The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-18

Brosvn-The Senator Makes Some
Exceedingly Rash cIaims-The
Vote of Fountain Green-Review
OF the Situation. lib EIlx
MANTI, Oct. 17.-Sanpete county's
vote win not, unless all signs fail. be
a joy and a comfort to Utah Mckinley
ites when the election returns are in.
In the capital, among the shouters for
the tall1ative man of Canton, I often
heard: ~Sanpete is all right for Nc
Kinleyi" wait for Sanpete before
counting Bryan eggs" l, therefore,
expected when ] reached here last
svening to find Mckinley men to the
right of me, Mckinley men to the left
DE me, and Mckinley men all about
me. I found some, but they neither
acted nor talked as though the laurel OF
victory was in their grasp. 1t is esti-
mated by them that the poll of the
county will be 5000 votes, and that the
majority either way will not be to eN-
ieed 200, or about the same as it was
the state election of 1895. One Nc
dnleyite declared that the hope of
=, hccess lay in the pleasant village of
y
(tnumber the male population almost
Tree 20 one, and where The expects the
1ite will this year be from 400 to 500
THEN. WOMEN OF FOUNTAIN
GREEN
only do their duty" said he, "Sanpete
will go for Mckinley" OF course, all
the Democrats Will vote for Bryan and
Sewal and that vote viii be consider
ably augmented by Bryan Republican
votes. An effort was made to put an
independent Republican ticket in the
field by six or seven ardent patriots,
but they finally abandoned the under
taking and are now engaged in getting
signatures to petition praying that
the Independent Republican ticket,
headed by Bryan and Sewall, and car
rying the names of the Republican
legislative and county tickets, be placed
on the ballot
Senator Arthur Brown ''canvassed"
at Ephraim last evening and tonight
he holds forth at Gunnison- He is
playing a lone hand in his political
game and Will speak every evening I'M
til the close of the campaign.
He and I Travelled on the same train
to this beautiful valley. He was in q
most happy mood and is confident that
Mckinley will be the next president.
Said he. as he greeted me: i want
to thank you, and through you The
Herald for the very fair and complete
manner IN which my interview with
YOU was reported. I was very glad of
the opportunity to express my views
and to be accorded the privilege by an
opposition paper surprised me. am
grateful for the courtesy extended"
BROWN CLAIMS UTAH.
Then the senator and had another
interviewing bout. I wanted to know
the result of the conference he had had
with Senators Proctor and Warren but
he was coy and would give me no sat
isfacticn until he said, joyously: Let
me tell you something, my boy, Utah
is all right
How do you make that QUIZ" 1 in
quired.
senator, "and then will tell you.
How many votes viii Utah poll this
~1}oout 10000" I answered.
X Fhat's just what | told Proctor.
exclaimed Brown. How many votes
last year,"
s.Rfghti Now. what was the Repub-
iican majcrity?"
In round numbers about 1900
well, 1t is that 1.500 majority we are
fg41rifg on. / estimate that the vote
11se wear viii be relatively the same as
last wear. That will give either 81. 500
~ 9e slo0 I am figuring that Mckinley
zr-;lI rel the 3s 500 and possibly more. -
ssTJow about Wyoming?'' / asked.
.syVvon1iny is All right. Goo: we have
N,orn If ali the time. 1t is only a
question as to the extent of the ma
so-;tv there.
And illinois is ali right. too" he
zss6 after a. few moments pause. 81
1,ax-e . friend there. He's q close OBJ
se--vA,- and a. very conservative man.
lsrsu,o months ago he told me that Hill
,ff,is could be depended upon to give
asc1xinlev a majority OF 200 600 / could
MI seiieve II then. but during my last
visit 10 Chicago ] saw and heard
enough TO convince me that he was
ahol,f right"
i-eSs.,hz senator was also confident that
sa,n~ate county would keep in the Re
n1,bficar, column. but 1 am now of the
onin;or that he is not as sanguine as
he was before he alighted from the
train ar Ephraim
sANPETE FOR BRYAN.
-rars5 and Mount Pleasant have al
80 t.ar, considered the Republican
,x~s,S,S5s ~ tbe comfy. There are
$3.50 sheer men in proportion to pop
.,ioss,,r man in any other two towns
- country. The claim is made
~ 9. r,,ete county is The largest wool
.llsa oo,,nfv in the United States