The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-08
NORRIS SENATORIAL AMBITION.
Believes Barrel VIII Win Re
publican Election.

Bring on more bar'1s.
IF the Republican party continues to
develop burlesque campaign features
st will be possible for Chairman
George NJ. Cannon to console himself
for the defeat that is bound to come.
by taking the whole aggregation out
on the road and making it a rival of
1892" and other like extravag anZas.
Colonel Trumbo, with his streaks of
sunshine. his vaulting ambition and
his barrel: Lieutenant Hoffman. with
his Political Purity club; George NJ.
Cannon, with his Noah's ark of an
executive committee, have been mere
" the forerunners of Major George
Pepper Norris. lately Of WASHINGTON.
formerly of Philadelphia, and now of
Salt Lake. Hearing the report that
st was possible to buy a Republican
senatcrship in Utah, which has gone
broadcast over the country. he has
come and expects to open his barrel
at the right time
Major Norris believes he will be able
to spend 100000 in his canvass. He
confidently asserts that his own peo-
pie In Philadelphia. washington and
other cities will send him the S60,0OO
an1 that he VIII be able to FRY" the
balance out of five rich men east and
west. The $4,000 sight draft on c. P.
Huntington. the details of which were
given in Yesterdays Herald, is but an
incident in his campaign. and the four
others viii probably be heard from in
good season.
Major Norris was exceedingly in
dignant yesterday over the reception
given to this draft on Mr. Hunting
ton, and he wrote a letter to that I'M
fortunate millionaire calling him to
task. He informed Mr.. Huntington
that he would rue his action when Ma
jor George Pepper Norris. senator
from Utah. took his seat at the head
of the delegation and exacted much
greater concessions than he now ex-
acts. The letter was somewhat
lengthy and abounded in strong
phrases. No doubt when he receives
it Mr. Huntington viii promptly see
the error of his ways and will as
promptly send lie small sum OF
$4,000, for which Major Norris has
drawn.
His Letters.
The senatorial aspirant has num-
her of letters from various sources.
He has one from Senator Don Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania; others from
Senator Quay and such men. He also
has one from the Cramp Iron works
4llpf ullHS MN llldl the NTamD conn
pany could not think of taking a con-
tract to build warships for use on the
Great Salt Lake, as it does not wish
to encroach on the territory of the
Union Iron works, of San Francisco
But these are merely incidents.
Major Norris has long cherished q
senatorial ambition. In coming to
Utah he took advantage of an oppor-
tunity To promote a ligh-class ex-
cursion to the Dallas prize fight. This
excursion was to be thing of jov.
He wanted thirty business men with
sporting proclivities to go along, alb
solute secrecy to be insured by having
them picked up at Murray instead Of
openly getting on the train at the
depot. This scheme being rather
rudely headed off by the Texas legis-
j ra--i-7c IN III
meantime confirmed his suspicion that
the Republican sena torship would go
to the man with the largest barrel and
the largest bung-immediately set him
self out as a senatorial candidate and
is now in the ring.
Incidentally he has opened I'D q, law
cff1ce Will sell mining stock, promote
snv kind of a scheme. anything that
offers itself. until the time comes when
he must act on his senatorial scheme.
origianI CnmDaicn Methods.
Major Norris has original methods