The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-29
CONVENTION CHAT.


Jokes were flying all around the con-
vention yesterday about the Repub-
lican caucus of the night before The
Republican delegates had been in
structed to keep mum as oysters, but
they could not help letting out some of
the funny things that happened The
best joke was on Driver, of Weber,
who had gotten up in the caucus and
said that he would hardly dare to show
his face in Ogden again if he should
vote against woman suffrage.
Il would have to move SOUTH" he
said
rs it sort of life and death AFFAIR."
asked some one.
well, it's rather that way" said
fDriver
The fact is Mrs. Driver is leader in
the suffrage movement in Weber
county.
Chichester was scarcely less emphatic.
He said such promises had been made
in Garfield county that he would
scarcely dare show his head again if
the party went back on its platform.
They need not make any more at
tempts on Washington. Chidester gem
orally has somewhat sad voice and
the appeal he threw into his tones
made the effect a moving one
But If Chichester was moving Van
Horne was more so. He had himself
worked up into proper pitch of fer
.Vency and he sailed in and sailed all
lover the room. SO rank were his
Statements that Morris, of Salt Lake,
Fand one or two other members got up
tn disgust and walked out. At length
Goodwin walked over TO him and tried
70 keep him quiet. But he was going
20 have his say, and he did After
wards he cooled down and agreed to |
pct with the others.
Varian surrendered. He said he had /
peen considering the subject and had /
talked it over with the family until he
had come to the conclusion that he
was pledged by the Republican plat
form. He had been brought up a
suffragist, but his experience on this
coast had taken that out of him to
great extent. He was ready to come
back into the fold.
Goodwin said he wasn't pledged and
did not intend to help the suffrage
But he was sadly in the
minority. Even Mcfarland the mem
per from Weber who stood out With
the minority of the committee, was
brought to Kline. He tried to fight.
But the odds were against him. AS he
left he said:
well. boys, do as you like
Charley Crane was the most elo-
quent one. He averred that the Re
publicans had pledged themselves head
over heels and it would be suicide to
go back on the pledge. He appealed
to the obdurate ones. The appeal was
ent force by the fading outlines of his
I'll bernatOriaI aSDiratiOns
While one of the advocates of woman
suffrage was speaking yesterday ,
| very Disguised looking young man .
stood in the doorway of the cloak
Dom and looked in. An acquaintance
,ame up to him and slapped him on
he shoulder:
''Why, you don't seem to be inter
|sted, old man. 1 though you were an
Enthusiastic woman suffragist?'' !
The young man looked more dis
|usted.
Woman suffragist?" he queried.
We'll, 1 guess not. I'd just like to get
IN the floor for five minutes to answer
hat fellow. Why, up in our house we I
|aven't heard anything for the last
fix months. We've had it for break !
hst, dinner and supper. It's the first
hing we hear of in the morning and ,,
he last thing at night. 1 haven't had
chance to talk with my mother for
he last thirty days. I'm sick and
ired Of the whole blamed nonsense" :
Hart was the envied of the envied
mes To be chairman of a committee
N ladies' day is a privilege to be
steemed.
Chidester and Cannon have had ideas
hat they were to be the suffrage lead
rs, by virtue of being Republicans;
tut they have been sadly euchered.
What makes the thing less bearable is
he fact that Goodwin, the acknow-
edged leader of their side. had stated
n the floor that Thurman is the
eader. Without this last sting they
hight have been able to bear up, but
ow they are disconsolate.
Talk of couragei If it does not take
ourage for a man to face a battery
f advocates of suffrage like those
,oberts faced yesterday, then the
tory books are all wrong and Jack
he Giant Killer never existed.
Thurman is the wit of the conven-
ion. He is also it's most incisive
peaker His irony and sarcasm are
ledu anu cut Ike Il IdZOI ~ Tie very
one. 4
President Smith is living in the ex-
that there will be fun on
ne Democratic side when Roberts and
thurman again have a tilt today.
eeing that the Republican side fur
ished a great deal of amusement for
le Democrats and that John Henry
as been very liberal in that line him
elf, it will be a simple case of turn
bout. But the Democrats can never
lual the Republicans as principals in
circus.
In these times of stormy debate "As-
slant President McGurrin has very
tile time TO keep uD on the rules.
therefore, there has been a little slack