The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-04


= the senatorship was sold to
= Tom Kearns: "'There is not =
= 2 word of truth in that. No y
= offer has been made for the =
= purchase of either the Saltair =
= railroad or pavilion and none =
, has been asked Neither the =
, railroad nor the pavilion is for p
= sale"
q EATED on lounge in the Beehive
AN house last evening, after the 200
guests at his birthday celebration
had departed. President SNOW looked
back over the vista of his eighty seven
years of life and forward over the
briefer span that reaches to the end OF
his days on earth. He talked of his ex-
periences i'm the past and his hopes for
the future. of his boyhood days in
Ohio and his ambitions in the twilight
OF life. of religion of politics. of the
affairs OF the world and of the soul.
He spoke of the senatorship and Of
saItair. and expressed a hCpe, though
not too confident that he Wuuld live to
see the day when all bitterness and all
feeling between Mormons and gentiles
should have disappeared and both
should labor side by SIDE for the COM
mon good of mankind.
During the entire afternoon the Bee
hive house was crowded. There were
songs and speeches. followed by re-
freshments. In the evening the guests
hau gone. The lights were turned out
in The large front rooms just deserted,
and President Snow sat in one of the
rear rooms. While ne was talking his
vii nd n is n
Snow, sat near him, while 4-year-old
Rhea Lucille. his youngest child,
played the pianola in the front room,
disrobed her doll for retirement,
climbed over his lap and hung about
his neck and stuck bunch of lilies-Of-
the-Valley in his buttOn-hOle.
In spite Of his 81 years. President
Snow wears no glasses, and he looks
directly into the eyes Of any person
with whom he is conversing.
Feels Well and Strong.
Il have lived eighty-seven years" he
said. Il do not know how much longer
Z shall live. but ! do know that il
could live over about sixty years of my
life ] could increase my years greatly.
A man must live one lifetime to learn
how to live. j was ambitious and I
shortened my days But 1 feel we'll and
strong now. The exercises today have
not fati~ued me to any extent. We
have a large number of old people in
are due principally 10 the climate, to
the outdoor life led by the pioneers
and to their regular habits.
j ave seen great progress during
my life, and hope to see more before 1
die. / have seen our church spring up
ana grow strong Before / diea hope
to see it cleared of debt and in COM
handing position financially. Not long
ago we issued bonds amounting to ST.
000. 900 to cover our indebtedness As
oF 10 CHI ] -
name on these bonds with an indelible
pencil. I am proud of the fact that
without any properly as security these
bonds are now quoted above par
Grew Reminiscent.
Then President snow grew reminis-
cent.
ION my hftieth birthday" he said
Il was I'm France on my way to preach
tbs gospel in italy. / well remember
the time. I established the Italian mis-
sion and later returned 10 England to
complete the translation Of the Book of
Mormon into the Italian language, as
j could work 20 better advantage there
4 Italy IS a beautiful country. aut it did
= not attract me as most of the countries
i'm which I have been. / have been all
=. through the United States. in England
France. Italy. Greece. Egypt Palestine
aud the Sandwich islands. Aside from
salt Lake and from my old home at
Ma.tua, o., for one always retains a
strong attachment to his old home and
feels that it is different from any other
place, you know said when l was in
the Sandwich islaFds that I would
sooner he buried there than IN any
other place / knew. That is the way 1
feel now.
Il would Ike to go back TO my old
home in Ohio on a visit / have con-
sidered il seriously for two years but
business keeps me here. ] do not see
how can get away, much as 1 would
like 10 gOl'
At this point little Rhea Lucille in
terrupted tie conversation by her eff
forts to get the bunch of lilies-of-th
valley properly adjusted in the button
hole OF President Shows lapel. When
she hal succeeded to hcr satisfaction.
the president went on.
I would like TO live TO see the time -
he said, VIXEN the old bitterness be-
tween Mormons and non-Aormons shan
have disappeared. but I do not know
whether j snap. There seems to be a
disposition on the part OF certain per
sons to keep alive old feelings and pre-
Judices- ] will not say that their mo-
lives are POLITICAL! but
he smiled and shook his head
our church" he continued. does not
wish TO interfere With anybody's re-
bgion- In return, we ak TO be let
alone
His Manifestation.
TT has teel said. President SNOW. -
WAS suggested iater in the converse
ton, that you sold the senatorship to
Tom kearrs.
There is not a word of truth in
shat - was the reply a great deal has
been said about the Saltair pavilion and
the railroad I want to say right here
that no offer has been made for the
purchase Of either. the railroad or pa
vilion and none has been asked. Neither
the railroad nor the pavilion is for
sale. pavilion made a
GOOD profit last year. There
Is no reason why il should
not continue To make money Mr. John
A. NcAlister has been appointed man
s-ga,- TO- me coming season
no liquors viii be sold this year.