The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

4'cciT nat.
Everything has gone Democratic but
the nation
We Democrats here are in q, state Of
mind bordering on the hysterical. I
don't know whether to go about with a
pan of ashes on my head mourning for
Bryan, or to sally forth with a blatant
horn rending the air in celebration of
our victory at home. For, impossible
as it may sound to you, our city,
county. state, Park City, Mercur, Tin
tic, Bingham-everythi from border
to border is overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic. Four thousand majority in this
COUNT alone, that last year was over
a thousand the other wayi And
the cause of it, you will ask.
The women "The women first
as Governor Wells used to say
in the play; for years they have
been clamoring for a chance TO put
themselves on record, and now when
the chance comes they have not been
backward in casting their votes for the
party that gave Utah statehood; that
gave womanhood voice in the affairs
of government; that made the Bryan
campaign q possibility L tell you L m
proud of my sex this day. OF course
there were other forces that helped 10
roll up the big wave on whose crest
TIE whole ticket rode in, but the genus
female, if l may be allowed, was de-
cidedly force No. l.
But Bryan! His going down casts
the gloom of midnight even over the
radiance of our victory; for him we
all mourn, deeply, truly, sincerely Do
you remember that poem we used to
read in school, ending: And Freedom
shrieked when Kosciusko fell" I think
something like that was in the hearts
of millions of the common people over
the land, when they silently .eard on
Tuesday night that their great cham
pion had gone down. Utah, who ten
dered to him a magnificent tribute OF
$4,000 out of 10000 votes, is sick at
heart over his fall, and would gladly
have gone down to defeat herself II
she could have seen him succeed.
But l think 1 hear you growl have
done with politics. and come to the
weeks amusements." Well it has been
like most weeks after election, dead,
DUH and Improbable. The Prisoner
of Zenda" luckily came in before the
worst was known, or two nights of it
did, ana those two nights saw thou
sand dollar houses The third, when
the election disaster came to be known,
fell off 60 per cent. 1t was a great
show, but all through it [ Couldn't help
yearning for dear little Sothern in that
part, and wondering why the fates
were SO unkind as not to have allowed
US a. glimpse Of him. Mr. Gould, who
was rushed out west to fill the GAP
caused by Nackett's desertion, played
the part for the first time on Monday
night. We were introduced to a lot of
clever new people, notably to Miss
Maud Odell, a pretty woman and a,
bright and forceful actress; we also re-
newed our acquaintance with dear old
Walcot, so well remembered in The
Wife and The Charity Ball" Good
As he was, 1 should dearly love to have
seen Lemoyne, the original.
Business simply went to pieces at the
Grand; in putting forth two very slim
wasted sisters like Cock Robin and
1.-THE HenDecked Husband against
election week, il was as if Manager
Rogers had admitted to himself that
there was no use struggling for bust
ness anyhow; that he had determined
to let things slide" and 10 get through
bad week with as little exertion as
possible to his people. AT any rate, the
box Office barometer reached the low
est and chilliest stage ever recorded in
the history of the house. Next week
there ought to be a perking up all along
the line.
Mr.. Gates chose Isl Perkins as his
piece de resistance with which to COM
bat election excitement. The magic of
Mr.. Perkins name was not potent
enough to drown my sorrows over Bry-
ans defeat so l didn't go near the
lyceum. MARGE