The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-23

The first number of the Utah Posten,
the new Scandinavian Democratic pa
per, made its appearance yesterday. 1t
IS neWSy looking AMI well made I'D
newspaper and is sure to accomplish
a good work The first number con-
tains portraits of Congressman King
James II. Moyle, Fisher Harris, L c.
Thoreson, Judge o. w. Powers and A.
of six columns each and every page
contains something of interest of news
or political character.
John Dixon of Provo, candidate for
state treasurer on the Republican tick
ct, was in the city yesterday. 81 would
hate to make an affidavit that the Re
publicans viii carry Utah county, said
Mr.. Dixon. "but we are going to do
our best to cut down the Democratic
majority uD there
Seven big dry goods boxes full of
literature were received ar Republican
state headquarters yesterday. The
state is to be flooded with it within the
next few days AS specimens of men
dacity some of the documents are val
liable In one of them the price of SUI
gar is quoted at twenty pounds for 81.
prunes twenty-five pounds for a dollar
and other things in proportion. A good
many Utah housekeepers would like to
know just where they can buy the ar
ticles named so cheaply.
Senator Stewart of Nevada will be
the next Republican ig gun TO jar
loose on Salt Lake. This well known
Southern Pacific attorney is scheduled
to speak here early in October, prob
ably about the I'd or Sd. He is now tour
ing Colorado.
The Democratic state committee will
endeaYor to induce Senator J. Q. s.
Blackburn of Kentucky to speak in
Salt Lake between now and election
day. Senator Blackburn has promised
to make some talks in Idaho and it is
likely that he can be secured either en-
route TO or on his way back from the
Gem state.
The only changes made by Governor
Roosevelt in the politics of Salt LAX
ers, so far as heard from, were from
the Republican to the Democratic side.
A member of the Democratic state
committee said yesterday that several
gentlemen who had about made up
their minds to vote for Mckinley con-
cluded to vote for Bryan after hearing
Roosevelt and his side partners.
The tent which was used by EvaRgel-
ist French E. Oliver during the series
of meet gs recently conducted by him
has been leased by the Democratic
state committee and put up on the cor
ner of Third South and West Temple
streets IL VIII seat 4,UOO peOp1G anu
the intention is to use 1t for campaign
rallies. The date for the first meeting
has not been fixed as yet, but 1T Will
occur within the next week or ten days
A ratification meeting and musical
entertainment is to be given Tuesday
night in the c.. A r. hall on Second
South street by the Old Soldiers Bryan
Democratic Silver club AL nominees
and district chairnen are specially re
d -
be made by Judge Henry p Henderson.
promoter of Democratic clubs and
| president of the state organization.
Senator Arthur Brown viii take the
stump for Mckinley and the Republf-
can state ticket, even including Judge
Bartch. this week. His first speech will
be delivered at Scipio, Willard county,
| Tuesday night
The Democratic campaign commit
| tee of the Fourth precinct will meet
at the residence of the chairman, L r.
| Thomas. No. 21S Z street, at . O'CLOCK
sharp on Monday evening next
The political relations in the wilson
| Sherman firm have become somewhat
strained in the last few days. It is
we'll known that e. w Wilson and
Igovt Sherman are partners in business.
1t is also well known that Wilson is
| a neyer-say-die Democrat. while Sher-
man is one of the most straight-laced
Republicans in the whole state. There
seems 10 have been some kind of a
truce between the two; sort OF tacit
agreement that they would both keep
| out of politics until they got rich and
then go in to the limit The first thing
that Sherman knew was that his party
had nonlina ted him for the state SEN
ate without any effort on his part, and
the firm had hardly recovered from
that shock before the Democrats had
forced the county craftsmanship upon
wilson. The last heard from the part
1ers was that they were trying to
draw the dead line in their once on
West Second South
There was a great deal of quiet
grumblinC going on YESTERDAY oee sass
81 the fat that the Alta club, was USED
ss political headquarters during the
,gisit of Governor Roosevelt. This is
another proof Of how. ready seme-peo-