Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-13

afket; "Mf. Plat, WHY do you work
~ hard al politiCR IL must DO very
weafying. What do you expect TO get
out of ii2n
The answer CAME quick. He replied
like yankee by asking another quos.
lion, "Why do you vote, young
mani"
said, "BscAuse am IN American
citizen and want 10 have little TO do
with Tunulng the county,"
"Well, thApd why | am In politics."
said Dir. Plat. II am Ia II because
like II. have been nj II Tor more than
twenty years and have gotten
great deal OF pleasure out OF II. have
spent n great deal OF money on II,
and have never gotten n dollar out OF
II. l DON'T want anything now"
"Dlnt II make you neTv0ut2"sald !.
"Ng, replied tho wafy.lOoking man;n
II Il did l should have 10 drop n,
don'l lot politics keep mo awake at
night"
Two OF the greatest Of the Chicago
editors arrived here yeslerday-I rciOr
TO Melville l.. Stone aud Herman II.
Kohlsaat. Melville IL. Stone built w
the Chicago News aud made n big
fortune our OF II, when he sold It ~
Victor Lawson for what was consid.
cred An enormous sum. am told
there was coupled with the bafgain n
salary OF ten thousand year for ten
yeafs ON condition that Stone
would not start another pa
per IN Chicago durlog that time.
This ten yoaB now IL nearly up anu
the Chicago men are wondering what
Mr. Stone will do. Mir. K1blsaat,
bought the Chicago Herald u little over
q year hgo, paying Tor II u million dol.
lars In cash anu 5000, 600 In bonds. lie
At once changsu the paper from
Democratic 70 a Republican one, aud
Notwithstanding this II has u bigger
circulation aud better business than
ever. Mr.. kOhlsaat IL n slender,
.mOoih.isced, bluo.eyed man Of %.
He dresses la black anu he looks more
like an actor or n preacher than u
newspaper mau. He acts, however,
more like preacher than nn actor.
He N mHn OF strong conviction, anu
he II one OF the few newspaper prOprie.
tors who believe In running their
papers nom the editorial rooms aud not
from their business Cfiices Mt. Kohl.
east IL an enthusiastic admifer OF Nc.
kinloy, and he stands ~ ci0se 10 him
~ any man Ia the csuntiy. During
my talk with him this afternoon
askeu him as b what would he the
n.0ley plank OF the platform. He re-
pliee; "IhsTe will bB no question about
Its being for the goli STANDARD. l ex-
pecled TO flnd n considerable difference
OF opinion When reached here and
thought We might have nght In the
convention over tho platform, hnd
the question Ia practically that the
"ezifting standard" Or "lhe eKisiiar
gold standard" shall DO usel In the
wording OF the money plank"
"PernHps you can give me the plank
M II will Teav?"
al can't DO that exactly" replied
Sir. kOhlsAat, "but 1 think I can
come pretty near It. II will read about
M follOws; the Republican party
IavotB International blmctallism, but
until such mn agreement eau be made
they declare against the tree anu un-
limited coinage Of silver and believe
that the existing gold standard should
he maintained | believe" continued
Mr. Kohlssat, "thAt there will also be
. sentence based upon the Indiana
platform, NJ for Instance the following!
i've favor tho use Of silver ~ currency,
but 10 that extent only by which its
parity with gold can DO maintained +"
GLOW about the loe.PTeSldenoJ2 2"
"rhvTs " considerable talk Of HubAIt
OF New Joney and some for Gen.
Hawley VI Connecticut. Gen. Joe
Hawley would make a good candidate
aud would add strength TO tbs ticket.
Were IL not for the troubles In New
York, aud his association with Tom
Plat, 1 would like 10 SOC Levi l..
Morton again vice. President, Morton
filled the place well anu no would be
a great addition ~ the social side Of
tho administration. Mrs. Mckinley
L., ~ you know, Nh invalid, anu she
will not be able TO fulfil the usual
duties OF tbs lady OF the White House.
Mrs. Morton on tho other hand IL an
ack nOw LEGGED social leader. She h
IA brilliant woman and she COulu DO OF
material assistance 10 Mrs, Mckinley"
allow long will tho convention
lasl?"
ait will be short. II will be all over
by Thursday night IL ought 10 last
till Thursday II possible In lusIice to
80, L0ulf."
Speaking OF b. Louis and the con.
yeatlon, talked with Mr.. Clark IL.
sampson, the head OF the 81. Louis
entertainment committee about this
last night. lie tells mt that 81, Louis
mas already spent a hundred and forty
thUumndIdollarsO on thelconvention.sald
he, "Wo only expected 10 spend eighty
thousand, hut tht national COMMITTEES
decided that We must have new hall
and we built his auditorium for II at u
cost OF sixty Thousand dollars more.
We havo been 1gurlng that the con-
yenlion wouli remain hero hve days,
hut DOM suppose that IA a poasibili-
y )"
"How much dous 81. Lluis expect
TO get out Of the olnventiou?" l asked.
ave did Estimate at the start that
IL wsuld result IN the spending OF At