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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19
BY Rufus Rockwell Wilson.

'Brliser Bill" would soon meet them,
and, as he was drunk, there would like
ly be trouble.
Thank you" said Spooner, but we
viii stick to this street
"Bruiser Bill was talking to q Wo-
man when the lawyers came aloug. AS
they passed the bully, they heard him
make an insulting remark TO her
Sp0oner instantly wheeled around,
threw of his coat, and faced the in
sulter. His companions hastily en-
deavored 10 pull him away
Come ON. colonel" they pleaded;
chat fellow VIII chew YOU up in
minute"
Il can thrash any coWardly dog chat
insults a woman was the reply.
Spooner made good his WORDS. Tie
bully had an opportunity 10 make only
one pass at his opponent. After that
the lawyers good right fist hit him iU
the right spot. "Bruiser BilI fen like
q SHOT bullock ana he did not need hit-
Ting again that or amy other day The
lesson made d sober decent man of
him.
senators Nelson and CIapp and Gov
eruor Van SAINT are delegates-a large
from Minnesota. senator Nelson is
perhaps the most conspicuous repre-
sentative i'm public life of the million
and more Scaudiuavidus who have set
Tied i'm the northwest and who are. for
the most part, Republicans. He Is now
serving his second term i'm the senate.
and before that was three times q mem
Der Of the house and twice governor of
his state. Although he was born in-
Norway, Nelson. with hia Joshua Whit
comb beard would be taken for a cam
NY New Englander. He speaks English
without an accent. and it Is said that.
as he came TO America when he was
only s years old, he has great difficulty
jim talking Norwegian enough to Ike
good his claim TO the support of the
10000 scandinavian votes in 1Iinneso-
IA. Yet he has always had them solidly
behind him, and was never defeated for
ofHce. senator Nelson is a good law
yer. ana before he went to congress en-
JOyed a practice that took him before
every court I'M northern Minnesota. His
habits are simple and so-called $50
Ciety' ne abhors. Cntil he became gov
ernor he never wore a broadcloth coat
and be still insists on SLOUGH hat Pie
he eats with "a knife. He is also fond Of
tobacco in the plug FORM ln debate he
is ready and trenchant. His sentences
are homely and rugged, sOmeUmse UNI
mmaticaL Their construction. how
ever. is strong, and they carry weight
Senators HansbrOugh and McCum Der
are delega tes-at-large from North Da-
kOta and Senators Warren ana Clark
rom ~ Se4ulA&l WNllt tA- senator ~ oA~
cott, his political star once more Ia
the ascendant heads the delegation
from Colorado. John Atkins once I'M
I dertook to describe WOlcOtt by saying.
He is as fascinating as a new SOU
brette. and as a matter Of fact the
unexpected is always happening when
( he has a hand in affairs. In Colorado
+ politics he has for long been a law and
party unto himself, and he has never
( supported any ticket tAat did not meet
+ his ideas Of the fitness Of things. Much
+ has been written Of the polished and
+ biting oratory which from the first has
been his principal political capital but
the effect % his cleQuence was never
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have got to give UP everything else and
cleaVe 20 that only Observance of
this rule has made him one of the most
brilliant and successful political lead
ers of the day
OEiO's MISUNDERSTANDING are Senators
Foraker and Dick, Governor Hon Ick
and George b. Cox who has long filed
the role of governor and Senator maker
for his party In that state. SenatOr
Foraker, as ia times past, VIII be char
man of the delegation. bus ID is doubt
full if he win be called on 20 play as
dramatic a part as he did i'm the con-
VentiOn held sixteen years ago m thl-
cagO when, save for mis- s-eJllast
loyalty TO John sherman he and not
Harrison would have been made Tie
candidate for president. The -etcran,
Dexter III. Perry. who was i'm at The
birth Of the Republican party, heads
the Michigan delegation and af-tlsg
Iudiaua's gatcs-at-idrge are Seua-
tors Fairbanks and BeVerldge and GOV
eruor Durbiu The delegates -ar-largc
from Illinois are Senators CuilOm and
Hopkins, Governor Yates and Speaker
Cannon, who viii be permanent chair
man of the convention. senator Gull
lom. who heads The delegation belongs
TO generation that IS now passing
from the stage, and IS a Walki8S ti"as-
ure-hOuse of political remimsc@nce.
one OF the stories Of other days in
which he delights tells how when he
first visited Washington, as "a f.t-=tiy
elected member of congress he went
one day 90 the White House, with
which De was entirely unfamiliar, hop
ing TO find there some one shat ne
knew. After Vainly looking iatO sew
eral rooms. ne opened q door. ard 90
his dismay found himself .u .le prs S.
euce of President Lincoln and his cabl-
d
overwhelmed with confusion, but the
president instantly arose from mis- seat
at the head OF he cabinet table. called
the young man by name. shook his
hand and drew him into the Icom.
Seward, % he said, turning % the
secretary OF state. do you remember
my friend S0-aud-so who was i'm The
house from Illinois last season: Well,
ne was beaten last faN FOR reelection,
and this Is he boy VINO did it, Linz
coin hearty way established cordial
relations at once, and the basntul
young congressman spent a most De-
lightful half hour Senator Cullom has
grown wiser witE age, and has che
word of advice for young men, he
warns them to keep out Of politics. he
had small fortune when Ee went
into politics. Now AT IS he has nothing
but has salary.
Senators Allison and Dolliver and
Governor CUmmins are delegates-at-
large from Iowa. Allison. ike Cullom,
belongs TO a past generation lie has
been more than forty years in the
house and senate, but only oaca before
has he attended "a national -olNentl ton
as a delegate. That was iu 1860. when
a young man of 81 Ee helped 10 bring
about the nomination of Lincoln he
has. however been potential iu shap-
ing the action of more than one cons
Vention, and for twenty years has been
regarded as q presidential possibility
himself. Indeed, Ct IS the beilef of
many Of bis friends that if his cam
paigns for the presidential nomination
had been as sAIlfuiiy planned and mans
aged by his supporters as his cam
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paigns for the senate have been oy
himself, he long ago would have won
the White House goal. A serious nanQl-
cap to his ambition in that direction
has been the earnest desire of the peo-
pie of Iowa that he should remain ln
the senate, where, owing TO his long
service and his Craftsmanship Of the
committee on appropriations. his power
over legislation is probably greater
than that of any one man ln congress.
Senator Allison hates the word mo,
and John j. ingalls, OF Kansas g0t
much credit for Wit once by saying
that he was so pussy-liKe that YOU
could never tell whether he was COM
ing or going, and that he could go
from Washington to san Francisco on
the keys of a piano without touching
a note But this was only Ingalls, way
OF declaring that the Iowa senator ls.
above all else. d diplomat and peace
maker. Should there be need 10 pour
oil on troubled waters AZ Chicago he
VIII be the man To do b.
There are few men of mark among
the delegates from Kansas and Me-
braska. but Governor la Toilette ana
Senator SpOouer. leaders respectively
of tie contestiug delegations from
Wisconsin. are sure to be conspicuous
figures in the proceedings OF the con-
veution. la FoIIette was elected to
Old. and was twice reelected, each
time running ahead of his ticket I'm
1894, as a candidate for the nomination
for governor, he began TO fight the
magnificent political machine in his
state, controlled by Payne and SpQOneE
Defeated then, and i'm 1896 and 1898, he
won by reclamation iu 1860. and IS now
serving his second term. This is che
way iis admirers describe him. pic
tuTe 20 yourself a man about - taH as
the books say Napoleon Was-a little
man measured i'm feet and inChes-With
"a body perfectly prOp0TtiOned and
vibrant with life and energy, His head,
neither large nor small for the body,
IS set squarelV erect on his shoulders.
pair of flashing eyes. under straight
brOWs looking cut or q countenauce
that IS frank and engaging. and ready
to break into smiling accompaniment
to touch and 40 TaulerV. but Withal
an aquiliae, strong cOuntenance. He
has a smile that warns and wins. he
shakes Lands with grip, not with a
mere grasp. He talks. whether beside
his office table or ou the platform, as II
be meant every word. He binds men
TO him with an affection so personal
and so unaffeCtediy and frankly famil-
lar that it finds expression in calling
him Bob, ana that affection. no mat
ter how distant or how personally
AaLl4i-stIr IS always Llibe4 Win AaLls-- st-
cism for the man and his cause. That
is Governor La Toilette
Senator Spooner, like LIS foeman b.
a little man, measured iu feet and
inches. but there are few ADLER men
now IN public life. Both has moral and
physical courage are uuquestioned by
those who know him best. and thereby
hangs an interesting tale Of his early
years as lawyer. In City where
he went To attend court So rlsne the
story, there lived a bully who Was all
ways ugly and quarTels0me when in
las cups. w lille on their way 70 the
court house, Spooner and tVa on taree
other lawyers were advised hE 4 Fefi-
dent Of the town 10 sake auethe street.
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Leans that he is to be temporary chair
man of the convention, and IL that
capacity is to make the opening speech,
which IS always regarded as the chief
OraJOrlcal effort of such gathering.
Mr. Root, during the past five years,
has come to dll a large part "a the az
fairs of his party. yet few Ire aware
that his entrance into McKiniey's cab
met was due. in the main, TO the efforts
of a man who was long one Of the
leaders of the Democratic party. That
ulau was the late William G.. Whitney.
Root and Whitney were for wears ON
terms of closest intimacy, and Whitney
was I'm turn the friend and cOuhdant
of the late Senator Hanna. When AL
ger retired from the cabinet Whitney
urged upon Hanna Roots unusual fit
ness for public service. anu Hauna's in-
huence with President Mckinley
opened the way for the New York law
yer 10 become the greatest secretary Of
war since stanton An interesting
statement OF facts. this, and it has the
added merit of being a truthful one.
Ex-Governor Black. who is to place
President Roosevelt ion nomination. VIII
be another Unmistakable figure i'm the
convention. Blacks nickname among
his intimates Us Abe Lincoln" and it
is q fact that in augulaTity and length
OF limb me recalls the great war pres
ideut. He is also, as was Lincoln. not
an orator in the accepted sense of the
term, but a wonderful tai1er, able to
shape homely truths IN a telling and
effective way. Black was born I'm
Maine and began life as a country ped
agOgue. After that he was a country
editor and i'm one night changed the
politics Of his paper. This led 10 his
retirement 10 Troy, n. r.. where he
was FOR a time a clerk iu the local post
Office. Then ne again engaged i'm
newspaper work, studied law in spare
moments, and Boz due process was ad-
mitted 10 the bar. Since then he has
been a member of congress and gov
eruUr aud now looks forward 20 some
time filing seat ina the federal senate.
Senators Dryden and heau and Gov
ernor Murphy are delegates-at-la large
from New Jersey Governor Penny
packer heads the Pennsylvania dele
cation, and among the district dele
gates from that state are Senator PEN
rose, Congressman Bingham and Dal-
zeu. and David Martin. Israel w Dur
ham and Mayor John Weaver of Phil
adeiphia. Durham has been for years
delphias and now that Quay Is dead he
is iu a fair way to become the most
potenual factor i'm the politics of his
state Ha IS AS years old and a native
Of Philadelphia, took Co politics as soon
as 1e was able TO vote, and for years
before he held public office was a force
I'm his panty Mr. Durham might have
been captain of industry had he So
Wllieu lt. FOR the management Of men
is his delight Than he no man knows
better how 10 break recruits into sol-
diers. and train raw companies into
one eVeu-EOOted regiment. Needless TO
say. he is not political theorist. but
one who reads the future from the past,
and believes iu facts because he deals
in them You can't grow politicians
lu night is one of his laVOrite say
jugs. Politics is business. and II
you are going TO dominate politics you
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so powerfully demonstrated as In the
trial Of a great mining case held some
years ago I'm Denver Millions of dol
lars were involved, and Senator Teller
was the attorney on the other side.
Hundreds of mining experts were
among the witnesses, and the court
room was plasteTed with maps of the
underground workings of the mines and
others showing the geological lorna
ton of a vast mining region. The most
important of these maps was spread on
the floor before the jury. Wolcott,
with a little stick i'm his hand 20 point
at the map. began his address. During
it many jurors were out Of their seats,
peeTing over The map, and some or
them were ON the floor upon their
hands and knees. WOlcOtt won MS
case. Just now he is most engaged
with the task of regaining the seat IN
the senate which lac was compelled 10
vaC1te four years ago.
Another of the delegateS-at-iafS e
from Colorado is Thomas Walsh, whose
life history is enc of those rOmanceS
possible only I'm the west Less than a.
score of wears ago Walsh was gaining
a modest livelihood as the keeper of a
hotel inn LeadViiic. At the same time
ne tried mining In a small way, ana
finally evolved theory all ms owl
that the best values came with nel9ht-
Accordingly he made a trip 10 Ouray,
i'm the heart of the San Juan mountains
hi sfriends told him that his theory
was wrong and that he would not Ind
the best values at the tops of the
mountains as he figured But ne re-
manned mistaken in his belief, ana
forced his way 10 the top OF one OF the
highest mountains near Ouray- Here
where even a burr0 could hardly hud
footing. he directed his prospcct0rs 10
drive along an outCroppiug that com
mended itself 10 the eye. The men
oDaued paw ores almost al the hIst
stroke and this vein, which Mi- W diSh
picked out with such marvellous pre-
cisiou proved the main VEN OF me la
NOUS camp Bird mine. which PAID
welsh sf 600 600 a wear profits for many
wears. and which was sold snort tlLle
ago 10 the Venture corporation or Lon
don for nearly Sl00.090000 Walsh Is
still one of the chief owners OF the
CamD Bird mine, as he kept much OF
the stock when he sold the c0httol OA
the property 10 outsiders he no"
srends much of his time i'm Washing
fon where he has a lordly' home, ana
nurses an ambition TO represent Coio-
RADIO ia the senate.
Harvey NJ. Scott the veteran Port
land editor. is the best known ngufe
iu the Oregon delegation, ana OallIOI
mia sends as one of its delegates-dt az
large George A. Knight, the san 7 ran
cisco LAWYER and orator, who VIII sec
ond President ROOseVelts nomination
I'M behalf of the Pacific coast, Seual or
Hevburn. Pennsylvania e9uaAsr
trsnsplanted to the farther west, heaus
The Idaho delegation and ex-senator ~
carter and Mantle are Delegates
large from Montana The SOIL or -
latter state IS favorable 10 the grow ~
~ sbreud politicians. and Garter IS one
~ The sbraudest Of them AS chairman
OF the Republican national eom4illee
iu 1892 he failed 20 bring about tne re-
election of Hsrfiean. bat he IS AWAY
ready for dgat, 10 matter Wilal may
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that the widow was left without a cent
In Brazil it pays 10 have your legal
affairs attended to by those close to the
high authorities.
A recent church case afforded an
example of a lower court reversing a
decision OF the supreme court ii
was a struggle for the possession of a
very rich monastery. There was evil
IDENTIFY no reason en- e4rJa Why the laa
full holders of the property should
lose their title-no reason except that
some one else wanted it, The supreme
court refused to rob the lawful owners
and handed down a decision Ina their
favor. However, the case was reOpened
IN a lower court. a reversal secured,
and the legal occupants were ousted,
Another incident may be cited rs a
sample of the high handed manner in
which the ins" Of the government
run things. The greater portion of the
public fund is spent through tine de-
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partment of interior Before the last
congress adjourned the budget for the
forthcoming year was being discussed,
when a member of the outs COntin-
gent got up and said that before going
further into the discussion lie had d
few remarks to make, and requested
the chairman TO furnish him a report
for the last year.
A messenger Yves dlEpaached for IRE
document. he returned shortly and
said that the report was not out. The
speaker said that as Tar as his purpose
were concerned. a report. of the pre-
ceding year would do just as well. The
messenger was dispatched & second
time, and again he returned witE the
statement that there was no report
The speaker said the year before
would do. but there was none for that
period either. Having thus skillfully
exposed the fact that no accounting
was being made by the men who were
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The Coming Republican Convention

MEATH has claimed the two men,
ri J Senators Hanna and Quay, who
most influenced the action of the
last national gathering of Republicans,
but among the gS8 delegates to the CON
Ncntion which assemblies al Chicago on
June II viii be many of the veteran
and tried leaders of the party Names
governor, John r. Hill, who was q uhy-
stefan and publisher before ne became
an ufiiceholder, heads the delegation
from that state, and two of the dele
Eates-aL-large from New Hampshire
are Senators GallInger and Buruham
Winston Churchill. the novelist is a
district delegate from the latter state.
while one of the members OF the Yer
mont delegation. headed by Senator
Dillingham;, Is De ~. Seward Webb.
the hero or a romance as satisfying ass
envy shaped 10y story-telieT's fancy He
S., moreover, a very. popular man, and
was so long before the daughter of
Wlliam II. Vanderbilt fell i'm love with
my and became his wife, with a for
old revolutionary family, and was i'm
MS twenty third year when he became
8 surgeon at the Vanderbilt Clinic i'm
New York. one day a little patient
was brought ina with a broken leg, She
was & Winsome child, and DR. Webb
spent many a half hour eudeav0ring to-
ease her lot. The little girl often told
the doctor Of a kind young lady who
brought her sweets. The doctor did not
know at the time, but the little girl in
turu used TO tell the kind young lady
how good the doctor was TO her. There
came a time when the chiId's life hung
by a thread, and the doctor remained
Dy her bedside for hours. While thus
occupied the kind young lady entered
d. Z. lad . Is H.
ihe little one opened her eyes and
smiled. This is the kind doctor. 20 she
whispered. Lila Vanderbilt, then
snaiden i'm her teens, held out her hand
Ind Ciasped that of the doctor. That
meeting beside the sick bed Of The pau
ger child was the turning point u b0th
their lives, Tt was a case OF love at
flrst sight. ana a few years later the
young couple became husband and wife
ilr. Webb has since built up "a fortune
which can be counted by millions
Senator Lodge who viii lead uI the
work or building q platform FOR the
convention heads the MassarlIsatts
delegation. with former Secretary Long
aag former Governor Crane fer col-
IeAsues The delegates from Rhode
Island are party leaders of local repute
only. bat among those from COlnecti-
cut Is Charles $. AIelien. president Of
the New York New Haven e. Hartford
system. New York. as BELTS the coca
sion. sends delegation worthy uf its
place among the states. Its Delegates
at-large are Senator's Platt and Ee-
pew, Governor Odell and former Gov
crn0r Black, and among its district
delegates are Serene p. Payne Cor
nelius n Bliss Edward III Istrimaa,
Elihu Root and President Butler of
COlumb ia. The veteran Plat. Wn1 has
figured in half dozen national ccn-
TCufi0us WIZ OF course. be chairman
of the delegation, but New York 8 most
conspicuous representative VIII he fer
MGR Secretary Root for 90 IS "a matter
e. common consent among ali Hepub-
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for the full amount Of the estate. No
one knew that the planter owed a cent,
and the circumstances being as they
were, the claimants having kept s,ent
about the notes until after the deci-
sion was rendered against them. caused
the whole affair to look suspicious and
the matter again went to the courts.
A committee Of experts pronounced Ike
papers To be forgeries-
Stin the matter did not rest. A law
yer who was related to the governor
Of the province was retained by the
parties claiming the widows money.
and another committee was appointed
TO take up the case. It's members lis
tened to all the testimony of the note
holders. but did not give the attorneys
for the natural heir a chance to in
trOdUce evidence. The second deci-
sion was in favor Of the pretenders and
higher court, without going into the
case at all approved the finding, SO
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An improved Street

(CasseUs Saturday journal
They took a little gravel
And they took a little tar
With various Ingredients
Imported from afar.
They hammered f. and rolled ~,
And when they went away
They said they had a pavement
That would last for many q daf
But they came with picks and smote X
To lay a water main.
And then they called the HorHmen
To put 1T back again.
To run tramWay cable
They took it IN once more
And then they put IL back again
Just where 81 was before
They took IL up for Coudults
To run the telephone,
And then they put 1t back aSaln
As hard rs any stone.
They took TT up for wires
TO feed the electric light
And then they put IL back again.
Which was not more than right
on the payements fun Of furrQWs;
There are patches everywhere
You'd Ike 10 ride uDou lt.
But it's seldom that VGu dare
It's q very handsome pavement
A credit to the town.
They re always oiggin Of 81 up
Jr putting Of 1t down.
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thaJ decision I'm any case depends
upon which SIDE sees the judge first. I
heatd one man referring to the palace
OF justice as the house Of Injustice
A dealer had written agreement
WIN a contractor who was doing some
work FOR the government to furnish
Jog OF supplies. The amount of the
pIil ran well up into the thousands of
dollars The goods arrived and the
dealer asked the contractor where to
deliver them. The latter said he had
changed his mind that he did not
want the stun at an. OF course the
dealer protested and took the matter
INTO the courts. where he exhibited
ms signed papers.
But the contractor had "seen" the
judge and the wise man said the agree
ment was not binding; that the con-
tractor was released from all resDonsi-
biiity i'm the matter. The dealer pro-
tested and insisted upon knowing what
Interpretation of the law could invaH-
date his contract. The judge replied
that his word settled the matter and
stated that if the dealer became dis
respectful i'm his remarks he would be
sent to Jail for contempt OF court The
man had invested SO much money ia
uliug the big order that when the
goods came back on his hands he fail
ed. such occurrences as this seem to
-NlAAA o-LtAc LIlD- 10 Ll-E ---AAeAAa ABOUT
''the house OF injustice And there
are others.
Steal the Widows Mite.
A well-tO-dO planter died and shortly
after the funeral will was produced
which left his entire estate to a couple
of men to whom he was not related.
cutting off the wife without a cent
Under the law the widow could not
be left penniless i'm this manner. SO
the viii was set aside. After the dOcu-
ment was declared null the two men
produced notes signed by the deceased