The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-08
HOTEL GOSSIP.

len. He comes as an emissary of the
Australian government, armed with
letters of Introduction to the educators
of the United States and Canada, and
signed by Sir John Turner, premier of
Victoria, and o.. ST Peacock, minister
of public instruction. Mr. Rapkens Is
a member of the Melbourne board of
education and his visit TO this country
is for the purpose of examining the
method pursued in the public and trade
schools and universities. Such improve
nlents on; the system that prevail in
Australia. and which commend them
selves to him, will be introduced into
the schools In the British colonies when
he returns. He said:
we have a. system of compulsory
free education somewhat similar to that
which holds in this country, except that
there the control of the schools is in
the hands of the general government,
instead of the towns in which the
schools happen to be situated Each
town has a board of advisors which
recommends the appointment Of teach
ers. and looks after other details con-
nected with the working of the school
system. We have a truant officer the
same as they have in America, and if a
child is absent from school without a
sufficiently good excuse, the parents
are. lined by the government The most
admirable thing that / have seen in
connection with the school system in
the United States is the combination of
practical with the theoretical in
the trade schools that are to be found
everywhere. We have no such thing in
Australia, and 1 shall advocate it as
most beneficial thing for the welfare
OF the nation at large as soon as
return, From a humanitarian stand
point 1t is the grandest thing that /
ever heard of. The large universities
IN the eastern part of the United States
that give free tuition on scholarships
and teach students that hands We're
made to work as we'll as mind, are
wonderful to me: we have nothing like
them. 1t is impossible for a poor man
to get an education in Australia, be-
cause it cannot be had without means"
Ex-Judges w. N. DusenSerry of Provo
was at the Walker yesterday and had
something to say about the Graham
case. II am Of the opinion that they
will not easily get up a case against
Graham, because he is a fighting man
and he has a good fighting case. l.
think that Owen will drop the accu-
sation. The prosecuting officer of the
county has acted with the opinion that
there is no case, and mandamus will
Owen Is a political lawyer, and when
asked why he didn't take hold of some
palmer cases in which there was more
money, replied, L much prefer to deal
with men who are close to Almighty
God There will be city election in
Provo this fall and they are going to
elect one of the bartenders in a well
known saloon to the city council. AT
ter the election the city council is go
ing to expel him for being guilty of
selling whisky on Sunday"
cit was in July, 1864, that started west
with my pockets full of emptiness and
my heart full of thankfulness," said j.
D. McCamman, ex-county treasurer of
Gallatin county, Montana, at the Mani
tou. I'VE had what is known nowadays
our train of 126 wagons, pulled by horses,
oxen and mules. We left Platte Bridge,
in eastern Wyoming, and went in east OF
the Big Horn mountains there were about
400 men, women and children in the party,
loaded with enough provisions to last the
winter through. Fortunately, we did not
encounter any Indians until after we
reached the Yellowstone Park region;
there we found number of Crows, but
they were apeaceable and friendly. Our
first settlement was in Alder Guich. The
winter of GA 65 was a hard one; the snow
fell deep and often, and the road on the
Snake river was buried out of sight; we
got what supplies we needed from up the
river near Fort Benton. The spring of Go
found some of the more adventurous of
our little colony in sad straits. They had
neglected to bring a sufficient supply Of
flour and, owing to lack of transportation
facilities, the price went up to 81 pound
the fiourless ones existed on beans and
rice until late in the summer. The Indians
did not modest us to any great extent;
once in while they did some scalping
and running off of sheep. My experience
has been, between the crafty Indian and
the hypocritical white man. commend me
to the former; a bad white man is ten
times worse than bad Indian. have
lived in the Gallatin valley for the past
thirty-ffve years; it is the garden spot of
the mountains, and 1 wouldn't live else
where in the world if could.
Philip A. Rollins, nephew of the late
ex-Surrogate and District Attorney Roll
Inns of New York, has returned from a
two months fishing and shooting trip in
the Jackson's Hole country. Mr.. Rollins
is identified with political activity in the
metropolis, and is secretary of the Young
Mems Republican club. He said: There
politics this fall. Heretofore the Repub-
Hcan machine has run its primaries to
suit itself, and nominated only such men
for positions as suited it. The machine is
controlled by Plat and Lemuel E. Qugg,
the ex-congressman. The result of the
Ptatt-Quigg regime was the altena ton
from the Republican party of large
semi-mugwumpism, and it eliminated
with the running of Seth Low as the
independent candidate for mayor in the
last mayora1ty election. Since then the
Republican machine has been alternating.
This fall new primary election law has
been compiled and applied to practical
purposes. 1t embodieS the same general
principles as the general election law in
that it demands the qualifications by way
OF registration and otherwise in order to
allow one to vote at a primary election
This has already had the effect of pre-
venting absolutely the packing of the
primaries, an art of Macchiavellian states
manShip in which Quigg seemed to be
thoroughly schooled. Up TO the last of
June it seemed that the entire anti-Tam-
many vote could be brought out against
the candidates nominated and endorsed
by Tammany Hail. but certain of ex-Gov-
ernor Blacks followers, headed by that
political sorehead. Abe Gruber, announced
that Black had not received proper con-
sfderation from the party in power and
that they proposed to start an indepen-
pei the recognition of Black. In a nut
shell. the Gruber faction is trying to
knife the Republican party, and unless
somebody happens along with a basket
pew is the great political physician. and
it is hoped that he will stitch the wounds
comfort the sorrowing and wipe away the
tears before the active campaigning be-
gins"
John H. Seely, the eattleman from Mt
Pleasant, had few mountainous things
TO say last night at the Walker. He
pitched into the committee of awards on
fcattle at the fair grounds. and after that
topic was exhausted he sank back into his
chair in like condition.
ITO think" said he, that was award
ed the second prize only after hot and
spirited argument. in which proved that
the pervious second award went to
Snowman whose cattle were not eligible
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