The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-14
A Republican Who Changed His
Mind About Betting.
THE BIG CONVENTION.
GATHERING OF THE DEMOCRATIC
HOSTS HERE TOMORROW.
the Fourteenth Ward Last Night
Delegates Elected BY the SEWER
County Democrats-The Working
men-PoIittcal Notes.

Politics yesterday was quiet, very
quiet, the coming execution of Enoch
Davis being the all absorbing topic OF
conversation on the street.
There was one Republican in sight at
l2:3O p. m. who was not a candidate but
he was the most musical man on earth,
although for the sake of his children
he shall be nameless.
This Republican wanted to bet:
Anything goes" he shouted.
He offered his old clothes. ready cash,
volunteered new hats and had large
crowd around him all agape when
Judge Elias A. Smith f1oated up
Bet $25 that Salt Lake county goes
bet-twenty- -Cache-goes
Republican; bet twenty-five-Utah
y-goes-Republican; bet twenty five
Joe-Rawlins- ain' t-in-it-bet-''
Then Elias A, in his sweet voice,
murmured:
'Takenr'
The subsequent proceedings were of
interest to every person present ex-
cept the man who wanted to bet. He
suddenly remembered that he had a
date with a man four miles below town
inside of seven minutes and got the
biggest kind of a motion on himself.
lin his off hand pistol pocket and wan
dered away.
Republicans are great takers; great
takers Of everything except bets. It's
two to one that none of them would
wager that they are on earth-until
after election.
The political event of today is the
Democratic barbecue at the Warm
Springs, where Hank Barnes, owner of
the bar T clam ranch, will serve clam
chowder to all the Democrats of both
sexes who appear armed with tickets.
The fact that the chowder will be
cooked under the personal supervision
Iof Barnes himself. that the butchering
will be done under the auspices of Colo
mel Byrne. is enough to warrant a
big turnout. Grand Sachem Letcher
will supervise the distribution of the
bowls and will see that a dozen clans
go with each.
Speeches will be made by prominent
warriors and joy will roam without a
halter from start to finish.
Parties learning of the anticipated
presence of Captain Slower, of Tooele.
may venture out without fear. He has
promised to refrain from explaining
the position of the Republican party on
THE silver question. This promise was
obtained after the captain had been al
lowed to visit the council room of
the Tuscarora, where the grindstone
upon which the tomahawk is sharpen
ed, was being used. The captain watch
ed the proceedings and weakened.
Democrats are noted for generosity,
and the following description of the
practical workings of the Salt Lake
Democratic Workingmen's association
under the able management of Presi-
dent P. w. Mccartney, may not be out
of place. Realizing that times are
hard and many men idle. the club Sc
cured about 1000 pounds of flour and
as many potatoes which are being is
sued to the needy. In addition to this,
tomorrow a fat bullock will be killed
and sent to the deserving needy. The
club has some ready cash on hand
which is being generously distributed
several cases being attended to yester-
day. This announcement might cause
the opposition to say that the acts of
the association are partisan were it not
for the .unanswerable assertion that
the club knows no politics
when want knocks at its doors
A rousing Democratic meeting was held
IN the seventeenth ward last night at
WHICH an immense crowd were present
Democrats
The efforts of the Tribune to belittle
the recent county convention by alleged
sarcasm was greeted with delight by
the Democracy yesterday. The alleged
Celtic brogue which encountered the body
of the report was a source of much spec
ulation among the few readers of that
paper. the question being as to whether
it was Irish, Italian, Spanish. Scandina-
Wan, French, Bohemian or Volapuk pa
tics. The attempt fell fiat
Every Democrat is eager for tomor-
rows convention. The Republicans who
claim that there are no Democrats, can
learn an object lesson by being present
on that occasion. Everything indicates
that Hon. j. l.. Rawl1ns will be nomi-
mated on the first ballot
Sewers DeIeoatiop