The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06

er bureau are at work at 1870 o'clock
every morning OF the week, and the
observers never sleep. The results OF
/ their observations are teiegraphed all
over the country before the majority
Of Washington citizens are even
awake The maps which are used to
show the weather conditions all over
me country are made ready for cir
Culation by 9 O'Clock in the morning
and the forecast for the next thirty
six hours reaches the farmer as
promptly as it does the business man
downtown
Observations are telegraphed from
one weather station TO another in ci-
pher, not for purposes of secrecy. but
TO save expense. The following: "El
Paso. clubbing. farfetch. ebbing, cur
ley" is a very brief dispatch, but to
the weather man it means informa-
ton concerning temperature. precipi-
tation, velocity and direction OF the
wind. condition Of the atmosphere and
appearance of the sky 1t does not
take him a minute to decipher it. The
Cannon Blocks the Way.
The Oregon delegation is certainly
doing its best in the we'll known Ore
gon way TO pull out a large apprOpri-
alton for the Lewis and Clark expo
sition, which the people Of their state
want to hold in 1905. They have come
TO the work at an inOpportune time,
however. The treasury has hardly got
ten over the haul which the ST. Louis
exposition made on it. This craze for
worlds fairs is something over which
the secretary Of the treasury shakes
his head. Chicago, Buffalo and At
lanta blame their losses on the big
expositions they have held, and il they
could begin all over again 1T is doubt
ful if they would take the government
appropriations with the same gratitude
they once evinced. Speaker Cannon
and his henchmen on the appropria-
tions committee do not smile on the
pleadings Of the Oregonians; still, it is
a long session. and they may in the end
be persuaded.
Last week pew No. lis in St Johns
Episcopal church. this city, was sold
1t auction for $1,000. For years St.
Johns has been the most fashionable
church in Washington, and one of the
most interesting in the country. It
has so long been known as the presi-
dents church that it is as we'll known
by that name as by its more orthodox
title. The highest price ever paid for
pew in IL was SO, 500. When a pew is
sold at auction the buyer receives only
the right to occupy or sublet 1t, and
is obliged TO pay rent to the church
at the beginning of each year.
The custom is an old English one.
but was done away with several years
ago in that country by an archbishop,
who considered it scandalOus to sell
church property at public auction.
Effect of a Good Dinner.
One Of the most effective and at the
same time pleasing methods of ac-
complishing results in efforts to OBJ
tain legislation by congress is to dine
its members. Under the sOftening in
fuences Of a good dinner. with en-
virOnment Of music flowers, witty
around good fellowship, the average
senator. and congressman. and many
who are above the average, will cot
ten kindly to the measure. when under
more prOsaic circumstances they would
be averse to giving it much attention.
The senator or member who will blow
In a fair portion Of his salary In en-
tertaining his fellow members Of con-
gress makes a good investment for
his constituents, even though it puts
his own bank balance in the red.
Senator Mitchell Of Oregon, who is one
of the veterans of the senate. having
one years ago. understands the value
of a good dinneC in helping on a good
cause. The senator has his heart set
on getting about a million and n quar-
ter for the proposed Lewis and Clark
exposition. He started his campaign
for his bill Tuesday evening last with
one of the finest dinners ever given in
the city. and among his guests were
twenty-five fellow senators, a lot of
house members. the secretary and ser
geant-at-arms of the senate. some
prominent army officers, and a scat
terinR Of newspaper writer's. Good
speeches kept pace with "A menu which
occupied fully five hours to discuss.
Senator Mitchell automatically made
no reference to the subject Of the
Lewis and Clark exposition until aft
er several other senators, as Senator
Dolliver said, accidentally and incl
dentauy referred to it." Then Mitch
eli made q neat little speech for his
measure. and every speaker who fol-
lowed endorsed il. Uncle Joe Sibley
of Pennsylvania said he had sworn.
after Chicago, Charleston, Buffalo and
st. Louis. that he would never vote for
another exposition appropriation, but
that ne was converted to the Lewis
and Clark proposition, and would vote
for it. Senators Patterson and Dubois
agreed that the Democratic side of the
senate would support the bill; IN fact,
everyone at the banquet was for il
and no one against it. Dinners have
their influence in securing important
legislation. At the opening Of the
Fifty-siXth congress Representative
NondelI of Wyoming gave an irriga-
tion dinner. which was attended by
the members Of congress from the So
called arid states. and the first con-
certed plans were there formed for car
rying on the effort to secure irriga-
ton legislation. Representative New
lands gave a series OF irrigation din
uers during the Fifty seventh congress,
and Senator Warren gave a number Of
similar functions at which irrigation
made many converts.
NEW SPANISH CABINET.
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