The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

deem, Liberal, author OF The Amer1-
can Commonwealth, etc, and the pres
ident of the board of trade in the Rose
berry ministry, has been in the thick of
the fight, telling everyone what he
knows about Tammany.
Referring to the charge of Sir John
Lubbock. NJ. p, for London university,
Liberal Unionist, that the extravaganza
of the municipal government of New
York under Tammany is due to COM
mercial enterprise and financial spec
ulations, he said: "a more strictly
practical body of men than the boss
and his henchmen have not existed in
the world, whether for salaries or for
jobs
SCENTED DELILAHS.
The campaign is not lacking in anus
ing incidents. John Burns, the labor
leader, in a recent speech referred to
the peeresses who have been canvass
ing in the BatterSea district as
scented Delilahs."
On Tuesday, after a hard days can
vass, Lady Denbigh dropped into the
London county council tea room to get
a cup of tea. Mr.. Burns was in an
adjoining room, and Lord Denbigh.
Shaping him on the shoulder, invited
him into the tea room, to the delight
of all the councillors, and said, ALLOW
me to introduce you to one of the
scented Delilahs' Lady Denbigh
shook hands heartily with the discom-
flied Mr.. Burns, and thanked him for
all the nice remarks he had been MAX
ing about her.
BY the way, Mr. Burns scented De-
lilahs' include the Duchess st. Adams,
the Marchioness of Londonderry, the
MarchiOness of Bristol, the Countess of
Denbigh. the Countess of Jersey, Coun-
tess Waldongrave, Countess Cadogan,
the Countess of OnslOw, the Countess
of Selbourne and a host of high born
society DANES.
The lists of candidates for seats in
the London county council is interest
ing and ought TO make the new council
a second guild chamber. The candi-
dates include nine peers, four sons of
peers, ten barons, three privy council
ors, eight officers and members of the
house of commons, and clergymen in
profusion, 20 gentlemen" and
sprinkling of doctors and lawyers.
LARGE PEACE ARMY.
The war office scheme for the reform
of the British army, which was ex-
planned in the house of commons on
Friday by w. st. ]. BrOderick. parlia-
mentary secretary of the war office,
seems to have greatly satisfied the va
rious factions. An essential fact is
the army, the largest increase ever
proposed in Great Britain in time of
peace. It offers a certain number of
reserVists, a special payment of one
shilling daily, to partake in minor wars
or emergencies, enabling the war office
to despatch 10000 men on expeditions
without calling upon the main reserve
1t increases the pay of all efficients
over the age of 10, by three pence, the
hitherto deducted for rations,
and promises that increased effort will
be made to secure the employment for
reservists. Militia and volunteer off
GERS also become available for the i'm
perial service.
Great Importance is attached to the
to decentralize the war office
by comforting larger financial and ini-
tiatlve powers upon general officers,
thus obviating constant reference to
the war office. Another reform is the
resumption of big maneuvres, which
were dropped 26- years ago. The whole
additional cost will be $1,000, 900 an
nually.
The present year promises to witness
the biggest boom in shipbuilding ever
known, and doubtless the shipbuilders
OF the United States are arranging to
participate in the consequent demand
for finished iron. steel and machinery
OF all descriptions. An idea of the
enormous amount of work on hand can
be formed from the fact that the Clyde
alone now has orders of 5S1. 900 tons.
apart from the four big Cunard freight
boats which are said to be in negotia-
ton.