The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-04
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nalist of Cleveland, is in town. and
leaves today for San Francisco, where
he will take the steamer on Wednesday
next for Japan.
Mr.. Gates mission to the land of the
Mikado is a peculiar and very impor-
tant one, and he is singularly fitted for
| 1t. The matter is one of no little DO
l1tlcal Importance, and it came about
in this way:
Some time ago, when preparations
were making to spring the Mckinley
boom upon the country, Robert Por-
ter of census fame, was put I'm charge
Of the campaign in northern Ohio On
account of the very strong free silver
sentiment in that state, the Mckinley
leaders knew that it would be neces-
sary to throw the silver issue into the
background, if anything was to be ac-
complished, and so protection was
trotted to the front.
OF course Mckinley is the goldbug
idol, but it wouldn't do TO bring that
out too strongly, particularly in the
west, but with protection as the issue
Mckinley was the name of all names
to conjure with. So Mr.. Porter bought
paper in Cleveland and set to work
He rung all the changes on the pro-
lection theory, and in order to further
divert attention from the silver issue,
commenced to show what dangers"
threatened from competition with ia
pan. This syren song, it was hoped,
would be particularly effective in the
west, where competition with Japan
will be most direct. To magnify this
idea and dwarf the silver issue, Mr.
Porter left recently for Japan, and will
furnish his own and the other McKm-
ley gold papers with thrilling accounts
of the crisis impending from competi-
ton with Japan.
Now the silver men, irrespective of
party, got onto this Mckinley scheme
and to Offset it, prepared to send
man over TO Japan who will tell the
truth, and for this mission Mr.. Gates
was selected. AS stated before, he is
peculiarly qualified for 1T, because, be-
sides being a thorough going silver
man, he has an intimate knowledge of
Japanese character and national life.
He is a Johns Hopkins graduate,
speaks Japanese, and will doubtless be
able to show people the true inward
ness of Mr.. Porter's efforts to have the
people of the west abandon the free
coinage fallacy and take up protec-
ton alone" He will follow right in
Porter's tracks, but has an immense
advantage of the census man. He will
ascertain just how far the Japanese
industrial prosperity is due TO free sill
YER, and what danger the little brown
men threaten US with.
Mr.. Gates talks most entertainingly
of Japan, and chat with him is as
interesting as reading a chapter from
one of Hearne's works.
Hon. Thomas G. Merrill, treasurer of
the American Bimetallic union, has a
host of friends in Salt Lake, and they
will all be pleased to learn that he has
decided to make Sale Lake his home.
He came down from Helena yester-
day and announced his conclusion that
Salt Lake was good enough for him.
Utah." said Mr.. Merrill to a Her.
aid reporter, has, in my opinion.
greater undeveloped mineral resources
than any state in the Union, and it has
a great future. AS for Salt Lake, it is
a beautiful city. The climate is SUI
perb and-well, it suits me, and I'm
going to stay here, that's all"
Mr. Merrill is already interested in
Utah mining properties, and will at
once open an office here. He has been
a successful mining operator for many
years, and this field is a most inviting
one for him.
J. A. Kiley, with shoes. from Chicago;
B. G.. West, neckwear, New York; E.
Green, stoves, Cincinnati; w. c. John
son, shoes, Boston; L. Hanselman, W.,
t Maurin, Los Angeles, and P. A.
Baughman, st. Louis, were the COM
mercial travellers who registered at the
Templeton yesterday.
Templeton guests of yesterday were
c. E. Hampton, Omaha; Warren j..
no Of tl
Wis; j. Wright, Miles City, o.; D. A.
La Force, Iowa. and party of tourists
consisting OF J. H. Phillips, Edward
Taylor, Mrs and Miss Schuman and
Miss F. r. Gray, all of New Haven.
William C. Browning and wife and
Miss Browning of New York are at the
Knutsford. Mr. Browning is a mem
Der of the great clothing firms of
King & Co., Chicago, and
Henry w. King, New York
John Woolsen and wife of Iowa are
registered at the Knutsford. Mr. Wool
sen is a district judge in the southern
district of Iowa.
The principal guests out of long list
at the Knutsford last evening were G..
H. Hees, Detroit; Mrs. Ella H. Espee
and daughter. Chicago; James P Adair,
Chicago; II. O. Wilson and wife, Hell
ena; F. c. Wagner, Stockton, Cal; j.
C. and F. w Wyman, Chicago; ]. H.
Conrad, Helena; c. r. Oliver and wife,
New Jersey; H Exlich, H. c. Folger
and D. j. Wilcox, New York; w. H. Os-
terbout and wife, Pennsylvania; S.
Green and wife, Des Moines; John
Green and daughter. Buffalo; C. P. Nc
Cohn, New York; F. j. Hill, Chicago;
A. V. Stewart, Chicago; D. w. Jacobs.
Chicago: A. S. Boswell, San Francisco;
S. I. Davis, New York; Misses Waddell,
Pittsburg, Pa; Clark Lyle and wife,
San Diego, and ]. F. Sullivan, Lowell,
Mass.
The Walker caught yesterday host
of conference people besides George
King. Omaha; E. P Kitchener, Stock
ton. Cal; Mrs Hill, Ogden; H. Trudis,
San Francisco; C. P. Wattern, Farm
ington: C. D. Kell, Piedmont, Wyo.; and
C. j. King, Ogden.
H. w. Nichols, Coronado, Cal; F. NJ.
Wheeling. Ogden; G. r. Doane, Omaha:
D 70. Jordan and wife, Louisville, E. G.
Hall New York; ]. E. Smith, Idaho;
D. C. Harrington, Butte. and F. B.
Gilmore, Butte, were some Cullen
guests.
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