The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-30

! S. Wood. the Leadville mining operator.
I whose home is in Illinois, and a Cheyenne
gentleman. whose name the governor did
not recall 1t is their intention to &C
complish their Idaho trip in a week and 70
return east by way of Salt Lake and the
Rio Grande Western In all probability
they will stay several hours in this city
next Tuesday, June It'll. for another rest.
To Herald reporter Governor Tanner
stated last evening that the party had in
tended proceeding direct to Weiser. but
on reaching Granger it was learned that
a stay OF u hours would be necessary
there or at Ogden for longer period. and
consequently it was determined TO put in
the spare time on the outward journey in
this city. The governor remarked that
special significance. and as for looking
into any railroad project to connect
Weiser with the Seven Devils copper
mines. it was matter entirely foreign to-
the purpose in view.
FOR RECREATION CHIEFLY.
Continuing Governor Tanner said: The
trip is for recreation and a little private
business. Mr.. Gates has been troubled
with insomnia lately. and all of US felt
that an outing in the west. where some
of US had never before been. would do
US good l have felt the strain of over
work in attending to the affairs of state
in Illinois, and after having gotten our
quota for the volunteer army to the front
4
back home before the second call for
volunteers is put into execution. Some
of the gentlemen in our party have some
mining interests at Warren which they
wish TO look into. The long horseback
trip of It's miles from the railroad viii be
ample recreation for US. l believe. For
me it will be the only rough trip I have
had since / was in the war. Our trip
will take US through and beyond the
Seven Devils mining region.
PLEASED WITH SALT LAKE.
This is my nrst visit to the great west"
added Governor Tanner. and I am
pleased and surprised beyond expression
at what we have seen thus far. Salt
tiful. and. 1 should say. the most fertile
of any that I have ever seen. 1 ar
charmed with your city. especially the
great number of shade trees and the love-
ly homes 1t seems to be neat and clean
place. and living here ought TO possess
many charms not known elsewhere.
HOW THE DAY WAS SPENT.
I'VE attended services at the tabernacle
this afternoon and We're much interested
in the preaching. the music and in all
that we saw and heard. Then we took a
drive around the city to the principal
points of scenic interest and historical
note. A hickman. / thing Taylor was his
name. informed us on every subject we
could think of pertaining to Salt Lake
and the people. We have enjoyed our
stay very much and will try to stop off
our return east.
HIS IDEAS ON THE WAR.
In your opinion. governor. how long
will the war last?" asked the reporter.
well" was the reply. Il believe the
boys who have volunteered will not get
home for 80 days and may be good many
times 90 DAYS. They will have all the ex-
perience a soldier usually has in war time.
Some of them will see hard fighting SER
s.Tbis war is the all absorbing topic in
tarding the return of the business activity
that was just beginning TO be felt. The
hotel business in Chicago is an unfailtng
indicator of prosperity or otherwise.
There is not a Chicago hotel that is not
losing money. That Is a sample of what
the war is doing with us; 1t viii be all
right in the end though. without the
United States appropriating the Philip
pines and Porto Riso. We must not do
that. ! believe in this nation exercising
q protectorate over those islands l am
opposed to annexing the Hawaiians.
ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.
illinois sent eight regiments of the
national guard. We are proud of them.
For our states quota of the second call
for 1900 volunteers. after taking $500
men to fill up the regiments already in
the field to the maximum, ! Will have re-
cruited a full colored regiment, and even
the colonel and all the commissioned off,
GERS will be colored guardsmen- They are
good soldiers fighters. every one of them.
They are anxious to go and / intend to
see that their hopes are realized. IL
linois expects them to do great things,
and whatever honor and glory they win
will rebound to the negro race. as II
should