Show MAJ GRANTS INVITATION 2VDJCH INTEREST IK NATIONAL COMMITTEES BEQUEST President McKinley Familiar With Workf Batteries and Speaks of Incident at Philadelphia Tho announcement that Maj F A Grant had been invited to deliver a series of speeches in the East during tho coming campaign was received with much interest In Salt Lake yesterday yes-terday I was argued that such a tour would not only result in much good to the party but would also have the effect ef-fect of awakening considerable interest on the part of Eastern people In Utah I tho plan of tho Hamilton club of Chicago to have Col Roosevelt and Maj Grant deliver addresses from the same platform In tho Auditorium platorm AudiorIum next month If carried out the meeting would doubtless be ono of the greatest of the campaign The plan to have Maj Grant speak In the East has the hearty approval ofvPresident McKinley DIs trict Attorney Whlttemore who I rought the news of the plan to Salt liake says that President McKinley is thoroughly conversant with the work of the Utah batteries In the Philippines and during his conversatIon with Mr Whlttemore at Canton mentioned one incIdent during the address the Presi dent delivered at Philadelphia when the Pennsylvania volunteers returned As the name or each regiment which served In the Islands was mentioned resident McKinley said it was enthusiastically en-thusiastically cheered but when the name of the Utah batteries was called the t audience particularly the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania soldiers gave the customary cheer and then gave three times three 1 more with n mighty roar The incident made a great impression on him Presi dent McKinley says and speeches from the Conner commander of Utahs famous fa-mous artillery would scarcely fall of carrying weight with the people of the S country who followed closely the work of the batteries in the Philippines |