Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-18


alacrlty that was positively gleeful. It
Is true there are not many OF us who
gave them much money; but we did the
next best thing--we helped them all We
could by our prayers. And yet with all
these efforts and promises and aspIra-
TONS the iron hoofs OF the locomotive
were not heard upon the desert, the
solitude OF the mountain passes was not
disturbed by the snorting Of his mighty
nortrils. The City OF the Saints and
the City Of the Angels remained as far
apart as ever. and those who cOntem-
| plated the delights of peripatetlc osci-
lation between snowy peaks and perpet-
ual orange groves have had TO possess
their disappointed souls In grim unwill-
ing patience
REALIZATION IN SIGHT.
But having looked long enough upon
that picture let us LOOK with greater
! joy upon this, where anticipation IL
| about to give way to realization. When
| William A. Clark said IL was his inten-
| ton to build and own a railroad con-
| Meeting Salt Lake city with Los Ange-
| les, we had the word OF man who was
| known 10 say what he meant aud do
what he said From him, promise
was better than a fidelity company's
bond, for with him the willingness to
undertake the project meant also the
| resources to carry II through What he
declared he would do, he has up to this
present moment done, and we are just
as sure that the unfinished part Of his
great enterprise will be completed as
we are that he has fulfilled the promises
heretofore made. That this cOmmuDi-
CHI NutH V.lu f..N Ill IA
their regard Is therefore easy 10 be UNI
derstood
COMPLETEST CONFIDENCE.
To us he needs neither introduction
nor letter OF credit, for we have come
to consider him as one OF ourselves. We
have admired him as one Of ourselves.
We have admired him for the things
already accomplished, and we have the
competest confidence that the remain
der viii not fail. The heeting and tickle
god, opportunity whose single lock OF
hair has to be seized from the front, he
has laid hand upon and will stoutly
hold until We OF the mountains shall
be In direct touch not only with those
Of the coast but also by steamship SER
vice from the southern port with the
Orient and the whole wide world.
OFFICE BOYS POEM.
Before proposing the health of our
guest, and presenting him to you, /
must comply with request made upon
me by one of the gentlemen on my
right who, in handing me the following
lines to be read, stated that they had
been found upon the street by his office
boy but who, | suspect Is only pre-
vented by his modesty from admitting
his own authorship of them. The ditty
is entitled:
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN
WHISPERS.
Oh the Saints who dwell in Zion.
And the Angels on the shore,
Had yearned to be united
Full twenty years or more.
And fnanciers from Buffalo,
With millions at their back,
hundred times had started
Right in to lay the track.
And engineers from Swedenborg,
And magnates from Oshkosh
The hundredth time had ridden down |
The Meadow Valley wash.
And they rambled round the iron
mines,
And surveyed many a route,
They first laid out the desert,
Then the derest laid them out.
And the air was full OF cnders,
And private cars and smoke,
And City Councils granted blocks,
"a mi lac hat
And still the Saints gazed longlingly
Far DER the sunburnt ground,
Nor heard the rustling Angels wings
Nor locomotive sound.
When the little man from out the north
With whiskers sprnkled Ger
His face in thick prohlsion,
Came knocking at the door.
"Oh, ! hear you want a railroad"
He said with modest smiles
"A road that's warranted to run
Full seven hundred miles.
I'm little busy Just right now,
But II youll wait and please
BE patient TIL ! get things fixed
Out In Los Angeles,
IN some day come and see you sure.
And tell you what I'll do.
And there's one thing to depend on
I'll own the road clean through.
81 want no gold or subsidy,
Nor grounds for city station,
! only want your faith and prayers
And full cooperation"
oh this little man with railroads
And with whlskers everywhere.
IL full Of million dollar bills.
But never an ounce hot air.
And so like Mary's little lamb,
The patient people waited,
Until Sloir faith and hopes and prayers
And dreams eventuated.
And now Just hear that chorus raise
From of the desert dark,
The Saints and Angels shouting praise
To William Andrew Clark,
KEARNs INTRODUCES CLARK.
Senator Thomas Kearns was the third
speaker and received warm recogni-
tiCn In a few words he introduced the
guest Of the evening 10 whom he re-
ferred as the pioneer Of Montana, the
honest miner banker hnancier, and
United States senator and yet with all
that the humble, honest. good generous
and noble-hearted fellow-W. A. Clark.
] am proud to be with him in Salt Lake
city"
SENATOR CIARK'S LONG TALK.
Senator Clark, president Of the San
Pedro. Los Angeles a. Salt Lake, spoke
for nearly an hour during which time
his speech was constantly interrupted
by cheers. clapping OF hands and the
humping Of cutlery upon the tables
When he told OF his first visit 20 Salt
Lake In 1868 with q span OF mules,
branded Il. H., and $500. the result Of
his gold mining IN Montana, as his sole
capital the banqueters fairly made the
rafters ring. As ne touched on what