. Irvine, G. A.
Hartman, lhomus Nash,J. b. Lehigh,
J. A. MUIR g.
Iowa.. S. Murphy.
Oregon-A. J. Es.nhrook and wife.
Okiuhoma-John II. Pilzlor.
Tho following Information may be-
| OF Interest TO visitors ~ this city dur
Ing the congress:
Tho headquarters Of the reception
COMMITTEES Is at the office Of the Reed
| hotel.
Headquarters OF the California dele.
Cation at the council chamber In tho
| city hall.
Headquarters for Colorado delega-
ton Mt the city hall, up stairs.
Only governor will be received ut
the depot; others are requested 10 re-
port at headquarters, Reed hotel office,
unleas they have already secured
roomn.
Rooms have been secured TO accom-
MEDIATE 1000 people at price Of from
5Oc to 81 per day,
Hotels aud rustaurauts can feed the
peOI 10 at % cents 10 10 cents per meal.
TIE opera house has been decorated
with the national colors and the stage
hltoi Up with tables for the accommo-
dalton OF newspaper men and Others.
On the north eide Of the stage IL pic
ture Of Columbus, ON this south side
one OF Washington and In the center a
picture OF Senator Stewart, over which
Ia the inscription "Our silver cham
pioD" A banner IL suspended from
one OF the boxes ON which In the word
"Bilver" In largo letters.
The meeting was called TO order at
II O'Clock.
speclai Dbpafsh to ne NEWS.
Ex-Governor Prince opened tho
congress NJ eleven a. m. with "A speech
on the objects Of the convention, giving
the silver question prominence. Rev.
Unsworth offered prayer. In the
absence OF Governor Thomas, Harvey
delivered the address of welcome for
Utah. Mayor Lundy for Ogden.
Governor Mcdonnell responded
aud went strong Tor free coinage.
Committee on credentials appointed.
states represented: Wyoming, Nebras-
kn, Iowa, Kansas, Utah, Washington,
Arkanshs, Oregon, Oklahoma, Colorado,
Missouri, California, Nevada, Texas
and Montana. Adjourned TO O'Clock.
Tho Utah delegation elected John
Henry Smith temporary chairman OF
their delegation. Meetings nfe being
held during tho recess for arranging
program. California has forty dele.
gates who have fine quarters In tho
CITY hall. California wine Is flowing
freely. over two hundred delegates
are present.
NOTES.
A heavy rain storm prevailed all
yesterday afternoon, but all was clear
toward evening ana this morning a
cold wind Is blowing.
Elder b. II. Roberts will deliver q
lecture Ina tue Tabernacle here to-
morrow night ON the subject of''Splrit-
uHlism."
Twelve hundred more visitor8 TO the
Temple LEFT here this morning.
Patti Raa holds the bonrda at the
OPEN house ON Friday night IN Dolly
Warden.
Governor Shfotridgo OF North Da-
kota and Governor Waite OF Colorado
are guests OF Hon. D. II, Percy.
Gov. Mcconnell Of idaho Is the guest
OF Hon. h. J. hiesel.
Governor Richards OF Montana is tho
CUES. Of }. Q. Armstrong, Esq.