The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-16

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[ cess 1 win vote for any measure that
tends that way, and if no one else
brings in one that suits me l VIII in
troduce a bill OF my own.
4 DO you believe that if an interna-
tional monetary conference was called
II would result favorably 10 SILVER?
1T depends entirely upon by whom
it is called and upon the selection of
the members of congress. IL the adj
ministra ton sincerely desires an inter-
national agreement and takes the
necessary steps to procure lt-giving
its influence to that end soieiy-I have
never had any doubt but what it could
be secured. Great Britain may not
! join it for herself; she would join for
restored without the aid of that part
of the empire known as Great Britain
separately"
Has the visit of Senator's Proctor
/ and Warren to this city any political
significance"
Il do not know; you had better ask
them
rs it the purpose of the Republican
national committee to wage an aggres-
siye campaign in this state?"
They have not told me; I do not
know. You had better ask them"
DO you intend to make a canvass
of the state yourself?"
If you mean by canvass do l in
tend to speak 1 have offered my
services for that purpose constantly
since my return from Washington. I
am only too anxious to talk in behalf
of Mckinley and bimetallism. 1 have
not so far had a great many oppor-
tunltles. | tried to have a ratification
meeting here for Mckinley that
might express my views on the ques-
ton of bimetallism, but l did not sue
coed in getting it. l expect to go at
once to some of the counties to speak
and will be very glad to do what
can in behalf of bimetallism and Re-
publicanism in this state'
WEBsTER'S DEFINITION OF CAN
VASS."
At this point the interview termin-
ated. Senator Brown FASTENED to the
knutSford to attend a conference and
L rushed to Websters Unabridged.
wanted to make sure that I understood
the meaning of the word canvass" 1
judged from Senator Browns reply to
my question as to whether or not he
intended to make a canvass of the
state that he either misunderstood my
query or that I had made a bull in
framing it. Webster was all right His
work defines canvass to mean ITO
examine curiously; to search or
sift out also, ito search or
scrutinize; as to canvass the vote for
senator's" also, ito go through in the
way of solicitation; as to canvass a
district for votes Again, ITO solicit
votes or interest; to use efforts to OBJ
tain any Office or position" After
reading Webster 1 came to the con-
clusion that Senator Brown nisunder-
stood my question.
ROGERS AND BROWN.
Among the McKinleyites of this city,
who have knowledge of the intimacy
which at one time existed between
them, it is believed that Senator Brown
and Lindsay Rogers are drifting apart
and that the former can no longer de-
pend on the latter's support. Even in
the best regulated political combines
secrets will leak out. The fact that
Lindsay Rogers will be, in the event
of Mckinley being elected, a candidate
for United States district attorney, was
not generally known until I gave it
publicity, will prove no more of a sur
prise than viii be the announcement
that the diplomatic, suave and genial
Charley Meighan, of Ogden, is casting
his lines in order to be able to hook
the postoffice there in the event of Re-
publican success. Meighan and Rogers
are credited with being the smoothest
of all of Utah's politicians. 1t was, 1
understand, their work which made the
Mount Pleasant convention so unSat-
isfactory to Browns forces and there
is now no doubt, in the minds of Salt
Lake adherents of Brown, that they
applied the motive force which pro-
PEELED Harry McCallum out of politics,
via the back door of the Republican
state committee room. l was told yes
terday that money has been received
from the east and that the amount was
$4,000 In an interview I had with him,
Rogers declared that he had not re-
ceived any campaign money, but that
he believed that the national commit
tee would render the proper aid at the
proper time. Now I am told that Rog-
ers is the custodian of the $4,000 al
legged to have been sent and that he and
Meighan are disbursing il for the bene-
fit of the party. If true, the story eX-
plains the remarkable political somer-
sault recently made by Rapp, the
chairman of the Republican county
committee of Cache county. He was
a member at one time of the Brown
combine and is accused of being a mere
puppet in the hands of Rogers. For
time Rapp howled for Republican
ticket, and appeared to be active in
shaping affairs so that a legislative
ticket, friendly to Brown, would be
placed in the field. Up to six weeks
ago the Mckinley managers believed
that they had a fighting chance in
Cache and laid their plans accordingly.
After the Democratic convention Rapp
changed his tactics and with the as
sistance of disgruntled Democrats. sue
ceeded in working UP an agitation that
finally resulted in the Citizens move
ment. The legislative candidates on
the Citizens ticket are renegade Demo
Gratis, who try to excuse their political
apostasy on the ground that as con-
sistent members of the church they can
not support certain Democratic legis-
lative candidates because they opposed
the now famous Thatcher mani
festo. The Citizens ticket has been
endorsed by the Republicans and it is
now Republican ticket in everything
except the name Rapps action on the
surface demonstrates that he, too, like
Rogers, is no longer giving Brown
loyal support; but it now seems that
Rapp bit off more than he could con-
veniently Chew and that despite fran
tic and bull-dozing efforts on his part,
the Republican party in Cache county
is now only memory and Rapp finds
that it is not pleasant to be chair
man without a party.
A GoLDBUG OF DEsERET.
Down in the vale of Deseret the
minds of the people are agitated over
the question as to whether or not
Daniel Thompson, a Republican candi-
date for the legislature, is a goldbug.
At the time of the Mount Pleasant
convention near relative of the nomi-
nee expressed surprise that he did nM
attend as q delegate, for" said the
relative, L have always understood
him to be a straightout Mckinley
man" This assertion set the silver
rner, to thinking but an announcements