The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-19
Ready to Sustain Movement to
Prevent the Desired In.
dorsement.
TAUBENECK Is so NOTIFIED.
Joseph Asbury Johnson Grows Poeti.
cal in Discussing the Politl.
cal Horizon.


to Salt Lake City last evening we were all
quite thrown into ecstasy over a most gor-
geous ana yet most singular sunset. On
our left hand, eastward, we had a fine
view of that worId-famous architectural
creation, the Mormon temple, and while
gazing at it and commenting upon the
genius and spirit of the remarkable people
who created it in the wilderness of that
day some one exclaimed, Look at that
sunset" Instantly all interest in the
temple ceased, for here in the west was
cloud-built counterpart of it on: grand
scale, illuminated with the dazzling and
many-hued rays of the setting sun, its
golden disc enormously enlarged in the
atmosphere hanging over the gIistening
waters of the Great Salt Lake and slowly
sinking to the horizon with the glowing
cloud-built temple sailing on it's course Just
above it.
am sure no one needs an abnormal
imagination to see IN the,great golden orb,
its days good work done, the fit symbol
of the once glorious Republican party now
all turned TO gold, but shorn of its life
giving heat and soon to disappear and be-
come a mere memory, treasured only in
the pages of history, while in the glowing
relax OF the NJ ormon temple is prehgured
the great cooperative Populist temple of
liberty illuminated by light of fraternal
love and social union, and happy
prophecy of the new era in which the can
nibal system of competition has given
place to cooperation.
A little after 8 o'clock this morning, we
entered the Grand Canyon-that noble
gallery of grandeur cut by the elements
into hundreds of castellated and pinnacled
structures and fantastic and grotesque pro-
portions which we all thoroughly enjoyed,
the more so as the morning was cool and
the mountain air delightful. Turning now
to politics, have to report that Bryan is
the idol of Utah, as we anticipated, but
Utah is political infant of three years,
and like all infants, it is in state of
childish delight over its beautiful silver
bauble and stares with open mouth and
wonderin- eyes at those dreadful Populists
who fail to share its childish delight. Poor
Utah is Organized and hypnotized into a
state of clamorous hiiarity.
At 10 o'clock our delegation held an in
formal conference. Among matters con-
sidered and decided was the appointment
of Colonel Taylor Rogers NJ. w. Wilkins
three to telegraph Chairman Taubeneck
TO lay before the meeting of loyal Populists,
to be held on Sunday afternoon in St.
Louis, the information that the California
delegation is unit against the indorse-
ment of Bryan or any other candidate,
and that they will heartily sustain a
movement aimed to render Endorsement
impossible. A telegram was ordered to
be sent to the National committeeman
who failed to come on from California to
send his proxy to member of this dele
cation to be used in choosing temporary
chairman of the National Convention who
is opposed to fusion. Your correspondent
proposed Milton Park, editor of the
Southern Mercury, Dallas, Tex, as a loyal
anti-fusion Populist of physical proper
tons and mental ability qualifying him as
an ideal chairman. and he was by resolu-
ton unanimously Endorsed. Little else
was done.
We have had a most enjoyable day and
once more saw summer shower at Lead
vile. No topic has afforded the delegates
more hearty amusement than the charge
of our Democratic silver friends that the
goldbugs are bribing stalwart Populists to
stand by their principles and decline to
fuse with them, so no one need be sur
prised il we all return home capitalists.
OF course, such a charge draws toward
our accusers warm feelings, but of
the kind that clinehes the fist instead OF
extending the glad hand. A good deal of
| comment, not all complimentary to the
telegraphic news service, has taken place
over the omission of vital planks from the
proposed platform submitted by Colonel
| Taylor Rogers as it appeared in the Denver
News to-day. The planks refer to Gov
eminent postal savings banks, opposition
to the issue of interest bearing bonds, in
favor of loans by the Government to mu-
inequalities, counties and States of money
on non-interest- bearing bonds, and declar-
ing void obligations made payable in any
specific coin. But then we are getting
used to such tricks prscticed on Populists.
| We have, at 6 P. NJ, arrived at Pueblo.
where we are greeted with generous
shower of rain. We leave in an hour.
JOSEPH AsBURY JOHNSON.