Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

. Cldllc NCheli was tne more interesting
In that leaders of such different sort
/ as william j Bryan and Grover Cleye
/ land, David % ll.ll and former Atty
/ Gen. Olncy were active n mia support
] ln the weeks Immediately preCedlul
b the convention at SD Louis which MONT
mated Judge Parker W Il. Hearst Of
/ New York city made d spectacular at
/ tempt 20 secure the nomination As d
/ whole the campaign was one Of apathy
for nearly four months developing in'
10 a whIrlwind finish.
| To addition 10 the Two main partlci
| presidential tickets were placed IN Tho
Held by ihe popullsts Cr w. Watson
/ and H. n rlhblcg, the PrOhlbIuonstl
/ a. e.. swallow and q. w. CARROLL. the
| Socialists W.. " Dehs and 3enjamIr
Hanfordl and the Socialist Labor Party
! Co. N C0rrIgan ana W W. Cox
During the year there have been
i've changes IN the cabinet on the
first uf February Secy Of War Root
retired W. B TAFT returning from the
Philippines to take his portfolio In
July, owing TO the retirement Of Atty
Gen Knox TO take the senate seat LETT
vacant By The death OF quay of Penn
sylyanla, W. II Moody was moved from
the navy department TO the department
OF justice. Paul Morton Of Illinois be-.
coming secretary Of the navy AZ tho
same lime Victor II Metcoli Of Gait
fornla was appointed secretary Of COM
mercc and labor that ninth seat at the
presidents table having been left va
cant when George b. COrtelyou assumed
the Craftsmanship OF the Republican ma
tonal committee on the death oi
Postmaster-General Henry G. Payne In
October X. j. Wynne succeeded TO the
place.
AT the time OF Mr.. Roosevelts cleo
ton Is states chose governors, Is Of
them supporting Republican executives
and 10 Democratic, OF these last the
Victory IN Massachusetts, Of William l..
Douglass, IN face OF his states majori-
ny Of $4,000 for Roosevelt, was the SUR
prise OF the day, though near It must
be placed the elections OF ]. A. john
son (Dem) In Minnesota and Ava
Adams (Dem.) In Colorado, the latter
defeating Gov. Peabody (Rep.) on ls-
sues raised by the summers mining
strike. The other governors elected
were;
Republlcan-Connecticut Henry Rob-
erts Delaware, Preston Lea. Idaho.
r. r. Goodngj Illinois, c. s. Deneen:
Indiana, j. II Hanley, Kansas. u. w.
Hoch Michigan, +. NJ Warner; Ne
braska, j II, Mickey; New Hampshire,
John McLane; New Jersey,E. $, Stokes;
New York, II, W. Higgins North Dako.
Ia, u, Y, Sayes Rhode Island. @. II.
Utter; Utah, j. Q Cutler Washing
4 ton. A. n. Mead, West Virginia, w. o.
Dawson; Wyoming. b, b. Brooks: Wis
consln, LaFollette.
Democratic Florida, n b. Broward.
Missouri, j. w. Folk, Montana, ]. X.
Toolei North Carolina. r. n. Glenn,
South Carolina, D. c, Hayward Ten
nessee, j b. Frazier; and Texas, s.
w T. Lanhan.
In addition 10 these, state elections
had been held I'm September IN Yer.
mont and Maine, resulting In two Re-
publican victories, g. ]. Bell becoming
governor Of Vermont and w. 7. Cobb
OF Maine, In Porto Rico Beekman
winthrop succeeded William II. Hunt
last April.
A CANAL, A SEAwALL AND A SUB.
WAY.
Last February saw decided, by a
senate vote Of u to Il, the long .mooted
question Of trana-lsthmlan canal.
Since then the surveys have been com.
ple,ed, all observations taken, and so
thorough a fight opened against ma
larla and yellow fever that Il Is believ-
ed these hlndrances to the completion
OF what VIII be The greatest engineer
Ing feat of history VIII be stamped out.
A clvll procedure for the new territory
has been Initiated, and I'm the actual
work OF digging the canal several
thousand lahorers are now busy. Il Is
estimated that eight years VIII be re-
CURED 20 finish The work. and that $3.50,
100000 VIII be spent on the ditch"
proper. This, with the SiO00O,0OO paid
the stockholders OF the French COM
pany, and the SlO,O00OO0 paid Panama
for the canal strip, viii mean a total
cost 10 this country OF 5000 600, 900 In re-
turn for which. II Is affirmed her trade
with the east win be quadrupled, while
she viii have been the agent through
which the whole commercial world Will
have come mo a new epoch IN It's his
tory
certain questions having arisen be-
tween inc canal commissioners and the
governments OF Fan0ma and Columbia,
secy OF war Tart went to the isthmns
I'D November representine this govern
ment Inc success OF his mission was
prompt ana all Indications now point TO
rapld advance In the work with full
harmony between oil parties in Interest.
TWO triumphs OF engineering skin
but Ute inferior 10 that which viii be
involved In the Panama canal were
brought TO conclusion last October. The
October. 1902, TO prevent any recur-
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