Salt Lake Herald | 1896-11-10 | Page 1 | Allerton in Sight

ALLERTON SIGHT His Friend Arc Booming Him for Secretary of Agriculture CHICAGO Nov 9The friends of Samuel W Allerton the well known stock dealer have Inaugurated a movement move-ment looking to the appointment of that gentleman as secretary of agriculture agricul-ture Last week Secretary Baker of tho Phirnpn Tivo Str > VL 1To n v mailed 5 letters o to vl live L stock centers l I asking for the opinion of their members I mem-bers and several answers have been received from Omaha Kansas City SL Louis St Joseph and Denver When asked if he had been approached ap-proached on the subject Mr Allerton said today The choosing of such a position is left to the president and is a sort of family affair Still if my friends and Mr McKinley saw fit to honor me well I would think over the matter mater Mr Allerton has been Identified with live stock interests all his life and owns big ranches in the west and southwest