The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
Dear Hal:

Dear Hal:
The echoes of the carnival have near
ly all died away-only the mutterings
Of the finance committee remain. This
body Of gentlemen has lost something
OF the great hold it had on the admir-
alton of the public by confessing that
it allowed itself to be "buncoed'
that what you call it? out Of a share
of its receipts, and that it is, in conse-
ouence. some $500 short Of its expenses.
We are ali surprised at Mr. McGarvie.
1t was not strange, perhaps, that such
novices in the art of handling money
as Mr. Moriqz and Mr.. Shelp and Mr.
Young ct al. should have been be-
wildered and lost their heads. but that
Mr.. McGarvie. to whom the running OF
carnivals is like the driving Of char
lots to DR.. Higgins, should not nave
thought Of counting out the ttckeIs "
tha ticket handlers. or better stlll, OF
employing agents who did not heed
Pinkertons stationed at tnear elbows
is one of the biggest OF the carnival
surprises. But Wen all help TO make
I'D The deficiency. The committee Ia
bored too hard and long and gave US
too grand an exhibition to allow it, TO
be said that they were the sufferers
by it.
Z wish 1 could send you some amuse-
pnent impressions, but the truth is tnaf
the heat and that wonderful nominal
ton of Bryan at Chicago-whlch you
must have heard Of before thlS-haVe
driven theatricals out of everyone's
thoughts Y GU would think the heat
witch is worse than I've known it here
for years-would depress the zeal of
the politician. But it doesn't IN the
least. I know You have always peen
Republican IL your feelings as much
as I've been Democratic in mine, and
ii may not please you to know that IN
its madness over Bryan, the town
doesn't seem to know any political d.
Reconsideration. Democratic or
1nugwump, it's simply all and every
thing Bryan. Ex-Governor Thomas
and Senator BTyown-(t think Of that for
q tean-the Kilkenny cats haa-neSsed
together isn't a circuTnstance)-are the
only two men in the whole community
who seem to have the courage to utter
the name of your idolized Mckinley
aloud. They might as well try to douSe
a flame with bucket Of kerosene. l
do you the justice, dear boy, to believe
that you would be with us If you
were here in tie midst of it all. Mr..
Varian says there hasn't been such a
convention Of the people, for the pao-
pie and by the people since before the
war. We used to quarrel you and l,
as to which was really nearest to the
great army Of the masses-the plain
people-the Republicans or the Demo-
Gratis. l think there can't be room for
a quarrel any longer. dear Hal, after
the St. Louis and the Chicago conven-
tions.
l attended the other night-the only
thing going in all the town that comes
under the head of amusements-the
production of 1.-THE Land of the Mid
night Sun at the Grand It was
summer company strictly; it only made
me moody by inspiring recollections of
Warren. Ingersoll, Edeson, Cooke and
Edwards-it was SO different. Poor
Hall Camel If he had ever thought his
grand old novel of THE Bondman"
would be put to such uses as this. |
fear he would want to disclain its au-
thorship The Grand was never meant
for productions Of the scenic melo-
dramatic sort. Mr.. Jossey as Sunlocl1s
was tame: Mr.. Pierson as Jason not
much wilder; Mr.. McAlpin probably
might be a comedian under different
surroundings; most Of the others were
Simply exasperating.
Next week they are to revive She"
Against it at the Lyceum will be
'Frilby." Thus every a1 enue of es-
cape Is cut off. MARGE.