The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31

different type He is brilliant econo-
mist, with large grasp Of affairs. is
deeply Informed on all phases Of labor
questions and sympathetic with labor.
He, too, is an excellent diplomat and
adiusier But he is more vigorous than
the chairman Of the interstate commerce
commission. When patience ceases to
be virtue he can, on occasion, go after
the wrrrinG elements hammer and tongs,
and tell them it is high time 10 quit
their foohsGness and get down TO busi.
ness. Knapp and Neill, with limited
authority, have worked out many prob
lens seemingly unsolvable, with sue
cess that is meeting with widespread
comm endation in official and congress
sional, us well as business circles,
The few high politicians still in Wash
inguon are watching with keen interest
the effort to induce Congressman Eugene
Foss TO run for governor of Massachu,,
setts. If he should be nominated and
elected it is possible that he might be
chosen to head the next Democratic
presidential ticket and altogether prob
able that he would be named for wee
president If he would say he would ac
cept it. 1t has been policy of the
Democrats 60 pick a New England man
for second place on their tickets when
such n man YVES big enough and willing
to take the nomination. Foss is un-
doubredly big enough. He gained a
national reputation by carrying q
strong Republican district in special
election for congress. He ran on a low
kind OF platform that the Democrats
will go before the people the next time
and ask for support.
Vice Presidential Possibility.
The Massachusetts congressman is
therefore, qualified from all points OF
view to be the running mate of n presi~
dental candidate He lis n New Eng
lander his politics are straight, and
his force as a public speaker and cap
able campaigner have been demonStrat
ed 1t is understood that Mr.. Foss him
self is ambitious to head the Democratic
ticket. He is willing to accept the
nomination for the Massachusetts, gov
ernorship because he sees that to carry
his state would give him vast prestige.
1t would show the Democrats of the
country that with the proper kind of a
even the rock-ribbed strong
hold of Republcanism could be invaded.
All that can be said of Foss as pres:-
Dental possibility can pe said with
dental candidate, contend his friends
here. These friends further assert that
their man can be prevailed upon to take
the second place on the ticket, should
the first place go elsewhere.
Open Air Performance.
An open-air performance OF Gas You
Like II" entire in the new universal Ian
guage, will be a feature OF the sixth In
ternational Esperanto congress TO be held
in Washington. August Il to 20. Re
hearsals under the direction of DR.. Ivy
Kellerman. noted Esperantist have
been going on In Washington for the last
two months The men and women who
will take no nerSOr-r1 a
letter perfect in their lines DR..
Ludwig Zamcnhof. founder OF Esperanto,
has increased interest throughout the
country by sending word that he will at
just returned from trip through the
New England states. There ne met
a number OF district delegates to the
ment. who are in Washington, have
about completed their plans for the en-
tertainment Of the visitors. These plans
Will include trip to Mount Vernon.
tours through the. government buildings,
the open-air performance of "As You
Like It, and a ball game.
You wouldn't think that we Ameri-
cans are a nation of letter writer's. would
you?" asked C. r. Denman of Omaha,
recently. But 1 want TO tell you that
we fly TO paper and pen on almost every
possible opportunity. Just get your name
into the newspapers as the principal
figure in any Incident Of interest, either
a scandal or a deed of heroism. and
your mali Will be loaded for days, maybe
weeks; with letters from people you have
never heard OF before l have young
friend who recently saved a little girl
from drowning in the Mississippi. at St
Louis. There wasn't anything especially
remarkable about the incident, except,
possibly, TO the man himself, the child. |
and her parents, but the account OF IL
which appeared in the newspapers was
quite picturesquely written. Do you
know that that lad received at least fifty
letters on the second day after the res
cue? They were from all sorts OF per-
sons, educated and iliterate, men, wo-
men and children. Some Of the girls in
closed their photographs. Almost all of
them asked for reply. although some