The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-27

n1T will be a brilliant event in the po
litical history OF Utah." said Mr.
Junius F. Wells of Salt Lake City at thu
Shoreham last night, speaking of the ccin
ing Inauguration of statehood. Mr.. Wells
/ Ia prominent owner of railroad and min
Ing interests In Utah, and came East to
| look after some business in New York
| lie looks and talks rather more like q
| literary man OF q devotee OF the fine arts
than the brusquc man OF business, and hi
talked interestingly on eral things
connected with. Utah and the far West.
4 THE vote for Statehood may be regarded
| as a practically unanimous sentiment,
think, for had itnot been that the question OF
| woman suffrage was injected into the issue,
| there would have been even less opposition
manifested nj the polls. So the inauguration
on the 4th or January will be a great pop
ular EVENT. AL the territorial militia has
been ordered out, and various frtternal or
ders will also Join the brilliant pageant. The
splendid large Mormon Temple, sea ting
l, 200 persons, will be used for the inaugural
ton exercises. Pending the erection of a
State HOUSE, which will doubtless folio W
in the courSe OF a few years, the State Off
GERS will have rooms In the county building.
That is n magnificent structure, beautifully
finished IN the onyx and other native stones
OF the State and covers several acres OF
ground"
SPEAKING OF the materials used In the
~ construction OF the county building
MFR. Wells was led to tell of the inimen sc
quarries or onyx, situated only forty miles
from Salt Lake. Il have never seen more
beautiful onyx. even In Mexico he said.
1T is easily quarried in immense regular
slabs, and, you know, takes most bea utiful
polish. Wethink that Providence Ia blessed
Utah in giving us in large quantity our many
natural resources. We have mountains of
onyx, mountains of granite. mountains OF
gypsum, mountains OF sulphur and equally
vast quantities OF asphalt.
Now, under statehood We wish to in
crease the population OF the State from
90. 900 to 100000, and with q popula-
ton which has money TO invest i'll the
development OF our grand natural resources.
As for such iDyestme nts being safe, as ]
stood on the floor OF the stock exchange i'm
New York the other day and saw those wild
scenes, said to myself: 1 IL la ce my oney
IN any mining hole in Utah before III
place it here"
by an interesting coincidence. the two
~ sons-in-law OF Chief Justice Fuller,
one from Washington State and the other
from the far-away Azores, happen TO be in
this city at the same time, and both arrived
yesterday ar Chamberin's. They are Mr..
Hugh {. Wallace and Mr.. Colin Man
ming.
Mr.. Manning is a lawyer on the other
side OF the globe. and Mr.. Wallace is a bust
ness ma or Tacoma. He is tie member
OF the Democratic national committee for
the STATE OF Washington. and is an early
arrival Tor the meeting of the committee
TO be held here next month.
II really don't know what to say about
the probable place of holding the national
convention" he said. "Of course. the far
Western Democrats want II to come to San
Francisco. l do not know that any def
mite plans have been made for securing the
convention for that city. but I think the
citizens there will DE heard from when the
time comes. / don't know which city has
the best chances for getting the meeting.
One thing is certain; IL wont he for sale,
as the Republican convention would seem to
have been. Money has great influence.
but IL can be safely said that our conven-
ton will not go by any such influence
I lNE of the most interesting members of
~ the American Historical Association
who is In attendance on the annual meeting
in this city Is Rev. William C. Winslow,
LIZ D., of Boston. DR.. Winslow is one of |
the most distinguished hist ricaI and archaic |
illogical scholars in the country, aud is |
of dozen different societies OF a |
historical kind, and is an honorary member |
FOR the United States of the Egyptian Ex- |
ploration Society. He made can on sew
eral ne wspaper men yesterday. he being a |
former newspaper man in Boston and at |
present a member Of the Boston p rcss Club. |
There was some confusion among the |
early arriyalsat the meeting Of the Historical |
Society yesterday. regarding the time OF |
holding of the opening session. There |
was an impression among some of them that |
a change had been made in the original |
program. No officer of the society had ar. |
rived, so DR.. Winsiow went over to the |
Cosmos Club to make inquiries. I'VE are |
all in Egyptian darkness remarked some |
one.
''Oh, no." returned DR.. winsiow. there |
is no snch thing as Egyptian darkness adj
mitte1 in these days, you know"
As DR.. Winslow is especially interested in |
Egyptian researches, the gentleman adj
mitted that his figure of speech was ILL |
advised. DR.. Winsiow is n direct de
scendent of Gov. Winslow, OF old Colonial |
days fame in Massa chusetts.
NJ R.wILLIAM F. PUTNAM, of Kansas
A'A City, Mo, prominent banker of that
rity. ia at the Ebbitt for a few days visit
10 the city. Mr.. Putnam says that all
Missouri is sharing in the jog of the st.
Louis people that the Republican conven
ion Is to he held in that city
II think an earnest effort will he made
70 secure the Democratic convention, too"
,aid he.
Asked for his opinion of the proposed
bond bill, he replied that he really had not
made sufficiently close study of the
measure to warrant his expressing q de-
.ided opinion. From what he had learned,
10 wever, he feared that the relief suggested
was not exactly of the right kind.
Mr.. Putnam said that he regarded the
State Of Missouri as safely Republican
IN financial issues, but he did not by any
means believe that the State had cha nged
is political character on other questions |
II national Importance.
1T is true that on account of emigration
rom the North ana East during the last
ew years, the population of the State
las changed in character some what, but
cannot belive that the State is any thing
tut Democratic STILL" said he. /,
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