The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-04

A half hundred Georgia editors, mem
| bers of the Georgia Press association,
/ sWooped down on the city yesterday
afternoon in the course of their travels
through the west, having come over
the Union Pacific and Short Line. They
| stopped at Omaha and had magnifi-
cent time on Georgia day. Denver was
visited and many nice things were said
about the city on the plains. but it re-
manned for them, as it does to all trav-
elers. to fall in love with Salt Lake
! City.
The party will remain at the Kenyon
until Wednesday morning. when the
return trip will De commenced over the
Rio Grande. with stop over at Colo
RADIO Springs to enjoy the scenery at
Manitou. Enough of the city was seen
last night to appreciate its beauty, but
tomorrow morning all will be driven
throughout the length and breadth of
the metropolis. In the afternoon an or
gan recital in the tabernacle is in store
for them. The married men have their
wives and the single men their sisters,
and moreover there are wedding COUP
les among them, so it is a merry COM
pany of bright people The young fell
lows took a plunge at the sanitarium
last night and said it was great. They
declared if the snow melted today they
would have bath in the Great Salt
Lake.
SECRETARY JOHNSON.
C. H. Johnson, secretary of the as
ISOLATION. has charge of the crew and
is a very courteous gentleman, looking
after transportation and hotel accom-
mediation and making sure that every
one is comfortable. They expressed
their appreciation of the railroad men
in making the journey interesting. Few
in the party have ever visited the inter
mountain region and it is a great reve-
lation to them. There were so on the
start. but a dozen have dropped of
along the line and returned home.
Nearly all are editors OF weekly pa
pers. They are in fine spirits and say
they have been beautifully treated here.
HOKE SMITHS PAPER.
Prominent among the editors is Colo
mel f. II. Richardson, editor of the At
lanta Journal. Hoke Smiths paper He
is accompanied by John Temple Graves
and wife and likes Salt Lake so well
that he will probably remain few
days after the eXcursiOniStS return.
Colonel Richardson says there is an
overwhelming sentiment for silver in
Georgia. especially among the agricul-
tural classes. although the gold Dem
ocracy has a fair following among bust
ness men. The policy of the Journal is
for sound money" although it sup
ported Bryan, Secretary Hoke Smith
having retired from Cleveland'S cabi-
net. The state ticket in Georgia is
straight out free silver. Colonel Rich
ardsOn was out west as far as Denver
in 1888. when there was a great finan-
cial stringency. He finds conditions in
the greatly iUQnrOVnn
since then. there being much more
money in circulation. He was greatly
interested in Utah mines and inquired
into the class of ores being produced.
S. w. Murray of the Newman Herald
and Advertiser was delighted with Salt
Lake City, and said it was a great deal
more like an eastern city than he ex-
pected. He commended the wide, paw
ed streets and substantial business
houses, and was especially impressed
with the quiet orderly appearance at
night, in contrast to the noisy and al
most riotous demonstrations in most
western cities. Editor Murray is inter
ested in the Mormon religion. Many
missionaries had been down in his To-
cality in Georgia, and, in fact, he had
entertained them They appeared to
be deeply pious and aside from the doc
trine of polygamy, he had no objection
in recognizing them alongside BaptistS
ana MeInOulSlS- 4HCN DdQ IOl bCCI
given the privilege of the churches, but
rented houses in which to Conduct
meetings.
SILVER IN THE MAJORITY
"Silver sentiment in Georgia" said
Mr.. Murray, rs strongly IN the MAJOR
ity, although there are many gold DEM
ocrats among the business men. Since
the war; however, there has not been
much discussion on the monetary ques-
ton.
one of the jolliest of the penciI-push-
ers is F. d. Lee of the American Tri-
Dune at FITZGERALD Lee was a veteran
in the Union army, and three years ago,
when he was residing in ElwoOd, Neb.,
he conceived the idea of gathering up
a colony of comrades in Nebraska and
Iowa and founding q southern town.
AS a result, the beautiful little city or
Fitzgerald, with 10000 people, has been
builded. Mr. and Mrs Murray are get
ing as much enjoyment of the western
trip as any of the younger folks.
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY.
The members of the party are: Mrs.
E. H. Thornton, B. E. Thornton, Ella
May Thornton, of the Southern Guilt
yator. Atlanta; S. w. Murray, Miss
Mrs. w. J. Norton, Miss Anna Norton,
Atlanta. Miss Maud Penn, Jasper
County News, Monticello; Mrs. j. n
Hogue, Mrs. w. E. Adams, Charles A.
Saunders, Advertiser, Madison; Colonel
w. F. Richardson, Atlanta Journal; B.
f. Bennett, jr, e. w. Born and wife,
w. H Wrigley and wife. Atlanta; Fay
l.. Anderson, Savannah; Miss Claud
Morrow. j. R. Morrow, Enterprise
Jonesboro; ]. c. Sawtell. city editor
Morning Call. Miss Myrtle Sawten
Griffin; E. H. Wise. Hawkinsville; j +
NJ. Strickland. Concord; ]. H. Hutchin
son, Ellgay; J. NJ. Mcdowell, Advance
Canton; W. E. Baldwin, Cuthbert; j. .
Nj. Spence, Camslla Clarion. Camella;
]. w. Stanford. Cuthbert; Richard A
Easle, Marietta; Z. ID. Lee and wife.
American Tribune. Fitzgerald; Charles
Beasley, Fitzgerald; r. L. Thompson,
East Point; C. II. Johnson and wife,
Mrs. J. NJ. Northern. Miss Ambeu
Northern, Atlanta: w. A Burgesse, -Bes. !