Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-06

Copeland that gentleman induced him
to put all his savings into q pool for
the purchase of four per cent bonds ON
a margin, AS soon as that order pass.
ed through the hands of the brokers
to the New York bond dealers Wall
street "smelled mouse" aud U. SIS
jumped several 0nts,
Hodges feelinl bat he had done a
good days work started for the Capitol
building on foot aud had nearly reached
that building when the secrhtary's
carriage tore down the thoroughtarc an
frantic rate OF speed. Secretary
Sperrys head protruded from the sid
door as it neared the peace monument
MI Sperry yelled out. "IIo, Fletcher"
and as the carriage stopped, he shout.
ed, Did you send that Information TO
New York;"
q certainly did" replied Hodges
whats wrong?''
The secretary has made mistake
He intends 10 call the continued gs.r
For the love of heaven" replied the
reporter. get me up 10 Battnian's
bank quick and he jumped into the
carriage. Upon the arrival Of the mai,
at the bank he discovered that the
Associated Press had corrected the err
ror with the result that the As, which
had been climbing al the rate OF a
point an hour had slumped of and that
MS private tip from the secretary
of the treasury had cost him $1,000
and that his friend Copeland had lost
nearly twice as much through the
same information.
Up TO the day Of his death Fletcher
Hodges never took another tin from
Frank Sperry or the secretary Of the
treasury.
BLACKAIAILTNG SHOWS.
Major Joha A. Burke, who has beep
associated with Buffalo BIZ ever since
that celebrated plainsman nut
show on the road, was here the 9th
er day and tells some interesting sto-
ries concerning the problems which
great eXpositions have 10 meet. "Thore
Is scarcely city in the United States
In which we exhibited" said Major
Burke, where we are not confronted
by lawyers of the Abe Hummel type.
who are constantly on the lookout for
some claim against US. 4 short time
ago a man bought a horse for about
$40 and tied it to a post with a rotten
strap with the deliberate purpose of
having 1t frightened by the bands in
cur parade The horse was frightened
all right, broke away from its fasten-
ings and broke its legs. We We're COM
PEELED to pay ten times the value OF
the animal or to suffer grdat delay and
annoyance. We run across this sort
Of thing so frequently that II has be
come second nature to expect trouble
in every city in which we enter. Most
of the cases made up against the wild
West are absolutely without merit.
They might be designated as blackmail
and yet, owing to the fact that we are
so short q time in each town, II has
been found cheaper In the past to pay
Il Ia ,aff ,a~ y
stay and fight However, from this
time on this blackmail win cease as
the company now conducting the wild
West has determined to fight each
case individually and not TO submit 10
blackmail."
CUMMINs FOR SENATE.
The announcement that Governor
Cummins OF Iowa would be candidate
to succeed William b Allison in the
United States senate has created the
liveliest kind of a discussion as to
whether the governor really means to
he candidate for the senate or whetE-
er he is not playing fine Italian game
OF presidential politics. Iowa is d.
vided into two great oamps--the stand
patters and those who are In favor OF
a revision OF the tariff. Governor Cum
Minis Is leader of the latter faction
in the Hawkeye state. Politics IN
Iowa has been of the most robust type
in the last few years. led by this dough-
ty champion of the revisionists, ana
| those who are with the governor In his
fight against the old ring politicians
see In Gov. Cummins' announce ment
| that he viii be a candidate for the L.,
| S. senate a trading proposition IN or
| der to secure a delegation to the next
| national Republican convention friend
| ly to the governor. Governor cum
~ ftalIF "a IL IauF o.
| CATION TO the last Republican national
! convention, and If things go on as they
| are now II Is confidently believed ina !
| he will head the Iowa delegation ana
| that a fight is to be made IN each OF
| the eleven congressional districts OF
| that state for a delegation favorable
| to Governor, Cummns. and should he
| desire TO become candidate for wee
| president, he would have behind hiin
| the support of his nome state.
| While Governor Cummins is known
| to haVo ambitions In a national sense
| n Is not believed by Iowans In the ma,
| tlonal capital that he Is DESTROYS OF
succeeding Senator Allison unless, a.
| II now seems likely, that Distinguish
American viii quit the upper branch
OF Congress OIL the termination Of hi'
present term for The quietness aho
peace OF retired life. In that event
Governor Cummns would undoubtedlS
be a formidable candidate for the sue
cesslon. But until senator Allison en-
phatlcally announces that he desire
no recollection. Iowa viii continue Il
honor its greatest statesman until ag'
makes II Impossible for him to perform
the duties OF his olice. Governor Cum
| minis, however has many years IN ~
front. He II a vrile force among IN
roformers OF his time. and he has am
billions which his friends hope Will b
realized and the fight IN Iowa there
fore opens auspiclously and before
IL over, there viii be q lot OF "deec
ones" lying alongside and In th
trenches.