The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26
.ssCHOOSES BRYAN
AS THE winner
J. w. Houston, Returning From
Eastern Trip, Sanyuine Over
Prospects of Democrats.
EXPECTS A BIG LANDSLIDE
& THINKS NEeRASkAN WILL SCORE
OVERWHELMING VICTORY.

1T would not surprise me at all n
Mr.. Bryan were elected the next pres
idont OF the United States by the
largest popular vote ever given pres
identiai candidate of any party"
The opinion is that of J. w Houston,
who returned yesterday from trip
through Colorado. Nebraska. Kansas
and Texas. Mr.. Houston was at the
Democratic national convention at
Denver and afterwards went 10 Texas,
where he visited Fort Worth. San An
tonic and Dallas. Mr.. Houston attend
ed the convention at Denver. not as
politician, but as an observer, and his
opinion concerning the coming election
is not that of politician, but rather
the judgment of a business man drawn
from busineSsiilSe conclusions.
While in Denver said Mr.. Hous-
ton, Il was very much impressed with
the two unprecedente> demonstrations
of enthusiasm at tn suggestion of
Bryan's name. The enthusiasm aroused
on those two occasions was not that
of political artifice. but was the gen.
uine sentiment o; the masses of the
people of the United States reflected
by those in attendance at the Denver
convention. No president of the Unit
ed States or candidate for the presi-
dency ever received such an ovation
under any circumstances. and the en-
>thusiasm shown at Denver may logic
ally be taken as an indication of the
vote the Democratic candidate will re-
CeiVe this fall.
"At the convention there were but
six states that declined to participate
Ia the Bryan demonstration, and the
delegates from these states were by no
means unanimously opposed to Bryan,
but were prevented from showing their
enthusiasm by the leaders of the dele
cations. These states were New York,
New Jersey, Georgia, Delaware. Con-
necticut and Minnesota. Nevertheless.
these delegations accepted the defeat
of their hopes graciously. and I would
not be surprised to learn after the cleo
ton that Bryan had carried several of
these states by handsome pluralities-
II would not surprise me should w. j.
Bryan carry New York with the
= largest number of votes that has ever
been polled for a presidential candi-
date in that state"
Referring to local politics. Mr. Hous-
ton expressed himself as favoring the
bond issue.
My only regret" he said. lis that
the issue is not as large as II should be.
AS property owner / want to see the
city in which l live and have my in
tereSts to progress and improve in a
manner that will make it the most de-
sirable city in the country. We are in
need OF municipal improvements in
Salt Lake. and the way 10 get those
improvements is to provide the money
such improvements will cost. And
would prefer To pay the interest on the
cost of improvements which are to be
of greater value TO the coming genera
ton than to pay the principal on the
improvements the next generation is to
enjoy. No individual has ever become
successful in business and financial
affairs If he has not had an Inherited
fortune. who has not gone in debt; nc
corporation has done a successful bus
mess that has not been in debt; and nc
city has ever become a great city that
has not a bonded indebtedness"