The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-10

London, Oct. 9.-(CopyrlgGIt 1897, by
fhe Associated Press 1.-The past week
has been a foretaste of winter, with
frost and fogs. The majority Of the
smart world remain jn the country,
while the Duchess of York has been the
only member of the royal fan1i9Y IN
toYsn. She has been an assiduous visit
or 90 the theaters.
The biography OF the late Lord Ten
nySon, the poet laureate, which is at
tracing 50 mncF1 attention just now, IS
contained in two thick volumes fun of
interest. and repeatedly emphasizes the
poets regard for the United States and
his earnest desire tGlat the parent epun-
try and its offspring shall eyer dYeA
In unity. Writing to LongfelloW. ZEN
nyson says
We English and Americans should
all be brothers as none others among
nations can be. and some of us. come
what may. viii always be SO. l trust.
TeCQySou'S blDgrapher writes that
Emerson, Whittier, Wait Whitman,
Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes We're
counted among his friends. and that
Through them he kept alive a spirit OF
lliuShip With their counurynen- Auer-
leans, the lblogcapheg further says, not
only loaded him With appreciation. but
also loaded him with pipes.
WrtlClg to the Duke OF Argyll in 1861,
Tenuyson said:
lam sorry I Gid not see the Mar
quis Of LoT1le, but III caR for the calu-
met sent me by L5ngfellow- 1t is or
dVred Ualat Americans always send me
pipes and Cobaceo, as if I cared for
nothing else So enc World; and their 10
baCco is not my tobacco. nor are thedr
pipes my pipes, oirdseye and Guilty be-
ing more To my fancy than the c0Stlier
16ingC. But, however, / do not mc9El
80 u0aeTvalue Lcngfe}low's gift
Letters 10 and from the queen are full
of interest They occasionally touch
upon politics, but ara niece frequently
personal
Writing TO Tennyson regarding tbs
Peerase conferred upon him, tine queen
said 1t Was "a mark of a recoglltiCJl OF
the great service you rendered 10 lt-
erauIre, wllich has SO great AN influence
upon the world at large. Her majesty
added; How ( wish You could sUggea.
means for crushing the h0TriIble publt-
cations whose object is to promulgats
scandal and ealunuy which they invent
themselves"
After visit to Queen Victoria, Ten
nyson wrote TO her: During our con-
VerSation 1 felt a touch of that tru;
friendship which binds human beings
together whether they be kings or cob
blers."
LANGTRY AND THE PRINCE.
at has Just leaked out that at New.
market last week Mrs Langtry Won
social triumph under interesting cir
cungtances. The Prince of Wales, ac
cordinS to the report. noting her alb
sence from the Jockey club enclosure
asked for an explanation from tlla stew.
an
prince dismissed il as being quite in
adequate in YieW Of Mrs. LaElgtry's posi-
ton as a horse owner and q generous
supporter of the turf. The upshot wa
that Mrs. Langtry was invited to re
sumo her usafe Of the enclosure: bu
she, it appears, Was angry at the man
ner IN which the invitation was con
Veyed to eler and she refused to re-ente
the enclosure unless personally invite
by one Of the stewards. This, it va
said. Vas done.
AMERICAN POLITICS.
Not even in the case of a. presadantia
campaign in the United States nave TN
English newspapers displayed SUCH in
terest as they are now taking in tll
struggle preparatory 30 the election O
mayor Of Greater New York. Eva
the Methliet5 devote much space 70 til
subject. The Spectator and tina Speak
er both print long articles on the may
orally contest The Speaker says.
Never since the days of imperia
Athens or republican Rome has q mu
nicipai contest involved such importan
issues. Mayor King has had no sucl
power as the mayor Of Greater NeG
0rh viii have"
Continuing. the speaker expressed tn
opinion that the success of the Tam
many ticket would not merely meal
victory for the plunderers of Ney