The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-11

was marveled at for some time. The
afternoon was profitably spent at Salt
air Beach, none of the party having
ever before stood upon the shores OF
the new worlds great dead sea Bot
ties filed with the most brackish OF
all waters were carried away by near
ly every member Of the party.
After the return from Saltair by
special train various members of the
party were approached by The Herald
and yielded to interviews in the most
gracious manner. AS they appeared
upon the Knutsford register the names
ran thus: Mr.. Justice King, Mrs.
King and daughter. Ottawa; Hon. Don
NJ. Dickinson, Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lansing. Miss Lansing, Water
town, n. Y; Chandler P. Anderson,
New York; Charles B. Warren, De-
troit. IN Denver, which the party
merely passes through, en- route to the
east, Hon. Frederick Peters, premier OF
Prince Edward Island, will join their
party. Others connected with the
commission have proceeded to their
homes by northern routes
DEBARRED FROM CRITICISM.
AS was to have been expected, JUS
tice King of Canada could not, by vir-
tue of MS position on the commission.
speak with any degree of criticism
upon the labors of that body. In con-
junction with Justice w. L. Putnam
OF Maine. representing the United
Sites, Justice King will endeavor 10
reach some conclusion regarding the
mass Of testimony brought before the
commission while in session at Vic
tOria British Colum bia. If these two
learned gentlemen cannot agree, either
as TO points OF law or matters of fact,
they VIII so state in opinions to their
respective governments, When the con-
troversy viii be referred to the presi-
dent of the Swiss republic.
Justice King is held as one of the
most able jurists in the Dominion. He
is most highly spoken of by those as
ISOLATED with him. Instead of an aus
tere student, one finds in the person
of the justice a rOtUnd, hale man. lust
past his prime. most unassuming and
indeed in full possession of those great
qualities of mind always compatible
with simple nature. The honorable
gentleman did not send down word to
admit the newSgatkerer to his pres
ence, but came down himself bare
headed, and the Disqualification of a
rare nature. Justice King spoke in I'M
measured terms of admiration con-
corning the gentlemen who had con-
Quoted the case of the United States
before Justice Putnam and himself.
i think that this is the only inteIli-
gent manner for great nations to settle
their controversies" said he. Ma
tons are coming more and more into
the notion Of arbitration. We. the
English people. have the profoundest
respect for the intelligence and sub
stantial worth of American citizenship
! have no doubt bur that the present
matter viii end 10 the full satisfaction
Of the parties concerned. OF my as
sOciate of the commission. Mr.. Justice
Putnam Of the United States. I can
speak only in tones of admiration. He
IS a most able jurist and genial gen. !
tleman- I am happy in anticipation Of |
getting home after the arduous duties |
which have engaged Us. / have never |
been this far west in your country. |
To me il is a constant revelation. /
Your great salt inland sea is one of /
the wonders Of the world. / have been
most agreeably entertained here. I |
thank you, sir, for your patience and /
courtesy in allowing me to say these |
things"
EX-POSTMASTER- GENERAL DICK
INSON.
Don n. Dickinson, chairman of Mr.
Cleveland's first campaign committee
and general in his first cat-
met, IS one OF the most notable public
men Of this country. He looks the
diplomat Mr.. Dickinson resembles
ar Englishman more than he does anv
type OF American citizenship. His
physical exterior is perhaps best
described by the term polished. Every
line about him is chiseled. It all seems
TO be in proportion, from the cut of his
fashionable garments TO the simmer.
ing castor that sits with an air of dis
tinction upon perfectly-mouided
head. The nose is long, thin and prom
inent, standing out in an inquisitive
reach above clean shaver lips and chin
which betoken the mans aristocratic
sympathies; the long, old-fashioned
side whiskers, trimmed TO a point. are
altogether of the English idea. Mr..
Dickinson's hair has turned slightly
grey, but otherwise he does not appear
much older than when he plotted the
Cleveland bark to victory in 1888 He
is now barely past 50 years of age.
Il have been excessively fatigued |
from my work. he said I'VE had
long hours and a continuous session.
with the exception of Christmas and
New Years, and the evidence was quite
voluminous. There is nothing to say
about the work of the commission un-
til its labors are concluded. I left nv
home to proceed to Victoria just a few
days after the national election. there
fore am unable personally TO give
any views of how the result was re-
ceived. l should judge it was salts
factory" and Mr.. Dickinson smiled
4 believe that l made myself under
stood during the campaign, and in no