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Show INTERVIEWING " BRICiC " POiVIEROY. I A Hkuald reporter called on Mr. Fomoroy yesterday, ut tho American Hotel, and fouud that gentleman engaged dictating a letter to his paper in New York, which his Secretary was taking down phonographicaily. Ke-1 questing our reporter to be seated, at the conclusion of his letter he at once entered into a conversation, which was entertaining and "at times instructive and amusing. IX APPEARANCE Mr. Pomcroy is of medium height, compactly built, has a rather thin growth of light hair, dark blue eyes, and being neatly though not elegantly dressed, presents a decidedly prepossessing prepos-sessing figure. lie spoke fluently and without reserve re-serve on various current topics, especially espe-cially in regard to political matters, lie thought Salt Lake city was one of a thousand,inasmuch as it presented on every hand the evidences of uumis-takablo uumis-takablo zeal and industry; and accorded a tribute of praise to the peoplo who, under circumstauees tho most discouraging, discour-aging, had performed labor iu the beginuing that was substantial and lasting in short that tho "Mormons" had something to show for their work. Of U1S LARLV CALILLU He spoktoat some length, dwelling particularly par-ticularly on that portion of it, when, during the war. newspapers professing profess-ing the same political i'aiih a3 his own, were dest roved by orders from military lieadnuarters. His publication (The La Cross Dtuaati Was singled out for tho hand of the destroyer, and its lata appeared to be inevitable. His partner in the establishment, a yen tie-man tie-man mauy years his senior, beseechej him to let him write a ''leader," "a jitfVcy article, yu know, just to conciliate con-ciliate tii3 mobar.d save the oCiea from destruction." "Oh, rest easy," said "Brick," "I'd wriie a 'policy' article lyscli' a r?g-!ar, good-natured, conciliatory con-ciliatory uocuraent. you may be sure." The old gentleman y:eidd, and the "policy" article appeared nest morn-g. morn-g. Xl:e extent of its conciliatory in-IiU-jsco m-y be inferred, when it i; known that he denounced the mob as "a horde of ruthless vandals" and , the .source from whence it emanated a.i i the "hotbed of a revolutionary despotism, despot-ism, having a tendency to strip the ; re s of bs fitedum of cxpreiyn and i ram pie upun the m.pc icrd riiihts (; AiiK-rican cit:z.n.-." The nM p-n-thiij.1, wu.i eijolltd to yit-'d iu the iujertion of the auL':e, out wamt-'i Mr. PuUi'-'iov that li.e n.-st d..y In-! In-! would be mini'-A a piiuting oiiice. "All ri'jht," said "Brick," "if we go down, we'll gu wii h a Liemocratic tla0' tling. '' "Why," said lie, "my ofticc.i have been tacked Line t.me--, vol I never j luL-jit'd an is.sue." In regard to the NKW Y"t; HI01S, ' 1I; c.xiire-'icd hiniieif in terms oi unquaiilicd condemiiation against the riolcis, cunlendinx' that ail parties, creeds or people-" in th-j TJnitcd States have the right to maieh in peaceful , proecs.ion wherever and whenever thr-y chow.se, without moiestaiioK; (Govcrnor Hoffman should have issued his proclamation forty-eight hours sooner, but he did very well as it was. TU V. "NLW DLI'AltTUItF." Came in tor a share of his c.nsure, j making the pointed remark, that there ; aro but two camps friends and fous. If a faction breaks off from one or , the other, deeming itself progressive, : it generally keeps up ita Hue of ; ''progress" tiil it finds itself in the j enemy's camp. He concluded that a ! limber back might bo an easy way of : getting through the world, but a stiff . back makes the best statue. To spo-' spo-' cify in detail all the points of the interview in-terview would occupy too much space. Mr. Bomeroy intends informing hiui-solf hiui-solf fully in regard to affairs here, and will contribute his conclusionj to his New York paper, Pomeroy'i Democrat. |