The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13
Dramatic Moments in the His
tory of the Local ASSocia-
tiOn-Campaign of 1893.
Association Has Planned Some
Big Features for the Coming
Summer-Work Outlined.

SuInTneT-W0rk UuulneO.
On the night of May u the ten men
! composing the Commercial club cam
paign committee for the Young Mems
Christian association thanked the rs
committeeman who had made what was
/ probably the greatest ten-day campaign
1 for funds ever seen in a city the size
Of Salt Lake. and dismissed them. There
| was one item of 81 600 which was yer
on paper Chairman p. j. Moran, how
/ ever, said that il was just as sure as
/ If 1t laid on the table by his side, and
/ today it is on paper.
/ The committee met last Friday noon
/ al the Commercial club, and after "A
/ careful audit OF their accounts found
/ they were S367.7S short. Treasurer &.
/ w. Nibley spoke up and said: Put
/ that down against me, and that closed
/ the actual securing in pledges of $780,
/ coo for the Salt Lake City Y. NJ c. A.
I 1t was just six years after it was UNI
4 ercaHy prophesied that $50, 900 could
not be raised in this town for such a
purpose.
This last s27, 600 includes some hand
some subscriptions. Colonel Enos A.
Wall subscribed $4,000, over half the
sum which remained to be secured. Da-
vid Keith who, like NJ. II. Walker, had
given 5000 i'm the original campaign,
brought joy TO the hearts of the COM
mitteemen by sending in subscription
blank good for $1,000 Frank Knox,
who was in the original fund a few
years ago. sent his cheek for $1,000, as
did Colonel Z. +. Holmes, and also Mrs.
Holmes, while w. p. Ktser dropped a
$500 check in the mail, and the follow
ing letter from the first presidency or
the Mormon church carried check for
$500:
Dear Mr.. stephens: Referring to
calls made on US this morning by your
self and other gentlemen In the inter
est of the Young Mems Christian AssO-
citation of this city, we take great pleas
ure in again saying that we fully appTe-
ciate the kindly feelings and sentiments
expressed by you, and heartily recipro-
cate the same and assure you that we
fully appreciate the work of moral up
lift of the youth of our city in which
you are so zealously engaged.
AS we have already told you, our
own financial condition is strained be
cause of the unusual efforts now being
put forth by us in the erection of build
ings for church, school and other pur-
poses. including the costly gymnasium,
but as an earnest of our good will, as
work you and the gentlemen connected
with the Y. NJ. c. A. are doing aIons
educational and moral lines, we en-
close our check for $500, and trust you
viii accept our very best wishes ana
kindest personal regards. Yours Te-
spectfully.
JOSEPH F. SMITH,
JOHN r. WINDER,
"AHTHON H. LUND,
First Presidency"
The Campaign.
The campaign for these funds, so far
as it has been generally known, was
started on May and ran until May Y,
but probably some of the hardest and
most determined work which was put
forth was during the four months pro-
ceding. The organization had to be
carefully worked out and sufficient en-
thusiasm and conviction secured as to
the possibility for ultimate success, for
every one to believe in the worth Of the
cause, 10 enable the workers to get to-
gether a sufficiently large group OF
hustlers TO cover the city as It was
finally covered.
One of the factors which lent the
very largest support and strength 10
the movement in its earlier and duller
days was the fact that at the first Of
the year D. c. lacking and Windsor V.
Rice agreed to subscribe $4,000 each,
and c. w. Whitley and w. w. Arm
strong $1,000 each, for the purpose.
These large, hearty subscriptions. made
months before the real public cam
paign, were of inestimable value In
holding together and cheering up the
workers who had the matter in hand.
The Salt Lake City Y. NJ. c. A. has
seen some dramatic moments. In 1909
IL was necessary, in order to meet the
conditions of the George Foster Pea
body subscription of $4,000. 10 have
$4,000 additional raised by June 1. on
the evening Of May 81 but S35 600 was
on hand. not enough to make a show
ing of probable success, which the COM
mittee in charge felt would justify Mr..
Peabody in extending his offer.
A directors meeting was already
called for Monday noon in the Office of
F. b. Stephens, who was then president
of the association, and at this meeting
it was resolved to lay plans for raising
s., 6O0 covering the debt which it had
incurred In operating the old associa-
ton, and then to abandon the enter
prise as impossible.
That Saturday night at 10 O'Clock
Mrs Mary c. Judge, one of the mos;
generous and philanthropic women of
the intermountain country, kindly
placed i'm the hands of the general sec
rotary of the Y. NJ. {. A. a pledge which
has become historical. 1t was for S1O,-
600. payable upon demand. Nothing
was said about this pledge until at the
board meeting Monday when il was
handed from one director TO another,
clear around the table. F. A Timby.
present treasurer Of the association. at
once arose and said: Gentlemen, we
shall now win" and taking two $40 gold
pieces from his pocket placed them on
the table and added: Il want exactly
this sum from every man who Il here
TO prosecute this canvass to success
full finish" He got the money and Sait
Lake got the, association.
puIIsst Period of Campaign.
During the duilest period of the last
campaign tfOr there is always a duh