The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

'.or so much thereof as may be neces-
sarv,'' it will be seen that if there is
any lavishness they win be to blame
and not u.s. We did not want to Grip
pie any state institution. TO have
been niggardly with them would have
meant that for two years the Demo-
cratic party would have been roundly
abused for it's action. We have pro-
vided ample revenue; have made up
deficits created by Republicans. which
they did not dare make. right. and 1T is
for them to bear the odium. We
should not be held responsible for
having to bear their burdens.
Our. expenses were less by far for
the 60 days we were in session than
were those of the Republicans. Our
printing bills were less. We had just
as efficient officers and got along
without paying them the exorbitant
salaries they paid. True, we were
compelled to pay rent for the place we
occupied, but that was no fault of
ours; we could not help that. That
$1,000 may swell our account somewhat,
but it was a legitimate account.
The work of the session has been
such that all of US may feel proud.
We were not an expensive body at all
and have done as well as any set of
men could
There has been some comment made
upon the actions of the senate in refus-
ing to confirm some of the nominations
made by the governor. ! for one would
do the same thing over again if / had
to. Every man elected was sent there
on a platform which demanded the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
ratio of 16 to 1. l deemed it my duty
10 refuse to confirm a man who had
voted nlQ0Q ChaHKlaS the leading
industry of this section. They worked
and voted against the material inter-
eStS of Utah and as such were entitled
to no consideration at my hands. If l
had not done as I did 1 should have
expected condemnation at the hands
of my constituents.
Il would call the attention of those
who are croaking about the work Of
the legislature to the fact that on the
last day of the session the Republican
governor of Utah sent in a message in
which he congratulated the Democrat
ic legislature upon a duty we'll per-
formed and faithfully done, and con-
graduated it upon its devotion and
energy. If in the face of that they can
say we have not done WE'LL then they
can accommodate themselves to any
conditions and crawl from any hole in
which they may find themselves.
II IL.
There is great deal of anxiety
manifested among the faithful over
the coming of Arthur Brown He is
wanted here badly. The applicants for
place want to know how matters
stand. Up to date the faithful have
not received much satisfaction. Frank
Cannon is too busy down at Washing
ton to do anything except write brief
letters, and brief letters are not what
are wanted. Something verbose and
definite is demanded. Arthurs private
secretary, Fred McGurrin, has devel-
oped sphynx-like qualities when any
of the tribe of place-hunters approach.
He doesn't want to speak for the SEN
ator because he has not the authority
and to say anything would be to give
the senator's secrets away, and that
is not fair on the part of a private
secretary. He is appealed to in vain,
day after day and hour following hour,
but all he will say is: Il am going
into the law business with my brother
and will appear at times in court un-
der the firm name of McGurrin & Nc
Gurrin. That's all 1 have to say. I
do not know what your chances are,
and what is more, 1 do not-but say.
see the senator; he can tell you all
about it,
And then the sorry applicant goes
away looking tired and disgusted. "
Arthur will be home to his friends
on Tuesday evening next, as an
nounced in The Herald yesterday.
There will be a good attendance. The
boys will fairly tumble over one an
other. Smith will be there, and Nash,
and Greenewald and there will be
Hardy, and Guthrie, and Hobbs, and
everyone in particular, and great will
be the attempts at whispering in the
ear of the ex-senator during the ses-
sion. He will be called into the con-
servatory every few minutes and will
be bUttonholed and bored until he
wishes he had been born somewhere
where senators are not holders of pat
ronage and where eX-OfficialS do not
stand in with the powers that be-
1t is understood that Senator Brown
and his wife have agreed upon code
of signals for the evening, and the
same will be used for his relief as oc-
casion demands. Waving ihis hand be-
hind his back will be signal for This
is Greenewald; he is asking about the
postoffice; help wanted Immediately be-
fore 1 pledge myself" Greenewald will
then be taken in tow by the senator's
wife and guided up against a large
glass dish in which are floating several
slices Of lemon on a small crimson sea,
and will be told to imbibe two or three
times which. it is expected, will be in
effect like the eating of the Nile lotus,
which caused the diner to forget his
native country instanter.
When Arthur blows his nose with a
harsh sound the meaning of the signal
will be: Hobbs has me .cornered. Come
up and take him away. l may want
to give the land office to a man in Utah
county"
Hobbs will then be taken in hand by
a bright blonde girl with blue eyes and
a silverv voice. who will steer him to
the window and divert his attention
from the cares of office seeking by re-
citing Lines TO Star" designating
the particular star.
If Arthur should suddenly raise both