The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-05

VIII simply throw away the opportunity
which is now in their hands"
Mr.. Hammond said that Harmon. Gay
nor and Wilson are most talked of as
available for presidential timber, but that
In his estimation Gaynor is the strong
est man. though he admitted that Har-
mon looked Ike a winner.
''T consider Gaynor the strongest man.
because Bryan is still a. power In the
Democrats who believe that Bryan, II he
decides not 10 be a candidate himself.
would favor Gaynor AT any. rate, Gay
nor must be taken into consideration at
the next convention. He has accom-
Dlished wonders In New York"
Paynter Prefers the Bench.
Senator Thomas H. Paynter OF Ken
lucky is probably the only statesman
who ever resigned a scat in congress TO
become judge of a state court. After
three elections to the house. senator
congress TO go on the court Of appeals.
he had a great fondness for the law and
preferred the. bench to the making OF
second term on the appeals court and re-
signed when chosen to the senate. In
1906.
He has been quiet. level-headed
statesman, something Of the solid, old
fashioned sort. and while he has made
no spectacular demonstration, Senator
Paynter has been remarkably attentive
to all that concerns Kentucky and the
boundless west. He has given no sign
regarding his ambition for another term.
nor does he appear worried when IT is
mentioned. in print or In private, that
Ollie James. the big congressman from
the first Kentucky district, may be in the
next senatorial running as a very active
candidate.
Wickersham' Alaskan Tale.
Delegate Wickersham brought this one
with him from Alaska when he arrived
this fall:
He and an old bishop who has been
working. among the people In Central
Alaska for a number Of years were walk
Ing across country when they met a
roughly dressed miner.
How are the trails up east Of here?"
nafGSa Ho% ane ane 9ssGR sheyY repeated the miner
as he prepared to let loose. a string. OF
oaths Why. they're the blank dashed
ever walked over. Whatre they like back
your way?"
1Thso,o! The bishop 81 ,d, thought a a m, moment
you mentioned" he replied.
Lamar and His Long Name.
tice before the United States supreme
court yesterday was Lucius Lamar, bap-
tized Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Mira
beau Lamar. Mr.. Lamar is a Georgian
Justice Lamar. He bears the same name
AS the late Justice Lamar, who hailed
from Mississippi; For ten years he has
counsel. for this country in the first in
tervention proceedings in Cuba,
III has been said ] believe. that the
nots.'' said Mr.. Lamar 'This may be:
but IT is somewhat strange It occurs TO
me. that there should be Lamars in
een9s tSa onns and in other states and
However, ! don't want to question the
assertion that the first Lamars in this
country were Huguenots. Maybe they
II has been often remarked that MANY
of the Lamar family bear long names
II 1t \ has happened this way: Old Zacha-
vile. Ca. and is buried in the e'"sHn ceme
terry there. was a bachelor. and he
claimed the privilege of naming the chill
n1s neaaer eToo9eps N He was an om
OF MS brothers had a son born he chris
IHned the young one !.ucius Ouintus Gin
clnnntus e,Io Lamar This was the father OF
court. a brother was named Mirabeau
Bonaparte Lamar.
THE latter went with SAN Houston to
battle OF San Jaclnto, when Santa Ana
surrendered. Houston was the first presj
dent Of the Mexican republic, and Mira
Dean Lamar WIS the second president
another brother was called La Voiser
la Grande Lamar. The first H. Q. G
Lamar WAS a Judge in Georgia and noted
as 1urlSt. fie committed suicide be-
canse. II Is said, he had to preside al
the trial Of a man accused Of murder.
who was found guilty By a fury and sem
fenced to death by him. 1t was after
ward established that the accused man
WAS innocent. and Judge Lamar broodod
over his having sentenced the man to
DEATH
Senator Bourne Wears Smile.
Ever since Senator Bourne made his
famous speech on Popular Government.
his smile has been getting broader and
broader and his stride more rapid His
cup OF happiness was almost filed tn |
Overlooking when he learned that Gov
ernor woodrow Wilson had ,ndorsed the |
Oregon plan and would incornorato |
legislature. New Jersey is only one ~ |
The manv states that has adopted the |