The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-06

PROVO, Oct. 5, 1S9s.-Yesterday /
endeavored TO chronicle. by means of
the views Of men thoroughly convers-
ant with the subject, the status of the
local situation. Chairman Graham, of
the Mckinley county commit
tee, claimed when interviewed by
me, that the Republicans of the county
were united on the state legislature
and county tickets and that he ex-
pected to carry the county by from 800
to 400 majority. Chairman Cash, of
the Democratic county committee, ex-
pressed himself as being confident OF
electing the entire Democratic ticket
by majority Of over 200. Their views,
as is natural, are tingei with the rays
of self-interest and party prejudiees.
To the common" people, therefore, a
searcher after the truth has to look for
facts. accordingly interviewed the
common" people, and found them to
be almost a unit for Bryan and also
strong tendency existing among them
20 vote the whole ticket Republicans
and Democrats alike, men who have
heretofore been divided by the tariff
issue, declared that the difference be-
tween the issues of the two parties
the Republican ariff plank and the
Democratic tariff plank-was so slight
that partisans of either party could
without qualification, shake hands
across the chasIa which has for SO
many years divided them. AS a matter
Of fact the people of Utah county are
tired of tariff talk and the cry of pro-
lection.
IN rr5r- csPrp on Y1Apn rrNr1,c
Utah county, the second county in
Importance in the state. is tightly in
the grip of hard times. Very little
coin of the realm is in circulation but
there is plentitude of scrip--woolen
mill script, tithing script, ETC.: the pro-
ducts of the farmers are either lying in
the fields rotting or are stored away
because there is no market for the re-
suit of their unceasing toll, and the
real property. from that of the city
maglate to that of the follower of
Cincinnatus, is literally covered with
mortgages, the interest on which is
flowing increasingly into the Golfers of
eastern goldbugs. This condition of
affairs has existed for years. The peo-
pie are in favor of a change and, in
my opinion, argument will not cause
them 10 change their views.
IT SHOULD BE PROSPEROUS.
Utah county should be prosperous
It is rightly called the garden spot of
Utah. It has population of 10000 It's
area is 2.l24 square miles, and of that
sos square miles are suitable for agri-
culture. Almost 100000 acres are under
cultivation. Its fields are the most fer
tile in Utah: its crops never fail. it
has 1000 sheep owned within its Dor
ders and the value of its developed
mining property is set down ali SIG
100000 1t has sixteen cities and VIII
lagos. and a school system that is equal
in efficiency to any in the state except
ing Salt Lake county. 1t has always
been a Democratic county, but the ma
jority of that party in the election of
last year was SO slight that the Repub-
Jeans confidently expected to wipe it
out this year and TO raise their own
banner on its ruins. But BRYAN. the
silver messiah, arose, and as "a result
Utah county will be more thoroughly
Democratic than ever before
HOLBRoOK WILL BE DEFEATED.
In my first letter ventured the opin-
ion that Lafayette Holbrook, the silver
Republican and Mckinley Republican
nominee, would be defeated in his own
county. The foregoing statement of
the condition Of political affairs was
responsible for the expression of that
OHtAliDI Out lEGIG are Otn6T forces
at work against him. Those forces are
the Mckinley Republicans of which
John c. Graham and John E. Booth are
the accredited leaders. They fought
him openly when he was before the
Ogden convention for the nomination.
and i have every reason to believe that
they are now fighting him secretly. In
the interview / had With John c. c a.
ham, that gentleman made a most sig
nificant reply. / called his attention to
the fact that Mr.. HUlbrook's name was
not published in the Republican ticket
running at the head of his paper. the
Enquirer, and then asked him if the
nomination of Holbrook was satisfac-
tory to him His reply was: 'sWell
we viii not fight him" To another
query he answered: well. they say
that silence gives consent, don't they?''
THE DIPLOMATIC BooTH.
John Z. Booth, in speaking of HoI
brooks candidacy. said that he was
gaining strength every day" This con-
cession is a diplomatic one and worthy
of the man who is popularity supnosed
10 be the trainer of the Mckinley fac
ton in this county. Booth was before
the Ogoen convention as a candidate
for the nomination Holbrook secured.
The impression here is that Booths
candidacy was known to him and his
3tlsnus 20 ne lorlofn one, but that he
entered the race for one purpose only.
and that purpose was to defeat Hol-
brook Booths remark and his action
at the Ogden convention, together
with Graham's, are straws which show
in which way the Holbrook wind is
blowing. That John c. Graham is moi
friendly to Holbrook is an open secret
in Provo.
GRABAMs SILVER RECORD.
Mr. Holbrook himself states that he
believes this unfriendly feeling arose
when he identified himself with Inc
Independent Republican silver move
ment and became member of its pro
visional committee He has ALWAYS
been considered a staunch advocate of
silver So, apparently, was Graham.
up to the converting of the st. Lo,iis
convention and the nomination of Nc