Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-04
From The battle-ground Of Thought.

1 In the tolls OF the Immense AK |
military machine. When he w,G
| confronted by bayonets OF the imam
| or not under escort by squadrons
| cavalry. he was deafencd BY the !,
| OF artillery. Mr.. Taft's entreaties I
his reception BIO made informal and
official was politely ignored. for
reason, as the Paris Temps belie,
that the Gear wanted his distineuiz1
guest to realize that though the Mix
may possess a fine lighting force
OF the Romanofrs is even finer
ponp and circumstance likely 10 ID
vey IDEAS of irresistible might !,
overlooked. MIR. TAFT was sedulou
excluded from contact with the mas
of his matesty's subjects nor did
get a chance to converse AT ali it
mately with the bourgeolsie or with
intellectuals. The official world claim
him for itself. His tremendous A
across the width OF Asia was contrl,
With an eye to It's strateglcal eff
Mr.. Taft. observes the Temples. m,
have seen with his own eyes that r.
STA could today hurry her troops to |
Pacific with Infinitely greater facill
than was possible In the dark DAYS
kuropatkin's flight up Manchuria wi
the Japanese at his heels. Should nj
report to Roosevelt that the might
Russia is after all more than
phrase, the object OF the Gear win ha
been attained completely.-Cu
Literature for January.
History Shows Secretary Taft n
Uncertainty Mr.. Bryan have be
or Politics. attacking and al
swerlng each other n
Gently on the assumption that th|
would be the leaders OF their respecti]
parties In the campaign of 1908. A vel
In advance of 1870. however. Clay wi
more confident of getting the candldad
in that year than either of the preset
leading aspirants are of carrying d
the prizes In the approaching conve
tons. But William Henry Harrison "A
not Clay was nominated. The count,
believed. with Van Buren,, that i
would be the nominee of the Democrat
In 1910. yet comparatlveI
obscure man, Polk was selected. Aftd
bis defeat at the polls by a. scratch
1874. Clay believed he would be give
another chance in 1S4S. but the Mexico
war obtruded itself ana crehted Il liv
man OF destiny. Zachary Taylor nn
clay WAS beaten in the convention
year before the convention of 1860 sd
ward and Douglas were singing o,1
ach other for attack as Taft ana Rrya
nave been recently. and for the sam
'eason. Each of those two aspirants al
nearly half century ago was assalle,
oya the opposite party far more ylEor
'usly than Taft or Bryan Is now, unde
he belief that they would be the pe ri
ons who would have to be fought al
he polls. Lincoln beat Seward in thd
and Douglas failed to pel
he nomination of united party. I'D
outh repudlating him and putting I'D Al
andidate of It's own, Breckinrldee]
'laine was confident just before Id
of 1876. and Grants friends
we're equally sanguine about their ia
orite in 1880, but In each case the con
ention chose somebody else--Hays 4,
sac and Garfield in 1880, After Blaine 4
from the race early In 1SSS
herman thought that the prize was
Is, just as Bland believed, at the open
~ of the Democratic convention In
'96 that the dominant silver issue
ould make him the candidate vel
harrison carried off the prize in the
invention in the former year and Brv-
n in the latter. Stock on the political
iohange sometimes has as swift mu.
lions as anything on Wall streets
't-Leslie's Weekly.
ow An Actress Madame Nazimoya
irned Failure came to America IN
TO Success. the spring OF 1895
with a company OF
lssian players, who met with such
ant appreciation here that they al.
ost starved before they were sent
OK to Russia by public subscription.
Nn ~ $50
e Leading woman on Broadway III
e could learn English in a year" she
lrned il in six months well enough 10
pear in 1bsens "Hedda Gabler" al
les of matinee performances in No.
mber, 1906, and literally took the
yn by storm. During the winter she
oduced another Ibsen play. "A Dolls
use. and comedy from the Ital-
/, "Comtesse Coquette," both OF
ich she stage-managed herself. She
5 been interviewed and photographed
d praised more than any other ac-
SO of the day; but her great success
, left her as unspoiled as when she
her company were struggling in
iingy little theater on the Bowery,
.rcely knowing where their mex,
al was coming from-if It came at
The contrast between those days
her present position must strike
when she puts on the simple little
or suit, which as Hilda Wrangel she
lrs In THE Master Builder" for II
The same costume she wore when
gave the play here in Russian. and
proudly told me that she had made
ry stitch of It herself. IL am so
OF ambition and the longing for
At new things" she said in let
NJ 40 81, Il
! In "The Master Builder and It
his ambition and longing which
&c her worth seeing in any play
undertakes,-Ann Peacock in the
mans Home Companion.