The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-08

lister took the assemblage unawares,
and read an effusion that purported to
give a literal and accurate interpreta-
ton OF MulveyS made-tO order
dream" The author of the dissertation
moved its reference to the dreamer, but
O Meara's amendment to refer to the
sewer committee, of which Mulvey is a
member, carried
Before the vote was taken, Mulvey
said:
My friend Callister was one of the
councilmen l had reference to when |
tried to make you think | had dream
ed" of that occurrence. 1 will leave it
to the public to judge who is right
about this veto, and as for my dream,
1 believe it was correct
THE DREAM EXPLAINED.
The treatise for which Callister be-
came sponsor, is as follows:
Whereas, At midday one of the mem
bers of this honorable body like
Nebuchadnezzar Of old, dreamed dreams
wherewith his spirit was troubled and his
sleep broke from him" and
Whereas, Like the aforesaid king. said
members mind became clouded and he
was unable to give a clear account of his
! dream or the Interpretation thereof,
and upon request said member was
granted one weeks time wherein to con-
suit his dream book and the wise men of
Whereas. Said wise men, etc, having
failed to reveal unto him his dream
and its Interpretation, and the public
press having invited the mayor and the
public generally to meet with us this
evening and hear the dream and it's
startling revelations: and.
Whereas. 1t becomes one of the duties
of this council to save its members from
humiliation and TO satisfy the demands
( of the public, and knowing by the eX-
perience of the past its ability to do al
most anything; therefore. this council
Resolves. That the following is the
dream of the gentleman as it would have
been related by himself had it not been
for lapse of memory:
MULVEY'S DREAM"
According to my usual custom, after
my MONDAY repast, l laid myself down
on Il couch to smoke a cigar and con-
template upon the news of the day,
anon Which was the rumor that the
mayor was going to veto the Warm
Springs lease. l was reciting over in my
mind what would be his reasons, and
in the spirit and found myself upon a
high mountain with a stranger by my
side. AS l looked upon him he said:
City Father, cast thy eyes eastward and
tell me what thou Seest.
l dimly see said l, the city and
county building and two cOuncilmen
entering the apartments of the mayor.
Dark suspicion Immediately arose in my
mind. l ina ined these men were two
of the bitterest foes of the Warm Springs
lease and also the ones who had been
probing the mayor about his contingent
fund.
I thought I could discern their in
tentions. They had come to enter into
a compact with the MAYOR, whereby he
was to veto the lease and sign the APP
preparation list. and they We're to say no
more about the contingent fund l
thought l could hear the mayor agreeing
with them; the blood was rushing to my
hos n TO a1li inn
something. my companion said:
City father, awake from thy lethargy
and cast thine eyes eastward again. l
l did as directed and this time the vision
was made clearer to me- To my surprise
and delight l discovered these two men
to be friends of the lease.
Instead of entering the mayors apart
ments, as l first thought they had en-
tered those of the city attorney. They
had the mayor in one corner and were i'm
ploring of him to sign the lease, but he
was unmoved by their entreaties. At last,
becoming eXasperated, they began to
threaten, and said that they would eX
pose his contingent fund. [ saw the
mayors face glow with anger and heard
him eXclaim something like this: Lay
on, NIacDuff; there are others who have
skeletons in their closets beside the
mayor. AT this the gentlemen departed
and the vision passed before my eyes. l
turned to my companion, who said: City
father, again cast thine eyes eastward. L
did as l was directed, and the same build
ing appeared Dsiore me. L saw Il person
enter the office Of the city attorney.
He addressed himself unto him whose
word is law and exclaimed: Il want you
to make jim sign that lease; you can do
it" The man OF law arose from his chair,
coughed and exclaimed: No, not by a
blankety blank sight! If you think you
have any strings on the mayor, pull
them
The gentleman departed A change
came over my vision. The air around the
building changed; it became blue, and,
Warm Springs had been transferred
there. I saw three men retire from the
building. 1 could hear mutterings, oaths
and threats to have q public barbecue
with his honor, the mayor, for the OK.
AS they drew near me the air grew OPP
pressive and the sulphuric gas was so
strong that 1 began to gasp, and with
loud cry awoEe and discovered that my
cigar was still burning and that l had
been lying on my back with my mouth
ajar.