The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-15

At enc time in the worlds history.
conditions in the city of London he
came such, that three tailors decided
upon inaugurattag a reform So they
met in solemn conclave and proceeded
80 resolute and resolve. The declara-
uon which they promulgated started
off with: We, the people Of London,
ETC.
salt Lake has q three tailor outfit
which calls itself a non-partisan
committee although of late it has
added the word reform" to its self
selected tifle. This committee has been
meeting in secret session for some time
past, striving 10 find people to place
On A ticket which shah be voted for
at the coming city election. The COM
nlittee held d session at the De5eret
National bank on Monday evening, the
proceedings of which appeared in The
Herald the next morning, or at least
all that could be obtained Of the same
appeared.
1t held another meeting last night.
While ON the evening previous, the
COMMITTEE found a man who wou4a
consent to run for an Office on its
ticket, last evening the promulgated
story is to the effect that no selections
were made.
There were more than three there
last evening. 4 check upon the men
Who entered the saerel precincts of the
building which is labelled United
States Depository" showed that u sat
in Judgment and worked IN the interest
Of the entire people of the city of 10000
population Twelve men engaged until
G. late hour in endeaVoring to find
.-e.-s AL 10 tp
for In the language of one, who saw
IL from the outside 1t is a sad COM
mentary upon the Intelligence of a city
like this, when L men, a dozen, q num-
Der applied to eggs. or bakers buns,
have to go into secluded spot and in
the dim candle light. protected by the
iron doors which guard the bank in
which they meet, work for hours in
fixing up slate for the people to
swallow"
However. lets to the meeting. The
bank was lighted up with enc light
when the small procession began 10
come in. The only man inside bore
strong resen bIamce TO L. s. Hills
When James Jennings advanced to the
door and gave the countersign, it was
noticed that the light increased until
he had taken his hat off and hung on
the same old roW of pegs.
John Sharp was the next to enter,
candidate for mayor Then Farley L.
Williams sifted along and paused long
enough to again inform Herald man
that the aggregation was just going TO
wipe the earth with every party and
carry the day with a whoop- Those
are his exact words. but that's the
proper way 70 express these ideas in
politics.
After Mr. Williams came Mr. Ian
nan. He could scarcely be seen at first,
for he was enVeioped in thought, but
he ceased long Enough for the admir-
ing spectators to set a glimpse OF his
features and positively Identity him.
Then o. J. Salisbury happened aleng
and went inside
The trouble began at this point. A
clerk who had finished balancing his
accounts came out about this time and
locked the door behind him. 1t was
evident from the jaunty manner in
which he turned the key in the lock
and joined a companion in waiting,
that he meant 10 harm, but he ere
ated dire havoc with the plans OF John
T Caine. who was the next arrival.
Mr.. Caine came down First South with
q brisk STEP He walked as if he was
in a hurry to get some place. He as
cended the steps on the shortest angle
and grasped the door knob With a grip
which gave evidence of an intention OF
turning it and getting inside as hastily
as possible. The handle refused to turn
and Mr.. Caine had TO stand there, IN
der fire of some 20 pair of wondering
Democratic eyes, until some one came
and opened the door, when he passed
In Ike a man would who was expecting
q brisk discharge of musketry al any
moment.
The door was locked after him and
when W. ". Ritter appeared ne tried
IT and. finding il would not open
pulled out key The sound of the
same grating in the lock aroused Mr..
Hills, who with a yearning look at the
burning lights, jumped to his feet and
followed MIR. Sharp. who was making
for the entrance with the air OF man
who imagined the institution was about
70 be robbed Mr. Ritter was admitted
and with a sigh. Mr.. Hills turned on
some more light raised the curtains
higher so that none Of it would be
wasted out on the street. where the
city pays for Illumination, and then
the trouble began.
The shadoWgTaph revealed animated
scenes during the course of the evening,
The arguHnentauiVe finger of Farley L.
Williams cast long Streaks Of dark
across the curtains as he urged his
points and the hands of p. II. Lannau
made black gyratiOrs all over the facx
Of The shades. Ever and anon the beard
of Mr.. Sharp cut a silhouette profile on
the screens and were answered by the
profile Of Mr.. Game. who put in a WORD
from time to time.
oyer the open transoms could BIZ
leard confused murmurs as several
members of the committee attempted &c
speak all at once.
II the midst of all this huhbub ap-
Feared another man IN the person OF
Emanuel Kahn, who joined the little
assembly and took part. He completed
the crowd. John @. Cannon had turned
his sword into q fish pole and gone