Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-13
". S MCCORMICK
BACK FROM EUROPE

Hon. w. s. Mccormick returned home
this morning after an extended Eu.
ropean tour that had empraced a visit
to the Paris Exposition, the Passion
play at Oberanergan and the metropolis
Of London.
when seen this afternoon Mr. Nc
ConiCk expressed himself az having
had a splendid trip and says that he
felt greatly benefited by the long rest
that be had taken. and was sorry that
he could not have stayed longer AS
IL was he LEFT Mrs. Mccormick and
daughter in New York 90 come on at
their leisure. when Mr., Mccormick
would return from a scientific eXpedl-
ton that he had taken TO Labrador In
company with several Harvard stu
dents and a professor Of the institution
OF learning.
In the course OF conversation he stat
ed that he left Salt Lake on June lith
and practically went direct 10 Paris,
spending only three days In London.
ana from there he visited IN turn We
emma, Munich, Oberanergan. Lucerne,
Interlaken. Geneva, Zurich and a
number Of the leading cities of Europe,
20 sail for home on The Teutonic to ar
rive In New York September 9Th.
In speaking In regard 20 the Paris
exposition Mr., Mccormick said.
There has been considerable com
ment on In regard to the exposition and
comparisons with the Worlds Fair at
Chicago generally. While opinions may
differ greatly In regard 20 the merits
Of the architectural superiority Of the
respective eXpositions there is no doubt
that the exhibits displayed at Paris are
away ahead OF anything seen at Chi
cago. Taken all IN all the Paris eX-
position fully came up to my eXpecta-
tiOns In every sense
Coming down 90 the Passion Play at
Oberanergan. Mr. Mccormick said:
while ! cannot say that ! would 60
out OF my way TO witness such pro-
duction again at the same time ] would
not have missed II for anything You
can fully understand that II must be
big spectacle WHEN ! say that we
watched II for eight hours perfectly
absorbed and that there were three
or four hundred people IN the
cast. II was simply literal re-
production Of the scriptural story down
to the minutest detail, and those
who took part In IL were filled with
religious enthusiasm just as much as
are to the same extent that you can
see at q Catholic mass
Regarding the business side Of life In
Europe Mccormick stated that In his
opinion the continent had not changed
10 any apprcciable extent since The last
time he was there fifteen years ago.
England" he said seems II possible,
10 be in a worse state and trade is very
duh there. but then this is 90 be ac-
counted for by the fact NJ The big drain
that the war has made upon the people.
Nevertheless IL is O sign that things
are not IN a good shape when England
has 20 raise the money frI her last war
loan In New York as She did recently
In New York, he said. things generally
and business IN particular was also
dull This was 90 Doe accounted Tor by
the fact that the outcome OF the cleo
ton hung I'm the balance. Although, he
said "on an sides you can hear Il eX-
pressed that Mckinley Is going 20 win
out. and bets are everywhere being
given on a basis OF two-and-one-half 10
one az the same time there Is an air
Of unrest prevalent M the East today"
American politics did not seem TO
cut much figure over In Europe con-
cluded Mr. Mccormick, although the
English certainly took an interest In
the same. the French only regarded the.
American with an eye single to the
getting Of the dollar"
During the visit OF MI and Mrs. Nc.
Cornick 10 Europe the former said
that he had met but few Utah people
including Mr. J. a. Cunningham and
daughters. and Scott. Elliott during
their travels.