Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-12
ALL HOPEFUL.
Visitors to the Fair Have Quit
Talking Of Hard Times.
Spicy Remarks Of Free Thinkers
Utah's Exhibit ia Literature.


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| WORLDS FAIR. Oct. IL Especial II
When the parliament cf religions closed
we naturally expected few comments
some criticism and then a lull. hat II lookA
| Just now as II ii were TO be the great theme
| of discussion for the winter. First the mis-
sionaries gave il a whack, then the evolu.
| tionists-whose congrcss follow csi-treAted
it with the dry sarcasm Of science. and final.
| ly the frecthinkeu fell on il with cantan-
kerons fury, Having been refused . hall In
| the Art institute, they met at si' West
| Madison street. and when called therv foa
bill Of particulars was surprised to fnd
how many Of thera were old acQuaintHncce.
| Their presiding officer. Judge c. Il, Waite,
| was long ago a sort Of colaborer with ns IN
Utah. and be gave me his statement with
extra judicial vigor. will not detail Il,
| rs he was heated, but the gist Of it was
that the managers at the Art institute had
treated him aud his fellow oommitteemen
with "rank discoartesy."
He has q history, and, still more, hAs his
| wife. and part of 1t Is old enough 20 be new.
In the winter Of isii-2 the Mormons con-
cludcd that the United States was failure
and the Caucasian played out So they ran
Governor Dawson out Of the territory and
SET up the theocracy again. President Lin.
coin therefore ordered General =. r. Con.
nor and the California and Nevada volun.
teers to Salt Lake City and sent new gov.
ernor and judges, who ran the territory In
L.. Al
1855
one Of the judges was C. H. Waite, and
his wife. Caroline V. Waite. was the firss
Gentle woman to get right on the inside of
poiygamy. Her faoile pen showed II up In
all its dips, spurs, angles, variations and
sinuosities, as the mining claims say, Nov,
unless n Gentle Is very thoroughly rooted
and grounded in his faith, three years In
Utah will knock all the religion out Of
him, so the Waites left there not only az
nostics, but with a feeling Of hostility 70
ecclesiastical power, which Is one Of the
unhappy effects Of living under a thcoc-
raey. The judge is the author Of m able
aud learned but rather dry work on tho
origin and date Of the gospels and Is just
the man to preside over such a congress .
this.
Literary Lights Of Utah.
The old times in Utah being freshly
called TO mind went from the congress TO
the Utah building and was agrceably sur
prised to find what progress those people
have made in art and literature. IL Is ques-
tionable II any other territory has proiucsi
so many really able writers, taking both
Sain, and Gentle, though Of course many
of them were bora elsewhere. The posms
of Sarah l.. Carmichael tborn and reared =
Mormon) rank very high, and those Of
Mrs. Eliza X. Snow Ia spiritual wife OF brig
ham Yonna) have merit.
The apology" II ! may call II such, a
Elder Rich is as able . defense Of MorrnUs-
ism as can be made, and Elder C. W. Pen
rose has risen to real sublimity. especially
In his battle hymn. which has all the frs
Of Julia Ward Howe's production Of that
title. Two Of the books deserve special no
tice-Hollister's Life of Colfax" and Can
mons Life Of Joseph Smith"
q. j. Hollister wns born In Columbia
county. n. v. reached Colorado among the
pioneers and located IN Utah in is69, where
he was collector Of internal revenue for
many years. Having married half sister
of Vice President Colfax be made the study
Of that s;Rtesman's life a labor of love. and
rs the work comes out after the nni,nosities
Of the old era have passed away IL II dis
passionate and valuable book.
George q. Cannon was born in the isls u
Man. was brought to Nauvoo in boyhood
and has been intimately acquainted with
every Mormon leader from Joseph Smith
down. being now but one remove from ths
head of the church in office. His book Ia =
curiosity and well worth the attention Of
one interested il religious phenomena IL
is written In elegant English, and not
one Of the early apostles ever spoke or
wrote Of Jesus with more loving enthusiasm
than he writes of joseph Smith. Penns
and Barclays remarks ON George Fox are
cold criticism in comparison.
They Taih For Their States.
As for the rest, popular interest in the
minor religious congresses has about ceased,
as they are little more than denomi national
conferences In the Worlds fair. however,
enthusiasm seems 10 increase M we draw
near the close. often have occasion 10 note
| the happy, Joyous hopcfuln.ss for the future
| which nearly all visitors express, and am
| n little amused to find IT most ardently ex-
pressed in the Kansas state building
Talk about bad times for our fnrmera."
| said one Kansan TO me this morning. ''it's
| bo.hl In twothirds Of the state the crops
are good. and mort cages are being paid OF
| faster than in any other state. Fat hoa1
Il Off iibt - Ntbt. Ffuih fBkub Nv hht uofAl0
depot. and that means 20 cent corn at .
profit. You know how that runs-for
| every dollar a hundred in the hog II pays
| 70 feed corn at 10 cents-all the way up.
| Hay Is pretty near worth its weight In sil-
YER About those dry countiest Oh. we'll
| that isn't farming country out thero-we
| don't count 1t. There IL land enough f0r
| 1900, 600 farmers In that part of the state
whore rain Ia plenty. but new fellows from
| the east have to learn how 10 farm. Thenn
they can raise big crops x anything. and
a. for stock--why, Kansas hasn't shown the'
tenth Of what she can do, and there 10 al
ways money in good stock"
| was glad to hear this man talk. He !.
| was such pleasant contrast to those WOO
| ful fellows who talk for Kansas mt some
conventions. He admitted that wheat II
low and good riding horses can now b
bought for ESQ apiece, but thought IL all
the better--too much wheat raised anyhow.
aud cheap horses are just the making Of s
people. Come out. John, and ride all over
| I'd Funston's district fmeaning the cum
greSsman) and ge, some sand in your craw.
III let you have the best horse ia my herd
/ and I've got 3O-for ti n week. They'll
| charge you q at the stables. When you've
nd him month. you won't be so pale be-
| hind the pills."
l trow not have ridden those Kansas
| horses and realized the necessity for . new
edition Of "Gali on abnormal develop
| ments"
More saow, More Grain.
I also like 10 hear the Canadians and
North Dakota people talk. They can prove
that the more snow there 10. and the longer
i, lies ON. the bigger the crops will be. IL
sounded funny to hear Mr.. Diekey. agent fog
North Dakota. say: The chief drawback In
our section Ia there isn't enough snow, and
1t sometimes gets too dry for good sleigh
ing. II we could have every winter the
heavy SHOWS Of upper New York, doa's
know Of anything that would b. lacking"