The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-11

too, Salt Lake City has great future as
sanitarium. Even in the city's heart
there is more of pure air than can be
found in any other American center of
population, while down along the east
ern shore of the Great Salt lake is atInos-
phere which will to many an ailing NOR
tai prove to be the breath of life.
There is one thing in Salt Lake City
that makes Washingtonian feel small
and ancient. No matter how much he
may admire Utah's capital, he contents
himself with Washington's superiority
until he gets glimpse Of the magnifi-
cent municipal g-architecturally
fine, modern in all that the term implies;
cost million dollars and looks as if it
had cost twice as much.
EXPECTING A BIG RUSH.
With the coming of springtime and the
unfolding of summer there is likely to
develop a wave of migration Utahward.
There is authentic information sufficient
to make that probability a certainty be-
fore the state celebrates it's first Fourth of
July. From all parts of the country ami
from many foreign lands inquiries have
been pouring in at a great rate, and there
is even now perceptible and increasing
stream of newcomers meandoring around
in search of suitable location. A majority
OF the recent arrivals appear to be inter-
ested in mining, so look out for big
boom in stocks. Preparations are every
where being made to receive and direct
the multitude which is believed to be on
its way, and Efforts are being made in
Colorado to intercept and capture some
of the people who promise to be among
the most desirable for the 'tenderfoot"
All the railroad men look for big rush,
but they are ready for it. The Burling-
ton, the Denver and Rio Grande and the
Rio Grando and Western have made
every needfui preparation to handle the
increase of business; the two last named
roads have fully equipped themselves
with Pullman tourist cars, in which one
may sleep for less than half the tariff
which prevails In thu better furnished
palace cars. This concession to loud
~ voiced western demand for low Sleep
ing car fares is very popular and the cars
are we'll patronized.
FOR PROTECTION AND SILVER.
Politically, Utah is Republican. The
unfolding of that fact was surprise to
several shrewd politicians who arc not
Republicans, for the impression prevailed
quite generally that Utah would be de.
cidedly Democratic. Salt Lake City is
thoroughly Republican also, and is likely
to be so-as is the state-fo1 twenty years
to oome AT least, that's what some of
the Salt Lake Republicans say. Every
body in Utah believes firmly in protec-
ton, SO Utah's Republicanism is not to
be wondered at. Everybody buys goods
of Utah manufacture in preference to
the imported stuff. even if the home
made product should chance to be less
satisfactory; possibility that is, as a
rule, very remote. On the momentous
question of finance Utah is for silver
first, last and all the time,' Cry some of
the enthusiastic ones. Perhaps the OPEN
ing up of half a dozen big gold camps
that at Mercur promises to be the
Johannesburg of Amerioa-may reverse
the situation, but there is no testimony
as yet on which to base prediction of
such a change.
Gin-mill signs are straws that show
the winds direction. Without going out
of my way to observe them, saw in
Utah and Colorado the following: "The
Free Coinage Saloon" "The 16 to
Saloon" 1.-THE Silver Dollar Saloon"
"The Only Ratio Restaurant and
Sample Room" "The White Metal
House. - "The White Dollar Saloon'' and
1.-THE Daddy Dollar Sample and Pool
Room" The gold dollar wasn't any
where III sight, and / imagine that any
saloon keeper who would display the
hated insignia on his house front would
be compelled by an angry populace to
swallow all of his own liquor that could
be poured into him through funnel, or
be tormented in some of the many ways
common to some of the newer and more
woolly communities.
But no matter what the ratio or how
the national conventions deal with the
tioklish subject of finance or who wins in
the presidential fight, Utah Is bound to
succeed; there are already within her
borde RS the influences that cannot fail to
achieve greatness.
GEO. H. HARRIES.