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

lines, they say. are badly digarranged,
and personal popularity VIII count
more than party principles.
A POLITICAL CIPHER.
1 have thus far met but one man
who does not know how he is going 10
vote. He wants light. He says mat
ne was taught that protection is the
paramount issue. and he has drank
SO long at the Republican font that
he has foundered on the protection
idea. Il don't know yet what 1 d do,
said he, but Bryan IS q great man.
and, maybe, if we get silver restored
protection will follow. but l don't
know" His attitude reminds me of q
story Judge King told in Cache county
A squad of confederate soldiers had
captured a man who had all the ear
marks of being spy.
What are your asked the confed-
crate leader.
II dunno" replied the prisoner
Are you a federal?''
81 dunno"
Are you a confederate?"
81 dunno
''Then what in HI are you?" cried
the angry officer
81 dunno" was the prisoners re
spouse 7 expect I'm nothing, and
d-n little. Of that
REPUBLICAN LITERARY BUREAU
ACTIVE.
There are a great many men in the
county, l am told, of the Manti man
calibre. and in order to make sure of
their votes, Senator Browns literary
bureau in Salt Lake is fnundating the
county with congressional documents
and Chairman Dolly of the Republican
state committee is burdening the mails
with wool arguments.
At Fountain Green today, as the
Sanpete Valley railway train pulled in,
an old man with a Populistic look, but
who is q. Democrat, waited for the mail
bag. The bag was heavy with cam
paign literature
Say, Jim," cried out the conductor,
as he handed the bag out, there's some
good Republican stuff for you"
They need it here" smilingly re-
sponded the mail carrier.
Cant they hold the silver people
DOWN." queried the conductor
mo, they can't" was the reply, and
shouldering the sack he marched away
to his wagon the picture of content
ment.
And this was at Fountain Green!
Fountain Green, on the votes of which
the McKinleyite politicians of Mantl
ana AOUnl 6t1dSdnl are ueptlNlllS 1O1
the success of the the Canton push in
the county,
SALT LAKERS AT MT. PLEASANT
Mentioning Mount Pleasant. reminds
me of a story 1 have heard which
does not place the Salt Lake delegates
to the Mckinley convention recently
held there in a favorable light. l an
told that they invaded the homes OF
-. 4 "a - l..
given the freedom of the town. One
citizen relates that a gang visited his
home at the dinner hour and by then
actions showed that they expected tt
feast at his expense. While the good
wife was busy preparing the supper
for the seif-invited guests one of the
boys" slapped the unwilling host or
his back and, in a jovial tone, ~rieG
out: Say, old man, bring out the
whisky"
The "old man" brought it out
The boys" imbibed freely, and Their
sat down to the table. They were hun
CRY. and soon made a wreck OF the
viands.
Then, another jovial Salt Laker CRIED
out:
Say, old man, bring out the cigars
The weeds were produced and, light.
ing them, they proceeded to depart
In a moment of mental alteration
one of the boys" said: Say, old man
what's the tariff ?"
This gave the Mount Pleasant maj
the opportunity he had been prayins
for. We'll, boys. seeing that it is you
you can give the wife so cents apiec.
for your meals. pay me Is cents apiec.
for the cigars and have the whisk,
on mel"
Now, all SanDete is laughing ovel
the cute manner in which Brother J.
got even with his friends from Sal
Lake.