Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-22

| he got through both he and the gov
arnOr OF Washington were presented
with drafts on New York bank for
| three cents each as pay for their time
and their work on the battleshlp.
Savage, the sweat rolling off his face
| from the hard work, looked at the
check and then began to kick. He
| said II wasn't enough, and that he
was going to strike for higher wages,
| If he could get the cooperation OF the
Washington governor In his protest
But the governor of Washington as
sured him that three cents Gas the
union wage and an industrial war was
narrowly aVerted.
This is my first visit west contin-
ued the mayor OF Omaha, who, like all
his fellow travellers Is also a "kuhnel,'
land | tell you II is q great country.
You ought to get a president from the
west some day, and / have no doubt
you will.
This trip has been a revelation to
me. never realized what there was to
see in the west before. | think man
Is fool to 20 10 Europe or abroad
in quest of sights until he has seen
his own country. on this trip, | have
trips across the ocean,"
Governor George =. Savage, the only
man in the party who isn't colonel, Is
also very enthusiastic about the west
although this is by no means his first
trip out into the mountains and the
coast, Speaking OF their trip, he said:
1.-THE business end Of our trip was at
Seattle. We left Nebraska on the SOth
OF June, going direct TO Seattle on
the Fourth OF July we participated IN
the conservation of the battleshlp Ne
braska. the governor OF washington
and driving the first rivet on the Keel
OF what will be one of the best battle
ships in the navy. Since then we nave
been sight seeing, simply sightseeing.
I've have been treated royalty all
along the line. Every place we have
been, II has been quick march we
have been met by committees, ana eV-
erythlng has been done TO make our
visit pleasant, The only rest we nave
had since we left Seattle has been on
the way over on the train from san
Francisco"
All this morning the rotunda Of the
Knutsford resembled the White House
at a presidential reception. Col.
George r. jenkins, quartermaster gen.
eral of the national guard Of Nebraska
and general manager Of this
trip. was perhaps the busiest
one OF the lot, making arrangements
for this and that. Thomas II. Ben
ton also was a busy man. IL Is he
who is looking after the Pullman ar
and other small details
He was formerly state auditor OF Ne
braslta. and Is now president Of the |
Sgnet Mining company at Stockton.
The members of the party are as fol.
lows: Gov. George r. Savage and |
wife. Col. George +, Jenkins, quarter |
master general Of the Nebraska Ma |
tional guard and chairman Of the tin |
erary committee and wife; Col {. d. |
Evans surgeon general, and wife; Col. !
L. NJ. Melick a prominent citizen or |
Lincoln. wife and son; Col II. p. SUIT
ton, leader Of the McCook band. the |
best In the state" and wife; Col 6. |
T. Scharmann, an attorney OF North |
Platte, and a major in Col Bryan's
Third Nebraska volunteers. Col ]. b.
Watkins. n lumber man Of South Oma-
ia. and wife; Col. j. G.. Martin, also
)f South Omaha, and wife; Col. f. +.
Rryson, manager Of the Flieschman
Yeast company and wife; Col. Frank
Z. Moore, mayor Of omaha, and wife;
'ol. J. W. NVaynlck. a physician Of
Omaha. and his sister Miss Waynlck,
who formerly lived IN Salt Lake; Col.
?. NJ Rublee, president Of the Citizens
Bank OF Broken Bow. and wife.
The program for tomorrow has not
,een completed as yet. In the morn
NJ there will be a ride around the
lily In the Seeing Salt Lake City,
ar