Salt Lake Times | 1890-10-07 | Page 1 | Ex-Governor West's Return

EX-COVERNOR WEST'S RETURN. II Tells of the Work tnnti at Washington in Salt Lake's I iterest. Ex-Governor West returned from Washington this morning, and was kept busv shaking hands al! day. He is looking well, and says that he enjoyed his live months' trip hugely. While at Washington he interested hime!f entirely en-tirely in promoting the passage of the public building bill. It has passed from the committee's hands, and is now on the calendar with favorable chances of passing by a majority vote. He feels confident that the hill will be passed appropriating fcVW.OO) for a public building iu Salt Lake City. While on hi$castarn -rip governor visited speaker Carlisle at Frankfort, Kentucky, and was royally cuter-taiued. cuter-taiued. The blue grass country has a great deal of attraction for the ex-governor, and good old Hour-bou Hour-bou was plenty in Speaker Carlisle's home. Caleb V. West is a good representative repre-sentative of Utah's governors, and attracts at-tracts attention front his distinguished appearance, nand pauses many to exclaim: ex-claim: "There is a French nobleman.''' He was approached in Washington and aked by many French visitors if he had heard' lately from Paris. The ex-governor is so modest that he eould but reply "no." ' His trip has been exceedingly pleasant, pleas-ant, but he is glad to return to Salt Lako Citv and be able to shake tho hands of Ids old Liberal friends.