The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-14
SENATOR PETER HERE.
The PopuIist Senator from Kansas Visit
ing Salt Lake.

The Popuhst Senator from Kansas Visit
ing Salt Lake.
Salt Lake is just now entertaining two
national reputation and fame. One OF
these is Senator w. A. PETER, the leader
and founder, it may be said, of the
Populists of this country.
Mr.. PETER is at present on a general
tour of inspection through the north and
west in his official capacity as member
of the Senate committee on agriculture.
He has just completed trip through the
grain producing states Of the north and is
now en- route to examine the wheat fields
of California and the new and improved
machinery used by the farmers of the
Golden state.
His principal object in visiting Utah is
to examine our system OF irrigation and
more particularly to familiarize himself
with the plan of beet raising, which has
been found most advantageous in this
territory. For this purpose he will go TO
Lehi today and take a look at the beets
and also at the sugar factory. He will
also visit the beet fields of California and
the three factories in that state. Mr..
PETER is a thorough business man, about
80 years of age aud sharpas needle, with
keen gray eyes, and as everybody knows
rejOices in a dark hirsute appendage to
his chin reaching down below his breast
and which is kept and cultivated with
the greatest care.
What makes Mr.. PETER more interest
ing to western people in general and Utah
people in particular is the fact that he is
an out ana out silver man. He believes
in the right of silver to be money anc not
a commodity. He said in stating his
views of the present financial situation
that the Wall street bankers and their
4. brethren in England were waging des-
perate fight on the white metal. The
money SPECTATORS want to make money
as scarce as possible so that they can suck
the life blood from the people.
He urges united action on the silver
question without reference to political
views on other subjects. The silver
party is growing stronger every day ano
will soon be in position TO insist on the
RECOMMENDATION of silver and the repeal o.
the obnoxious act of 1873, which made the
white metal q commodity, or let gold be
reated like silver has been and reduced
%, commodity alsos. NSilYer mnst be-
remonetized or gold demonetized -
Mr.. Pepper is well pleased with oul
city. our wide shady streets, grand
mountains, living waters and our limit
less resources. When silver is re.
nonetized this region viii have {
season OF unexampled prosperity. United
the south and the west will come off
victorious. Mr.. PETER is registered a
the Telnpleton and viii probably return
to this city after visiting Lehi.
The following short biogra phica
sketch of the distinguished Kansas sen.
tor will be interesting;
William Alfred PETER of Topeka, was
born on;a farm in Cumberland county
Pennsylvania, Septem Der 10 ; 1881 ;attended
q public school; began teaching at the
age OF fifteen years: taught during win
ter and farmed in summer; removed t
Indiana June, 1853, and opened farm il
St. Joseph county; removed to Missouri
September, 1859, and purchased farm il
Morgan county; because of the war re-
moved to Illinois February, 1862
and enlisted as a private in com.
pany 4. Eighty third Illinois infan,
try the following August; was promoted
to second lieutenant March, 1888; served
as regimental quartermaster aud adjutant
post adjutant, judge advocate of mill
tary commission. and depot quarter.
master in the engineer department a
Nashville; studied law odd hours during
the war; was mustered out OF servicl
June rs, 1885; began the practice of Law
al Blarksvlle, Tenn, August, 1855; re
moved to Kansas, January, 1870. ant
practiced law there until 1873, in thu
meantime establishing and conductin.
two wsDapers-Fredonia Journal anC
Coffevville Journal; was elected to tn,
state senate in 1874; was chairman of tn
Joint centennial committee, member O
Judiciary aud chairman of committee Oh
corporations; was Republican presiden
tial elector in 1880; became editor of til
EdHSQs Farmer in 1881; was elected TO tn
United States Senate as e member of tn
Peoples Party; took his seat March 4
1891. His term Will expire March 3, 1897